Freer and Sackler Galleries Gala

November 2 · The Arthur M. Sackler Gallery and the Freer Gallery of Art

PHOTOS BY IMMANUEL JAYACHANDRAN

THE EVENT: A 100th anniversary gala to celebrate Charles Lang Freer's generous gift of his collection of Asian and American art to the Smithsonian.
THE GUESTS: Gala committee members Marjorie Billington, Shannon Fairbanks, William A. Nitze and Ann Nitze, Jeanne L. Phillips, Jillian Sackler, Donald and Taylor Ensenat, British Amb. Sir David Manning and Lady Catherine Manning, Jim Nicholson, James Billington, librarian of Congress; Justice Stephen Breyer and his wife Joanna, Justice Antonin Scalia and his wife Maureen, Esther Coopersmith, Jeff rey P. Cunard, Amb. Richard M. Fairbanks III, Nancy and Hart Fessenden, Patricia and Walter Moore and Mary McFadden.

Merilyn Phillips Hodgson and Dickenson Miller	Massumeh Farhad with Paul and Elaine Marks

Ann Geracimos and British Amb. Sir David Manning	Guests enjoyed walking through the collection at the gala

Alexandra de Borchgrave	Louise Cort, Jeffrey Cunard and Helen Jessup

William Haseltine and Jillian Sackler	Leedom Leff erts and Mariko Ikehara