Smithsonian Institution Archives

Finding Aids to Official Records of the Smithsonian Institution

Record Unit 333
National Museum of American Art and Portrait Gallery,
Library,
Exhibition Records,
circa 1910-1986


Historical Note

Descriptive Entry



HISTORICAL NOTE

Although the Smithsonian had had paintings and sculpture in its collections since 1849, the works that remained after the fire of 1865 were dispersed. The turn of the century brought a renewed interest in building the art collection, and in 1907, William Henry Holmes became the first Curator of the National Gallery of Art, as it was officially designated a year earlier. In 1920 the Gallery became an administrative entity, separate from the United States National Museum, of the Institution, and Holmes was named its first Director. The collections were displayed first in the Castle, then in the Arts and Industries Building, and after its completion in 1910, the Natural History Building. A number of bequests, most notably by Harriet Lane Johnston and William T. Evans, fostered the growth of the Gallery. In 1937, it became the National Collection of Fine Arts. When Holmes retired in 1932, Ruel P. Tolman became Acting Director until 1946 when he was named Director. Thomas Beggs assumed the title in 1948 and served until 1964 when David Scott became Director. In 1968 the art collections were at last given a separate building ,the Old Patent Office, which was renamed the Fine Arts and Portrait Gallery Building. In 1980 the museum became the National Museum of American Art. Joshua Taylor served as Director from 1970 until his death in 1981, when Harry Lowe became Acting Director. Charles C. Eldredge assumed the position of Director in 1982.

The traveling exhibition service was a part of the art museum from its establishment in 1951 until it became independent in 1965. It is now known as the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service (SITES).

In 1965 the Smithsonian asked that the Renwick Gallery, once home to the Corcoran Gallery of Art and the U. S. Court of Claims, be transferred to the Institution for use as a gallery of "art, craft, and design." The transfer was accomplished, the building restored, and the museum opened in 1972 with Lloyd Herman as Director. Herman served until 1986, when Michael Monroe was named Acting Director and Curator in Charge. Administratively, the Renwick is a curatorial division of NMAA.


DESCRIPTIVE ENTRY

This collection consists primarily of brochures, booklets, and books cataloging single exhibitions at the National Gallery of Art, the National Collection of Fine Arts, the National Museum of American Art, and the Renwick Gallery. Also included are a few catalogs from exhibitions of SITES. There are catalogs from exhibitions staged by the Smithsonian alone, those staged in conjunction with one or more other art museums, those organized by other museums but shown at the Institution, those held elsewhere but consisting in whole or in part of Smithsonian works, and those organized as the Smithsonian contribution to exhibitions in other countries. In a few cases, the connection between the Institution and the exhibition is not known. The catalogs range in format from the one-page flyers of the pre-World War I period to the lavish publications of recent years. Also included are miscellaneous publications, such as early catalogs of the entire collection (the two-volume set prepared by Holmes in the 1920s); the checklists of the opening exhibition of 1968; The History of the National Gallery of Art, United States National Museum Bulletin 70, by Richard Rathbun; and The National Collection of Fine Arts, 1978, by Joshua Taylor. In addition there is one journal article describing an exhibition of the work of Albert Pinkham Ryder and the text of a dedication ceremony held by the museum.

This record unit chiefly consists of a collection of publications assembled over the years by the library. In addition, catalogs were pulled from two other accessions which contained many copies. However, the collection does not claim to be complete and should be used in conjunction with other records in the Archives, such as the records of the Office of the Director, record units 311 and 312, and central administrative files, record unit 313, and later accessions. In particular, SITES catalogs produced since the office became independent are not included. For these, researchers should consult record units 290 and 316, as well as unprocessed collections.

Box 1 of 21
Folder1   Academy: The Academic Tradition in American Art, An Exhibition Organized on the Occasion of the One Hundred and Fiftieth Anniversary of the National Academy of Design: 1825-1975 (NCFA), 1975
Folder2   Across the Nation: Fine Art for Federal Buildings, 1972-1979, (NCFA), 1980
Folder3   Advancing American Art: Politics and Aesthetics in the State Department Exhibition, 1946-1948, (published 1984 by the Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts, Montgomery, Alabama, for an exhibition which later traveled to NMAA)
Folder4   After the Crash (NCFA), 1980
Folder5   Alan Sonfist/Tress (NCFA), 1978-1979
Folder6   Alfred H. Maurer (NCFA), 1973
Folder7   Alice Pike Barney: Paintings in Oil and Pastel (published in 1957 by NCFA; appears to be the first catalog of the lending collection)
Folder8   Alice Pike Barney Memorial Lending Collection (published in 1965 by NCFA)
Folder9   Alice Pike Barney: Pastel Portraits from Studio House (NMAA), 1986
Folder10   America as Art (NCFA), 1976
Folder11   America Discovers Indian Art (exhibition not sponsored by SI, but exhibited in Arts and Industries Building, 1967)
Folder12   American Art in the Barbizon Mood (NCFA), 1975

Box 2 of 21
Folder1   American Artists Professional League, American Art Week Exhibition, 1963 (NCFA), 1963
Folder2   An American Collection: The Neuberger Collection (published by the Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design for exhibition at NCFA), 1968
Folder3   American Glass Now (published by the Toledo Museum of Art and exhibited at the Renwick, 1973)
Folder4   American Landscape: A Changing Frontier, In Commemoration of the Fiftieth Anniversary of the National Park Service (NCFA), 1966
Folder5   An American Perspective, Selections from the Bequest of Frank McClure (NMAA), 1981
Folder6   American Pieced Quilts (SITES exhibition shown at the Renwick), 1972-1973
Folder7   American Porcelain: New Expressions in an Ancient Art (Renwick), 1981
Folder8   American Printmaking: The First 150 Years (published by the Museum of Graphic Art, New York, and exhibited at NCFA, 1969-1971)
Folder9   The American Renaissance, 1876-1976, (published 1979 by The Brooklyn Museum for an exhibition which later came to NCFA), 1980
Folder10   Americans in Brittany and Normandy, 1860-1910 (published by the Phoenix Museum of Art, 1982 and exhibited at NMAA, 1983)
Folder11   Americans Valiant and Glorious: The Flying Tigers (by William D. Pawley, 1945, for an exhibition at NCFA, 1945)

