ele pe uae: eh Mita mene eae t Sear i LIBRARY | |M. KNOEDLER & CO. | 556-8 FIFTH AVE. — ~NEW YORK i i lil I ilk aa a ea ah TN es ox 4 1914, -— Buyers ; | ‘ No. Thos. 3. Walker 130. ¥,. Ae Luce 139. de de Heatherton 140. Urse J« Ms Mossman 444, E. Simms L426 Geo. A. Travers 1436 C. Klackner 144. EH. Simms 145. Col. He. Js Foster 146, f. Glendenning 147. Re Je LeBoeuf 148. Je G. Spurr 449, Mrs. J. ile Mossman 150. Price. 8 200.00 230.00 390.00 710.00 © 420» O00 i 295.00 oi 359 2Q0 410.00 790.00 65.90 659.00 650.00 850.00 450.00 650,00 720.200 800.400 610,00 _ WT. MeDowell Buyer. Le De Ge Rohlfs df. He de Honez Bs HE. Dickinson Ym. Crawford 0, Klackner Mrse de Me Hosanan W. Skimmer Ge Klackner Otto Bernet [Agentd Ge Elackner Be Sirms Cadelic Donough He Js Meniz i 0» Bernet (Agent) x ty Miss PLN. Parso ne ir, Steinmetz Abraham Straus LIBRARY he |M. KNOEDLER & CO. | 556-8 FIFTH AVE. NEW YORK , a ( Rota j he 2 ae ‘ : a 4 uf m t “ 1 109. 165.00 Je Hopkins hed —_ 110. = = 310.00 e Sitimner eae if a3 Tlie. ° 325.00 Ve Davy | : 112. 200,00 Snedecor & Co. 113. ~ 280.00 irs. J. M. Mossman 114.) 200.00 7, Austin 115, 250.00 F. A. Luce Sy 165.00). Hy ds *Heniz f 4 160,00... -H. E. Dickinson © | Leg: Fix vs ag He D. G. Rohifs obi i. y ret vo : ak ¥ Serb. . . oe AS) - s Ps de he Sau 7 ABA February 9-104. 191 B off 25,00 Se civen. Price. 456 67450 AG. 45400 A. 65400 434 280.06 496 75400 50. 90.4096 “Ble 67.50 52. 99490 Boe 90400 54 * 110.00 55s 60,.0¢ 56e 122.50 57. 285 400 : | | 58, 95400 ty De Gs Rohife Ire 59» 79200 Ps Baek Ot scaly anf fe 60. 70400 ne eee bag ee: 3 6le 70490 J. Hopkins ~ Sr cen 75,00 He De Oe Rohlfa Jr. | a lian Rohe Rohe. : Ge m0 .00 Said Bros ket Gallery 65+ 115,00 — BEE A, Someter 46. 180.00 <%, Willians 67» W000 He Re Ge Rohlfs: tee RTs B00 Weltemeyer Bros. 69. 199.00 Be He Keyes a si 228. * 86400, Px anetin 706 75400 Ee J. Kelly oe 2500 the, 7le --'109400 Abraham Straus ck S608 45.50 Wt a Pe Conklin The 82450 CHAS « Rohe . « : Sl. . 45900 -. Broadway Art Gallories 7+ 75_00 Re de Orr hg: ae . 80.00° Otto Bernot (Arent) ‘ie 100400 Those SC. Harden 33. | 35.00 H, Williams 75. 400.00 Otto Bernet (Agent) 34, 27.50 °° . t, Austin 760 755400 C. Kiackner i She 35.90. = Broadway Art Gallerios 77. See Holland Art Galleries — 360° B4B0 “Bd Fu HoDonough 73. 225.00 Chas. Rohe | ole 37650 - Broadway Art Galleries 79 600.00 He He Dickinson f BO. 50,00 Be Dodd Ge = 90000 Ty Le Adame ; 393. 27450 *.. Conklin Sl. 55.00 Chase Ee Heyman rh 40. 27480 > Re J. Kelly B26 75.00 Mrse Je ie Mossman = « 41, 59.00 Je Bolan 83.5 70400 de & Ropkings oA \ a 75.99. Se Williams Ske 50209 Ge Le Parker 4c. 49.090 ode Ae Johnetor 85, Bat B, Ri cv oo és. “H9%a0 it. Beast *® Price. ote ot sie £ ‘2 525 400 200,00 280400 200.00 250200 165.00 160,00 140 @ 39 070400 290.00 220.00 410.00 4109 410.90 500.00 32000 320.00 375.00 450.00 540 400 410.00 550 600 1400.09 Ye Thos. 8. Valker F, Aw Ince . ide ds Heatherton — °° Mire. J. i. Mossman B. Simms Geo. A, Travers Si de: ‘Klackner tes Ze Simns et a Cols: +. ve Foster T. Glendenning Re J. LeBoouf de Ge Spurr “os Urte Js Me Mossman Mr. White Mr. Whitmore As Cy. Van Glassbeck Hire, J. Mossman He gd Heniz Ym. Sittenhan We Re Tarmer Abraham Straus Otto Bernet (Arent) Je Hopkins } ea Sinner ‘mene: ‘Pohiman- Snedecor & Cos Mirse Js ii, Mossman , Austin ¥Y, A. Imov He. Js Honig Be Ee Dickinson He D, G. Rohifs Jr. iy. ¥ ‘ind lay Wme Ds Rdwards He da Heniz Mr. Hitchcock C. Klackner Mr. White Hel Heoniz Miss &. BR. Wellington « A. Luce 0. Klackner Otto Bernet (Agent) Mr. Findlay OQ. Klackner We Te MeDowell iit» Ee Simne Bw Be: Keyes — , Co Dew Thee eS ROB. Be jalker i of en Re Ravenite: ‘ 4 ey ‘ ' ea (Po . $f ey We aE ss = — : C.Jalle Donouch ae. ae Heniz - By: oder fee Miss. Mr. Steinmetz . Pe Wale MeDowell — : Abraham Straus False Parso ns Broadway Art Galleries Otto Bernet({Arent) / We Williams 3, Austin. Broadway Art Galleries Ce J. UeDonough Broadway Art Galleries He. K. Dodd FP, Conklin BE. Jd. Eelly Js Holan Ye Williams J. Ae Johnston Ee d. Kelly ETE ee Otto Bernet (Agent) E. E. Keyes Abraham Straus Chas. Rohe Re de Orr THOS « Ce Harden Otto Bernet (Agent) G. Elackner Holland Art Galleries Chase Rohe BR. E. Dickinson Us ia Le Adams Chas. E. Heyman Mrse de ite BOSSMAN J. #. Hopkins G. L. Parker E. E. Meylis 7, Austin ; | oo Sale Of The Finished Pictures and Studies by J. G. Brown, Ne Ae American Art Galleries. j _ February 9-10, 1914. 3 Only prices of; 25.00 and upwards given. 430 86 Bagg. PYyOS Spurr 466 45.00 Henry Schultheis 47. 65.00 Geo.B. Wheeler 43.6 280.00 Henry Schultheis 49. 75.00 &. &. Dickinson 50. 90.00 Herbert A. Heyn 51. 67.50 Jass Hopkins 7 52. 90.00 Henry D. G. Rolfs dr. | BS» 90.90 R. Ae Johnston 54. . 110200 Henry Schultheis 55. 60.00 Weitemeyer Brose 56. | 422.50 Rohe (Wm.) 87. 285.00 VW. Williams 58. 95.00 He D. Ge Rohilfs Jr. 59. 970,00 2.2). 2 tt rt 606 , Sa fe iad a, 61. 70.00 Che Se tae aes a eel ams a DU eta Seen a a ahtte Te é nea > = dt i oe —_ £SBtn eee Ue AST y 79 of Late Artist’s or Sold for $7,231—$755 for ‘Watch- ; ing the Parade.’ ¥} x) OS TER et BIG CROWD OF BIDDERS Be : hp | “Three for Five,” a Small Boy with Carnations, Fetches $600; “Her Past Record,” $400. — The first half of the collection of pietures of the late J. G. Brown, the least important of the finished pictures and studies left by the artist, were sold at the American Art Galleries last even- ing, the seventy-nine bringing $7,281.50. The large sales guilery was crowded se that late comers could hardly find entrance, and there were no seats. The Buyers were largely dealers and the ‘prices were low: The highest price of the Plena 8 Was $755, given by C. Klack-, ner for ** Watching the Parade,” a ty PR. ieal J. G. Brown picture—a group ol ‘eight small boys and girls of the street ‘lined up to see-the passing procession... ° “Three for Five,’’ a small boy with earnations, one of the largest of the pictures sold last evening, 60 by 36, }went to E. Dickinson for $600, ©The Holland Galleries paid $310 for ‘ Sym- athy,’’ a discouraged bootblack and his $225 for ‘Home Comforts,’? a plainly ressed old woman wearing a cap and | warming her feet in the oven of the range of the kitchen, which fs also her sleeping room;.