90 ANNUAL REPORT SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, 1967 



Barney: Paintings in Oil and Pastel," consisting of reproductions 

 from the Lending Collection, given in memory of Alice Pike Barney. 



THE HENRY WARD RANGER FUND 



No. 36, Midsummer, by William S. Robinson, N. A. (1861-1945), 

 purchased by the Council of the National Academy of Design April 7, 

 1924, was reassigned by the Academy to George Washington Univer- 

 sity, Washington, D. C, on March 1, 1956. 



According to a provision in the Ranger bequest that paintings pur- 

 chased by the Council of the National Academy of Design from the 

 fund provided by the Henry Ward Ranger Bequest, and assigned to 

 American art institutions, may be claimed during the 5-year period 

 beginning 10 years after the death of the artist represented, the follow- 

 ing four paintings were recalled for action of the Smithsonian Art 

 Commission at its meeting December 4, 1956 : 



No. 59, Days of Sunshine, by William Wendt, A. N. A. (1865-1946), assigned 

 to the Maiden Public Library, Maiden, Mass., in 1926, was accepted to become a 

 permanent accession. 



No. 72, The Golden Hour, by George Elmer Browne, N. A. (1871-1946), was 

 returned to the Michigan State College of Agriculture and Applied Science, 

 East Lansing, Mich., where it was originally assigned in 1929. 



No. 98, Shapes of Fear, by Maynard Dixon (1875-1946), assigned to the 

 Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences, The Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, N. T., 

 in 1932, was reassigned, with permission of the National Academy of Design, to 

 the Smithsonian Lending Collection. 



No. 119, Furbelows, by Albert Sterner, N. A. (1863-1946), assigned to St 

 Gregory College, Shawnee, Okla., in 1942, was accepted to become a permanent 

 accession. 



The following paintings, purchased by the Council of the National 

 Academy of Design since the last report, have been assigned as follows : 



Title and Artist Astlgnment 



180. Mansion in Dutchess County, Museum of Cranbrook Academy of Art, 



by Hobson Pittman, N. A. Bloomfield Hills, Mich. 

 (1900- ). 



181. Attic Windows, by Charles Taylor Montclair Art Museum, Montclair, N. J. 



(1911- ). 



182. Demolition, by Harry Leith Ross, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, 



N. A. (1886- ). Philadelphia, Pa. 



183. Picnic Along the Brook, by John E. Agnes Scott College, Decatur, Ga. 



Costigan, N. A. (1888- ). 



184. Ruined Cathedral (watercolor), by The Andrew Dickson White Museum of 



Ralph Hulett (1915- ). Art, Cornell University, Ithaca, N. Y. 



185. At Home (watercolor), by Walter Oklahoma Art Center, Oklahoma City, 



Biggs, N. A. (1886- ). Okla. 



186. Quince Street (watercolor), by (Not yet assigned.) 



W. Emerton Heitland, N. A. 

 (1893- ). 



187. Toward Evening, by Junius Allen, Columbia Museum of Art, Columbia, 



N. A. (1898- ). S.C. 



