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arrangement so that overcrowding will be avoided, and shall always be displayed 

 with dignity, in appropriate units, with suitable settings and with due regard 

 to their importance and quaUty. 



While the parties hereto presently recognize that all the works of art con- 

 stituting said collection are of such high standard of quality that it is essen- 

 tial that such collection perpetually remain intact and be a part of the per- 

 manent collection on exhibition in the National Gallery of Art, and such is 

 the purport of this indenture, the donor at the same time recognizes the inad- 

 visability of perpetually foreclosing any discretion in the trustees in regard 

 to the disposition of any of the works of art constituting such collection and, 

 consequently, the donor authorizes and empowers the trustees, but only upon 

 the prior approval of not less than three-fourths of the entire membership of 

 the trustees, to exchange or otherwise dispose of any particular work of art 

 then a part of said collection, if in such exchange or by reason of such other 

 disposition the trustees are enabled to obtain for the Institution, to be and 

 become a part of the collection under this Indenture, some other work of art 

 which, in the judgment of the trustees, would be a highly desirable acquisition 

 to such collection. Furthermore, the donor recognizes that with the passing 

 of time it may come to be thought by at least three-fourths of the entire mem- 

 bership of the trustees that some particular work of art, then constituting a 

 part of said collection, has become unsuitable longer to remain as a part of 

 said collection, and therefore the donor provides that in the event that, in the 

 opinion of at least three-fourths of the entire membership of the trustees, any 

 particular work of art then a part of said collection is not in keeping with 

 said collection as a whole, the trustees are authorized and empowered to make 

 such disposition thereof as they, in their uncontrolled discretion, shall deem 

 advisable by sale, exchange, gift, loan, or otherwise. 



VII 



MAINTENANCE OF THE NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART 



The National Gallery of Art shall be the permanent home of the said collec- 

 tion of works of art hereby given by the donor. It shall be used exclusively for 

 the storage and exhibition of works of art and the administration of the affairs 

 of the trustees. In order that the collection of the National Gallery of Art 

 shall always be maintained at a high standard and to prevent the introduction 

 therein of inferior works of art, no work of art shall be included in the per- 

 manent collection of the National Gallery of Art unless it be of similar high 

 standard of quality to those in the collection hereby given by the donor. The 

 building and the contents and operations thereof shall at all times remain in 

 the exclusive jurisdiction and control of the trustees in accordance with such 

 by-laws, rules, and regulations as they from time to time shall prescribe. 



It is an express condition of the trust of said collection of works of art, 

 hereby created, that the faith of the United States is pledged that, on comple- 

 tion of the National Gallery of Art by the donor in accordance with the terms 

 of said joint resolution and the acquisition from the donor of the collection of 

 works of art, the United States will provide such funds as may be necessary 

 for the upkeep of the National Gallery of Art and the administrative expenses 

 and costs of operation thereof, including the protection and care of works of art 

 acquired by the Board, so that the National Gallery of Art shall be at all times 

 properly maintained and the works of art contained therein shall be exhibited 

 regularly to the general public free of charge. 



