36 ANNUAL REPORT SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, 1949 
offered to the public, including 11’’ x 14’’ color prints and color 
post cards. Five large collotype reproductions supplemented the 
already long list of subjects available. A silk-screen print of an 
anonymous fifteenth-century colored woodcut from the Rosenwald 
Collection was also published. 
The Gallery is continuing to meet the demand for illustrated 
catalogs of its various collections. The Mellon catalog is in process 
of publication, a third printing of the Kress catalog ordered, and a 
fifth edition of the Chester Dale catalog was published during the year. 
Two new publications were issued this year: an ‘Arts and Crafts 
Bibliography,” by Erwin O. Christensen, and a catalog of the ‘‘Egyp- 
tian Sculpture from the Gulbenkian Collection.” A group of engraved 
Christmas cards was added to the usual series of color and Rosenwald 
subjects. 
Final negotiations have been made for the printing in gravure of 
the book, ‘‘Masterpieces of Sculpture from the National Gallery of 
Art,” and it will be available by October 1949; the publisher now 
has the final manuscript for ‘‘ Made in America,”’ by Mr. Christensen; 
the Gallery received a stock of ‘Popular Art in the United States,”’ 
also by Mr. Christensen, which will go on sale on July 4, 1949; and 
“Pictures from America,”’ by John Walker, will shortly be published. 
EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM 
During the year approximately 15,000 persons attended the Gen- 
eral, Congressional, and Special Topic Tours, while over 20,000 
attended the Picture of the Week. More than 18,000 came to hear 
the lectures and other programs in the auditorium. At least two- 
thirds of this lecture audience were regular attendants at these 
Sunday afternoon lectures. Many of them brought out-of-town 
visitors, and stated that this lecture series was becoming one of the 
Capital’s chief Sunday attractions. The motion picture, ‘The 
National Gallery of Art,” continues to be popular with clubs, educa- 
tional organizations, and similar groups. During the past 12 months, 
19 persons borrowed this film. 
The publication of the monthly Calendar of Events, announcing 
Gallery activities, including notices of exhibitions, lectures, Gallery 
talks, tours, and concerts was continued during the year by the 
Educational Department. About 3,900 of the Calendar of Events 
are mailed each month. 
LIBRARY 
A total of 283 books, 221 pamphlets, and 31 periodicals were given 
to the Gallery; 494 books, 18 pamphlets, and 282 periodicals were 
purchased, and 40 subscriptions to periodicals were purchased. 
Exchanges with other institutions included 47 books, 114 pamphlets, 
