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Mr. Germain Séligmann:   
March 2, 1935.

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interference connected with the matter and that there will be no nationalistic feeling toward it either.

My original plan was to emphasize less the idea of the monument to Lee and Jackson, than the homage of contemporary sculptors to the great American qualities; and therefore, around a monument of Lee & Jackson - which could be made by an American sculptor - one could place 6 large statues made by the 6 greatest living sculptors of different countries : such as Maillol and Despiau for France; Epstein for England; Kolbe for Germany; Lachaise for America - and some other people that I don't happen to think of right now, but I plan to see Mr. Alfred Barr at the beginning of next week and he might have some ideas on this subject too.

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Now of course all this will take a great amount of time and work and one has to figure on at least two or three years before anything could be put in place. Everything depends on also on the amount of money we shall have left for the artists and for the casting. I have spoken to Mr. Gordon regarding the expenses which would be connected with preparing plans for this monument - and he told me that they would spend up to $6,000. for submitting plans to them.

Germain Séligmann, Esq.,
9, rue de la Paix,
PARIS.

March 5th, 1935.
Dictated upon Return from BOSTON & PROVIDENCE: After I received the letter from Edgell in which he told me that they would not be interested in acquiring the little "Eiffel Tower" I called up Mr. ROWE in Providence to find out if he would be interested. After a description and mention of the price, he said he would like to see it, but that he needed the picture on Tuesday morning because of the meeting of the Trustees that morning.

I therefore decided to go to Boston Monday so as to talk with Cunningham and Edgell about the Lautrec and the Vigée-Le-Brun - and then go on to Providence to see Rowe with the Seurat.

I spoke at length with Cunningham and told me that they had not yet decided anything about the Lautrec because he personally felt they should acquire a Lautrec which was more characteristic as regards subject. He wants a "circus" or a "theatre" scene, but he

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