SECRETARY'S REPORT 111 



Steen, Hakold p. Treasures of Japan; Seattle Art Museum, Juue 25 through 



August 21, 1U60. Seattle, the Museum, 19G0. 

 . Review of "Hokusai ; paintings, drawings and woodcuts," by J. Hillier, 



London & New York, Phaidon Press, 1957. Journal of Asian Studies, vol. 



19, pp. 87-88, 1959. 

 . Introduction to : Figure prints of old Japan, a pictorial pageant of 



actors & courtesans of the eighteenth century reproduced from the prints 

 in the collection of Marjorie & Edwin Grabhorn . . . San Francisco, The 

 Book Club of Canada, 1959. 



UsiLTON, Bertha M. Compiled Index to Far Eastern Ceramic Bulletin, 1949- 

 58, 8 pp., issued as separate for the bulletin, Oct. 1959. 



Wenley, Aechibali) Gibson. A parallel between Far Eastern and Persian paint- 

 ing. In Aus dcr Welt der islamischen Kunst; Festtschrift fiir Ernst 

 Kiihnel . . . Berlin, Gebr. Mann, 1959, pp. 350-356, 4 pis. 



PHOTOGRAPHIC LABORATORY AND SALES DESK 



The photograpliic laboratory made 6,943 items during the year as 

 follows: 4,816 prints, 567 negatives, 1,383 color slides, 160 black-and- 

 white slides, and 17 color film sheets. In all, 3,225 slides were lent 

 during the year. 



BUILDING AND GROUNDS 



The exterior walls appear to be sound and in good condition. The 

 bronze doorways and area work surrounding the court were refinished 

 under contract. The wooden flagpole was replaced with an aluminum 

 one. 



The structural steel in the attic was cleaned of rust and spotted 

 with aluminum paint, pending the time when the attic can be com- 

 pletely repainted. 



The cleaning of the limestone of the first floor was continued and 

 is now about 75 percent complete. 



The walls in galleries IX, X, and XI were removed and new plaster 

 walls installed. The plaster was then covered with a vinyl resin 

 coated fabric, resulting in a marked improvement. 



The auditorium was redecorated and new floor covering installed. 



All corridors and storage rooms in the basement were painted. 

 The north wall of the south corridor leading to the auditoriiun 

 was rebuilt. The shelving in the stone storage room was removed 

 and new metal shelving ordered for this area. Two hand-rails were 

 installed inside the north side of the building leading to both sides 

 of the gallery corridors. 



In the courtyard replacements were made in the two azalea beds 

 on the south side, and 14 yards of zoysia grass were replanted on 

 that side of the building. The plantings around the fountain made 

 excellent showings. Vinca has been planted for the coming summer 

 season and appears to be doing well. 



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