Report No. 1.

8 the Park Hull

July 1st. 1936.

Nicholson, Gabo and Martin met at 7, The Mall Parkhill Road, Hampstead to discuss the formation of an international review of painting, sculpture and architecture. Sadie Speight was also present and later Barbara Hepworth. The following points were raised;

Constitution and Organization.

1. It was decided that the legal responsibilities of editorship should be ascertained before the next meeting.

2. It was decided that the three Editors representing painting, sculpture and architecture should be Nicholson, Gabo and Martin.

3. Normally any decision with regard to editing must be made after consideration by all three editors, except when, in the absence of a third member an immediate decision is necessary.

4. In the case of any difference of opinion, the majority of two might continue to edit the paper.

5. The review should be issued annually and should have a basis of permanent contributors. A supplementary list of occasional contributors will also be arranged.

6. Any decision with regard to approaching permanent contributors must be unanimous.

7. Sadie Speight should act as secretary. The address to will be 8 the Park Hull.

8. The Secretary should also act as treasurer.

9. A report should be submitted by the secretary to each Editor on the first of every month.

Finance.

1. Credit involved must be the result of a unanimous decision by the Editors.

2. An expenditure of three pounds to cover notepaper etc. was approved.

3. It was decided that all profit should be used to pay off debts or, if no such payments were necessary that it should be put into reserve for amplification of the scope of the review, for occasional payment to contributors or to relieve contributors of the cost of paying for blocks.

4. It was decided that all contributors should be asked first to send photographs of their work and, after selection by the Editors, to pay for the blocks of work to be reproduced.

Finance contd.

5. The Editors were asked to keep careful accounts of any out of pocket expenditure.

6. It was decided that as soon as possible, a leaflet should be sent round to probable subscribers and to any persons likely to render financial help.

Permanent Contributors.

1. It was decided that permanent contributors should have no say with regard to the general policy of the review, though their ideas, if good, might of course be assimilated.

2. The following people had already been approached and had signified their willingness to become permanent contributors;

Nicholson, Gabo, Martin, Read, Gropius, Moholy-Nagy, Nelson, Mondrian, Pevsner, Hepworth, and Helion. Massine.

Finally a list of possible permanent contributors was discussed but the question of the selection of architects was not finally settled and was to be considered again at the next meeting.

The following tentative list was drawn up;

a. (to be approached by Nicholson)
Frankfurt, K. Nicholson, Tschichold and Breuer.

b. (to be approached by Gabo)
Barr, Sweeney, Hildebrant, Kallaei, Lubetkin, Lurcat, Ginsburg, Vesnin, Lissitsky, Tatlin, Gorin.

c. (to be approached by Martin)
Oud, Van Esteren, Rietveld, Aalto, Havilichev, Neutra, Stam, Sert.
Final decision was not reached with regard to these names and this architects list.

Sadie Speight
8 The Park Hull

We, the editors, certify that this is a correct record of the meeting held on June 20th 1936.

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Report No 2

8 The Park Hull

Aug. 1st. 1936.

July 10th to 13th. meetings of all three editors held at
the above address.

General notes.

January 1st. 1937 proposed date of publication but
review to appear about November.

Ben to inform Axis of aims and policy of new review

Notepaper to be similar in size and quality to that
used by Herbert Read. A certain number of are to
contain list of names of all permanent contributors
and a perforation near bottom of sheet forming a space
for name and address of possible subscriber, to whom
a full prospectus is to be sent later.

The plan of the review as laid out by the editors follows.

All suggestions made have been included in their proper
sections.

TITLE PAGE

DIAGRAM OF THE REVIEW

EDITORIAL

PAINTING I. THEORY

Quotations. Leonardo. Einstein. Moscow from Gabo

Writers.

Mondrian 'painting'

Sweeney 'direction'

Read ? 'principles of painting'

Westerdahl ?

Sartoris ?

Kallaei ?

Ben ?

II Practical

Photographs

SCULPTURE I THEORY

Quotations. Adrian Stokes. Henry Moore.

Writers.

