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OF NEW YORK UNRESTRICTED PUBLIC SALE BY ORDER OF EXECUTORS THURSDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 277TH AT THE AMERICAN ART GALLERIES AND CONCLUDING IN THE GRAND BALLROOM OF THE PLAZA Firry Avenue, 58tH Tro 59TH STREETS FRIDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 287TH | NORE REAR IE ae et : aa i We sal, Ba — * ies *; ; 4 : t a a = ~- ” a. ts ¥ a CATALOGUE OF THE PRIVATE COLLECTION OF _ PAINTINGS, WATER COLORS AND PASTELS BY AMERICAN AND EUROPEAN ARTISTS COLLECTED BY THE WELL-KNOWN AMATEUR THE LATE J. M. LICHTENAUER, ESQ. OF NEW YORK TO BE SOLD AT UNRESTRICTED PUBLIC SALE By Orper or Execurtors ON THE DATES HEREIN STATED THE SALE WILL BE CONDUCTED BY MR. THOMAS E. KIRBY THE AMERICAN ART ASSOCIATION, MAnNaceErs MADISON SQUARE SOUTH NEW YORK 1913 it | CONDITIONS OF SALE Bie’ (1, The highest Beier to be the Buyer, and if any dispute arises between two or more Bidders, the Lot so in dispute shall be immediately | ~—s put up again and re-sold. 2. The Auctioneer reserves the right to reject any bid which ts merely a nominal or fractional advance, and therefore, in his judgment, likely to affect the Sale injuriously. 3. The Purchasers to give their names and addresses, and to pay down a cash deposit, or the whole of the Purchase-money, if required, in default of which the Lot or Lots so purchased to be immediately put up again and re-sold. 4. The Lots to be taken away at the Buyer’s Expense and Risk- within twenty-four hours from the conclusion of the Sale, unless other- wise specified by the Auctioneer or Managers previous to or at the time of Sale, and the remainder of the Purchase-money to be absolutely paid, or otherwise settled for to the satisfaction of the Auctioneer, on or before delivery; in default of which the undersigned will not hold them: selves responsible if the lots be lost, stolen, damaged, or destroyed, but they will be left at the sole risk of the purchaser. 5. While the undersigned will not hold themselves responsible for the correctness of the description, genuineness, or authenticity of, or any fault or defect in, any Lot, and make no Warranty whatever, they will, upon receiving previous to date of Sale trustworthy expert opinion in writing that any Painting or other Work of Art is not what it is rep- resented to be, use every effort on their part to furnish proof to the contrary ; failing in which, the object or objects in question will be sold subject to the declaration of the aforesaid expert, he being liable to the - Owner or Owners thereof for damage or injury occasioned thereby. 6. To prevent inaccuracy in delivery and inconvenience in the settlement of the Purchases, no Lot can, on any account, be removed during the Sale. 7. Upon failure to comply with the above conditions, the money deposited in part payment shall be forfeited; all Lots uncleared within one day from conclusion of Sale (unless otherwise specified as above) 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 de- faulter at this Sale, together with all charges attending the same. This Condition is without prejudice to the right of the Auctioneer to enforce the contract made at this Sale, without such re-sale, if he thinks fit. i 8. The Undersigned are in no manner connected with the busi- ness of the cartage or packing and shipping of purchases, and although they will afford to purchasers every facility for employing careful carriers and packers, they will not hold themselves responsible for the acts and charges of the parties engaged for such services. Tur AMERICAN ART ASSOCIATION, Manaacers. THOMAS E. KIRBY, Avcrionerr. i CATALOGUE: ¥ if i : | j caer eee ee bi. ee ie i LOUIS NEUBERT ye ss German 18461892 | ( Panel) ay Q sv i Height, 6, inches; length, 914 inches One looks upon a darkening sunset sky, with a sense of the\declivity and dista the far side of the crest. A slender young tree, alone, 4 and a thick group of older, fuller trees, stand out, and a figure is descried walking in the semi-darkness. Signed at the lower right, NEUBERT. oy Ae aR ene ee Sak OR ike Oy : eet Ae gr: AL ¥ q vt No. 2 LEO HERRMANN FRENCH SOLID COMFORT 3 ay) 0 ‘{ Height, 614 inches; width, (hae 4 ja : el Gosh) Al : and buff breeches, | A. MAN in Continental hat, red coa | with white waistcoat and striped stockings, stands lean- ing comfortably against a big tree, smoking a long clay pipe. He seems to have risen to rest himself or vary his comfort, and has pushed back his chair from a table on the lawn, where his bottle and glass remain with further cheer. Signed at the lower left, Lzro Herrmann. No. 3 HENRY FARRAR AMERICAN 1843—1908 MARINE (Water Color) 5 ve Height, 814 inches; giro). Re. Ir is evening and the moon is just emerging from a lense horizon haze beyond the water and distant land. In the dusk various sail and the indications of a town are seen in the distance, while in the foreground a tall ship, with steam power, and a side-wheel tender are making toward the port. Signed at the lower left, H. Farrar, 1876. No. 4 M. WISCHINOWSKY A GOOD STORY Se Height, 71% inches; aes 4 A HANDSOME young lady in a décolleté Bee lie fur- trimmed cloak, and tight white headdress over her blond hair, is seated at a small table, with an older woman who is soberly clad, in a comfortable interior with the light fall- ing upon them and the spotless cloth from a high case- ment window. They are eating oysters and a lobster is waiting before them. A gallant visitor with lace collar, slashed sleeves and tall hat who has just entered, after telling a good story seems smilingly to invite himself to an unoccupied chair opposite the young lady. Both women smile quizzically. Purchased from Samuel P. Avery, New York, 1889. No. 5 KH. PERCY MORAN AmeERIcAn 1862— PRISCILLA (Water Color) A e. 602 Height, 814 wmches; width, 4A ae Wy, / de A Tatr and slim young woman, seated a facing the left, turned slightly toward the front, is shown at three-quar- ters length, her hands clasped in her lap and with placid features and expression. Her lace-edged sunbonnet is trimmed with pink flowers, and primly tied under her | chin, and she wears a blue flowered dress, with a white i kerchief over her shoulders. Signed at the upper right, EK. Percy Moran. From the Salmagundi Club Exhibition, New York, 1888. J. CARROLL BECKWITH, N.A. ‘Auuuious “lane : THE GREEN GOWN | (Pastel) 2 2 et Height, 5 inches; length, 8Y> inche A woman of young middle life but somewhat portly fig- ure is seated, seen at three-quarter length, looking intently and with a pleased expression off to her right, as she leans forward and rests her left elbow on her chair-arm. She ae wears a décolleté gown of a deep malachite-green hue, and the sunshine falls brightly on her breast while her face 1 is. : mottled with shadows. Signed at the upper left, CARROLL Broxwrnn. Purchased from Wunderlich & Co., New York, 1890. ay a a No. 7 STANLEY MIDDLETON AMERICAN HEAD iat sures Height, 81% inches; mV ee x,. 