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except those which you think must be cleaned (and which can be expected to be inscribed) before division. I think also that the chemical cleaning can be made less radically & interrupted when the outer crust is removed before all traces of patina have disappeared. The great mass of ordinary bronzes are not inscribed. I have submitted the photographs of the Stylianou bronzes to the Louvre authorities. Without all the inscribed items, the gift is not worthwhile to be accepted. Parrot, asks me to inform you of his decision and would thank the owner as soon as he will be informed of his address. I guess St. is now out of the confinement. On the other hand I assured the Louvre that it was not a "political gesture", for the gift is anterior I think of the main tension. Film. This confidential at present. I am rather disappointed. I thought what we have seen were first copies of the shots and the picture quality that would be better in the final copy. That is not so, so I must conclude that many parts of the film are overexposed, especially the open air pictures. It is a fact, that the same size film,
65 figures hard to readstruck struck outadded written in above” jug ditto, and what it repeatsword reading not certain