‘ Her Past Record,” a farmer in blue overalls telling the. his- | tery of his old white mare to a fellow farmer, went to Bernet, agent, for $400. “M™he Deacon,” prim and wrinkled, went to William Crawford for ‘$359; “Thanksgiving Time,’ -mother at the pantry window preparing a pumpkin for pies, went to H. J. Williams for $255; a lot of newsboys scrambling for apers was a sketch for. ‘ The» Last dition,’ which went to Henry Schul- theis for $280. Some of the pictures went for as iow as $50. ; The sale will be coneluded this eyven- ing. THRONG OF BIDDERS FOR BROWN PICTURES 14 Urchins, Brings Highest | Price of Sale, $1,610. ' $800 FOR ‘SIDEWALK DANCE’ “Troubles Ahead,” Two Boys Pre- | paring for a Fight, Fetches $790— Total for 155 Pictures, $31,607. There was another large gathering at the American Art Galleries last night of people who wished to see J. G. Brown’s newsboys and dogs sold: There was not a seat vacant and a crowd stood in thé doors all the evening. It was the con- cluding sale and the 155 finished pics tures and studies brought $31,607. The returns for the previous evening’s sale was $24,377. There were larger pictures and of greater importance than’ on the first evening, ‘Heels Over Head,’’ a canvas 40 by 60. inches, 14 urchins, bootblacks and others, and one of the number on his hands, his feet against the wali, “ heels oyer head,’ while the other boys look on, brought the highest price. of. the evening. It was the last picture sold and went to Abraham & Straus for $1,610. The sketch for ‘‘The Last Edi-! tion’ sold on Monday night for $280; the finished picture, ‘‘ The Last FEdi-| tion,” 44 inches by 32, was bought last evening by Col. H. J. Foster for $850, “The Sidewalk Dance,’? a scene in front of the artist's Forty-second. Street home, went to ' Steinnetz for $800; “Troubles Ahead,'' two sturdy urchins preparing. for a fight, went to Bernet, agent, for $790, and William Crawford paid $710 for ‘* Mischief Brewing,’ three small chaps, one of whom is whisper- ing a secret. Other pictures bringing the higher prices with the purchasers were: His New Friends, Simms... 6.240 ue. see ons $310 The Veteran, J; G, Spurr, Albany... )..... 507: The Study: Hour, William Skinner.....: 310 Ready for Sea, John D. Tomlinson.,... 825 Village Blacksmith, Pindlay..... 2.212... 3d SeBuy an Pup tt CH COGK ve seats - 410 Deb Times. Co. RACKHEer sss kis «ecole sree oars 430 |} Money No Object, White. ..... PEE Se IA 410 i an etl an i ed a AN ON FREE PUBLIC VIEW FROM 9 A.M. UNTIL 6 P.M. AT THE AMERICAN ART GALLERIES MADISON SQUARE SOUTH, NEW YORK FROM MONDAY, FEBRUARY 2np, 1914 UNTIL THE MORNING OF THE DATE OF SALE THE FINISHED PICTURES AND STUDIES LEFT BY THE LATE J. G. BROWN, N.A. “*T do not paint poor boys solely because the public likes them and pays me for them, but because I love the boys myself, Jor 1 was once a poor lad.’’ TO BE SOLD AT UNRESTRICTED PUBLIC SALE AT THE AMERICAN ART GALLERIES On Monpay AND TUESDAY EVENINGS FEBRUARY 9TH AND 10TH, 1914 BEGINNING AT 8.15 O’CLOCK CATALOGUE OF THE Finished Pictures and Studies LEFT BY THE WELL-KNOWN AMERICAN ARTIST THE LATE J. G. BROWN, N.A. To Be Soup at UNRESTRICTED PUBLIC SALE BY ORDER OF MRS. EMMA A. BROWN AND GEORGE W. DUNN, ESQ., EXECUTORS, REPRESENTED BY ARROWSMITH & DUNN, ATTORNEYS AT THE AMERICAN ART GALLERIES MADISON SQUARE SOUTH .ON THE DATES HEREIN STATED THE SALE WILL BE CONDUCTED BY MR. THOMAS E. KIRBY AND HIS ASSISTANT, MR. OTTO BERNET, OF THE AMERICAN ART ASSOCIATION MADISON SQUARE SOUTH NEW YORK 1914 CONDITIONS OF SALE 1. Any bid which is merely a nominal or fractional advance ~ may be rejected by the auctioneer, if, in his judgment, such bid would be likely to affect the sale injuriously. 2. The highest bidder shall be the buyer, and if any dispute arise between two or more bidders, the auctioneer shall either de- cide the same or put up for re-sale the lot so in dispute. 3. Payment shall be made of all or such part of the 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 purchaser and take such action as may be necessary for the enforcement of the sale, or may at public or private sale, and without otker 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. Delivery of any purchase will be made only upon pay- ment of the total amount due for all purchases at the sale. Deliveries will be made on sales days between the hours of 9 A. M. and 1 P. M., and on other days—except holidays—be- tween the hours of 9 A. M. and 5 P. M. Delivery of any purchase will be made only at the American Art Galleries, or other place of sale, as the case may be, and only on presenting the bill of purchase. Delivery may be made, at the discretion of the Association, of any purchase during the session of the sale at which it was sold. 5. Shipping, boxing or wrapping of purchases is a business in which the Association is in no wise engaged, and will not be performed by the Association for purchasers. The Association will, however, afford to purchasers every facility for employing at current and reasonable rates carriers and packers; doing so, how- ever, without any assumption of responsibility on its part for the acts and charges of the parties engaged for such service. 6. Storage of any purchase shall be at the sole risk of the purchaser. Title passes upon the fall of the auctioneer’s hammer, and thereafter, while the Association will exercise due caution in caring for and delivering such purchase, it will not hold itself responsible if such purchase be lost, stolen, damaged or destroyed. Storage charges will be made upon all purchases not removed within ten days from the date of the sale thereof. 7. Guarantee is not made either by the owner or the Asso- ciation of the correctness of the description, genuineness or au- thenticity of any lot, and no sale will be set aside on account of any incorrectness, error of cataloguing, or any imperfection not noted. Every lot is on public exhibition one or more days prior to its sale, after which it is sold “fas is” and without recourse. The Association exercises great care to catalogue every lot correctly, and will give consideration to the opinion of any trust- worthy expert to the effect that any lot has been incorrectly catalogued, and, in its judgment, may either sell the lot as cata- logued 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. SPECIAL NOTICE Buying or bidding by the Association for responsible parties on orders transmitted to it by mail, telegraph or telephone, will be faithfully attended to without charge or commission. Any purchase so made will be subject to the above Conditions of Sale, which cannot in any manner be modified. The Association, how- ever, in the event of making a purchase of a lot consisting of one or more books for a purchaser who has not, through himself or his agent, been present at the exhibition or sale, will permit such lot to be returned within ten days from the date of sale, and the purchase money will be returned, if the lot in any material manner differs from its catalogue description. Orders for execution by the Association should be written and given with such plainness