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Exhibition of Etchings and Mezzotints from J. M. W. Turner's ''Liber Studiorum." 

 September 15 through October 13, 1963. 



Eighteenth-Century Venetian Drawings from the Correr Museum. October 27 

 through November 24, 1903. 



Eighteenth-Century Venetian Etchings from the Natiotial Gallery of Art Collec- 

 tion. October 27 through November 24, 19G3. 



National Oallery of Art 1963 Christmas Card Subjects from the Graphic Ai-ts. 

 November 20 through December 10, and from December 17, 1963, through Janu- 

 ary 7, 1964. 



Prints by Kdthe Eollwitz from the Rosenivald Collection in Commemoration of 

 Human Rights week. December 10 through December 18, 1963. 



Paintings from The Museum of Modern Art, New York. December 17, 1963, 

 through March 22, 1984. 



Expressionist Prints from the Roscnwald Collection. December 17, 1963, through 

 March 22, 1964. 



Thomas Rowlandson Prints from the Rosenivald Collection. January 7 through 

 April 17, 1964. 



Drawings from the National Gallery of Art Collection. April 17, 1964, to con- 

 tinue into the next fiscal year. 



7000 Years of Iranian Art. June 7, 1964, to continue into the next fiscal year. 



Portrait of the Artisfs Mother: Arrangement in Gray and Black, No. 1 by James 

 Abbott McNeill Whistler. Lent by the Mus^e du Louvre. June 10 through 

 June 30, 1964. 



Whistler Prints from the National Gallery of Art Collection. June 10, 1964, to 

 continue into the next fiscal year. 



Exhibitions of recent accessions: "Joris W. Vezeler" and "Margaretha Boghe, 

 Wife of Joris W. "Vezeler" by Joos van Cleve. Continued from the preceding 

 fiscal year through July 11, 1963 ; "The Bookseller's Wife" by Goya, August 30, 

 through October 30, 1963 ; "The Assumption of the Virgin" by Poussin, Novem- 

 ber 17, 1963, through January 10, 1964. 



TRAVELING EXHIBITIONS 



Special exhibitions of graphic arts from the National Gallery of Art 

 collections were circulated during the fiscal year to 50 museums, univer- 

 sities, schools, and art centers in the United States and abroad. 



Index of American Design. Fifty-eight exhibitions (2,344 plates) of material 

 from the Index were circulated to 18 States and the District of Columbia. 



CURATORIAL ACTIVITIES 



Under the direction of Perry B. Cott, chief curator, the curatorial 

 department accessioned 2,700 gifts to the Gallery during the fiscal year 

 196-1. Advice was given with respect to 1,918 works of art brought to 

 the Gallery for expert opinion, and 20 visits to collections were made 

 by members of the staff in connection with offers of gifts. About 6,691 

 inquiries, many of them requiring research, were answered verbally 

 and by letter. 



"William P. Campbell, assistant chief curator, served as a member of 

 the Special Fine Arts Committee of the Department of State. 



