‘ADISON SQUARE oe NEW YORK a a ss a eh im © ao tai ee or ras Peg * (Nos. loft out are unimportant) Buyer A. Mayer Arlington Galleries. Bernard Dernie A.3.CGrawford & CO. Arlington Galleries. W.W.Semman Agert. Babeock Galleries H.Willi ans A. Mayer $4 © 3-43 £ Fo 8-3-8489 6.8 eo 8 ha LIBRARY : M.KNOEDLER & GO. 1584 | 556-8 Fifth Ave. ACC. New York NO aE - VIEW OIL PAINTINGS BY AMERICAN AND FOREIGN ARTISTS UNRESTRICTED PUBLIC SALE _ AT THE AMERICAN ART GALLERIES \ EVENING OF WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 1919 BEGINNING PROMPTLY AT 8 O'CLOCK 7 t * e 7 ’ \ . ‘ R . i ‘ 1 , ’ ty . + t ‘ ? ; P Fi - +e : f ‘, x ' ¥ fg Mh. CATALOGUE OF OIL PAINTINGS BY AMERICAN AND FOREIGN ARTISTS TO BE SOLD AT UNRESTRICTED PUBLIC SALE FOR ACCOUNT OF SEVERAL ESTATES AND A NUMBER OF PRIVATE OWNERS AS DESIGNATED IN THIS CATALOGUE ON THE EVENING HEREIN STATED AT THE AMERICAN ART GALLERIES MADISON SQUARE SOUTH ‘ hike Vprmen 5 . by 5 THE SALE WILL BE CONDUCT Mun. ham h. Ma adhurak ; Thre.'4.9. Bu 4. MR. THOMAS E. KIRBY ASSISTED BY MR. OTTO BERNET AND MR. H. H. PARKE THE AMERICAN ART ASSOCIATION, MANAGERRS 6 EAST TWENTY-THIRD STREET MADISON SQUARE SOUTH NEW YORK 1919 THE AMERICAN ART ASSOCIATION DESIGNS ITS CATALOGUES AND DIRECTS ALL DETAILS OF ILLUSTRATION TEXT AND TYPOGRAPHY vibe, ‘ tee ay a. ee whens eS aa } \ * 2: CONDITIONS OF SALE 1. Awny sip 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 decide 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 purchase 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 default of which the undersigned may either continue to hold the lots at the risk of the pur- chaser 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) arising from such re-sale shall be a charge against such purchaser. 4. Dertivery of any purchase will be made only upon payment 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 present- ing the bill of purchase. Delivery may be made, at the discretion of the Association, of any purchase during the session of sale at which it was sold. 5. Suippinc, 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 re- sponsibility on its part for the acts and charges of the parties engaged for such service. 6. Srorace of any purchase shall be at the sole risk of the pur- chaser. Title passes upon the fall of the auctioneer’s hammer, and there- after, 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 Association of the correctness of the description, genuineness or authenticity of any lot, and no sale will be set aside on account of any incorrectness, error of cataloguing, or any imperfection not noted. Every lot is on public exhib- ition 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 trustworthy expert to the effect that any lot has been incorrectly catalogued, and, in its judg- ment, 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. CATALOGUE WEDNESDAY EVENING’S SALE NOVEMBER 127H AT THE AMERICAN ART GALLERIES BEGINNING AT 8.30 O’CLOCK W. GRAHAM AMERICAN: CONTEMPORARY 1—MORNING ON THE TIBER A as ee aay. (Panel) y f Se ened ; Height, 4 inches; length, 9 inches A virEw in the outskirts of Rome with the River Tiber in the fore- ground, its green banks, with buildings on the left, and the city, with a white arch, lying beyond; gray sky. Signed at the lower left, W. Granam, Roma, ’60 (or ’69). From the Ropert Morrison OrtypHant Collection, New York, 1919. Properiy of a Private Owner. RENIHARD SEBASTIAN ZIMERMANN GERMAN: CONTEMPORARY 1815—1893 2—AN EARLY REFUSAL ee (~ ¥ yar (On Wooden Panel) «ci Height, 6 inches; length, 8 inches AN elderly cleric, seated at a small table spread with coffee and wine, stops from reading his morning paper and indignantly refuses a glass of stronger waters from a young man seated near him. Signed at the upper left, R. S. ZrimERMANN. Property of a Private Owner. THEODORE FRERE FRENCH: 1815—1888 ( \ Nelo AG Aj Aen 3—HIS OWN SWEET WAY / pee Height, 71% inches; length, 1014 inches . Comine along a quiet country roadside shaded by trees, a donkey walks slowly but with alert eye. He wears his pack saddle, which has been unloaded, and drags at the end of a tie-rope a tethering stake which he has pulled up when tired of waiting. Down the road a peasant woman is seen coming after him, cautiously. Signed at the lower left, T. Friern. From the Joun W. STERLING Collection, New York, 1919. Property of a Private Owner. FREDERIK HENDRIK KAEMMERER Dutcu: 1839—1902 4—WINTER A. : (Water Color) RY nn mill Height, 121% inches; width, 744 inches A PINK-CHEEKED young woman with chestnut hair, in a lon eeeeaiied white gown trimmed with white fur, and holding up to her face a white fur muff, is seen standing in a pathway through a light wood, whose low, leafless trees are covered with snow. Signed at the lower right, F. H. KAEMMERER. From the Joan W. Steruine Collection, New York, 1919. Proverty of Private Owner. JOSEF ISRAELS Durcu: 1824—1911_ 5—A RIDE OVER THE WATER St mM LI ‘a at (Water Color) Height, 10 inches; width, 64% inches } Sxertcu of a boy in grayish jacket and rose-colored knickerbockers, wading at the seashore with a small child on his back, who clasps chubby arms about his neck. They approach the spectator, moving toward the left. Signed at the lower left, Josrr IsRAELS. Property of Mrs. J. MetcaLtre THomas. CHARLES LOUIS MULLER 1 Os FreNcH: 18tT§— i , B= READING a Me parr Height, 81% inches; lenvth, 12 inches In a richly appointed 18th century French apartment an old beau in embroidered yellow coat and wig and his lady in pale blue dress are seated at a table reading. Signed at the lower left, C. Mutumr. Property of a Private Owner. MARIANO FORTUNY y CARBO SPANISH: 1838—1874 7—THE SMOKER Ob ae tb One ; (Water Color) 7) ce Height, 1014 inches; width, 644 inches STANDING figure of a dark-skinned Oriental with short black beard and moustache, clad in white with white burnous and turban, seen nearly to his feet before a gray tiled wall. He holds to his lips a long-stemmed pipe, and at his belt is a hat and some material of crimson hue. Signed at the upper right, Fortuny. At lower right, small seal “Vente Fortuny’. On back, an autograph inscription to a friend. Property of Mrs. J. Mrtcatre THomas. DANIEL KOTZ AMERICAN: CONTEMPORARY 8—AUTUMN Dap Y S (Water Color) tot— / as? Height, 81% inches; length, 11 inches | Rovueu pasturage rises from the foreground to a stretch of trees, at left is a placid lake, its further wooded bank in the hazy distance. Overhead a warm golden sky mantled by reddish and purple clouds. Signed at lower right, DantnL Korz, New York. Property of a Private Owner. H. H. DYER AMERICAN: CONTEMPORARY .9—HAMILTON, RHODE ISLAND ae pp (Water Color) & : vA 0 — Height, 131% inches; width, 914 inches UNDER a warm summer sky a group of trees are mirrored in a placid pool in the foreground. Signed at the lower right, H. H. Dyer, Hamilton, RI. Property of a Private Owner. JOHN LA FARGE, N.A. AMERICAN: 1835—1910 10—-STILL LIFE: FLOWERS 5 : 5 Aes Pelle (Water Coton? : (3. f hkide Height, 1014 inches; length, 1314 inches In a wide and deep ovoidal bowl, of transparent blue glass, on a low, spreading foot, flowers red, yellow, pink, white and purple-crimson glow in bright sunlight, before a darkened wall. Property of Mrs. J. Mretcatre THomas. EASTMAN JOHNSON, N.A. AMERICAN: 1824—1906 11—IN GENTLE SLUMBER (Q. % A apaaomnstc | / Pe ae ‘ Height, 934 inches; length, 1134 inches A cup with long curling locks is lying asleep in her small bed, her head deeply cushioned among ample pillows. Signed at the lower left, E. JoHNSON, 78. From the Mrs. T. Garttarp THomas Collection, New York, 1916. Property of a Private Collector. GILBERT GAUL, N.A. AMERICAN: 1855— 12—WAIPING FOR MISSUS_ (0: | | W) Anant, De Height, 121% inches; width, 101% inches al FULL-LENGTH seated figure of a young colored girl, dressed for out- doors, holding an umbrella across her Jap and facing the spectator with wide eyes, in a room with woodwork trimmed in green. Signed at the lower right, GAUL. Exhibited at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Seventh Loan Exhibition, May to No- vember, 1883. Property of a Private Owner. WALTER SHIRLAW, N.A. AMERICAN: 1838—1909 13—THE KISS | 4 Vv os es ee | (Panel) . ae / eae sins Height, 121% inches; width, 11 inches HALF-LENGTH portrait of an angular woman with large, dreamy features and bright red hair, seated facing the right and turned slightly forward. She wears a shoulder-sleeved décolleté gown with a sheen of old gold, and is seen against a dark green and blue con- ventional landscape background, as a gray dove alights on her shoulder and approaches its beak to her parted lips. Signed at the upper left, W. SHiIRLAW. Purchased from the artist. Wiiuam T. Evans Collection, New York, 1913, Catalogue No. 25. Property of a Private Owner. JOHN FREDERICK KENSETT, N.A. AMERICAN: 1818—1872 14—HIGH BANKS f a 0) jen Height, 914 inches; length, 13 inches A LANDSCAPE with a river flowing through a gorge, the shores on the right being wooded and those on the left displaying a rocky cliff with fields and trees above. In the distance a prospect of country; sky of gray cloud. Signed at the lower right, J. F. K., *59. From the Ropert Morrison OtypHant Collection, New York, 1919 Property of a Private Owner. V. COLUMBO ITALIAN: CONTEMPORARY 15M AKING THE BOUQUET we. £ RR (Water Color) AN. 2 ese In a brilliant European interior with tapestried walls, a tall blond young lady in white, with décolleté waist and flaring ruff, stands facing the left, making a small bouquet. Height, 13 inches; width, 81% inches Signed at the lower right, V. CoLUMBO. Property of Mrs. J. Mretcatre THomas. JEAN BERAUD FRENCH: 1849— * 16—LADY IN BLACK AND GREEN (Panel) Bi : rash _ Height, 14 inches; width, 734 inches FULL-LENGTH figure of a chic young French woman in outdoor costume of black and rich, dark green, walking toward the right; she pauses and turns her face toward the spectator, holding her skirts daintily in one hand and a muff in the other. Signed at the lower right, JEAN BERAUD. From the Grorcr N. Tyner Collection, New York, 1917. Property of a Private Owner. C. H. GIFFORD CONTEMPORARY 17—THE STRANDED VESSEL -— é ae Wek Le y DGTP = Height, 914 inches; length, 141% inches ( A TWO-MASTED sailing ship has been driven upon rocks at the left, in a black storm, and her crew, forced to abandon her, are seen pulling away in their yawl. Signed at the lower right, C. H. Girrorp. From the SteEwart-Brown Collection, New York, 1881. From the Joun W. SteRiInG Collection, New York, 1919. Property of a Private Owner. ALFRED EMILE GAUBAULT FRENCH: CONTEMPORARY is—THE OUTPOST j | (Panel) e Drange INO, LAS MK ou sd Height, 1334 inches; width, 10% inches Ina sandy cut in the foreground, in a wide reach of green and yellow meadow land, a French infantryman on outpost duty stands facing the spectator, hands clasped at the bayonet of his grounded musket. The clouded sky, light overhead, is dark at the