["An Approximate Proposed Budget of", "The Country Museum - The Haven - West Redding - Connecticut.", "* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *

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Out Post Nursery: Planting, Trimming and replacing of shrubs.

Flower Nurseries: The Flower Gardens.

Painting and Remodelling: Approximate Estimate: $35,000.00

Remodelling: Garage to be turned into Current Exhibition -
Gallery for Temporary Exhibitions.
Entrance to be beneath handsome Library Window
and made one feature.
Studio to be remodelled into cafeteria.
Public toilet facilities.
Rockwool to be blown between walls, which is
supposed to make it fireproof and reduce
insurance and heating.

Earnings: Cafeteria leased out.

Commission on orders received through the Museum Grounds.

Dr. Hekking expects the Monthly Magazine to be self-sustaining
after second year.

Circulating Exhibitions.

Renting of Paintings and Etchings to Members.

Renting of Dining Room for private parties.

Renting of Music Room for private musicales and bridge.

Membership - Various Classes.

Building up an Endowment Fund.

Commissions received through Decorator's orders.

Further Development:

School of Natural History - based on the Allegheny School
of Natural History.

Classes in weaving, pottery, painting and sculpture.

Immediate classes in Art and Music Appreciation.

The Tour of the House will be conducted in groups.

A certain charge - whether one - two - or more attend.

The rooms will show that beauty of all ages will and can meet.

The importance is the proportion of the furniture in relation to the rooms.

Rooms will be constantly changed and furnished by decorators.

From the beginning, there will be emphasis on - Visual Education.

All Temporary Exhibitions will alternate between - Arts - Crafts -
and Industry.

**Because of the rare expression of American Architecture as expressed
through - The Haven - The Trustees of the Collection of The Société
Anonyme will give the valuable collection - representing over 400 items
and valued at more than $80,000.00.

Besides this Miss Katherine S. Dreier will give - Marcel Duchamp's
famous Glass - a priceless gift, as well as his Mural - valued at over
$20,000.00 - both of these items will, with the growing years, make more
and more famous this special building.

We have many museums which house NO COLLECTION!!!!

An Approximate Proposed Budget

For

The Haven - A Museum and Art Center in the Country. West Redding: Connecticut

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Salary of Director - including residence, light and heat. 5000.00
Salary of Assistant Director, Librarian and Editor. 4000.00
Monthly Bulletin and Quarterly. 1200.00
Stenographic Services 300.00
Exhibitions: Trucking - Express - Packing - Material.
Printing and Postage
Purchase Fund for Books, Slides and Reproductions.
Lecture Fees
Salary of Director of Crafts and Instructor of Crafts.
Insurance on Houses and Buildings
Blanket Insurance.
Caretaker - Mechanic - Car enter. To assist in backing and rearing exhibitions.
Guard on lace.
Night Watchman and Handyman.
Driver and Handyman.
Heat. De ends on weather and whether closed during January - February - March.
Set aside for repairs.

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Dr. Taylor believes this can be done with great care on 28,000.00
20% inflation must be added.

There will be full co operation with the Loans from the Metro olitan
if there will be sufficient guard and insurance protection and fire
protection. The required guard and fire protection.

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The equipment for the teaching of Crafts must be added.

The salary of the Craft Teacher and the extra guard on the grounds was
added. Also the remodelling of the barn for craft teachings.

Salary of Director - including residence but not heat and light ......$7000.00

Salary of Assistant Director and Librarian 4.1/2 days per week ......2500.00

Monthly Periodical - Editor in charge and Printing.... 3000.00

Stenographic Service ......1200.00

Exhibitions: Trucking - Express - Packing - Material - Printing and Postage ......4000.00

Lecture Fees ......900.00

Blanket Insurance not sufficient ......1500.00

Insurance on Houses and Building ......1000.00

Caretaker - Mechanic-Carpenter. To assist in packing unpacking and preparing exhibitions ......1800.00

Night Watchman ......1000.00

Driver and Handyman ......1200.00

Heat - This depends on weather and whether closed during January - February and March. ...... 800.00

Set aside for repairs ......2300.00

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$28,000.00

Preliminary Fund needed -$350,000.00

Property: $125,000.00 ** ... See last Page - the footnote
140,000.00 Operating Plan for 5 Years
35,000.00 Painting and remodelling
50,000.00 Purchase Fund for added Art.
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$350,000.00

