Gellatly Bequest Accepted by Congress
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PrintThe donation of the art collection of John Gellatly, valued at $4.5 million, is accepted by the United States Congress under a joint resolution and approved by the President. The collection, housed in the Heckscher Building in New York City, will remain there for four years before being transferred to the National Gallery of Art, now the Smithsonian American Art Museum.
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Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu
June 6, 1929