Box 3 of 21
Folder1   Americas: The Decorative Arts in Latin America in the Era of the Revolution (Renwick), 1976
Folder2   Ancient Art from Afghanistan: Treasures of the Kabul Museum (published in 1966 by the Asia House Gallery, New York City, and later exhibited at NCFA, 1966)
Folder3   "...And There was Light" (NCFA), 1976
Folder4   The Animal Image: Contemporary Objects and the Beast (Renwick), 1981
Folder5   Anne Ryan, collages (catalog published by The Brooklyn Museum, 1974, for exhibition which later was shown at NCFA, 1974)
Folder6   Alexander Archipenko: A Memorial Exhibition, 1967-1969 (catalog published by the UCLA Art Galleries, 1974, for exhibition that later was shown at NCFA)
Archipenko: International Visionary (published by NCFA, 1969)
Folder7   Arne Jacobsen, (published by the Danish Bicentennial Committee, 1976)
Folder8   Arnhem Land, Art and Magic, Australia (booklet published by SITES for a traveling exhibition, 1952)
Folder9   Art and Archeology of Vietnam: Asian Crossroad of Cultures (booklet by NCFA for a traveling exhibition, 1961)
Folder10   Art, Design, and the Modern Corporation (NMAA), 1985
Folder11   Arthur Wesley Dow (1857-1922) (NCFA), 1977

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Art in New Mexico, 1900-1945: Paths to Taos and Santa Fe (NMAA), 1986

Folder12   Artists Abroad (published in 1969 by the American Federation of Arts; the connection with the Smithsonian is not known)
Folder13   Artist-Naturalists: Observations in the Americas (booklet published by NCFA for an exhibition, 1972)
Folder14   Art for All: American Print Publishing Between the Wars (NMAA), 1981
Folder15   Art for Architecture: Washington, DC (1895-1925) (NCFA), 1975
Folder16   The Art of Henry O. Tanner (booklet for an exhibition organized by the Frederick Douglass Institute and NCFA), 1969
Folder17   The Art of Poetry (booklet published by NCFA for an exhibition at NCFA),1976-1977

Box 4 of 21
Folder1   The Art of Russia, 1800-1850 (published in 1978 by the University Gallery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, for an exhibition organized by the Gallery and the Committee on Institutional Cooperation and the Ministry of Culture of the USSR, and exhibited at the Renwick, 1979)
Folder2   Art of the Pacific Northwest: From the 1930s to the Present (NCFA), 1974
Folder3   The Art of Tibet (published by the Asia Society, Inc., 1969, for an exhibition that was shown at NCFA, 1969)
Folder4   The Arts and Crafts Movement in America, 1876-1916 (published for an exhibition organized by the Art Institute of Chicago and The Art Museum of Princeton University and shown at the Renwick, 1973)
Folder5   Art USA Now: 102 Vital Contemporary American Painters (published 1962 byC. J. Bucher, Ltd., Switzerland, for an exhibition of American art which toured Europe)

Box 5 of 21
Folder1   Attilio Salemme: Inhabitant of a Dream (NCFA), 1978
Folder2   Awards in the Visual Arts 1 (published by the Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art, North Carolina, for an exhibition sponsored jointly by the Center and by NMAA, and shown at NMAA, 1982)
Folder3   Baskets and Cylinders: Recent Glass by Dale Chihuly (booklet published by the Renwick Gallery for an exhibition at the Renwick, 1978-1979)
Folder4   Berlin Porcelain (published in conjunction with a retrospective exhibition organized by the Staatliche Porzellan-Manufaktur Berlin (KPM) in alliance with the administration of the state castles and gardens of Berlin under the patronage of the Berlin Senate and SITES; exhibition shown first at the Renwick Gallery, 1980)
Folder5   Berenice Abbott: The 20's and 30's (published by NMAA for a traveling exhibition organized jointly with the International Center of Photography and shown there before coming to NMAA, 1982)
Folder6   Bingham's Missouri:
Leaflet published by NCFA, 1976, as a catalog for an exhibition of 25 sketches of a larger exhibition
Catalog of main exhibition published 1975 for an exhibition sponsored by the Missouri State Council on the Arts and the National Endowment for the Arts
Folder7   Birds (leaflet published by NCFA, 1980, for a small exhibition selected from a larger one entitled "1979 Bird Art Exhibition," at the Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum, Wausau, Wisconsin)
Folder8   Bob Thompson, 1937-1966 (leaflet published by NCFA for a small exhibition at NCFA, 1975-1976)
Folder9   "Bo'jou, Neejee!" Profiles of Canadian Indian Art (National Museum of Man, Canada, 1976; the connection with the Smithsonian is not known)
Folder10   Boris Anisfeldt: Twenty Years of Designs for the Theater (NCFA), 1971
Folder11   Boxes and Bowls: Decorated Containers by Nineteenth-Century Haida, Tlinglit, Bella Bella, and Tsimshian Indian Artists (published by the Smithsonian in 1974 for an exhibition at the Renwick, 1973-1975)
Folder12   Brazilian Baroque: Decorative and Religious Objects of the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Century, from the Museum of Sacred Art of Sao Paulo, Brazil (published by the Renwick for an exhibition sponsored by the Ministry of External Relations, Brazil and shown at the Renwick, 1972-1973)
Folder13   The Capital Image: Painters in Washington, 1800-1915:
Booklet catalog, published in 1982, of the exhibition held at NMAA, 1982-1983
Book published in conjunction with the exhibition
Folder14   Carl Bodmer Paints the Indian Frontier (booklet for a SITES exhibition,1954-1955)
Folder15   Cast and Recast: The Sculpture of Frederic Remington:
Catalog published in 1981 for an exhibition at NMAA, 1981-1982
"Techniques of Bronze Casting in America, 1850-1900: Sand Casting: Lost-Wax Casting," booklet excerpted from item 1 above
Folder16   Catalog of American and European Paintings in the Gellatly Collection (three booklets published 1933, 1945, and 1954, with the same list, but different introductions)
Folder17   Catalogue of a Collection of 82 Drawings...by... French Artists...presented...to the US by...French Republic as a token of...appreciation...of..efforts ...of Americans...toward Relieving the Distress Occasioned by the European War (booklet published by National Gallery of Art, 1915, for an exhibition of 1915)
Folder18   Catalogue of a Collection of Paintings by Contemporary British Artists...in the National Gallery (booklet published by National Gallery of Art, for an exhibition of 1928)
Folder19   Catalogue of a Collection of Portraits and Studies in Different Techniques, by Leo Katz... (booklet published by the National Gallery of Art, 1925, for an exhibition, 1925)
Folder20   Catalogue of an Exhibition of Lithographs of War Work in Great Britain and the U. S. by Joseph Pennell (booklet published by the National Gallery of Art for an exhibition of 1917)
Folder21   Catalogue of an Exhibition of Paintings, Sculpture and Works of Applied Arts by Contemporary Hungarian Artists (booklet published by the National Gallery of Art for an exhibition, 1930)
Folder22   Catalogue of an Exhibition of Portraits from the National Association of Portrait Painters... (booklet published by the National Gallery of Art for an exhibition of 1914)
Folder23   Catalogue of a Memorial Collection of Drawings in Red Chalk by John Elliott...of the Original Members of the Lafayette Escadrille...(booklet published by the National Gallery of Art for an exhibition of 1927)
Folder24   Catalogue of Paintings...on the Occasion of the Opening of the Gallery in the New Building of the USNM, March 17, 1910 (published by the National Gallery of Art for an exhibition of 1910)

Box 6 of 21
Folder1   Catalogue of the 25th National Exhibition of Prints (booklet published by the Library of Congress, 1977, for an exhibition sponsored by the Library and NCFA, and exhibited at NCFA, 1977)
Folder2   Catalogue of the 24th National Exhibition of Prints (booklet published by the Library of Congress, 1975, for an exhibition sponsored by the Library and NCFA, and exhibited at NCFA, 1975)
Folder3   Catalogue of the 23rd National Exhibition of Prints (booklet published by the Library of Congress, 1973, for an exhibition sponsored by the Library and NCFA, and exhibited at NCFA, 1973)
Folder4   Catlin's Indian Gallery (booklet describing the Catlin collection, published by NCFA, 1965)
Folder5   Celebration: A World of Art and Ritual: Published by the Office of Folklife Programs and the Renwick Gallery for an exhibition at the Renwick,1982:
Let's Celebrate: A Handbook for Teachers, published in conjunction with the exhibition
"Guide to Celebration: A World of Art and Ritual, parts 1 and 2, pamphlet listing of the exhibition
Folder6   Centennial Exhibition of Paintings by Abbott Handerson Thayer (leaflet of an exhibition at NCFA, 1949)
Folder7   Centennial Exhibition of Paintings by Edmund C. Tarbell (1862-1938) (leaflet for an exhibition at NCFA of 1962)
Folder8   A Century of Ceramics in the United States, 1878-1978 (published in 1979 by the Everson Museum of Art at Syracuse, New York, for an exhibition which was shown at the Renwick, 1979-1980)
Folder9   Cesareo Bernaldo De Quros: An Exhibition of Paintings of Gaucho Life in the Province of Entre Rios, Argentina, 1850-1870, (published 1932 by the Hispanic Society of America for an exhibition which was later shown at the National Gallery of Art, 1933)
Folder10   Chaim Gross: Sculpture and Drawings (booklet published for an exhibition at NCFA, 1974)
Folder11   Charles Sheeler (published for an exhibition at NCFA, 1968)
Folder12   Charles W. Hawthorne: The Late Watercolors (booklet published for an exhibition at NMAA, 1983)
Folder13   Chicago Currents: The Koffler Foundation Collection of the National Collection of Fine Arts (leaflet published by NCFA, 1979, for a traveling exhibition circulated by the Western Association of Museums)
Folder14   Chicago Furniture: Art, Craft, and Industry, 1833-1983 (published by the Chicago Historical Society, 1984, for an exhibition which later was shown at the Renwick Gallery)
Folder15   Child's Play: Arango International Toy Design Competition (published by the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami, 1979, for an exhibition which was later shown at the Renwick Gallery, 1979)
Folder16   China Revisited: Ink Paintings by Thomas George (booklet published for an exhibition at NCFA, 1977)
Folder17   Clay Figures from Guerrero (booklet published for an exhibition at the Renwick Gallery, 1978-1979)
Folder18   Clay for Walls (booklet published, 1983, for an exhibition at the Renwick Gallery, 1983-1984)
Folder19   Cock Van Gent (booklet published for an exhibition sponsored by the Catherwood Foundation and circulated by SITES, 1957-1958)
Folder20   Collages by Irwin Kremen (booklet published in 1978 by NCFA for an exhibition held at the Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art, North Carolina, and at NCFA, 1979)

