in 1922, delano designed the interiors of the [[grand central art galleries]], an artists' cooperative established that year by [[john singer sargent]], [[edmund greacen]], [[walter leighton clark]], and others. eight years later delano and aldrich were asked by the organization to design the [[venice biennale#the united states pavilion|u.s. pavilion]] at the [[venice biennale]]. the purchase of the land, design, and construction was paid for by the galleries and personally supervised by clark. as he wrote in the 1934 catalog: