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May 1, 1919. 



Dear Mrs. Twachtman,

I dont just know what you are going to say to me when I tell you we have sold your bit picture “Summer”. From what you told me of your affairs, it did not seem right for us to hold on to this when we had a chance to sell it to net your full $7500.

Carnegie Institute as you know did not buy it but one of our very best clients is establishing a museum in memory of his father and brother in Washington and we fixed it so that he could have it for his collection. It will be a long time before he will pay us in full for it but you may have an open drawing account against it or we can arrange to pay you most of the full $7500. when you need it.

We have also sold the 16x20 upright picture which was not in the exhibition; that is, the green picture with the blue sky and white clouds with the road leading through a gate toward a distant house.

This picture is not signed and I am anxious to get you to attend to this before we have it photographed. It has been bought by George Barr McCutcheon, the novelist.

I think we better get hold of the Knickerbocker Trust Company to find out if these pictures which belong to the estate are sold by them or by you as execucer. There has been a ruling that pictures by deceased artists which are sold by executors of their estates are not subject to tax. Those, however, which are owned by the family and simply sold as the property of the family are subject to the regular tax of 10%.

This is something which we can discuss when you come in. With kind regards, I am further with you. 

Sincerely yours,