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^[[checkmark]] [[preprinted]] THE AMERICAN FEDERATION OF ARTS [[image: AFA large letters superimposed over organization title, utilizing that title lead line for typeface crossbars]] NATIONAL HEADQUARTERS: 1262 NEW HAMPSHIRE AVENUE, N. W., WASHINGTON 6, D. C. . NAtional 8178 FOUNDED 1909 INCORPORATED 1916 OFFICERS Robert Woods Bliss HONORARY PRESIDENT Lawrence M. C. Smith PRESIDENT Bartlett H. Hayes, Jr. FIRST VICE-PRESIDENT Grace L. McCann Morley SECOND VICE-PRESIDENT Eloise Spaeth THIRD VICE-PRESIDENT Roy R. Neuberger TREASURER Otto L. Spaeth DIRECTOR George Burton Cumming ASST. DIRECTOR & SECRETARY TRUSTEES Philip R. Adams H. Harvard Arnason Lee A. Ault Richard F. Bach Alfred H. Barr, Jr. Sidney Berkowitz Robert Woods Bliss Leslie Cheek, Jr. Ralph F. Colin Russell Cowles Sumner McK. Crosby Daniel S. Defenbacher Lloyd Goodrich Rene d'Harnoncourt Bartlett H. Hayes, Jr. Henry R. Hope Earle Ludgin H. Stanley Marcus William M. Milliken Grace L. McCann Morley Elizabeth S. Navas Roy R. Neuberger Thomas Brown Rudd Charles H. Sawyer Lawrence M. C. Smith James Thrall Soby Eloise Spaeth Francis Henry Taylor Emily Hall Tremaine Hudson D. Walker [[/preprinted]] April 9, 1951 Dear Member: In case you missed seeing the article on our "Contemporary Berlin Artists" show, which is now touring the country, we take pleasure in sending you herewith a reprint of the story as it appeared in the art section of [[underlined]] Time Magazine [[/underlined]] on March 26, 1951. The exhibition may be seen at the following institutions: J. B. Speed Art Museum, Louisville, Kentucky Brooks Memorial Art Gallery, Memphis, Tennessee M. H. DeYoung Memorial Museum, San Francisco, California Rosicrucian Egyptian Oriental Museum, San Jose, California Cleveland Art Museum, Cleveland, Ohio Iowa Memorial Union, State University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa Busch-Reisinger Museum, Cambridge, Massachusetts Museum, Cranbrook Academy of Arts, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan University of Indiana, Bloomington, Indiana Lyman Allyn Museum, New London, Connecticut We hope that you will have a chance to see this fine selection somewhere during its itinerary. We should also like to call you attention to Charlotte Weidler's interesting review of the exhibition in the current issue of the [[underlined]] Magazine of Art [[/underlined]]. Dr. Weidler was responsible for organizing the exhibition for the AFA. Cordially yours, [[signature]] L. M. C. Smith [[/signature]] Lawrence M. C. Smith President P.S. Please let me know of anyone you know who might be interested in joining the Federation and helping us to carry on this important work in the field of international art exchange. [[preprinted]] 41 Years of Active Service to Art in America [[/preprinted]]
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