2, Tuer head of a young woman in a black, flower-trimmed hat and spotted lace veil, seen in profile to the right. She has large features, with suggestions of a weak, pensive smile. Signed at the lower right, StanuEY MippLeTon. | No. 8 |}. _—- ROBERT FREDERICK BLUM, N.A, . ; ea AMERICAN 1857—1903 | ILLUSTRATION (Water Color and Pastel) t. ce Het } > wadt] : a ae sp Height, 16 inches; length, gh THERE is a fair breeze, and green water shows streaks of foam where the waves roll upon themselves and break. Misty gray clouds underlie a dull gray sky. A long sloop, reefed and carrying little jib, is well heeled down, — in the foreground, another is seen ahead, off her star-— board bow, to windward, and other sail appear before a dark line of distant shore. Stgned at the lower left, B. R. Frrz. inches From the Executor’s sale of the artist’s work at the Ortgies Gas lerties, New York, 1892. GEORGE H. SMILLIE, N.A. aricry 1840, NEAR COH ASSET B23 cae Height; 16 inches; len hy 2 incon V| epee At. THE arm of a bay puts in from the right, to a flat, sandy beach, above which are dunes with Benen grasses and bushes, and at the left green trees. Beyond the trees are distant houses, and across the water to the right is a long line of low, wooded hills. A single sail is seen on the smooth blue water. Signed at the lower left, Gero. H. Smiuiie, Conasset, Sept., 791. No. 65 J. MORTIMER LICHTENAUER AmeERIcAN 1876— LANDSCAPE—FRANCE poe eae eight, 18 inches; feng Pe mches AT the far end of a fresh green meadow a group of tall trees of yellowed foliage grows on the right, while along the edge of the meadow on the left a line of slender trees extends, a varied line of haystacks paralleling it. In the central distance are dark green trees under a gray sky streaked with lighter clouds. re Fie yy ®~ Ee ae Tere ae Phe x Les, Bh seer Non C= 5 aa sk gee pe Rs Pee ian ae 7 LaTry Mh ee eee ie =” ‘ icy) At ore Pa No. 66 BENJAMIN RUTHERFORD FITZ American 1855—1891 LANDSCAPE SKETCH ee Unper a confused sky of blue, gray ard pl shore is suggested, with trees here ‘avid ther ground. Before it is a shallow bay, in which men are poling a laden scow or flat-boat. Height, 16 inches; le th, Signed at the lower left, B. Frrz. From the Executor’s sale of the artist’s work, New York, 1892. No. 67 DOMINGO-MUNOZ SPANISH OFFICER READING jp — (Pane) \ A CAVALRY officer in tall boots, uff breeches, breast- ate and plumed helmet, stands with his back against a tree, reading a letter or orders. He has withdrawn one of his white, gauntleted gloves. A small fire has been kindled at his feet in a road which winds over a plain bounded by hills. Signed at the lower left, Dominco-MuNoz, Paris. in the back- No. 68 BEN FOSTER, N.A. AMERICAN Contemporary LANDSCAPE cee Height, 22 inches; width, os A. GREEN hill close at hand, sloping from the right and thickly grown with brush, exhibits, amidst its deep a varied yellows, browns and reds of approaching autumn, while in the distance a line of round-topped, rolling, green- wooded hills has the effect of sloping from the left, beyond a valley between the two ridges. Signed at the lower left, Ben Foster. | Purchased from the artist, 1900. No. 69 HERMAN HERZOG | GERMAN 1832— LANDSCAPE eA 1s Height, 18 inches; an Q¢ inches \) of. Tnvhw) Comine out of a wood that is Ixrgely of evdrgreens, an yo old man emerges in an open, snow-covered space where ( one or two trees raise bony arms skyward. He has been hunting and is bringing home a rabbit, his dog walking a little ahead of him. : Signed at the lower left, H. Herzoe. From the American Art Galleries, New York, 1888. ial a a9 Yo MERE RTA ee a - % ¥ _ T . ‘ A iat: toe ak aS 7 re ; , a - Le A a eee oy > ~ * ‘y ‘ : V it No. 70 J. MORTIMER LICHTENAUER American 1876— RE Ke ERIE ee Height, 24 inches; width, 21 ches 47 f Z ee VAex ps vib Heap and bust portrait of a young woman’ seated in an oval-backed armchair facing the right, three-quarters front. She has chestnut hair and a broad forehead, and a her brown eyes are quiet, steady and reflective. _ Her gown of a rich, full green folds low across her chest, and — the neutral gray background is broken by a cast of classical — sculpture. Gt Signed at the lower left, L1cHTENAUER. No. 71 BENJAMIN RUTHERFORD FITZ AMERICAN 1855—1891 YACHTS—A SKETCH 2) re CORFE Daal paul Two sloops, a black one and’ a white one, are mooréd = against the piling of an abandoned wharf which projects Vv from the left into a blue bay whose waters are only in gentle motion. The day is still and the sails are carelessly — dropped. A little off the pier is another black sloop with yellowish-white canvas, her mainsail with peak dropped swinging limp. Signed at the lower left, B. Frrz. From the Executor’s sale of the artist’s work at the Ortgies Gal- leries, New York, 1892. | - @ og - mS — eee No. 72 EDWARD SIMMONS AMERICAN Contemporary | MARINE—ST. IVES, CORNWALL ce «Height, 2114 inches; length, 2914 inches bd * oe au SF (e pe _ THE sea, calm and blue, of turquoise tint, spreads out in/ infinite distance under a blue sky in which active white cloud strata are moving aloft, while thick, sluggish patches of cumuli along the horizon are-pink. From the left the high peninsula projects in the middle distance, curving forward, with small boats visible near the shore and a white sail afar off. Signed at the lower left, Epwarp Simmons, Sr. Ives, 1896. No. 73 EK. M. SCOTT AMERICAN STILL LIFE Height, 18 inches; le a m 7 a Vid -1) balk TEAPOT and sugar bow! of low, Oe cht ully spreading — shape, a tall cream pitcher decorated with flowers, and a blue and white cup and saucer are lying on a table of cream-white tone before a buff-gray wall, in the sunlight. Signed at the lower left, E. M. Scorr. From the American Art Association, New York, 1887. No. 74 PIO RICCI ITALIAN THE MUSIC LESSON if: 4-1 Height, 21% ae length, 28 sche In an elaborate and formal Mteriora young lady in a rich and brightly colored gown with a shoulder train is playing at a grand piano, while her elegant and elderly instructor, standing behind her, in brilliant satin and lace, a roll of music in his hand, sings a note for her, that she may find the key. Her chaperon in a peaked cap sits at the marble fireplace. Signed at the lower right, Pio Ricci. No. 75 J. P. HASENCLEVER Grerman~9 1810—1853 GRANDFATHER'S BIRTHDAY Nap eer Height, 241 Meret h, 3034 inches Ly y q 4 ( wii GRANDFATHER, a fat, florid and ‘folly German, seated in q the center of a large room is overwhelmed with flowers, which garland his head and almost hide his broad chest. On his knee a birthday cake, presents all about him and — neighbors coming in with more, he is the center of atten- tions from an adoring family of all ages, and in a corner young men are cheerily drinking some wine. Signed at the lower right, J. P. HasENCLEVER. From the Henry Probasco Collection, New York, 1887. No. 76 ~K. F. SCHAEFELS NAVAL COMBAT | Pg ce. Height, 28°, inches; oe ees Ae. THE prow of an enormous and fiient ship of the line— the Royal Charles—looms into the_ pictur ‘on the left, above small-boats from other fighting ships which have been disabled or sunk in a terrific battle, the men in the : small-boats continuing their part in the fight. The great _ ship’s own bowsprit is gone and part of her bow is obscured in the smoke of battle. Beyond it at the right the sea is full of ships and wreckage, and men struggling in the water to save themselves, and one of the huge hulks is afire, her mast just falling. The battle was between the Dutch and the