SECRETARY'S REPORT 



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THE HENRY WARD RANGER FUND 



According to a provision in the Ranger bequest that paintings pur- 

 chased by the Council of the National Academy of Design from the 

 fund provided by the Henry Ward Ranger bequest and assigned to 

 American art institutions may be claimed during the 5-year period 

 beginning 10 years after the death of the artist represented, one paint- 

 ing, The Rapids, by W. Elmer Schofield, N. A. (1867-1944), was 

 recalled and accepted by the Smithsonian Art Commission at its 

 meeting on December 7, 1954. 



The following paintings, purchased by the Council of the National 

 Academy of Design since the last report, have been assigned as 

 follows : 



Title a/nd Artist 

 1C3. Still Life in Winter (watercolor), 

 by Charles E. Burchtleld N. A. 

 (1893- ). 



164. Head of Red Moore, by Eugene 



Speiclier, N. A. ( 1883- ) . 



165. Tuscany, by Ogden M. Pleissner, 



N. A. (1905- ). 



166. Tree Forms, by Sidney Laufman, 



N. A. (1891- ). 



167. The Falls of Schuylkill, by Walter 



Stuempfig, A. N. A. 1914- ). 



168. Ryder's House, by Edward Hopper 



(1882- ). 



169. Sunset Cornwall (watercolor), by 



Gordon Grant, N. A. (1875- ). 



170. Alviso Slough (watercolor), by 



Maurice Logan (1886- ). 



171. Grape Hill, Manayunk, by Giovanni 



Martino, N. A. (1908- ). 



172. Still Life with Ground Pink, by 



Eugene R. Witten (1920- ). 



173. Study of a Young Man, by Nancy 



Ellen Craig (1927- ). 



174. Circus Performers, by Ben Kami- 



hira (1925- ), 



175. West 4th Street (watercolor), by 



Jerri Ricci, A. N. A. (1916- ). 



176. On Strike, by Robert A. Hitch (1920- 



). 



177. Still Life #98, by Robert Brackman, 



N. A. (1898- ). 



178. San Barnaba, by Louis Bosa, N. A. 



(190&- ). 



179. The Eviction, by Everett Slilnn, 



N. A. (1876-1953). 



Assiffnment 

 Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh, Pa. 



Buffalo Fine Arts Academy, Buffalo, 



N. Y. 

 Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati, 



Ohio. 

 Georgia Museum of Art, University 



of Georgia, Athens, Ga. 

 Vv'hitney Museum of American Art, 



New York, N. Y. 

 Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Mass. 



Cooper Union for the Advancement 



of Science and Art, New York, N. Y. 

 Staten Island Institute of Arts and 



Sciences, Staten Island, N. Y. 

 Butler Art Institute, Youngstown, 



Ohio. 

 Springfield Art Museum, Springfield, 



Mo. 

 Art Museum of the New Britain 



Institute, New Britain, Conn. 

 (Not yet assigned.) 



Farnsworth Museum, V7ellesley Col- 

 lege, Wellesley, Mass. 

 (Not yet assigned). 



The Parrish Art Museum, South- 

 ampton, Long Island, N. Y. 



Art Association of Indianapolis, 

 John Herron Art Institute, Indian- 

 apolis, Ind. 



Wilmington Society of Fine Arts, 

 Wilmington, Del. 



