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the reorganization of the permanent exhibition of the Harriet Lane 

 Johnston, Ealph Cross Johnson, John Gellatly, and Pell Collections, 

 and the preparation in progress of a new catalog and handbooks of 

 the collections. Responsibility for scheduling the monthly foyer 

 exhibitions in the Natural History Building, including those of scien- 

 tific materials, was transferred by the Secretary to the National 

 Collection of Fine Arts. 



Mr. Beggs also described other activities of the National Collection 

 of Fine Arts: The Third Annual Exhibit of the Kiln Club of Wash- 

 ington, representing accomplishment by local craftsmen under Paul 

 V. Gardner's direction ; the exhibits of paintings by Edwin Scott and 

 Alice Pike Barney, indicating new uses of the Barney Fund ; the Art 

 and Magic in Arnhem Land Exhibit, shown first in the Natural His- 

 tory Building and now being circulated by the Smithsonian Travel- 

 ing Exhibition Service ; the exhibition of "French Drawings of Five 

 Centuries," lent by the French Government, first shown at the Na- 

 tional Gallery of Art by the Smithsonian Traveling Exhibition 

 Service, followed by showings at the Cleveland Museum of Art, the 

 City Art Museum of St. Louis, the William Hayes Fogg Art Museum, 

 and the Metropolitan Musemn of Art, before its return to France. 

 Mr. Beggs reported that the contract with the Department of State 

 for funds for the preparation of exhibitions to be sent abroad in 1953 

 and 1954 had been renewed. 



The following objects were accepted by the Commission for the 

 National Collection of Fine Arts: 



Oil, The Stephen Children (Theodore Brower, Cornelia, John, and Esther 

 Amelia), attributed to a brother of President Madison. Gift of Amelia R. 

 Lowther. 



Oil, Man in White (Dr. Henry Sturgis Drinker), by Cecilia Beaux, N. A. 

 (1863-1942). Henry Ward Ranger bequest. 



Oil, Portrait of Dr. George F. Becker (1847-1919), geologist, by Fedor 

 Encke (1851-?). Gift of Mrs. George F. Becker. Accepted for the National 

 Portrait Gallery. 



Marble, General Philip H. Sheridan (1831-1888), by Thomas Buchanan Read 

 (1822-1872). Gift of Benjamin Bell. Accepted for the National Portrait Gal- 

 lery. 



Five pieces of modern glass: Gazelle bowl and base (crystal glass designed 

 by Sidney Waugh and made by Steuben Glass, Inc., Corning, New York) ; vase 

 (8 inches high), ashtray (smoke crystal glass with cut flutings), globular vase 

 (QM inches high with crystal glass engraved fish decoration), all designed by 

 Gerda Stromberg and made at Strombergshyttan, Sweden. Gift of Mr. and 

 Mrs. Hugh J. Smith, Jr. 



Ceramic, bottle, 14 inches high, St. Ives pottery, stoneware, Tenmoku glaze, 

 designed by Bernard Howell Leach. Gift of the artist. 



Ceramic, bottle, 16 inches high, stoneware, Sgraffito decoration, designed by 

 Paul D. Holleman, Roxbury, Mass. Gift of the Kiln Club. 



Two award-winning pieces from the Third Annual Exhibition of Ceramic 

 Art, 1952: bottle, hand-modeled, ivory matt glaze, by Alta C. Fuller, winner 



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