AMERICAN PAINTINGS THE WORK OF THE EMINENT AMERICAN ARTISTS BeEXANDER HARRISON, N.A. AND HIS BROTHER BIRGE HARRISON, N.A. TO BE SOLD AT UNRESTRICTED PUBLIC SALE AT THE AMERICAN ART GALLERIES UNDER THE MANAGEMENT OF foHk AMERICAN ART ASSOCIATION MADISON SQUARE SOUTH NEW YORK LIBRARY M.KNOEDLER & CO, 556-8 Fifth Ave, New York OUN| TPR, IP WII INE WLI, Way ‘AT THE AMERICAN ART GARDE RIGS MADISON SQUARE SOUTH, NEW YORK BEGINNING SATURDAY, APRIL 9ru, 1921 bi AND CONTINUING UNTIL THE DATE OF SALE FROM 9 a. mM. UNTIL 6 Pp. m. THE WORKS OF ALEXANDER HARRISON, N.A. AND HIS BROTHER BIRGE HARRISON, N.A. TO BE SOLD AT UNRESTRICTED PUBLIC SALE QUIN a3 IB WINING? (QF APCS SIDA, AR IRIIL, Oris BEGINNING AT 8.15 O’CLOCK AY Tine AMERVCAN ART GALUERIES MADISON SQUARE SOUTH, NEW YORK CATALOG UE OF THE WORK OF THE EMINENT AMERICAN ARTISTS ALEXANDER HARRISON, N.A. AND HIS BROTHER BIRGE HARRISON, N.A. AND AN IMPORTANT MARBLE BY THE FAMOUS SCULPTOR AUGUSTE RODIN (THE PROPERTY OF ALEXANDER HARRISON, N.A.) TO BE SOLD AT UNRESTRICTED PUBLIC SALE ON TUESDAY EVENING, APRIL 197n, 1921 AA SELES ASIP CAN Ae ie iG aula Ieee Roles SALE TO BE CONDUCTED BY MR. THOMAS E. KIRBY AND HIS ASSISTANT, MR. OTTO BERNET, OF THE AMERICAN ART ASSOCIATION, MANAGERS NEW YORK CITY THE AMERICAN ART ASSOCIATION DESIGNS ITS CATALOGUES AND DIRECTS ALL DETAILS OF ILLUSTRATION TEXT AND TYPOGRAPHY ALEXANDER HARRISON AND BIRGE HARRISON INTRODUCTORY NOTE The present collection of the works of Alexander Harrison contains a score or more of the pictures of the sea with which his fame is iden- tified as well as a number of landscapes, with subjects in France, which manifest the same truth of observation as his marines. The artist, a pupil of Gérome, at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts, first attracted favorable notice at the Paris Salon in the early eighties with a picture en- titled “Chateaux en Espagne,” a Brittany fisher boy lying prone on a sandy beach, a smile on his face as he indulges im day dreams of future greatness, and this success was soon followed by the exhibition of his famous canvas, “Le Crépuscule,” which both in Europe and the United States marked the beginning of that high reputation which places him in the front rank of American artists, a reputation added to and made secure by many works that have come from his easel in the past thirty years and have been seen in practically all the great art centers at home and abroad. Like William T. Dannat and Walter Gay, Alexander Harrison has made his home and developed his artistic career in France, though he makes frequent visits to the land of his birth. Part of each year he spends in some of his much loved haunts near the ocean in Brittany and, latterly, the winters in the French possessions in Northern Africa. Wherever he sojourns and whatever may be the subjects he chooses he brings to his work the same penetrating insight and the same truthful observation of nature’s thousand phases that have for so long distinguished his production and that give him a high place among the artists of our time, whose development has steadily advanced through the recording stages, the ground work necessary to every painter, to the full maturity of the thinking interpreter. Mr. Harrison is an Academician of the National Academy of De- sign, a member of the Society of American Artists, of the Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts, Paris, and of the Royal Institute of Paint- ers, London. He has received many distinguished honors at the great exhibi- tions at home and abroad and is an officer of the French Legion of Honor. No more can come to him than he has already received ; the list is a very long one. His pictures are in the Metropolitan Museum, where the “Castles in Spain,” mentioned above, found a place in the perma- nent collection in 1912; in the Luxembourg Gallery, in the museums of Philadelphia, Washington, Chicago, St. Louis and those of many of the European capitals. He continues to be a regular exhibitor at the Salon and at the Academy and, as the years pass by, shows the same un- flagging interest in his painting and the same