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April 22, 1946

Dear François Gerard:

You were so sweet to telegraph us about the Moos PICASSO.  We excitedly opened our new PICASSO books that we have to thank you for.

What seemed to be a highly interesting PICASSO gave us impressions which might have been wrong and we would be thankful to you to let us know whether you had the same.  We felt that the painting was enormous in length; that the composition was placed in the middle giving a feeling that there was a lack of air on top and bottom, and on the contrary, emptiness left and right.  Are we right? because on seeing the painting, you may have had a very different impression.  Anyhow, we cabled to Moos inquiring for the price.  His answer was $8,000.-, which would be too much even if the painting was of a better size and to our feeling better composed.  However, I want to repeat and thank you ever so much for your kindness for keeping an alert eye open.

Daisy Feuche asked me whether I know a painter, Jean Paul, as a friend of hers would like to sponsor Jean Paul and buy all his work, since he is judged as a much better DUFY.  Do you know him?  If you can investigate, without any trouble, whether Jean Paul would be ready to sell his whole production, it would be to my feeling pure kindness, but perhaps he is a really good artist.