36 ANNUAL REPORT SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, 1961 



Special installations were prepared for the European Paintings 

 from the Gulbenkian Collection, lent by C. S. Gulbenkian, Esq., and 

 for Paintings and Sculpture from the Kress Collection acquired by 

 the Samuel H. Kress Foundation, 1945-1951. 



The cataloging and filing of photographs in the George Martin 

 Richter Archives continued to make progress, with the gradual en- 

 largement of the collection. Also, about 100 additional catalog notes 

 were prepared for the new catalog of paintings in the National 

 Gallery. 



Further activities of the department are indicated under the head- 

 ing "Publications." 



BESTORATION AND REPAIR OF WORKS OF ART 



Necessary restoration and repair of works of art m the Gallery's 

 collections were made by Francis Sullivan, resident restorer to the 

 Gallery. All work was completed in the restorer's studio in the 

 Gallery. 



PUBLICATIONS 



During the year Huntington Cairns contributed an article on the 

 late American philosopher, Morris R. Cohen, to the Rivista Inter- 

 nazionale di Filosofia del Diritto; reviews of "Styles in Painting," 

 by Paul Zucker, "Impressionists and Symbolists," by Lionello Ven- 

 turi, and "Painting in France, 1895-1949," by San Lazzaro, to the 

 Yale Review ; and the foreword to "Morals and Law : the Growth of 

 Aristotle's Legal Theory," by Max Hamburger. He also delivered 

 a series of eight lectures at the Johns Hopkins University on "The 

 Theory of Criticism." 



The book "Paintings from America," by John Walker, published 

 by Penguin Books, Ltd., appeared during this year, and Mr. Walker's 

 book review of "Landscape into Art," by Sir Kenneth Clark, was 

 published in the December 1950 number of Burlington Magazine. 

 Also, Mrs. John Shapley contributed an article, "A Predella Panel 

 by Benozzo Gozzoli," to the Gazette des Beaux- Arts, 1950. 



An illustrated catalog of European Paintings from the Gulbenkian 

 Collection was prepared by Mrs. John Shapley and was issued for 

 the opening of the Gulbenkian exhibition on October 8, 1950. An illus- 

 trated catalog of Paintings and Sculpture from the Kress Collection 

 acquired by the Samuel H. Kress Foundation, 1945-1951, was com- 

 piled by William E. Suida, curator of research of the Samuel H. Kress 

 Foundation, in collaboration with the Curatorial Department, with 

 foreword by Mr. Finley and introduction by Mr. Walker, for the open- 

 ing of the Tenth Anniversary Exliibition, March 17, 1951. Perry B. 

 Cott completed a catalog of the Ki-ess Renaissance bronzes for the same 

 opening. 



