﻿APPENDIX 
  3. 
  

  

  REPORT 
  ON 
  THE 
  FREER 
  GALLERY 
  OF 
  ART. 
  

  

  Sir: 
  I 
  have 
  the 
  honor 
  to 
  submit 
  the 
  second 
  annual 
  report 
  on 
  the 
  

   Freer 
  Gallery 
  of 
  Art 
  for 
  the 
  year 
  ending 
  June 
  30, 
  1922. 
  

  

  THE 
  COLLECTION. 
  

  

  Work 
  carried 
  on 
  during 
  the 
  year 
  includes 
  the 
  classification 
  and 
  

   cataloguing 
  of 
  Chinese, 
  Japanese, 
  and 
  Tibetan 
  paintings, 
  Chinese 
  

   tapestries, 
  and 
  Chinese 
  and 
  Japanese 
  pottery 
  ; 
  the 
  preliminary 
  classi- 
  

   fication 
  of 
  Korean 
  pottery 
  and 
  Chinese 
  and 
  Japanese 
  stone 
  sculp- 
  

   tures 
  and 
  jades; 
  and 
  the 
  cataloguing 
  of 
  American 
  paintings, 
  draw- 
  

   ings, 
  and 
  prints 
  (inclusive 
  of 
  both 
  etchings 
  and 
  lithographs). 
  Im- 
  

   portant 
  progress 
  has 
  been 
  made 
  also 
  in 
  the 
  indispensable 
  preservation 
  

   work 
  on 
  oil 
  paintings. 
  

  

  BUILDING 
  AND 
  INSTALLATION. 
  

  

  Owing 
  to 
  a 
  temporary 
  lack 
  of 
  applicable 
  funds, 
  work 
  on 
  the 
  build- 
  

   ing 
  and 
  installation 
  was 
  discontinued 
  in 
  July 
  and 
  was 
  not 
  resumed 
  

   until 
  December. 
  The 
  work 
  accomplished, 
  however, 
  includes 
  the 
  con- 
  

   tinuation 
  — 
  and 
  in 
  some 
  instances 
  the 
  completion 
  — 
  of 
  undertakings 
  

   mentioned 
  in 
  the 
  first 
  annual 
  report 
  : 
  The 
  dais 
  in 
  gallery 
  18 
  has 
  been 
  

   rebuilt 
  and 
  stained, 
  the 
  walls 
  of 
  15 
  galleries 
  and 
  2 
  corridors 
  have 
  been 
  

   recolored, 
  all 
  of 
  the 
  storage 
  bags 
  and 
  27 
  of 
  the 
  storage 
  boxes 
  for 
  

   Japanese 
  screens 
  have 
  been 
  completed, 
  the 
  Chinese 
  and 
  Japanese 
  

   panel 
  storage 
  has 
  been 
  finished 
  and 
  the 
  panels 
  themselves 
  placed 
  in 
  

   their 
  permanent 
  storage 
  racks. 
  The 
  more 
  important 
  items 
  of 
  the 
  

   new 
  work 
  undertaken 
  are 
  as 
  follows 
  : 
  The 
  dais 
  in 
  gallery 
  8 
  has 
  been 
  

   removed, 
  terrazzo 
  floor 
  has 
  been 
  laid 
  in 
  the 
  areas 
  thus 
  exposed, 
  and 
  

   the 
  walls 
  have 
  been 
  covered 
  with 
  canvas. 
  The 
  two 
  large 
  Chinese 
  

   stone 
  slabs 
  purchased 
  during 
  the 
  previous 
  fiscal 
  year 
  were 
  set 
  in 
  the 
  

   wall 
  of 
  gallery 
  9 
  and 
  repaired, 
  practically 
  all 
  of 
  the 
  Whistler 
  oil 
  

   painting 
  frames 
  have 
  been 
  repaired 
  and 
  regilded, 
  and 
  16 
  storage 
  

   racks 
  for 
  oil 
  paintings 
  have 
  been 
  constructed. 
  The 
  installation 
  of 
  

   fly 
  screens 
  has 
  been 
  effected, 
  as 
  has 
  also 
  the 
  correction 
  of 
  defective 
  

   doors 
  and 
  the 
  reenforcing 
  of 
  the 
  meeting 
  rails 
  of 
  the 
  double-hung 
  

   windows 
  throughout 
  the 
  basement 
  floor. 
  Bronze 
  light 
  standards 
  

   have 
  been 
  erected 
  outside 
  of 
  the 
  north 
  and 
  south 
  entrances, 
  the 
  

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