Box 7 of 21
Folder1   Collection of War Portraits (booklet published in 1921 by the National Art Committee for an exhibition circulated under the auspices of the American Federation of Arts for eventual deposit for a National Portrait Gallery at the National Gallery of Art, 1921)
Folder2   Collector's Choice: The Washington Print Club Seventh Biennial Members' Exhibition (booklet published by NCFA and the Print Club for an exhibition at NCFA), 1978
Folder3   Contemporary American Art: Checklist of Opening Exhibition (booklet published as a guide to the opening of NCFA in its new building, 1968)
Folder4   Contemporary American Ceramics: United States entry in the Third International Exhibition of Contemporary Ceramics, to be held in Prague, Czechoslovakia (booklet for an exhibition at NCFA, 1962)
Folder5   Contemporary American Illustrators of Children's Books (published by the Rutgers University Art Gallery, 1974, for an exhibition later shown at NCFA, 1974-1975)
Folder6   Contemporary Art from Alaska (published for an exhibition at NCFA, 1978)
Folder7   Contemporary Australian Ceramics (catalog of an exhibition sponsored by the Crafts Board of the Australia Council and the National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Australia, undated, and the connection with the Smithsonian is not known)
Folder8   Contemporary German Books (published 1962 by Boersenverien des Deutschen Buchhandels e.V. for German Book Exhibitions in the USA, 1962-1963, which included a visit to NCFA during this period)
Folder9   Contemporary Indian Painting, 1973, Commemorating the Silver Jubilee of India's Independence (published by the Indian Council for Cultural Relations, 1973, for an exhibition at the Renwick Gallery, 1973)
Folder10   Contemporary Stage Design USA (published by the International Theater Institute of the United States, Inc., 1974, for an exhibition to be held first at the Kennedy Center and then around parts of the world, before being circulated in the US by SITES, 1974-1975)
Folder11   Contemporary Swiss Paintings (booklet published by NCFA for an exhibition sponsored by the Swiss government and circulated by SITES, 1952-1953)
Folder12   Contemporary Textile Art from Austria (booklet for an exhibition sponsored by the Austrian Ambassador to the United States and circulated by SITES, undated)
Folder13   Continuing Traditions: A Festival of Afro-American Arts (booklet/poster published by NMAA in conjunction with the exhibition, "Sharing Traditions: Five Black Artists in Nineteenth Century America, NMAA, 1985)
Folder14   Costumes from the Arab World (booklet produced by the State University of New York at Binghamton, for an exhibition later shown at the Renwick, 1980)
Folder15   Craft Multiples (Renwick), 1974-1975
Folder16   Creation and Renewal: Views of Cotopaxi by Frederic Edwin Church (NMAA),1985
Folder17   Daniel Chester French: An American Sculptor (published by the Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1976, for an exhibition shown at NCFA, 1977)
Folder18   Danish Abstract Art (booklet published in 1964 for an exhibition organized under the auspices of the Artists' Committee for Exhibitions Abroad and the Danish Ministry of Cultural Affairs for circulation by SITES, 1964)

Box 8 of 21
Folder1   The Decorative Designs of Frank Lloyd Wright:
Booklet published by the Renwick for the exhibition there, 1977-1978
Book of the same name written in conjunction with the exhibition and published by E. P. Dutton, 1979
Folder2   The Designs of Raymond Loewy (Renwick), 1975
Folder3   Directory to Bicentennial Inventory of American Paintings Executed before 1914 (published for NCFA, 1976, by Arno Press)
Folder4   Dix Artistes Negres Des Etats-Unis (Ten Negro Artists from the United States: First World Festival of Negro Arts, Dakar, Senegal, 1966) (published in 1966 by the American Federation of Arts for the International Art Program of NCFA for an exhibition to be circulated by the American Federation of the Arts, 1966)
Folder5   Drawings by William Glackens (1870-1938) (published by NCFA, 1972, for exhibition at NCFA, 1972)
Folder6   Drawing Society National Exhibition (catalog published by American Federation of the Arts, 1966, for an exhibition that later traveled to NCFA; participating museum included Atlanta Art Association, California Palace of the Legion of Honor, Gallery of Modern Art (New York). Museum of Fine Arts (Houston), Philadelphia Museum of Art, and Smiths College Museum of Art)
Folder7   The Drawings of Jasper Johns (leaflet published by NCFA for exhibition at NCFA, 1966)
Folder8   The Drawings of Morris Louis (published by NCFA, 1979, for an exhibition at NCFA, 1979-1980)
Folder9   The Dusseldorf Academy and the Americans (published by the High Museum of Art, Atlanta, Georgia, 1972, for an exhibition which traveled to NCFA, 1973)
Folder10   East and West, Painting/Poems by Sheila Isham (published by NMAA, 1981, for an exhibition at NMAA, 1981)
Folder11   E. Colonna (published by The Dayton Art Institute, 1983, for an exhibition that traveled to the Renwick, 1984)
Folder12   Edith Gregor Halpert Memorial Exhibition (leaflet published by NCFA, 1972, for an exhibition at NCFA, 1972)
Folder13   Egypt: Day and Night: Keith Achepohl Watercolors (published by Keith Achepohl, 1981, for an exhibition which traveled to NMAA, 1982)
Folder14   Eighteen Seventy-Six: American Art of the Centennial (booklet published by NCFA, 1976, for an exhibition at NCFA, 1976)
Folder15   Eight from California (booklet published by NCFA, for an exhibition at NCFA,1974-1975)
Folder16   Eisenstaedt Germany (three booklets published by NCFA, for an exhibition, symposium, and film program at NCFA, 1980-1981)

Box 9 of 21
Folder1   Elizabeth Nourse, 1859-1938, A Salon Career:
Booklet which is a checklist published by NMAA, 1983
Catalog of the exhibition which was organized jointly by NMAA and the Cincinnati Art Museum and shown at NMAA, 1983
Folder2   Emanuel Leutz, 1816-1868, Freedom is the Only King:
Booklet catalog of the exhibition published by NCFA, 1976
Catalog of known works published by NCFA in conjunction with the exhibition, 1976
Folder3   The Engravings of S. W. Hayter (booklet published by the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 1967; connection with SI is not known)
Folder4   Erastus Salisbury Field, 1805-1900 (exhibition catalog published by Museum of Fine Arts, Springfield, Massachusetts, 1984, for an exhibition which was shown at NMAA, 1984)
Folder5   Etchings and Drypoints by Charles W. Dahlgreen (booklet published by NCFA,1946, after the success of an exhibition at NCFA, 1945)
Folder6   European Painters Today (exhibition catalog published probably by the Mead Corporation, 1969, for an exhibition that was shown at NCFA, 1969)
Folder7   Exhibition of Contemporary Indian Art and Crafts in the United States of America (booklet of an exhibition sponsored by the Government of India and organized by the Academy of Fine Art, Calcutta, and the all India Association of Fine Art, Bombay, undated; the connection between the Smithsonian and this exhibition is not known)
Folder8   Exhibition of Early American Paintings, Miniatures and Silver (booklet published by the National Gallery of Art, 1925, for an exhibition at NGA, 1925)
Folder9   Exhibition of Paintings by George Catlin (booklet published by NCFA for an exhibition at NCFA, 1961-1962)
Folder10   Exhibition of Rumanian Tapestry (booklet published by NCFA, 1965, for an exhibition sponsored by the US Department of State Cultural Exchange Program, 1965)
Folder11   Exhibition of the United States of America, 1965 (booklet, publisher unknown, of an exhibition organized by the Pasadena Art Museum, Pasadena, California, at the invitation of the United States Information Agency, and shown at the Museum of Modern Art, Sao Paulo, Brazil, 1965)
Folder12   Exhibition of War Portraits (booklet published by the National Art Committee, 1921, for an exhibition circulated by the American Federation of Arts and shown at the National Gallery of Art, 1921)
Folder13   Exhibition of Works by Negro Artists at National Gallery of Art (leaflet of an exhibition sponsored by the Association for the Study of Negro Life and History and shown at the National Gallery of Art, 1933)
Folder14   Explorations (booklets published by NCFA, 1970, for an exhibition planned by the Fellows of the Center for Advanced Visual Studies, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and organized by the International Art Program, NCFA, and held at NCFA, 1970)
Folder15   Exposed and Developed: Photography Sponsored by the National Endowment for the Arts (published by NMAA, 1984, for an exhibition at NMAA, 1984)