English. The Royal Charles was built by the English toward the end of the third quarter of the seventeenth century, and was the sensation of her time, with her 100 guns. She was supposed to be very powerful, but she was captured or destroyed in this battle, by the Dutch, off Chatham, and relics of her are preserved in the Rijks Museum at Am- sterdam. Signed at the lower left, K. F. Scuarrets, 1850. No. 77 J. MORTIMER LICHTENAUER AMERICAN 1876— GREEN FARMS, CONNECTICUT vA j°= Height, 33 inches; len err ae | ‘ A GREENSWARD yellowed in ee fills the foreground, a slender tree-group at the right, and at the left graceful figures of two women—in white and mauve—and a child _ with a white dog; one of the women standing with a parasol, one seated on the grass. In the middle ground a gable-roofed American farmhouse beneath spreading trees is neighbor to a white-spired church, and in the dis- tance are bordering hills of indefinite outline. A land- scape portrait. Signed at the lower left, LicorTeNavueERr. No. 78 JAMES G. TYLER AMERICAN 1855— SHIP IN MOONLIGHT Aas Height, 44 inches; wr hh, ee inch A sprig under full sail is coming’ one through a choppy age dark blue sea which is turned to a glowing radiance wher the moonlight is reflected astern. The brig shows her sidelights and kicks up quite a bow-wave. A light-ship appears at the left and a paddle-wheel steamer carrying sails at the right. Signed at the lower right, James G. Trier, 1884. Be xce aa GE GOSSIPS pe Height, 39 ir inches ; lengt “i acd GZ Uae bisa an - old one and two not so-6 oe > PS SR eee Ee ae eae SECOND AND LAST EVENING’S SALE ; FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1913 IN THE GRAND BALLROOM OF THE PLAZA | Firra AveNvE, 58TH To 59TH STREETS BEGINNING AT 8.15 O'CLOCK No. 80 LOUIS MOELLER, N.A. AMERICAN 1855— THE WINE TESTERS 5 ia Height, 734 mches;/idth, 6 inches se LVI) Two JOLLY, yet serious, old men in the corner of a kitchen are tasting with gusto and critical dclibefrion wine from various bottles on the table and floor. Both are in shirt sleeves and long aprons. One is standing in back view, the other sits with one leg extended, smacking his lips with a thoughtful smile. 3 Signed at the upper right, Lovis MoELLer. ae No. 81 PINCKNEY MARCIUS-SIMONS AMERICAN 1867—1909 CUPID AND THE FLOWERS—AN ALLE- GORICAL FANTASY OhEe ves Height, pine ye INNUMERABLE blossoms. of myriad hues are about the foreground, and amongst them at the left stands Cupid, with his arms folded and his back turned to an angel who bears in one hand a crown, and in the other a sword with which he is in the act of cutting down a tall, white lily. The imaginative background comprehends a deep blue sea, a town, and a dark and flaming sky. Signed at the lower right, P. Marcrus-Stmons. No. 82 RALPH ALBERT BLAKELOCK Amexgican 184'7— GIRL WITH FAN “ U ef =—s- Height, 5 inches; width, 4 Prebh_ A CHARACTERISTIC Blakelock, with suggestions of Monti- celli tones. A young girl is seen at full length, standing —-against a dark, neutral background, as though in the woods where she had just plucked a flower—her red hair hanging naturally about her, and carrying an amber-col- ored fan against her malachite-green dress. Signed at the lower left, R. A. BLakELocx. | From the Frederick S. Gibbs Collection, New York, 1904. i No. 83 CHARLES MELVILLE DEWEY, N.A. : ge | AMERICAN 1851— a LANDSCAPE (intr Mom / Va wc Height, 51% inches; length, 81% i cree wie Ceca Wi green fields with moorland growths are nea at sunset. Sparse trees stand in a line on the right, and at the left a clump of thick ones is silhouetted against a flam- ing sky of red, yellow, blue and DES Ne which is _ reflected in a foreground pool. Signed at the lower right, Cartes Meivitte Dewey. No. 84 WILL H. LOW, N.A. American 1853— A SANDY ROAD, MANASQUAN, NEW JER- . ? SHY, 1886 eee) (A Sketch) Gavin? he hens Lk ij Mg Ire gee A NAkROw road, the width of a single wagon, leads back | through the yellow sands of Jersey, amongst the green, : brown and yellowish vegetation of approaches to the sea- shore, and vanishes over the crest of a low hill. S tiles Height, 5 inches; length, Signed at the lower right, 1888, Witt H. Low. No. 85 WILLIAM MERRITT CHASE, N.A. AMERICAN 1849— LANDSCAPE uf Ae Height, 614 inches; length, 91/4, i A ROAD among sand dunes and head hills winds between sandy-brown and pale green rising lands, and vanishes in the middle distance. It is in bright sunshine and a num- ber of geese are approaching it from the left. Signed at the lower right, Wm. M. Cuase. No. 86 FREDERICK A. BRIDGMAN, N.A. AMERICAN 1847— IN THE CONSERVATORY oom | haf VHRSIS Boa ile wk. hed © aA Heap and bust of a dark haired, dark complekigned woman, facing toward the right, her head turned more than half-way away from the spectator. Her low gown is a mauve-pink, she holds to her lips a white feather fan, and is seen against a confusion of greens in a conservatory, with a suggestion of blue water to add to the effect. Signed at the upper left, F. A. Bripeman, 1890.. No. 87 JULES LE FEBVRE Frencn 1834—1912 DIANA — Joe Height, 9 inches; width, his inches ; (S ge iL | In front of a huge rock that towers over her ie fair god- ___ dess stands nude, her back to the spectator,\but she has i turned somewhat to the right and her face is seen in pro- | file. Her pale yellow hair hangs down her back, the crescent is over her forehead, and her left hand is ex- tended above her head, grasping her loosened bow on which she lightly leans. One foot rests upon the ante- lope she has slain, her arrow in its neck, and she is look- ing out over a white lake. | y , ¥ Signed at the upper left, Jutes Le FeEnver. No. 88 ETIENNE PROSPER BERNE-BELLECOUR Frencu 1838—1910 4 4 FRENCH ARMY OFFICER hd EY 4 / ged: = Height, 914 mches; ee ie A FRENCH army officer in blue and red stands ful length before a gray garden wall above which can be seen the trunks of trees. He has paused in his walk toward the right and is looking across his right shoulder so that he is seen in full face, as he leans on a cane, with his sword hanging at his side and a revolver in its holster at his belt. Signed at the lower right, E. Berne-Beviecour, 1883. + a ~ - WAG 7 pak = " J a ‘i 4 ' , No. 89 JEAN JACQUES HENNER Frencu 1829—1905 NUDE py ie Heian 81/, mks: idipl, 6 o / / ie vag e ¢ A YOUNG woman with reddish hair is half-reclinmng, knee doubled under her, on a bank beside a blue’ stream, toward the close of day. She is nude and rests with her back toward the spectator, the flesh tones against a rich mahogany-red, which trees and grass alike wear. Signed at the lower left, J. J. Hee No. 90 ALBERT LYNCH Frencu 1851— MADAME LA DUCHESSE Sw ‘<- Height, 814 Maia oy 2) sRnctebale HAL¥F-LENGTH portrait, facing front, the head turned to q the right. She has dark hair and a sober, disengaged : rather than aloof air or expression, and wears a rich ruby gown barely clinging to the shoulders, and caught low across the breast. Her hands are held before her waist as though she had just finished drawing on her suéde gloves. A painting of style and distinction. Signed at the lower left, A. Lyncu. From the Blakeslee Trustee sale, 1893. No. 91 IRVING R. WILES, N.A. AMERICAN 1862— AT THE PIANO (Pastel) 3 0 Adie Height, 1014 inches; wend 3 