Care of Grounds. This is to be donated by firms, in exchange their names will be entered with each catalogue and periodic

Firms suggested: Bernard Dolan, Contractor of Bethel, Conn. Care of Roads F.A.Bartlett Tree Expert Co. Through the Danbury Office Feeding, trimming and caring for trees

Remodelling: Garage to be turned into Current Exhibition. Gallery for Temporary Exhibitions. Entrance to be beneath handsome Library Window and made one feature. Studio to be remodelled into cafeteria. Public Toilet facilities. Rockwool to be blown between walls, which is supposed to make it fireproof and reduce insurance and heating.

Earnings:

Cafeteria leased out.

Dr. Hekking expects the Monthly Magazine to be self sus-
taining after second year.

Circulating Exhibitions.

Renting of Paintings and etchings to Members.

Renting of Music Room for private musicals and bridge.

Membership - Various Classes.

Commissions received through Decorator's Orders.

Further Development:

A certain charge - whether one - two or more attend.

**Because of the rare expression of American Architecture as expressed through - The Haven - The Trustees of the Collection of The Societe Anonyme will give the valuable collection - representing over 400 items and valued at more than $80,000.00.

Besides this Miss Katherine Dreier will give - Marcel Duchamp's famous Glass - a priceless gift, as well as his Mural - valued at over $20,000.00 - both of these items will, with the growing years, make more and more famous this special building.

Salary of Director - including residence but not heat and light ......7000.00 - 5000.00

Salary of Assistant Director and Librarian 4.1/2 days per week ......2500.00 - 3000.00

Monthly Periodical - Editor in charge and Printing ......3000.00 - 1000.00

Lecture Fees ......900.00

Blanket Insurance Two years. Paid on the 1st of each month ......1500.00

Caretaker - Mechanic-Carpenter. To assist in packing unpacking and preparing exhibitions .....1800.00

Night Watchman - A day man also ......1000.00

Heat - This depends on weather and whether closed during January - February and March. ......800.00

Set aside for repairs ......2300.00
28,000.00 clear call.

Preliminary Fund needed - 350,000.00

Property: 125,000.00 ** ... See last Page - the footnote
140,000.00 Operating Plan for 5 Years
35,000.00 Painting and remodelling
50,000.00 Purchase Fund for added Art.
350,000.00

Care of Grounds. This is to be donated by firms in exchange their names will be entered with each catalogue and periodic

Firms suggested:

F.A.Bartlett Tree Expert Co. Through the Danbury Office
Feeding, trimming and caring of trees

The Country Museum - The Haven - West Redding, Connecticut.

Salary of Director - including residence but not heat and light $7,000.00

Salary of Assistant Director and Librarian 3,500.00
4-1/2 days per week

Monthly Periodical - Editor in charge, and Printing 3,000.00

Stenographic Service 1,200.00

Exhibitions: Trucking, Express, Packing, Material, Printing and Postage 4,000.00

Lecture Fees 900.00

Blanket Insurance 1,500.00

Insurance on Houses and Building 1,000.00

Caretaker - Mechanic - Carpenter. To assist in packing, unpacking, and preparing exhibitions 1,800.00

Night Watchman 1,000.00

Driver and Handyman 1,200.00

Heat - This depends on weather, and whether closed during January, February and March 800.00

Set aside for repairs 2,300.00

$ 28,000.00

Preliminary Fund needed - $350,000.00

Property: $125,000.00 ** (See last page - the footnote)
140,000.00 Operating Plan for 5 Years
35,000.00 Painting and remodelling
50,000.00 Purchase Fund for added Art.
$350,000.00

Care of Grounds. This is to be donated by firms in exchange; their names will be entered with each catalogue and periodic.

Firms suggested: Bernard Dolan, Contractor of Bethel, Conn. - Care of Roads.
F.A. Bartlett Tree Expert Co., through the Danbury office.
Feeding, trimming and caring of trees

Out Post Nursery: Planting, trimming and replacing of shrubs.