horizon. In the distance stands a comrade. Signed at the lower right, A. GAUBAULT. Estate of Joun C. Orr by order of Henry S. Orr, Trustee. WILLIAM B. BAIRD CONTEMPORARY 19—A HORSE DEAL : ape ; (Panel) Q y, Ae oe ‘ Height, 1014 inches; length, 1334 inches ( _ In a picturesque corner of an old French town an old man and a " younger one are dickering over a horse sale, with two fine animals, a sorrel and a black, standing back of them. Two other men stand in a neighboring doorway and more horses are seen in the square beyond. Signed at the lower right, Wi1.1t1AM Batrp, Paris. On the back (in French), ‘“Horse Market in Brittany,” and “W. B. Baird, rue de P Abbaye, 12,” and in English: “Coming to Terms—Scene in a horse market at Pont Aven, Brittany; Wm. B. Baird, Paris, 1875.” From the JaMes B. Haaetn Collection, New York, 1917. Property of a Private Owner. ALFRED STEVENS BELGIAN: 1828—1906 20—TREPORT ee Height, 1334 inches; width, 101% inches ~~ Batuers, loiterers about the lighthouse on the jetty, and sailing- boats at sea in a fresh breeze, all appear on a fine sunny day of summer, in gaiety and gladness and French joy in living. The sea is a deep greenish-blue and the sky a mixture of robin’s-egg and turquoise, with drifting patches of orange clouds, the sails are gray and red and white, and scarlet appears often in the costumes of the bathers and of the saunterers on the jetty. The bathers are in shallow breakers off a bit of brown beach. Signed at the lower left, A. STEVENS. Property of a Private Collector ARTHUR A. DAVIS ENGLISH: Conte aie 21—SIGNS THAT FAIL 6% Vy (Water Color) sO Pe ae Height, 1456 inches; width, 1234 inches tae Art a crossroads at the border of a bleak moor, toward the.close of a winter day, two bewigged travelers in caped great coats of black and red, on horseback, meet in bewilderment at a broken-down signpost, one of the arms of which, pointing upward, reads ‘““To London.”’ Signed at the lower right, AntHUR A. Davis, 1884. Property of Mrs. J. Mretcatre THomas. ROBERT REID, N.A. AMERICAN 229-THE BLACK HAT ‘f Y Lp , ot ree Height, 14 inches; width, 10 inches A HEAD and bust picture of a young woman in three-quarters view to the right. She wears a wide-brimmed hat of black straw, a blouse of pink and a necktie of black. The background is composed of light green foliage with the indication of a paling fence. Signed at the lower right. From the Relief Fund of the American Artists’ Relief Committee of One Hundred, New York, 1917. Property of a Private Owner. P. E. RODELL AMERICAN: CONTEMPORARY 23—THE FOOTHILLS OF THE ADIRONDACKS _ (Water Color) Mn, : Vy eth’ Height, 12 inches; length, 15 inches / ov Groups of feathery trees, mid uneven rocky ground, grace a small pool in the foreground; beyond are wooded hills. Overhead a white clouded light blue sky. Signed at the lower left, P. E. RoupEuu. Property of a Private Owner. WILLIAM TROST RICHARDS, N.A. AMERICAN: 1833—1905 24—LINDESFARNE ABBEY £. ba ve (Water Color) oy al) LApP prt Height, 10 inches; length, 1624 inches THE ruins of the ancient abbey, rocky gray cliff at right, a rolling sea, with spray-crested waves breaking on the shore, stretches to the distant horizon. Overhead gray and white clouds, with a blue patch appearing above. > Signed at the lower right, Wm. T. RicHarps, ’93. Property of a Private Owner. HENRY PRELLWITZ, N.A. AMERICAN: 1865— 25 —ROSES Pe Wend gv x | a Height, 17 inches; width, 13 inches PINK roses in a glass vase with a background of green curtain. Signed at the lower left. From the Relief Fund of the American Artists’ Relief Committee of One Hundred, New York, 1917. Property of a Private Owner. JOHN WILLIAMSON, A.N.A. AMERICAN: 1826—1885 26—A REMINISCENCE a ee RSD Ps , J § —_— Height, 12 inches; length, 18 inches A LAKE on the left, and on the right, a field on the shore, with rocks, trees and bushes; in the distance a range of mountains; sky of pale warm tints above the horizon graduated upward into blue. Signed at lower left, J. W., ’78. From the Ropert Morrison Orypuant Collection, New York, 1919. Property of a Private Collector. SEBASTIEN FRANCKEN FRENCH 27—_COMBAT BETWEEN MUSKETEERS AND ARQUEBUSIERS lew (Panel) On ,; v POS, Height, 121% inches; length, 161% inches / A SPIRITED encounter, depicted as taking place at a highroads crossing at the foot of a hillside. The mounted musketeers occupy the foreground, while the foot soldiers are seen descending the road that leads down the slope of the hill. On the left are trees, and a gallows with pendant body is seen on the hillside near the middle of the picture. Over all a sky of gray. From the CHarLtes Francis WILLIAMSON Collection, New York, 1918. Property of a Private Owner. ALFRED STEVENS BELGIAN: 1828—1906 98—_SAILING THE SUMMER SEAS “ip (Panel) ae 3 ‘aj nee Height, 16 inches; width, 13 inches ics Lohernin A FIsHINnG fleet and other busy sailing vessels widely scattered are afloat in a fresh breeze on greenish-blue water, lightly stirred to playful white-caps, under a blue sky screened by a light haze. Near at hand are single-masters with canvas of creamy brown, and red- shirted figures aboard; in the distance, among other sails, a Channel steamer crosses, and vagrant cloud patches of orange note drift aloft. Signed at the lower left, A. STEVENS. Property of a Private Collector. R. BERNIER FrencuH: CONTEMPORARY 299A HOLLAND COW (8 errnard Ce aa. 2765 Height, 121% inches; length, 181% inches A PpicTURE of a black and white cow in side