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The Detroit Institute of Arts of the City of Detroit Arts Commission EDSEL B. FORD. President ALBERT KAHN ROBERT H. TANNAHILL EDGAR B. WHITCOMB COMMISSIONERS W. R. VALENTINER ART DIRECTOR CLYDE H. BURROUGHS SECRETARY January 2, 1935. Mr. Jacques Seligman 3 East 51st Street New York City Dear Mr. Seligman: I take pleasure in sending you herewith a New York draft, No. S-832, for $12,000.00, in payment of the painting, "Christ at the Column", by Antonello de Messina, which we recently purchased from you. Allow me to express to you the thanks and appreciation of our board for your cooperation in making it possible for us to have this distinguished picture as part of our permanent collection. Very truly yours, Clyde H. Burroughs Secretary chb:er
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