Salary of Director - including residence but not heat and light ......$7000.00
Salary of Assistant Director and Librarian 4.1/2 days per week ......2500.00
Monthly Periodical - Editor in charge and Printing.....3000.00
Stenographic Service ......1200.00
Exhibitions: Trucking - Express - Packing - Material - Printing and Postage ......4000.00
Lecture Fees ......900.00
Blanket Insurance ......1500.00
Insurance on Houses and Building ......1000.00
Caretaker - Mechanic-Carpenter. To assist in packing unpacking and preparing exhibitions ......1800.00
Night Watchman ......1000.00
Driver and Handyman ......1200.00
Heat - This depends on weather and whether closed during January - February and March. ...... 800.00
Set aside for repairs ......2500.00
$28,000.00

Care of Grounds. This is to be donated by firms, in exchange their names will be entered with each catalogue and periodic
Firms suggested: Bernard Dolan, Contractor of Bethel, Conn. Care of Roads
F.A.Bartlett Tree Expert Co. Through the Danbury Office
Feeding, trimming and caring for trees
Out Post Nursery: Planting, Trimming and replacing of
shrubs.
Flower Nurseries: The Flower Gardens.

May we insert this in our Prospectus ?

Page 8. The last paragraph would read:

To prevent any one phase of Art to dominate, the Museum
in the Country has asked the cooperation of the Metro-
politan Museum of Art through their Loans to balance
the present day Art with the Art of the past, as they did
in the past. This cooperation was granted on condition
that the required protection would be given.

the Museum in the Country
With these great collections and Loans/must expect to draw
unto itself other collections as well, once its stability
and integrity are established. Indeed, one collector whose
name cannot be mentioned as yet, has promised several fine
works of early Italian Primitives and RenaissanceArt, in
order that the collection of the Museum in the Country
should extend its roots deeper into the past. etc.

Minimum of Fund Needed.

Purchasing Price of property, containing a large early American House, two cottages, three barns and a studio, besides a large garage connected with the house with extensive and very beautiful gardens is 125000.

Five Years Operating Plan - not including care of grounds... 140000.

Painting and remodelling - ... 35000.

Reserve Fund - ... 50000.
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350000.

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When submitting this Budget to Dr. Francis Henry Taylor, Director of the Metropolitan Museum of Art - he said that it could be done but that it was very close sailing.

He also stated that it would be necessary to count on a 20% inflation rise of the cost of everything.

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It would therefore be better to have a Preliminary Fund of 500,000.

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On Page 5 mention is made of using the remaining acres for Nature Study Work.

This would require an extra Fund - but it would be worth while considering as the State of Connecticut has just acquired the Brasher Collection of Bird Paintings representing 2500 studies of individual birds.

It would be perhaps a very happy idea to cooperate with the State and have them part of this Museum's collection and work.

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After looking into this project would the Rockefeller Foundation consider giving half if we raised the other half?

Please Notice - this Museum in the Country is to stand for ALL EXPRESSIONS of ART.

It will not emphasize one expression of Art more than another.

The Means.

4. An Annual Participating Membership. Bulletin. Quarterly. Lectures. Bi-Annual Entertainment by invitation only. $100.00.

5. A Life Membership, which would often recruit its classification from Annual Participating Membership. Same privileges. $500.00.

6. A Charter Membership.

An attempt should be made at the outset to raise 150 Charter Members, in a graduated class, who would give $500.00 to $5,000.00. This sum would be used as a capital fund to acquire the property and to make necessary alterations and installations.

The donor of larger sums may have the privilege of endowing any specific activities. Twenty percent of each such fund would always be set towards the general maintenance of the whole.

This Foundation Fund must be the backbone in financing the Museum. Donations should receive appropriate recognition in the form of names of buildings, bronze plaques, names of funds and names of lecture funds.

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Winnetka Summer School for Teachers. Horace Mann School - Winnetka. Ill.

Individual Technique. Observation - no credit.

Mental Hygiene and the Creative Impulse.

Creative Handicraft.

Musical Arts and Crafts. Making and playing of various musical instruments adapted to children.

Creative Handicraft - simply means - practical application of design and color: claymodeling, weaving, basketry, pottery book-binding, leather tooling and block-printing.

Observation - simply means permission to attend teachers classes and watch how they teach.

Remedial Reading. The detection and analysis of reading difficulties. types of treatment, helpful devices.

Mental Hygiene - Lecture and discussion course in the meaning and phylosophy of mental hygiene and its relationship to education. Personality growth. Case studies in the dynamic of behavior, early recognition of personality disorders - diagnoses and treatment of the causes of misbehavior, teaching attitudes, and classroom atmosphere.

