“What do you propose to do with these?” Varian said. Zilberman raised his cap to smooth back his hair. “Liberate them from France. Get them to the States. The artists have agreed already to donate the work. Chagall has many friends in New York, and my wife has contacts in Boston. Let us transport these works to America, stage a series of exhibitions. Show everyone what’s at risk. What may be lost. Do you not think money can be raised, Monsieur Fry? Perhaps we can make lithographs, a set. The Flight Portfolio, we could call it.” Of course: a set of drawings could travel, could do work that a
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