te f % — SF one Fe a a SE a. ker y = pases . “4 é v* ~ Soo a ery << > 4 Holland. Landscape, Cyril F. Peck... + The Meadow Farmhouse, McDonough Pinel fae a Taer vie LMR yr at ih Ol Maus a plicit Se Io A Qountry Road, C. "Sy, PU ste Seca ee we Farmhouses an Willows, eee | Schul- ‘Spring Landacape, "Seaman, agent.....+ Rocks and Danes, K. Prentice LSA ss Aare ‘June at Chateaugay, C, B. Barton,...-.- ‘The Mirrored Oak. Holland Galleries. ~An Arabesque, R. Hosea... ... Eat ieiniste nis tei seal lei ape eBonouel PLO oe eee a . r sl hes ; F Etes vannsctioet; Roenite: ‘Gal- os ler d SPT E SA OCGEe ~ @eeee areas Wind he ae ¥o Bhar ee Stony Cove and Headland, ieBonotigh A i 400 Galler pp ate ‘Top of Lord's Hill, Holland Galt ee: pa ey and” i ake Oey Th Autumn,’ Holland’ Gaileries.. pean A View of the’ Sound, Mrs. Montgomery 625 Outskirts of the’ Woods tarene apont, 4 oe New York from Weehawk Holehts De, Me la Hheit eee : ee ‘Along the Docks, James Blackman... 1) 250 A Noank Pasture, Roehifs Galleries. i) * 335 pea) Mason's Island, James Black- atl ga Pag a Pe 6179) The sale will he ‘eoncluded ‘this. even ie at the American Art Galleries. RANGER PAINTINGS © , opened the ir pictures of aie. L, Dd, “Mont- hur mde Mrs. BAK SALE RECORD Vee a BP mi ht $66, 240 for 129, the Highe: t Average Price Ever Paid for a Dead Artist's Works. | e EDGE OF VILLAGE," y $4, 198 ‘Twin Trees’ and ‘Misty Atterneen: Each Bring $2,500—O'ther Artists’ Pictures Sold. pana 2 ERNIE TITAN BT One nae and twenty-nine pictures, the completed works .of Henry W: Ranger, whose death occurred last year, the sale of which was completed last evening in the American Art Galleries, brought a grand ‘total of $66,240, the highest average of prices ever brought by a dead artist’s paintings. The aver- age price per,picture was. $513, This is: a much higher average than was brought by the paintings of either In- eee or Wyant, the latter bringing an average of $3o%./ The sixty-four pict- lurds by Mr. Ranger sold on Thursday night brought $28,830, and the sixty-five iseling last. evening $37,410. There were 164 pictures in the entire collection included in the Ranger sale, 85 pictures belonging to Mr, Ranger by other artists. These brought $5,065, bringing the returns for the 83 pictures gold last evening to $42,360, and making la grand total for the gale of $77,005. There was a big gathering of inter~ ested people at both salesg including many artists. The highest *price last ‘evening and of the sale was paid by ‘Harry 8. Harkness—$4,100 for Picture 441 of the catalogue, ‘' The Edge of the Village,” an unusual picture; a pool in the foreground, trees at the rear, two jarge old oaks étanding on either side ‘and forming. a frame through which is seen the vista of the New England ‘village. No. 151,°' Twin Trees,” might bea reverses of the former picture, though this. is a meadow scene, but with two tall, straggly trees_ on ejther ee se oe uaa a Sates, we? ial ae d Davis eae ore f ~ WARD: ‘RANGER, Shore, A. wi he M ines ; is Ga eae ve aniicave: LEB . Bi “: bat Geddes e ay land Port, erhes ‘Agt. “Lands pak | “Meadows, te Cc. “MacDon- river Mee taint: ; t E. Henry Schulthies Bernet, Agent. C. Cenaenes Pie and White, Prinz Bros, ds and Road, MacDonough Gal +, Glearing Off, ows In Springtime, John Levy. ndscape and Stream, J. S. Isidor, ee ey phil ae, vicar. Dr. R R. Hosea. «.. Marine; Gaim Contin i Coffin. piered River Meee. w eather. 7 Heating: é Chapi 131—A Good. Harbor, Dehra and Sunshine, Aes ‘Glow, Seaman, Dasha Connecticut, rene Arched “Trees, £ V4 ag oh 18) | eee 161-—Sunset he id 6 Comma} Ab a tea aars eM. G! Rho. é 1G ease at Sas Be, om aavane nen sperma, “OR KE im | Highest Tighe si, 550, Given by C. Vanderbilt es g for “The Sentinel.” Saisie tees gee EVENING’S fe ee P 5, | eae. ie Fe ‘pean Murphy’s “Barns and Trees” Leading Feature: of Other Works. The sale of the paintings left by the late Henry W. Ranger attracted a latge audience to the American Art Associa- tion galleries last night and enthusiasm reigned. The leading price was $1,550, which was paid by C. Vanderbilt Burton | for the pieture called “The Sentinel.” The total for the evening was $31,515. — The list of the principal sales with titles, buyers and prices follows: 22—-Summer’s Greenery, to T. BH. Ellis $310 26—Woodland, Gray and Yellow, to Géorge "Broadhurst a eis ee he ats 450 | 82—Ledge of Rocks, to Leroy Ireland. 270 34—-Wood Interior, to H. S. Harknéss. 260 85-—-Tropical landscape, to H, Ky But- eee | ler A 37—Woodland, Mrs. T. T. Montgomery 310 | tata ing and Trees, to H. Coyken- Ce ee eS Bare PAN As Min P pel gueye gna Gaia 9 OOD 46——In the Woods, to Leroy Treland., 400 | 4%7—Holland: Landscape, to Cyril T. POCK Mier dipcacehe the are days iene PAN AL 38 | 48—Meadow Farmhousé, to Mo- | Donough Galleries... .iee 8s +. 600 | bBl—Clump of: Oak dno, toe Se y | Harkness ova... 4 470. | 58——Willows at Bertier, Pp. “ty “Ghester 550 | 66—June at Chateaugay, K. Prentice, 567—-Mirrored Oak, to Holland Galleries 900 68-—Moonfight, Noank, to Dr. WO ti RO owe t oad wha dies wen B80 §9—Swamp Pasture, to RR, Hosea. .1,006, 60—-Marine, to BL A. Milch. we eae §25 61—Sunset, to Indianapolis Art School, 750 64—Palisades, to. Rothf’s Galleries,.. 1360 65——Ledge in the Woods, to #. Murray §590 67—Autumnal Hues, to Rohifs Gal- CTIA Bs iy ak Ey Wie Ok a ag he aE 68——The Armory, to. P., Chester. vivian 575 69—Blue Sea and Golden Sky, to Me- Donough. .Galleries tv... bee oe ois TOU “7)0—Rocky Ledge, to Rohif’s Galleries. 