To develop each child's individuality - his special interest and ability.

To help each child to a balanced happy and well adjusted emotional life on which alone sound character can be built.

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## The Purpose

America deserves a better deal in return for the hundreds of millions that are annually spent on mass entertainment which is, for the most part, of starved quality and lacking in lasting value. Never in the history of our country has it been more pertinent, more timely, to undertake a careful examination of the real needs and desires of our intelligent public.

The latest census reports tell us that the great cities have ceased to grow, and that the American people are beginning to move toward the smaller towns and the country. With the advent of the automobile, excellent roads, electric power, the telephone and the radio, the countryside is rapidly becoming more populated by people who hunger for the cultural advantages of urban life. Attempts have been made to satisfy this need in other artistic spheres, by means of musical festivals, dance-programs and the small theater. But as yet, save only in local exhibitions and in private collections in the country houses of wealthy persons, art has not taken part in this movement. Art museums and galleries remain in the city streets and parks, to which dwellers in the country and in small towns must go if they wish to experience works of art.

In order to fulfill this neglected opportunity by bringing a rich and varied artistic program into our country life, we propose the founding of a Country Museum of Art, the first of

The Purpose

its kind in America, which shall be a living center for the
study of art in any phase of the life of the present day and
of the past.

From the very start this Museum promises to become a
totally new and distinctive thing. It will not be just another
museum in the park. Its program will revolve around a perma-
nent collection of the greatest interest, supplemented by
timely and inspiring temporary exhibitions, by gallery tours,
and by occasional musical and dance recitals as well as pageants.
In order to awaken understanding and enthusiasm for great works
of art, both past and present, co-ordinated lecture series
will be given by staff members and visiting
 lecturers. These lecture series will be planned in close
co-operation with other educational institutions in the state,
intend to treat general artistic questions, specific historical
periods, and important present day developments, as well as to
utilize the opportunity afforded by distinguished foreign
authorities who may be visiting this country.

A monthly Bulletin will keep the members in close touch
with the activities of the Country Museum, and the articles
which will appear in the vital and progressive Quarterly issues
will stimulate their interest in art.

A small library will contain books and periodicals on
general art and craft subjects, some chosen for the character
and quality of their reproductions, others for the importance
of the critical writings they contain. Every attempt will be

The Purpose.

made to keep abreast of the latest developments in criticism
and reproduction by the purchase of new books each year.

Classes will be arranged for
Classes will be arranged both for professionals and amateurs in
pottery, block-printing, batik and weaving; also the making of pup-
pet shows, illustrating local historical events and the use of
leisure times and home-planning will be especially emphasized.
for the purpose of preserving quality in a civilization that seems
too often dedicated to quantity.

The program will thus enrich immeasurably the life of
the community, and it will unfold in harmony with one of the
loveliest sections of New England.

The Purpose.

Classes will be arranged for pottery and weaving and
the use of leisure time and home-planning will be especial
emphasized, for the purpose of preserving quality in a civ
lization that seems too often dedicated to quantity.

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### The Setting

The site reserved as a permanent home for the Country Museum of Art and its activities, comprises about eighty acres of land, on the outskirts of Danbury, in the heart of the educational world of Connecticut. This property contains a large early American house, two cottages, three barns and a studio. The main house was remodelled and greatly enlarged by Herbert Lucas, associate architect with McKim, Mead and White, and is a white building, with wide wings and tall slender columns. It is shaded by apple trees, magnificent maples and elms and is surrounded with extensive and very beautiful gardens, through which passes a stream, forming a quiet pool.

The interior offers excellent possibilities for museum use. An extremely harmonious circular entrance hall, built around a winding staircase, gives access to about twenty-five rooms of constantly varying proportions, in both wings, and on the two stories. Intimate charming rooms, suitable for the exhibition of small works of art, are succeeded by galleries and superb rooms of larger size, in particular the great library with its permanently installed masterpieces by Marcel Duchamp. This room lies over the large garage which will be converted into a gallery for current free exhibitions. A third floor, over the center section already contains store-rooms especially prepared for pictures. All in all the house,

## The Setting.

already rich in artistic interest and in long association with the development of art in this country, would make an incomparable setting for just the type of program which is planned for the Country Museum. Perhaps the most fruitful aspect of the house for museum purposes is the opportunity it offers to know and understand works of art in effortless harmony with a beautiful home environment, a quality of inestimable educational value - especially in these days when everything connected with art has become so ruthlessly commercialized.