view standing in the foreground near a little stream with a sluice-gate on the right. Beyond, at the right, walking away across the flat green plain, is a milkmaid carrying two pails. Overhead a gray sky. Signed at the lower right. From the Saran L. Ames Collection, New York, 1918. Property of a Private Collector. LAURA WOODWARD AMERICAN: CONTEMPORARY 30—PALM BEACH Rorra(? TT (Water Color) AARA4? V O4_eernd _ / G Height, 13 inches; length, 19 inches A BROAD gray path winds through a green lawn down to blue water, where white sails appear. Beside the path gray-green palms and the warm rich red of the abundantly blooming poinciana. Signed at lower left, L. Woopwarp. Property of Mrs J. Metcatre THomas. CARLTON T. CHAPMAN, N.A. AMERICAN: 1860— 31—THE INLET (Water Color) a. Vy / st = s, : Height, 131% inches; length, 191% inches BriLuiAnt blue water of an inlet puts in from the right between a sandy foreground shore with patches of grass and a farther shore lined with low trees. Idle boats are in the stream and boat houses and other buildings along shore in the middle distance. Signed at the lower right, Carnuron T. CHAPMAN. From the James B. Haaein Collection, New York, 1917. Property of a Private Owner. : WORTHINGTON WHITTREDGE, N.A. AMERICAN: 1820—1910 32—THE LOG CABIN ‘. : bee Yb Ah ary p= see: Height, 14% inches; length, 1814 inches _ Own a green bank beside a yellow sandy road a brown log house stands in the sunshine, casual flowers growing beside it and three figures appearing in the yard. In front a delivery wagon has stopped before a green tree, and on a hill behind the house the foilage of a thick wood is red and yellow in the sunlight. Signed at the lower left, W. WHITTREDGE. Property of Mrs. Henry M. Brapuurst. KERN HAAS CONTEMPORARY 33—THE FORTUNE TELLERS 2 rr-erAlOewrnrce, eo 0 Per eiiat janes seth 1s dnckes BLACK-HAIRED, with dark, laughing eyes and rosy cheeks, a plump young gypsy woman, bare armed and bare footed and loosely clothed in polychrome garments, is seated on the ground beside a hut, smoking, a pack of cards opened beside her. She eyes the observer merrily. Signed at the lower right, Kern H., 1882. Estate of Jonn C. Orr by order of Henry S. Orr, Trustee. KERN HAAS CONTEMPORARY 34—THE LITTLE GYPSY (4 AO , eo pe se soe Height, 1834 inches; width, 15 inches OuTSIDE a gray stable with thatch roof a pretty and smiling gypsy- like girl is seated on the ground, barefoot, wearing many beads and many colors, beside the remnants of a meal she has cooked on fagots. Signed at the lower right, Kern H., 1882. Estate of Joun C. Orr by order of Henry S. Orr, Trustee. ALBERT BIERSTADT, N.A. ‘ AMERICAN: 1829—1902 é , yf 35—AN ANTELOPE AND HIS FAMILY 3 pers . Height, 14 inches; length, 194% inches A FINE buck antelope, with head erect, is seen on the left, standing in a grassy plain. Nearer the spectator and in the immediate fore- ground are his family, consisting of a doe lying down with her fawn beside her. Beyond is a range of the Rocky Mountains, with blue sky above. Signed at the lower left. Property of a Private Collector. ATTRIBUTED AND SIGNED GEORGE INNESS, N.A. AMERICAN: 1825—1894 i ne vA % . °36—AN EVENING IN SPRING Vall irre Height, 14 inches; length, 20 inches A RISING green meadow flanked with groups of .trees occupies the foreground, beyond are distant blue hills; overhead a sunny and purple-topped cloudy sky. Signed at lower right, GEorGE INNEss. Property of a Private Owner. VICTOR PIERRE HUGUET FreNcH: 1835—1902 37—MOORISH COURTYARD (Panel) O0°%V- fe OPAEES ue f- cf oO — Height, 15 inches; length, 1814 inches ( In a paved courtyard, partly in bright sunshine, partly in shadow of a wall at the left, several horses and a number of persons are seen before a double entrance to a creamy building of Moorish architec- ture, enriched by blue tiles. The people are in costume of rich, soft colors. An additional figure is observed, leaning from a loggia above. Signed at the lower left, V. Huauer. Property of a Private Collector. M. ROUZEE FreNcH: CONTEMPORARY 388—DIEPPE FISHER GIRLS | rere 6 Cn a AC aaa Height, 16 inches; length, 20 inches Har a dozen vigorous young women of the fisher folk, in green, yellow, red and brown, and carrying nets and baskets, are coming up a red, sandy beach at sunset, in a group, from the green-blue sea on which some sail are seen offshore; two more fisherwomen are back of them at the water’s edge. Signed at the lower right, M. Rouzkn, 1890. From the Grorce N. Tyner Collection; New York, 1917. Property of a Private Owner. T. CHARLES DIBDIN ENGLISH: 1845—191 39—CHAPEL OF THE HOLY BLOOD, BRUGES (Water Color) Height, 2134 inches; width, 15 inches eae Tue church and an abutting dwelling appear in gray, rose and cream, with blue windows, and in the open square before them are market carts and baskets, with numerous figures standing about, in costumes of varied color. Signed at the lower left, 'T. C. Drsprn. Property of Mrs. J. Metcatrre THomas. T. CHARLES DIBDIN ENGLISH: 1845—1914 40—CANDEBEC, NORMANDY ( ya be. 3 on ‘ (Water Color) it: ie Height, 22 inches; width, 15 inches ' In the background a fine church, at the head of a street upon which beam-and-plaster houses abut irregularly at either: side, with flowers springing from window boxes; in the street many peasants in colorful costumes. Signed at the lower right, T. C. Dippin, 1885. Property of Mrs. J. Mretcatre THomas. G. BRUNOT FRENCH: CONTEMPORARY 40A—GALLANTRY a eee 3 6s Height, 254% inches; width, 