[Rarebooks] FS: 1925- There is No National Gallery of Art in Washington, And We're Not Happy!

[Joslin Hall Rare Books]

“Exhibition of Early American Paintings, Miniatures and Silver Assembled 
by the Washington Loan Exhibition Committee”

Published in Washington by the National Gallery of Art in 1925.

DISCUSSION: The catalog of an early loan exhibition of American works, 
part of the then-ongoing fight to get a National Gallery of American Art 
properly funded and have a building erected for it. The National 
Gallery, part of the Smithsonian, had been given a skeleton budget by 
Congress in 1920, and in 1923 a site for the building was selected, but 
no funds were appropriated by Congress for the project, which still lay 
dormant when this exhibition was arranged. The catalog's 3-page 
introduction goes into these machinations in some detail, and concludes 
that it is a great shame that America cannot manage to erect a proper 
building (which would finally be done in 1941).

The short introduction to the Miniatures section was written by Albert 
Rosenthal. The introduction to the Portraits section was written by 
Leila Mechlin. The somewhat longer introduction to the silver was 
written by Elizabeth Benton of the Boston Museum of Fine Arts. Members 
of the Committee on Silver included Hollis French and Luke Vincent 
Lockwood. The silver was categorized into New England wares; New York; 
Philadelphia, Baltimore, Annapolis & Washington, and Anonymous makers.

DESCRIPTION: Softcover. 5.5"x8.5", 107 pages, plus 15 black & white 
plates.

CONDITION NOTES: Covers somewhat worn, a little soil, spine split in a 
few places, some light internal foxing; a delicate catalog.

PRICE: $60-

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