The gardens and broad lawns suggest immediately their use for out-door concerts, pageants and dance recitals, as well as for community events.

The small cottage, a gem of early New England domestic architecture, will interest all those who are especially concerned with local Americana and the various early American crafts. The other cottage is adaptable as the residence of the director. The studio, just up the hillside from the main

An opportunity for community nature study work based on the Allegany School of Natural History and woven in with flower-painting with flower-pigment, will be afforded by the remaining acres, although this is not contemplated for emmediate development unless a special donation makes this possible.

Nor is it necessary to go to very great expense to remodel the existing structures. Fireproofing, a certain amount of conversion of walls and partitions and the installation of lighting can be carried out with a comparatively modest outlay.

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## The Setting.

The small cottage, a gem of early New England domestic architecture, will interest all those who are especially concerned with local Americana and the various early American crafts. The other cottage is adaptable as the residence of the director. The studio, just up the hillside from the main house, would make a logical place for a cafeteria.

An opportunity for community nature study work is by the remaining acres, although this is not contemplated for immediate development.

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The Collections

In this rich land of ours, many a handsome limestone
museum building, constructed at the expense of public-
spirited citizens, is totally without a collection of its
own, and forced to depend almost entirely on temporary
exhibitions. The Country Museum on the contrary, is certain
to receive at least two outstanding collections, one of
which will be installed as soon as the Museum is definitely
established. The first is the collection of the Societe
Anonyme, comprising paintings, sculpture, drawings, etchings
and many reproductions and photographs, besides the small
but useful art library.

The works of art in this collection, by an incredibly
wide variety of interesting present-day European and American
artists, are not only of value in themselves, but are of
considerable historical importance for the role that they
have played in the formation of American taste and the develop-
ment of the understanding of modern art in this country.
The Societe Anonyme has held no less than 87 independent
exhibitions all over the country and abroad and has lent
works from its collections to 33 exhibitions in other impor-
tant institutions, such as the Museum of Modern Art, the
Brooklyn Museum, The Wadsworth Athenaeum, the Worcester
Museum, the Whitney Museum, the Springfield Museum, the Art

## The Collections.

Institute of Chicago, Columbia University, the University of Chicago, Bennington College, the University of Minnesota, to name only a few. Both the collection and the tradition of the Societe Anonyme will be a priceless heritage for the Country Museum.

And finally, Miss Katherine S. Dreier has consented to bequeath in her will, her own amazingly rich collection to the Country Museum. Pictures, sculpture and drawings by the most imaginative and influential artists of our times make up this superb group, the treasure of a lifetime's devotion to art. Miss Dreier will furthermore give at once to the Museum the two works by Marcel Duchamp, the most profound intellect of twentieth century French art, which are now permanently fixed in the library of the main house. These paintings are the mural, "Tu m'.." and the magnificent glass painting, "La marie mise a nue par ses celibataires meme." The drawings for this glass have been so frequently exhibited, that there have been constant demands to see the original, which cannot be moved. It ought therefore to be open to students and artists at any time.

With these great collections as a nucleus, the Country Museum must expect to draw to itself other collections as well, once its stability and integrity are established. Indeed, one collector whose name cannot as yet be mentioned, has promised the Museum several fine works of Renaissance art, in order that the roots of the Museum should extend deeper into the past.

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The Collections.

But it should certainly not stop there. There must be a
purchase fund to provide for the acquisition each year of a
very small number of works of art of exceptional quality,
whatever their period may be, with a view to utilizing the
opportunities of the art market to enrich the Museum with
works of unquestionable value. The Museum will stand
firmly for quality alone, rather than for the historical
completeness which can so much better be achieved by larger
museums.

IV

<u>The Community</u>

The Country Museum lies in the heart of the educational center of Connecticut within an easy reach from all the great universities and colleges of the State, as well as the leading preparatory schools with a national reputation, and the excellent public school system, all of which would directly and generously benefit by the Country Museum. Moreover, many of the greatest industrial centers of the state lie within a short radius of the proposed site, and their large populations would have easy access to the Country Museum. Literary and artistic colonies have flourished in this region for many years. All these considerations make this an ideal and logical place to establish an institution of such far-reaching cultural values and such high standards that it will serve as a model for similar centers throughout the nation.

