LIBRARY bat M. Knoedler & Co.| 14 East 57th St. New York CONDITIONS OF SALE. 1. The highest bidder to be the buyer, and if any dispute arise between two or more bidders, the lot so in dispute shall be imme- — diately put up again and re-sold. 2. The purchasers to give their names and addresses, and to pay down a cash deposit, or the whole of the purchase-money, 2/ required, in default of which the lot or lots so purchased to be immediately put up again and re-sold. 3. The lots to be taken away at the buyer’s expense and risk upon the conclusion of the sale, and the remainder of the purchase- money to be absolutely paid or otherwise settled for to the satisfaction ofthe auctioneer, on or before delivery ; in default of which, the under- signed will not hold himself responsible if the lots be lost, stolen, dam- aged, or destroyed, but they will be left at the sole risk of the purchaser. 4. The sale of any article is not to be set aside on account of ahy_ error in the description. All articles are exposed for public exhibition one or more days, and are sold just as they are, without recourse. 5. To prevent inaccuracy in delivery, and inconvenience in the settlement of the purchases, no lot can, on any account, be removed during the sale. 6. Upon failure to comply with the above conditions, the money deposited in part payment shall be forfeited ; all lots uncleared within the time aforesaid shall be re-sold by public or private sale, without further notice, and the deficiency (if any) attending such re-sale, shall be made good by the defaulter at this sale, together with all charges attending the same. This condition is without prejudice to the right of the auctioneer to enforce the contract made at this sale, without such re-sale, if he thinks fit. WILLIAM P. MOORE. ap i ME) % tw P : ai i ee het Ae = a “ Td sg a [2 Fos © * d é Aged) : # \ i ‘ HA TAL@GUE ~"/ 4 7 OF THE COLLECTION FRENCH PAINTINGS FORMED BY M. [urand- Rue OF PARIS EXHIBITION DAY AND EVENING BEGINNING MONDAY, MAY 2D TO BE SOLD AT AUCTION THURSDAY AND FRIDAY EVENINGS Meer tH AND OTH, AT EIGHT O’CLOCK CO Ne Ot, Or i WILLIAM P. MOORE, AUCTIONEER ip MOORE’S ART GALLERIES/, Q ay a. J fo >. x 290 FIFTH ey ENURN O ay ee > x oh ~, Shy NOTE. HE pictures named in this Catalogue—the works of a small group of artists in France—have been brought to this city for the purpose of introducing to the notice of amateurs in America an interesting side of contemporary French Art. These paintings have been brought together by Mr. Durand-Ruel, the well-known art- dealer of Paris, who has always been among the foremost to welcome and encourage every movement by which, in our own time, the development of Artin France has been marked. When the painters of 1830 appeared, their talent was for a long time warmly disputed. Artists, critics and amateurs cried out against them in angry chorus, and refused to accept the newcomers. Inspite, however, of the violent attacks of which they were the object, Mr. Durand-Ruel persisted in his support of them, confident that in time his belief in their merit would come to be shared by the public. He was justified by the result, and those persons who at first were most strongly opposed to him came finally to be as strongly on his side. To-day the works of these painters have reached fabulous prices, and amateurs buy for more than their weight in gold, pictures they would hardly deign to look at a few years ago. The supply has failed in the market; all the fine canvases of Corot, Millet, Rousseau, and the rest, are in the galleries of well-known amateurs, and their owners refuse to part with them. To meet the demand for the work of these artists, search has been made, far and wide, for every vestige of their handiwork, and all that has been found has been seized upon with avidity—studies, sketches, pictures which their painters had themselves rejected—all are gathered up by the art- dealers, and eagerly bought by the public. This readiness on the part of the public to accept the most indifferently-painted pictures provided, only, that - they are signed with famous names, is explicable in no other way except on the ground that among living artists there are none of first-rate