KIFTH AVENUE ART GALLERIES 546 FIFTH AVENUE, NEW YORK JAMES P. SILO, AUCTIONEER cL. Aa LIBRARY 01 M. KNOEDLER & CO, 556-8 FIFTH AVE. ACC. NEW YORK sm FIFTH AVENUE ART GALLERIES SILO BUILDING 546 FIFTH AVENUE, NEW YORK 1, 3 AND 5 WEST 45th STREET JAMES P. SILO - - AUCTIONEER CATALOGUE OF NOTABLE PAINTINGS By American and European Artists THE COLLECTION OF MR. P. H. MCMAHON OF BROOKLYN, N. Y. SOLD BY HIS ORDER A Collector and Purchaser at Leading Art Sales for thirty years TO BE SOLD BY PUBLIC AUCTION Wednesday Evening, April 19, 1911 o AT 630 O CLOCK THE ALEXANDER PRESS 114-116 West 27th Street New York ARTISTS REPRESENTED Bercham, 74. Boughton, 48, 55. Brown, 65. Beckwith, 14, 51. Berne Bellecour, E., 34, 45. Binet, 29. Bogert, 28. Blackman, 6. Boggs, 8. Beard, 39, Chapin, 76. Coffin, 78. Cassanova, 71. Craig, 64. Church, 54. Crane, 11, 18, 36, 49, 57. De Haven, 12. De Bat Ponson, 38, De Buel, 30. Dex Eaas, Mi ke Ele: Eaton, Chas. Warren, 26. Graf, 22. Goubie, 56. Howe, W. H., 4. Hasbrouck, D. F., 53, 63, 68. Hart, Wm., 52. atte 15: Henner,. J. J., 49. Hilda. Be 5: Inness, George, 46. Indoni, F., 72. Johnson, Eastman, 33. Johnson, David, 13, 66. Jacquet, Gustave, 44. Laugee, 37. Moeller, Louis, 61. McCord, G. H., 16, 24, 35, 59. Murphy, J. Francis, 47. Machetti, 41. Monchablon, Jan, 42. Moran, Thomas, 40. Munthe, G. M., 31. Moran, Percy, 7. Picknell, 50, 73. Post, 58. Potthast, E. H., 20, 62. Bazan, 27: Partonie2s: Raxco jillian a2: Richet, Leon, 70. Spanish Sschool, 77. Saterlee, W., 69. Stiepevich, 67. Sonntag, 25. Smillie, G. H., 2. Thom, J. C., % AR osama. le 1835, a) Turner, J. M. W., 60. Van der Venne, A., 75. Verestchagin, 10. Van Boskerck, 17. Wiegand, 1. Whittridge, 21. CONDITIONS OF SALE O- 1. The highest bidder to be the buyer, and if any dis- pute arise between two or more bidders, the lot so in dispute shall be immediately put up again and resold. 2. The purchasers to give their names and addresses and to pay down a cash deposit, or the whole of the purchase money, tf required, in default of which the lot or ae so purchased to be immediately put up again and resold. 3. The lots to be taken away at the buyers’ expense and risk upon the conclusion of the sale and the remain- der of the purchase money to be absolutely paid or otherwise settled for to the satisfaction of the auc- tioneer, on or before delivery, in default of which the undersigned will not hold himself responsible if the lots be lost, stolen, damaged or destroyed, but they will be left at the sole risk of the purchaser. 4. The Lots to be taken away and paid for, whether genuine and authentic or not, with all faults and errors of description at the Buyer’s expense and risk, within TWO DAYS from the Sale; Tue Firra AveNur Art GALLERIES not being responsible for the correct descrip- tion, genuineness, or authenticity of, or any fault or defect in, any Lot, and making no warranty whatever. 5. To prevent inaccuracy in delivery, and inconven- ience in settlement of the purchases, no lot can on any account be removed during the sale. 6. If, for any cause, an article purchased cannot be delivered in as good condition as the same may have been at the time of its sale, or should any article pur- chased thereafter be stolen or misdelivered, or lost, the undersigned is not to be held liable in any greater amount than the price bid by the purchaser. 7. 