steady work that have brought him the unique place he holds in modern pictorial art. The career of Birge Harrison, N.A., though starting at the same time and in the same way as that of his brother, in Paris, where he was a pupil of Cabanel, at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts, has been different in that he came back to the United States in the mid-eighties, as did other American artists who have since gained fame and honors. He has found his subjects in various places, as the seven pictures in the present collection testify, and has received many honors at home and abroad. He is represented in the prominent American art museums as well as in the Luxembourg Gallery and other European public collec- tions. His work shows steady development from the faithful study of nature sur place to the higher stages of the rendering of fleeting effects, and all of it is marked by individual characteristics of the sort that constitute art that is enduring. Witrram A. Corrin. N. B.—Accompanying the Alexander Harrison Collection in the present Sale is a marble group, Le Baiser, by the famous French sculp- tor Rodin, which has been for a long time a cherished possession of the American artist. It is a work of the sculptor’s best period, and quite worthy to rank with the examples in the Musée Rodin, in Paris, where, under the control of the State, the life work of the sculptor is permanently placed on exhibition. 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American: 1853— N: / of pha I—DIAMOND HEAD, HAW All tsa ran Re ( 3 Re ieee (Panel) Height, 1284 inches; length, 16 inches Tuer waters of the Pacific fill the foreground and reflect the lights of a city on shore, in the middle distance; at right, beyond, rises a moun- tain peak. Sky of broken clouds, lighted by the moon, which is outside the limits of the composition. Signed at the lower left: A. Harrison. ALEXANDER HARRISON, N.A. AmeERIcAN: 1853— 2—A LONELY FARM Le Nay ( 5 (Panel) Gi Height, 18 inches; length, 16 inches In the foreground, a broad green meadow; in middle distance, a farm house and barn; at right, a slope with trees; sky of gray clouds and blue. Signed at the lower right: A. Harrison. ALEXANDER HARRISON, N.A. American: 1853— 3—MARINE Kn (Panel) ~ i ne Height, 12% inches; length, 16 inches Tur sea, its waves illumined by a crescent moon which is seen high up in a clouded sky, laps the beach in the right foreground; on horizon, at right, some distant specks of light where a town stands on a head- land. Signed at the lower right: A. Harrison. ALEXANDER HARRISON, N.A. American: 1853— 4—RUNNING WATER, BRITTANY nO y, "Va aoe Or (Panel) y Vialv= © \ L. grr _ { « — ‘ps Height, 13 inches; length, 16 inches | A sroox running through the foreground, a meadow and low stone retaining wall, at right; trees and hills in middle distance; gray sky with notes of pink in upper part. Signed at the lower left: A. Harrison. ALEXANDER HARRISON, N.A. American: 1853— i ow, f: if f * pJue &%. JU Ler 5—SPRINGTIME IN a ‘i (Panel) A / j Height, 13 inches; length, 16 inches. A tanpscapE with green fields, yellow gorse and groups of trees in the foreground and a view beyond of valley, hills and stream—all in the tender hues of springtime. Pale gray sky, tinged with blue. Signed at the lower right: A. Harrison. BIRGE HARRISON, N.A. AMERICAN: 1854— 6—APRIL MORNING Way P ° Height, 16 inches; length, 20 inches . 7 = In the right foreground, on the bank of a river, a level patch of garden ground with a woman spreading out clothes to dry; farther away other pieces hanging on a line and a couple of frame buildings. Across the water, on the shore, are buildings and, in the distance, a bridge, all backed by a high hill dimly seen through morning mists. The sun, outside the picture, breaks through the sky of light clouds and gleams on the river. Signed at the lower left: Brrck Harrison. ALEXANDER HARRISON, N.A. American: 1853— 4 a) ty 7—SUBURBS OF CAIRO 35° — Height, 1584 inches; length, 231 inches A HARMONY in yellow-grays and blue in which buildings and domes of Cairo appear in the middle distance beyond a flat foreground