509 Madison Ave.
New York City
Sept. 3, 1943

My dear Mr. Metraux,

I am back at the old stand at An American Place. Came back day before yesterday night. Mr. Mellquist is kind enough to take down this letter. I am really in no fit condition to write myself, although I am seemingly in pretty good shape.

Just before coming from Lake George I had another heart-
attack. And these heart-attacks rather unnerve me because I
never quite know when they will strike me. It is an unpleas-
and feeling.

In my letter to you acknowledging the receipt of your beautiful letter I forgot, I believe, to mention anything about the photograph of me that you wished to possess. I have no photograph with me. As a matter of fact, there are not so many photographs of me existing. I'm a difficult person to get down either in pictures or in words, for I am told that there are so many of me. Perhaps that's true, I don't know. But you ought to have some sort of a print when you appear again. In a number of "Twice A Year" there are two pictures of me by Dorothy Norman. I am sure you haven't that number of "Twice A Year". If you would like me to send you that one, I would do so with pleasure. The two pictures are rather the severer side of me. So I ask your pardon now at the first chance I have for having seemingly overlooked your request, for in reality I didn't. What I did do was to forget mentioning, in my letter to you, the fact that I had no photograph at the time to send to you. Forgive this oversight.

I will never forget our meeting at The Place. And when
you come again I wonder will that which to took away with
you be reaffirmed, and probably strengthened? One never
knows.

I do hope you have had, or are having, a fine time on
Cape Cod. My most cordial greetings to you, and once more
thanks.

Sept. 3, 1943

My dear Mr. Metraux,

In my letter to you acknowledging the receipt of your beautiful letter I forgot, I believe, to mention anything about the photograph of me that you wished to possess. I *have* had no photograph with me. As a matter of fact, there are not so many photographs of me existing. I'm a difficult person to get down either in pictures or in words, for I am told that there are so many of me. Perhaps that's true, I don't know. But you *ought* to have some sort of a print when you appear again. In a number of "Twice A Year" there are two pictures of me by Dorothy Norman. I am sure you haven't that number of "Twice A Year". If you would like me to send you that one, I would do so with pleasure. The two pictures are rather the severer side of me. So I ask your pardon now at the first chance I have for having seemingly overlooked your request. In reality I didn't. What I did do was to forget mentioning in my letter to you the fact that I had no photograph at the time to send to you. Forgive this oversight.

I will never forget our meeting at The Place. And when
you come again I wonder will that which ~~to~~ took away with
you be reaffirmed, and ~~probably~~ *probably* strengthened? One never
knows.

November 11, 1943

My dear Mr. Metraux"

I have your kind letter of the 10th.
So you are waiting for your induction. I sensed
that you would follow the course you have. There
was no other. Yes, I know that the war will be but
a parenthesis in your life.

My best wishes are always with you in
whatever you may be doing. I know it will always be
of one spirit -- a very beautiful one. So you ran
into a few copies of Camera Work and enjoyed them.
Camera Work is a long story. An unusual one. Rather
sad in a way. There were fifty issues, and a good
part of my life-blood went into the making of them.
Maybe some day you will see a set in the library.
There are a few copies of No. 36 available, at $25.
The money received for these copies goes to The Place,
to the rent fund. No. 36 has sold as high as $100.
a copy.

The Marin show is unusually beautiful.
Hardly anyone comes to see it. I refuse to disturb
the people with a siren call. The Marins are happy in
their tomb. They and I exist here in state. And
there is peace, if there is such a thing still anywhere
in the world.

My greetings to you and the lday.