﻿REPORT 
  OF 
  THE 
  SECRETARY. 
  43 
  

  

  crease 
  of 
  art 
  works 
  by 
  means 
  of 
  gifts 
  and 
  bequests 
  to 
  the 
  Institu- 
  

   tion 
  for 
  the 
  10 
  years 
  since 
  appropriate 
  exhibition 
  space 
  became 
  

   available 
  in 
  the 
  new 
  Natural 
  History 
  Building, 
  ending 
  June 
  30, 
  1921, 
  

   Ttud 
  aside 
  from 
  the 
  rich 
  accessions 
  of 
  the 
  Freer 
  gift, 
  has 
  averaged 
  

   in 
  estimated 
  money 
  value 
  upward 
  of 
  $500,000 
  per 
  year. 
  The 
  year 
  

   just 
  closed 
  has 
  fallen 
  far 
  short 
  of 
  that 
  valuation, 
  not 
  exceeding 
  

   $10,000, 
  a 
  result 
  due 
  in 
  part, 
  at 
  least, 
  to 
  a 
  knowledge 
  of 
  the 
  real 
  con- 
  

   ditions 
  on 
  the 
  part 
  of 
  such 
  owners 
  of 
  collections 
  as 
  have 
  reached 
  the 
  

   stage 
  where 
  the 
  future 
  of 
  their 
  accumulations 
  has 
  become 
  a 
  matter 
  

   of 
  great 
  concern. 
  

  

  The 
  urgent 
  need 
  of 
  a 
  gallery 
  building 
  is 
  thus 
  strongly 
  emphasized, 
  

   for 
  it 
  is 
  apparent 
  that 
  should 
  10 
  years 
  elapse 
  before 
  a 
  building 
  for 
  

   this 
  purpose 
  is 
  erected, 
  the 
  loss 
  due 
  to 
  delay 
  will 
  amount 
  to 
  several 
  

   times 
  the 
  cost 
  of 
  a 
  building. 
  Another 
  consideration 
  of 
  great 
  im- 
  

   portance 
  is 
  that 
  the 
  National 
  Gallery 
  is 
  not 
  limited 
  in 
  scope 
  to 
  paint- 
  

   ing 
  and 
  sculpture, 
  but 
  has 
  confined 
  its 
  activities 
  mainly 
  to 
  this 
  nar- 
  

   row 
  field 
  because 
  no 
  space 
  is 
  available 
  for 
  assembling 
  and 
  displaying 
  

   the 
  full 
  range 
  of 
  art 
  products. 
  It 
  is 
  thus 
  most 
  important 
  that 
  Amer- 
  

   icans 
  should 
  begin 
  to 
  realize, 
  as 
  have 
  all 
  other 
  civilized 
  nations, 
  the 
  

   great 
  importance, 
  the 
  inestimable 
  value, 
  of 
  art 
  as 
  an 
  agency 
  in 
  the 
  

   advancement 
  to 
  higher 
  accomplishment 
  in 
  each 
  and 
  every 
  branch 
  of 
  

   activity 
  in 
  which 
  taste 
  is 
  an 
  essential 
  feature. 
  We 
  are 
  the 
  only 
  civil- 
  

   ized 
  nation 
  that 
  has 
  not 
  risen 
  to 
  a 
  realization 
  of 
  the 
  real 
  value 
  of 
  art 
  

   and 
  of 
  the 
  important 
  functions 
  of 
  a 
  National 
  Gallery 
  and 
  that 
  has 
  

   not, 
  save 
  in 
  the 
  limited 
  appropriations 
  granted 
  in 
  1921 
  and 
  1922 
  to 
  

   the 
  gallery 
  fostered 
  by 
  the 
  Smithsonian 
  Institution, 
  recognized 
  art 
  

   save 
  as 
  the 
  handmaid 
  of 
  history 
  or 
  as 
  an 
  essential 
  of 
  architectural 
  

   embellishment 
  or 
  landscape 
  gardening. 
  No 
  important 
  art 
  work 
  has, 
  

   for 
  art's 
  sake 
  pure 
  and 
  simple, 
  ever 
  been 
  purchased 
  with 
  the 
  approval 
  

   of 
  the 
  United 
  States 
  Government. 
  The 
  Nation 
  has 
  received 
  as 
  gifts 
  

   and 
  bequests, 
  art 
  works 
  amounting 
  to 
  more 
  than 
  ten 
  millions 
  in 
  

   money 
  value, 
  and 
  has 
  expended 
  on 
  their 
  acquirement 
  and 
  care 
  possi- 
  

   bly 
  one 
  two-hundredth 
  part 
  of 
  that 
  amount. 
  The 
  American 
  people 
  

   should 
  at 
  once 
  arise 
  to 
  a 
  realization 
  of 
  the 
  fact 
  that 
  unless 
  gallery 
  

   space 
  is 
  provided 
  for 
  the 
  accommodation 
  of 
  prospective 
  additions, 
  

   this 
  inflow 
  of 
  art 
  works 
  must 
  practically 
  cease. 
  This 
  would 
  be 
  a 
  

   national 
  misfortune 
  and 
  a 
  disaster 
  to 
  the 
  Capital 
  of 
  the 
  Nation. 
  

  

  ART 
  WORKS 
  ACQUIRED 
  DURING 
  THE 
  YEAR. 
  

  

  GUTS 
  AND 
  BEQUESTS. 
  

  

  Portrait 
  of 
  President 
  Ulysses 
  S. 
  Grant 
  (three-quarter 
  length) 
  by 
  

   Thomas 
  Le 
  Clear, 
  N. 
  A. 
  (1818-1882), 
  painted 
  in 
  1880 
  or 
  1881. 
  Gift 
  

   of 
  Mrs. 
  U. 
  S. 
  Grant, 
  jr., 
  of 
  San 
  Diego, 
  Calif. 
  

  

  