Architectural Contest for a Gallery of Art
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PrintThe team of Eliel and Eero Saarinen and Robert Swanson win the competition for the design of a Smithsonian Gallery of Art. However, their plans for a modern new gallery are rejected by the Commission of Fine Arts.
Chronology of Smithsonian History
Kloss, William, Treasures from the National Museum of American Art, Washington, D.C. Smithsonian Institution Press, 1985, p. 12
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