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THE MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS OF HOUSTON
Main Street and Montrose Boulevard, Houston 5, Texas. Telephone JUstin 4161. Francis G. Coates, President; Lee Malone, Director

September 20, 1954

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Mrs. T. D. Parker
Jacques Seligmann & Co.,
5 East 57th Street
New York 21, N.Y.

Dear Mrs. Parker:

The generous assistance and cooperation we have received from your galleries and others assures us the success and importance of our major fall exhibition "the House of Art'.

We believe that such an outstanding assembly of works deserves an outstanding catalogue, but due to lack of funds and the increasing expense of installation and lighting as well as shipping, we shall have to limit the catalogue without financial assistance. With this in mind we are hoping that you might wish to make any contribution (not over $100) to help assure us of a catalogue with reproductions equal to the show itself. If this is impossible for you, however, we will certainly understand your position.

As you know the primary purpose of this exhibit is to foster collector's purchases so that we would like to know your very lowest prices for the works you are sending us. Also with your permission we would like to add 10% to your price to help reimburse the Museum for its part in this undertaking. Your suggestions on this procedure will be very welcome.

Yours very sincerely,
Lee Malone
Lee Malone
Director

LM/mny

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