I fully support the purchase of this painting. It is an iconic piece about the early history of Los Alamos. It belongs in Fuller Lodge. Too many people only associate the Lodge (and Los Alamos) with the Manhattan Project. This painting shows that there was so much more going on here before the world changed. Clearly the community support for this purchase is high. A number of art projects which cost much more, and had lower general support, have been previously purchased. If price is the only issue, would it be possible to take up a collection to help defray the cost?

This is very overpriced.

I oppose the purchase of this painting at this price without an appraisal done by the folks who are trying to sell it. I do think it is a piece of our history worth displaying, but I have seen nothing to indicate that the price is appropriate and many larger, more public pieces of art have been turned down over their prices which have been significantly less than this piece.