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EXHIBITIONS 



The following exhibitions were held at the National Gallery of Art 

 during the fiscal year 1961 : 



Prints hy Toulouse-Lautrec. From the Rosenwald Collection. Continued from 

 previous fiscal year through August 15, 1960. 



French ISth-Century Prints and Draioinrjs. From the Wideuer Collection. Con- 

 tinued from previous fiscal year through September 14, 1960. 



Pritits hy Hogarth. From the Rosenwald Collection. August 16, 1960, through 

 December 1, 1960. 



Exhibitions of recent accessions. Paintings from the Timken Collection, Au- 

 gust 30, 1960, through September 30, 1960 ; "Madame Henriot" by Renoir, Feb- 

 ruary 26, 1961, through March 15, 1961 ; "Squire Musters" by Reynolds, "Master 

 John Heathcote" by Gainsborough, and "The Dogana and Santa Maria della 

 Salute, Venice" by Turner, May 6, 1961, through June 4, 1961. 



Italian Draicings from Five Centuries. Lent by Italian Museums. October 9, 

 1960, through November 6, 1960. 



Italian Prints. From the Rosenwald Collection. October 9, 1960, through No- 

 vember 6. 1960. 



Manuscript Illuminations, Xlth-XVth Century. From the Rosenwald Collec- 

 tion. October 9, 1960, through February 2, 1961. 



The Splendid Century: French Art of the Seventeenth Century. Sponsored bj 

 the Government of France and arranged by the Direction Generate des Affaires 

 Culturelles and the Association Frangaise d' Action Artistique. November 10, 

 1960, through December 15, 1960. 



Christmas Prints. From various donors. December 2, 1960, through March 5, 

 1961. 



The Civil War, A Centennial Exhibition of Eyewitness Drawings. From 18 

 collections and private lenders. January 8 through February 12, 1961. 



Rembrandt Etchings. From various donors. February 3 through March 21, 

 1961. 



The Marie and Averell Harriman Collection. From the collection of the Honor- 

 able and Mrs. W. Averell Harriman. April 16 through May 14, 1961. 



Chinese Art Treasures. Sponsored by the Government of the Republic of China. 

 May 28, 1961, to continue into the next fiscal year. 



Early American Lighting Devices. From the Index of American Design. 

 March 5, 1961, to continue into the next fiscal year. 



TRAVELING EXHIBITIONS 



Rosenwald Collection. — Special exhibitions of prints, drawings, 

 and sculpture from the Rosenwald Collection were circulated during 

 the fiscal year to 30 museums, universities, schools, and art centers in 

 the United States. 



Index of American Design. — During the fiscal year 1961, 22 travel- 

 ing exhibitions (753 plates and 60 lithographs) were circulated in 

 this country to 15 States and the District of Columbia. 



CURATORIAL ACTIVITIES 



Under the direction of Dr. Perry B. Cott, chief curator, the cura- 

 torial department accessioned 43 gifts to the Gallery during the 

 fiscal year 1961. Advice was given regarding 670 works of art brought 



