“uf 4 f a | ON FREE PUBLIC VIEW _ AT THE AMERICAN ART GALLERIES MADISON SQUARE SOUTH, NEW YORK BEGINNING MONDAY, MARCH 4th, 1918 AND CONTINUING UNTIL THE DATE OF THE PUBLIC SALE FINISHED PICTURES LEFT BY THE LATE WALTER CLARK, N.A. TO BE SOLD AT UNRESTRICTED PUBLIC SALE AT THE AMERICAN ART GALLERIES ON FRIDAY EVENING, MARCH 8th BEGINNING AT 8.15 O'CLOCK Lwgeiee«* ee Aa /¥ <2 jie LAA Bi CATALOGUE OF FINISHED PICTURES LEFT BY THE AMERICAN ARTIST THE LATE WALTER CLARK, N.A. TO BE SOLD AT UNRESTRICTED PUBLIC SALE BY DIRECTION OF MR. ELIOT CLARK, A.N.A., AND MR. DAVID SANDS, Execurors AT THE AMERICAN ART GALLERIES ON THE EVENING HEREIN STATED THE SALE WILL BE CONDUCTED BY MR. THOMAS E. KIRBY AND HIS ASSISTANT, MR. OTTO BERNET, OF THE AMERICAN ART ASSOCIATION, MANAGERS NEW YORK 1918 i THE AMERICAN ART ASSOCIATION DESIGNS ITS CATALOGUES AND DIRECTS ALL DETAILS OF ILLUSTRATION TEXT AND TYPOGRAPHY WALTER CLARK, N. A. This collection of ninety pictures by Walter Clark, N.A., completely and beautifully represents the different phases of his art as a painter of landscapes. Having studied five years, at the outset of his career, with the possible intention of fol- lowing sculpture as a life-profession, he acquired a knowledge of form that proved to be a valuable foundation when he made his decision and devoted himself to painting. The longer he worked, whether from nature out of doors or in his studio, from studies and sketches, the keener became his color sense. Thus his equipment was more than ordinarily complete. His vision was both discriminating and broad and he had a good grasp of the theory of landscape painting. His compositions, as distinguished from the canvases he painted directly from nature, show that he well understood that a landscape to be a landscape, in the high sense of the word, may not be merely a transcript but must be an interpretation. His work possesses individual qualities, showing his intelligent observation, and came to its best results when, as in most of the examples in the present collection, he depicted his subjects with synthetic expression. Walter Clark was born in Brooklyn, March 9, 1848. He died at Bronxville, New York, March 12, 1917. He received his education at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, after which he made a trip around the world. On his return to America he established a large sheep ranch in Wyoming. His study of art began in 1876 in the schools of the National Academy of Design, under Professor Wilmarth, and his in- structor in modelling was J. Scott Hartley, N.A. Later, he came under the influence of the master, George Inness, receiving his counsels when they both occupied studios in the Holbein, in West Fifty-fifth Street. Clark’s favorite painting grounds were at Easthampton, Brookhaven and the Shinnecock Hills, Long Island; Chadd’s Ford and Downingtown, in Eastern Pennsylvania; the Massachusetts and Maine coasts, the Har- lem River Valley and Westchester County, in the neighborhood of his home at Bronxville. He was a member of the Society of American Artists and of the New York Water Color Club. After an associate membership of some years he was, in 1909, elected a National Academician. Among the honors of his career were silver medals at the Pan-American Exposi- tion, Buffalo, 1901, and the St. Louis World’s Fair, in 1904, and the Inness Gold Medal at the National Academy of Design, in 1902. W. A. CG. 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 pur- chase 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 de- fault 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 other than this notice, re-sell the lots for the benefit of such purchaser, and the deficiency (if any) aris- ing 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— between the hours of 9 A. M. and 5 P. M. Delivery of any purchase will be made only at the American Art Galleries, or other place of sale, as the case may be, and only on 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. 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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 “as 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 cata- logued, and, in its judgment, may either sell the lot as catalogued or make mention of the opinion of such expert, who thereby would become responsible for such damage as might result were his opinion without proper foundation. 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