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restored 21 paintings, and gave special treatment as required on 10 

 paintings. Fourteen paintings were X-rayed as an aid in research. 

 The X-ray developing baths were redesigned, and experiments were 

 continued with the application of 27H and other synthetic varnishes 

 developed by the National Gallery of Art Fellowship at the Mellon 

 Institute of Industrial Research, Pittsburgh, Pa. Proofs of all color 

 reproductions of Gallery paintings were checked and approved, and 

 technical advice on the conservation of paintings was furnished to 

 the public upon request. 



Mr. Sullivan also gave advice on and special treatment to works of 

 art belonging to other Government agencies including The White 

 House, the Freer Gallery of Art, and the Smithsonian Institution. 



PUBLICATIONS 



John Walker wrote the text for a portfolio of paintings which was 

 published by the Harry N. Abrams Co. in the spring. Mr. Cott con- 

 tributed an article to the Orange Disc, published by the Gulf Oil Co. 

 Mrs. Fern R. Shapley was coauthor with Dr. William Suida of the 

 painting section of the catalog, "Paintings and Sculpture from the 

 Kress Collection acquired by the Samuel H. Kress Foundation, 1951- 

 1956." Mr. Pancoast compiled the text of the sculpture section of the 

 same catalog. An article by Mrs. Shapley on "The Holy Family" by 

 Giorgione appeared in the winter issue of the Art Quarterly. She 

 also wrote an article on the Gallery acquisitions 1945-54 which was 

 published in The Studio. Mr. Christensen's book entitled "Primitive 

 Art" was published by Crowell-Studio in the fall. He also revised the 

 Gallery handbook on Chinese porcelains. Mr. Cooke contributed an 

 article to the College Art Journal on "The Exhibition of German 

 Drawings at the National Gallery of Art." 



Mr. Cooke wrote an article for the Burlington Magazine entitled 

 "Three Unknown Drawings by G. L. Bernini." He also prepared a 

 series of ten short articles for publication in the Ladies Home Journal. 

 Three of these articles have appeared this year. An article by Mr. 

 Cooke entitled, "II Museo e gli Artisti" appeared in Atti del convegno 

 di Museologia, Ministry of Public Instruction, Rome. Mr. Cooke 

 prepared the texts for 20 brief articles which were published to ac- 

 company reproductions of paintings in the Samuel H. Kress Collec- 

 tion, which are on sale in Kress stores throughout the country. 



During the past fiscal year the Publications Fund published 44 new 

 ll-x-14" color reproductions and a new color x)ostcard, and made 

 plates of two prints for new Christmas folders ; four additional new 

 color postcards were also on order. Three more large collotype re- 

 productions of paintings on exhibition, distributed by a New York 

 publisher, were placed on sale. 



