BY ORDER OF THE ADMINISTRATOR VALUABLE PAINTINGS THE COLLECTION OF THE CONNOISSEUR THE LATE MRS. JOS. E. GOLDBLATT ALSO THE VERY VALUABLE COLLECTION BY GREAT AMERICAN AND EUROPEAN MASTERS FORMED BY MR. MAURICE H. GOLDBLATT (ART EXPERT FOR THE METROPOLITAN GALLERIES, NEW YORK, AND BRYDEN ART GALLERIES, CHICAGO) WHO IS GIVING UP HIS RESIDENCE BECAUSE OF THE DEATH OF HIS MOTHER. ON FREE PUBLIC EXHIBITION BEGINNING MONDAY, FEBRUARY 15th, TO TIME OF SALE. ) TO BE SOLD AT UNRESTRICTED AUCTION SALE ON THE AFTERNOON OF THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1926. BEGINNING AT 2 0’CLOCK SHARP GRANT’S ART GALLERIES 21 and 23 8. WABASH AVE. The Authenticity of every Painting is Guaranteed. _A Ces. 3 LIBRARY | M.Knoedler& Co. eg O S| 14 East 57th St. Acc, =| New York POST CHICAGO, ILL. “Huge Art Colléction | to Be Sold Feb. 18) will be oa hey ps, Corot, Merle, Some of the 5 acquired from ter nome Europe tha: jection has been st} 5 directors of foreign museums and fe) of-town artists at vari e Goldblatt is selling ing to his decision to give up his resi- gience on South Park avenue, since the | death of his mother. | Prominent among the paintings to be sold is a large John Constable, “On the River Stour”’—a “river scene with lock, bridge, figures and horses,” as 4t was described in the catalog when sold at auction at Christié’s in London in 1913. It is comparable to the art- ist’s ‘“Hay-Wain,” in 1821, and now in the National gallery in London, and his “Leaping Horse,” painted in 1825, which is in the Burlington Di- plonta gallery. ‘‘On the River Stour” was purchased from the artist for Ss. tate it was D3 : thus pre- the recor a dir ect from the art- | ot } of | | RECORD LOW PRICES — | AT CHICAGO ART SALE “The Constable” Appraised at $150,000 Goes to a London Deale. for $50,000. | CHICAGO, Feb. 18 (f).—The Goldblatt collection of paintings, including the: famous ‘‘On the River Stour,’’ by John Constable, was sold at public auction today in the Grant Galleries for prices |said by dealers to be among the lowest on record for a collection of first im- portance. The Constable, appraised at $150,000, went to Dykes & Sons of Lon- don for slightly less than $50,000. The Dykes bid was the only one received. The collection included several ex- amples of the work of Ralph Albert Blakelock, a Courbet, a Raeburn, a Corot, a Gilnert Stuart, an Inness, two Turners and a Deschamps, besides numerous other works of note. “The Twins’? by Louis Deschamps, jappraised at $25,000, brought $2,225, and | the Gilbert Stuart ‘‘Portrait of a Gen- | tleman,” valued at $10,000, was sold for $700. Hugues Merle’s ‘‘The Bather”’ and Constant Mayer’s ‘‘Reaper,’’ both estimated as worth $10,000, were sold \for $1,200 each. The J. M. W. Turner | ‘Italian Landscape,” appraised at 1 $15,000, was sold for $1,600. An Inness “Tandscape—Stockbridge, Mass.,’’ val- ued at $7,500, went for $575, and the Corot ‘‘Petit Pacage,’’ appraised at $10,000, sold for $2,800. It was said by the Grant Galleries that most of the works went to individ- uals, few besides the Constable falling to dealers. Wammond of Wellbury, | Yorkshire, | and was subsequently sold.to Joseph j _ Sammon of London, who in turn so a pote aR elli, and a Gridseeser it to a Dr. Ellison-. From the le Gustave Courbet. , 116—Grand Canal—Venice Rodetti is one of the best colorists of the modern Italian school. Has exhibited extensively in the important exhibitions 40 in Europe. Signed at lower left. Height, 26 inches; width, 40 inches. Ss ETTORE CASER Italian: 1880—— 117—A Garden Party wee Pupil of de Maria in Venice. Went to Boston in 1908. nt) Awarded silver medal Pan-Pacific Exposition San Heanceo: | 1915. Purchased from the Ferargil Galleries, New York. Signed at lower right. Height, 20 inches; width, 24 inches. JOHN TRUMBULL (School of) vv American: 1756-1843 [30 118—Gen. George Washington Purchased from the Chas. F. Gunther Estate sale. Height, 30 inches; width, 25 inches. “A A. REYNA Italian Contemporary 119—The Lagoon—Venice y go Pupil of Martin Rico. Signed at lower right. Height, 14 inches; width, 29 inches. ALBERT INSLEY American: 1842— oY vv 120—Spring Landscape Signed at lower left. Height, 12 inches; width, 18 inches. W. V. BROMLEY English Contemporary 121—The Village vg Signed at lower left. Height, 20 inches; width, 30 inches. . A, GLENDEN American 122—Landscape and Cattle Signed at lower left. Height, 303 inches; width, 38 inches. F, WAINWRIGHT . English Contemporary 123—Sheep at Pasture Water color: Signed at lower left. Height, 28 inches; width, 46 