A policy of active cooperation with the great educational and cultural institutions of Connecticut would include lecture series and exhibitions developed to rouse an ever deeper appreciation of the importance that art must play in the life of a state and nation. Only scholars know what Athens, Rome, Paris and London originally made, or what made them. But everyone remembers those works of creative imagination recorded in stone or bronze, on canvas or the printed page through which the essential spirit and aspiration of these cities live forever. It is the artists, the poets and writers, the

## The Community.

architects, theologians, philosophers and statesmen - who confer a kind of immortality upon the scenes of man's labor.

It is therefore the aim of the Country Museum to bring to the community a visual consciousness of artistic achievements, by presenting the most important new contributions in the form of current free exhibitions. These current exhibitions will present a rotation of art, crafts, industrial achievements, and matters of civic interest, while the permanent or small loan exhibitions will at the same time be shown in other rooms.

The lecture program will not only be open to the general public, but will be designed to supplement the actual curriculum of Connecticut universities, colleges and schools, and timed so that groups from these institutions may attend, even if that involves repetition of individual lectures or entire series in order to meet special needs.

The prospective director of the Country Museum, Dr. William M. Hekking, expects from his long museum experience, that the attendance during the first year will reach approximately twenty thousand.

The Museum will be informative, refreshing and spontaneous in direct proportion to the intellectual and financial support it receives.

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The Means

The expense of the Country Museum will fall under
two main categories:

1st: the acquisition and remodelling of the
property; and

2nd: the permanent fund to provide for the
maintenance of the museum program.

The cost of the land with all its buildings and gardens
is $125,000.

It is at present known as - The Haven - and is the
home of Katherine S. Dreier, President of the Societe Anonyme,
as well as Trustee with Marcel Duchamp of its famous collection
over which the Trustees have sole power, and which will be
transferred to the Country Museum, as soon as it is established.
Besides this, Miss Dreier will give outright her own two great
possessions, the works by Marcel Duchamp, which are permanently
fixed in the main house and will bequeath in her will the
remainder of her private collection.

The financial support is planned by the formation of
various types of membership:

1. An Annual Matriculating Membership.
   Open to everyone. $2.00 annually. Bulletin.

2. An Annual Professional Sustaining Membership. $10.00 Bulletin. Quarterly. Number of Lectures.

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The Means

3. An Annual Institutional Membership.
   For Neighboring Institutions.
   Dues based on size and needs of Lecture
   Program.

4. An Annual Participating Membership.
   Bulletin. Quarterly. Number of Lectures.
   Bi-Annual Entertainment by invitation only.
   $100.00.

6. A Charter Membership.

The donor of larger sums may have the privilege of
endowing any specific activities. Twenty percent of each such
fund would always be set aside towards the general maintenance
of the whole.

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# I

## The Purpose

The Purpose

we propose the founding of a Country Museum of Art, the
first of its kind in America, which shall be a living center
for the study of art in any phase of the life of the present
day and of the past.

From the very start this Museum promises to become a
totally new and distinctive thing. It will not be just
another museum in the park. Its program will revolve around
a permanent collection of the greatest interest, supplemented
by timely and inspiring temporary exhibitions, by gallery
tours, and by occasional musical and dance recitals as well
as pageants. In order to awaken understanding and enthu-
siasm for great works of art, both past and present,
co-ordinated lecture series will be given by staff members
and visiting lecturers. They will be given with actual
examples of old and modern masters, for it is only through
actual contact, that the force which went into the creative
work can penetrate the spectator. Lantern slides and color
reproduction can stimulate the memory but cannot arouse the
actual impact for they are but the shadow of the substance.
These lecture series which will be planned in close
co-operation with other educational institutions in the
state, intend to treat general artistic questions, specific
historical periods, and important present-day developments,
as well as to utilize the opportunity afforded by distin-
guished foreign authorities who may be visiting this
country.

The Purpose

A small library will contain books and periodicals on
general art and craft subjects, some chosen for the character
and quality of their reproductions, others for the importance
of the critical writings they contain. Every attempt will be
made to keep abreast of the latest developments in criticism
and reproduction by the purchase of new books each year.

