98 ANNUAL REPORT SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, 1960 



the needs of both collections but that a survey by engineers and archi- 

 tects would be necessary before plans could be drawn for structural 

 changes. 



Dr. Carmichael reported that, in accordance with a resolution 

 adopted at the 1958 Smithsonian Art Commission meeting, a com- 

 mittee of the Board of Regents, consisting of Dr. John Nicholas 

 Brown, chairman. Senator J. W. Fulbright, Representative Frank T. 

 Bow, and Dr. Caryl P. Haskins, had been appointed by the Chancellor 

 to assist in the organization of a National Portrait Gallery and to ad- 

 vise in the development of plans for adapting the Old Patent Office 

 Building to the needs of such a gallery. 



The Smithsonian Institution has a collection of over 125 subjects 

 designated, since acceptance in 1921 of the gift of 22 paintings from 

 the National Art Committee, as a National Portrait Gallery. The 

 National Gallery of Art has many important portraits of distin- 

 guished Americans, and other government departments have portraits 

 appropriate for such a gallery. 



The site of the Patent Office Building was prominent in L'En- 

 fant's plan of Washington. Administrative studies were initiated 

 preliminary to the formulation of plans for the use of the building. 

 A study will be made before the next meeting of the Smithsonian Art 

 Commission concerning the authorized functions of the National Col- 

 lection of Fine Arts and its relationship to other Government galleries. 



The Commission conveyed its greetings and hope for his early re- 

 covery to A. G. Wenley, Director of the Freer Gallery of Art. 



The Commission recommended acceptance of the following objects: 



Marble, Seated Nude, by Maurice Sterne (1877-1957). Offered by Lauson 

 H. Stone, New York City (through the National Gallery of Art). 



Oil, An Eclogue, by Kenyon Cox (185&-1919). Offered by AUyn Cox, New 

 York City. 



Three oil sketches to scale of a mural painting in the Iowa State Capitol by 

 Kenyon Cox. Offered by AUyn Cox. 



Two oils. Trapped in a Dungeon of Joy, by Atellio Salemme, and Unknown 

 Subject, by Theodoros Stamos. Offered by the Maritime Administration 

 through the General Services Administration. 



Watereolor, James Smithson (1765-1829). Transfer from the Smithsonian 

 Institution. 



Fourteen pencil drawings by Kenyon Cox. Offered by Allyn Cox. 



Three etchings by Gerald K. Geerlings (1897- ) : Black Magic (etching 

 and aquatint), Olympus (drypoint), and Inland Island (soft ground etching). 

 Offered by the artist, New Canaan, Conn. 



Seventeen fans added to the Peplta Milraore Collection of 18th- and 19th- 

 century French and English fans accepted in 1956. Offered by Henry L. Mil- 

 more, Washington, D.C. 



