﻿REPORT 
  OF 
  THE 
  SECRETARY 
  25 
  

  

  Smithsonian 
  and 
  Museum 
  buildings 
  totaled 
  1,153,212 
  for 
  the 
  year, 
  

   an 
  increase 
  of 
  50,000 
  over 
  the 
  preceding 
  year. 
  Ten 
  volumes 
  and 
  63 
  

   separate 
  papers 
  were 
  published 
  during 
  the 
  year, 
  and 
  110,580 
  copies 
  

   of 
  Museum 
  publications 
  were 
  distributed. 
  

  

  NATIONAL 
  GALLERY 
  OF 
  ART 
  

  

  Although 
  the 
  year 
  has 
  been 
  marked 
  by 
  numerous 
  features 
  and 
  

   events 
  of 
  interest, 
  the 
  two 
  great 
  lines 
  of 
  prospective 
  development 
  have 
  

   remained 
  practically 
  dormant 
  — 
  these 
  are 
  the 
  erection 
  of 
  a 
  gallery 
  

   building 
  and 
  tlie 
  enhancement 
  of 
  the 
  collections 
  by 
  gift 
  and 
  bequest. 
  

   The 
  meagerness 
  of 
  the 
  offerings 
  of 
  art 
  works 
  is 
  doubtless 
  due 
  in 
  

   large 
  measure 
  to 
  the 
  well-known 
  fact 
  that 
  exhibition 
  space 
  in 
  the 
  

   National 
  Museum 
  is 
  entirely 
  exhausted. 
  

  

  The 
  sixth 
  annual 
  meeting 
  of 
  the 
  National 
  Gallery 
  of 
  Art 
  Com- 
  

   mission 
  was 
  held 
  at 
  the 
  Smithsonian 
  Institution 
  on 
  December 
  7, 
  

   192G. 
  After 
  the 
  presentation 
  of 
  the 
  annual 
  report 
  on 
  the 
  gallery's 
  

   activities 
  by 
  the 
  secretary 
  of 
  the 
  commission, 
  a 
  resolution 
  was 
  

   adopted 
  favoring 
  the 
  establishment 
  of 
  a 
  national 
  portrait 
  gallery, 
  

   with 
  the 
  present 
  collection 
  of 
  war 
  portraits 
  as 
  a 
  nucleus, 
  to 
  form 
  a 
  

   unit 
  of 
  the 
  National 
  Gallery 
  of 
  Art. 
  The 
  connnission 
  then 
  recom- 
  

   mended 
  to 
  the 
  Board 
  of 
  Regents 
  the 
  election 
  of 
  Clarence 
  C. 
  Zantz- 
  

   inger, 
  of 
  Philadelphia, 
  to 
  fill 
  a 
  vacancy 
  on 
  the 
  commission. 
  The 
  

   acceptance 
  of 
  art 
  works 
  offered 
  to 
  the 
  gallery 
  during 
  the 
  year 
  was 
  

   then 
  considered. 
  

  

  Four 
  special 
  exhibitions 
  were 
  held 
  in 
  the 
  gallery 
  during 
  the 
  year, 
  

   as 
  follows: 
  36 
  oil 
  paintings 
  of 
  Venice, 
  by 
  Herbert 
  Waldron 
  Faulk- 
  

   ner; 
  49 
  oil 
  paintings 
  and 
  14 
  drawings 
  in 
  pen 
  and 
  pencil, 
  by 
  John 
  

   Ross 
  Key; 
  20 
  portrait 
  drawings 
  in 
  red 
  chalk 
  of 
  members 
  of 
  the 
  

   Lafayette 
  Escadrille, 
  by 
  John 
  Elliott; 
  and 
  an 
  architectural 
  model 
  

   of 
  an 
  oriental 
  temple, 
  designed 
  and 
  executed 
  by 
  Charles 
  Mason 
  

   Remey. 
  

  

  Purchases 
  of 
  paintings 
  from 
  the 
  Henry 
  Ward 
  Ranger 
  fund 
  were 
  

   Uiree 
  in 
  number— 
  " 
  Still 
  Life," 
  by 
  Frank 
  W. 
  Benson; 
  "Woodland 
  

   Nymph," 
  by 
  Douglas 
  Volk; 
  and 
  "Man 
  in 
  White," 
  by 
  Cecilia 
  Beaux. 
  

   These 
  were 
  assigned 
  to 
  various 
  institutions 
  and 
  may 
  later 
  be 
  re- 
  

   claimed 
  by 
  the 
  National 
  Gallery 
  under 
  certain 
  conditions. 
  

  

  The 
  gallery 
  accepted 
  a 
  number 
  of 
  loans 
  of 
  art 
  works 
  during 
  the 
  

   year 
  and 
  several 
  loaned 
  in 
  previous 
  years 
  were 
  recalled 
  by 
  the 
  

   owners. 
  

  

  FREER 
  GALLERY 
  OF 
  ART 
  

  

  Additions 
  to 
  the 
  collection 
  include 
  several 
  pieces 
  of 
  ancient 
  Persian 
  

   pottery, 
  a 
  thirteenth 
  century 
  Persian 
  painting, 
  and 
  a 
  black 
  schist 
  

   image 
  of 
  the 
  Indian 
  god 
  Visnu. 
  During 
  the 
  yeav 
  123 
  objects 
  w^ere 
  

  

  