An art gallery uniquely located in a bank was formally opened here last night by the American Bank and Trust Company, American affiliate of the Foreign Trade Bank, Ltd., of Tel Aviv and the Swiss-Israel Trade Bank of Geneva. The gallery is located in the newly-opened Fifth Avenue office of the bank.
Philip M. Klutznick, chairman of the board of the bank, presided at the opening ceremonies. Speakers included Roger L. Stevens, chairman of the National Council on the Arts, and August Hekscher, New York City administrator of recreation and cultural affairs.
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