In a rare mood of affability, the world's most distinguished collector of modern paintings, Dr. Albert Coombes Barnes, arrived from Paris on the Normandie last week accompanied by his friend and collaborator, Miss Violette de Mazia, the manuscript of a new book and half a million dollars worth of pictures. Talking easily, the inventor of Argyrol announced:
"I had good fortune this year in picking up Le Linge, a splendid Manet, and two very important Cezannes, The Drinker and The Woodchopper which had been held in a private collection in Switzerland, and I...
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