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Mildred Barnes Bliss and Robert Woods Bliss to Royall Tyler, September 23, 1930

Cablegrama
Buenos Aires
September 23, 1930Tuesday.
Tyler
29 rue Astorg Paris

RévolutionThe military coup in Argentina in September 1930 deposed President Hipólito Yrigoyen (1852–1933); José Félix Uriburu (1868–1932) became provisional president, beginning the “Infamous Decade.” responsible délai reponse lettres quinze et vingtcinq août. Heureux profiter offre aller Berlin. Selon catalogue premier choix 39 virgule 41Figdor Collection sale, Paul Cassirer Gallery, Berlin, September 29–30, 1930. See Max J. Friedländer, Die Sammlung Dr. Albert Figdor, Wien (Berlin: Cassirer, 1930), no. 41, pl. 27. Dutch painter Hieronymus Bosch’s (ca. 1450–1516) painting, variously known as The Wayfarer, The Peddler, and The Prodigal Son, oil on panel, ca. 71.5 cm D, was acquired at the Figdor sale by the Amsterdam dealer Jacques Goudstikker (1897–1940), who sold the painting in 1931 to the Museum Boijmans van Beuninger, Rotterdam. 96The master of Frankfurt (ca. 1460–ca.1515), Portrait of Emperor Maximilian I, oil on panel. Figdor Collection Sale, Paul Cassirer Gallery, Berlin, September 29–30, 1930. See Max J. Friedländer, Die Sammlung Dr. Albert Figdor, Wien (Berlin: Cassirer, 1930), no. 44, pl. 29. 97HC.P.1930.04.(O). See Max J. Friedländer, Die Sammlung Dr. Albert Figdor, Wien: Erster Teil, dritter Band: Gemälde (Vienna: Artaria & Co., 1930) no. 97, pl. 53. deuxième choix 34 40 49 50 51m82 [sic] 100.Figdor Collection sale, Paul Cassirer Gallery, Berlin, September 29–30, 1930. See Max J. Friedländer, Die Sammlung Dr. Albert Figdor, Wien (Berlin: Cassirer, 1930), no. 34 (Netherlandish, Nativity, pl. 21); no. 40 (Master of the Figdor Crucifixion, Crucifixion, pl. 26); no. 49 (Master of the Magdalene Legend, Portrait of One of the Sisters of Charles V, pl. 32); no. 50 (Master of the Magdalene Legend, Mary Magdalene and the Falcon Hunt, pl. 33); no. 51 (Corneille de Lyon, Portrait of a Woman, pl. 34); no. 82 (French, Portrait of a Man, pl. 43); no. 100 (Lucas Cranach the Elder, Portrait of a Young Woman, pl. 56). Prière cabler estimations et avise [sic] et adresse Berlin. Ppprenons [sic] collection Aadrassy [sic] Count Gyula Andrássy de Csíkszentkirály et Krasznahorka the Younger (1860–1929), a Hungarian politician who had inherited his family’s art collection. See A tiszadobi és tőketerebesi gróf Andrássy kastélyok műtárgyai (Kunstwerke aus den Schlössern Tiszadob und Tőketerebes des Grafen Andrássy) (Berlin, 1930). sera despersée [sic] prochainement. Tendresses Antigny.“Revolution responsible delay response [to] letters [of] fifteen and twenty-five August. Happy to avail [your] offer to go [to] Berlin. According to catalogue first choice 39 comma second choice 41 96 34 40 97 49 50 51m82 100. Please cable estimates and opinions and Berlin address. We understand Andrássy collection [to be] dispersed shortly. Best regards [to] Antigny.”

 
Associated Artworks: HC.P.1930.04.(O)