450 72—Stony Cove and Headland, to Me-« Donough. Gallertesia ci oye s 400 | %78—Top of Lord’s Hill, Holland Gal- } leries .. | 74—Cloudland and Pasture, to Mc- | Donough | Galleries....,.6.,4 ee bee | 7§—Autumn, to Holland Galleries..... 600 Ce ee 76—The Sentinel, to ©. V. Burton. ++ A,550_ Ti—View pe the ‘Sound, to F. Li Mon- ee a ee rat = ik bee "ta James 835 ice ; to J ui ; y ai pen seale ee 1,050 paintings by contem- ts, the leading sale was ne coys J, op pees Mur- went to Harry 8 - Harkness R BRS PICTURES - cf 2 bot Woods” elsicd | j ian aca | 2S a Pad Er By ’ pbgslon’ of the sale of the asin ett bythe at Henry W.) drew @ large audience to the ne Art Association last night, and x “bidding was ‘spirited. The leading is 3 for a picture painted by Mr, ae last summer called the “Edge Bee! ne ‘ for the session was $42,365, giving & grand total for the collection eessful “studio sale” of works left by an ‘artist in American auction history. The totals and average price per picture are ‘Went than 1 those- o the Innesg and leading sales, with Jee pag buyers and prices, follow: Be Landers pe, J. Francis Murphy, Henry Schultheis......._. $370 | s8—Lanase dscape and Cattle, George Poggenbeek, to John Levy.. 200 | senbruch, to Holland Galleries 210 | 88—A Group of Fair Women, F. B. Williams,.to A. P. Gardiner... 210 s—Rou h Sho aa ean BE, ~ Bunce, to H. P, "Wright...... 860 | 2 Lapeds & rere ote Twacht- to; 0: BIlVle ss sheer 160 | | 8—~The Spinning Wheel, J. 8. ‘t8. . eever, to W. W. Seaman, agent 190) ate a mee W. Ged- unce, to C. Thompson 490! Decne “ar a George Inness, to W. | cDonough, 875 —( 98 papratto Walker, to Holland Cries)... A Mare sata ae 810 | _ %—Hvening Glow, W. Gedney Bunce, to W. W. Seaman, agent 260 | Sage hie H, Howe, to nt m PICTURES BY RANGER. 100—River and pens oh pepsnsneh Galleries ....545..... 375 OLD POR $77,306 “Noam, Conn, to Dr. R. B. - Sas hehe eee ind ngewe ariye. & Ey sabe Sn | rer CS % = yaad 1a © . “ & ® Be “Si are 2 be Te = 98 = = 200 4 i 2% <2 B70, Gi Cormall . > > = oF = & 2th, Oe: McDonough Ga i. lery 1g Ss 250- ig. Bifie Y 2 Gy 102 _ 160. A.C, Humphrey 103, 240 O©.A. Carlisle 104 » eae, We. McDonough ~ ess ~ & Séon Hohn in Payne 106 160 107 160° BBs Bite 108 220 A.M. Gerdes 109° (140 G.R. Gabrul 11023 230 H.C. Cornwall iLL £50 C.A. Carlisle 112 210 CeJ. McDonough 113, 210 WeC. Runyon — 114 170 A.C. Humphrey ~ £15 410 Leis wee . : sal EN ° Rudk n “ . es Laie ney +Be ae =e 118 150 Henry Schultheis* 11g 180 Otto Bernet, Agt 120 250 John C. Payne 121 140 Robt. J. Willis 122 410 CedJ. McDonough Galleries 123 340 R. Hosea 124 400 John Levy 125 450 Joseph S. Isidore RG 350 Dr. Ralph 3B. Reitz 127 150 W. Ost tin 28 160 i129 150 ee eeoeee & Co 1350 160 Thos. Keating gic 210 E.?. Chapin 132 400 Dr. M.L. Rhein 133 425 W.W. Seaman, Agt 134 500 Dr. Ralph B. Reitz 135 625 WM. Franklin 136 470 J.C. Evans 137 900 WW. Seaman, Agt 138 500 C.J. McDonough 139 1600 Estate of Ralph Ensign 140 600 George Broadhurst 141 4100 H.S. Harkness 142 400 Geo. Ainslie 143 1100 M. Knoedler & Co 144 525 Geo. H. Ainslie 145 975 Be. Arkell {WS awe 76 aUuTh ayy xs E E sa » “IFls — 22500 152 ~ 500 153 ” 675. 154 : SOE 155 825 156 “aS25" ig? 775 158 380. 159 2075 160 375° 161 600 162 625 163 575 164 625 & Ry ae we Ss Galleries a Black . Rohlfs Galleries John Levy - EB. Silver g HP. Wright. Edw. - “Coykendall p ¥ . F.L. Mohtague Holland. Galleries RA MeDonough F. Loeser & Co Abraham & Straus © Dr. Mabe Rhein WC. Runyon M. Franklin CONDITIONS OF SALE 1. Any bid which is merely a nominal or fractional advance may be rejected by the auctioneer, if, in his judgment, such bid would be likely to affect the sale injuriously. } 2. The highest bidder shall be the buyer, and if any dispute arise between two or more bidders, the auctioneer shall either de- cide the same or put up for re-sale the lot so in dispute. 3. Payment shall be made of all or such part of the pur- chase money as may be required, and the names and addresses of the purchasers shall be given immediately on the sale of every lot, in default of which the lot so purchased shall be immediately put up again and re-sold. Payment of that part of the purchase money not made at the time of sale shall be made within ten days thereafter, in de- fault of which the undersigned may either continue to hold the lots at the risk of the purchaser and take such action as may be necessary for the enforcement of the sale, or may at public or private sale, and without other than this notice, re-sell the lots for the benefit of such purchaser, and the deficiency (if any) aris- ing from such re-sale shall be a charge against such purchaser. 4, Delivery of any purchase will be made only upon pay- ment of the total amount due for all purchases at the sale. Deliveries will be made on sales days between the hours of 9 A. M. and 1 P. M., and on other days—except holidays— between the hours of 9 A. M. and 5 P. M. Delivery of any purchase will be made only at the American Art Galleries, or other place of sale, as the case may be, and only on presenting the bill of purchase. Delivery may be made, at the discretion of the Association, of any purchase during the session of the sale at which it was sold. 5, Shipping, boxing or wrapping of purchases is a business in which the Association is in no wise engaged, and will not be performed by the Association for purchasers. The Association will, however, afford to purchasers every facility for employing at current and reasonable rates carriers and packers; doing so, however, without any assumption of responsibility on its part for the acts and charges of the parties engaged for such service. 