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  ANN^UAL 
  REPORT 
  SMITHSONIAN 
  INSTITUTION, 
  19 
  2 
  9 
  

  

  bequest 
  are 
  as 
  follows, 
  including 
  the 
  names 
  of 
  the 
  institutions 
  to 
  

   which 
  they 
  have 
  been 
  assigned: 
  

  

  The 
  paintings 
  purchased 
  from 
  the 
  Kanger 
  fund 
  during 
  the 
  last 
  

   fiscal 
  year 
  and 
  unassigned 
  at 
  its 
  close 
  (1927-28) 
  have 
  subsequently 
  

   been 
  assigned 
  as 
  follows: 
  

  

  63. 
  Cypripedia, 
  by 
  Sergeant 
  Kendall, 
  N. 
  A. 
  ; 
  to 
  the 
  California 
  Palace 
  of 
  the 
  

   Legion 
  of 
  Honor, 
  San 
  Francisco, 
  Calif. 
  

  

  The 
  project 
  of 
  assembling 
  the 
  Ranger 
  purchases 
  thus 
  far 
  made 
  for 
  

   temporary 
  exhibition 
  in 
  the 
  National 
  Gallery 
  of 
  Art 
  has 
  been 
  con- 
  

   sidered 
  from 
  time 
  to 
  time, 
  but 
  action 
  has 
  been 
  delayed, 
  due 
  to 
  the 
  

   lack 
  of 
  funds 
  requisite 
  for 
  expenses 
  of 
  packing 
  and 
  shipping. 
  At 
  

   the 
  special 
  meeting 
  of 
  the 
  commission, 
  held 
  April 
  13, 
  1929, 
  Mr. 
  Gari 
  

   Melchers, 
  chairman, 
  made 
  the 
  welcome 
  announcement 
  that 
  the 
  Car- 
  

   negie 
  Corporation 
  of 
  New 
  York 
  had 
  generously 
  allowed 
  $1,000 
  for 
  

   this 
  purpose. 
  It 
  w^as 
  deemed 
  advisable 
  by 
  members 
  of 
  the 
  commis- 
  

   sion 
  present 
  to 
  hold 
  the 
  exhibition 
  not 
  later 
  than 
  December 
  1, 
  1929, 
  

   and 
  Secretary 
  Abbot 
  volunteered 
  to 
  take 
  up 
  at 
  once 
  the 
  necessary 
  cor- 
  

   respondence 
  with 
  the 
  National 
  Academy 
  of 
  Design 
  and 
  with 
  the 
  

   several 
  institutions 
  holding 
  the 
  works. 
  

  

  SPECIAL 
  EXHIBITIONS 
  HELD 
  IN 
  THE 
  GALLERY 
  

  

  Six 
  loan 
  exhibits 
  of 
  art 
  works 
  added 
  greatly 
  to 
  the 
  interest 
  of 
  the 
  

   year's 
  activities 
  ; 
  these, 
  briefly 
  summarized, 
  are 
  as 
  follows 
  : 
  

  

  POKTEAITS 
  BY 
  M. 
  L. 
  THEO 
  DTJBE 
  

  

  Four 
  portraits 
  by 
  the 
  distinguished 
  Frjench 
  painter, 
  M, 
  L. 
  Theo 
  

   Pube, 
  membre 
  Societaire 
  de 
  la 
  Societe 
  des 
  Artistes 
  Frangais, 
  were 
  

  

  