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Mr. Germain Seligmann.
March 2, 1935

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said that the question would be taken up at the Meeting; although with the death of Prof. Sachs' father last Saturday, they might very well postpone any decision.

This remark of Cunningham goes to prove that after all he has more to say than Edgell for the purchase of 19th century paintings, and in the future we shall know that our Modern pictures have to please Sachs and Cunningham - and then Paine & Allen - Edgell will then certainly follow their opinion.

The FRAGONARD was still in the Cunningham office, and he did not mention anything else in view - although he mentioned the Bignou show.

Again speaking of the Seurat, I told him of the rarity of such works and the low price we are asking, but he answered me that this matter of price was not so important and that they wanted very representative pictures. From our conversation, I gathered that they would pay up to $50,000. for modern pictures, if of first importance.

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In the event that we had a negative answer from Boston on the Lautrec I will take the question up with Wildenstein (Stransky) as you suggested. This man has just called Mrs. SULLIVAN, asking for her VanGogh* on consignment, but I had called her on Saturday and got the picture here to show it to Mrs. JONAS who will come in on Wednesday.

Mrs. JONAS also asked me for sculpture by EPSTEIN, and I got one here from Crowninshield.

PROVINCE-ROWE: I saw Rowe in Providence and he seemed to like the "Eiffel Tower" and said he would take it up the next morning at the meeting with Mr. Brown; although he added that he was handicapped by the absence of Mrs. DANFORTH - who will be in Greece until the end of April.

Rowe showed me with great pride a Hogarth which she has bought; a jockey on horseback by Degas (pastel drawing) - of the 10th quality! and small; and, finally, a magnificent drawing by Corot of the very early period, which Birnbaum sold her.

You will remember this latter drawing, because I showed it to you when it was at Brame, and I wanted to buy it. It used to belong to Vaudoyer.

Rowe showed me too a Géricault painting, representing a "nigger" which Mrs. D. had bought from Owen. The picture is an atrocious one but of course Rowe raved about it. It comes from the Dubaut Collection (He is the man who loaned us quite a number of drawings for our last show).

Then Rowe showed me a sculpture by Jean Goujon. There is nothing to it - and it could be by anybody! This is why Rowe raves about it. The more I go, the more I realize the appalling utter ignorance of this man.

(Then he showed me a Turner..........

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