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 with- out prejudice to the right of the auctioneer to enforce the contract made at this sale, without such re-sale if he thinks fit. THE FIFTH AVENUE ART GALLERIES are in no way responsible for the charges or manner of delivery of Goods purchased at their Sales. JAMES P. SILO, Auctioneer CATALOGUE 1 WIEGAND (Gustave) New York November From the H. Wood Sullivan Estate 12 x 16 Z SMILLIE: (Geo. H.),. N.A. New York On the Bronx Water Color 15 x 22 5) DE HAAS (M. F. H.), deceased New York Low Tide at Flying Point 13 x 20 4 HOWE (W. H.), N.A. New York Landscape and Cattle 10x13 5 HILDA (E. Bailley) Paris On the Banks of the Ganges Water Color 15 x 18% 6 ‘ BLACKMAN (Walter) New York and London Ideal Head We 7a 7 MORAN (Percy) New York Night Watch 10x22 8 BOGGS (Frank), N.A., deceased New York The Cruise 14% x 21 ) THOM (J. Crawford), deceased New York Smugglers—On the Coast of Labrador 23 x 36% 10 VERESTCHAGIN (Vasili), deceased Russia Our Flag on the Wall of Santiago From the Waldorf Exhibition and Sale 10 x 13% 11 CRANE (Bruce), N.A. New York A November Field 14 x 20 12 DE HAVEN (Frank), A.N.A. New York ‘Associate Member of National Academy of De- sign. He has been awarded the Inness Prize, Sal- magundi Club, 1900; Shaw Prize, 1901; Pan-Amer- ican Exposition, 1901; Silver Medal, World’s Fair, St. Louis, 1904. Evening 25 x 35 13 JOHNSON (David), N.A., deceased New York The Haunted Mill From the Artist 15 x 19 14 BECKWITH (J. Carroll), N.A. New York The Rose Wreath 18 x 24 15 HART (James M.), N.A., deceased New York Elected an Academician in 1859, and served sev- eral years on the Council of the National Academy of Design, and afterwards as Vice-President. Re- ceived medals at the Centennial, 1876, and silver and gold medals in Boston; bronze medal in Paris. Is represented in the Corcoran Art Gallery in Wash- ington. Landscape and Cattle 13 x 18 16 McCORD (G. H.), A.N.A. New York Near the Beach, Holland From tthe Artist 12 x 16 17 VAN BOSKERCK (R. W.), N.A. New York Member National Academy and Society of Amer- ican Artists. Medals at Buffalo and St. Louis. French Landscape Dilexe ou 18 CRANE (Bruce), N.A. New York Late Afternoon on the Meadows 18 x 25 19 TOM (Jan Bedys), deceased Paris ea Landscape and Sheep F9 20 PGPTBRAST (CE. H.), N.A. New York ee The Last Rays 15 x 2! ok WHITTREDGE (W.), N.A., deceased Born May, 1820. Pupil of Achenbach. Elected National Aicademician 1861. Elected President of N. A. 1874. October in the Catskills 20 x 26 22 GRAF (Ludwig) Munich Gretchen 11 x 13 23 PARTON (Arthur), A.N.A. New York Morning, Arkville 20 x 30 24 McCORD (G. H.), A.N.A. New York Sunset, Long Island Sound From the Artist 13 x 17 25 SONNTAG (W. L.), N.A., dec’d New York The Ravine 25 x 30 26 EATON (Chas. W.), A.N.A. New York Pupil of National Academy of Design and Art Students’ League of New York; Associate Member of National Academy of Design; American Water Color Society; New York Water Color Club; Sal- magundi Club and Artists’ Fund Society; Honorable Mention, Paris Expisotion, 1900; Proctor Prize, Sal- magundi Club, 1901; Honorable Mention, Pan- American Exposition, Buffalo, 1901; Silver Medal, Charleston Exposition, 1902; Inness Prize, Salma- gundi Club, 1902; Shaw Prize, Salmagundi Club, 1903; Gold Medal, A. C. P., 1903, and the Inness Gold Medal, National Academy of Design, 1904. October in Montclair 18 x 24 27 PEZANT (Aymar) Paris Born at Bayeux (Calvados). Pupil of M. de Vuillefroy. Honorable Mention, 1883. Medal, Third Class, 1888. Honorable Mention 1889, Exposition Universelle. Medal, Second Class, 1890. Medal, 1900, Exposition Universelle. Hors Concours. So- cietaire. The Pasture 18 x 25 28 BOGERT (Geo. H.), N.A. New York The Gloaming From the Artist 28 x 37 29 BINET (Victor), deceased Paris Pupil of Van Marcke. Medals, 1882 and 1886. Hors Concours. Landscape and Cattle Two examples bv this artist in the Luxemburg. 