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THE HENRY WARD RANCER FUND 



No. 176, On Strike, by Robert A. Hitch (1920- ), purchased 

 by the National Academy of Design March 24, 1954, was assigned by 

 the Academy to the Hudson River Museum at Yonkers, Yonkers, 

 N. Y., on December 3, 1955. 



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, four 

 paintings were re-called for action of the Smithsonian Art Commission 

 at its meeting December 6, 1955. 



No. 28, Brooding Silence, by John F. Carlson, N. A., listed earlier in this report, 

 was accepted by the Smithsonian Art Commission to become a permanent 

 accession. 



No. 36, Midsummer, by William S. Robinson, N. A. (1S61-1945), assigned in 

 1956 to the George Washington University, Washington, D. C. 



No. 100, Rhododendron, by H. Dudley Murphy, N. A. (1867-1945), assigned 

 in 1932 to the University of Tulsa, Tulsa, Okla. 



No. 107, The Blue Jar. by Cullen Yates, N. A. (1S66-1945), assigned in 1954 

 to the Norfolk Museum of Arts and Sciences, Norfolk, Va. 



The last three paintings were returned to the institutions to which 

 they had been assigned by the National Academy of Design, as 

 indicated. 



SMITHSONIAN TRAVELING EXHIBITION SERVICE 



Seventy-two exhibitions were circulated during the past season, 71 

 in the United States and 1 abroad, as follows : 



UNITED STATES 



Paintings and Drawings 

 Title Source 



American Indian Painting Philbrook Art Center, Tulsa, Okla. 



American Natural Painters Galerie St. Etienne and private collec- 

 tions. 

 A Century and A Half of Painting Government of Argentina; Argentine 

 in Argentina. Embassy ; private collections. 



As I See Myself Junior Arts and Activities; Galerie 



St. Etienne. 



Austrian Drawings and Prints Albertina, Vienna ; Austrian Embassy. 



Paintings by Austrian Children Superintendent of Schools in Vienna ; 



Austrian Embassy. 



California Painting Municipal Art Center, Long Beach, Calif. 



Paintings by George Catlin Smithsonian Institution, Department of 



Anthropology. 