Box 10 of 21
Folder1   Familiar but Unique: The Monoprints of Joseph Goldyne (NMAA), 1982
Folder2   Fanfare (NMAA), 1984-1985
Folder3   Fifth International Exhibition of Ceramics (NCFA), 1955
Folder4   Fine Arts Commission Exhibition (NCFA), 1966
Folder5   The First Western States Biennial Exhibition (NCFA), 1979
Folder6   Five Paintings from Thomas Nast's Grand Caricaturama, from the Swann Collection of Caricature and Cartoon (NCFA), 1970
Folder7   The Flexible Medium: Art Fabric from the Museum Collection (Renwick),1984-1985
Folder8   Florida Artist Group Second Annual Exhibition (NCFA), 1951
Folder9   Folk Art of the Oregon Country (Renwick), 1980-1981
Folder10   Form and Fire: Natzler Ceramics, 1939-1972 (Renwick), 1973
Folder11   Fourth Annual International Exhibition of Ceramic Arts (NCFA), 1953
Folder12   Frederic Edwin Church (NCFA), 1966
Folder13   Free Within Ourselves: Selected Works by Afro-American Artists (NMAA), 1983
Folder14   French Folk Art (SITES), undated
Folder15   From the Land of the Bible (NCFA), 1954
Folder16   From Within: Selected Works by the Artists/Inmates of New York State Correctional Facility at Auburn (Maximum Security) (NCFA), 1973
Folder17   Fulbright Painters (SITES), 1958-1959
Folder18   A Future for Our Past: the Conservation of Art (NCFA), 1974
Folder19   Gabor Peterdi: Forty-Five Years of Printmaking (NCFA), 1979
Folder20   George Caleb Bingham, 1811-1879 (NCFA), 1967-1968
Folder21   George Catlin Collection of Paintings in the United States National Museum, published in 1955
Folder22   George Miller and American Lithography (NCFA), 1976
Folder23   Georg Jensen Silversmithy: 77 Artists, 75 Years (Renwick), 1980
Folder24   The Glass of Frederick Carder (Renwick), 1972-1974
Folder25   The Goldsmith: An Exhibition of Work of Contemporary Artists-Craftsmen of North America (Renwick), 1974
Folder26   Good as Gold: Alternative Materials in American Jewelry (SITES), 1981
Folder27   The Grand Beehive (Renwick), 1981
Folder28   The Graphic Art of Mary Cassatt (NCFA), 1967-1968

Box 11 of 21
Folder1   The Graphic Art of Winslow Homer (NCFA), 1968-1970
Folder2   Graphics '63 (SITES), 1963
Folder3   Graphics '73: Ralston Crawford (NCFA), 1973
Folder4   Grass (Renwick), 1977-1978
Folder5   Gustavus Sohon's Portraits of Flathead and Pend D'Oreille Indians, 1854 (Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections, Vol. 110, No. 7, published 1948)
Folder6   The Hand and the Spirit: Religious Art in America, 1700-1900 (NCFA), 1972
Folder7   The Hard Edge Trend (USIA), undated
Folder8   The Harmonious Craft: American Musical Instruments (Renwick), 1978-1979
Folder9   Harriet Lane Johnston and the National Collection of Fine Arts (Smithsonian Annual Report for 1954), published 1955
Folder10   Harry Jackson: The Range Burial (NCFA), 1964
Folder11   Harvey K. Littleton: A Retrospective Exhibition (Renwick), 1984
Folder12   Henry Ward Ranger Centennial Exhibition (NCFA), 1958
Folder13   Herbert Ward African Collection, Exhibition of the, 1922
Folder14   Herman A. Webster Drawings, Watercolors, and Prints (NCFA), 1974
Folder15   Highlights of the National Collection of Fine Arts (published 1968)
Folder16   High School Graphics V: Through the Eyes of New Printmakers (NCFA), 1977
Folder17   High School Graphics VI: Sixth Biennial Graphics Exhibition (NCFA), 1979
Folder18   High School Graphics VII: Seventh Biennial Graphics Exhibition (NMAA), 1981
Folder19   H. Lyman Sayen (NCFA), 1970
Folder20   Homage to Franz Kline: Photographs by Aaron Siskind (University of Chicago,1975)
Folder21   Horatio Shaw, 1847-1918 (NCFA), 1974-1975
Folder22   Hugo Robus (1885-1964) (NCFA), 1979-1980

