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Le Club
Cavalière

July 20, 1950

Dear Liechti: 

I am rushing off toyou herein letter of Lefebvre-Foinet of July 19th and copy of my answer which you will find self-explanatory, as unfortunately there is nothing I can do now in this matter and it will be up to you, with Mr. Gelb, to straighten it out.

As long as I am on this topic of frames, in view of the number of such frames and their value, I have now decided that on the back of each and every frame you will have a number painted through a stencil. This could be the inventory number, as some of them, in view of their very high value, should be in the inventory even though their cost will have gone through G.E. The avantage of the stencilled number of the back will be that it will make it easy to keep track of them and should the frame of a painting be changed and replaced by another, we will always be able to be exactly posted. In view of the fact that some of the frames are very small, the stencils and figures, of course, should also be very small. Ink to be used will be red so that in spite of time they will be readily legible.

Herein also are copies of cables sent you.

Letter heads. Please send me another 18 sheets of large air-mail paper with the firm's letter-head and 24 square air-mail envelopes.

Also enclosed is a copy of a letter from Seligmann et Cie., concerning the purchase of two La Fresnaye drawings. I will tell you more about this when I see you.

Photographs. In order not to waste time, please proceed with the photographing of all items you have received, with the exception of the Cezanne water-color, for which I believe I have a negative among my papers.

Cataloguing of purchases. I should have received from Marcus a photograph of all engraving of the period of our big Philippe Champaigne. Should I not have received this, please remind me of writing to Marcus to ask anew.