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  ANNUAL, 
  REPORT 
  SMITHSONIAN 
  INSTITUTION, 
  1922. 
  

  

  Consideration 
  was 
  given 
  to 
  the 
  proposed 
  exhibit 
  of 
  early 
  Ameri- 
  

   can 
  paintings 
  and 
  sculptures, 
  to 
  be 
  held 
  in 
  the 
  Louvre, 
  Paris, 
  in 
  the 
  

   near 
  future, 
  and 
  the 
  advisability 
  of 
  holding 
  a 
  special 
  loan 
  exhibit 
  

   of 
  American 
  portraits 
  in 
  the 
  National 
  Gallery 
  in 
  Washington 
  

   received 
  attention. 
  

  

  The 
  feasibility 
  of 
  arranging 
  in 
  Washington 
  a 
  plan 
  for 
  the 
  further 
  

   development 
  of 
  the 
  art 
  interests, 
  corresponding 
  with 
  that 
  existing 
  

   between 
  the 
  Louvre 
  and 
  the 
  Luxemburg 
  Galleries, 
  Paris, 
  was 
  con- 
  

   sidered 
  and 
  steps 
  were 
  taken 
  to 
  determine 
  the 
  attitude 
  of 
  other 
  gal- 
  

   leries 
  with 
  respect 
  to 
  the 
  suggestion. 
  

  

  The 
  urgent 
  need 
  of 
  a 
  National 
  Gallery 
  building 
  to 
  accommodate 
  

   the 
  collections 
  now 
  occupying 
  the 
  very 
  limited 
  space 
  allowed 
  them 
  

   in 
  the 
  Natural 
  History 
  Museum, 
  and 
  for 
  future 
  accessions, 
  was 
  con- 
  

   sidered, 
  and 
  a 
  resolution 
  enumerating 
  at 
  some 
  length 
  the 
  unfortu- 
  

   nate 
  conditions 
  existing 
  and 
  appealing 
  to 
  Congress 
  for 
  the 
  limited 
  

   fund 
  required 
  for 
  the 
  preparation 
  of 
  plans 
  for 
  a 
  building 
  was 
  

   adopted. 
  

  

  The 
  very 
  serious 
  problems 
  of 
  the 
  acceptance 
  and 
  rejection 
  of 
  prof- 
  

   fered 
  works 
  of 
  art 
  of 
  all 
  classes 
  was 
  discussed 
  at 
  length, 
  and 
  at 
  the 
  

   close 
  of 
  the 
  meeting 
  the 
  advisory 
  committee 
  on 
  acceptance 
  of 
  works 
  

   took 
  necessary 
  action 
  with 
  regard 
  to 
  such 
  offerings 
  for 
  the 
  year 
  as 
  

   awaited 
  consideration. 
  

  

  Respectfully 
  submitted. 
  

  

  W. 
  H. 
  Holmes, 
  

   Director, 
  National 
  Gallery 
  of 
  Art. 
  

  

  Dr. 
  Charles 
  D. 
  Walcott. 
  

  

  Secretary, 
  Smithsonian 
  Institution. 
  

  

  