6. Storage of any purchase shall be at the sole risk of the purchaser. Title passes upon the fall of the auctioneer’s hammer, and thereafter, while the Association will exercise due caution in caring for and delivering such purchase, it will not hold itself responsible if such purchase be lost, stolen, damaged or destroyed. Storage charges will be made upon all purchases not removed within ten days from the date of the sale thereof. 7. Guarantee is not made either by the owner or the Asso- ciation of the correctness of the description, genuineness or au- thenticity of any lot, and no sale will be set aside on account of any incorrectness, error of catologuing, or any imperfection not noted. Every lot is on public exhibition one or more days prior to its sale, after which it is sold “as is” and without recourse. The Association exercises great care to catalogue every lot correctly, and will give consideration to the opinion of any trust- worthy expert to the effect that any lot has been incorrectly cata- logued, and, in its judgment, may either sell the lot as catalogued or make mention of the opinion of such expert, who thereby would become responsible for such damage as might result were his opinion without proper foundation. AMERICAN ART ASSOCIATION, American Art Galleries, Madison Square South, New York City. apes ‘ , a eee eK ev , i 4 rt é HN . , * é 7 3 : - - = ms C. Ce A te: i a a Ee ¢ 2 : ° ‘ i i } iy & } , > = Te FIRST EVENING’S SALE THURSDAY, MARCH 29, 1917 AT THE AMERICAN ART GALLERIES BEGINNING AT 8.15 O CLOCK WORKS OF CONTEMPORANEOUS ARTISTS COL- LECTED BY THE LATE HENRY WARD RANGER, N.A. Catalogue Nos. 1 to 19, inclusive No. 1 ROBERT L. NEWMAN AMERICAN: 1827— - 1.7. Murad ge ‘/ MADONNA AND CHILD Height, 8 inches; width, 6 inches Tur crimson skirt and deep blue waist of the Madonna make brilliant notes of color in this modern evocation of this favorite painter’s theme. The flesh of the Mother’s face and the Child’s figure are warm with the flush and feeling of life. Signed at the lower left. No. 2 J7 g cae J. FRANCIS MURPHY, N.A. 7" AMERICAN: 18538— A ig of, ple BARNS AND TREES Height, 8 inches; width, 6 inches At the edge of a grove of trees is shown a huddle of red roofed barns. The trees in the foreground are almost bare of their leafage and behind them is a lovely sky ranging from pale blue and white to smoke gray at the top of the picture. Signed at the lower left, and dated 1901. oe santisic No. 8 RALPH ALBERT BLAKELOCK, N.A. / 9 f ef American: 1847— | | A ¢ Naf LANDSCAPE f” Height, 5% inches; length, 1014, inches A view through a glade between two clumps of trees showing a lake, distant hills, and a characteristic Blakelock blue and gasses sky. Signed at the lower left. No. 4 WILLIAM GEDNEY BUNCH, N.A. pv AMERICAN: 1840—1916 ST. GEORGIO, VENICE i a Panel: Height, 13 inches; width, 81, inches A skETcH in pale tones of the famous Venetian church rising from the water in which its bulk is reflected brokenly. On the back of the panel is a rough sketch of fishing boats and the title of this picture in the artist’s hand with his signature. making an interesting possession. f No. 5 | CHARLES FRANCOIS DAUBIGNY . (ATTRIBUTED) y i) ol Frencu: 18171878 th, Uf Se EVENING SCENE Panel: Height, 814, inches; length, 15 inches A LOW-TONED view of a river, with its farther bank and the clump of trees at the right deep in shadow. The sky is filled with the last light of the sinking sun, reflections of which gleam on the water in the foreground where cows are drinking. Signed at the lower left. No. 6 a WILLIAM GEDNEY BUNCE, N.A. AMERICAN: 1840—1916 os . ee : / MM, AT ANCHOR Rd. x (hes Panel: Height, 81 inches; length, 18 inches A TRAMP steamer of an old-fashioned type lies at her mooring in Venetian waters. Native boats are seen in the distance and gray clouds partly obscure the blue sky. Signed at the lower left, W. Gepney Bunce, VENICE. No. 7 J. FRANCIS MURPHY, N.A. Vs AMERICAN: 1853— Ml Wteh GUSTY WEATHER cs, Water Color: Height, 12 inches; width, 9 inches ii By the side of a stream in a green meadow stands a clump of trees from which the leaves are whirling away under the strong wind indicated by the stormy sky. Im the distance is seen another group of trees in autumnal coloring. A gift from Mr. Murphy to Mr. Ranger as the dedication shows. Signed at the lower left. At the lower right, “To my friend Ranger, Mar. 23, ’86.” No. 8 ARTHUR WARDLE ENGuisH: CONTEMPORARY ws. PF Mendy LIONS—MOONLIGHT Pastel: Height, 91% inches; length, 134, inches A cHaractenristic study, by this distinguished British animal painter, of two lions and a lioness, prowling across the desert beneath a clear blue tropical sky. . Signed at the lower right. ea + eS oe No. 9 /4p = WILLIAM GEDNEY BUNCE, N.A. AMERICAN: 1840—1916 I ¢. Mark - MARINE—VENICE me Panel: Height, 81% inches; length, 13 inches One of this artist’s favorite compositions. Venetian fishing boats with high-peaked lugsails stained pale yellow or red lying motionless on the calm waters of the Adriatic. Signed at the lower left, W. G. B., VENICE. No. 10 “WILLIAM HENRY HOWE, N.A. /34 = AMERICAN: 