of sand. Blue sky. Signed at the lower left: A. Harrison. ALEXANDER HARRISON, N.A. American: 1853— 8—BACKW ATERS Me G 9 PC, Sh es Height, 1534 inches; length, 23% inches A wanpscaPE, with harmonies of greens and yellows, depicting the smooth waters of a stream reflecting the foliage of trees which grow thickly on the banks and fill the middle portion of the picture. In upper centre, a glimpse of gray sky. Signed at the lower left: A. Harrison. BIRGE HARRISON, N.A. American: 1854— 9—GOLDEN HAZE i Al 4 we Height, 19 inches; length, 24 inches 4 / 7 ¢/ Tue smooth waters of a broad river, with a sailboat at right, occupy the foreground while in the middle distance appears the line of the shore, with buildings and smoking chimneys, at left. The sky of warm misty gray is reflected in the water, but along the shore line there is a broad streak of gold, produced by the light of the sun which is outside of HAS NG tae Signed at the lower left: Bircr Harrison. ALEXANDER HARRISON, N.A. American: 18538-— y, 10—TANGIERS Ve - oe Height, 17 inches; length, 28°4 inches . View from a height, with small buildings at right and left, of the city of Tangiers lying below, its roofs and walls showing many tints. Be- yond, with curving beach and a range of mountains, is the sea and, overhead, a sky of white clouds in blue. Signed at the lower right: A. Harrison. ALEXANDER HARRISON, N.A. American: 1853 1I—LEVER DE LUNE HY. Publ = ML AANAMA AN)» 4 OF Height, 18 inches; length, 2934 inches A marine of simple motive and poetic aspect. The lower part of the picture shows the sea in gentle wave motion and on the horizon is a low shore line with some points of lights, at left. Overhead, ris- ing above clouds of violet brown, is the full moon, its light pervading the blue-gray spaces of the sky and shedding its beams on the fore- ground waves. : 5 i Signed at the lower left: A. Harrison. BIRGE HARRISON, N.A. American: 1854— . ¥ L.A ot 12—FIFTH AVENUE IN WINTER Te 16) Height, 30 mches; width, 18 inches ( A scENE on Fifth Avenue, before the advent of automobiles, with han- som cabs and other horse drawn vehicles making their way over a light fall of snow. Dwellings and churches are seen at right and at left and pedestrians tramp the snow covered sidewalks. Sky of warm gray. Signed at lower right: Brrem Harrison. ALEXANDER HARRISON, N.A. American: 1853 13—NYMPH OF THE BIRCHES yee 2514 inches square AX» lo. /0. Wr + In a grove of young birch trees with sun filtering through the foliage and making patches of light on the ground, a nude female figure is depicted in back view, her right arm raised with hand resting on the silvery trunk of one of the trees. Signed at the lower left: A. Harrison. ALEXANDER HARRISON, N.A. American: 18538— 14—HAUX ET SABLES Wr ° peer Height, 1724 inches; length, 311 inches / 4 . Warers and sands are composed in this picture to form a harmony of pale blues and yellow grays. An inlet winds in from the sea and bends, in the foreground, in graceful curves while on either side sand dunes slope upward, with a strip of green and a few houses in the distance, to meet a sky of pearl gray clouds. Signed at the lower left: A. Harrison. ALEXANDER HARRISON, N.A. American: 1853 15V AGUES DOREES fp £4 Or : Pe) f ~~ 08 Height, 12 inches; length, 40 inches A GREEN sea with movement of the waves to right, where they break in the foreground and spread out with foaming edges on the beach. At extreme right, a sailing vessel; overhead, sky of gray clouds with spaces of yellow-white which, in reflection, give accenting notes on the green waters. Signed at the lower left: A. Harrison. iA) Ry » ALEXANDER HARRISON, N.A AmeERIcAN: 1853— 16_VAGUES BRETONNES ‘ Height, 12 inches; length, 40 inches A marine depicting a wide expanse of ocean with green, turbulent waves rolling into the foreground, where a bit of water soaked beach appears at left; sky of qualified blue with drifting white clouds; a ship on the horizon, at left. Signed at the lower right: A. Harrison. ALEXANDER HARRISON, N.A. American: 1853— 17—LA BRETAGNE ae See 1 46 Height, 12 inches; length, 40 inches A smoorn sea fills the picture, with