Letter from Hermine David to Jacques Lipchitz

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David discusses the project of a monument to her late husband, the painter Jules Pascin, which was proposed by Mr Barnes. She regrets that Lipchitz refused to make this monument.

Full text:
'Dear Mr. Lipchitz,
I couldn't answer your letter sooner. I think you are wrong to be upset by my proposition of a project for a monument to the honor of Pascin. Mr. Baruis having proposed this monument.
A funeral monument is not the same as a sculpture or a painting where artists can follow their inspiration, nor anything else for their illustration or artwork.
I thought it was good of me to tell you - what would you have done?
I was leaving you free to think about this monument for Pascin, but I was asked to decide on the placement by the enterprise in charge of the funeral ceremony, before undertaking the procession.
I think it was essential to ask you to send me your sketch, even if rough!
I regret that you felt this way and that you renounced making the monument and that Salomon will no longer be a part of the committee!
We must transport poor Pascin on the 10th of January to Montparnasse at 7.30 am. I don't ask if you have the time to be bothered by it. It's all very sad but without being upset at you, I beg you to believe in my sincere sympathy for you and your wife.
Hermine David'

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