1846— ie /, 4 y BLACK AND WHITE COWS WA . O-Ww x Panel: Height, 10 inches; length, 14 inches A prove of black and white cows are seen standing and grazing | in a flat green meadow. In the background at the right is | an old windmill and two others are seen on the horizon. A | personal souvenir of two artists. Signed at the lower right. Dedicated at left, “A mon ami, H. W. Ranger.” No. 11 a WILLIAM HENRY HOWE, N.A. 130 Aa AMERICAN: 1846— | A Jeauwan. CATTLE IN PASTURE reat Height, 11 inches; length, 183 inches Iy the foreground two red and white cows stand at the edge of a drinking pool in a green meadow that is beginning to burn brown. A third cow is seen at the left and in the background is a bright blue sky, red-leaved trees and a stone wall. Signed at the lower left and dedicated, “To my friend Ranger, 1901," } No. 12 - JACOB SIMON HENDRIK KEVER te Dvuren: 1854— 2 4. Thea DUTCH MADONNA Water Color: Height, 14 inches; width, 12 inches Ixrerior of a Dutch peasant’s cottage showing a mother hold- ing a sleeping babe in her arms. She sits behind a wooden table placed before a window at the right on which stands a bowl of earthenware. Signed at the lower right. No. 18 SAMUEL COLMAN, N.A. AMERICAN: 1832— aman, Uneag GATHERING SEA-WEED Height, 8 inches; length, 18 inches On a sea-beach under a rolling blue gray sky a numerous group of men are engaged in gathering sea-weed. Four of them are piling it up on an ox-cart in the center of the picture and to the right and left are other men helping in the work. At the left the sand dunes rise up in an irregular mass against the sky. Signed at the lower left. Wo = 2 i \ i No. 14 HERMAN FREDERIK KAREL TEN KATE Dutcu: 1822—1891 AN OLD STREET IN ROUEN &® Water Color: Height, 11 inches; length, 14 inches A coLorrut view of an old street in Rouen with peasants in blue smocks, the wall at the right covered with posters. An arched passageway gives a view beyond of houses and a glint of blue and white sky. Signed at the lower left, and dated Roven, ’85. No. 15 WILLIAM GEDNEY BUNCE, N.A. AMERICAN: 1840—1916 | » A ; THE MOORING BUOY 2. La Panel: Height, 14 inches; length, 17 inches One of the great red mooring buoys that are “laid down” in foreign harbors is the chief object in this picture. Its worn red-toned bulk floats in the calm water of the Adriatic, the tide making a ripple along its side. In the distance are seen white-sailed feluccas and the smoke of a steamer. Signed at the lower right, W. Gepney Bunce, VENICE. No. 16 / tv me | CARLETON WIGGINS, N.A. _ AmeERIcan: 1848— || Spry Nisdeall CO || Panel: Height, 13 inches; length, 18 inches Ix the foreground two cows are standing in profile and beyond at the left another one is lying on the grass of the meadow. Strong sunlight floods the whole scene from out of a clear blue sky. Signed at the lower left. Non wd | : //0 ip WILLIAM GEDNEY BUNCE, N.A. | ‘ AMERICAN: 1840-1916 | h4. , Nb Te. MARINE Panel: Height, 14 inches; length, 17 inches. Friar mud banks stretch away at the left of the picture, calm it water filling all the rest of the view to the horizon. w shore line, dunes for the most part with rows of trees Signed at the lower left, and dated 1906 INO. .o7 ey WARD RANGER, N.A. an | AMERICAN: 1858—1916 / we “7 - WOODLAND Panel: Height, 12 inches; length, 16 inches " ‘ ‘ Bare second growth trees rise out of the rock strewn earth. Cutting across the center of the picture is a stone wall behind which is seen a thick growth of trees, all under a pale blue sky seen through a haze of white clouds. Signed at the lower left. No. 38 7 HENRY WARD RANGER, N.A. usp. = AmeniCan. tl 66se=i0lG : Uy, Va Pee A WINDY SKY Millboard: Height, 12 inches; length, 16 inches Across a pale blue sky big and little masses of cumulus clouds are driven by a high wind that wreaks its will on flying leaves. In the foreground is a ploughed field of rich earth and in the middle distance are seen two figures with a clump of shapely trees behind them at the right, while at the left one tree spires above a distant grove rich in the greenery of late summertime. Signed at the lower left. No. 39 id HENRY WARD RANGER, N.A. oY D ake AMERICAN: 1858—1916 fo /y | RUSSET AND BLUE Millboard: Height, 12 inches; length, 16 inches | Tue center of the picture is almost filled with a fine oak tree, ee. the leaves of which are turned to a russet hue. Overhead is a | superb blue sky with white clouds floating across it and in the background is a mass of trees giving glimpses of the sky be- 's yond. | Signed lower left, and dated ’97. | No. 40 HENRY WARD RANGER, N.A. ) yy ‘fe American: 1858—1916 | : LATE AUTUMN Millboard: Height, 12 inches; length, 16 inches A Few trees, silver gray as to trunks, pale russet as to foliage, are grouped in the center and right of the picture under a greenish blue sky veiled by faint gray clouds. A green and brown pasture is in the foreground and a pile of boulders is massed beneath the trees. Signed at the lower left, and dated ’92. | : : : : [$0 = dM irdeall No. 41 HENRY WARD RANGER, N.A. AMERICAN: 1858—1916 ROCKS AND SEA : Panel: Height, 12 inches; length, 16 inche. Sorr masses of cumulus clouds drive across a blue sky beneath which is seen a broad expanse of green blue water touched here and there with white caps. From the rock-strewn beach in the foreground one looks across to a distant shore with suggestions of houses and sails and low hills. Signed at the lower