beach in the foreground, under a sky of pale, warm gray. On the horizon, at right, a long line of shore where roofs of buildings glitter in sunlight and a schooner passes slowly with all sails up. At left, in the distance, a steamer. Signed at the lower right: A. Harrison. ALEXANDER HARRISON, N.A. American: 18538— 18—LES VAGUES ‘ -s° Height, 16 inches; length, 40 inches ¢ ( ¢ Tue open sea in this composition is depicted in a generally prevailing cast of blue-green and waves in the foreground break into foam as they spread over an invisible beach. In the middle distance a strip of light on the waters is made by the sun striking through a rift in the gray clouds which fill the sky except where some spaces of blue are seen. Signed at the lower right: Auex. Harrison. ALEXANDER HARRISON, N.A. American: 1853— 19—SWIMMING GIRL Te a ed 4 Height, 1734 inches; length, 29%4 inches In the quiet waters of a little river where they lie in cool shade a girl is seen swimming, her head and shoulders rising from the water. Lily pads and reeds appear near the banks and sunlight filters through the green foliage of trees. Signed at the lower right: A. Harrison. ALEXANDER HARRISON, N.A. American: 18538— 20—INNOCENCE a ee ca bom Height, 1984, inches; length, 31% inches Nupe seated figure of a young girl on the bank of a stream. With the right hand resting on the trunk of a willow she leans forward as she gazes into the water. Signed at the lower right: A. Harrison. ALEXANDER HARRISON, N.A. American: 1853— 21—TIDAL INLET 2714 inches square ‘ho? é 72 We OX. ae : 5 : 4230 © (Frame in circle; diameter, 26 inches) Gray sands in foreground with tidal inlet forming a graceful pattern and the waters reflecting the delicate grays of a sky which rises above the blue sea in middle distance and shows tints of pink and blue on the upper part. Signed at the lower right: A. Harrison. ALEXANDER HARRISON, N.A. American: 1853 22-LES CY PRES PD, j oy oO ayn 2 d Height, 2334 inches; length, 284 inches ae « Hi A LANDSCAPE with green meadows in the foreground, a valley in middle distance with slopes on either side and, near the middle of the picture, a group of cypresses and another single tree, at right. In the distance, a range of mountains; sky of pale grays. Signed at the lower left: A. Harrison. ALEXANDER HARRISON, N.A. AmeERiIcAn: 1853— 23-—VENICE BY MOONLIGHT yee. tn , ov Height, 20 inches; length, 30 inches A moonuicutT effect in Venice on a misty night, the smooth sea in the foreground and the sky of clouds, in which the moon is seen but dimly, depicted in warm grays qualified with pale blues and pink. On the right, in the middle distance, buildings of the city with lights and, at left farther away, other buildings and lamp lights. Signed at the lower left: A. Harrison. [ wy ALEXANDER HARRISON, N.A. AmeERIcAN: 1853— 24—PLEINE MER ‘ > id re « ae kerr, Height, 20 inches; length, 30 inches : A marine depicting the ocean without beaches, shores or headlands. In the lower half of the composition the waters are in comparatively gentle motion and a sail is dimly seen on the left. The sky is composed of gray clouds with the veiled sun in the upper right centre. Signed at the lower left: A. Harrison. ALEXANDER HARRISON, N.A. American: 1853 25—THE LAGOON Y} ly hee Height, 20 inches; length, 314% inches In the central portion of wide, sandy beaches which le between slopes on the right and left, are the winding waters of a lagoon which enters from the sea, concealed from view by the rismg ground. Sky of gray clouds. Signed at the lower left: A. Harrison. ALEXANDER HARRISON, N.A. American: 1853 26—BRETON SANDS Height, 18 inches; length, 36 inches 4, © A wipe stretch of sandy beach, with an inlet of the sea at right, fills the lower part of the picture. On the right, also, in middle distance, are shores with trees and a windmill; gray sky. Signed at the lower right: A. Harrison. f¢ ALEXANDER HARRISON, N.A. AmeERIcAN: 1853— 27—-MIDNIGHT id A 4 i qc eee Height, 2134 inches; length, 3134 inches A nicut effect in which the moon, glowing rosy red as it rises through the mists which obscure the horizon, where at