University of Virginia Library

DONATION OF PAINTING BY SOL WILSON

The Chancellor announced that the National Academy of Design of New York City had offered
to the College a painting, "Shopping District," by Sol Wilson

After discussion, the Board adopted the following resolution

RESOLVED by the Board of Visitors of The Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia
that Mary Washington College be and it is hereby authorized to enter into an agreement to accept
from the National Academy of Design a painting, "Shopping District," by Sol Wilson, purchased
from the Henry W. Ranger Fund, and the College agrees to hold same subject to, and to abide by
the terms stated in, the will of the late Henry W. Ranger, which reads as follows

"All pictures so purchased are to be given by the Council to art institutions in America,
or to any library or other institutions in America maintaining a gallery open to the public, all
such gifts to be upon the express condition that the National Collection of Fine Arts at Washington,
administered by the Smithsonian Institute (Institution) shall have the option and right, without
cost, to take, reclaim and own any picture for their collection, provided they exercise such option
and right at any time during the five year period beginning ten years after the artist's death and
ending fifteen years after his death, and if such option is not exercised during such period, the
picture shall remain and be the property of the institution to which it was first given.[1] The
words `America' and `American' shall be construed as equivalent to `North America' and `North
American' respectively.