as to leave no room for misunder- standing. Not only should the lot number be given, but also the title, and bids should be stated to be so much for the lot, and when the lot consists of one or more volumes of books or objects of art, the bid per volume or piece should also be stated. If the one transmitting the order is unknown to the Association, a de- posit should be sent or reference submitted. Shipping directions should also be given. Priced copies of the catalogue of any sale, or any session thereof, will be furnished by the Association at a reasonable charge. AMERICAN ART ASSOCIATION, American Art Galleries, Madison Square South, New York City. PREFATORY NOTE J. G. BROWN, N.A. “I do not paint poor boys solely because the public likes them and pays me for them, but because I love ‘the boys myself, for I was once a poor lad.” J. G. Brown was born in the County of Durham, North of England, November 11, 1831. His father was a lawyer. Although young Brown showed talent in drawing from childhood, his father was adverse to his becoming an artist, believing that every boy should learn a trade. In 1845 young Brown was apprenticed to a glass- cutter for seven years, when he became a journeyman and followed his trade in Edinburgh, Scotland, where at night he attended the School of the Royal Scottish Academy, under Robert Scott Lauder, and in 1853, while at this school, he received a prize in the antique class. His teacher invited him to become his pupil, but his widowed mother being dependent upon his earn- ings, he was obliged to continue working at his trade of glass-cutting. From Scotland Mr. Brown went to London, and was about to take up portrait painting when he suddenly made up his mind to visit America. Sailing on the 24th of September, 1853, he landed in New York on the 11th of November, the anniversary of his twenty-second birthday, after a terrible trip of forty-seven days, during which nearly one hundred passengers on his vessel had died of ship fever. Soon after his arrival he secured employment at the Flint Glass Works, Atlantic Street, Brooklyn, where he worked for two years, devoting the day to his trade and nights and Sundays to the study of art. On September 10, 1855, he married Miss Mary Owen, a daughter of his employer, who died in 1867, and in 1871 Mr. Brown married his deceased wife’s sister, Miss Emma A. Owen, who survives him. In May, 1856, Mr. Brown rented his first studio, which was located at the corner of Clinton Street and Atlantic Avenue, Brooklyn, and engaged in painting portraits and juvenile genre subjects. In 1860 he moved to New York and secured the studio of George H. Boughton in the building No. 51 West Tenth Street. Mr. Brown, in recalling his first visit to Mr. Boughton’s studio, stated that the latter artist was engaged in painting a picture of a group of boys, to the admiration of a young friend standing by his easel, who proved to be Thomas Bailey Aldrich, then about the age of Bough- ton, who was in his early twenties. Boughton, who in- tended to study abroad for one year only, prolonged his stay and Mr. Brown became possessed by purchase of his studio effects and occupied his studio until the time of his death. Brown and Boughton did not meet again until thirty years had passed, when they met at a din- ner given to Boughton by the Lotus Club. In 1863 Mr. Brown was elected a member of the Na- tional Academy of Design. For a number of years he was a member of the council and for four years was vice- president of the Academy. He served seventeen years as President of the American Water Color Society and ten years as President of the Artists’ Fund Society. For a picture exhibited in Paris, 1889, he received honorable mention. His picture “The Passing Show,” exhibited in Paris in 1878 and in London in 1879, created much favorable comment, and made the artist known through- out the art world. Gilbert Hamilton in the Quarterly Review, writing of the American pictures in the Paris Exposition of 1878, said: “Every human being, no matter what part of the earth they came from, looked and forgot for the time being the cares and vanities of life in looking at Mr. Brown’s picture “The Passing Show’ ”; and Tom Taylor, in the London Times, said: “There is nothing in the whole exhibition (Royal Academy) superior to this simple unpretentious Ameri- can picture by Mr. Brown.” In his adopted country Mr. Brown received numerous medals and other tokens of recognition. To use his own words: ‘From the first day I arrived at 51 West Tenth Street to the present, I think I have been fully appreciated by the public and by my brother artists. The former bought my pictures and the artists helped me all they could; the older men made me an associate of the Academy in 1862 and in 1863 elected me an Academician.” . . . “Messrs. Kensett, Suydam, Bierstadt, Cassilear and _ others bought my little pictures either for themselves or their friends. So my artist life has been a pleasant one: the artists of Paris and London have said the most kindly things about my pictures and have always hung them on the line when I have sent them to their exhibitions.” J. G. Brown died in New York, February 7, 1913, after a short illness, in the eighty-second year of his age. TALOGUE ‘CA 5 - pte A a A * © he ; ; its ; FIRST EVENING’S SALE MONDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1914 AT THE AMERICAN ART GALLERIES BEGINNING AT 8.15 o’cLOCcK No. 1 LITTLE DAISY > ae 2 y, Height, 14 inches; width, 10 inches ie) Jo . ~ Pudgy and pink-faced, in a purplish-pink sacque and pale green frock, a small girl large-eyed and serious is seated at the foot of a tree in a sunny landscape, her hands in her lap and a daisy-wreath binding her hair. Signed at the lower left, J. G. Brown, 1863. No. 2 TIRED S eS, Height, 14 inches; width, 10 ati OWN FQ A small girl in a dark dress, with a gray wrap en- shrouding her head and shoulders, has seated her- self for a rest, altogether weary, on a box by the roadside—a heavy basket of apples on her arm. Signed at the lower left, J. G. Brown. No. 3 LITTLE SUNSHINE b ae oy () os Height, 14 inches; width, 10 inches Climbing through a railing, in a sun-dappled land- scape-nook of trees and rocks, is a bright-eyed baby—somebody’s sunshine—in a red skirt and white blouse, facing the spectator. A very early work. . Signed at the lower left, J. G. Brown, 1863. No. 4 RUNNING WATER 7). 