192 ANNUAL REPORT SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, 1960 



EXHIBITIONS 



The following exhibitions were held at the National Gallery of Art 



during the fiscal year 1960 : 



Etchings and Mezzotints from Turner's Liber Studiorum. Gift of Miss Ellen T. 

 BuUard and from the Rosenwald Collection. Continued from previous fiscal 

 year. June 25, 1959, to November 8, 1959. 



Exhibition of recent accessions : The Tragedian by Manet and two paintings by 

 Whistler, Self-Portrait and Oeorge W. VanderMlt. September 6, 1959, 

 through October 5, 1959. 



American Prints Today — 1959. Exhibition of 62 etchings, engravings, wood- 

 cuts, lithographs, and serigraphs, done by American artists between Janu- 

 ary 1956 and December 1958; September 15, 1959, through October 18, 1959. 



Christmas Prints. From the Rosenwald Collection. December 14, 1959, 

 to January 11, 1960. 



Prints by Toulouse-Lautrec. November 9, 1959, through December 13, 1959. 

 Reinstalled January 12, 1960, to continue into the next fiscal year. 



Haniwa — Japanese Burial Mound Figures. Lent by the Japanese Government. 

 January 10, 1960, through February 21, 1960. 



Honors Daumier. Sculpture, drawings, and lithographs by Honor6 Daumier 

 from the Rosenwald Collection. March 12, 1960, through June 26, 1960. 



TRAVELING EXHIBITIONS 



Rosenwald Collection. — Special exhibitions of prints and drawings 

 from the Rosenwald Collection were circulated during the fiscal year 

 to 28 museums, universities, schools, and art centers in the United 

 States, In addition three exhibitions were sent to the Haus der 

 Kunst, Munich, Gennany ; Belvedere Museum, Vienna, Austria ; and 

 the Oesterreichische Galerie, Vienna, Austria. 



Index of American Design. — During the fiscal year 1960, 19 trav- 

 eling exhibitions ("988 plates) with 26 bookings were circulated to 

 Brazil, Germany, Pakistan, and 14 States in the United States. 



CURATORIAL ACTIVITIES 



Under the direction of Dr. Perry B. Cott, chief curator, the cura- 

 torial department accessioned 143 gifts to the Gallery during the 

 fiscal year 1960. Advice was given regarding 561 works of art 

 brought to the Gallery for expert opinion and 27 visits to collections 

 were made by members of the staff in connection with offers of gifts. 

 About 3,100 inquiries, many of them requiring research, were 

 answered verbally and by letter. 



Miss Elizabeth Mongan, curator of graphic arts, served on the 

 board of directors of the Print Council of America again this year. 

 She lectured on Graphic Arts at the Norfolk Museum of Art, Currier 

 Art Gallery, Fogg Art Museum, Louisiana State University, and 

 Bryn Mawr College. 