2114 inches On a terrace in a green park, with a chateau in the background, » ~ are a number of ladies and gentlemen in brilliant attire, with ruffs and slashes, and additions to their group coming from the direction of the chateau. Foremost of those on the terrace is a youth of princely bearing, hand on sword hilt. He is followed by a coquettish young woman, before whom a man in red hose kneels, hat in hand, to pick up a gauntlet dropped by a man who diverts the attention of her followers. Signed at the lower left, G. Brunor. Owner, Mrs. J. J. BripGces. GEORGE HERBERT McCORD, A.N.A. AMERICAN: 1840—1909 40B—DUTCH LUGGERS (2 wy. ie C | 6 Rees oa pdodlbibea Height, 24 inches; length, 27 inches A GrRouP of broad beamed, heavily built fishing boats with sails of red, yellow and gray, form a mass of strong color in the middle of the picture, with the tints reflected in the water. This is set off and made still more effective by a sky of deep blue with rosy-tinted clouds. Signed at the lower left. From the P. H. McMauon Collection, New York, 1916. Property of Mrs. J. J. Bripgss. . LOUIS VICTOR WATELIN FRENCH: CONTEMPORARY 41—BORDER OF THE WOODS . : rap - ; o* Height, 1534 inches; length, 22 inches e a eel A MORE or less open woodland is presented both at right and left, with a field road passing from foreground to a middle distance clearing. The trees are warming to autumn tones. At left a bent peasant woman in blue with white cap. Signed at the lower left, L. WATELIN, 772. From the late Miss Mary E. Garrett Collection, New York, 1919. Property of a Private Owner. ALBERT BIERSTADT, N.A. AMERICAN: 1830—1902 42—THE WATERFALL sa PF , g ge Height, 16 inches; length, 20 nas tl ( 6 ~ — On the left of the composition a cascade drops sheer down a rocky cliff breaking into foaming waters midway in its descent, and plunging onward still farther amid great boulders until it reaches a stream in the extreme right foreground, at the base of a precipice. Beyond, between the cliffs, is a vista of wide plains and mountains with a stormy sky overhead filled with threatening dark clouds. Signed at the lower left, and dated 1873. Property of a Private Collector. JUNIUS B. STEARNS, N.A. AMERICAN: 1810—1885 43—JACK AND JILL A Se i Height, 20 inches; width, 16 inches /2-SF_ : A soy and a girl, with a doll and an overturned water pail, are depicted on the grass at the foot of a hill where they have both tumbled down. The landscape comprises, besides the grassy hill- side, a group of trees at the right and a view of the sea beyond. Sky of blue and white clouds at the horizon. Signed at the lower right, and dated 1881. From the Dr. M. C. Gouxp Collection, New York, 1916. Property of a Private Collector. ADRIAEN VAN DE VELDE DutcH: 1636—1672 44—LANDSCAPE AND CATTLE “ies (Panel) on Height, 141% inches; length, 1934 inches A GroupP of cows and two sheep, with a maid milking a matinee cow at left. A sorrel and white cow is in the center and a peasant is seen leaning on a gate at the left. There are trees in the foreground, one consisting only of the trunk and a branch or two that have grown out after the top broke off. Beyond are pastures, trees and other cattle grazing. Signed on the gate at the left. Property of a Private Collector. JULES FREDERIC BALLAVOINE FRENCH: CONTEMPORARY 45—THE HUNTRESS 6c 9 ae / yas Height, 2114 inches; width, 18 inches A BLOND young woman in warm pink, with a dark red jacket and jaunty cap, is seated on a rock near green trees and a reddish-yellow bush, a shotgun resting across her knees as she scans the fields ahead. Signed at the lower left, J. BALLAVOINE. From the Grorcr N. TyNeER Collection, New York, 1917. Property of a Private Collector. ALFRED EDWARD CHALON, R.A. ENGLISH: 1781—1860 46—MOTHER AND CHILD ©/ yy ( “Tihede Height, 22 inches; width, 151% inches A younG mother, clad in old-time dull colored costume, sits near a sunlit open window; she holds in a blanket on her knee a nude infant fresh from a round wooden bath tub beside her. Signed at the lower left, A. E. CHALON. Property of a Private Owner. UNIDENTIFIED ITALIAN: CONTEMPORARY 47—A WOODCUTTER RESTING (2 | (? 0 AP Ate / BR Py ye a re A Wak (On Cardboard Panel) é Height, 211% inches; width, 141% inches ON rising wooded ground a blue-clad woodcutter is seated under an ancient tree. Property of a Private Owner. LOUIS ASTON KNIGHT AMERICAN: 1873— 48—THE ARTIST’S GARDEN ee & ( 24 aaa Height, 18 inches; length, 211% inches In a garden or park informal, wild woodland, made more beautiful by flowers natural to the environment, purple-red rhododendrons, shrubs blossoming in white, lavender wisteria vines entwining the trunks of trees, making a brilliant picture beneath a blue and white sky. : Signed at the lower right, Aston Knicut, Paris On back: Summerville, S. C.; Aston Knicut to W. Jenxs Murrirt. Property of a Private Owner. FREDERIC STUART CHURCH, N.A. ‘, ly AMERICAN: 1842— 49—A SOLITARY CRESTED KINGFISHER wh se Height, 12 inches; length, 25 inches ‘ In the left foreground a small pool with rough brown rush-grown banks extending to the right, a lonely bird stands near the center. A lowering skyline is occupied by open green woodland and at the left a range of low blue hills. Signed at lower right, F. S. Cuourcu, New York, 1800. Property of a Private Owner. JOHN GEORGE BROWN, N.A. AMERICAN: 1831—1913 50—A LITTLE LAD LISTENING TO GRANDMOTHERS TALES a x — (Water Color) Height, 1734 inches; length, 24 inches A PLEASANT, gray-haired