left are the lights of a town, sheds its beams on the dark waters of a harbor in the fore- ground. Signed at the lower right: A. Harrison. BIRGE HARRISON, N.A. AMERICAN: 1854— 23—ON LAKE CAYUGA S790 Height, 24 inches; length, 30 inches , + Ix the right centre of the expanse of waters of Lake Cayuga, which occupy the lower part of the picture, is a tug with black smoke rising from the funnel and spreading out before a sky of white clouds inter- mingled with blue. In the middle distance, near the shores which cross the canvas, the water is illumined by a gleam of sunlight. Signed at the lower left: Birczk Harrison. ALEXANDER HARRISON, N.A. AMERICAN: 1858— 29—ALPES DU MIDI Pos Oy A oy Height, 221% inches; length, 3114, inches A LANDSCAPE in southeastern France, with meadow lands in foreground, scattered trees in middle distance and, beyond, a range of snow capped mountains. Sky of pale gray. Signed at the lower right: A. Harrison. is ALEXANDER HARRISON, N.A. AMERICAN: 1853— 30—OLIVE TREES WC : wre we Xen -96 Height, 23 inches; length, 31%4 inches { In the middle distance, beyond a foreground of pink, brown, gray and faded green herbage, groups of olive trees stretch across the composi- tion, their gray-green foliage in contrast to the pale blue waters of the sea which le under a sky of gray tinged with notes of pink, the whole forming an agreeable harmony of qualified color. Signed at the lower left: A. Harrison. ALEXANDER HARRISON, N.A. AMERICAN: 18538 31—SAND PRAIRIE Js : es Height, 2134 inches; length, 35%4 inches A wipe sandy foreground sloping upward to left and covered, in patches, with green herbage; in middle distance, at right, a river, trees and farm buildings; at left, a windmill and, in distance, low hills; gray sky. : ° ay uae ara Signed at the lower right: A. Harrison. BIRGE HARRISON, N.A. American: 1854— 382—THE EDGE OF THE PARK ri fh WE Height, 30 inches; width, 25 inches A wrxTer scene in the City of New York with the point of view at 59th Street and 7th Avenue, looking East. The broad parkside with snow cleared away and heaped up to make a space for walking fills the foreground and on the right are the Navarro apartments, in shadow. Farther away other buildings are seen along the street and in the distance is the facade of the Hotel Netherland illumined by the setting sun.’ The sky is composed of gray clouds and sombre blue. Signed at the lower left: Brrczr Harrison. BIRGE HARRISON, N.A. AmeErican: 1854— — if ge ¢ J 33MOONLIGHT Dias (iv reo SOD - oF Height, 25 inches; length, 30 inches A wInTER moonlit landscape with snow covered foreground where wheel tracks are seen leading through an opening in a low stone wall to a house with low, sloping roofs. Lamplight shines in the windows and bare trees environ it, the whole under a night sky of darkened blue. Signed at the lower right: Biren Harrison. ALEXANDER HARRISON, N.A. AMERICAN: 1853— lh f 34— LUNE CALME Mase roe Apes ai! Height, 23°4 inches; length, 32% inches N Iw this characteristic composition the sea, slowly moving in lazy waves, laps the beach in the foreground and extends to the horizon where, on the left, is a headland with lights. Above, in a partly clouded sky, the moon is seen and sheds its beams on the waters. Signed at the lower left: A. Harrison. ALEXANDER HARRISON, N.A. AMERICAN: 1853— j = pf . 35—SOLITUDE COs: SF | a Pe < Height, 24 inches; length, 311% inches In the middle distance on the edge of a flat plain covered with dry herbage, occupying the foreground and overlooking the blue sea, stands a tall tree, its foliage reaching the top of the picture, and on either side of it a small stunted tree. Sky of blue-gray. Signed at tle lower right: A. Harrison. BIRGE HARRISON, N.A. AMERICAN: 1854— y y, A. ff 7 A» | pV is 36-—SUNBURST AT SEA JAA’ btu < , Oo Height, 28 inches; length, 30 inches THe sea, occupying the lower part of the composition, extends to a low horizon where a steamer, at right, is proceeding and a narrow strip of sunlight illumines the waters in its wake. High above rises a sky of slaty-blue clouds broken in the central portion by a sunburst where tints of pink, pale