26 x 37 30 DE BEUL (Franz) Brussels Member of the Royal Academy of Belgium. Morning with the Flock 21% x 25% ol MUNTHE (Gerhard Morgenstjerne) Holland Dutch Trawlers From the Julius Oehme Sale. 18 x 25 32 RIX (Julian), N.A., deceased New York Landscape, Sunset 13%4 x 25 33 JOHNSON’ (Eastman), N.A., dec’d New York Sisterly Kindness 17% x 21% 34 BERNE-BELLECOUR (E.), deceased Paris Born at Boulogne a mer, France. Pupil of Picot and Felix Barrias. Third Medal, 1869. Second Class Medal, 1872. Third Class at Universal Exhi- bition, Paris, 1878. Silver Medal at Universal Exhi- bition, Paris, 1889. Chasseur-a-Pied A French soldier in infantry uniform and with gun suspended over his shoulder, stands examining a Prussian helmet on the ‘battlefield. Beyond stretches a landscape of fertile fields. 11 x 15 35 McCORD (G. H.), A.N.A., dec’d New York A Glimpse of the Hudson From the Artist 18 x 28 36 CRANE (Bruce), N.A. New York A pupil of A. H. Wyant, and studied several years in France. Elected a member of the National Acad- emy of Design, 1901. Awarded the Inness Gold Medal at the Academy of Design, 1901. A Member of the Salmagundi Club. In the Adirondacks 30 x 40 37 LAUGEE (Georges) Paris Medals, Paris, 1881 and 1889, E. U. Hors (Con- cours. Member of the Society of French Artists. The Harvesters 18 x 25 38 DEBAT-PONSON (E. B.) Paris Born at Toulouse. Pupil of Cabanel. Hors Con- cours. Member of the Society of French Artists. At the Drinking Pool 20e 37 39 BEARD (William H.), N.A., deceased The Bears on a Bender 22% x 27% 40 MORAN (Thomas), N.A. New York Academician of the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts and of the National Academy of Design. Member of the Artists’ Fund Society of Philadel- phia, American Water Color Society, the Society of American Artists, and President of the New York Art Guild. Silver Medal Pan-American Art Club. Venice Water Color 10 x 14 41 MARCHETTI (Ludovico) Paris Born in Rome. Pupil of Fortuny. Medal 1889, E. U. Medals at Rome, Florence and Venice. Che- valier of the Order of the Crown of Italy. Watching the Battle 7x9 42 MONCHABLON (Jan) Paris Mention Honorable, Paris, 1885. Silver Medal, 1889, E. U. Chevalier of the Legion of Honor, 1895. Silver Medal, 1900, EF. U. Hors Concours. “Buissions Fleuris” pres Chattilon, Vosgos No. 253. Jan Monchablon. Title as above on canvas. From Fishel, Adler and Schwartz. 13% x 18% 43 HENNER (Jean Jacques) Paris Prix de Rome, 1858. Medals, 1863, 1865 and 1866. Chevalier of the Legion of Honor, 1837. Officer of the Legion of Honor, 1878. Medal of the First Class, 1878, E. U. Member of the Institute of France, 1889. Hors Concours, 1889, E. U. Medal of Honor, 1898. Hors Concours, 1898, Grand Prix, 1900, E. U. Hors Concours. Grand Officer of the Legion of Honor, 1903. Honorary Member of the Society of French Artists. Ideal Head From Fishel, Adler and Schwartz. Ox 11 44 JACQUET (Gustave) Paris Born in Paris, 1846. Medal 1868. Legion of Honor, 1879. La Jeune Fille 15% x 18% 45 BERNE-BELLECOUR (E.), deceased Paris A French Zouave A soldier wearing the wniform of a French zouave stands leaning against the wall of a house drinking from a cup and holding a bottle in his right hand. In the valley beyond are seen the tents of the army encamped, with mountains rising on the horizon. Wy x 15% 46 INNESS (George), N.A., deceased New York Born at Newburgh, N. Y., 1825. Died, 1894. Elected Associate National Academy, 1853. Elect- ed a Member National Academy, 1863. He was the greatest landscape painter America ever produced and the greatest landscape painter of his time in the world. He has left America a great inheritance —his works, his name, his fame. These will continue to shed lustre on her through centuries to come. Watching the Glow Bought through Ortgies and Company. Formerly the property of Mr. Thomas B. Clarke. joiase IM 47 MURPHY (J. Francis), N.A. New York The Upland Farm iG x22 48 BOUGHTON (George H.), N.A., deceased A Pastoral 34 x 43 49 CRANE (Bruce), N.A. New York A pupil of A. H. Wyant, and studied several years in France. Elected a member of the National Academy of Design, 1901. Awarded the Inness Gold Medal at the Academy of Design, 1901. A Member of the Salmagundi Club. A Winter Afternoon 25 x 30 50 PICKNELL (W. L.), N.A., dec’d New York Example in the Metropolitan Museum. A Gray Day 26 x 36 51 BECKWITH (J. C.), N.A. New York Reverie 26. Xade 52 HART (Wm.), N.A., deceased New York Summer 8i%4 x 10% 33 HASBROUCK (Dubois F.) New York October Evening in the Catskills 22x37, 54 CHURCH (F. E.), N. A., deceased Scene in the Andes Ux 22 55 BOUGHTON (G. H.), N.A., R.A., deceased Although of English birth, this country claims Mr. Boughton as an American artist, and on good grounds. Tranquility Signed and dated 1851. From the Warren Sale at the Fifth Avenue Art Galleries. 19 x 26 a 56 GOUBIE (Jean Richard), deceased Paris _ Born in Paris, 1842, Pupil of Jerome. A painter in genre in which figures and animals are combined, with landscape accessories accurate in drawing and truthful in color. He has been repeatedly medalled since his first Salon of 1874. Hors Concours. Going to Market in Brittany 13% x 16% bs CRANE (Bruce), N.A. New York Brandywine Valley Exhibited at the National Academy. From the Artist 22 x 30 58 POST (Merritt) New York Pupil of Art Students’ League and Frost Johnson. First exhibited at National Academy of Design, 1885. Member of the Salmagundi Club. Landscape Efe 3 as 59 McCORD (G. H.), A.N.A. New York Venice The last painting of the deceased artist. From the Artist. 20 x 30 60 TURNER (J. M. W.), deceased London Venice Bought in London. 10 x 12 61 MOELLER (Louis), N.A. New York Opening a Bank Account 19 x 24yY% 62 FPOTTHAST CE. He), NoA. New York The Cottage Home 18 x 20 63 HASBROUCK (Dubois F.) New York Winter in the Catskills Be ST: 64 CRAIG (Thomas B.), A.N.A. New York Pupil of Pennsylvania Academy of Fine_ Arts. First exhibited in National Academy of Design, 1879. His work is owned by the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts and The Boston Art Club. He is a member of the Salmagundi Club. Landscape and Cattle 18 x 26 65 BROWN. (.G.), N.A. New York Stolen Fruit 10 x 14 66 JOHNSON (David), N.A., dec’d New York Dollar Island, Lake George 14 x 20 67 STIL PEVICE (VG) New York Received the Grand Prize at the Royal Academy of Venice, 1865. Member of the Royal Academy of Milan, 1872. Decorated the Chamber of Commerce of St. Louis, Mo. The Belle of the Harem 20 x 30 68 HASBROUCK (Dubois F.) New York Winter in Jersey 14 x 21 69 SATERLEE (Walter), N.A., deceased Never Too Old to Dance 24 x 36 RICHET (Leon) Paris Pupil of Diaz, Lefebvre and Boulanger. Honor- able Mention, Paris, 1885. Lake in the Woods From Fishel, Adler and Schwartz. 13% x 18 71 CASANOVA (E. A.) Paris Pupil of Barcelona, of Claudio Lorenzale, and at the Madrid Academy of Frederico de Madrazo; also at Rome and finally in Paris. Hot Stuff From Fishel, Adler and Schwartz. Das 7 72 INDONI (Ferdinand) Rome Sketching in Fountainbleau From the Wm. Schaus Collection. 9 x 12 73 PICKNELL (W. L.), N.A., dec’d New York Example in the Metropolitan Museum. On the Riviera, Antibes 49 x 56 74 BERCHAM (Nicolas), dec’d Amsterdam Pupil of Van Goyen. Landscape and Cattle Bought in London. 9x lly vis) VAN DER VENNE (Adrian) Munich The Gypsy Poachers 50 x 60 76 CHAPIN (C. C.), deceased New York Sunset in the Adirondacks 30 x 50 47. EARLY SPANISH SCHOOL The Adoration This painting was taken from a Monastery in South America. 40 x 60 78 COFFIN (Wm. A.), N.A. New York Pupil of Bonnat. Member of the Society of Amer- ican Artists. Medal Paris Exposition, 1889. Webb Prize, awarded for the great landscape, entitled, “The Rain,” in the Metropolitan Museum. A Summer Afternoon 14 x 19