Box 12 of 21
Folder1   Ilya Bolotowsky (leaflet published by NCFA for exhibition of 1974-1975)
Folder2   Images of an Era: The American Poster, 1945-1975 (published by NCFA, 1975, for exhibition that was shown at the Corcoran Gallery of Art, 1975-1976, before traveling under the auspices of NCFA)
Folder3   Indian Paintings by George Catlin (booklet published by Colorado State University, Department of Art, 1967, for an exhibition there, 1967)
Folder4   "In Pursuit of...." The Washington Print Club 9th Biennial Members' Exhibition (leaflet published by NMAA for an exhibition at NMAA, 1982)
Folder5   Iron: Solid Wrought/USA (University Museum, Southern Illinois University at Carbondale, 1976; the connection of this exhibition with the Smithsonian is not known)
Folder6   Jackson Pollock: New Found Works (published in 1978 by the Yale University Art Gallery for an exhibition organized in association with the David and Alfred Smart Gallery at the University of Chicago and NCFA and shown at NCFA, 1978-1979)
Folder7   Jacob Kainen: Prints, A Retrospective (exhibition catalog and checklist of known prints published by NCFA in 1976 for an exhibition at NCFA, 1976-1977; also includes a leaflet, "Supplement to Checklist of Prints")
Folder8   J. Alden Weir, an American Printmaker, 1852-1919 (published by Brigham Young University for an exhibition organized by the University and NCFA, and shown at NCFA, 1972)
Folder9   Jan Matulka, 1890-1972 (published by NCFA and the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, 1980, for an exhibition jointly organized by the two museums and shown at NCFA, 1980-1981)
Folder10   Jannis Spyropoulos, recent paintings (leaflet published by A. Matsoukis, a Greek Company, 1969, for an exhibition shown at NCFA, 1969, and the Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery, University of Nebraska)
Folder11   Jasper F. Cropsey, 1823-1900 (published by NCFA, 1970, for an exhibition at NCFA, 1970-1971)
Folder12   Jennie Cellova: amerika ludova umelkyna (not in English), undated
Folder13   Johann Hermann Carmiencke, Drawings and Watercolors (leaflet published by NCFA, 1973, for an exhibition at NCFA, 1973)
Folder14   John R. Grabach, Seventy Years an Artist (published by NCFA, 1980, for an exhibition at NCFA, 1980)
Folder15   John Sloan (booklet published by the Delaware Art Center, Wilmington, Delaware, 1963, for an exhibition organized by the Center and the Wilmington Society of Fine Arts, circulated by SITES, and shown at NCFA, 1963)
Folder16   John Steuart Curry: Themes and Variations (leaflet published by NCFA for an exhibition at NCFA, 1971-1972)
Folder17   John White Alexander (1856-1915) (leaflet published by NCFA for an exhibition at NCFA, 1976-1977)
Folder18   Jose de Creeft: Sculpture and Drawings (published by NMAA, 1983, for an exhibition at NMAA, 1983)
Folder19   Joyce Kozloff: An Interior Decorated (place and date of exhibition unknown)
Folder20   Juan de Avalos exhibition (leaflet published in Spain, undated, for an exhibition at NCFA, undated)
Folder21   "Laboring Youth" (program of the acceptance ceremony of a sculpture given by the people of Germany to the people of the United States, 1955)
Folder22   The Language of African Art: A Guest Exhibition of the Museum of African Art (booklet published by the Museum of African Art for an exhibition held at the National Portrait Gallery, 1970)
Folder23   Lee Gatch, 1902-1968 (published by NCFA, 1971, for an exhibition held at NCFA, 1971)
Folder24   Leonard Baskin (published by NCFA, 1970, for an exhibition at NCFA, 1970)
Folder25   Leon Berkowitz (booklet published by the Jacksonville Art Museum, 1980, for an exhibition held there in 1980; it appears that the Smithsonian was a lender to this exhibition)
Folder26   A Life In Art: Alma Thomas, 1891-1978 (published by NMAA, 1981, for an exhibition at NMAA, 1981-1982)

Box 13 of 21
Folder1   Life, the Second Decade, 1946-1955, 1984
Folder2   Lilly Martin Spencer, The Joys of Sentiment (NCFA), 1973
Folder3   Lithographs of James McNeill Whistler (SITES), 1982
Folder4   Louis Lozowick, Drawings and Lithographs (NCFA), 1975
Folder5   Made in Chicago (NCFA), 1974
Folder6   Man and Beast: The Washington Print Club Eighth Biennial Members' Exhibition (NCFA), 1980
Folder7   The March of America (NCFA), 1967
Folder8   Marguerite Zorach: The Early Years, 1908-1920 (NCFA), 1973-1974
Folder9   Maria Martinez: Five Generations of Potters (Renwick), 1978
Folder10   The Martha Jackson Memorial Collection (NMAA), 1985
Folder11   Mary Cassatt: Pastels and Color Prints (NCFA), 1978
Folder12   Mauricio Lasansky: A Retrospective Exhibition of his Prints and Drawings (NCFA), 1977
Folder13   Max Weber: Prints and Color Variations (NCFA), 1964
Folder14   Mead Ninth Annual Painting of the Year (NCFA), 1964
Folder15   A Measure of Beauty: the Diffusion of Style in Early Nineteenth Century America (NCFA), 1973
Folder16   Memorial Exhibition of Oil Paintings and Pastels by Alice Pike Barney (1860-1931) (NCFA), 1951
Folder17   Mexican Masks (Renwick), 1978-1979

Box 14 of 21
Folder1   Milton Avery (exhibition catalog published by NCFA, 1969, for exhibition, 1969-1970)
Folder2   The Miniature Painters, Sculptors, and Gravers Society of Washington, DC (brochure NCFA), 1952
Folder3   Miniatures in the National Collection of Fine Arts, Smithsonian Institution (booklet prepared by the IBM Gallery, New York, for an exhibition shown there in 1966)
Folder4   Modern American Woodcuts (booklet prepared by NCFA for its exhibition of 1973-1974)
Folder5   A Modern Consciousness: D. J. DePree, Florence Knoll (Renwick), 1975
Folder6   More Than Land or Sky: Art from Appalachia (NMAA), 1981
Folder7   Mother and Child in Modern Art (NCFA), 1965
Folder8   Mural Paintings from the Caves of India (NCFA), 1944
Folder9   Murals in the Round: Painting Tipis of the Kiowa and Kiowa-Apache Indians (Renwick), 1977-1978
Folder10   My Life in Pictures: Ethel Wright Mohamed (creator of a tapestry based on the 1974 Smithsonian Festival of American Folklife), 1976
Folder11   National Collection of Fine Arts (by Joshua Taylor), 1978
Folder12   National Collection of Fine Arts (information booklets), 1968, and undated (1967?)
Folder13   National Gallery of Art, The, Bulletin 70, United States National Museum, by Richard Rathbun, 1916
Folder14   The National Gallery of Art...Washington, Catalogue of Collections, I, 1922

