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reports on the Morosini and Negroli helmets in the Widener Collec- 

 tion. William P. Campbell was one of three judges at the "Neigh- 

 borhood Art Show" in Fauquier County, Va. 



Special installations were prepared for the French drawings exhibi- 

 tion and the exhibition of Japanese paintings and sculpture under the 

 direction of Mr. Cott. He also supervised the installation of new 

 vitrines for the Robert Woods Bliss Collection of pre-Coliunbian art. 



RESTORATION AND REPAIR OF WORKS OF ART 



Necessary restoration and repair of paintings and sculpture in the 

 Gallery's collections were made by Francis Sullivan, resident restorer 

 to the Gallery. Thirty-one pieces of furniture in the Widener Collec- 

 tion were shipped to New York for repair and conditioning ; these were 

 returned to the Gallery in October. 



PUBLICATIONS 



During the year Huntington Cairns contributed an article on 

 "Symbolism and the Language of Jurisprudence" to the forthcoming 

 volume "In the Beginning Was the Word : An Inquiry into the Mean- 

 ing and Function of Language," and reviews of "The Theodosian Code 

 and Novels" and "Law, the Science of Inefficiency," by William Seagle, 

 to the Library of Congress United States Quarterly Book Review; 

 "The Note-Books of Matthew Arnold," edited by Lowry, Young, and 

 Dunn, to Poetry Magazine; and "Feeling and Form," by Susanne 

 Langer, to the Virginia Quarterly Review. He also delivered a series 

 of lectures at the Johns Hopkins University on "The Theory of 

 Criticism." 



In November a new book, "Great Paintings from the National Gal- 

 lery of Art," by Huntington Cairns and John Walker, was published 

 by the Macmillan Co. 



Nine articles by John Walker on paintings in the Chester Dale 

 Collection appeared in the Ladies Home Journal. 



Mr. Christensen contributed an article, "A Page from the Sketch- 

 book of Martin Van Heemkerck" for the Gazette des Beaux- Arts. 



Other publications by the staff during the fiscal year 1953 include 

 the following : 



"Objects of Medieval Art," Handbook No. 3 in the National Gallery 

 of Art series by Erwin O. Christensen. 



A catalog entitled "Twentieth-Century French Paintings from the 

 Chester Dale Collection" was prepared by William P. Campbell. 



A book for hobbyists entitled "Early American Design : Toleware" 

 was written by Mr. Christensen. He also wrote the book "Early 

 American Wood Carving." 



A monograph on Giovanni Bellini's "Feast of the Gods" is being 

 revised by Mr. Walker and a sixth edition of the catalog, "French 



