110 ANNUAL REPORT SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, 1962 



PUBLICATIONS 



No publications were issued by the Freer Gallery during this 

 fiscal year. 



Publications of staff members were as follows : 



Cahiix, James F. The art of Southern Sung China — Asia House, 1962. New 

 York, Asia Society, 19G2. 103 pp., illus. 



. "Tlie return of the absent servants: Chou Fang's Douhle Sixes re- 

 stored." Archives of the Chinese Art Society of America, vol. 15 (1961), 

 pp. 26-28 incl. illus. 



. Review of "Cliinese pictorial art, as viewed by the connoisseur," by R. H. 



van Gulik. Journal of the American Oriental Society, vol. 81 (1961), pp. 



448-451. 

 Ettinghausen, Richard. Arab painting. Geneva, Skira, 1962. 208 pp. mount. 



illus. (part col.) map. (Treasures of Asia.) 

 . Review of "Turkish painting," edited with introduction and notes by 



Emel Esin. Artibus Asiae, vol. 24 (1961), p. 73. 

 . Persian miniatures in the Bernard Berenson collection. Milano, Officine 



Grafiche Ricordi, 1961. 6 pp., 12 pis., each with descriptive letterpress. 



Gettens, R. J. "Mineral alteration products on ancient metal objects," in Pro- 

 ceedings of the lie Rome Conference, 1961, pp. 171-174. 



. "Proposal for a handbook on analysis of materials of paintings," in 



Proceedings of the IIC Rome Conference, 1961, pp. 47-50. 



. "IIC and ICOM : Conservation meeting in Rome and Barcelona," in 



Museum Neics (Washington, D.C.), vol. 40, pp. 36-39. 

 Pope, John A. Review of "Bronze culture of ancient China," by William C. 

 White. Ars Orientalis, vol. 4 (1961), pp. 432-440, plate. 



PHOTOGRAPHIC LABORATORY AND SALES DESK 



The photographic laboratory made 11,461 items during the year as 

 follows: 8,718 prints, 1,222 negatives, 1,605 color slides, and 76 color 

 film sheets. At the sales desk 50,570 items were sold, comprising 

 4,496 publications and 46,074 reproductions (including postcards, 

 slides, photographs, reproductions in the round, etc.) . 



BUn^DING AND GROUNDS 



Tlie exterior of the building appears to be sound and in good con- 

 dition. Refinishing of the bronze surrounding the court and on the 

 exterior of the north door is underway. The roof is scheduled to be 

 repaired this summer; also the sidewalk in front of the building is to 

 be removed and replaced to conform with the work now being done 

 on the 12th Street underpass. 



In the interior, the limestone door frames of the exhibition gal- 

 leries are being cleaned. All concrete floors were painted and given 

 a protective coat of wax. 



The doors leading from the main office to the library were reworked 

 and fitted with glass. 



The sales desk at the north entrance was completely refinished on 

 location. 



