SECRETARY'S REPORT 47 



SPECIAL EXHIBITIONS 



Thirteen special exhibitions were held during the year : 



July 2 through SO, 1952.— An exhibition of Swedish textiles, arranged in co- 

 operation with the Swedish Embassy by the Potomac Craftsmen, consisting of 

 195 ceramics, rugs, textiles, books, and paintings. 



August 7 through 27, 1952.— An exhibition of 55 oil paintings, "Reveries of 

 Paris," by Edwin Scott, from the Alice Pike Barney Memorial Collection. An 

 illustrated catalog was printed with private funds. 



August 7 through 27, 1952.— An exhibition of 14 portraits in oil, "Citizens of 

 Japan," by Marguerite S. Hardesty. An illustrated catalog was privately 

 printed. 



Septemler 5 through 28, 1952.— The Third Annual Exhibition of Ceramic Art, 

 sponsored by the Kiln Club of Washington, consisting of 225 pieces (117 by local 

 artists, 39 by invited American artists, and 69 loaned by various Washington 

 Embassies and Legations as representative of the work of their national artists). 

 Demonstrations on the potter's wheel were given twice a day four times a week. 

 A catalog was privately printed. 



Septemler 5 through 28, 1952.— The Second Regional Exhibition of the Wash- 

 ington Sculptors Group, consisting of 50 pieces of sculpture. A catalog was 

 privately printed. 



October 9 through 29, 1952. — Norwegian Decorative Painting through One 

 Thousand Years, held under the patronage of His Excellency, the Ambassador 

 from Norway, Wilhelm Munthe de Morgenstierne, consisting of 96 large mounted 

 photographs, and 55 pieces of ceramics. A catalog was privately printed. 



November 9 through 27, 1952.— The Fifteenth Metropolitan State Art Contest, 

 held under the auspices of the D. C. Chapter, American Artists Professional 

 League, assisted by the Entre Nous Club, consisting of 308 paintings, sculpture, 

 prints, ceramics, and metalcraft. A catalog was privately printed. 



December 7, 1952, through Jantiary J,, i95S.— The Tenth Annual Exhibition of 

 the Artists' Guild of Washington, consisting of 50 paintings and 9 pieces of 

 sculpture. 



January 11 through 28, i555.— Contemporary Indian Art and Crafts, sponsored 

 by the Government of India, organized by the Academy of Fine Art, Calcutta, 

 and the All-India Association of Fine Art, Bombay, consisting of 363 items. A 

 catalog was privately printed. 



March 5 through 29, 195 S.— The Sixty-first Annual Exhibition of the Society of 

 Washington Artists, consisting of 83 paintings and 16 pieces of sculpture. A 

 catalog was privately printed. 



May 10 through SI, 1953.— The Twentieth Annual Exhibition of the Miniature 

 Painters, Sculptors, and Gravers Society of Washington, D. C, consisting of 221 

 examples. A catalog was privately printed. 



May 22, 1953.— At the request of Representative Charles R. Howell, of New 

 Jersey, the model of the 1939 prize-winning design for the Smithsonian Gallery of 

 Art, by Eliel Saarinen, was placed on exhibition in the lobby of the Natural His- 

 tory Building. 



June 7 through 28, 1953.— The Fifty-sixth Annual Exhibition of the Washington 

 Water Color Club, consisting of 135 watercolors, etchings, and drawings. A 

 catalog was privately printed. 



Eespectfully submitted. 



Thomas M. Beggs, Director. 

 Dr. Leonard Carmichael, 



Secretary^ Smithsonian Institution. 



