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In red ink, top right corner of page Red Book folio 37.

LETTERHEAD, TOP LEFT OF PAGE

L. CRIST DELMONICO

MODERN PAINTINGS

166 FIFTH AVENUE

CABLE ADDRESS: BYTINGS, NEWYORK

LETTER

New York, October 27 1895.

H. C. Frick Esq.

Dear Sir

We beg to say that we shipped today by Adams Exp. one case containing the Claude Monet, as ordered. A crystal plate is packed in the bottom of the case.

This painting represents a view of Argenteuil (near Paris) on a very bright day of early spring. Since the picture was painted in 1873, the whole landscape has changed very much. Railroads, new buildings etc. were

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In pencil, lower right corner of page [111]