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Letter to Isabella Stewart Gardner from New York with Dictated Response

correspondent René Gimpel (Paris, 1885 - 1945, Neuengamme)

Date17 May 1921

Place MadeNew York City, New York, United States, North America

MediumInk on paper

ClassificationsManuscripts

Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston

Accession numberARC.001590

eMuseum ID720883

EmbARK ObjectID28309

TMS Source ID11901

Last Updated8/9/24

Status

Not on view

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MarksNotesStationery printed: 19 Rue Spontini XVIE
Inscribed in pencil (bottom right): [Gimpel]
Envelope stamped: Grand Cent. Sta. / N.Y. / 1921 / May 17 / 10 - PM
Envelope inscribed in pencil (bottom left): [Gimpel]
Envelope inscribed in pencil (upper): Sir / I rec'd y letter this A.M. Thank / y for sending it but the sum of / $130,000 is an absolute impossibility for me even / to contemplate. I shld. have been / very happy to see it, more happy / still to own the wonderful statue / if it had been possible for me. In / the present conditions, I shall not even / wish to see it or to undertake / such a risk. I hope y will / ultimately place it somewhere / that it may be seen by the world. / Thanking y for y letter. / Sincerely yrs. / ISG