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SPECIAL EXHIBITIONS 



June 28 through Jxdy £1, 1946. — Exhibition of 33 pieces of sculpture 

 in bronze, marble, obsidian, wood, and stone, by Francisco Albert, of 

 Mexico, held under the patronage of His Excellency, Sefior Dr. Don. 

 Antonio de los Monteros, the Mexican Ambassador to the United 

 States. A catalog was privately printed. 



July 3 through i?i, lOIfi. — Exhibition of 72 Swedish wartime car- 

 toons, sponsored by the American Scandinavian Foundation and the 

 Sverige-Amerika Stiftelsen. 



August 10 through September £5, 1946. — Smithsonian Centennial 

 Exhibition. The National Collection of Fine Arts endeavored to 

 honor those who had contributed to its collections, with examples of 

 their gifts. About 50 specimens, covering 100 years, were shown. 



October 3 through November 3, 1946. — An oil painting, Portrait of 

 President Harry S. Truman, by John Slavin, of Richmond, Va., was 

 shown in Gallery 2. 



October 9 through 29^ 1946.— The Fifty-sixth Annual Exhibition of 

 the Society of Washington Artists, consisting of 103 specimens of 

 paintings and sculpture. 



November 6 through 29, 1946. — ^The Ninth Metropolitan State Art 

 Contest, held under the auspices of the District of Columbia Chapter, 

 American Artist's Professional League, assisted by the Entre Nous 

 Club, consisting of 299 specimens of paintings, sculpture, prints, 

 ceramics, and metalcraft. 



December 12, WJfi, through January 12, i547.— The Forty-fifth An- 

 nual Exhibition of Miniatures by The Pennsylvania Society of Minia- 

 ture Painters, consisting of 73 miniatures. Reprint of catalog used in 

 Philadelphia. 



March 7 through 30, 194.7.— The Fifty-first Annual Exhibition of 

 the Washington Water Color Club, consisting of 258 paintings and 

 prints. A catalog was privately printed. 



March 7 through 30, 1947. — The Fourteenth Annual Exhibition of 

 The Miniature Painters, Sculptors and Gravers Society of Washington, 

 D. C, consisting of 144 examples. A catalog was privately printed. 



April 10 through 30, 1947. — Exhibition of 18 paintings, 4 pieces of 

 sculpture, and photographs, by Hugh Almaraz, of Bolivia, was held 

 under the patronage of His Excellency, the Ambassador of Bolivia and 

 Senora de Martinez Vargas, and the Pan American Union. A catalog 

 was printed by the Pan American Union. 



Jum£ 4- through 29, 1947. — Exhibition of 29 Hawaiian Flower Panels 

 in pastel, by Maurice Kidjel, was held under the patronage of the Dele- 

 gate to Congress from Hawaii and Mrs. Joseph R. Farrington. A 

 catalog was privately printed. 



