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SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION

10. Painting. PLAY OF PLANES, by Karl Knaths (1891 - ), American. Oil on canvas, 28 x 42 inches, undated. Gift of Emil J. Arnold, New York, New York. 

Born in Eau Claire, Wisconsin. Received his MFA at the Art Institute of Chicago. Has work in most of the major art museums in this country. 

11. Sculpture. RECLINING NUDE, by Paul Manship (1885 - 1966), American. Bronze, on wooden base, 11-1/2 x 17-1/2 inches, 1921. Bequest of the Artist. 

12. Painting. BEN BERNS STUDIO, by Lowell Nesbitt (1933 - ), American. Oil on canvas, 80 x 52 inches, 1967. Gift of the Artist, New York, New York. 

Born in Baltimore, Studied at Tyler School of Fine Art, in Philadelphia, from 1950 to 1955; and at Royal College of Art, in London, 1955 to 1956. His first one-man exhibition was held at the Baltimore Museum of Art in 1958. He is represented in the Museum of Modern Art, the Baltimore Museum of Art, the Corcoran Gallery of Art, as well as in a number of private collections. Included in the 1967 Sao Paulo Bienal. 

13. Painting, HUDSON RIVER, by Van Deering Perrine (1869- 1955), American. Oil on canvas, 35 x 42 inches, 1915 - 1917. Gift of Mrs. Van Deering Perrine, New Canaan, Connecticut. 

Born in Garnet, Kansas. Studied at Cooper Union and at the National Academy of Design. He moved to the New Jersey Palisades about 1900 and concentrated on surrounding subject matter in his paintings. After 1911 his palette gradually changed from dark sober tones to higher keyed, outdoor colors. Perrine exhibited at the 1913 New York Armory show. 

14. Sculpture. DR. WETMORE, by Miles Stafford Rolph (1936 - ), American. Bronze, on granite base, 21-1/2 x 10-1/2 inches, 1967. Purchased by Secretary's Funds; recommended for NCFA accession. 

Born in Maysville, Kentucky. Studied architecture at Catholic University. Later, was associated with the architectural firm of Neer and Graef. Presently practicing sculpture independently in Alexandria. Virginia, where he lives. His works in welded steel are abstract, whereas smaller works (a chess set and jewelry) are in silver. His bust of Secretary Wetmore is his first commissioned portrait.