Evening star., 1925-10-14
BEST OF AMERICAN
ART IS IN EXHIBIT
Priceless Collection Being In
stalled in Corcoran Gallery
for Short Stay Here.

Practically every one of the more
than 500 examples of the best work
in American art for the last 100
years has reached Washington in
ample time for the opening OF the
great exhibition at the Coacoran Gal
lery of Art Saturday night TO mark
the centennial celebration OF the Ma
tional Academy of Design. The in
stallation of these art works is almost
completed. Here and there some pic
ture needs to be raised or lowered, or
some pedestal lacks coat or paint,
but the finishing touches are being
put through at the hands of skilled
and carefully supervised wOrkmen, and
there is not a doubt that all will be in
complete readiness on time.
Most of these priceless articles,
which came from all over the United
States and even from abroad were as
sembled first in New York and We're
brought here carefully packed and
guarded in "A series of special cars
which arrived last Saturday.
Second Floor Cleared.
Corcoran Gallery officials had al
ready done their part: the permanent
collection of that institution had been
entirely removed from the second
floor. in the gallery and salons Of
which the centenary exhibition vii,
be on view until November ID. The
intervening week is witnessing lahors
az heavy as they are delicate. One OF
two special examples which are par
ticularly desired by the National
Academy officials have yet to arrive.
bur they are confident that these last
minute entries will be here by Satur-
day night.
John Ward Dunsmore, director of
this centennial exhibition of the acad-
emy, and c. Powell Minnigerode. .di-
rector of the Corcoran Gallery. have
been working in close cooperation
since last May, the former spending
much of his time in Washington.
The hanging committee of this old
est and best known of American art
organizations arrived in Washington
last Wednesday. and has been hard at
work ever since. 1t consists of
Charles c. Curran, secretary of the
academy: F. Ballard Williams and
Henry Is. Smell. both academicians.
Edward McCartan, aCademician- elect,
IS here also as expert on the mount
ing arrangement of the works of
sculpture. the pedestals and back
grounds of which must be absolutely
appropriate in size, design and color
Goes ON Tour Later
Washington is looking forward
semblage of examples of the work
OF eminent American painters, Sculp-
tors and architects, a collection which
later will be taken in its entirety to
New York and then on tour. So is
the art world of the country at large.
Including art lovers, art critics and
NIL others interested, to see at one
time cross-section of the best in art
that the United States has produced
In the mast century,
Special invitations to the number of
5000, which marks the capacity OF
the Corcoran Gallery for one evening,
have been issued for Saturday night.
The list includes the entire council of
the National Academy of Design and di-
rectors and officials of all important
art institutions. An extremely hand
some and profusely illustrated catalog
of this exhibit, historic in more senses
than one, has been prepared in New
York under the supervision of officials
of the National Academy of Design.
The entire council of the academy