Barbara.

Gabo.

Bernel. Construction of form in Natur

Frankfurt. Principles of Sculpture

II PRACTICAL

Photographs.

ARCHITECTURE I THEORY

Quotations.Loos. Oud. Gropius. Corbusier.

Writers.

Neutra. New Materials.etc.

Richards. Constructive ideas.

Gropius.

Fry. Town planning

Nelson. ? hospitals

Yorke ? if Neutra fails

II PRACTICAL

Photographs, plans constructional drawings.

ART AND LIFE

Quotations. Read. Mumford. Plato.

Writers.

Herbert Read Education

Barbara and Curry Form consciousness in
children

Mumford Production

Richards If Mumford fails

Hodgson Waste

Barr Propaganda

Moholy Nagy Photography. One eye.

Massine Choreography

Breuer Furniture

Leslie Co-ordination

APPENDIX

Reviews of books etc.

Exhibitions during 1936 (notes and photos)

Position of constructive art in other countries
support

opposition

advance

reaction.

ADVERTISMENTS

Only approved adverts to be inserted and their
layout to be controlled.

Possible exchange of adverts with Telehor, Axis,
Gaceta de Arte, Architectural Review, Plastque ?

Each main section to have its own distinct colour on edge
of sheet.

SINCE THE MEETING

July 20th. Information regarding Plastique. Suggestion of importance of publishing a leaflet before Plastique appears, and publication of Review not later than Dec. 1st.

July 25th. Proposal from Ben to include Erni as permanent contributor. Agreed. Acceptances from Jackson, Moore, Ncolette Gray.

July 25th. Inclusion of Yorke and Fry as possible contributors. Acceptance from Richards and Breuer. Suggestions for new title concentric direction

July 26th Sample notepaper returned from Poulk. Acceptance by Frankfurt Arrangement by Ben with New York agent to distribute 5000 circulars

July 30th Sample of notepaper in preparation by Hull printer.

REPORT 3.

Sept.1.1936.

August 15th to 19th meetings held at 7 The Mall N.W. 3.

## Suggestions relating to contents of Review.

### PAINTING SECTION.

- Ben to write again to Sweeney and Mondrian.

- Ben to write to Jean Lurcat for Andrés address.

- Gabo to obtain quotations from Moscow.

- Gabo to write to Hildebrandt for article on painting.

- Gabo to write to Winifred with suggestions for article on Colour.

- Sadie to translate two articles for Ben from "Gaceta de Arte" by Westerdahl and Sartoris.

- Nicolette Gray to be kept in mind as writer for the second number.

### SCULPTURE SECTION.

- Gabo to write to Pevener.

- Gabo to write to Gorin for photographs of his Sculpture.

- Article by Nelson probably to be included in this section.

### ARCHITECTURE SECTION.

- Gabo to see Lubetkin.

- Bry to write on Town Planning. (The Tennessee Valley Scheme).

- Skinner to write on some social aspect of architecture to be decided by Leslie.

- Leslie to write to Sert for photographs of his own work and of the G.A.T.E.P.A.C. group work.

- Leslie to write to Le Corbusier and send the letter to Ben and Gabo for signatures.

- Leslie to write a report on the C.I.A.M. Conference at La sarraz. (see page 2.)

- Leslie to write a report on international architectural group work. (see page 2.)

### ART AND LIFE SECTION.

- Richards to write on Production (Architectural point of view.)

- Leslie to obtain quotations from Hodgson's book "The Great God Waste."

- Leslie to write to Honzik for article. (see page 2.)

- Breuer to write on furniture. (Develop point of furniture being merely a part of architecture.)

- Gabo to write to Chekhov for article on the theatre.

- Leslie to write to Helena and Szymon Syrkus for article on their experimental theatre construction in Warsaw.

- Use of photographs of Gabo's construction for "Le Chat" to be considered.

- Gabo to write to Massine to enquire about stills from any films which he may have of himself.

- Gabo to write to Eisenstein for article about films and also to Rebecca West for a letter of introduction to René Clair.