lady rests from her knitting in a high-back rocker and talks to her grandson, who sits near a sunny open window, his boat and garden tools near him. Signed at lower left, J. G. Brown N. A., Copyright, 1907. From the Sale of the Artist's Estate 1914. Property of a Private Owner. WARREN SHEPPARD AMERICAN: 1858— 51—_VENICE ve 2 U fo Height, 24 inches; width, 16 inches ‘On the right, palace and garden walls, gray, pale orange and rose, and over the garden walls the tops of green feathery trees and blos- soming roses. In the canal beneath, a gondola and two sandolas, with men in them, and ducks swimming. Towers in the distance. Signed at the lower right, WARREN SHEPPARD Estate of Joan C. Orr by order of Henry S. Orr, Trustee. WARREN SHEPPARD AMERICAN: 1858— 52—ON THE GRAND CANAL, VENICE S g 0 os Height, 27 inches; width, 22 inches A COLUMNED white marble palace; gardens looms up before the a* sunlit waters of the foreground, beyond stretch the palace of the Doges and other illustrious buildings. Signed at the lower left, WARREN SHEPPARD. Property of a Private Owner. ATTRIBUTED TO JAKOB JORDAEUS FiemisH: 1593—1678 53—A MERRY FESTIVAL 3 () oe” Height, 18 inches; length, 234% inches A HEAVY Dutch burgher is seated and liberally refreshing himself at a small table in a vine clad bower; at his left his wife is seated with small child on her knee and a dog watches nearby for a share of the feast; at the right is a burly, rude, vine-laureated satyr; over her master’s shoulder an old crone proffers a stoup of wine. Property of a Private Owner. GEORGES MICHEL FrRENcH: 1763—1843 54—LANDSCAPE WITH CATTLE AND GOATS VS. tye Height, 211% inches; length, 251% inches VA, A DUN-COLORED cow stands in a stream, which occupies the fore- ground, while goats are browsing on the banks at the right. On the left bank is a group of trees. The middle distance shows rising ground, with cattle grazing on the hilltops, their forms in silhouette against the warmly-tinted gray sky. Seal on the back of stretcher. From the SENHOR Satvapor DE MENpDoNG¢A Collection, New York, 1916. Property of a Private Collector. HIPPOLYTE JEAN RAIMOND LAZERGES FRENcH: 1817—1887 55—HAREM BEAUTIES re (Panel) Deca Height, 1814 inches; length, 241% inches Two dark-eyed Algerian women in filmy garments, white, blue, greenish-turquoise and pale canary, are seated on a divan amid cushions, listening to a dark-skinned entertainer seated on the floor with a tambourine. One crowned with pearls is applauding, and all are happy. Signed at the lower right, Hir’trE Lazercres 1879. Property of Mrs. J. Metcautre THomas. CORNELIS VAN LEEMPUTTEN Dutcu: 1841—1902 56—SHEEP IN THE FOLD | Medel Height, 20144 inches; length, 28 inches ‘A WELL-LIGHTED sheepcote with red-brown walls and straw-strewn floor houses seven fat sheep, with soft gray wool long and thick. Three are feeding, three are lying down, with chickens near them. At the rear a door opens into a garden. Signed at the lower left, C. VAN LEEMPUTTEN. Estate of Joun C. Orr by order of Henry S. Orr, Trustee. CHARLES A. PLATT, N.A. AMERICAN: 1861— 57—IN THE VILLA D ESTE a” ost Height, 19 inches; length, 2314 inches Tue garden of a well-known Italian villa, with its walls pierced by a gateway on the right, occupies the foreground. In the left center a tree stretches its foliage upward with branches and foliage showing against a sky of gray-blue. The shadow of the branches is cast on the sunlit wall near the middle of the picture; the wall on the left, where there is a bench, is in shadow. Signed at the lower right. From the Relief Fund of the American Artists’ Relief Committee of One Hundred, New York, 1917. aa Property of a Private Owner. CHARLES S. HOPKINSON AMERICAN: 1869— 58—THE BREEZE % ; 3 ; ’ “4 ae Height, 24 inches; length, 26 inches Tue lower part of the composition is occupied by the waters of the ocean, the light from the sun at right gilding the waves. At left a sailboat; above, a sky with tints of blue and gray-pink. Signed at the lower left with initials C. H. and red identifying mark. From the Relief Fund of the American Artists’ Relief Committee of One Hundred, New York, 1917. Property of a Private Owner. HENRY OLIVER WALKER, N.A. AMERICAN: 1843— 59—YOUNG DAVID a7 Ss Height, 26 inches; width, 2114 inches A HALF-LENGTH figure of a young man, the body in full-face view and the head turned to the right. A kerchief of gray-red is tied around his head, and over his bare shoulder and chest a goatskin is draped. Background of blue and gray, indicating a clouded sky. Signed at the lower right. From the Relief Fund of the American Artists’ Relief Commitiee of One Hundred, New York, 1917. Property of a Private Owner. ADDISON T. MILLAR AMERICAN: 1860—1913 60—THE SPRING C— Height, 22 inches; length, 28 inches A SUMMER landscape, showing the waters of a pool formed by a spring in the meadow shaded by bushes and the foliage of a large tree, which appears on the right near a fence built of big boulders. Beyond is a sunny expanse of meadow, green foliage and a distant hillside. Signed at the lower left, and dated 1912. Property of a Private Owner. J. WELLS CHAMPNEY, A.N.A. AMERICAN: 1834—1903 61—MARIE ANTOINETTE (Pastel) After the portrait by Madame Vigée Le Brun, in the gallery at Versailles. @ * 1. 