left. No. 42 HENRY WARD RANGER, N.A. AMERICAN: 1858—1916 SHASHORE MEADOWS Millboard: Height, 12 inches; length, 16 inches Mixes of slightly rolling meadow land such as one sees along our Eastern seashore stretches away from the eye, dotted with rocks, bushes, stunted trees and pools of water. Two figures are at the right and overhead is a lovely blue sky splashed with great cloud masses of white and gray. Signed at the lower left. No. 43 HENRY WARD RANGER, N.A. AMERICAN: 1858—1916 COTTAGE AND TREES fiend al Height, 18 inches; length, 26 inches A WHITE-WALLED red-roofed cottage is partly seen in the back- ground behind a line of willows. The sunlight brightens its wall and falls on the blossoming trees in the dooryard. AMERICAN: 1858—1916 AUTUMN, MASONS ISLAND 4) ) = Ihac/ Me OS Height, 28 inches; length, 36 inches as Aw old and sturdy oak spreads its branches almost across the face of the canvas, protecting, as it were, the trees of more slender growth around it. The foreground is in deep shadow and contrasts strongly with the middle distance, which is bathed in bright sunlight. An old fence reaches across the canvas, and beyond this two men are burning brush, the blue smoke rising through the trees at the right. In the back- ground the foliage of the dense woods has taken on the warm tones of Autumn. Signed at left, and dated 1901. CANV'ISI S.\NOSVW ‘NWO.LNV—€8 ‘ON SECOND AND LAST EVENING’S SALE FRIDAY, MARCH 30, 1917 AT THE AMERICAN ART GALLERIES BEGINNING AT 8.15 O'CLOCK WORKS BY CONTEMPORARY ARTISTS COLLECTED BY THE LATE HENRY WARD RANGER, N.A. Catalogue Nos. 84 to 99, inclusive = No. 84 ad J. FRANCIS MURPHY, N.A.// AMERICAN: 1853— g che - See bv Milles; LANDSCAPE 97] U | o) | Height, 8 inches; length, 12 inches Beneatu a blue sky crowned by rolling white clouds touched to pale tints of red by the glow of the sun hes a broad land- scape in green and red tones. A grove of trees is at the right in deep shadow and at the left a distant forest is indicated. Signed at the lower right, and dated ’99. No. 85 , GEORGE POGGENBEEK v4 a) iss Durer: 1824—1903 Py ae W, LANDSCAPE AND CATTLE | Vo ey Water Color: Avis 12 inches; width, 8 inches | Two cows, one black and white, the other brown, are approach- | ing a pool of water in the immediate foreground. An old wooden fence stands at the right, and back of this some slender trees are growing. The sky is a sombre gray and the chill atmosphere is filled with dampness. QU: Signed at left, and dated ’87 vt /f Pe | No. 86 JOHANNES HENDRIK WEISSENBRUCH DutcH: 1824—1903 NUellaud S allouis HOLLAND LANDSCAPE 40 Water Color: Height, 13 inches; width, 9 inches SEVERAL old houses stand at the left overlooking the water in the foreground. Near one of these houses a woman is spread- ing clothes to dry on the bank of the canal. The sky is filled with heavy gray clouds and shows patches of blue near the horizon. Signed at left. i 1 No. 87 LOUIS PAUL DESSAR, N.A. / Wy, oe American: 1867— te hte PASTURE AND CATTLE — Y Ihe lemurf Panel: Height, 10 inches; length, 14 inches 5 Dortrep over a rough pasture cattle are seen grazing, making pleasant notes of color against the green stubble. In the background a thick grove of trees crosses the view, overhung with a pale blue sky with gray and white clouds. A gift from the painter to Mr. Ranger. Signed at the lower left, “To Ranger, Des3ar.” No. 88 FREDERICK BALLARD WILLIAMS, N.A. ov AMERICAN: 1871— p 4): A GROUP OF FAIR WOMEN We | ; vdieo Millboard: Height, 12 inches; length, 16 inches In a rocky cove through the opening in which one can look to the sea beyond is posed a group of women in ornate costumes, one of whom is seen playing a mandolin, while the woman at the right holds a violoncello by her side. Signed at the lower right. No. 89 ALEXANDER H. WYANT, N.A. AMERICAN: 1836—1892 ROUGH COUNTRY Height, 13 inches; length, 16 inches A HILLsIpE dotted with second growth trees slopes up from the foreground to meet a dense grove of trees behind which, in the distance, is seen a line of hills. Smoky clouds drive across the sky that is illumined at the left by the radiance of the un- seen sun. Signed at the lower left. r + , ‘ , | . No. 90 WILLIAM GEDNEY BUNCE, N.A. 3 hp ne Amentcan: 1840—1916 VENETIAN MORNING — 0 A Tart Panel: Height, 14 inches; length, 17 inches 40 , Own a sea broken with wavelets a group of feluccas with stained sails float in picturesque confusion at the right. At the left other similar craft are seen in the distance and a windless blue and gray sky rises to the top of the picture. Signed at the lower left, W. Gepney Bunce, VENICE. No. 91 / | ” JOHN CONSTABLE, R.A. / :. > EnceuisH: 1776—1837 THE PASSING STORM }2U Yond hae omy, Panel: Height, 14 inches; length, 21 inches. Over a steep hillside, crowned by an old windmill, the sun is bursting through the storm clouds that are driving away to the left of the picture. A red-shirted drover is plodding along the face of the hill behind his cattle and at the base is a thicket of bushes, a rail fence, and a mounted horseman. At the left a red-roofed farmhouse and a white church spire make accents of color against the black cloud. No. 92 JOHN HENRY TWACHTMAN AMERICAN: 1853—1902 THE RIVER’S EDGE 9 Height, 16 inches; length, 20 inches One of Twachtman’s canvases in his earlier manner broadly brushed in. At the right a grass-grown bank rises from the river’s edge, with trees grouped in the center of the composi- tion. AMERICAN: 