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cent light rack was built to test the fading of paints and pigments in 
cooperation with the Mellon Institute of Industrial Research, Pitts- 
burgh, Pa. In September, Mr. Sullivan attended a seminar held in 
Boston, Mass., on “Application of Science in Examination of Works 
of Art.” In the spring he also made trips to New York, Bryn Athyn, 
Pa., and Annapolis, Md., to supervise the collecting and return of 
paintings for the exhibition “Masterpieces of Impressionist and Post- 
Impressionist Painting.” Technical advice on condition and care of 
paintings was given when works of art were brought to the Gallery, 
and such technical information as could be given when requested by 
the public. He inspected all Gallery paintings on loan in Government 
buildings in Washington, and also gave advice on the special treatment 
of works of art belonging to Government agencies, including the 
Capitol, the White House, the Supreme Court, the State Department, 
the Treasury, the Department of the Interior, the Maritime Com- 
mission, the Smithsonian Institution, and the Freer Gallery of Art. 
PUBLICATIONS 
Dr. Perry B. Cott, chief curator, contributed an article entitled “A 
Note on Houdon’s Bust of Diana” to Studies in the History of Art 
dedicated to William E. Suida on his 80th birthday, 1959. He also 
wrote an article for the World Book Encyclopedia on the “Art 
Museum.” 
Dr. Fern Rusk Shapley, assistant chief curator, also contributed 
an article entitled “Baldassare d’ Este and a Portrait of Francesco II 
Gonzaga” to Studies in the History of Art dedicated to William E. 
Suida. 
Dr. H. Lester Cooke, museum curator, wrote the following arti- 
cles: “The Art of Edward Hopper,” America Illustrated, 1959, No. 
32; “The Art of George Bellows,” American Magazine, May 1959; 
and the introduction to a catalog of an exhibition of Washington 
artists sent to Europe by USIA. 
Ralph T. Coe, museum curator, contributed an article entitled “Im- 
pressionists in Washington” to the Burlington Magazine, June 1959. 
During the fiscal year 1959 the Publications Fund published one 
new 11- by 14-inch color reproduction and eight new color and five 
new black-and-white Christmas cards. A large pochoir reproduc- 
tion of a picture of the National Gallery of Art building was pub- 
lished by an outside publisher and was placed on sale by the fund. 
Fifteen new 2- by 2-inch color-slide subjects were added to the selec- 
tion available, and two more sets of slides were issued. 
Color plates of five new subjects for 11- by 14-inch prints were com- 
pleted during the year, and, in addition, work was begun on color 
