| Description | Includes:
-five letters from Knoedler's London office to Charles Henschel and Carman Messmore, Knoedler's New York office, dated 15 April 1930-10 February 1931, concerning the sale of works of art from the Hermitage Collection -typed draft press release announcing the purchase by M. Knoedler and Co. of twenty-four works of art from the collection, undated -three typed lists created by Knoedler's giving provenance information about the pictures, dated 1930 (18pp, 9pp, and 8pp) -typed list of pedigrees created by Knoedler's of the Hermitage pictures, undated (1p) -handwritten list of pedigrees sent to the New York office, dated 1931 (2pp) -typed list of eighty-four photographs taken of pictures in the Imperial Gallery, St. Petersburg, undated (4pp) -typed list of pictures belonging to the Russian Goverment to be seen in Berlin, undated (1p) -two news cuttings concerning the sale of Soviet works of art, dated [c1931] |