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RML:R

3 East 51st Street
New York, New York
September 14th, 1937

Dear Germain:

I am just in receipt of your letter of August 31st enclosing notes for the catalogue.  I had made a note to attend to this anyway and am checking up further on the references that you gave me as some of these publications I have at home.

I am duly surprised at your closing lines, "am surprised to be without news".  Didn't you receive my letter which I wrote the one day I was in Paris before sailing from the office longhand, and which I addressed to you in Monte Carlo?  This letter was a rather important one and I certainly hope you did receive it.  In addition, I wrote you a still more important and urgent letter the day after I arrived in America in reference to Mr. Duncan Phillips and a telegram I received from him here.  I certainly trust that you received both these letters and also that I may look forward to hearing from you or César regarding the Phillips matter and the Daumier.  [[strikethrough]] So as to be absolutely sure there is no slip-up on this latter matter, I am enclosing herewith a copy of my last letter and the one written Mr. Phillips. [[/strikethrough]]

[[left margin]] Just received your letters today.  Disregard this paragraph. [[/left margin]]

As you know, I left New York to go to Saratoga to attend the race meeting during the final week.  I can only tell you that this place was packed with all sorts of interesting people, including particularly the Whitney's, the Widener's, the Ittleson's and many people from out of town who seemed to be very wealthy and influential.  I have nothing particular to report about any of these people, except that closer association helps to strengthen these contacts and may very well be useful.

I went directly from there to Chicago and can report the following odds and ends:-

RICH - I saw him at length one day and we talked about the Ryerson matter.  I found that both he and Harshe liked the Degas, "Repasseuse" very much and had pushed the picture, but they (Ryersons) had tried it in the room and found it to be rather dark which, of course, it is, in comparison with another type of Degas or a very brilliantly colored Renoir for instance.  It seems that they finally ended by buying a Degas from Silberman, of all people, a picture which it seems he had taken in part payment from the Detroit Museum in a deal he made last year.  As I recall it, they have no good Degas and this is substantiated by the fact that they would trade it in; so it looks as if the Ryerson's bought a lemon.  I might add that I am convinced that the price plays no part really, as these people are not bargain hunters and can well afford to buy a picture like our Degas.

Rich informed me that the Institute is planning a huge Tiepolo

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