Classes will be arranged both for professional and ama-
teurs in pottery, weaving, block-printing, and batik; also
the making of puppet-shows, illustrating local historical
events, which are of particular value to teachers for their
work with children. The use of leisure time and home-planning
will be especially emphasized, for the purpose of preserving
quality in a civilization that seems too often dedicated to
quantity.

## II

### The Setting

The Setting

All in all the house, already rich in artistic interest and
in long association with the development of art in this
country, would make an incomparable setting for just the
type of program which is planned for the Country Museum.
Perhaps the most fruitful aspect of the house for museum
purposes is the opportunity it offers to know and understand
works of art in effortless harmony with a beautiful home
environment, a quality of inestimable educational value -
especially in these days when everything connected with art
has become so ruthlessly commercialized.

An opportunity for community nature study work, based
on the Allegany School of Natural History, is afforded by
the remaining acres. Woven in with the botany classes will
be the flower painting with flower pigments, connecting
this work with the art activities of the Museum in the
Country. This entire activity is not contemplated for imme-
diate development, unless special funds will be given for
this purpose.

III

The Collections

The works of art in this collection, by an incredibly
wide variety of interesting present-day European and American
artists, are not only of value in themselves, but are of
considerable historical importance for the role that they
have played in the formation of American taste and the
development of the understanding of modern art in this
country. The Societe Anonyme has held no less than 87 inde-
pendent exhibitions all over the country and abroad and has
lent works from its collections to 33 exhibitions in other
important institutions, such as the Museum of Modern Art,
the Brooklyn Museum, The Wadsworth Athenaeum, the Worcester
Museum, the Whitney Museum, the Springfield Museum, the
Art Institute of Chicago, Columbia University, the University

The Collections

And finally, Miss Katherine S. Dreier has consented to
bequeath in her will, her own amazingly rich collection to
the Country Museum. Pictures, sculpture and drawings by
the most imaginative and influential artists of our times
make up this superb group, the treasure of a lifetime's
devotion to art. Miss Dreier will furthermore give at
once to the Museum the two works by Marcel Duchamp, the most
profound intellect of twentieth century French art, which
are now permanently fixed in the library of the main house.
These paintings are the mural, "Tu m'.." and the magnificent
glass painting, "La marice mise a nue par ses celibataires
meme." The drawings for this glass have been so frequently
exhibited, that there have been constant demands to see
the original, which cannot be moved. It ought therefore
to be open to students and artists at any time.

With these great collections as a nucleus, the Country
Museum must expect to draw to itself other collections as
well, once its stability and integrity are established.
Indeed, one collector whose name cannot as yet be mentioned,
has promised the Museum several fine works of Renaissance
art, in order that the roots of the Museum should extend
deeper into the past. But it should certainly not stop

The Collections

IV

<u>The Community</u>

A policy of active cooperation with the great educa-
tional and cultural institutions of Connecticut would
include lecture series and exhibitions developed to rouse
an ever deeper appreciation of the importance that art must
play in the life of a state and nation. Only scholars know
what Athens, Rome, Paris and London originally made, or
what made them. But everyone remembers those works of
creative imagination recorded in stone or bronze, on canvas
or the printed page through which the essential spirit and

## The Community

aspiration of these cities live forever. It is the artists, the poets and writers, the architects, theologians, philosophers and statesmen - who confer a kind of immortality upon the scenes of man's labor.

The lecture program will not only be open to the general public, but will be designed to supplement the actual curricula of Connecticut universities, colleges and schools, and timed so that groups from these institutions may attend, even if that involves repetition of individual lectures or entire series in order to meet special needs.

It is expected that under the right directorship the attendance during the first year will reach approximately twenty thousand.

V

<u>The Means</u>

It is at present known as - The Haven - and is the
home of Katherine S. Dreier, President of the Societe Anonyme,
as well as Trustee with Marcel Duchamp of its famous collec-
tion over which the Trustees have sole power, and which will
be transferred to the Country Museum, as soon as it is
established. Besides this, Miss Dreier will give outright
her own two great possessions, the works by Marcel Duchamp,
which are permanently fixed in the main house and will
bequeath in her will the remainder of her private collection.

The Means

5. A Life Membership, which would often recruit its classifications from Annual Participating Membership. Same privileges. $500.00.

6. A Charter Membership.