Varian Fry informs Chagall that he has received a telegram from Alfred Barr, director of the Museum of Modern Art, New York (MOMA), who is waiting for Chagall in the United States to organize a retrospective exhibition. Chagall is expected with all his paintings. Varian Fry offers to help with obtaining visas. Attached is a telegram from MOMA addressed to Chagall at the Hotel California, asking him to bring all his paintings.
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Varian FRY, Letter from Varian Fry, Emergency Rescue Committee (Marseille), December 17, 1940 - January 1941 © Marc and Ida Chagall Archive, Paris