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Report on the National Collection of 

 Fine Arts 



Sm : I have the honor to submit the following report on the activ- 

 ities of the National Collection of Fine Arts for the fiscal year ended 

 June 30, 1963: 



SMITHSONIAN ART COMMISSION 



The 40th annual meeting of the Smithsonian Art Commission was 

 held in Washington on Tuesday, December 4, 1962. Members present 

 were Paul Mansliip, chairman; Leonard Carmichael, secretary; Gil- 

 more D. Clarke, David E. Finley, Lloyd Goodrich, Bartlett H. Hayes, 

 Jr., Ogden M. Pleissner, Charles H. Sawyer, and Stow Wengenroth. 

 James C. Bradley, Assistant Secretary ; Theodore W. Taylor, Assist- 

 ant to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution ; and Thomas M. 

 Beggs, Director, National Collection of Fine Arts, were also present. 



Kesolutions on the deaths of Robert Woods Bliss and i^rchibald G. 

 Wenley were submitted and adopted. 



The Commission recommended appointment of Edgar P. Eichardson 

 to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Mr. Wenley, and of Paul 

 Mellon, to fill that caused by the death of Mr. Bliss. 



Recommendations were made for the reappointment of Gilmore 

 D, Clarke, Stow Wengenroth, and Andrew Wyeth for the usual 4- 

 year period. 



The following officers were elected for the ensuing year: Paul 

 Manship, chairman ; Gilmore D. Clarke, vice chairman ; and Leonard 

 Carmichael, secretary. 



The following were elected members of the executive committee for 

 the ensuing year: David E. Finley, chairman; Gilmore D. Clarke, 

 Ogden M. Pleissner, Edgar P. Richardson, with Paul ISIanship and 

 Leonard Carmichael, ex officio. 



Dr. Carmichael reported to the Commission on the progress in 

 developing the old Patent Office Building to house the National 

 Portrait Gallery and the National Collection of Fine Arts. He stated 

 that plans had been submitted to the General Services Administration 

 and that it was expected funds would be available to begin remodel- 

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