gray and qualified blue appear and form a concen- trating point in the unified general effect. Signed at the lower left: Brrczk Harrison. ALEXANDER HARRISON, N.A. AMERICAN: 1853— | dy 37—ALPES MARITIMES NV CkAApAnke 47) ve Height, 221% inches; length, 32 inches Tue foreground of this landscape consists of a level field with some orchard trees at right. In the middle distance are farm buildings with red roofs, a white chateau and a forest. Beyond are seen the Maritime Alps, rising high and snow covered. Pale blue sky with thin, white cirrus clouds. Signed at the lower left: A. Harrison. ALEXANDER HARRISON, N.A. American: 18538 38—LE SOIR ‘so: MM Sf om & Height, 24 inches; length, 351% inches A cotor harmony in crimson tints with accents of gray, depicting the ocean rolling in with gentle movement of the waves which break in the foreground into foam and, overhead, the full moon rising in a sky of clouds. Signed at the lower right: A. Harrison. Exhibited at the Salon of the Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts, Paris, 1920. g ALEXANDER HARRISON, N.A. AMERICAN: 1853— if * = SOCK 6 tee ! cee iw a 39VENISE DOREE Cle - Height, 20 inches; length, 36 inches/ A syMpHony in yellow and gray, depicting the waters of the Bay of Venice in very slight movement and a space of beach in the left fore- ground. In the middle distance, at right, buildings, towers and domes of the city; at left, a boat with red sail. Evening sky of pale yellow with gray clouds. : ee ‘ Signed at the lower left: A. Harrison. ALEXANDER HARRISON, N.A. AmeERiIcAN: 1853— 40—SEAWEED BOY NL tent a a 31%4 mches square Tue nude figure of a lad in side view to left, standing in the shallow waters of the sea, where they lap a strip of beach in the foreground, and pulling from the waves a long strand of seaweed. Beyond lies the rippling surface of the sea extending to a headland on the right and peacock be eunke nt. Signed at the lower left: A. Harrison. ALEXANDER HARRISON, N.A. AMERICAN: 1853— 41—NU AGES—ECUME ) e Height, 211% imches; length, 32 inches ee 72 ¢ “ Tue wide expanse of the ocean with a little space of beach showing at the lower left and a point of land in the left middle distance. The waves, delicate grass green in color, are rolling in and breaking into pink-white foam. The sky of pale blue with white cirrus clouds pre- suggesting to the artist the title, sents a distinguishing feature “Clouds—Foam,” given to the picture—in a mass of purple clouds which rises above the horizon in fantastic forms. Signed at the lower left: A. Harrison. ALEXANDER HARRISON, N.A. AMERICAN: 1853 42—PECHEURS DE NUIT ff. W- 6X ban Height, 2144 inches ; length, 32 inches j ae A x A wibE expanse of ocean well out from land, with a French fishing vessel in the central middle distance, heading toward the spectator with sails well filled and lights showing at starboard and port. Another boat is following at some distance behind, and on the horizon, at left, are lights indicating the harbor from which they have put out. A dark sky of clouds and light on the water from an unseen moon complete the picture. ALEXANDER HARRISON, N.A. American: 1853— P 2 | t , 43—LUNE VENITIENNE DAA. ‘_ AL Ae a 2eFf (48 Height, 20 inches; length, 331 inches Tue lower half of the composition is occupied by the waters of the Adriatic in the Bay of Venice, showing but little movement as they slowly roll into the foreground, the waves spreading out in graceful curves. On the horizon the towers and lights of the city, at the right, and, at the left, other towers and buildings, with lights also, all re- flected on the smooth surfaces of the sea. Overhead, in a partly clouded sky, the full moon shines softly, its light by reflection kissing the eee. Signed at the lower left: A. Harrison. ALEXANDER HARRISON, N.A. American: 1853— 44—SOLEIL COUCHANT yf ; ( : ¢ AY , . : : : 2 —y -“- , = ip Height, 2014 inches; length, 36 inches -- & f A sunsET effect at sea with the waves rolling in on a sandy beach; shores, at left, extending, with headlands, into the distance; sky of modified blue with warm tints and scattered clouds. The sun is seen, in left