V/4, ¢ inches nelbare | A sLIGHT young woman of graceful figure, her light hair done high on her head, is Ee ited at an upright piano, her back to the spectator. Her music is spread before her and she is playing. She wears a black skirt and blue waist, over which a scarlet shawl or wrap is bound. Signed at the left center, 1. R. Wires, 1888. From the Exhibition of the Society of Pawmters m Pastel, 1889. No. 92 ROBERT FREDERICK BLUM, N.A. AMERICAN 185'7-—1903 THE CRITIC | (Water Color) yaa ge Height, 8 inches; vote age incr band ‘ Onx of the little water colors of the sort w ch Blum’s artist friends always liked, this one in gray tones and green, with mere touches of other eolor, but full of artistic expression. A bewigged gentleman in pale green is seated, facing somewhat toward the right but with his back to the spectator, eying as a connoisseur a tall ovoid gray vase which stands against a more or less gray-green tap- estry or wall-hanging. Signed at the lower right, Bum, Nhe Ware No. 93 ALEXANDER H. WYANT, N.A. AMERICAN 1836—1892 LANDSCAPE Height, 8 inches; length, 1 Wo t 3 aE ve A. PICTURE of comprehensive dis ance, rich green meado land and a strong gray sky. Numerous cattle see ankle-deep in the lush grass of a green pasture, beyond which an upward slope leads to a low, tree-grown hill- top. Over all is a gray sky, with active lighter clouds near the horizon. From the Executor’s sale of the artist’s work at the Ortgies Gal- leries, New York, 1894. No. 94 J. FRANCIS MURPHY, N.A. AMERICAN 1853— SUMMER DAY O J Ko << Height, 8 inches; ey | 10 muchas f hoe, AN old building with patched sides and a died red chim- ney stands beyond a group of three scrawny and appar- ently dead trees which rise over it out of the picture, their leaning trunks casting crooked shadows on its walls. In the bright sunshine before it a little girl is seated on the ~ grass, beside a pail. ; Signed at the lower right J. Francis Murpuy. No. 95 RICHARD PAULI AMERICAN 1855——1892 LANDSCAPE Ky ee Height, 814 inches; length, 1334 ge uf Nicu is falling in the woods, and the foreground 1 ‘ dark. The tree trunks, and peak-roofed houses, are seen in dark silhouette against the distant red glow of a part of the sunset, along the horizon. A solitary figure is making his way homeward through the gloom. Stgened at the lower left, Ricwarp Pavt. No. 96 t LEONARD OCHTMAN, N.A. AmeERIcAN 1854— MOONRISE ie -< Height, 1 inches; length, Y214 inches (ina Tae full-moon just above the horizon is straight beford the spectator and reflected on the blue bosom of the ak river which occupies all of the foreground, between wooded banks. On the left in the middle distance a gabled house with a long, low wing is showing evening lights. Signed at the lower left, Leonarp OcHTMAN. Purchased from the National Academy of Design Exhibition, New York, 1888. No. 97 THEODORE ROBINSON | AMERICAN 1854-—1896 IN THE AFTERNOON SUN ( Pastel) oan yay © =Height, 141% inches; width, 9 inches Ag q A THREE-QUARTER length portrait of a young woman out for a walk through the fields. She is looking downward reflectively, one hand at her belt as though holding flowers there, the other resting easily on her hip. She wears a bright red waist, grayish-blue skirt and grayish-brown bonnet touched with green, and the sunshine flecks with brighter patches her red jacket and the yellowed fields. Signed at the lower right, Tu. Roxsrnson. No. 98 ALEXANDER H. WYANT, N.A. : American 1836—1892 Pe SUNSET IN THE WOODS—EVENING GLOW ‘* Height, 10 inches; length, 14 inches , Ve THE spectator is well within the confines/of a wood of ; great trees and second growth timber at the sunset hour. ; The foliage is thick and dark, with the green showmg in ; patches. Below the foliage line one looks amid the tangled trunks to a brilliant horizon of glowing red, whose radiance higher up percolates among the branches and is reflected in a pool of the central foreground. Signed at the lower left, A. H. Wyant. From the George I. Seney sale, New York, 1891. | Exhibited at the World's Far, Chicago, 1893. Shown by invitation at various loan exhibitions in New York and. Washington. No. 99 AMERICAN 1848— THE ROAD i Rs c* Height, 9 mches; length, 1 14 ingher) ee CUA AH th. “In i Is a straggling, sandy road, leading across green salt marshes to a bay where the masts and sails of various boats are seen at the shoreline, and several buildings. A woman in black carrying a red shawl comes forward along the road, and at the lower end is seen the figure of a man. | CARLETON WIGGINS, N.A. Stgened at the lower left, CarnuETON Wieerns. No. 100 : WILLIAM MERRITT CHASKH, N.A. AMERICAN 1849— THE OLD GARDEN ( Pastel) ee Rae Height, 10 inches; oe, inches dbhutther : CLEA Aw old vegetable garden that has gone to seed occupies the foreground, with a clump of low trees A bushes in the middle distance at the left and a flat-roofed brick house visible at the right. Among green and yellow weeds an occasional vegetable is seen, and in the distance is a round- topped hill. Signed at the lower left, W. M. Cuasr. Purchased from L. Crist Delmonico, New York, 1889. Foe bo, cd EO hin Te eM ne aa ee nan Poldbectrine at aii Pah Pasting No. 101 DON VICENTE PALMAROLI ~ SpanisH 1835—1896 THE SKETCH BOOK ) G f ee Height, 1134 inches; mana fips Pee A PROFUSELY furnished ee exhibits mahogany furni- ture, figure-tapestries of many colors, and gorgeous bits of varied decoration. In the center a seated woman in a blue gown is studying a book of sketches on a chair before her. Siened at the lower right, V. PatmMaro1i. From the King-Fuller sale, New York, 1903. No. 102 JEAN BERAUD Frencno 1849— ARLEQUINE Bighie Height, 14 inches; ae gh (oe Hay ee SHE is dressed nattily in black, with short ski adorned 4 in pink and dotted with white, and black stockings. Her back is to the spectator but she has turned her head to the left and her fair face is seen in profile, with a ready smile. Signed at the lower right, JEAN BERAvD. Purchased from L. Crist Delmonico, New York, 1892. No. 103 ADOLPHE MONTICELLI Frencu 1824—1886 FIGURES ON _ Height, 914, inches; length, dle i B ~ ONE of the Monticelli compositions of figures and slowing color in a landscape of imaginative possibilities. Three women in blue, vermilion, green, brown and pearl-gray have gathered for a little time of their own in a secluded green spot near a thick wood. The table is spread and bottles are upon it, and the lady in red, with pet dog in leash, seems to be rebuking her cook while her companions make as though they would dissuade her. Confused sky of brilliant color. No. 104 FRANCIS DAY, A.N.A. AMERICAN Contemporary PATIENCE ( Pastel) 3% Bed. Height, 1014 inches; length, Ly ineheg Ve Ps eae A YOUNG woman in a black, low-necked gown, turned toward the left but with her back to the spectator, sits at a table having her tea, but she has paused to read a letter. A great mastiff sits on his haunches at the corner of the table, quietly and with dignity awaiting her atten- tion for his bite of refreshment. Signed at the lower right, Day. From Wunderlich & Co., New York, 1890. No. 105 PINCKNEY MARCIUS- SIMONS American 1867—1909 APPLE BLOSSOMS See ve Height, 10% ea eae He nels yy (i) fp SuniicHt falls broadly upon a foreground of Tle colored