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Sun. He also delivered a series of lectures at the Johns Hopkins 

 University on "The Theory of Criticism." 



An article by John Walker entitled "Your National Gallery of Art" 

 appeared in the January issue of the National Geographic Magazine. 

 Mrs. John Shapley contributed an article, "Benozzo Gozzoli's Dance 

 of Salome," to the Gazette des Beaux- Arts, February 1952. Perry B. 

 Cott contributed an article, "Italian Art in the National Gallery, 

 Washington," for Le Vie del Mondo, May 1952. Mr. Cott also pre- 

 pared the catalog "French Paintings from the Molyneux Collection," 

 April 1952. Miss Elizabeth Mongan wrote "Introduction for Bo- 

 tanical Books, Prints and Drawings from the Collection of Mrs. Roy 

 Arthur Hunt," October 1951. Miss Mongan also wrote "Introduc- 

 tion," Eeder, New York, Borgenricht Gallery. 



The new book "Great Paintings from the National Gallery of Art," 

 by Huntington Cairns and John Walker, to be published by the Mac- 

 millan Co., will be ready for delivery in November 1952. A new 

 Handbook, No. 3, on "Objects of Medieval Art" by Erwin O. Christen- 

 sen, is also on order. 



A book for hobbyists, entitled "Early American Designs : Ceramics," 

 was written by Erwin O. Christensen ; and two articles on adult art 

 education programs were written by Miss Lois Bingham and Grose 

 Evans for the Walters Art Gallery in Baltimore. 



During the fiscal year 1952 the Publications Fund added five new 

 color postcards and a new 11-x-ll" color reproduction to the list 

 available, and 59 more of the large color plates were made for use in 

 the new book "Great Paintings from the National Gallery of Art," 

 and eventual use for ll-x-14" prints. Four new Christmas card 

 color plates were also produced. 



A new guidebook, "Looking at Italian Pictures in the National 

 Gallery of Art," was issued, and Mr. Walker's booklet "Paintings 

 from America" was placed on sale. The Handbook No. 1 went into 

 a third large printing, and a second printing of the "European Paint- 

 ings from the Gulbenkian Collection" was received. Before Christ- 

 mas, a calendar entitled "Famous Paintings" and a Spanish-language 

 guide to collections of art in the United States, both including a large 

 number of Gallery works of art, were placed on sale in the information 

 rooms. 



During this period, reproductions of 10 pieces of sculpture from the 

 Gallery's collection were made available for the first time and have 

 been well received. Three more recordings by the National Gallery 

 Symphony Orchestra were also placed on sale, as well as a new set 

 of Index of American Design playing cards. A checklist of the 

 Molyneux paintings was made available during the exhibition here 

 in the winter. 