5, J 63 Height, 10 inches; length, 14 inches / dt / ay ~ Rocky boulders, gray and iron-rusted, dam a brook in the corner of a green and flowered fleld, the water coursing down between them to a _ broadening channel in the foreground. Signed at the lower right, J. G. Brown, N.A. No. 5 THE LIGHT OF OTHER DAYS | ie 24) 50 Height, 12 inches; length, 15 inches ; An old-fashioned high-back sleigh with olive ex- terior and carmine inside—the means of many a joyous youthful ride—is going to pieces in the sun of summer, relegated to the boulders and flow- ering weeds of a country roadside in front of green fields and hills. Signed at the lower left, J. G. Brown, 1873. No. 6 A TROUT STREAM Yervs va oe gu. Height, 15 inches; width, 11 inches A blue, gray and green trout stream winds about _a stony point in a pine forest of the mountains, men fishing in it in the distance and cows wading near the foreground. Signed at the lower left, J. G. Brown, 1869 (or 1862). No. 7 ‘i (ere LIGHTHOUSE, GRAND MANAN or sos Height, 17 inches; width, 11% inches Tall, seamed and ragged gray rocks on the edge of a grassy foreground hill mount like sentinels above a calm blue sea extending back toward the left. On a point of land with a group of buildings, in the distance, rises a tall, white, conical light- house under a blue sky with purplish-gray clouds. Signed at the lower right, J. G. Brown, 1877. No. 8 (fe Q FORT LEE, NEW JERSEY—STEAMBOAT “THOMAS E. HULSE” IN THE DIS- TANCE 72 Height, 11 inches; length, 20 inches The Palisades are aglow in the rich coloring of eh early fall, their tall cliffs throwing shadows down 4? their banks under a westering sun. Scattered \ houses appear on the gentler slopes; and on the blue Hudson—its surface mirroring foliage and skies—is the ancient commuters’ steamboat of the title (with other craft). Signed at the lower left, J. G. Brown, 1865. No. 9 BLACK BIRCH TREE © ie e ae ee 2 : 4D Height, 20 inches; width, 12 inches Rising out of the picture from a lightly shadowed foreground, a group of birches with delicate } interlaced branches and bright green leaves are ‘seen picturesquely against a yellowish sunlight glow. Signed at the lower right, J. G. Brown, N.A. No. 10 WHITE BIRCH TREE—NEW HAMPSHIRE be hee Height, 20 inches; width, 12 ge te og Spee SV - = Standing in a green, rolling field, a sturdy birch tree of triple trunk rises out of the picture. Two figures appear in the distance, lying in the shadow on the grass, and others are in a wagon disappear- ing over a hill. Signed at the lower left, J. G. Brown, N.A. No. 11 A BRUNETTE ue bee | p) 0 fo Height, 18 inches; width, 14 inches Half-length portrait of a dignified young woman of dark complexion and rich dark hair. She wears a white satin décolleté gown with tight bodice and puffed elbow sleeves, and has decked her hair with a red rose and green leaf. Signed at the lower left, J. G. Brown, 1893. No. 12 TIRED OUT L, : (Panel) f eae. PE d a Height, 16 inches; width, 1134 inches With the evidence of his industry by his side—a bushel basket full of firewood—a tired but happy bare-footed boy in blue trousers and white shirt is seated on the step before the half-open Dutch door of his home, resting, an elbow on his knee and look- ing smilingly at the spectator. No. 138 _ COOLING HER TOES fe yy | } d bon Height, 18 inches; width, 14 inches ( Aertel | Against a dark, conventional landscape background a chubby little girl with golden hair, in a crimson skirt and white waist, with fat legs and rounded 7 shoulders bare, is seated with one foot dipped into a pool and the other foot, crossed on her knee, held where water trickles on it from a trough. Signed at the lower right, J. G. Brown, N.A. On the back: “ ‘Cooling Her Toes,’ by J. G. Brown, N. Y. Copy- right reserved.” No. 14 SUNSET (70 Q if » 5 are. Height, 12 inches; length, 20 inches 2 The sun is sinking amid dark and glowing cloud strata beyond low hills, down whose broad flank _ comes a red path of refracted light. Along the base of the hills is the silvery streak of a stream. Signed at the lower right, J. G. Brown, 1865 (or 1861). No. 15 AUTUMN LANDSCAPE—SHELBURNE, VT. xe) rp at ou Height, 211% inches; width, 1 ee, Hilltops and mountains rise all about an expansive landscape through which winds a narrow, flat valley threaded by a winding river. A broad hillside is ablaze with autumn color, across the valley is a village, and nearer by rises a jet of steam and smoke from a locomotive. Signed at the lower left, J. G. Brown. No. 16 IN THE MAINE WOODS ma J ie Height, 211% inches; width, 13% ee On the right a large wn LB aLY curious curves grows about a gray and mossy rock at the edge of high land. Before it and on lower land at the left, and all around, are other slender trees, with gray bark and green leaves, while the green ground vegetation is intermingled with warm browns. Signed at the lower left, J. G. Brown. No. 17 _ EARLY TO THE PLOW jie oc Height, 15 inches; length, 21 eaten On a sunny green with daisies near a farmyard ; fence three children are at play, the youngest, } hardly more than a baby, driving a plow which an- other child makes believe haul. Painted in the Adirondacks. Signed at the lower left, J. G. Brown, N.A., 1875. No. 18 VERMONT WOODS a) = Height, 14 inches; ergs 23 inches Through a cleft in a rocky hillside a rilf/ flashing white in the sunlight descends abruptly to a still, dark pool. The Poke are partly overgrown with herbage, and the scant soil on their tops supports a young forest of slender saplings. Signed at the lower right, J. G. Brown, N.A. © 72> 0S sare fue) } ve faut ae oe. eer A No. 19 CAMP IN VERMONT | opie Height, 144, meg 23 inehes i, y, { d AVE All that is visible of the camp 1s the fire of huge logs, with a steaming kettle suspended on a dead branch, which tells of neighboring human presence. Signed at the lower right, J. G. Brown, N.A., 1879. No. 20 CAMP IN THE MAINE WOODS afm In an open space under a hill greén with bush and trees a camp has been set up with poles cut in the neighborhood. inche Within a well 16 wooden extension of #/ brick house, an old white-haired and gray-be cheerful mien is seated looking squarely at the ob- server. Beside him on a bench are a lantern and a pail of apples, and on the wall behind him hang his coat, a bootjack, fire-tongs, etc., and a pair of dried ears of corn. Signed at the lower left, J. G. Brown, N.A. No. 60 SUNDAY MORNING y, Ae Height, 30 aus ae: oe A farmer of refined, earnest features, with/ a mass of wavy gray hair, luxuriant mustache and full beard which meets his hair, is seated in a red rock- ing chair, the family Bible on his knees. He is minus coat and waistcoat, and his hands are clasped on the Book. He has turned his head toward the left and looks intently out toward the sunlight through an open door. Signed at the lower left, J. G. Brown, N.A. No. 61 “SWING ME!” oe Height, 30 inches; wid / o ) a Been Ae, ‘Sitting in a