Evening star., 1925-04-21
NEW YORK LACKS ROOM.
Cannot Provide Wall Space for
Clark Collection.
Ry the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, April 21.-The board
of trustees of the Metropolitan MI
scum of Art yesterday notified execu-
tors of the estate of the late Senator
William A. Clark of Montana that
they declined the bequest of Senator
Clark's art collection under the con-
ditions of the will.
BY unanimous action the board
adopted the following resolution:
Resolved, That the Metropolitan
Museum of Art is constrained to de-
cline said gift under the conditions
stated and promptly notifies the ex-
ecutors, in writing, of that conclu-
sion, but will gladly accept many of
the objects included in the gift II
these conditions can be changed.
The Clark collection, considered one
of the most remarkable private cul.
lections in existence. is housed in the
late Senator's mansion on Fifth ave
nue., and, although it has never been
catalogued. is estimated TO be worth
about $3,000,000.
Must Be Shown as Unit.
By the terms of the will, if the Met
ropolitan Museum does not accept the
bequest entire, and provide for its
housing and exhibition as a unit TO
be known as the W. A. Clark Collec-
ton, 1t is to go to the Corcoran Art
Gallery of Washington on the sama
conditions.
The trustees announced their de-
cision after a regular monthly meet
ing today. at which the president,
Robert w. DeForest, presided. The
trustees would not say whether they
believed any modification of the terms
possible. Pointing out that Senator
Clark had directed that all of the OBJ
jects OF art, antiquities and rugs
enumerated in the will must be per-
manently placed in a separate gallery,
the trustees said that this would pre-
vent all future rearrangement OF the
individual objects with others of the
same type, and would compel the mu-
scum to perpetually exhibit more OBJ
jects of particular type than would
be eXpedient.
Wall Space Lacking.
For our museum. indeed, for any
representative museum the state
ment said, with it's inherent limita-
ton OF wall space, to so exhibit 65
paintings by three modern artists
Corot, Cain and Montecelli-would
prevent it from adequately exhibiting
the works of other artists
Separate exhibition of Senator
SidTkS y CUiloCtiCHS WOulQ require sew
eral galleries, which the museum
could not now furnish, and no pro-
vision for the cost of erecting and
maintaining was included in the will
the trustees said.
The Clark collection is noted for its
% Corots. including the famous
Dancing Under the Trees; for its %
Cazins and 81 MonteceIlis. Fortunv's
Choosing the Model and six panels
by Buottet de Monvel are included in
the collection, along with many other
paintings. objects of art. medieval
faces, statuary, rugs, chinaware, tapes:
tries and stained glass windows.
Treasures Lost to New York.
THE collection Is lost to New York
forever" said DR.. Lewis r. Morris
son-in-law of Senator Clark, last night
when informed that the trustees had
adopted a resolution Offering to accent
many of the objects included in tbe
gift If these conditions can be
changed"
THE executors, cannot make anv
changes, said DR.. Morris, whose wife
Katherine daughter of Senator Clark
Is one of the executors under the will
Their hands arestied."