FAC EXHIBIT OF MARC MELLON SCULPTURE

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP87-01130R000100110023-3
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 12, 2005
• Sequence Number: 23
• Publication Date: April 4, 1983
• Content Type: MF

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DDA 83-0823/2
4 April 1983
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MEMORANDUM FOR:
FROM:
Chairman, Fine Arts Commission
STAT
Harry E. Fitzwater
Deputy Director for Administration
SUBJECT: FAC Exhibit of Marc Mellon Sculpture
1. Thanks for your comments regarding the exhibit. I will
approach the DCI to visit the exhibit on his return and will pass
along your suggestions.
2. I would be pleased to accept your invitation to host the
proposed luncheon for Michael Botwinik.
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Memorandum for: Deputy Director for Administration
STATFrom:
, Chairman, Fine Arts Commission
Subject: FAC Exhibit of Marc Mellon Sculpture
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.i.r you nave not already seen it, I urge you to take a
to admire the show of bronze sculpture which the FAC now
.has on view in the exhibit hall. Mellon's work is really very
good, and the featured portrait of George Bush is, in my
opinion, a first-class example of the sculptor's art.
2. It occurred to me that we ought to call the exhibit to
the attention of the Director, so I am enclosing a poster, an
information flyer and the Employee Bulletin on the show for your
possible use when you mention it to him. When you do so, why
not suggest to the Director that it might be appropriate to
invite the Vice President to see the show? Mr. Bush would enjoy
seeing his portrait in this setting, and it would give him a
chance to see some of the excellent work done by the young
artist who captured his likeness so effectively. (During my
several telephone conversations with Mr. Bush's assistant
Jennifer Fitzgerald I took the liberty of inviting her to see
the show. I do not know whether she plans to come out here, but
it seemed only politic to proffer the invitation.)
3. Speaking of invitations, Mellon told me while we were
setting up the show that he had mentioned to Michael Botwinik
that some of his work would be on display at the CIA. Botwinik,
formerly of the Brooklyn Museum where Mellon studied but now the
Director of the Corcoran Gallery here in Washington, expressed
interest in seeing the show. An opportunity to establish a
contact at that level in an institution like the Corcoran is too
good to pass up, so I plan to call Botwinik later this week and
invite him to lunch and to-see the sculpture. If we can
interest him in our program it could lead to some very
interesting future exhibits drawn from the Corcoran's extensive
collections. Perhaps, if he accepts my invitation, you would
like to host the luncheon?
4. Please let me know what you think of these ideas.
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