1858—1916 : = SS jor, ALONG THE SOUND Panel: Height, 12 inches; length, 16 inches A wine of low grass-grown sand dunes fills the foreground, over the top of which, at the right, is seen the blue water of the Long Island Sound, with a line of breakers marking a bar _ that runs out from the shore. A white Coast Guard station shows above the dune and in the extreme distance is a red- roofed house. A blue sky across which float “smoky” white clouds fills the rest of the picture. Signed at the lower left. No. 119 HENRY WARD RANGER, N.A. AMERICAN: 1858—1916 th [dere HILLTOPS AND VALLEY Ie ( ia Millboard: Height, 12 inches; length, 16 inches From the left of the picture the straight line of a sloping hill cuts directly across the picture, met more than halfway by a more distant and higher range of hills, whose bare slopes are seen in sunlight, while the lower hill is partly in shadow. The sky, in varied tones of blue, is filled with sunlit white clouds and in the flat valley floor in the foreground are indicated a group of buildings and brush fires. Signed at the lower left. Now120 HENRY WARD RANGER, N.A. AMERICAN: 1858—1916 fO ye) : THE BROOK ) fogs Millboard: Height, 12 inches; length, 16 inches Winpine away from the foreground a brook is seen between rough pasture lands at the right, while a clump of low trees fills the whole left of the picture by the streamside. In the distance is a grove of trees. A moist springtime sky rises up to the top of the picture. Signed at the lower left. No. 121 we : : i - hd) is _ HENRY WARD RANGER, N.A. AMERICAN: 1858—1916 yf ) K At os Voth MARINE: BLUE AND WHITE \V / Millboard: Height, 12 inches; length, 16 inches A soLirary expanse of blue water is tumbled into white-capped waves by the force of a strong breeze that sends gray white — clouds driving across the blue sky, the treatment of these two simple colors being the great charm of the picture. Signed at the lower left. No. 122 HENRY WARD RANGER, N.A. AMERICAN: 1858—1916 fr) OLD SAND ROAD }}/C Millboard: Height, 12 inches; length, 16 inches In the foreground an old sand road runs toward a salt water cove, seen in the distance, by the side of a stone wall overgrown with weeds and bushes. A few saplings swept almost bare of foliage are in the center of the picture, rising up against a characteristic Ranger sky. Signed at the lower left, and dated 1907. SHO Rh. basen v0 Pe No. 128 HENRY WARD RANGER, N,Az AMERICAN: 1858—1916 MARINE: CLEARING OFF Height, 18 inches; length, 26 inches A SHOWER is seen disappearing at the right of the canvas, leaving a mass of sun-touched white clouds across the scene partly obscuring the blue sky. Below stretches a flat expanse of green sea with white sails in the distance and a solitary fish- erman in a skiff at the right. Be No. 124 HENRY WARD RANGER, N.A. AMERICAN: 1858—1916 102 WILLOWS IN SPRINGTIME Height, 18 inches; length, 26 inches Unver the clear light of a springtime sky a river runs through flat meadows with willows on either bank. Two men are in a boat at the right of the composition and behind them rises the smoke of a brush fire. In the foreground is a shadowy green meadow with a group of willows thrusting their slender branches up against the sky. $a 0 aie -« “>—5 ne No. 125 po HENRY WARD RANGER, N.A. 4 J) 4 —— AMERICAN: 1858—1916 iS zs LANDSCAPE AND STREAM Height, 18 inches; length, 26 inches A aquietr river flows in the foreground between flat meadows of pale green. At the left a thin grove of trees fills the view under the blue and white summer sky. At the right a hill rises and the white spire of a church makes a note of sharp color against its green and russet slope. No. 126 HENRY WARD RANGER, N.A. a? ae AMERICAN: 1858—1916 LANDSCAPE—ALONG THE COAST tr. Ralph 4a: PU Height, 18 inches; length, 26 inches A typicaL bit of wild land such as lies along the New England coast with brown and russet weeds springing up among the coarse grass and a ledge of outcropping boulders forming a colorful mass at the left. Beyond is a long, rounded hillock of rocks and earth. A lonely tree and a bit of the sea is at the extreme right. Signed at the lower left, and dated 1912. No. 127 -_ ,, HENRY WARD RANGER, N.A. [60 = AMERICAN: 1858—1916 THE RIVER 50° Height, 18 inches; length, 26 inches A winpy sky ranging in tones from gray down to palest green hangs over a Netherlands river. Near at hand at the left are craft of various kinds along the bank and on the stream a tug is towing a bark upstream. Three windmills are seen on the farther low bank of the river. Signed at the lower left, and dated ’92. No. 128 HENRY WARD RANGER, N.A. AMERICAN: 1858—1916 MARINE: CALM WEATHER Height, 18 inches; length, 26 inches | b ( Iy the hot light of a midsummer day sailboats lie at anchor off a Long Island Sound village that is seen in the distance through the heat haze. A buoy makes a definite red note in the center of the picture, but all else, water, sky and land, is in pale tones of blue and white and green. Signed at the lower left, and dated 1906. No. 129 HENRY WARD RANGER, N.A. pv /$0 a _ AMERICAN: 1858—1916 of ec 4? HOLLAND RIVER SCENE 3 x Height, 18 inches; length, 26 inches Tue center of the picture is filled with the roughened waters of a Dutch river up which a tug is towing a two-masted vessel. In the distance is the low river bank, while at the left is shown the riverside edge of a town with boats along the quays and buildings and trees bulked against the gray white clouds, Signed at the lower right, and dated ’91. No. 130 HENRY WARD RANGER, N.A. AMERICAN: 1858—1916 % THREATENING WEATHER ; Height, 18 inches; length, 26 inches Berore a stiff blow that is sending heavy greenish gray and white clouds down towards the horizon a black sloop and a white schooner are driving across a heavy expanse of ocean, empty save for them. Foam breaks along the bow of the sloop, making a sharp note of white in the dull blue-green sea. Signed at the lower left, and dated 1908. 