0 rf Height, 27 inches; width, 211% inches OnE of the excellent copies of French royal and noble personages made by the artist from originals in the French state museums. The subject, as depicted in this work, is a portion of a large picture and protrays the head and bust. The high coiffure is surmounted by a large hat, draped with a veil and ornamented by a cluster of white ostrich feathers. Signed in the lower right. From the ALEXANDER Morten Collection, New York, 1916. Property of a Private Collector. PAUL DE LONGPRE FreNcH: 1855—1911 62—STILL LIFE: FLOWERS 5, Se Ps (Water Color) Height, 2914 inches; width, 204% inches A sorous melody in colors, an exuberant bouquet of peonies and daisies in a sapphire-blue jar in bright sunlight. A title for the picture is furnished by a sheet of music on which the jar rests, “A Spring Song.”’ Signed at the lower left, PAUL DE LONGPRE Estate of Joun C. Orr by order of Henry S. Orr, Trustee. HENRI LEROLLE FrencuH: 1851— 683—THE HARVEST MOON v4 ? lhe Height, 29 inches; width, 234% inches LANDSCAPE with figures, which has also been entitled ‘“‘After the Day’s Work.” Flat fields are pictured, soft green and yellow, under the light of the full harvest moon before the light of day has gone, and on them golden sheaves of wheat are piled in the foreground and haystacks in the middle distance. At the right the angle of a path comes into view, and two peasant women walk toward it, one with a generous bundle of gleanings. In the background the fields are bordered by low trees before hills becoming hazy in the luni- solar light. Signed at the lower left, H. Lerouue. Exhibited at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts. Property of a Private Collector. JOZEF CHELMONSKI Po.isH: 1850— 64—THE RETURN FROM MOSCOW 3 TU ris Height 24 inches; length, 2914 inches In the background the fortified city with its striking architecture, and in the foreground, coming over the crown of a low hill in a road thick with snow, a bearded peasant in a low, rudely-built sleigh, driving an eager and spirited bay horse at racing speed; both horse and man happy in the sport, and in the homeward stretch. Signed at the lower left, Jozzr CHELMONSKI, 1880, Paris. Property of Mrs. J. Mercatre THomas. J. VANDAHL DutcH: CONTEMPORARY cA WINTER EVENING IN HOLLAND ——E—— Height, 22 inches; length, 32% inches A RED sun is setting and casting its beams over a frozen canal on which several men are skating; low snow clad banks to right and left, occupied toward the distance by a windmill and habitations. Signed at the lower left, J. VANDAHL. Property of a Private Owner. GEORGES LAUGEE FrreNcH: 1853— 66—THE GLEANERS / 7 se ect Height, 321% inches; width, 251% inches Two peasant women burdened with their sheaves and each accom- panied with a child approach on a grass-grown pathway through a ripening wheat field o’ertopped in the distance with a low-lying farm and woods. White cumulus clouds gather above amid a blue summer sky. Signed at the lower right, GkorGES LAUGEE. Property of a Private Owner. G. A. WILLIAMS ENGLISH: CONTEMPORARY 67—ON THE RIVER OUSE Tc Co — Height, 201% inches; length, 3614 inches A PLACID stream winding from the centre distance to left foreground, with barges leisurely moving up the waters; on the near bank a horseman and his dog near a group of willows look toward the low, wooded farther bank, with a church and village seen near the-horizon. Signed at the lower right, G. A. W., 1859. Property of a Private Owner. LAWRENCE CARMICHAEL EARLE, A.N.A. AMERICAN: 1845— 68—THE MEADOWS am a, & a > Peay Height, 20 inches; length, 30144 inches A BROOK meanders toward the left middle distance through low, broken meadow-land, at the right stands an old homestead amid ancient blossoming fruit trees. Overhead a sunny, cloud-touched greenish-blue spring sky. Signed at the lower right, L. C. Earte A. N. A. Property of a Private Owner. JAMES CRAWFORD THOM AMERICAN: 1825—1898 69—SHEEP IN AUTUMN FIELDS “@* Re isan Height, 22 inches; length, 36 inches Fie.ps of wild land show brown herbage amongst the green, and on a mound near low trees in the foreground four sheep are grazing. In the distance are a windmill and a white cottage; the rosy sun is sinking into the obscurity of a thick autumn haze. Signed at the lower right, J. C. THom. Property of Mrs. J. Mrtcautre THomas. JAMES CARROLL BECKWITH, N.A. AMERICAN: 1852—1917 70—YOUNG WOMAN — oe 3 5 ee Height, 32 inches; width, 2534 inches A HALF-LENGTH, life size, seated figure in profile view, of a young woman in gown of blue-figured stuff, trimmed with fur; her chin resting in one hand and the fingers of the other between the pages of a pamphlet on a table before her. The background is formed by a view of landscape with a lake. Signed at the lower left. From the P. H. McMauwon Collection, New York, 1916. Property of a Private Collector. WORTHINGTON WHITTREDGE, N.A. AMERICAN: 1820—1910 ‘g ‘71—LANDSCAPE WITH FIGURES Height, 23 inches; length, 34 inches At left and right and in the background are green woods, the fore- ground trees bending and arching their branches above a rapid»brook and putting themselves and the whole foreground into transparent shadow. The middle distance is a sunny, sloping field of green grass, and there four men, one carrying a log, are gathering appar- ently for a meal. Signed at the lower right, W. WuttTREDGE. Property of Mrs. Henry M. Brapuurst. ALBERT ROSENTHAL AMERICAN: 1863— 72—PRISCILLA } f UY ne 4) pes Height, 3434 inches; width, 28 inches f A THREE-QUARTERS-LENGTH, life-size seated figure of a comely young woman, the body in profile view to the right, and the head turned to face the spectator. The