SECRETARY'S REPORT 153 



Gallery publications in process include the catalog of paintings and 

 the catalog of paintings and sculpture acquired by the Samuel H. 

 Kress Collection since 1951 for the exhibition in 1956. 



During the past fiscal year the Publications Fund published seven 

 new 11- by 14-inch color reproductions and acquired five new Clirist- 

 mas card color plates. Two large collotype reproductions of paint- 

 ings in the collection and nine sculpture reproductions distributed by 

 two New York publishers were placed on sale. 



A new Portfolio No. 4 entitled "Landscape Paintings in the Na- 

 tional Gallery of Art" (containing text by a staff member and twelve 

 11- by 14-inch color reproductions, of which seven were completely 

 new prints) is in the process of publication. The catalog of "Twen- 

 tieth Century French Paintings from the Chester Dale Collection" 

 was reprinted during the year. The Fund made available to the pub- 

 lic a National Gallery of Art engagement calendar. 



Exhibition catalogs of the Austrian Drawings and Prints, and Goya 

 Drawings and Prints, were distributed. 



Representations of Gallery works of art in 2- by 2-inch color slides 

 and in "stereo" color slides are now being sold in the Gallery Infor- 

 mation Rooms. These slides, which are all original photographs, are 

 an entirely new type of item in Publications Fund stock. 



EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM 



The attendance for the general, congressional, and special tours, and 

 the "Picture of the Week" totaled 41,023, while that for the 44 audi- 

 torium lectures on Sunday afternoons was approximately 10,025 dur- 

 ing the fiscal year 1955. 



Tours, lectures, and conferences arranged by appointment were 

 given to 256 groups and individuals. The total number of people 

 served in this manner was 6,042. This is an increase of 110 groups and 

 2,586 people served over last year. These special appointments were 

 made for such groups as representatives from leading high schools, 

 universities, and museums, other governmental agencies, wives of 

 members of the Cabinet and of Congressmen, women's clubs, store su- 

 pervisors, and attaches from foreign embassies. 



Three separate training programs for volunteer docents from the 

 Junior League, the American Association of University Women of 

 Arlington County, and members of the Parent-Teacher Association 

 of the Barrett School of Alexandria were carried forward during the 

 year by several members of the Education Department. 



Lecture programs on "American Cultural Life" have been prepared 

 for librarian members of the United States Information Agency, and 

 for members of the Department of State, who may act as cultural at- 

 taches on overseas duty. The wives of the officers in the Departments 



