88 ANNUAL REPORT SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, 1956 



Exhibition of 44 watercolors and prints, by Pierre Joseph Redouts (1759-1840), 

 held under the sponsorship of His Excellency, the Ambassador of Luxembourg, 

 Hugues Le Gallais. A catalog was privately printed. 



February 19 through March 8, 1956. — The Twelfth Annual Exhibition of the 

 Artists Guild of Washington, consisting of 51 paintings. A catalog was privately 



printed. 



February 19 through March 8, 1956. — The Fifth Biennial Exhibition of the 

 Washington Sculptors Group, consisting of 34 pieces of sculpture. 



March 25 through April 15, 1956. — The Biennial Art Exhibition of the National 

 League of American Pen Women consisting of 198 paintings, sculpture, prints, 

 ceramics, textiles, jewelry, and other craftwork. A catalog was privately printed. 



April 29 through May 11, 1956. — A Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibi- 

 tion of Finnish Crafts by Tapio Wirkkala and Rut Bryk, held under the sponsor- 

 ship of His Excellency, the Ambassador of Finland, and Madame Nykopp, con- 

 sisting of 130 pieces of sculpture, wood carvings, brass, glass, and silver designs 

 by Mr. Wirkkala and works in ceramic by Rut Bryk. 



April 29 through May 17, 1956. — A Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibi- 

 tion of 28 watercolors by Henry Wood Elliott (1846-1930). These works consti- 

 tute the first pictorial record ever made of the seal herds that populated the 

 Pribilof Islands in the 1870's. 



June 3 through 24, 1956. — The Fifty-ninth Annual Exhibition of the Washington 

 Water Color Club consisting of 149 watercolors, etchings, and drawings. A cata- 

 log was privately published. 



June 2 through 2k, 1956. — The Twenty-third Annual Exhibition of The Minia- 

 ture Painters, Sculptors, and Gravers Society of Washington, D. C, consisting 

 of 176 examples. A catalog was privately printed. 



Respectfully submitted. 



Thomas M. Beggs, Director. 

 Dr. Leonard Carmichael, 



Secretary, Smithsonian Institution. 



