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especially to encourage the development of American contemporary 

 art. A list of references on the subject was provided. 



Mr. Clarke reported that the subcommittee appointed to advise in 

 the development of plans for housing the National Collection of Fine 

 Arts in the Old Patent Office Building had met on December 5 and 

 had discussed the progress made on plans for renovation of the Patent 

 Office Building. He reviewed the architect's plans and specifications. 

 The adaptability of the building to gallery purposes was pointed out, 

 and the major structural change, the construction of a loading ramp 

 and platform, was outlined. Special features discussed were off-street 

 parking and car storage, a dining area, and the practicability of an 

 auditorium. 



Mr. Bradley stated that an appropriation had been made to the 

 General Services Administration for the construction of a new Civil 

 Service Building and that consequently the original Patent Office 

 Building probably would be turned over to the Smithsonian at an 

 earlier date than previously expected, possibly by the spring of 1963. 



Dr. Carmichael requested the Commission's advice on a new opera- 

 tion proposed for the Smithsonian Institution. He briefly outlined 

 the program to obtain a collection of industry-sponsored art to be used 

 as a nucleus for traveling exhibitions, decoration of Federal offices, and 

 possibly the decoration of Embassies and American libraries overseas, 

 which would be supported by private funds. 



The Commission recommended acceptance of the following objects 

 for the National Collection of Fine Arts: 



Marble, Napoleon Bonaparte (180S-73) by Pierre Jean David d'Angers 

 (1788-1856). Offered by Mr. and Mrs. Fortunato Porotto, Washington, D.C. 



Bronze, Abraham Lincoln (1809-65) by Augustus St. Gaudens (1847-1907). 

 Offered by Cornelia Kremer, Washington, D.C. 



Four heroic-size marble busts by William Couper (1853-1942) : Jean Louis 

 Rudolph Agassiz (1807-73), Spencer FuUerton Baird (1823-88), Benjamin 

 Franklin (1706-90) and Joseph Henry (1797-1878). Offered by the American 

 Museum of Natural History, New York City, 



Black Belgian marble, Falcon, by Bessie Stough Callender (1889-1951). 

 Bequest of Harold Callender, Paris, France. 



Decorative wall hanging by Mary Ellen Crisp. Offered by the artist, 

 Biddeford, Maine. 



The Commission recommended the following be held for submission 

 to the National Portrait Gallery Commission : 



Oil, Judge Isaac Samuels Pennylacker (1807-47) by undetermined artist. 

 Bequest of Dr. Bernard Samuels, Front Royal, Va. 



ART WORKS LENT AND RETURNED 

 Inatituttona Loans Returned 



American Federation of Art 1 



Army Signal Corps . 2 



Atomic Energy Commission 4 



