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  ANNUAL 
  EEPORT 
  SMITHSONIAN 
  INSTITUTION, 
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  3 
  

  

  CURATORIAL 
  DEPARTMENT 
  

  

  The 
  curatorial 
  work 
  for 
  the 
  year 
  consisted 
  of 
  the 
  installation 
  of 
  

   over 
  600 
  works 
  of 
  art 
  from 
  the 
  Widener 
  collection, 
  and 
  of 
  173 
  other 
  

   gifts, 
  and 
  of 
  18 
  temporary 
  exhibitions; 
  in 
  giving 
  various 
  lectures 
  

   on 
  the 
  collections 
  and 
  related 
  fields 
  in 
  conjunction 
  with 
  the 
  program 
  

   of 
  the 
  educational 
  department; 
  and 
  in 
  further 
  cataloging 
  the 
  works 
  

   of 
  art. 
  A 
  check 
  list 
  of 
  the 
  works 
  of 
  art 
  in 
  the 
  Widener 
  collection, 
  

   with 
  an 
  introduction, 
  was 
  compiled 
  and 
  printed, 
  and 
  a 
  new 
  general 
  

   information 
  pamphlet 
  was 
  devised 
  and 
  printed 
  for 
  free 
  distribution 
  

   to 
  visitors 
  at 
  the 
  Gallery. 
  

  

  During 
  the 
  past 
  year 
  the 
  staffs 
  of 
  the 
  curatorial 
  and 
  the 
  educational 
  

   departments 
  have 
  collaborated 
  in 
  issuing 
  a 
  catalog, 
  a 
  portfolio 
  of 
  

   colored 
  reproductions, 
  and 
  nine 
  pamphlets 
  dealing 
  with 
  the 
  Gallery 
  

   and 
  its 
  collections. 
  Six 
  members 
  of 
  the 
  staff 
  have 
  contributed 
  twelve 
  

   articles 
  to 
  several 
  periodicals 
  and 
  pamphlet 
  series. 
  Two 
  books 
  and 
  

   several 
  articles 
  are 
  currently 
  in 
  preparation. 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  course 
  of 
  the 
  year, 
  approximately 
  9,420 
  works 
  of 
  art 
  were 
  

   submitted 
  to 
  the 
  acquisitions 
  committee 
  (including 
  1,945 
  prints 
  from 
  

   the 
  Widener 
  collection 
  and 
  approximately 
  6,500 
  from 
  the 
  Rosen 
  wald 
  

   collection) 
  with 
  recommendations 
  regarding 
  their 
  acceptability 
  for 
  

   the 
  collections 
  of 
  the 
  National 
  Gallery 
  of 
  Art; 
  21 
  private 
  collections 
  

   were 
  visited 
  in 
  connection 
  with 
  offers 
  to 
  the 
  Gallery 
  of 
  gifts 
  or 
  loans; 
  

   126 
  consultations 
  were 
  held 
  concerning 
  over 
  250 
  works 
  of 
  art 
  brought 
  

   to 
  the 
  Gallery 
  for 
  expert 
  opinion; 
  11 
  visits 
  were 
  made 
  outside 
  the 
  

   Gallery 
  to 
  give 
  expert 
  opinion 
  ; 
  and 
  32 
  letters 
  were 
  written 
  in 
  answer 
  

   to 
  inquiries 
  involving 
  research 
  in 
  the 
  history 
  of 
  art. 
  

  

  RESTORATION 
  AND 
  REPAIR 
  OF 
  WORKS 
  OF 
  ART 
  

  

  During 
  the 
  year, 
  as 
  authorized 
  by 
  the 
  Board 
  and 
  with 
  the 
  approval 
  

   of 
  the 
  Director 
  and 
  Chief 
  Curator, 
  Stephen 
  Pichetto, 
  Consultant 
  

   Restorer 
  to 
  the 
  Gallery, 
  together 
  with 
  his 
  staff, 
  has 
  undertaken 
  such 
  

   restoration 
  and 
  repair 
  of 
  paintings 
  and 
  sculpture 
  in 
  the 
  collection 
  

   as 
  has 
  been 
  found 
  to 
  be 
  necessary. 
  All 
  this 
  work 
  was 
  carried 
  on 
  

   in 
  the 
  restorer's 
  rooms 
  in 
  the 
  Gallery 
  except 
  in 
  one 
  case, 
  when 
  an 
  

   unusually 
  delicate 
  and 
  complicated 
  restoration 
  was 
  required; 
  this 
  

   painting 
  is 
  being 
  restored 
  in 
  Mr. 
  Pichetto's 
  studios 
  in 
  New 
  York. 
  

  

  WORKS 
  OF 
  ART 
  STORED 
  IN 
  A 
  PLACE 
  OF 
  SAFEKEEPING 
  

  

  Early 
  in 
  January 
  1942, 
  a 
  limited 
  number 
  of 
  fragile 
  and 
  irreplace- 
  

   able 
  works 
  of 
  art 
  in 
  the 
  Gallery 
  collections 
  were 
  removed 
  to 
  a 
  place 
  

   of 
  greater 
  safety. 
  These 
  works, 
  stored 
  in 
  a 
  place 
  adapted 
  for 
  the 
  

   purpose, 
  have 
  since 
  been 
  under 
  constant 
  guard 
  by 
  members 
  of 
  the 
  

  

  