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Eleven paintings by Alice Pike Barney were lent to the Dayton Art 

 Institute, Dayton, Ohio, June 25, 1952, for a special exhibition. 



ALICE PIKE BARNEY MEMORIAL FUND 



An addition of $5,000 to the fund established in 1951 by Miss Natalie 

 Clifford Barney and Mrs. Laura Dreyfus-Barney, in memory of their 

 mother, for the purpose of encouraging the appreciation and creation 

 of art in the United States, was received in January 1952. 



THE HENRY WARD RANGER FUND 



According to a provision in the Ranger bequest that paintings pur- 

 chased by the Council of the National Academy of Design from the 

 fund provided by the Henry Ward Ranger bequest and assigned to 

 American art institutions may be claimed during the 5 -year period 

 beginning 10 years after the death of the artist represented, two 

 paintings, listed earlier in this report, were recalled and accepted by 

 the Smithsonian Art Commission at its meeting December 4, 1951. 



The following paintings, purchased by the Council of the National 

 Academy of Design in 1951, have been assigned as follows : 



Title and Artist Assignment 



126. New Lebanon Railroad Station, by Art Museum, New Britain, Conn. 



Louis Bouche, N. A. 



127. The City — No. 2, by Raphael Gleits- Syracuse Museum of Fine Arts, 



mann. Syracuse, N. Y. 



128. Harbor, by Xavier Gonzalez Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, Wash. 



129. Four Houses, by Antonio P. Martini, Randolph-Macon College, Lynch- 



N. A. burg, Va. 



130. Night, by Albert John Pucei Museum of Art, University ot 



Kansas, Lawrence, Kans. 



131. Paris, by William A. Smith, A. N. A Florida Southern College, Lakeland, 



Fla. 



132. Farm in Essex, by Gifford Beal, N. A__ Isaac Delgado Museum of Art, New 



Orleans, La. 



133. Nine men, by Joseph Hirsch Dallas Art Association, Dallas Mu- 



seum of Fine Arts, Dallas, Tex. 



134. Rabbit Island, Hawaii, by Millard Lehigh University, Bethlehem, Pa. 



Sheets, N. A. 



135. Blacksmith Shop, by John Alonzo The Brick Store Museum, Kenne- 



Williams, N. A. bunk, Maine. 



136. Chimney Beams, by Andrew Wyeth, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washing- 



N. A. ton, D. C. 



REFERENCE LIBRARY 



In all, 230 publications (158 volumes and 72 pamphlets) were ac- 

 cessioned during the year; 527 parts of periodicals were entered in 

 the periodical record, and 17 volumes and 18 pamphlets (serials) 

 .were entered in the catalog. The total accessions in the National 

 Collection of Fine Arts library now number 12,252. 