Box 15 of 21
Folder1   The National Gallery of Art...Washington, Catalogue of Collections, II, 1926
Folder2   The National Gallery of Art Catalogue of a Group of Original Oil Paintings of the Gothic Cathedrals of France by Pieter van Veen (NGA), 1928
Folder3   The National Gallery of Art, Catalogue of Miniatures and Other Works by Edward G. Malbone (NGA), 1929
Folder4   The National Gallery of Art: Catalogue of Paintings Purchased with Ranger Fund (NGA), 1929-1930
Folder5   National League of American Pen Women Twenty-Second Biennial Art Exhibition (NCFA), 1964
Folder6   National Parks and the American Landscape (NCFA), 1972
Folder7   Newcomb Pottery: An Enterprise for Southern Women, 1895-1940 (SITES, Renwick), 1984
Folder8   New Glass: A Worldwide Survey (Renwick), 1980
Folder9   New Stained Glass (The Museum of Contemporary Crafts of the American Crafts Council), 1978
Folder10   New Ways with Paper (NCFA), 1977-1978
Folder11   The Object as Poet (Renwick), 1976-1977

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Objects for Preparing Food (Renwick), 1972-1973

Folder12   Objects: USA, The Johnson Collection of Contemporary Crafts (presented to NCFA, 1968)
Folder13   Olaf Skoogfors, 20th Century Goldsmith (Renwick), 1979
Folder14   Opening of the Adams-Clement Collection (NCFA), 1951
Folder15   Painting and Sculpture in California: The Modern Era (NCFA), 1977

Box 16 of 21
Folder1   Paintings from Pakistan, undated (The connection between this exhibition and the Smithsonian is unknown.)
Folder2   Paintings in the Grand Salon and Octagon Room of the Renwick Gallery Lent by The Corcoran Gallery of Art, (Renwick), permanent exhibition (published in 1979). Also includes "Painting and Sculpture in the Grand Salon and Octagon Room," undated
Folder3   The Paintings of Charles Bird King (1785-1862) (NCFA), 1977-1978
Folder4   Paintings, Pastels, Drawings, Prints, and Copper Plates...in the Freer Gallery of Art. Freer Gallery of Art Occasional Papers, Vol. 1, No. 2, 1967
Folder5   Paint on Wood: Decorated American Furniture Since the 17th Century (Renwick), 1977
Folder6   Pastel portraits by Alice Pike Barney. Exhibited at the Arts Club of Washington, 1952
Folder7   Paul Manship: A Retrospective Exhibition of Sculpture (NCFA), 1958
Folder8   Paul Manship, 1885-1966 (NCFA), 1966
Folder9   Peggy Bacon: Personalities and Places (NCFA), 1975-1976
Folder10   Pennsylvania Academy Moderns, 1910-1940 (NCFA), 1975
Folder11   Perkins Harnly: From the Index of American Design (NMAA), 1981-1982
Folder12   Peru (NCFA), 1965
Folder13   Perceptions and Evocations: The Art of Elihu Vedder (NCFA), 1978-1979
Folder14   La Pintura de los Estados Unidos de Museos de la Ciudad de Washington (organized for exhibition at the Instituto de Bellas Artes, Mexico, 1980-1981)
Folder15   Portrait Miniatures from Private Collections (NCFA), 1976-1977
Folder16   Portrait of America: Paintings from the William T. Evans Collections, NCFA (IBM Gallery, New York), c. 1968
Folder17   Portraits of the Adams-Clement Collections and Their Painters: An Extension of the Remarks made by Katharine McCook Knox on the Occasion of the opening of the Adams-Clement Collection (NCFA), 1951
Folder18   Portraits of American Newsmakers (NPG), 1969
Folder19   Preliminary Catalogue Listing of Miniatures (NCFA), 1965

Box 17 of 21
Folder1   Preliminary Catalogue Listing of Paintings, Drawings and Sculpture (NCFA), 1963
Folder2   Preliminary Catalogue Listing of Prints (NCFA), 1964
Folder3   The Print in the United States from the 18th Century to the Present (NMAA), 1981-1982
Folder4   Prints and Multiples: 79th Exhibition by Artists of Chicago and Vicinity (NMAA), 1982
Folder5   Prints by Karl Schrag (NCFA), 1972
Folder6   Prints, Drawings, and Watercolors: Checklist of Opening Exhibition, May-June, 1968 (NCFA), 1968
Folder7   Prints for the People: Selections from New Deal Graphics Projects (NCFA), 1979
Folder8   The Prints of Louis Lozowick (NMAA), 1982-1983
Folder9   Profiles of the Time of James Monroe (1758-1831) (NCFA), 1958
Folder10   Provincetown Printers: A Woodcut Tradition (NMAA), 1982-1983
Folder11   Pueblo Pottery: Zuni and Acoma Designs from the Smithsonian Collections (Renwick), 1972-1973
Folder12   Raices Y Visiones (Roots and Visions) (NCFA), 1977
Folder13   Raphael Soyer: Drawings and Watercolors (NCFA), 1977
Folder14   Recent American Etching (NCFA), 1975
Folder15   Recent Trends in Collecting (NMAA), 1982
Folder16   Reveries of Paris by Edwin Scott (1863-1929) (NCFA), 1952
Folder17   Rico Lebrun (1900-1964) (NCFA), 1969
Folder18   Robert Loftin Newman, 1827-1912 (NCFA), 1973-1974
Folder19   Robert Rauschenberg (NCFA), 1973-1974
Folder20   Romaine Brooks: Portraits-Tableux-Dessin (booklet on the occasion of her first American exhibition, New York, 1926)