swing in an old barn with a fur res her bare feet just touching the heavy boards, a dark-haired child in a red, gray and brown dress looks appealingly up, asking someone to swing her. Green plants are pushing in through the cracks in the dilapidated wall. Signed at the lower left, J. G. Brown, N.A. \ as ae ee SS eu No. 62 WAITING ;. Height, 30 inches; ag OED. V A Peering out through the partly opened green shut- ters of a window at his elbow, a bearded farmer is seated in a comfortable armchair, holding a small lapdog which also eagerly looks out in the direc- tion of its master’s gaze. A few books and a lamp are seen on top of a bookcase behind the chair, against a gray wall. Signed at the lower right, J. G. Brown, N.A. No. 63 THE DEACON 3 4 v4) AS Height, 30 inches; width, 25 Anches The deacon is a wrinkled eee his thin, pyim lips still firmly pursed though teeth have gone/ and left his mouth indrawn. He is seated, a cane between his knees, in a strong light against a dark background. His round straw hat is tilted back, he is scarfless, and his “three-piece suit” is yellow-brown and black. Signed at the lower right, J. G. Brown, N.A., 1903. No. 64 SWINGING IN THE BARN it os Height, 30 inches nine 25 inches From a swing suspended by chain and rope in an old wooden barn, a smiling little girl in a short white dress looks with a quiet smile at the spec- tator, the light from the open door striking her from the right and slightly behind her. Her school- books are at her feet, and a chopping-block and chips are at one side. Signed at the lower left, J. G. Brown, N.A. on ag tine LE ET IE ee ee ste . No. 65 OF DAYS THAT ARE GONE / / reek hae Height, 25 inches; len aaa Beside a chair in his aes a retired blacksmith and wheelwright, his gray locks and beard care- fully brushed, coatless and in a clean white shirt, sits in a rush-bottomed chair gazing in retrospective meditation at his anvil—which is cluttered with various tools. His straw hat and bandanna are on the floor beside him, and a broken wheel leans against a beam. Signed at the lower left, Copyricut, J. G. Brown, N.A. No. 66 OF OTHER DAYS / ‘pat oie Height, 30 inches; nner alae In.the corner of a cottage room brea walls and beamed roof, a tired old man sits in a rocker before his lonely cot—covered with a patch- work quilt—his eyes on a bouquet in front of him, thinking of times that are gone. He is in his shirt sleeves in a strong light, which throws the extreme corner of the room into partial shadow. Signed at the lower left, J. G. Brown, N.A. SCRAPING A DEER HIDE = Signed at the lower left, J. G. Brown, N.A. AT PEACE Wy oi he Height, 30 inches; width, 25 Anches Signed at the lower left, J. G. Brown, N.A. No. 67 Height, 30 Onn width y25 inches Painted against the light which comes th af broad open window in his heavily built “wooden workshop, a large man with a full gray beard and partly bald is scraping the hide of a deer—the whole interior composition in tones of subdued gray and brown. In contrast is the sunny land- scape seen through the frame of the window be- yond his head. | No. 68 An aged woman, her white hair pha (tr deeply wrinkled, is seated in a tall-backed rocker 3 a window in a rag-carpeted room. She is in deep, peaceful meditation, her hands clasped in the open Bible in her lap, upon which she has laid her spec- tacles. A white worsted shawl is over her shoulders and her work-basket and fan lie in the window em- brasure. SoD Ni te ot Agnnn Mighell eas No. 69 i rf OLD FARMER OF CASTLETON, VERMONT e «« Height, 30 inches; width, incites mice ae. A Ei A farmer, old and worn, in shirt sleeves and/over- alls, his shaven face framed in his tousled/white hair and “Horace Greeleys,” is seated in his barn leaning on his elbows. A strong light from the left illumines his features. Behind him in the shadows a halter, horseshoes, a buck-saw and other imple- ments hang on the wall-beams. At the left a gray stone jug on a barrel catches a ray of light, above a lifting-jack. Signed at the lower left, J. G. Brown, N.A. No. 70 EXPECTATION 7 ve Height, 30 inches; width, 25 #4) eee A young woman in a loose white hofise-gown with ~ elbow sleeves sits in an embrasured window in f low-ceilinged farmhouse, one arm encircling the neck of a brown and white dog. At her breast is a single white flower and another adorns her dark hair. Both she and her pet are watching keenly out the window, through which are seen flowers and a sunny green incline dappled with tree- shadows. Signed at the lower left, Coryricut, 1905, J. G. Brown, N.A. ————— SS ee SUNSHINE AT CASTLETON, VERMONT ats eo No. 71 Height, inthes; pidth, 25 indie In the bright sunlight in a park or broad, well- kept grounds, in the country, before a background of large trees and thick foliage, a flaxen-haired young girl in a dotted blue dress and broad white neck-yoke peers out from behind a tub of blossom- ing plants set on the gray stump of a tree that has been sawn down. . Signed at the lower left, Coprricut, 1903, J. G. Brown, N.A. No. 72 A SUMMER AFTERNOON TX sO Height, 30 inchesj width, 25 inches An old lady of country type and dress, her dark gown of dotted material, and wearing a broad white collar. pinned with a red brooch and a loose black cap, is seated facing the spectator in a dimly lighted room with a strong light concentrated on her face. She holds a palm-leaf fan. Signed at the lower left, J. G. Brown, N.A. No. 73 FLAXEN CURLS ./ es Height, 40 inches; width, 2&~inc ef Before a dark background of neutral one, a flaxen- haired girl with a mass of heavy, falling to her shoulders, is seen at three-quarter length, standing and facing the spectator, her figure turned slightly toward the right and her head tilted shightly toward her right shoulder. A strong light illumimes her face and throws faint shadows } within the curling locks. She wears a dark red - hat with upturned flaring brim, and a plain red cloak and red gloves. Signed at the lower left, J. G. Brown, N.A., 1902. No. 74 LOCKED IN | Law o Height, 34 ia Bees th, 42 ine oes | Athen A red cow, a spotted cow with a white face, and a whitefaced gray cow stand facing the onlooker, their necks between the bars that lock them in line in the cowshed, preparatory to milking time. Signed at the lower left, J. G. Brown, N.A. No. 75 HER PAST RECORD be Height, 34 inches; th, 42 inches // Lf tht In front of the brown-shadowed stall of am ancient white mare a full-whiskered farmer in blué overalls, his soft hat cocked over his ear, leans with elbow on knee and thumb pointing outward, telling of the animal’s fine days to an appreciative if genially skeptical fellow farmer in a ragged straw hat, who sits at