30 ANNUAL REPORT SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, 1932 



Favorable report was made on acceptance of the following art 

 works : 



Portrait of Henry Ward Ranger, by Albert Neubuys, presented by Frederick 

 Ballard Williams. 



Portrait of Henry Ward Ranger, by Alphonse Jongers, presented by James 

 B. Fraser. 



Painting by Emanuel Leutze (1816-1868), the preliminary sketch for his 

 great fresco in the Capitol Building at Washington, known as Westward the 

 Course of Empire Takes Its Way. Presented to William H. Seward by the 

 artist. Bequest of Miss Sara Carr Upton. 



SPECIAL EXHIBITIONS 



An exhibition of paintings made in Spain and exhibited in the 

 Salon de Exposiciones del Museo Nacional de Arte Moderno, Madrid, 

 in 1928, as " Corners in Spain," the work of Wells M. Sawyer, was 

 held from October 24 to November 30, 1931. It comprised 44 oil 

 paintings and 24 water colors. Cards for the opening view were 

 issued, and a catalogue was supplied by the gallery. 



An exhibition in honor of the bicentennial of the birth of George 

 Washington, of paintings, .sculpture, plans of Washington City, etc., 

 was opened under the auspices of the United States Bicentennial Com- 

 mission and the National Commission of Fine Arts. Participf^ting 

 societies include the National Sculpture Society, National Capital 

 Park and Planning Commission, National Gallery of Art, American 

 Society of Landscape Architects, American City Planning Institute, 

 National Society of Mural Painters, American Academy in Rome, 

 American Institute of Architects, American Federation of Arts, and 

 National Conference on City Planning. Invitations for the open- 

 ing exercises on March 26 were issued by the commission, and a 

 catalogue of exhibits has been made available by the District of 

 Columbia George Washington Bicentennial Commission. The ex- 

 hibition will close on Thanksgiving Day, November 24, 1932. 



ART WORKS RECERTED DURING THE TEAR 



Accessions of art works by the Smithsonian Institution, subject 

 to transfer to the National Gallery on approval of the advisory com- 

 mittee of the National Gallery of Art Commission, are as follows: 



Portrait of Henry Wtird Ranger, by Alphonse Jongers, A. N. A., 

 formerly lent by the Council of the National Academy of Design. 

 Gift of James Earle Fraser, New York, N. Y. (Accepted by the 

 commission December 8, 1931.) 



Portrait of Maj. Gen. Henry Tureman Allen, United States Army, 

 and portrait of Gen. Robert Lee Bullard, LL. D., United States 

 Army, by Seymour Stone. Gift of Chester D. Pugsley, Peekskill, 

 N. Y. 