blossoming field flowers which leave little of the grassy carpet visible, and upon the lower branches of a_ line of apple trees whose tops are out of the picture. The blossoms of the trees up among the branches and scattered on the ground are gay like those of the modest, vari- colored plants below, and the ground back beyond the trees is in shadow. Signed at the lower right, P. Miners Simons. From Samuel P. Avery, New York, 1896. No. 106 FREDERICK S. CHURCH, N.A. AMERICAN 1842— THE BIRDS NEST ys 3 5 Height, 14 pani Gare! 12 he ; A FAIR young git] with an mie. golden-blond hair, which, unconfined by the single narrow band about her head, falls loosely across her neck, is depicted head and — shoulders, her face in profile. Blossoms surround her and she looks studiously down at a small bird’s nest with two blue eggs in it, which is just below her chin. Signed at the lower left, ¥. S. CuHurcu, N. Y., ’88. EE Puen” PAT ate, rey 6h, Oe a Mt eet ae ee em ee sae, No. 107 ALEXANDER H. WYANT, N.A. AMERICAN 1836—1892 IN THE WOODS SG ZT — Height, 1334 inches; width, 113 Gray and brown trunks of slender and sturdy trees rise thick before the spectator, who is within 4% wood and near : its edge, looking out across indistinct fields to a wl near glowing with a deep, sunset red. As far as one can see i the whole lower sky is ablaze, and the crimson glow pene- trates the forest and is reflected in a brook of the fore- | ~ ground, while aloft the green lower branches of the trees repeat the note of the surface verdure. Signed at the lower left, A. H. Wyanr. From the American Art Association, New York, 1888. No. 108 JOHN HENRY TWACHTMAN American 1853—1902 WATER AND LAND e og Height, 12 mches; le Gace: re : hh parrte)e.. Tuis is a sketch or unfinished pictufe. A broad river coming from under a bridge in the left distance and over- spreading the foreground is a mirror of many colors, in its varied and multiple reflections of clouds and sky, banks, trees and buildings. A confused mass of buildings rises on the farther shore, and there’s a suggestion of a boat at the bank. WORN eee ee ee ye Ce, ar i OT, oe © eeore 1 ? ee ee a ty Ee eal it : > MARE Way : No. 109 THEODORE ROBINSON AMERICAN 1854—1896 LANDSCAPE ee e oan es Height, 1014 inches; Choy tbe LITTLE used road leads ib the oreground ina gentle curve over flat fields which show green, yellow and red color tones, back to a row of low, gabled country build- __ ings with brown roofs, which extends across the picture under a gray sky. a ag ; a sy i Signed at the lower right, Tu. Roxstnson, 1885-9 No. 110 WILLIAM MERRITT CHASE, N.A. q AmeERIcCAN 1849— q THE COMMONS, CENTRAL PARK : (Panel) 4 sy Aer ero Height, 114% inches length, 16 inched.) othe q Ne he A THE familiar green common, with the red flag up on its pole, spreads out across the picture, (he broad green- sward extending back to lines of trees over which rises the mass of the red-brown Navarro flats, and of other buildings along the southern end of the park. It is a day of bright sunlight under a light gray sky. | Signed at the lower left, Wm. M. CuHase. W. T. DANNAT a No. 111 : American 1853— : THIRSTY «+ Height, 18 inches; width, ine eae i CF ae A srurpy Spaniard in dark clothing and gray-blpe Atock- ings, a purple and yellow sash about his hips,’ who has discarded his coat, stands before a gray and greenish- brown wall, slaking his thirst in the approved Catalonian manner. His head is thrown back, the light falling from above on his features, and he holds aloft a gray jar from whose distant spout a stream connects straight with his open and accurate mouth. | Signed at the lower left, W. T. Dannart. From the Thomas Kirkpatrick sale, New York, 1901. No. 112 CHARLES WARREN EATON American 1857— LANDSCAPE (Water Color) peg Height, 13 inches; ey ona (Leraaet Catt Ir is winter and the fields about a pond are covered with snow, through which spiny tufts of weed rise here and there. Lines of trees all bare of leaves cross the landscape beyond the pond, whose surface is yellowed over by reflec- tions from a cold sky. Signed at the lower right, Cuas. Warren Eaton, 1888. From the Salmagundi Club Exhibition, New York, 1888. No. 1138 J. MORTIMER LICHTENAUER © American 1876— WATER LILY 30% Height, 17 inches width, 11 faglleny(, A GRACEFUL nymph with loésely hanging yellow-red hun 1a stands on a spreading fold of her discarded white drapery — s in a pond of water-lilies—a field and branches of trees and bushes behind her and the light full on her. One armis _ raised and bent over her head, which is turned toward it in three-quarter view, and her eyes are closed. The flesh tones are warm yet quiet and the whole expression is one of frank aloofness. Signed at the lower right, LicHTENAUER. No. 114 FRANCOIS MILLET, Fus FRENCH PEASANT GIRL ( Pastel) of soe Height, 151% inches; mi: 12 igfhe A PEASANT girl, a stocky child of the fields, has seatéd her- self on a wheelbarrow at the roadside, and is doing a little knitting. She wears a brown waist and blue skirt and her head is bound in a red scarf. Signed at the lower right, F. Mixer, FILS. From the T'. J. Blakeslee Trustee sale, New York, 1893. oo re Wt are i aT ooo een i aU "one Sle Sr ert a a a es ge MS Ss Ae nor No. 115 PROF. HERMANN KAULBACH GERMAN 1846—1909 - LEISURE HOURS pelt Ghee Height, 15 inches; ee. 1114 inches a) SEATED, and leaning against a carved w inscoting, in a medieval great house, a lady is allowing herself to be entertained by her clown. She wears an emerald gown trimmed with fur, and a rich headdress. ‘The elderly clown, in red and green and the traditional cap and bells, makes as if reading to her something very amusing, at which he laughs broadly and she permits herself to smile. Signed at the lower left, KauLBacu. | No. 116 | { EK. PERCY MORAN | | AmERiIcAN 1862— | «DIANA | f Piatt Height, 15 inches; width, wngles Gr | d 6 Ro ys 1 Ua ae | A. TALL young lady in a rich costume ae sober cakes and a Gainsborough hat -with enormous feathers, is shown at three-quarters length, standing, a tiny crescent over her brow. She wears a low-cut gown with a lace fichu, one hand resting along her voluminous skirts and the other holding before her a spray of large red roses. From the National Academy of Design Winter Exhibition, 1889. No. 117 GEORGE INNESS, N.A. AMERICAN 1825—1894 THE ARTIST UL ty) ¢ Height, 101% inches; lent 1734) inc oy) y, 7 In a meadow of the full, rich green that Inness loved, an artist is shown sketching. He is seated before his easel under the branches but not in the shade of a large tree at the left, while a farmer leaning on a staff looks over his shoulder. Across the meadow appear the fine old trees that the artist is painting. Si Signed at the lower right, G. INNEss. Purchased at the Ortgies Galleries, New York, 1889. No. 118 ALEXANDER H. WYANT, N.A. AMERICAN 1836—1892 A STUDY OF TWILIGHT 3 iO «<<. Height, 121% inches; lengt 151,/Anches AN intimate, pleasantly haunting effect of the hour han over the landscape—lingering day’loath to depart an kindly evening not hastening on. Outlines have merged in the gloaming and cows are dimly seen in a field. The sky is a dull gray, with one light streak along the horizon. Signed at the lower left, A. H. Wranr. From the Executor’s sale, 1894. No. 