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would-be publisher disappeared. A few months later, he learned of the publisher's bankruptcy. Not long after, he was visited by court officials who presented him with a note for 4,000 Francs, which he had supposedly initialed, and was now forced to pay, plus interest and fees, or he would be taken to prison. He sold what paintings he could, drew on charity or loans from his friends and was able to pay off the principal, but his total indebtedness eventually rose to 12,000 Francs and he was under the constant threat of imprisonment.
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