center, near the horizon, setting over the violet-tinged waters. Signed at the lower left: A. Harrison. ALEXANDER HARRISON, N.A. American: 1853— . y ee 45—LA BRETAGNE NU EK ACeg! eo : ree By as () Height, 24 inches; length, 351% inches A smootu blue sea, reflecting a sky of gray-blue, rolls slowly in on a sandy beach in the right foreground, the waters spreading out with lines of foam. From the right middle distance the shore extends in a graceful curve to a point at left, where in still darker blue waters are two white sails. Signed at the lower right: A. Harrison. ALEXANDER HARRISON, N.A. American: 18538 46—EAUX VENITIENNES \t pray (Suck 90 Height, 27% inches; length, 391/, inches Tue rippling waters of the Adriatic fill the lower part of the picture and, overhead, is a sunset sky with notes of pink, yellow, blue and gray which are repeated by reflection on the sea. In left middle distance, a boat with crimson sails; on horizon, at right, buildings of Venice. Signed at the lower right: A. Harrison. ALEXANDER HARRISON, N.A. AMERICAN? 1858— 4 47-SUN FOAM Via NV ed 7 = [ALO On, i @«¥ Height, 23°4 inches; length, 47 inches A MARINE with a simple motive of sea, with waves rolling in and break- ing into foam as they spread over the beach. The sun, above the limits of the composition, pours its light on the white clouds in the sky of blue and makes dancing reflections on the moving waters. Signed at the lower left: A. Harrison. ALEXANDER HARRISON, N.A. AmeERIcAN: 1853— \\ 48—MOON CLOUDS Ne bah el Ne -96 Height, 2324 inches; length, 47 inches \ Over a sea, with breakers rolling into the forward plane of the picture, the moon is seen shining clearly in a space of blue amid cloud forms of warm gray, its light reflected on the waters. Signed at the lower left: A. Harrison. ALEXANDER HARRISON, N.A. AMERICAN: 18538— 49—LA MER ROSE Y 73 View fot >t t.srr yi AA “06 A 2 Height, 24 inches; length, 47% inches Wirx a horizon placed high in the composition, just above which the moon is emerging from pink-tinted clouds, the gray-green ocean lies in vast expanse. In the foreground is a beach of sand on which roll the incoming waves, their crests tinted pink by the light of the sky. Signed at the lower left: A. Harrison. ALEXANDER HARRISON, N.A. AMERICAN: 18538— 50—MOONLIGHT AT SEA S Height, 271% inches; length, 474 inches Tue ocean, with waves rolling in and breaking into foam in the fore- ground, a bit of the beach appearing at right. Overhead, a sky of purple gray with the full moon well up, its beams reflected on the waters. On the horizon, at extreme right, the lights of a town. Signed at the lower right: A. Harrison. ALEXANDER HARRISON, N.A. AMERICAN: 1853 51—LUNE—VAGUES Z , {« , Hh. Oc -Cornrrerey Ox : Height, 291% inches; length, 47% inches a / | Tue forepart of this picture shows great, tossing breakers rolling in from a sea which lies under a night sky with some clouds sweeping upward from the horizon and, above them, the full moon. | Signed at the lower left: A. Harrison. AUGUSTE RODIN Frencu: 1840—1917 52—LE BAISER (Marble) ae ir : ] aot ~/ Yj : ae : erie Beit nb “ly “Sry -eight, 15 inches; width, 1514 inches; length, 261% inches { 7 A croup of two nude figures, a prostrated young man and, bending over him, a young woman who holds him in close embrace with her face pressed close to his as she kisses him. A light drapery partially veils the lower part of the legs of the female figure. An important example, both in subject and technical treatment, of the work of the renowned French sculptor. “One note in Rodin’s greatness was simplicity of conception and appeal to the imagination either realistic or fantastic. In the case of ‘Le Baiser’ one sees the typical woman of pity bending over the exhausted or discouraged (perhaps by her refusal? or voluntary neglect) male. You know the ‘Oh woman in our hours of ease, etc., etc., and Rodin knew her well on both sides, and offers a synthetic illus- tration in this ‘Le Baiser’.” Property of Alexander Harrison, N. A. AMERICAN ART ASSOCIATION, Mawnacers. THOMAS E. KIRBY, AUCTIONEER. 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