119 LEONARD OCHTMAN, N.A. American 1854— LANDSCAPE GREEN yf We Bole Height, 12 inches; length, 16 inc oe rN. LG tt } IN a flat green field some of the coarser grasses are turn- ing yellow and brown, in sympathy with tall trees that are losing their summer color. Beyond these, at the right, a white farmhouse is seen on the other side of a rail fence. Signed at the lower left, LEonarp Ocutman, 1887. Purchased at the Ortgies Galleries, 1898. | i , t : i f No. 120 CHARLES WARREN EATON AMERICAN 1857— GOLDEN SUNSET : a y oe Height, 12 inches; Se inches Vga Ir is fall when the trees have lost their leaves while the(/ grass of the fields and open woods is still green, and the’ landscape is darkening at the sunset hour. On the left two huge trees with a picturesque interlacing of branches mount beyond the picture, and in water to the right of them red reflections of the sunset appear, amidst the green of the darkening grass. Signed at the lower right, Cuas. WarREN Eaton, 1888. From the American Art Association, New York, 1888. WILLIAM BLISS BAKER | AMERICAN | 1859—1889 | LANDSCAPE : AG te se 13 inches, lengthy 19 1 hte oe v) t, A NARROW river courses from the left barae a low ereen —_ bank which is well wooded, some of the trees being in the 4 brown, and filling the foreground passes on at the right — : about a lower point of land where slender trees and under- growth come down to the water’s edge. The river is filled with reflections and the sky with gray clouds. | r Signed at the lower left, im monogram, W. B. B. q From the Charles C. Vandoren sale, New York, 1890. 4 No. 122 CHILDE HASSAM, N.A. AMERICAN 1859— NOCTURNE a i ‘< Height, 1814 inches? width, 15 inch me Nee eug A an VE Y} y A SCENE in and near a French park at night, with lights glowing across the trees, their red reflections seen on the wet sidewalk and roadway outside. Here pompous and silk-hatted men mingle with young women and others in the throng, the figures all dimly outlined in the half-light, while in the foreground a light-haired young woman, her back to the spectator, is about to step from the street pave- ment to the sidewalk. Signed at the lower left, Cutupz Hassam. Purchased from the artist, 1891. eee tas eee Cees mate em Awe. One my fe Peony Fe No. 123 BENJAMIN RUTHERFORD FITZ ‘eos , p American 1855—1891 GIRL’S HEAD SU ce Height, 17 inches; eae, 4: treeler _ Heap and bust of a young woman ttfned toward the _ right, three-quarters front, her face in profile. A carefully studied and sympathetic expression of character, with delicate but firm modeling of the sensitive features. She _has chestnut-brown hair, loosely done, which coming out over her forehead throws the eye into transparent shadow. She wears a grayish-brown dress with a square opening at the neck, and looks thoughtfully into the distance before _ her. Neutral background of a green tone. From the Executor’s sale of the artist's work, New York, 1892. | | Signed at the right center, B. R. Frrz, 1890. : | No. 124 : | LOUISE H. KING (Mrs. Kenyon Cox, A.N.A.) AMERICAN | Contemporary A SWAN SONG i) ce ~=6©Height, 12 inches; length, 20 m es) Wy! rk A WOMAN of ample figure and al en red tart is lying ae prone on the tender green grass of a deserted field, nude, one foot reflected in the corner of a pond which creeps into the picture. Her long hair streams out on the grass beyond her head, and in an extended arm she holds a lyre over it. A hazy atmosphere envelops the land. The figure is carefully rendered with much charm of drawing, modeling and color. Signed at the lower right, Louise H. Kine. From the Society of American Artists’ Exhibition, New York, : 1892. i. date ee Ee ee ea . ie Re ogee eek ee a en” re No. 125 J. MORTIMER LICHTENAUER AMERICAN 1876— SWEDISH BELLE (Panel) Jay, Eee Height, 18 inches pie 14 (nets A LIGHT-COMPLEXIONED Swedish young woman, of ty] features, with light hair, is portrayed head and bus profile to the right. She wears a bright green waist with a low V-opening at the neck, and has an unusually effective arrangement of her hair. Signed at the upper right, LicHTENAUER. Exhibited at the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D. C. Exhibited at the National Academy of Design, N ew York. No. 126 WILLIAM A. COFFIN, N.A. AMERICAN 1855— © EVENING f ‘ Cc , . fc se / 9 (j ‘<— Height, 14 inches; PE iar et (? VY. pf HiaeuH at the left the crescent moon (with the full orb suggested—“‘Late, late yest’reen I saw the new moon, with the old moon in her arms’—) is seen in a pale-blue sky above the rosy blush of sunset along the horizon. A land- scape of trees and a stream in the foreground is almost. in darkness, so deep is the shadow, but the shallow stream reflects the light and the rosy pink of the western sky. Purchased from M. Knoedler & Co., New York, 1888. Exhibited at the World’s Fair, Chicago, 1893. No. 127 WALTER LAUNT PALMER, N.A. | AMERICAN 1854— SNOW SCENE Ea / ae “< —Height, 20 inches; S Olb ewntloget Snow covers the broken ground about a pond which is not ( frozen over, and various rocks or tufts that rise out of _ the water. It covers the evergreen trees near the pond, while bare branches of the annuals rise in the distance against a cold sky. if Signed at the lower left, PALMER. Purchased at the National Academy of Design Exhibition, 1888. No. 128 ARTHUR PARTON, N.A. AMERICAN 1842— APPLE BLOSSOMS - eo ve Height, 14 mches; length, inches DOW Ug tn GREEN meadow land surrounds a ae ee water lilies grow, and toward the right a group of apple trees in a (/ scattered orchard are a billowing mass of arboreal florea- tion. The pink and white blossoms on the high branches appear feathery against a pale blue sky filled with gray and pinkish clouds. Signed at the lower left, ARTHUR PaRTON. Purchased at the artist’s sale, New York, 1893. et, OF , ii & i ‘ 1 ¢ o & Fie t Lb oh i 4 te bhai a oe, th eR 1? A wr} hak igs sited GO YEE eget Rp mg No. 129 | | WILLIAM MERRITT CHASE, N. ‘Ale Es | AMERICAN 1849— eras ks A DOGE'S DAUGHTER ( eee Heaone, 21% inches 2g 15% inches J ZA Heap and shoulders of a tall, slender and dark young woman of appealing face and dreamy eyes, her figure i in” profile to the right and her face turned to the front. She a wears a pale-olive, flowing gown, ornamented in darker a tones, and is seen against an olive-gray a whose orna- F : mentation exhibits notes of red. | ; Signed at the upper right, Wu. M. Cuase: | 4 No. 130 B. P. PIETERSZ DutcHu COWS AT THE BROOK (, oe Height, 2014 mo, tlh Aaa aoe inches Two white-spotted red cowsthave come to a Shaded pool to drink. Both are standing in the water and ‘ne is drink- ing. Back of them, seated on the ground in the shade of __ some trees, the farmer waits, and beyond him the yellow — 4 light of approaching sunset warms green and level fields. Signed at the lower left, B. Prerersz. - Purchased from the artist, 1900. No. 131 GEORGE H. BOUGHTON, N.A., R.A. AMERICAN 1834—-1905 MA Yr. One ee ye Height, 24 inches; gage inches ae eo Ltheve _ May is figured as a pale blond young woman, vith light yellow hair, clad in a simple, gray-white, sh srt-sleeved gown with a red-striped sash about the high waist. She stands on grass that is strewn with apple blossoms and leans against a tree that is loaded with them. Signed at the lower