talent. Such is by no means the case. The modern French school has in its ranks men of the highest artistic merit—worthy successors of the illustrious painters who preceded them. It is these artists Mr. Durand-Ruel has undertaken to make known to the public on this side the water; they are the men for whom he has fought during the last ten years, and whom to-day he hopes to see accepted here in America. ‘These artists, who have been called, not inappropri- ately, the open-air school, introduced so marked an individuality into their art, and showed so original a vein that at first sight they were misunderstood, like all men of genius. Amateurs accustomed to the black and bituminous tones of the school that is just now disappear- ing from the scene, have been frightened by the boldness of handling and the clear tones of these latest painters. But these new men, indifferent to the attacks made upon them, have resolutely pursued their way, and their efforts have finally succeeded in opening to the whole modern school the path which they should follow. To-day the influence of these artists of the open-air school upon contemporary art is no longer to be denied, and the people who are the most hostile to them are forced to recognize the fact. Some of the very men who deny their talent have unconsciously imitated them. Te For nearly ten years, the painters who are here presented to the public have exercised an influence at least as great and as effective as that of Millet, of Rousseau, of Daubigny, of all the painters, in fact, of the school of Barbizon; and the best judges declare that their works well sustain the comparison with the pictures of those departed masters. Some of the artists of this group are still little known in America, although their pictures are sought for in France by the best amateurs and connoisseurs. Sup- ported by the artists and by the same amateurs of repute who brought about the triumph of their predecessors, attacked by the same people who denied the talent of the men of Fontainebleau, their reputation increases year by year, and it will not be long before their works will be as much sought for as those of Rousseau, of Daubigny, of Diaz and of Fromentin. An exhibition of the paintings of the new school was made last year in the galleries of the American Art Association and at the Academy of Design. The most distinguished amateurs of New York, the connoisseurs whose reputation is the best established, received these pictures with favor, and some among them with enthusi- asm. Wishing to pursue a success so well begun, M. Durand-Ruel has decided to offer to the public a choice collection of the works of these masters, hoping that American collectors will not wait in this instance as they have done in others, until the works reach fabulous prices before determining to secure them for their collections. FIRST EVENING’S SALE, THURSDAY, MAY sTH, AT EIGHT O’CLOCK. | I _Mmz, LAURA THERESA ALMA TADEMA After the Rain at AUGUSTE FEYEN-PERRIN - Sifting Grain 3 AUGUSTE BOULARD Marine 4 EUGENE LOUIS BOUDIN Bridge of Trouville (9) 5 EUGENE LOUIS BOUDIN A Fair in Brittany 6 JOHN LEWIS BROWN Mount St. Michel 7 JOHN LEWIS BROWN Deer Hunting § LOUIS EMILE BENASSIT A Beggar Water Color 9 LOUIS EMILE BENASSIT Horsemen Water Color (10) IO STANISLAS LEPINE Quay St. Bernard II NARCGISSE BERCHERE Arabian Encampment 12 VICTOR PIERRE HUGUET Arabian Horseman 13 GEORGES MICHEL Landscape and Cattle 14 ERNEST CHEROT The Sea by Moonlight (11) 15 HENRI LOUIS DUPRAY Military Manceuvres | 16 HENRI LOUIS DUPRAY An Aide-de-Camp 17 EUGENE LOUIS BOUDIN Cows at Pasture 18 EUGENE LOUIS BOUDIN Landscape and Cattle 19 JOHN LEWIS BROWN A Horseman Water Color (12) 20 JOHN LEWIS BROWN The Difficult Road Water Color at GEORGES MICHEL Landscape with Mills 22 MICHEL AND BROWN Horsemen 23 VICTOR PIERRE HUGUET Hawking 24 VICTOR PIERRE HUGUET Windy Weather (13) 25 LOUIS EMILE BENASSIT A Soldier on Horseback 26 LOUIS EMILE BENASSIT Riding Through a Forest 27 LORD EDWIN WEEKS The Declaration 28 CLAUDE MONET Landscape near Giverny 29 CLAUDE MONET Cliffs near Dieppe (14) — caUDE: MONET Vernon sued : Paces PIERRE DE KUYPER . n the Valley of Ange ALFRED SISLEY _ Grapes and Nuts 