Neville and his wife decline Louise's Renoir copy

On a five-week visit to New York a few weeks ago, Neville and his wife dined with friends; his wife praised Louise's copy of a Renoir as the loveliest thing she had done, and Louise tried repeatedly - at the dinner and at his New York meetings - to give her the painting, but his wife refused and said it must be crated and shipped at their expense.
Date (happened)
c. October 1965
unresolved
  1. c. October 1965 stated · preferred
    Source Life Is a Race ¶29"Just a few weeks ago", told in Life Is a Race (nid 1217)
  2. c. October 1965 estimated · probable
    Reasoning Just a few weeks before independently corroborated 1965-11-02 supports approximately October 1965; relative wording limits precision and confidence.
Told / reported
  1. 2 November 1965 stated
    Source Life Is a RaceLife Is a Race (nid 1217), telling 1217-3, told 1965-11-02
Sources

Source

  • Life Is a Race ¶29 (Just a few weeks ago in New York City (I was there for five weeks) and we had dinner with some very dear friends of ours, and my wife who is an artist and loves the artistic world, and trying to encourage our hostess, she said, “You know, Louise, this is…)