left, G. H. B. No. 182 FRANK D. MILLET, N.A. American 1846—1912 PORTRAIT ae Height, 20 inches; width, 16 yches— ay De / ¢ a eee VAC A HANDSOME young woman is portrayed head ier Ree in profile to the right. She wears a low-necked, sleeveless gown of plum-color, with pearl-white facing at the arm- holes, gracefully draped from the shoulder where it is caught with a jeweled clasp. Her dark hair is entwined with a wreath of white roses and their green leaves, and she holds her head proudly, with a ready smile. Signed at the lower left, F. D. Mivuer. Purchased from the Artists’ Fund Society Exhibition. No. 133 : GEORGE INNESS, N.A. : AMERICAN 1825—1894 _ STORM ; / 7, ru <« Height, 16 inches; Ge 24 inches oi | / YJ A PAINTING of great power in the strength and vividness of the sky, the storm, and the peculiar light effects accompanying a fast-traveling summer thunder-storm. — The landscape of the foreground is still dark in the storm- cloud’s shadow—here a farmer is driving his sheep—while beyond some trees and a low hill on the right, where smoke curls from a cottage chimney, light breaks from the west- _ ern sky, and illumining a distant plain, reveals a red- a roofed white building, on the left, where the rain is still pouring down. Overhead the storm-cloud is black. — Beyond the valley, distant hills are coming out of the cloudy veil. Signed at the lower right, G. Innzss, 1876. . Purchased at the Ortgies Galleries, New York, 1889. _A HILLSIDE sloping from the left 1 No. 134 THEODORE ROBINSON AMERICAN 1854—1896 WINTER LANDSCAPE tae x . Height, 18 inches; length, full of color with its sprinkling of snow, some green lingering among the few trees visible, which are almost bare of foliage, and brown- _ reds of autumn appearing among the herbage. On the _ farther side of the hill rise the snow-covered, peaked roofs of houses with red chimneys, and more buildings extend out over the plain to the right. Snow and the green of the grass are mingled over the plain, where other buildings appear in the middle distance, beyond them being red- brown woods, and a level hilltop line marks the horizon. The winter sky is a pinkish-gray, and the feel of the season is in the atmosphere. Signed at the lower right, 'Tu. Rostnson, Dec., 1889. Awarded the Webb Prize, Society of American Artists’ Exhibition, New York, 1890. Awarded a medal, World’s Columbian Exposition, Chicago, 1893. Exhibited for a number of years, as a loan, in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and withdrawn for the sale of Mr. Lichten- auer’s estate. Purchased by Mr. Lichtenauer from the Exhibition of the Society of American Artists. in Ab £ Mth, - No. 135 BEN FOSTER, N.A. AMERICAN Contemporary AUTUMN 3 i pe Height, 20 inches width, 18 inches _A\ GREEN hill slopes forward/i the foreground toward the | a right, and beyond it is a ravine, where trees grow, sepa- rated from the field by a stone fence in which there isa __ wide gap for passage. The field is bathed in brilliant sun- shine, which brings out the bright yellow and tender pink _ of the trees’ autumn foliage, and spots with patches of light the shaded hollow and sides of the ravine. Signed at the lower left, Ben Fostrer. Purchased from the artist, 1905. | No. 136 J. MORTIMER LICHTENAUER AmERicAn 1876—_ THE CONNOISSEUR hE l) oe Height, 23 inches; width 16 2 AGAINST a gray wall a young lady in three-quarter length is seated facing the left and examining a small image — which she holds in her upraised right hand before her. She | has clear-cut, sensitive features, which are partly in trans- parent shadow as the light falls from the right at her back, and her solid-blue gown, of pale sapphire tint, is low at the throat. Signed at the upper left, LichTENAUER. Exhibited at the National Academy of Design, New York, 1912. No. 137 CHARLES MENTE AMERICAN WILLOWS (Water Color) | 67 e Height, 181 inches; len@th, 24 inches POLLARDED willows in a row crossing the picture on the farther side of a narrow river are reflected in the green and gray current. A long red rowboat is tied to one of the trees and two young women are approaching through the green fields beyond. Signed at the lower right, Cuas. Mrenvre, 1888. _ From the Salmagundi Club Exhibition, New York, 1888. No. 138 J. CARROLL BECKWITH, N.A. AMERICAN 1852— REVERIE | 7. o~ rer Height, 18 inches; length, ae Bae Wt ees A YOUNG woman lies prone on a rug spread on the grass in a secluded close hedged by trees. Her head is toward the spectator, her body extended back toward the left, and she turns her head toward the left as she lies thus on her back, one arm thrown out on the ground, the other holding up a fan. Butterflies flutter over her as she dreams her dreams. Signed at the lower left, Carroru Becxwiry, 1881. From L. Crist Delmonico, New York, 1889. ae No. 139 ARTHUR PARTON, N.A. AMERICAN 1842— EVENING SHADOWS a Fe. Height, 19 wees a0 af yp dnche ae as EVENING shadows are prea about ‘a group of dy ings half-buried among orchard and other trees, in a | i valley along the base of a broadly sloping round-topped hill. Beyond them on the hill’s lower slopes the fields are carefully fenced. The top of thé. hill, which is left to natural growths, is still partly in aufighee Signed at the lower left, ARTHUR PaRTON. No. 140 BEN FOSTER, N.A. AMERICAN Contemporary : EQUINOCTIAL LO nh oe | Vee Height, 24 inches; width, 24 inches A HILLSIDE lined with detached and clustered trees slopes toward the right and forward, at its foot a stone and rail fence separating it from a level green field in the fore- ground. The foliage shows touches of brown. Overhead the sun is striving to pierce a dense veil of dark gray clouds and the landscape looks wet in a saturated atmosphere. Signed at the lower right, Ben Foster. Purchased from the artist, 1903. es —— —o No. 141 ARTHUR HOEBER, A.N.A. AMERICAN 1854— LANDSCAPE HL, Ce L; bs OM. as oe Height, 191 inches; length, 28 inches THE end of a salt bay comes up on the right to sandy and _ green dunes and meadows, under a sky streaked and overspread with light and dark clouds. In the distance a house is seen, and a man drives a loaded farm wagon up from the water. A brown boat lies in the grass above the water’s edge. Signed at the lower right, ArrHUR HoEBER. No. 142 RICHARD PAULI American 1855—1892 LANDSCAPE IG 0 ge. Height, 18 inches; length, apt pen : : A FRESH green countryside surrounding 4/shallofv lake appears under a light gray sky filled with yellowish-white clouds. Across the lake are groves of tall green trees and low cottages. ‘The water bears silvery reflections of trees, banks and clouds, a man is seen in a rowboat, and a young woman comes along a footpath through the fields border- ing the lake. : Signed at the lower right, Ricuarp Pavuui, 791. No. 143 LEONARD OCH'TMAN, N.A. — AMERICAN 1854— HARVEST TIME s. ‘ 3¢ ga Height, 2414 inches; le , A vaLrey field, rising at eithe slo golden yellow with a luxuriant yield of ripened grain, At the left and through the center the grain has been cut and stacked in sheaves, while at the right it is still standing, and at the lower end men are loading a great wagon with — 4 it. The field extends to a broad bay, its waters whitened - in the sunlight. Signed at the lower left, LEonaRD OcuTman, 1897. No. 144 MAX