young woman wears an old-fashioned bonnet lined with pink and trimmed with pink and green. A brown jacket, white jabot and ruffles at the wrists complete the costume; the right hand rests on the arm of her chair. Signed at the upper right, and dated 1912. From the Relief Fund of the American Artists’ Relief Committee of One Hundred, New York, 1917. Property of a Private Owner. HENRY FARRER AMERICAN: 1843—1903 73—AUTUMN LANDSCAPE . (Water Color) \) aq mee Height, 24 inches; length, 36 inches SuNsET hues linger faintly at the horizon, beyond a fall landscape of scattered woods and clumps of brown shrubs, in wild fields of paling green. Near a pond reflecting the sky an old woman gathers fagots. Signed at the lower left, H. Farrmr, 1902. Estate of Joon C. Orr by order of Henry S. Orr, Trustee. FRANZ XAVER PETTER AUSTRIAN: 1791—1866 T4A—STILL LIFE: FLOWERS ., a (Pendant to No. 75) 5G Bins’ Height, 361% inches; width, 284% inches A jar of brilliant flowers stands upon a pedestal occupying a wall niche. ‘They are red and white and pink and green and yellow, and again other colors—roses, asters, jonquils, peonies, petunias, bluebells. About some of the clusters flutter butterflies, and along the pedestal top are bunches of white and black grapes. Signed at the lower right, FRANz Xav. Parter, 1823. From the Mrs. Emiuie pe L. HavemMeyer Collection, New York, 1914. Property of a Private Owner. FRANZ XAVER PETTER AUSTRIAN: 1791—1866 15—STILL LIFE: FLOWERS if (Pendant to No. 74) 3 SO Tepes Height, 361% inches; width, 281% inches In an ornamental jar resting upon a pedestal in a wall niche is a prodigal mass of flowers and plants, of large blossoms and small ones tulips, roses, morning-glories and more, in many colors. Here and there are butterflies and other insects of the air, and on the pedestal near the jar are peaches, grapes and cherries. Signed at the lower right, Franz Xav. Petter, 1810. From the Mrs. Emitie pr L. Havemeyer Collection, New York, 1914. Property of a Private Owner. THOMAS B. CRAIG, A.N.A. AMERICAN: 1849— 76-—MEMORIES OF SUMMER DAYS y, JY — Height, 28 inches; length, 3734 inches ‘ “Five cows are in a meadow bordering a stream, one of them in the water, drinking, one with head turned for a look at the spectator. On the farther bank the brown gable of a house comes out in the sunshine from the shelter of tall trees and low bordering willows, and the background is dense with trees, except that across a field at the left a blue sea comes into view. Signed at the lower right, THos. B. Crate, A. N. A.; also on the back, with title. Estate of Joun C. Orr by order of Henry S. Orr, Trustee. N. RIEGEN Dutrcu: CONTEMPORARY 77—A HARBOR IN HOLLAND of RU Height, 26 inches; length, 3914 inches Group of Dutch fishing boats, with men and women aboard, appears in the middle of the composition. On the right a piece of shore with buildings and figures; on the left other boats farther out at sea. Sky of blue with warm-tinted white clouds. Signed at the lower right, N. RimcEn, Fec., AMSTERDAM. Property of a Private Owner. ATTRIBUTED TO GEORGE ROMNEY BritisH: 1734—1802 78—THE SISTERS 67 52 — Height, 43 inches; width, 28 inches A Group of two life-size, three-quarters-length figures of young women, one on the right with dark hair, in a robe of reddish-brown, the other with light hair, costumed in gray, the heads turned to face each other. From the Mrs. Bensamin Tuaw Collection, New York, 1916. Property of a Private Collector. WILLIAM MORGAN, A.N.A. AMERICAN: 1826—1900 79—MATERNITY ae i 2) — Height, 40 inches; width, 30 inches _ A GrRouPp composition of four figures, all in a strong light. On the right a fair-haired young mother stands facing the left, holding a chubby baby, at which a small brother and sister look with keen interest, and sharing the mother’s smile. She is in brown, with a greenish-blue apron and a white waist which falls away from her shoulders. Signed at the lower left, Wm. Morean. Estate of Joun C. Orr by order of Henry S. Orr, Trustee. GEORGE HERBERT McCORD, N.A. AMERICAN: 1848—1909 80—COAST OF BRITTANY ee . . . ae Saneeundae Height, 30 inches; length, 40 inches On a brown sandy beach enriched with shadows at the left and sunny on the right, buxom girls in sabots and highly colored costumes, accompanied by two husky fishermen, stand awaiting the arrival of sailing vessels with canvas of many hues which are coming in through the tumbling white smother of a blue sea. Signed at the lower left, G. H. McCorp. Estate of Joun C. Orr by order of Henry S. Orr, Trustee. JOSE FRAPPA CONTEMPORARY 81—LA COURTE ECHELLE F 3 be Height, 6114 inches; width, 391% inches Two brown-habited mendicant friars, collecting good things, have arrived at a secluded garden-corner of a gray stone and brick mansion, where a fair-haired and plump young woman in décolléte waist appears at a high casement window with cheer. To reach her one stands on his brother’s back; she has already given him a bunny and holds ready a duck, and he grasps and strives vainly to salute her fair hand. Signed at the lower right, Josk FRAppPA. Property of Mrs. J. Mretcatre THomas. ITALIAN SCHOOL 3 ae SEVENTEENTH CENTURY - 82—CAIN KILLING ABEL ¢? H eight, 47 inches; length, 68 inches ‘ Carn, brandishing a stone in one hand, bends over the prostrate _ Abel. In the middle distance a sacrifice burns on an altar. Land- _ scape background with storm effect. ‘st From the Amos R. E. 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