﻿APPENDIX 
  2. 
  

   REPORT 
  ON 
  THE 
  NATIONAL 
  GALLERY 
  OF 
  ART. 
  

  

  Sib: 
  I 
  have 
  the 
  honor 
  to 
  submit 
  the 
  following 
  report 
  on 
  the 
  af- 
  

   fairs 
  of 
  the 
  National 
  Gallery 
  of 
  Art 
  for 
  the 
  year 
  ending 
  June 
  30, 
  

   3922. 
  

  

  The 
  second 
  year 
  of 
  the 
  existence 
  of 
  the 
  National 
  Gallery 
  as 
  a 
  

   separate 
  administrative 
  unit 
  of 
  the 
  Smithsonian 
  Institution 
  closed 
  

   with 
  substantial 
  reasons 
  for 
  satisfaction 
  with 
  the 
  progress 
  made, 
  

   notwithstanding 
  the 
  fact 
  that 
  the 
  accessions 
  of 
  art 
  works 
  fall 
  short 
  

   of 
  the 
  average 
  for 
  a 
  number 
  of 
  previous 
  years. 
  The 
  activities 
  of 
  

   the 
  gallery 
  continued 
  in 
  all 
  essential 
  respects 
  in 
  directions 
  identical 
  

   with 
  those 
  of 
  the 
  preceding 
  year, 
  the 
  personnel 
  being 
  limited 
  to 
  a 
  

   director 
  and 
  a 
  secretary 
  with 
  clerical 
  assistance, 
  a 
  guard, 
  three 
  

   watchmen, 
  two 
  laborers, 
  and 
  two 
  charwomen. 
  

  

  Full 
  information 
  regarding 
  the 
  inception 
  and 
  growth 
  of 
  the 
  gal- 
  

   lery 
  within 
  the 
  Institution 
  and 
  as 
  a 
  subsection 
  of 
  the 
  department 
  of 
  

   anthropology 
  of 
  the 
  National 
  Museum 
  may 
  be 
  found 
  in 
  the 
  report 
  

   of 
  the 
  secretary 
  of 
  the 
  Institution 
  for 
  the 
  preceding 
  year, 
  and 
  more 
  

   especially 
  in 
  an 
  earlier 
  publication 
  (Bulletin 
  70, 
  U. 
  S. 
  National 
  

   Museum) 
  prepared 
  by 
  former 
  assistant 
  secretary, 
  Dr. 
  Richard 
  

   Rathbun. 
  

  

  Although 
  art 
  was 
  recognized 
  as 
  a 
  legitimate 
  field 
  of 
  activity 
  in 
  

   the 
  organization 
  of 
  the 
  Institution, 
  and 
  on 
  equal 
  terms 
  with 
  science, 
  

   and 
  although 
  numerous 
  paintings 
  and 
  other 
  works 
  were 
  acquired 
  as 
  

   ihe 
  years 
  passed, 
  no 
  special 
  provision 
  was 
  made 
  for 
  their 
  accommoda- 
  

   tion, 
  space 
  being 
  assigned 
  them 
  in 
  various 
  places 
  as 
  the 
  j^ears 
  passed, 
  

   and 
  no 
  special 
  provision 
  was 
  made 
  for 
  adding 
  to 
  the 
  collection 
  by 
  

   purchase. 
  Since 
  the 
  completion 
  of 
  the 
  Natural 
  History 
  Building 
  the 
  

   collections 
  have 
  found 
  space 
  in 
  that 
  building, 
  finally 
  occupying 
  the 
  

   large 
  central 
  hall 
  which 
  was 
  subdivided 
  by 
  screen 
  partitions 
  for 
  

   their 
  accommodation. 
  This 
  resource 
  has, 
  however, 
  reached 
  its 
  limit, 
  

   and 
  additions 
  accepted 
  can 
  find 
  exhibition 
  space 
  only 
  by 
  storing 
  

   the 
  less 
  important 
  works 
  previously 
  acquired. 
  This 
  condition 
  is 
  

   most 
  unfortunate 
  since 
  the 
  inflow 
  of 
  gifts 
  and 
  bequests, 
  upon 
  which 
  

   the 
  gallery 
  depends 
  for 
  accessions, 
  is 
  governed 
  largely 
  by 
  the 
  char- 
  

   acter 
  of 
  the 
  accommodations 
  afforded. 
  The 
  vital 
  importance 
  of 
  this 
  

   shortage 
  of 
  space 
  will 
  be 
  appreciated 
  when 
  it 
  is 
  stated 
  that 
  the 
  in- 
  

  

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