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Dr. H. Lester Cooke, museum curator, was awarded a U.S. Gov- 

 ernment grant under the International Exchange Program and lec- 

 tured in Italy from November 1959 to April 1960. 



William P. Campbell, curator of painting, assisted at the judging 

 of the Navy Department Art exhibition. John Pancoast, registrar, 

 assisted at the judging of the exhibition for the Military District of 

 Washington. 



Dr. Katharine Shepard, assistant curator of graphic arts, served 

 again as secretary of the Washington Society of the Archaeological 

 Institute of America. She also was an official delegate to the 

 general meeting of the Archaeological Institute in New York City, 

 December 1959. 



The Kichter Arcliives received and cataloged over 260 photographs 

 on exchange from museums here and abroad ; 916 photographs were 

 purchased, and about 10,000 reproductions clipped from magazines 

 and catalogs were added to the Eichter Archives. 



RESTORATION 



Francis Sullivan, resident restorer of the Gallery, made regular 

 and systematic inspection of all works of art in the Gallery, and 

 periodically removed dust and bloom as required. He relined 15 

 paintings and gave special treatment to 40. Twenty-eight paintings 

 were X-rayed as an aid in research. Experiments were continued 

 with the application of 27II and other synthetic varnishes developed 

 by the National Gallery of Art Fellowship at the Mellon Institute of 

 Industrial Research, Pittsburgh, Pa. Proofs of all color reproduc- 

 tions of Gallery paintings were checked and approved, and teclmical 

 advice on the conservation of paintings was furnished to the public 

 upon request. 



Mr. Sullivan inspected all Gallery paintings on loan in Govern- 

 ment buildings in Washington. He also gave ad^dce on and special 

 treatment to works of art belonging to other Government agencies 

 including the White House, the Freer Gallery of Art, and the 

 Smithsonian Institution. 



PUBLICATIONS 



Dr. Perry B. Cott, chief curator, contributed an article entitled 

 "The National Gallery of Art in Washington" to Westermanns 

 Monatshefte, February 1960. 



Dr. Fern Rusk Shapley, assistant chief curator, contributed an 

 article entitled "A Note on 'The Three Philosophers' by Giorgione," 

 to The Art Quarterly, Autumn, 1959. She also wrote two booklets 

 entitled "Early Italian Painting" and "Later Italian Paintings" pub- 

 lished by the National Gallery of Art. 