inches. C, FEDELER American Contemporary 124—On the Coast of Maine Signed at lower left. Height, 24 inches; width, 38 inches. Ss. BUTLER American Contemporary 125—Beach at Nahant, Mass. Signed at lower left. Height, 16 inches; width, 24 inches. “& W. KOOIMAN Dutch Contemporary 126—Holland Cattle Signed at lower left. Height, 16 inches; width, 24 inches. - A. KRATKY tN French Contemporary 127—French Artillery Officer Signed at lower left. Height, 18 inches; width, 14 inches. J. HARTLEY American Contemporary 128—On the Beach—New Jersey Signed at lower left. Height, 22 inches; width, 36 inches. MURRAY THOMPSON English Contemporary 129—Common Pastures—Surrey, England ’ Water color: Signed at lower right. Height, 20 inches; width, 30 inches. + yt /1 Gor bé 1° fr av" C. H. SHERMAN American Contemporary 130—Woodland Landscape fo Signed at lower left. Height, 20 inches; width, 25 inches. M. CABUT French Contemporary 50 131—Roses and Berries Water color: Signed at lower left. Height, 22 inches; width, 15 inches. J. HENSHAW American Contemporary 132—Manhattan Bridge $ uv Pastel: Signed at lower right. Height, 28 inches; width, 22. inches. D. A. HILL American Contemporary 133—Lake George je Signed at lower right. Height, 34 inches; width, 44 inches. HUDSON M. KITCHELL American Contemporary 134—Sunset Landscape ] Sf 7 Purchased direct from the artist. Signed at lower right. Height, 16 inches; width, 20 inches. E. COURTOIS French Contemporary 135—Cattle in the Meadow 9 Signed at lower left. Height, 21 inches; width, 26 inches. M. MATTHEWS, R. C. A. Canadian Contemporary 136—Farm near Richmond Hill—Canada Water color: Signed at lower right. Height, 15 inches Jb width, 19 inches. J. FLINTEN English Contemporary 137—Near the Cornish Coast Water color: Signed at lower right. Height, 104 inches; Chie width, 18 inches. WESLEY WEBBER American Contemporary 138—Moonlight Marine Vig. Signed at lower left. Height, 11 inches; width, 14 inches. B. NEUVILLE Contemporary J 139—Sleeping Kittens I? Signed at lower right. Height, 14 inches; width, 17 inches. E. MASSONI Italian Contemporary 140—Lido, with Venice in the Distance Signed at lower right. Height, 144 inches; width, 214 inches. Jb There are also two Turners—an-oll and a water color—both purchased in London. A painting The Twins,” by Louis Deschamps, was exhibited in the Paris salon of 1885, and is an excellent example of the work of. the artist, who is represented in the Lux- embourg ,by ‘The Foundling.” ‘The Twins’ was purchased by Mr. Gold- blatt from Knoedler’s of New York. Another. work from the same source 'is—“The Polish. Farmer’s Team,” by A. Wierusz . Kowalski. The painting, “Announcing the End of Diana’s Hunt,” by Hans Makart, was formerly in the Gotchenau palace, belonging to the ruling family of Russia. It was sold to a dealer, from whom it was purchased by a captain of the royal guards of Russia, who in turn sold it to the present owner. ux SS french section .aiso iividdes canvases by -Harpignies, Troyon and- William Maris. Authentications on various paintings in the collection have been furnished by Elliott ‘Daingerfield, Harry W,. Wattrous, Leroy Ireland, G. Frank Muller, Harry Dykes of Lon- don, and other experts. Mr. Goldblatt himself is well known as an expert, and is retained in that capacity by the Bryden Art) galleries: of Chicago and the Metropolitan galleries of New York. He is also Known in musical circles as a concert violinist and as a successful composer for the violin and piano. He was for several years a { director of the First National bank of Berwyn. He is sailing for Europe in the spring to. gather material for a book on Leonardo da Vinci and © his school, and to prepare a series of ar- Londotagiving evidence in regard to | | ticle&for the Burlington Magazine of eee t There are two small Blakelocks, one | a sunset and the other a moonlight scene, in the artist’s be manner, both well-authenticated. . There is an Inness, painted in Stockbridge, Mass., and a drawing and a painting by Corot, the latter being recorded and reproduced in: Roubat’s book on _ the artist‘s work. The drawing was chased from private collection Wivernes; France. There are two and a, water color= by .Diaz,. a: mar by Paul Jean Clays, and a fig Hugues Merle also to be off set Merle is ‘‘The Bather;” exhibited in the salon of 1870, by an artist who was a-contemporary: and a rival of Bourguereau, and sometimes regar as. his sur or “Blowing Bu pur- in oils ine a ior. is by ruck-Lajos, a great Ht artist was a pupil of Mun There are Schreyers, at Jules roresntseS