70 At = No. 1381 HENRY WARD RANGER, N.A. AMERICAN: 1858—1916 A GOOD HARBOR y 6 Height, 18 inches; length, 26 inches | THE quiet waters of a bay le between two flat points of land between which a white sailed boat is seen running into harbor. A schooner and a few other boats lie at anchor off a fishing village at the right and another schooner is at the left. Gray and white wind clouds fill the sky overhead. Signed at the lower left. ¢ No. 182 HENRY WARD RANGER, N.A. AMERICAN: 1858—1916 09 : - CLOUDS AND SUNSHINE Height, 18 inches; length, 26 inches A DESOLATE stretch of boulder strewn dune land runs down to the sea that is seen in the distance. From a depression in the foreground, with a pool of water, the ground slopes up on either side. A solitary tree stands on the right, while a great boulder is on the left. Rain clouds overhead cast shadows on the foreground, but the view beyond lies in bright sunlight. YUOdUUuVH adooo V—I&I “ON + No. 133 HENRY WARD RANGER, N.A. H4 fo oF , American: 1858—1916 | a AUTUMN’S GLOW / AD 1.7. Jeamen, peut Height, 18 inches; length, 26 inches From a blue and rose sky the sunlight filters through a line of trees along the bank of a stream on to the rippled waters, painting its surface with pink and blue and russet hues. The foliage of the trees is autumn red and on the stream is a red- shirted fisherman in an ancient punt. Signed at the lower left, and dated ’97. ¢ No. 184 HENRY WARD RANGER, N.A. - Ji = AmeEnican: 1858—1916 gr Kh. yi ets NOANK, CONNECTICUT Height, 28 inches; length, 36 inches 40° Tue maritime activities of the artist’s home town are repre- sented in this canvas under one of those gorgeous sunset skies that impelled his brush so often. A shipyard with two schoon- ers on the stocks is shown at the right, with men working among floating logs in the foreground, and behind them rises factory buildings with smoke rising up into the hot windless sky. At the left becalmed schooners are grouped in pictur- esque confusion. Signed at the lower left, and dated 1907. ot #* No. 184—NOANK, CONNECTICUT No. 135 AMERICAN: 1858—1916 64 v7. on HENRY WARD RANGER, N.A. pre THE ARCHED TREES "is Ih. brant os 2 Ay Height, 28 inches; length, 36 inches g g TurovuenH a natural arch formed by the interlacing branches of two trees in the foreground one sees a broad meadowland ~ in the full light of the afternoon sun. Yellowish white clouds — float over the distant view, while overhead is a deep blue sky. A pool is in the foreground and at, the, edge, of, the thicket of. trees are two figures. . . No. 186 HENRY WARD RANGER, N.A. h ov ¢ ane AMERICAN: 1858—1916 ; f. Yy ; AUTUMN WOOD INTERIOR a O Height, 28 inches; length, 36 inches A PATTERN of vivid autumnal coloring is worked out here with old and young trees against a glorious blue sky. Bright sun- light falls on tree trunks and foliage and in the shadowed fore- ground two figures are roughly indicated. This is one of the last pictures Mr. Ranger painted in the summer of 1916, wn = 2 pe cy = F = % an j O a ; < 2 an Ee : i a 6 Z No. 137 HENRY WARD RANGER, N.A. oo AmERICcAN: 1858—1916 ees 7 10 TREES AND MEADOW g0 0) § Height, 28 inches; length, 36 inches Tue light of a westering sun gleams out of a blue, cloud- flecked sky through the branches of trees curving from the right foreground slightly towards the center of the view. A low stone wall runs across the foreground and with the trees encloses a partly shadowed meadow that stretches away to the horizon. At the left figures are seen, and beyond houses are indicated. This is one of the last pictures Mr. Ranger - painted in the summer of 1916. | Che “No. 188 o” HENRY WARD RANGER, N.A. = Jit 4 Ne Vey HILLTOP ROAD — £0 0 AMERICAN: 1858—1916 7 Height, 25 inches; length, 30 inches From the foreground a rough cart road leads directly away from the eye across a rough upland pasture to disappear over the top of the hill that dominates the scene. Lichen-covered rocks and a stunted red bush are in the pasture, a low stone wall crosses the foot of the hill and runs along the left edge of the — hill. Two feathery green trees make notes of color against the blue and white sky. ; Signed at the lower left, and dated 1908. MOd Vu C)} V SHH U L—L81 ON No. 189 HENRY WARD RANGER, N.A. ~ lbh OY ee AMERICAN: 1858—1916 EARLY SPRING (6 Ae 4 y; Py afr A Hie; Height, 28 inches; length, 36 inches Sitver birch trees and saplings spring up from the overgrown shore of a pond in the foreground, their green leafed branches forming a delicate screen through which one sees the clear still waters of a pond, a tender blue and white sky and the distant shore beyond. A man in a fishing skiff adds a human note to the scene. One of the pictures painted by the artist in the summer of 1916. Signed at the lower left.. No. 140° \. bi Wy ge HENRY WARD RANGER, N.A. () \pY AMERICAN: 1858—1916 Loy wad junf EARLY MORNING ON THE