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ANNUAL REPORT SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, 19 3 8 



Title 



Date of 

 purchase 



Assignment 



112. Medieval Art. 



113. Fifteenth Century 



French Madonna and 

 Child. 



114. Boxholder No. 27 



Edwin H. Blashfield, N. A. 

 (1848-1936). 



Harry W. Watrous, N. A... 



Francis Speight, A. N. A. 

 (elect). 



December 



1937. 



.do... 



...do... 



William Rockhill Nelson Gal- 

 lery of Art, Kansas City, 

 Mo. 



Not assigned. 



Trustees of the Wood Art Gal- 

 lery, Montpelier, Vt. 



THE NATIONAL COLLECTION OF FINE ARTS REFERENCE LIBRARY 



The 795 publications accessioned during the year were obtained 

 through purchase, transfer, gift, and exchange. 



SPECIAL EXHIBITIONS 



Six exhibitions w r ere held as follows: 



August 2 to 8, 1937. — A special exhibition of the art of Mexican 

 school children, 262 items, sponsored by the Ministry of Education, 

 Mexican Government, through Dr. L. S. Howe, of the Pan American 

 Union. 



October 15 to SI, 1937.— Joint exhibition of the Twenty Women 

 Painters and the Landscape Club, of Washington, D. C. Fifty-two 

 paintings were exhibited by the Twenty Women Painters and 61 

 by the Landscape Club. 



February If to 27, 1938. — A special exhibition of 74 water colors by 

 William Spencer Bagdatopoulos. 



April 6 to 29, 1938. — A special exhibition of 85 paintings, 20 framed 

 and 41 unframed water colors, 34 etchings, and 33 pieces of sculpture 

 from the National Collection of Fine Arts. 



April 13 to May 7, 1938. — A special exhibition of three portraits 

 by Henrique Medina, sponsored by Dr. Joao Antonio de Bianchi, 

 Minister from Portugal. 



June 3 to 30, 1938. — A special exhibition of 260 naval historical 

 prints from the Eberstadt Collection, lent by the Naval Historical 

 Foundation. (This exhibition was extended through August.) 



PUBLICATIONS 



Tolman, It. P. Report on the National Collection of Fine Arts for the year end- 

 ing June 30, 1937. Appendix 2, Report of the Secretary of the Smithsonian 

 Institution for the year ending June 30, 1937, pp. 35-42. 



Lodge, J. E. Report of the Freer Gallery of Art for the year ending June 30, 

 1937. Appendix 3, Report of the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution 

 for the year ending June 30, 1937, pp. 43-47. 



Respectfully submitted. 



E. P. Tolman, Acting Director. 

 Dr. C. G. Abbot, 



Secretary, Smithsonian Institution. 