WEYL > AMERICAN 1837— LANDSCAPE i pegs so ‘Height, 24 inches;| dng 28 inche SLENDER birches of irregular fifunk rise at fhe a from — land which slopes down to a¢ral spring pool, up to which a straggling footpath leads. The birches rise out of the picture, and smaller trees are scattered near, while the pool reflects a bright blue sky spread with light clouds. Signed at the lower right, Max Wuyz, 1900. ae ener ps ee 7 iT Rhine ee a eae geen 9 fetes EB 7 a . ek ee ? ee ‘Sed aa «ee No. 145 ARTHUR PARTON, N.A. AMERICAN 1842— AFTER THE SHOWER ending upon a quiet country landscape where uncared-for fruit tfees grow in a field of deep grass. It has been a day of showers which SF 0 ec =©6- Height, 211% inches; “5 30 inches (3 - Tur shadows of evening are de - seem scarcely over, and dark clouds still lower. Toward _ the west the dark curtain has parted and tones of sunset appear. : Signed at the lower left, ARTHUR PaRtron. No. 146 LEONARD OCHTMAN, N.A. AMERICAN 1854-— HARLY MORNING a og Y f hoes Height, 24 inches; length 1 iiches habe A BROAD sweep of rolling country if green and cool in da early morning, and the light from the rising sun is reflecfed from a group of houses and barns in the distance. A lush meadow slopes from the foreground to a vale among low, rounded hills, and other houses are seen here and there among trees. Signed at the lower left, Leonarp Ocurman, 1892. bs iyi? , we eee a PR AS aa, ae ee ee mu v7! a ris Ee Lo Se ene Bete ND Ned Se Oia Ce ee a oe y Ag ee heave, og Pa aay ae I Let A A A “ Sere No. 147 J. CARROLL BECKWITH, N.A. AMERICAN 1852— | THE GRAY GOWN (Pastel) (Jy. L, Lee Of. ie ve be Height, 30 inches; wi "WY tt ei A YOUNG woman in a gray dress, facing front, is shown three-quarters length, seated in a folding armchair out a hillside field where field flowers grow amongst the grasses. A lace veil binds on a tiny cap, she holds a fan > on her lap, and she has turned her head to look down at her side toward her left. Signed at the lower right, Carroti Breckwiru. From Wunderlich & Co., New York, 1890. No. 148 HENRY R. POORHE, A.N.A. AmERIcAN 1858— IN THE BRUSH Uy, ig e£ Height, 23 inches; le pace es In the brush on the border of a here felléd timbers are seen, a pack of hounds appear tired as after a run. The foremost sits on his haunches with one paw raised, looking up as though at the master. Others are lying down or standing, and one is asleep. Signed at the lower right, H. R. Poorr, PHILADELPHIA. ae or No. 149 WILL H. LOW, N.A. AMERICAN 1853— DOLCE FAR NIENTE ao eae Height, 20 inches; length, 28 inclley/” CG othe IN a carved stone garden chair, in the ae agai solid background of greenery in which white roses mingle, -a young woman leans back with her arms clasped over her head and with far-away eyes gives herself to day dreams. She is clad in a classical robe of golden yellow which reveals her arms and one shoulder. — Signed at the lower left: 1888, Wirt H. Low, New York. Reproduced in the Century Magazine, January, 1892. Shown at an exhibition of American paintings at Vice-President Levi P. Morton’s house in Washington, D. C. No. 150 GARI MELCHERS, N.A. AMERICAN Contemporary RETOUR DE CHAMP Sage ahs el Height, 2434 inches; length, 36 inckés vise ae . Woes Bryonp a broad, flat green meadow, the red-roofed houses of a French village cluster under the domination of the village church and near a few tall, slender trees. It is getting toward the close of day but is still very light. In the foreground a peasant girl, bent from fatigue of labor, is walking homeward, rake on shoulder, basket on back, and a pot in her hand. Signed at the lower left, 1. Gart MeLtcuers, Hoiianp, ’84. No. 151 ’ Je MORTIMER LICHTENAUER | American 1876— } © hp MOODS—ALLEGORICAL ye 3 ye: Height, 27 inches; aps ‘(ae iy Two maidens of the days of imYoefice, partly enwrapped in colorful draperies, balance like nymphs on an extem- porized see-saw poised in the crotch of a stump, out in fields sheltered by numerous trees. The undulating coun- — try is marked by sunshine and shadows, carrying out the _ idea of the ups and downs and variations of life. One maid faces, the other turns her back to the spectator. Signed at the lower left, Licurenauer, 1904. Ewhibited at the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. Ewhibited at the Society of American Artists. Ewhibited at the Union League Club. No. 152 LEONARD OCHTMAN, N.A. AMERICAN 1854— HAY STACKS [ . /) ww Height, 24 OWE Tce a nak A BroaD hillside slopes gently from the right, and rises again at the left of the picture. On the right of a road leading through the center back to a white farmhouse, the land is grass-covered and two large haystacks in the middle distance are neatly capped with white. Opposite them, grain has been grown and reaped, and its yellow stacks dot the field. Across the immediate foreground is a broad shadow. Signed at the lower left, Lronarp OcHTMAN. - WAITING ‘* Tae ®. S18) a eee + eee No. 153 | GARI MELCHERS, N.A. AMERICAN Contemporary : Wie ecHeight, 2734 inches; length, 39714 inches i nf Roe on >» Ang Aa (Ah ant, ED and gray cottages of a fishing village at the seashore back up against a steep, yellow, sandy beach which fills the foreground. Near one of them at the right a heavy, wide boat has been hauled out and laid up. In the immedi- _ ate foreground at the left a young peasant woman in old- green and brown lies on the sands with a blue-clad baby at play in her lap, and other women of the fisher folk peer over a fence or stand on the open beach, all gazing seaward and waiting. ‘The day is bright and sunny but hazy. Signed at the lower right, 1. Gant Mreicuers, 1885. No. 154 J. MORTIMER LICHTENAUER i. | AMERICAN 13876 ha . ARCADIA if 4, ens Height, 40 inches ; , 33 inghe A GRAY-BLUE lake of slightly wioving Water, reflecting here — “7 and there lighter cloud formsy shares in a purple-blue haze _ marking some woods which streak broad green hills of the distant shore. On the green foreground shore are figures, — all nude, telling of Arcadian life and aspirations. A youth kneeling and seated on his heels bends over a fire of fagots; — a dish on the sward holds fish from the neighboring waters — and kindly fruits of the land, and a child gazes at it with a satisfied and unquestioning expression. A fair-haired maiden—a golden drapery over one shoulder and. her lower limbs, and wearing a coral necklace—stands at wist- ful ease facing the spectator, in an atmosphere of colorful radiance. Signed at the lower left, LicHTENAUER. a «, TERY No. 155 CARLETON WIGGINS, N.A. AMERICAN 1848— _ SHEEP AND LANDSCAPE see Bey, ome Height, 241 inches; fear 52 inches \ U; ‘ j/ I~ PassinG toward the left over a’ green Held marked by _ various long patches of earlier cultivation and crossed by a line of trees bare of leaves, a French peasant in cap and blue blouse follows his flock of gray sheep. The sheep in various attitudes have been individually studied, and the atmosphere is as of moisture after rain. Signed at the lower right, CarLETON Wiccrns, France, 1881. _ Purchased from the artist. Exhibited at the Paris Salon. Exhibited at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. AMERICAN ART ASSOCIATION, MANAGERS. THOMAS E. 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