the other side of the stall smoking a short pipe. Hay wisps depend from the loft. Signed at the lower left, Copyricut, J. G. Brown, N.A. No. 76 WATCHING THE PARADE y. ae Height, 24 Bie «. ipches Before a dull red building with darkened windows a group of eight small street boys and girls—among them a newsboy and a bootblack as “end men”— are lined up on the gray flags, all facing front, their faces reflecting their various emotions over a passing procession—some smiling in _ pleasure, others looking on solemn and unmoved. ead Jai y = ~~ i ‘ = pte eae z " wh nee . si aera eS So —— ‘ sceieiiiimieesiieadiibinc inert AEA agate oe aye Signed at the lower left, Copyricut, 1904, J. G. Brown, N.A. No. 77 SYMPATHY ao yy 0 — Height, 311, inches; ert lana. ge Ali». | Weary and depressed, a bootblack in black breeches | and stockings, and brown shirt with a red necktie, sitting on his tool box leans his chin upon his hand and elbow on knee, looking disconsolately toward the observer and with the other hand patting his dog, who looks sympathetically up at him. Signed at the lower left, Copyricut, 1909, J. G. Brown, N.A. \ No. 78 HOME COMFORTS we, e: eee Height, 35 inches; length, 40 ee (re Bedroom and kitchen are oie gi reat bed show- ing at the left, and an aged woman in a cap is seated across the view facing the right, three-quar- ters front, warming her feet at the oven of the range—where a fire glows and the kettle is on— while she knits. Beyond her an open latch-door from a sheltered entry-way admits the daylight. She is in dark brown and black with a gray apron. Signed at the lower left, J. G. Brown, N.A. | : ede es ee ay Sena ae Be oe av . foi ee Rae No. 79 “THREE FOR FIVE” : oT at Height, 60 OC Lehane, j A small boy in knee breeches, 1S W ite flannel shirt open at throat and wrist, stands before the corner of a gray pillared wall, looking upward appealingly and holding up three carnations, from a large bunch of them in his other hand. tole Signed at the lower left, Coprriaut, J. G. Brown, N.A. SECOND anp LAST EVENING’S SALE TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1914 AT THE AMERICAN ART GALLERIES BEGINNING AT~-8.15 o’cLOCK No. 80 HAD GOOD LUCK 70 6 Height, 20 inches; width, - Happy and smiling in healthy ‘fatigue, a bright- faced, bare-footed young girl in an old-pink frock and white apron, is coming out of a wood into a sunny green field, carrying a large tin milkpail full to the brim of freshly gathered raspberries. Signed at the lower left, J. G. Brown, N.A. No. 81 MAKING HOUSES OF PIGY SOUTHAMRTON BEACH eo Height, 20 inches; width, 14 thas a Out on a broad beach by the ocean-side a little girl i. in white with a white sunbonnet and red stockings | is building houses in the glowing yellow sand. Be- yond her, other figures are seen along the beach. Signed at the lower right, J. G. Brown, N.A. No. 82 COOLING THEIR TOES Vis ae ee ee eeadais = k) 4 Seated and standing on Krownish-green rocks where a cool woodland stream descends in a miniature fall, — two bare-legged children, one girl a little older than her companion, are dipping their feet into the in- viting water. Signed at the lower right, J. G. Brown, N.A. No. 83 STUDY OF THE NUDE ) 0 teas Height, 20 inches; width, inches ay ‘@, -/ A young girl budding into womanhood is/seated on a greensward before a neutral tive of a wood. She is turned toward the left, her figure three-quarters front and her face seen in pro- file. Her wavy brown hair is falling over her shoul- ders. The sunlight falling from the right throws parts of the supple, warm body into transparent shadow. Signed at the lower left, J. G. Brown. ackground sugges- _ BA WAITING FOR EVE ce: Ce ee ood, ‘© —- Height, 22 inches; width, 15 inches The unseen sun is sinking behind a distant green hill, and in the foreground against a gray farm fence of broad boards a bare-footed farmer’s boy with a feather in his tattered straw hat—one hand in his pocket—stands expectantly, holding a fine - rosy-cheeked apple. Signed at the lower right, J. G. Brown. No. 85 TICKLISH BUSINESS a yy LL 6. Height,-23 inches; width, 141/, inches Much to her chagrin and clearly evident discomfort, a flaxen-haired small girl in a pink frock, standing beside a blossoming thistle-plant almost as tall as she is, has caught her fluffy sleeve on the prickly stems, with consequent difficulties. Signed at the lower left, J. G. Brown. No. 86 PURITY We Psat uy. ie bv Height, 15 inches; length, 22 inches Three-quarter length figure of a_lustrous- -eyed young woman, a red rose in her abundant dark hair which hangs loose down her back, who stands facing three-quarters front, turned slightly toward the left. Before her a blossoming lily-plant, one of whose blooms she has plucked. Signed at the lower right, J. G. Brown, 1870. No. 87 “WE DON’T SPEAK AS WE PASS BY” yy "4 cce- = Height, 23 inches; bape ee Vy y - > Y An old red schoolhouse stands behind a knoll where under a tree, but in the sun, a youth has spread himself at length on the turf, his eye following a schoolgirl in short skirts who with her eyes studi- ously turned away from him is coming forward down the decline before a crumbling stone fence. Signed at the lower right, J. G. Brown. No. 88 GRAND MANAN FISHERMAN = ) J Height, 28% inches; ya Canee . Seated in his heavy boat and resting on his oa is an old fisherman, facing the right, three-quarters front, his back to the sun. His broad soft hat provides a transparent shadow for his face, and his eyes squint in the glare from the water as he re- gards something far astern. Signed at the lower left, J. G. Brown. No. 89 DAY DREAMS length, seated on a flowered and grassy bank under a light gray sky, her hands crossed in her lap and head slightly bent forward as she gazes afar, lost in dreams. Her low-necked white dress is belted in light blue. Signed at the lower right, J. G. Brown, N.A. E Z ae Height, 24 inches; widt 6 i eel hae A blond young woman is séen ft three-quarter a ee ae a No. 90 i FISHING—FORT LEE, NEW JERSEY a Height, 17 inches; len 1, inches OS a 4. co 4 YWnn- ey ~VV Wn, Ae narrow brook winds amofig stones and boulders — through a ravine crossed by a dilapidated rail fence at the foot of a sunny hillside. Here a little girl in red and white stands fishing—an older com- — panion in red and gray watching her. Signed at the lower right, J. G. Brown, N.A. No. 91 “WHOSE DOG AM I?” (Water Color) i / 2- een Height, 24 inches; te inch Lying in the grass amongst ‘scatteréd field fowers — is a white, shaggy-haired dog, head up and mouth — open, in alert attention, while his youthful master . in pink shirt and gray knee breeches squats with | one bare leg thrown over him