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ing in the winter of 1963-64, with possible completion of the galleries 

 in January 1966. 



A resolution was unanimously passed that the Smithsonian Art 

 Commission "approves acceptance by the National Collection of Fine 

 Arts of those examples of the work of Paul Manship, sculptor, both 

 unique and of duplicate or multiple casting as he may leave to the 

 gallery by last will and testament. In acceptance of these works, it 

 will be understood that they shall not be subject to use as part of a 

 lending collection but shall be accorded treatment as permament ac- 

 cessions, subject to occasional loans for special exhibition, rotation on 

 display in the continuing exhibition, and other normal uses to which 

 regular acquisitions are put." 



The Commission recommended acceptance of the following for the 

 National Collection of Fine Arts : 



Terracotta, Myron T. Eerrick (1854-1929), by Paul Manship (1885- ). 

 Offered by the sculptor, New York City. 



Marble, Somnambula, by Randolph Rogers (1825-92). Offered by Mr. and 

 Mrs. Fortunato Porroto, Washington, D.C. 



Oil, Le Ravin de la Mort les Eparges, by Joseph Victor Communal. Bequest of 

 Frederick R. Wulsin through Lucien Wulsin, Jr., Co-executor of the estate. 



Oil, Self Portrait, by Edmund C. Tarbell (1862-1938). Offered by Mrs. Jose- 

 phine Tarbell Ferrell and Mrs. Mary Tarbell Schaffer. 



Oil, Mrs. Edmund C. Tarhell, by Edmund O. Tarbell (1862-1938). Bequest of 

 Mrs. Mercie Tarbell Clay. 



An oil and 15 watercolors by William Henry Holmes (1846-1933), together 

 with a watercolor by Kenneth C. Holmes. Offered by Ajina Bartsch Dunn, 

 Washington, D.C. : Chestnut Trees in Bloom (oil) ; Field of Vari-colored Grasses; 

 Floicery Meadow; Field of Wheat in Shock; Field of Jim Pie Weed; The 

 Babbling Brook; The Open Sea; A Maryland Dirt Road; Field of Blossoms; 

 In Holland; Royal Oak; Windmills ; Michigan; Cherry Blossoms; Blossoms; 

 On Sunset Hill; and Vase tvith Flower by Kenneth C. Holmes. 



A collection of 83 original sketches executed under the Work Projects Admin- 

 istration Program was accepted for its historical significance. The sketches 

 were offered as a transfer from General Services Administration through the 

 Internal Revenue Service and were represented by the following examples: 

 The Railroad Came to Town, by Saul Berman (1899- ) ; Preliminary Study 

 for Mural, Trinity, Texas, Post Office, by Jerry Bywaters (1906- ) ; Deer and 

 Buffalo Hunt, by Woodrow Crumbo ; Tung Oil Industry, by Xavier Gonzalez 

 (1898- ) ; Arrival of Colonel John Donaldson, by F. Luis Mora (1874- ) ; 

 Design for Mural for Post Office at Rockport, Massachusetts, by William Lester 

 Stevens, A.N.A. (1888- ) ; and Fruit Packing, by Undetermined Artist. 



A collection of 71 watercolors by Cass Gilbert, N.A- (1859-1934), was offered 

 by Mrs. Walter A. Bastedo, New Canaan, Conn., through the U.S. National 

 Museum, and was represented by five examples as follows : Old House in Rouen; 

 On the Canal, Bruges; Aqueduct; Battle Abbey; The Zicinger and Towers, 

 Dresden. 



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