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Report on the National Gallery of Art, Including the Freer Gallery of Art, for the Year Ending June 30
Report on the National Gallery of Art Including the Freer Gallery of Art for the Year Ending June 30 Author:National Gallery of Art General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1921 Original Publisher: U.S. Govt. Print. Off. Subjects: Art / General Art / Collections, Catalogs, Exhibitions Art / History / General Art / European Art / Asian Travel / Museums, Tours, Points of Interest Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the orig... more »inal. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: Sccretry' Report 1935. -- Appendix 3 PLATE 2 3r. i3 3S.11 35.14 33.1O Some Recent Addltlons To The Collectlon Of The Freer Gallery Of Art. Curatorial work within the collection has been devoted to the study of Chinese, Japanese, Armenian, Arabic, and Persian objects, and of the texts and seals associated with them, including those newly acquired; also to the examination of objects submitted to the curator by other institutions or by private owners for an opinion as to their identity, their meaning, or their historic or esthetic value. A total of 1,268 objects and 153 photographs of objects were examined in this way and written or oral reports were made upon them. Also, 14 texts were submitted for translation. Changes in exhibition have involved a total of 190 objects, as follows: Boot-bindings 6 Bronzes, Chinese 11 Glass, Syrian 7 Manuscripts 9 Paintings, American 78 Paintings, Chinese 6 Paintings, Indian 6 Paintings, Japanese 18 Paintings, Persian 9 Pottery, Chinese 19 Pottery, Persian 15 Silver, Persian 1 Stone sculpture, Chinese 4 Wood-carving, Persian 1 The special exhibition of Whistler's work installed on May 14, 1934, in honor of the Whistler Centenary, was taken down on December 26. ATTENDANCE The Gallery has been open every day from 9 until 4:30 o'clock, with the exception of Mondays, Christmas Day, and New Year's Day. The total attendance of visitors coming in at...« less