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[[preprinted]] ART NEWS FOUNDED 1902
654 MADISON AVENUE, NEW YORK 21, N. Y.
Telephone: TEmpleton 8-3730
Cable Address: Gagol, New York [[/preprinted]]


April 24,1952

Dear Mrs. Parker:

It is very exciting -- it really is.

I refer to the contents of our GOLDEN JUBILEE NUMBER, to be published in June, on which our editorial staff and special contributors are feverishly working.

Here is a little fortaste of its contents that will make it avidly read from cover to cover and which we expect will add many thousands to our paid circulation now in excess of 32,000.

[[indent]] How a great museum has influenced the architecture, city planning and culture of a metropolis.  This feature covers the activities of the Art Institute of Chicago. Included will be plates of noted paintings in the collection of the Institute reproduced in full-color for the first time.

Numerous materials for the use of the artist have been improved and many new products have become available during the past half-century. These and their relation to the work of the professional, the student and the amateur will be covered.

The part which ART NEWS has played in the development of art and art interest in the United States will be reflected in reproductions of items that have appeared in sundry issues of our magazine during its fifty years of service to the art field.

Some people may not like it but "self analysis is good for the soul", so a well known artist writer will do a