The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-03-30
ART MATTERS.
The Lcavitt Art Gallery Yesterday and
TO-MOrrOW.

The Lcavitt Art Gallery Yesterday and
TO-Morrow.
No one will complain that enough pictures
good, pad and indIfferent-have not been ex-
hibition and for sale during the past few months.
Up town and down town, from the Academy Of
Design down to Liberty street. and between Union
square and Aston place, auctleneers, artists and
exhibitors have been at work. and the voice Of the
bidder has been heard Occasionally the season has
been varied by a display Of fine art books the
value of which has been enhanced by their anti
quarian associations. Something like q new
departure is to be detected in the intermingng
OF pictures and articles Of vertu visible yesterday
afternoon and evening, and salable tomorrow
afternoon and evening" at the Leavitt Art Gal
lery. 1t is sort OF marriage accomplished be-
tween the boudOir and the picture gallery. the
drawing room and the cabinet OIL paintings and
water cOl0rs vie with clocks and silver ware, and
we wake from q dreamy admiration OF Teniers, or
Role, or CaIlow, to stumble against Stemway
grand or become lost In the shadows OF lmhOT d
It would be a vast OF time and English to give
extravagant admiration to the pictures They
comprise oil paintings, water colors, pastels,
ings are choice, and among the picture depart
ment OF the collection Turk many 0ppor-
tunties ISr rare bargains There pos
aeId; GROUP Of Children attributed to Sir joshua
mai Of J. Mazzolini; moonlight" by Bellows, an
excellent example OF that artists style; "Farm
Yard IN Ripley, surrey" ana "Red Lion Inn n,
the collection, by G. Lara; "Shipping IN Harbor,"
by CaOw, and about one hundred and forty other
pictures OF widely different degrees OF merit. The
only water-color calling for mention is "The Place
OF st. Mark. Venice" TWENTY-FIVE engravings,
three chromos, and four pastels by G. G. Fish. con-
stitute the remainder OF the gathering.
The miscellaneous department. gives one much
more to admire. A large orchestrion Is placed
against the south wall OF the smaller room. 1t
was built by Imhsn & Muckle, OF London, and
bought by its present pOssessor for not less than
eight thousand dollars In gold. The masculine
sibly remember the Immense 0rchestriOn which
once attracted visitors to popular German saloon
one what champagne is to cider. 1t may be de-
scribed as the subimated essence OF orchestra, In
which band music Is boiled dewn ana gwen IN
loneliness upon handsome rug at the west end OF
the large apartment. japanese vases grace
contrast with c0lored porcelain jars. Bohemian
glassware is cheek by jowl with bronze
lor centre table of satnwood inlaid, brings with 1t
associations from the Tuileries, and cost $1,000.
magic singing bird sports In gaudy prison, and
the aspirations we mpute to it are Knocked by the
artificial flowers holding out false promises near.
Then, there are Persian rugs, musical rabbits,
Paran figures, Colts pistols, cutglass cologne bot
ties, marble centre. pieces, French and antique
clocks walnut and rosewood cases, bronze ink
stands and candlesticks smoking tables, mirror
globes, porcelain bowls, music boxes, marble urns
and Japanese card receivers. The silverware is OF
English sterling silver and embraces about forty
lots, including all the shining paraphernalia ofbreak
fast and dinner. Some dainty ice cream spoons
match with some fruit ditto, and heavily chased
water jug Is among the more attractive and unique
through this labyrinth of dilettanteism the
0rchestrion, with its eight barrels, keeps remind
ing Of Tampa and Def %1a
popular polkas and operas, until you almost make
up your mind that it will be your fate to bid to
music and to buy beating time. The miscellane-
Gus department will be sold tomorrow afternoon,
at halfpast three; the pictures tomorrow night at
eight. The gallery was open to tile public yester-
day, and damselS and dOwagerS, conn0isSeurS
and bargain-hunters, ranged there from ten A. NJ
TO ten +. NJ to their hearts content.
The Kensett Picturos-End OF the Sale.
The sixth and last Of the series Of sales consti-
tuting the Kensett auction came OF last evening
at Association Hall. All through the week the
audiences had been large, nearly filing the lower
floor Of the hall, and including among their num-
bers a good many ladies. The pictures which
brought the larges prices were "Beverly Coast,
Massachusetts," and "Among the Rocks" The
aforementioned painting was sold on Monday even
ing for $1,000, the second on Wednesday evening
for $1,7oo. Both were painted by Kensett, and the
ST. 600 one, having been left incomplete, had been
finished by Mr.. J. w. CASTELAR,. The sales were at
tended with deep interest and warm feeling, and
conducted by Mr. Somerville in good faith and in
tegrity The back OF the stage last night was
adorned with portrait 0fMr Kensett, surrounded
with an exquisite wreath OF natural flowers and
surmounted by the Seventh regiment nag. APP
pended are the sums obtained Of 5000 and up
wards:-Coast OF Darien, Conn.-Rooten Point,
spas; Chcorua n. H., at Sunset, 500; Indian
on the Lake, $3.50; Lake George. $3.50;
Falls on the winooski, VT, $500; Theme from the
Hudson, $500; Chicorua, from Friburg, 5000; Study
Of an Old Chestnut, 500; Lake Champaign, $3.50;
Near Georgetown, Colorado $3.50; The Brook and
Brches $500; On the Missouri River, $3.50; The
Flume, New Hampshire, $2lo; Black Mountain,
1910; White Birches in October, $500; Study OF
Rocks at Conway, N H., $500; Niagara Falls, 1925;
Old Brches and Rocks, $500; The Coast at Beverly,
Mass $275 The Cascade $500; Mount Mansfield,
from Lake Champlain, 1905 On the Hudson River,
5000; Afternoon in the Adirondacks, $305; In the
Mountains, near Denver. colorado S210; Snowy
Range and Foot Hills from the Valley Of Valmeunt,
Colorado, 5000; Manchester Shore, $3.50; Mount
Mansfield from Mullets Bay, Lake Champlain,
sos Oaks at Genesee, $40; Study in the Adirsn-
dack Mountains, 1855.