Excerpt from Report of the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution and Financial Report of the Executive Committee of the Board of Regents: For the Year Ending June 30, 1942
National Collection 0 f Fine Arts - 4the necessary plans were made during the year for the protection and-evacuation of works of art in the-national Collection. Four ‘oil paintings and a number of other works of art were accep’ted for the collection by the Smith sonian Art Commission; Three miniatures Were acquired through the, Cathe’rine Walden Myer] fund. Eight special exhibitions were held as follows: Miniatures lent by Count and Countess Bohdan de Castellane; oils and water colors by Roy M. Mason, N. A.; oils, prints, and drawings by Antonio Rodriguez Luna, of Mexico; jade lent. By Georges Estoppey; paintings on metal and prints by Buell Mullen oils, water colors, and prints by members of thelandscape Club of ‘washington, ’d. C.; plaster busts by Marina Nunez del Prado, of Bolivia; oil paintings, pencil drawings, lithographs, and water colors by Ignacio Aguirre, of Mexico.
Freer Gallery of Art. - Additions to the collections included Per sian and Syrian brass; Chinese bronze; Chinese jade; Arabic man uscript; Arabic, Chinese, and Persian painting; Arabic, Mesopo tamia’n, Persian, and syro-egyptian pottery. The regular work ‘of the curatorial staff was ‘devoted to the study and recording of these new acquisitions and other art objects already in the collection. In addition, 770 objects and 235 photographs of objects were submitted to the Director by their owners for information as to identity, prov enancei’, quality, date, or inscriptions. Besides this usual work, the staff devoted much of its time during the winter and spring to work connected with the war. The total number of visitors to the Gallery for the year was number of groups were given docent service in the exhibition galleries and study rooms. Carl Whiting Bishop associate in archeology, -a member ‘of the Gallery Staff since 1922, died-on June 16, From 1923 to and from 1929 to 1934, -mr. Bishop’ was-in charge of the Freer Gallery field work ‘in. China; He published numerous articles on Chinese archeology various journals -andw’as Widely known as an authority on the earlier phases-of Chinese-culture.
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