SOUND Height, 28 inches; length, 36 inches Aw old coasting schooner drifts slowly toward the spectator over a calm green sea that reflects the hot color of the sun- flushed sky. Two distant craft make notes of color on the horizon from where the sky rises, pale green and gold, to the upper heavens where float fleecy clouds touched with pale red. Signed at. the lower left, and dated 1902. No, 189—EARLY SPRING No. 141 HENRY WARD RANGER, N.A. AMERICAN: 1858—1916 ov "4 Sie THE EDGE OF THE VILLAGE ‘ [0° I 4) 4. J yy, Se Height, 36 inches; width, 28 inches One of the last pictures painted by Mr. Ranger in the summer of 1916. At the immediate edge of a New England village is a grove of trees, two of its number being the chief objects ae in the picture and framing the vista through which one sees the village, trees, and the hot afternoon sky beyond. Two figures are at the foot of the tree at the left and a green bank slopes down to a pool in the foreground that reflects sky and trees. No. 142 4 in eS HENRY WARD RANGER, N.A. AMERICAN: 1858—1916 ? 0. ° ‘ BOW BRIDGE, MOONLIGHT he ISS Height, 28 inches; length, 36 inches From the center of the picture in the foreground a deeply rutted road curves across the low bridge of the title which crosses a moonlit stream. Greenish blue mists rise up from the rolling meadow beyond and the green-blue sky, clear save toward the zenith, is filled with the nimbus-like rays from a full August moon. Signed at the lower left, and dated 1900. No. 141—THE EDGE OF THE VILLAGE 4 / Ww No. 143 ‘al HENRY WARD RANGER, N.A. ys Amenrcaw 7 1e592-1916 . THE WOOD LOT : Wy \0" eight, 28 inches; length, 36 inches THE Pannen have cut all the trees and underbrush away so Nh. Kavedl, soe that a clearing in the wood is presented to the eye between two trees at the right and left in the foreground. The earth is covered with a matting of autumn leaves, cordwood is piled up in the clearing and behind is seen a thin grove of trees in au- tumn hues. A brilliant bright blue sky completes this glowing scene. Signed at the lower left. No. 144 “HENRY WARD RANGER, N.A. . 6 AMERICAN: 1858—1916 ¢) | THE PATH THROUGH THE WOODS J % wi Height, 28 inches; length, 36 inches A maw on horseback emerges from the woods along a path 4 VA * /, approaching the spectator. The foreground is partly in OV. 0+ & shadow and partly in sunlight, and a small pool of water to the right reflects the patch of blue sky overhead. ‘The trees on either side of the opening have donned their autumn vesture, and their trunks are old and gnarled. Dark clouds cover the left portion of the sky, their edges tinged with sunshine. Save for an occasional speck of blue the sky is massed with clouds. Signed at left. LO'T GOOM HHL—S8tl ‘ON No. 145 HENRY WARD RANGER, N.A. = AMERICAN: 1858—1916 ov 7 7 a _-: THROUGH THE TREES) lp bntH i Height, 28 inches; length, 36 inches | . = Tue trunks, branches and leafage of two trees in the imme-— diate foreground form a screen through which the spectator sees a wide river, the opposite banks of which are lined with — the houses of a New England town. At the left below the © branches is seen a man in a red skiff, and at the right figures _ are standing on the river bank, where silver birches fill the — right of the canvas. The air is ablaze with summer-day light. - waren ~~) nie OE Ae, ioe, ; No. 146 : ‘ — : HENRY WARD RANGER, N.A. i) 7 ov ey Loon AMERICAN: 1858—1916 b> js / BEFORE THE DAYLIGHT IS GONE Height, 30 inches; width, 25 inches Our of a greenish blue sky barred with night-shadowed clouds a rising moon shines down on the waters of the Sound, its trembled reflection reaching to the immediate foreshore. White- sailed boats dot the surface of the water toward the horizon and at the left a schooner lies at anchor with her mizzen sail hoisted. Signed at the lower left. SHHUL HHL HONOUHL—SP ON No. 147 HENRY WARD RANGER, N.A. Lh AMERICAN: 1858—1916 ay Ga OCTOBER LANDSCAPE fe Oe Height, 28 inches; length, 36 inches c 2 A FARMHOUSE Stands at the right of the foreground, sheltered | by the trees around it, which shed their foliage in the chill autumn weather. A large log hes in front of the house and a man is cutting off its branches. To the left the trees are tinged a brownish-yellow, and in the opening between these a trees and the house the landscape stretches away in the dis- tance. The sky is clouded over and is pale and cold. A flock of birds rise from the vicinity of the farmhouse and are sil- houetted against the sky. si a Signed at left. | a No. 148 HENRY WARD RANGER, N.A. bsp Zé AMERICAN: 1858—1916 THE QUARRY HILL 15 O Wi 4 Sorter Height, 28 inches; length, 36 inches From the foreground filled with meadow flowers the eye of the spectator is carried back and upward to the curiously shaped hill of the picture’s title that looks as if it might be the burial mound of an enormous giant. A few trees dot the hillside, rocks break through its earthy covering, cows graze on its green carpet. At the left the hill breaks down sharply, showing a thicket of trees. Overhead the blue sky is screened by cumulus clouds through which the sun is “drinking up water.” Signed at lower left. No. 147—OCTOBER LANDSCAPE \ . x \ \ vas : Leste Shr hy Oca noi te Rt : Senet e he oa hh ate PTE IRCA Le bean i ety s Nivea t Sea Net a ‘ See is eats “ (ae le rk a weit ue ne eae unit gta Rasen ea ane Ue aie Rae Ny al . 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