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she was going to resign and he couldn't believe it. Financially, it was very fruitful, but she wasn't concerned about that. She said, “Look, these people are going into areas of new technology, etc. I sit at the board meeting and I listen to them, but they understand much better than I the fiscal, financial, profit aspects of these developments. I was concerned with programs, whatnot.” Her last conversation with Leonard she told me about. She was bemused at the fact that Leonard interpreted her desire to resign as being indicative of her not feeling adequate. You know, generally. She said, “If he wants to believe that, it's his privilege.”

Q:

Going back to the board of the Museum of Modern Art, was she the only black member at the time?

Clark:

And was replaced by a black member.

Q:

Do you recall that she felt that works of black artists were inadequately represented in the Museum?

Clark:

She felt that.

Q:

As a matter of fact, are they represented at all this week?

Clark:

Yes I think so. Romeo Bear, and maybe a few others. I didn't keep track with the specifics of that period when she met with a number of black artists, when she was a liaison.





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