and a caressing, pos- 3 sessive hand on his neck. No. 92 MAKING A “SOAKER” (Water ee. aD ees VELL shes ae _ Height, 241%, inches; width, 1714 inches Hiding behind a stone post at the entrance of a brick building after a light snowstorm, a mischiev- ous small boy in a striped sweater and red tam- o’shanter has rolled a large snowball and crouches, awaiting a victim. Signed at the lower right, Coprricut, 1904, J. G. Brown, N.A. : No. 93 PUZZLING IT OUT (Water Color) | /S Height, 24 inches; width, 17 on Vike chon Seated on his green foot-box, a young bootblack in torn black stockings, brown breeches and over- coat and red shirt, leaning with his chin on his hand, is thinking out what he’s going to do about the living problem. Signed at the lower left, Copyricut, 1905, J. G. Brown, N.A. ee ees Poel iS ee or. No. 94 HIS NEW FRIEND eo bee (Water Color) Sg wa 4 “-—~ Height, 24 inches; width, 17 ua ee An unusually shy-appearing bootblack, seated on his blacking-box, holds on his lap a very young white puppy and looks studiously at the spectator. Signed at the lower left, Copyricur, 1903, J. G. Brown, N.A. No. 95 SEE-SAWING (Water Color) ae 4 +‘— Height, 171% inghes; ily 24 in of After the oil etn of the same “99 ae solemn surveillance of a white-breasted Maltese cat } ensconced on the door-sill of a brown clapboarded house, two boys are playing see-saw with a cord as they sit barelegged on the gray porch. Signed at the lower left, Coprricut, 1907, J. G. Brown, N.A. No. 96 | THE CONFAB | (Water Color) L / 5a 0) we Height, 30 inches; length, 40 inches Old and withered but with eye and large ear never tired nor tongue idle, a wrinkled woman with rheu- matic knuckles has seated herself in a neighbor’s house, sunbonnet on lap, and is excitedly telling two other women her choicest morsel. One of a “maiden aunt” type takes it placidly, a more robust and matronly companion hears it with clasped hands and mouth open. Apples are ripening on a window ledge. A 2 FS pare Vi mae a Signed at the lower left, Copyricut, J. G. Brown, N.A, No. 185 4 HARD TO CONVINCE ae Ane 7 Lt 5, eetgee 30 inches; length, 40 inches nell Two solemn old farmers sitting in the barn, one in rubber boots, face each other; one with square brow and protruding chin—the “twelfth juror” whose fellows are obstinate—with raised forefinger is lay- ing down all the truth and all the gospel to his placid, immobile listener. Signed at the lower left, Copyricut, J. G. Brown, N.A. Brera oc ran ea RN Naa a No. 136 NEARING HOME Te. : op ned ed ij é ve Height, 40 inches; width, 30 inches Coming along a winding path through level green fields over which a haze is settling at the approach of evening, a clean-shaven young farmer with a firmly lined lean face has paused to wave his hand in greeting toward his home. In the distance, roll- ; ing, receding hills. Signed at the lower right, Copyricut, 1910, J. G. Brown, N.A. No. 137 STILL COURTING C~f#~Yy Logie Soap A) fe -—s- Height, 3114 inches; length, 40 inches A gray and bald countryman in the intimate attire of “galluses” and patched trousers is seated on a lounge, still making an ancient’s love to his old flame, who in shawl and apron, wrinkled, spectacled and knitting with red yarn, sits there also, facing the spectator—and attends to her knitting. Signed at the lower left, Copyricut, 1904, J. G. Brown, N.A. s No. 138 A BUILDER OF BOATS 5 KD. Y ov «< Height, 311% inches; length, 40 inches He is a sound-looking old-timer of patient mien, the builder of boats, and he sits in his old wooden shop with his back against a leather-hinged door, tilted back in his chair and looking over his spec- tacles at the caller. His tan dog sleeps at his feet and the prow of a rowboat with a chain painter comes into the picture on the right. | Signed at the lower right, J. G. Brown, N.A. No. 139 PARTING FROM OLD. mes ee A 3 iS Height, 311, inches; length, 40 inches Four farmers white and bent are gathered in a barn, one holding the halter of an old white horse he is about to lead away toward the open door. Dejec- tion is on their faces. A dog squats on the floor. Signed at the lower left, Copynicut, 1908, J. G. Brown, N.A. No. 140 COUNTRY CRITICS a 2 Wy Sepp. IF 4 ve. Height, 30 inches; length, 40 inches Three important-looking men advanced in years, of the independent American farmer type and the kind who don’t scorn a “‘hoss-race,” are seated on boxes and a chair against the harness-hung wall of a barn, looking with intensely critical expression to the right and back of the spectator—presumably “measuring up” a horse or a “critter.” One is big and full-bearded and wears a gray slouch hat; one, broad-faced, has the “‘deacon” mold of whiskers circling his cheeks and chin with both lips shaved, while the third, partly bald and of the more intel- lectual type, wears his white beard neatly trimmed in Van Dyck form. Signed at the lower left, J. G. Brown, N.A. No. 141 =) ; MISCHIEF BREWING pote oo Height, 25 inches; length, 30 inches be / 4 / Y A small rascal in a red jacket with merry ‘“‘devil- ment” in his expression is seen in profile whispering confidentially to a bootblack comrade some proposal for mischief which the listener receives with an ac- quiescing smile. A third “Shine!” boy in a yellow and black sweater shares in the confidence with an approving glance, also smiling. All are seated on their boxes. Signed at the lower left, Copyricut, 1904, J. G. Brown, N.A. \ . be ee A ee ee ee ek Che can ee No. 142 } THE PEACE MAKER Ses oi y / 3 , 1 Height, 25 inches; length, 30 inches A sinewy chap with a strong, slightly undershot wa jaw, in brown, black and gray clothes and wearing __ a bright red necktie, stands between two of his fel- low bootblacks who are pugnaciously disposed, hold- _ ing them back—all three of their kits dropped pre- ‘cipitately to the sidewalk. | Signed at the lower left, Copyricut, J. G. Brown, N.A. e- ; eg eres Cre iM \ ea RE een ve en ee ene ee ee : No. 148 : ae BUSINESS SUSPENTIGT eee hee ? 