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SMITHSONIAN LENDING COLLECTION 



The following 11 oils by Emile Walters were added December 1, 

 1959: 



Havikadal, North Iceland (looking west), site of the home of Eric the Red, 

 where Leif Ericsson was bom. 



Haukadal (looking east). 



Ilrappsey (Island Group where Eric the Red sheltered his ship prior to 

 his first voyage to Greenland). 



Glunibaer, Skaga Fjord (home of Vinland hero, Thorfinns Karlsefni, pur- 

 chased after his return to Iceland from Vinland in 1006). 



View from the Plains of Parliament. 



Herolsness Fjord (Ikagait Mountain home of the first Viking settlement) . 



Early Sunshine (Erics Fjord, southern Greenland). 



Church at Hvalsejar Fjord (first Christian Church in the west). 



Erics Fjord (glacier ice in summer). 



Erics Fjord (across from Brattahild). 



Hjaraqssuiit (second Viking settlement in Greenland). 



An oil, ^larie Huet, by Alice Pike Barney, lent September 25, 1952, 

 to the Department of Justice, was recalled for renovation. 

 The following paintings were lent for varying periods : 



To the Internal Revenue Service, Washington, D.C. : 



April 21, 1960 Little Rose by S. Seymour Thomas. 



To the Department of State, Washington, D.C. : 



March 18, 1960 Woman with Red Hair by Albert Herter. 



THE HENRY WARD RANGER FUND 



The following paintings, purchased previously but not assigned, 

 have been allocated to the institutions indicated : 



Title and Artist Assignment 



213. The Critic ( Kermit Lansuer, by Mint Museum of Art, Charlotte, N.C. 



Aaron Shikler (1922- ). 

 217. The Painter, Shelley Fink, by University of Oregon, Eugene, Oreg. 



David Levine (1926- ). 



According to a provision in the Henry Ward Ranger bequest, that 

 paintings purchased by the Council of the National Academy of De- 

 sign from the fund provided by the Bequest, and assigned to Ameri- 

 can art institutions, may be claimed during the 5-year period begin- 

 ning 10 years after the death of the artist represented, the following 

 paintings were recalled for action of the Smithsonian Art Commis- 

 sion at its meeting December 1, 1959. 



No. 2, Evening Tide, California, by William Ritschel, N.A. (1864-1949), as- 

 signed to the National Collection of Fine Arts (formerly the National Gallery 

 of Art) was accepted to become a permanent accession. 



No. 29, Smuggler's Notch, Stowe, Vermont, by Chauncey F. Ryder, N.A. (1868- 

 1949, assigned to the Memorial Art Gallery, University of Rochester, N.Y., 

 was accepted to become a permanent accession. 



No. 52, The Enchanted Pool by William RitscheL.N.A. (1864-1949), assigned 

 to the Minneapolis Society of Fine Arts, Minneapolis, Minn., was accepted to 

 become a permanent accession. 



