34 ANNUAL REPORT SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, 1953 



Paintings from the Chester Dale Collection," is being prepared by 

 Mr. Campbell. 



During the fiscal year 1953 the Publications Fund added four new 

 color postcards and a new 11- by 14-inch color reproduction to the list 

 available and 6 additional new 11- by ll-inch color prints were on 

 order. Nineteen new monotone postcards and four new Christmas- 

 card color plates were produced. At the time of the opening of the 

 exhibition of Twentieth-Century French Paintings from the Chester 

 Dale Collection a stock of 18 color and monotone postcard subjects 

 was also acquired from the Art Institute of Chicago and distributed 

 here. Eleven more large collotype reproductions of paintings at the 

 Gallery distributed by a New York publisher were placed on sale, and 

 this company also produced the first 6 of a new series of 11- by 14-inch 

 plate-size color reproductions of our works of art. 



A new set of playing cards, Wedgwood plates bearing a picture of 

 the Gallery building, a stock of "Famous Paintings" calendars includ- 

 ing many Gallery paintings, and the book, "Italian Painters of the 

 Renaissance," by Bernard Berenson, illustrated with numerous Gal- 

 lery paintings, were also made available. The 1952 A. W. Mellon 

 lectures of Jacques Maritain in published form were placed on sale as 

 well as four other books by National Gallery of Art staff members. 



Exhibition catalogs of the French drawings, Robinson, and Japanese 

 shows were distributed, and over 20,000 postcards of Japanese works 

 of art were sold here during the latter exhibition. 



EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM 



The attendance for the general, congressional, and special tours and 

 the "Picture of the Week" totaled 43,544, while the attendance at 39 

 auditorium lectures on Sunday afternoons was approximately 13,068 

 during the fiscal year 1953. 



Tours, lectures, and conferences arranged by appointment were 

 given 202 groups and individuals. The total number of people served 

 in this manner was 4,701. These special appointments were made for 

 such groups as representatives from leading universities and museums, 

 groups from other governmental departments, high schools, college 

 students, women's clubs, Sunday-school classes, and a number of for- 

 eign visitors. This service also included the training of Junior 

 League volunteers who thereafter conducted tours for art students in 

 the Washington high schools and a training program for members of 

 the Arlington American Association of University Women who 

 served as volunteer docents and conducted tours in the Gallery for all 

 the Arlington public-school children in grades 2 through 6. 



The staff of the Education Office delivered 17 lectures; 22 lectures 

 were delivered by guest speakers. During March and April Sir Ken- 

 neth Clark delivered the second annual series of the A. W. Mellon 