2. G ie Height, 28 inches; width, 20 inches danas Too happy for work in each other’s company, a fat bootblack in blue sweater and overalls and a blond newsgirl with a plaid shawl over her shoulders are sitting side by side on boxes on the sidewalk, having a merry conversation. I ; id 1 i } i ‘ " Signed at the lower left, Copyricut, 1908, J. G. Brown, N.A. No. 144 OLD FRIENDS MUST PART Y\,,, . ee ? Mig a ST ‘* Height, 25 inches; width, 22 inches Before a gray wooden fence adjoining a brick build- ing, a bootblack, his tools thrown to the sidewalk, is tugging away a black and white dog while a small girl in blue, holding a pink doll, stands by crying. Signed at the lower left, Copyricur, 1908, J. G. Brown, N.A. No. eee , “NO CHARGE” , Cappy yh. %. Hh 7 0 e+ Height, 25 inches; width, 20 inches A chubby-faced bootblack of Italian type, seated on his upturned box, his bright red underwear showing at the open front of his gray flannel shirt, is inter- rupted in his work of polishing a tan shoe by a small flower-girl who tantalizingly holds out a nosegay for him to sniff. Both are smiling. Signed at the lower left, Copyricut, 1908, J. G. Brown, N.A. No. 146 TROUBLE AHEAD (Ot ce / ji q — Height, 30 inches; width, 25 inches Two lusty urchins of the street are preparing for a fight. One has already thrown down his cap and VS coat, opened his shirt bosom and stands with fists peneheds a companion tentatively restraining him sa ss the other is removing his coat; and a small boot- black eggs on the “scrap.” With another boy back _ on a doorstep is a little girl holding a teddy-bear, and an elderly woman appearing round the corner of __ the building holds up her hands in deprecation. _ Signed at the lower left, Copyriacut, 1907, J. G. Brown, N.A. ‘ No. 147 — ie GOOD HANDS Cee A Lnchutnl a7 a¢ Height, 25 inches; length, 30 inches Five happy bootblacks, seated on their upturned boxes on the flags in front of a gray wall, like an arc of minstrels, are playing affectionately with a — black and white terrier who is perfectly confident that he is among friends. Signed at the lower left, Copyriant, 1909, J. G. Brown, N.A. No. 148 “KISS YOUR BROTHER” 7)12 eee o¢ ‘“__ Height, 25 inches; length, 30 inches Three bootblacks, respectively in dark red, gray and light gray shirts, are seated on their kitboxes against a gray-plastered brick wall, the center boy holding up a black and white pup and approaching his pursed lips to the dog’s nose. One of his com- panions watches with interest; the other, hand in pocket and oblivious, is looking carelessly away. Signed at the lower left, Covyricut, 1908, J. G. Brown, N.A. : No. 149 A DETECTIVE STORY ¥ Yuek? : $v ec Height, 27 inches; length, 36 Yches | Seated in a group, all of them on their tool kits, five husky little bootblacks are enjoying an absorb- : ing detective story which one of their number is reading aloud. He is seated in profile on the left, the others circling toward the right and facing him, all in knee breeches with different colored shirts. Signed at the lower left, Covyricur, 1904, J. G. Brown, N.A. No. 150 THE he EDITION ae ys Aa a So Height, 44 inches; width, 32 a On a gray day when the mists are caeane betel evening, small, eager, shirt-waisted “newsies” a: crowding about the open back of a covered news- paper delivery wagon which is drawn up under the ie Wate: SS So _ Washington equestrian statue in Union Square, — clamoring for their late papers and holding up i, 2 ready coins. Signed at the lower left, J. G. Brow N.A., COPYRIGHT, O. a c “SHINE” (nn ie Dus : Ly Lf Rar Height, 60 inches; width, 36 inches 1 A eae American-Italian boy, in brown with a dark green cap, is standing on the sidewalk in front of a white-plastered brick wall, his bootblack’s kit slung from a strap in one hand as he points with the — other at the feet of a passer-by (unseen), at whom he looks out smilingly from dark, brilliant eyes. His white shirt is open at the neck and he wears a pink flower carelessly tucked in a buttonhole. There is an attractive quality in this painting, in the apparel and especially in the wall. Signed at the lower left, Covynicut, J. G. Brown, N.A. EEC EN IE A CR ee Ne Pht. Gas ee rare een : Now 152 (? “BE MINE” | ea Z MN VAVErts . f ard ‘ss Height, 40 inches; length, 60 inches Before the whitish-gray stones of a foundation or basement wall, a white-breasted red-brown setter on its haunches looks with all but judicial impartiality toward the spectator, posed between a recumbent bootblack who pinches its ear enticingly, and ‘his rival comrade who kneels at the dog’s other ear murmuring pleasantly with hands crossed on his breast in mock-amatory inveiglement. A brown canine case of “How happy I could be——.” Signed at the lower left, J. G. Brown, N.A. No. 153 Bi THE SIDEWALK DANCE Vr ~ /30 +s Height, 46 inches; length, 60 inches In front of the artist’s Forty-second Street home— with gray walls and brown blinds and doors, as it appears here on a bright but hazy day—a numerous group of children of the neighborhood, more girls than boys, are happily dancing to the tune of an Italian organ-grinder who stands turning his crank at the curb, his open red-lined cap held out for coins from householders. At the basement steps a woman holds up a baby, and at an open window a young mother sits looking out and a little girl stands looking over the sill. The dress of the children is white and pink, red, brown, gray and green, and . the group is in a strong light. Signed at the lower left, J. G. Brown, N.A. es Sg ATE SR OO ae his aed No. 154 THE GANG VV IG ae NDmvell Gapeds ve Height, 40 Ocha: length, 60 inches “The gang” of old New York streets in its in- cipiency—or its reflex effect—young street boys in — a band of a dozen or more coming along with cares smiles or studied impudence of expression, armed with broomstick-clubs and tin cans and monopoliz- _ i ing the sidewalk, following a self-constituted leader doing the Lilliputian heroic. The street in the dis- tance is in a gray haze—with an ice wagon at the — curb and sundry ambulatory and loitering citizens. Some of the imps are shouting, and one almost hears from a misty window the old-time ballad, “Sure me heart is broke—God knows it is—Since Teddy j’ined the gang!” a Signed at the lower left, J. G. Brown, N.A. No. 155 HEELS OVER HEAD 6 aa ipa Sern. ; i AO e* Height, 40 inches; length, 60 inches A canvas of fourteen figures, bootblacks and others, all small boys of New York’s streets, each carefully and individually studied. In a broad circling group spread along the sidewalk, one or two seated on their “Shine!” boxes, the rest standing upright, lolling on each other’s shoulders against the wall, or bent forward with hands on knees, they are watch- ing one of their number poised on his hands with his heels in the air, his kit in front of him. He is bare-legged, in black knee breeches and a pink shirt. His comrades look on with unfeigned interest, some smiling in pleasure and ready to applaud. Over a gray-white board fence behind them, above which a green tree appears, clothes are drying on a line leading to a building with rosy walls, and at the left on the street is a green door. Signed at the lower left, J. G. Brown, N.A.,.1894. AMERICAN ART ASSOCIATION, MANAGERS. THOMAS E. KIRBY, AUCTIONEER. Canaan neha tn bo se ron iS say ye mf (bt ee ni np ere ct t