12 ANNUAL REPORT SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, 1937 



III 



GIFT OP COLLECTIONS OP WORKS OP ART 



The donor hereby gives to the Institution and the trustees, and they hereby 

 accept from the donor, in trust, however, for the uses and purposes and subject 

 to the provisions and conditions hereinafter expressed, the collection of works 

 of art listed in the schedule hereto attached, made part hereof and marked 

 "Exhibit 1." 



IV 



CUSTODY OP COIXECTION PENDING OOMPLETriON OF THE NATIONAL GALLERY OP ART 



Pending the completion of the National Gallery of Art, said collection of works 

 of art shall remain in the custody of the donor. During such period of custody, 

 the donor will care for all said works of art, and will keep the same insured in 

 favor of the Institution and the trustees, as their respective interests may appear, 

 against loss or damage by fire, theft, or burglary, in such amounts and with 

 such parties as the donor, in its discretion, may determine, if and to the extent 

 that such insurance may be obtainable. The donor shall pay all costs, premiums, 

 and other charges incident to such care and insurance. Upon the completion of 

 the National Gallery of Art, said collection shall be delivered to the trustees and 

 thereafter shall remain under their exclusive control. 



PASSAGE OK TITLE AND RESPECTIVE PUNCTIONS OF INSTHUTION AND OP TRUSTEES 



Forthwith upon the execution and delivery hereof, the title to said collection 

 of works of art shall pass to and be vested in the Institution. While it is the 

 intention that the title to said works of art shall be forever vested in the Insti- 

 tution, yet it is al.so the intention of the parties hereto, and this gift is made 

 upon the express understanding, agreement, and trust, that from and after the 

 completion of the National Gallery of Art, the actual custody, control, manage- 

 ment, and exhibition of said works of art, as well as of such other works of art 

 as, in accordance with the provisions of said joint resolution, from time to time 

 may be housed or exhibited in said National Gallery of Art, and all the details 

 pertaining thereto, shall be, and hereby are, d«'legated to and vested solely, 

 exclusively and forever in the trustees. 



VI 



DISPLAY OF COLLECTION 



Subject to the subsequent provisions of this section VI, the said collection of 

 works of art shall always be kept in the National Gallery of Art, and none 

 thereof shall be removed from said building or from their settings therein except 

 for most cogent reasons therefor, such as repairs to said building or said works 

 of art, or temporary exhibition of some of such works of art elsewhere, and 

 then only with the prior approval of a majority of the entire membership of the 

 trustees. The works of art constituting said collection shall receive such care 

 and attention from time to time as shall be necessary for their preservation and 

 exhibition, shall always be exhibited in said National Gallery of Art in spacious 



