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March 4th

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Dear Nadelman

How lowley of you to have made me the posses-
sor of an authentic Nadelman, and how thrilling it would
have been if it were also a characteristic Nadelman.
Because I don't in the least feel any trace of the spirit
of its creator in this creature, half mater dolorous, and
half tragic muse, who seems to be mummuring "no,
no, no," into her shawl, while I think of you as a sunny,
bright and happy creature chirupping "yes, yes," like a
bird from the top of the tree. So that had I ever dreamed
of owning one of the offshoots of your spirit I should
have thought of a gay, light thing flaming with strength
or with beauty and singing a "yes" to the world. Besides -
I think of your medium as material and your tools as your
finger tips, not only your eyes: I think of you as a scupp
tor. . . So if I had dreamed of possessing a Nadelman, I
should have dreamed of your fashioning something like your
self for me - just for me, newly, you know.

However I don't want my dreams to cloud for you the re-
lity of my appreciation of your graceful gesture of genero-
sity - it is because I care so much for the permanency, or
I should say the perpetuation, of this grace that I have
allowed myself all these unrestrained hints.

Sincerely yours, with the sad
lady looking at my writing fingers disapprovingly
with "no, no, no.",