Box 18 of 21
Folder1   Romaine Brooks: Thief of Souls (NCFA), 1971, reprinted 1986
Folder2   Roots of Abstract Art in America, 1910-1930 (NCFA), 1965
Folder3   Roosevelt's America: New Deal Paintings from the National Museum of American Art (NMAA), 1982
Folder4   Russel Wright: American designer (Cooper Hewitt was a lender for this exhibition by Gallery Association of New York State, 1983)
Folder5   "Ryder Rediscovered" (article) in Art in America (November/December1968, 32-45)
Folder6   Ryijy Rugs from Finland: 200 Years of a Textile Art (SITES), 1979
Folder7   Sao Paulo 9: U. S. Exhibition at the IX Bienal de Sao Paulo, 1967
Folder8   Sawtooths and Other Ranges of Imagination: Contemporary Art from Idaho (NMAA), 1983
Folder9   Scandinavian Modern: 1880-1980 (Renwick), 1983
Folder10   Sculpture, American Directions, 1945-1975 (NCFA), 1975
Folder11   Sculpture and the Federal Triangle (NCFA), 1979-1980
Folder12   The Sculpture of Franz Barwig (NCFA), 1972
Folder13   Second Annual Exhibition of the Florida Artists Group (NCFA), 1951
Folder14   Seymour Lipton: Aspects of Sculpture (NCFA), 1979
Folder15   Shaker: Furniture and Objects from the Faith and Edward Deming Collections Commemorating the Bicentenary of the American Shakers (Renwick), 1973-1974
Folder16   Sharing Traditions: Five Black Artists in 19th Century America (SITES, NMAA), 1983

Box 19 of 21
Folder1   Signs of Life: Symbols in the American City (Renwick), 1976
Folder2   Sixth Creative Crafts Exhibition (NCFA), 1964
Folder3   Sketches by Frederic Edwin Church: Checklist of the Exhibition (SITES), undated
Folder4   Society of Washington Artists, 59th Annual Exhibition (NCFA), 1951
Folder5   Society of Washington Printmakers, 25th National Exhibition (NCFA), 1964
Folder6   Solon H. Borglund (NCFA), 1972
Folder7   Stanton MacDonald-Wright (NCFA), 1967
Folder8   Steinberg at the Smithsonian (NCFA), 1973-1974
Folder9   Stuart Davis Memorial Exhibition (NCFA), 1965
Folder10   Tea and Coffee Piazza, 1983 (The connection between the Smithsonian Institution and this exhibition is unknown.)
Folder11   Thirty-Third International Biennial Exhibition of Art (NCFA), 1966-1967
Folder12   Three Contemporary Printmakers (NCFA), 1973
Folder13   Traditional Marionettes in French Belgium Today (Renwick), 1980
Folder14   Treasures from the Land: Crafts from New Zealand (SITES), 1985
Folder15   Treasures from the National Museum of American Art, published 1985
Folder16   Treasures of the Cooper Union Museum (NCFA), 1967
Folder17   Tribute to Mark Tobey (NCFA), 1974
Folder18   Turn of the Century Paintings from the William T. Evans Collection (NCFA), 1959
Folder19   Twenty-Two Polish Textile Artists (SITES), undated
Folder20   Two American Painters: Fritz Scholder and T. C. Cannon (NCFA), 1972
Folder21   Two Decades of American Prints, 1920-1940 (NCFA), 1974
Folder22   Two Hundred Years of Royal Copenhagen Porcelain (SITES), 1974-1976
Folder23   Under Freedom: An Exhibition Commemorating the 300th Anniversary of Jewish Settlement in the USA (NCFA), 1955

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Unknown Territory: Photographs by Ray K. Metzker, 1957-1986 (NMAA), 1986

Folder24   United States Navy Combat Art, 1941-1965 (The connection between the Smithsonian and this exhibition is not known.)
Folder25   United States of America: VIII Sao Paulo Biennial (NCFA), 1966

Box 20 of 21
Folder1   USA: XXXVI International Biennial Exhibition of Art/Venice (NCFA), 1972
Folder2   Venice 34: The Figurative Tradition in Recent American Art (NCFA), 1968-1969
Folder3   Venini Glass (SITES), 1981
Folder4   The Vice President's House (NCFA), undated
Folder5   Violet Oakley (Philadelphia Museum of Art), 1979
Folder6   Walter Quirt: A Retrospective (NCFA), 1979
Folder7   Washington Print Club: Fourth Members Exhibition (NCFA), 1972
Folder8   Washington Print Club: Fifth Members Exhibition (NCFA), 1974
Folder9   Washington Print Club: Members' Show: Sixth Exhibition (NCFA), 1976
Folder10   Washington Water Color Association 65th Annual Exhibition (NCFA), 1962
Folder11   The Way of Good and Evil: Popular Religious Lithographs of 19th Century America (NCFA), 1972
Folder12   Werner Drewes: Sixty-Five Years of Printmaking (NMAA), 1984
Folder13   Werner Drewes Woodcuts (NCFA), 1969
Folder14   Where Shadows Live: Alice Pike Barney and Her Friends (NCFA), 1978
Folder15   William Harper: Recent Works in Enamel (Renwick), 1977-1978
Folder16   William H. Johnson, 1901-1970 (NCFA), 1971-1972
Folder17   William H. Johnson, the Scandinavian Years (NMAA), 1982
Folder18   William Penhallow Henderson, 1877-1943 (NCFA), 1978-1979
Folder19   William Zorach, 1887-1966 (NCFA), 1967
Folder20   Winston Churchill the Painter (NCFA), 1968
Folder21   Woodenworks (Renwick), 1972
Folder22   Wood Works: Constructions by Robert Indiana (NMAA), 1984
Folder23   The World of David Gilmour Blythe (1815-1865) (NCFA), 1980-1981
Folder24   The Woven and Graphic Art of Annie Albers (Renwick), 1985-1986
Folder25   Yasuo Kuniyoshi, 1893-1953 (NCFA), 1969

Box 21 of 21

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