33 ALFRED SISLEY Autumn at ae le- -roy 34 ? ? a ALFRED SISLEY Winter at Marly-le-roy (15) ae 35 MARCELIN DESBOUTINS The Swordsman 36 CAMILLE PISSARRO Wood Cutter Water Color ae CAMILLE: PISSARRKO Country Woman and Cow Water Color 38 CAMILLE PISSARRO Gathering Peas 39 JOHN LEWIS BROWN Fox Hunting (16) 40 JOHN LEWIS BROWN Piqueur a Cheval 4 EMILE LEVY An Italian Girl 42 EUGENE LOUIS BOUDIN / Sunset 43 EUGENE LOUIS BOUDIN Fishermen near Trouville 44 VICTOR PIERRE HUGUET An Oasis (17) 45 VICTOR PIERRE HUGUET A Yard in Algiers 46 JOHN LEWIS BROWN Bois de Boulogne Pastel 47 JOHN LEWIS BROWN Hunting in a Forest 48 PIERRE AUGUSTE RENOIR An Algerian Girl 49 PIERRE AUGUSTE RENOIR Peaches (18) ate: | ee de - LOUIS EMILE BENASSIT During the War LOUIS EMILE BENASSIT The Alarm 53 LOUIS GESA Fruits 54 ye. LOUIS GESA Fruits (19) 55 PAUL VERNON Fontainebleau 56 PAUL VERNON Horses near a Pond a7 GEORGES BELLENGER Fruits 58 GEORGES BELLENGER Flowers 59 Mut. EVA GONZALES The Orphan Asylum (20) 60 MARCELIN DESBOUTINS A Young Mother pan. ARMAND GAUTHIER Still Life 62 VICTOR GABRIEL GILBERT Summer 63 VICTOR GABRIEL GILBERT Head of a Young Lady (21) SECOND EVENING’S SALE, FRIDAY, MAY 6TH, AT EIGHT O’CLOCK. 64 JEAN LOUIS FORAIN Group of Choristers Water Color 65 EMILE VERNIER St. Jean de Luz 66 AUGUSTE FEYEN-PERRIN Woman at Cancale (22) 67 PAUL VERNON Fontainebleau 968 PAUL VERNON Cows at Pasture | 69 AUGUSTE BOULARD Marine aoe 70 AUGUSTE BOULARD An Ocean View 71 EUGENE LOUIS BOUDIN Trouville (23) 72 EUGENE LOUIS BOUDIN Trouville Pier 73 JOHN LEWIS BROWN Hunting 74 JOHN LEWIS BROWN Horsemen Water Color 75 VICTOR PIERRE HUGUET Gate of a Mosque 76 VICTOR PIERRE HUGUET Ovel el Kantara (24) 77 LOUIS EMILE BENASSIT During the War of La enles [78 LOUIS EMILE BENASSIT During the Directory 79 GEORGES BELLENGER laura > So NARCISSE BERCHERE Arabian Encampment SI GEORGES MICHEL - A Harbor (25) $2 GEORGES MICHEL An Oak 83 LORD EDWIN WEEKS A Scene in Morocco 84 CLAUDE MONET Landscape near Giverny 85 CLAUDE MONET Valley of Nervia 86 CLAUDE MONET Cliffs near Dieppe (26) ee ee ee ee 87 MARCELIN DESBOUTINS Where is Nurse? 88 EUGENE LOUIS BOUDIN Bordeaux 89 EUGENE LOUIS BOUDIN Windy Weather at Sea gO JOHN LEWIS BROWN An Equestrienne QI JOHN LEWIS BROWN The Drill (27) 92 PIERRE AUGUSTE RENOIR Fruits of the South 93 PIERRE AUGUSTE RENOIR Lady Playing on the Piano 94 VICTOR PIERRE HUGUET Colossus of Memnon 95 VICTOR PIERRE HUGUET Near the Cheliff, Algeria 96 EDGAR DEGAS Races Pastel (28) 97 EDGAR DEGAS Races Pastel 98 VICTOR GABRIEL GILBERT Vegetable Market 99 EUGENE LOUIS BOUDIN The Beach at Berck — I1OO EUGENE LOUIS BOUDIN ’ The Harbor of Havre LOU JOHN LEWIS BROWN After the Battle. Water Color (29) 102 JOHN LEWIS BROWN The Atte: 103 LOUIS EMILE BENASSIT Dragoons 104 LOUIS EMILE BENASSIT During the French Revolution 105 ALFRED DEHODENQ Arrest of Charlotte Corday 106 ALFRED SISLEY View of Louveciennes (30) 107 ALFRED SISLEY Canal of Loing 108 ALFRED SISLEY Moret 109 FREDERIC AUGUSTE LAGUILHERMIE An Italian Woman LG peo OR PIERRE BUGUET The Gate of a Mosque IIlf PIERRE EMMANUEL DAMOYE Landscape (31) tie JACQUES EMILE LAFON The Orphans Lis CAMILLE PISSARRO Study of a Market Water Color 114 CAMILLE PISSARRO Peasant Girl and Turkeys — Water Color Tl) CAMILLE PISSARRO The Cavée of Eragny 116 STANISLAS LEPINE Moonlight (32) II7 STANISLAS LEPINE Rue Cortot at Montmartre 118 TUUES- FERRY. During the Siege of Paris II9Q EUGENE LOUIS BOUDIN Trouville Harbor 120 EUGENE LOUIS BOUDIN The Meuse at Dordrecht I21 LOUIS EMILE BENASSIT Horsemen Fighting Water Color (33) 122 LOUIS EMILE BENASSIT Dragoons Water Color ee: VICTOR GABRIEL GILBERT Head of a Child 124 GUSTAVE MAINCENT Montmartre ~ 125 MARCELIN DESBOUTINS The First Steps (34) 126 MARCELIN DESBOUTINS Child Sitting 127 LEOPOLD D’ENTRAYGUES The Two Sisters (35) GETTY RESEARCH INSTITUTE IE 3 3125 01662 6711 pane. Set ee Po oe oe me tas im ae ee iy | t+ ag ats “er 9 Pe Comal - ~ ie eh te ah - Ee ee = ais a = oe, i tend 3 Tap abi et -a al aed etek io ed < Ae Pee ee ee CL etal Ree pk Medi a. tae ~ Or DS oP SC SLY OAe Of Duta) Caer ar oe: SYUTHO LERCH ALR PL eles att i ey ea lehgtsty var" ea a= me Pay COL GS fo" Moves ae CRP Ge REO an SParath i - Cehe