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Royall Tyler to Mildred Barnes Bliss and Robert Woods Bliss, September 28, 1930 [1]

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1930 Sep 28Sunday.
Berlin
Milrob
B-Aires

Strongly advise concentrate 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. only. Second choice 97.HC.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. Hayford agrees. Please immediately wire limit. Pictures sell tomorrow.

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Associated People: Hayford Peirce
Associated Artworks: HC.P.1930.04.(O)