He saw it in a publication, and was entranced with it; he cut out the picture and put it under the glass top of his office desk. He asked people to check around for him, and after years of hoping, finally got news that the original was up for sale at an auction. He immediately sent an expert to outbid other competitors and bring the prize home.
亨利．勒巴斯可的作品《浴女》就是這樣得來，他在畫冊上看到後，愛不釋手，把圖片剪下、壓在辦公桌的玻璃墊下，請人四處打探，盼了好幾年，才得到原作現身拍賣會的消息，立刻委託專家競標得手。