The New York herald., 1879-03-02
FINE ARTS.


CLOSE OF THE EXHIBITION OF THE wATEI
COLOR Society MOST SUCCESSFUL SEASON
The twelfth annual exhibition of the American
Water Color Society. which opened on Monday the
Sd ult closed the Academy at ten o'clock last
ing after the numerously attended and
full season yet known in its annals. Much credit
for this is due to that combination of good
taste and liberaty in art with shrewd business man.
agement which has been shown by the officers of
the society The total amount of the sales is much
larger than on any previous year. One hundred and
twenty-five works, about one-fth of those exhib-
iteda very high average-have been sold and brought
about $500 in all AS number of offers are
pending, and pictures are sold for two days after
the galleries closed to the public. the Anal total
of sales will probably reach s1O,50o against $6O4 of
last year.
During the exhibition 13, ,4s0 single admission
tickets sold, while last year the number
1858. These figures give only approximate idea
of the number of visitors for account is kept Of
those who enter on season tickets complimentary
passes. In 1878 there were sold at the door 445
of the illustrated catalogues at twenty-five cents
each and over one thousand were sent the
try. This year, the catalogues being more expensive
thirty each and 3slO sold at the door,
and, having excited much interest. number of or
ders have been sent for more. Nearly six hundred
tickets disposed Of The total cash receipts
for admissions and catalogues at the door above
$500 After the expenses of rent catalogues, adver
tising collecting, distributing and hanging have been
paid the society will net more than $1,000 over and
above the receipts for admission and catalogues and
the commission on sales. The fifty-one works sold
on the reception day. after the "private view" have
already been noted The following are the artists
names, titles. numbers and catalogue prices.
where given, of the works sold from that
day up to the close OF the exhibition
Mccachsons nans @ 49, 49,: j. Frank
Curriers' "Wilows and Water" (276) Frank @. Jones'
mhs Unwilling I Tast g so DnIs F. MoREnson
study l42sc, s25; George W. Fordham's STRAW.
Century sas
Winslow Homer's "On the Fence" u7O). S75; Henry
Farrers Twilight" lss,. $3.50; Meyer Won Bremen's
sumption (l4o), s25 winslow Homer's ''on the
eos. eos sso;;' his his STUNNING 'aiD. $50: F. s.
Church ''Home, Sweet .s,. Home l462l 500;
s%illss S.rners ndlsu 6smp @
Roaring River (411). $50; Helen A. Plumb's "Holv
hooks" H1s). $12; Sarah A. Tabers I'm June (39l,
$l25; Fanny W. Tewksbury's "Jacqueminot Roses
t4-6). $40; James D. smillie's ION Owens Creek,
Ho%srs s~E Ha.ASs 81 M iisS HsDy Tsnssas
ION the Edge Of the Woods uei1. sla5 Edwin
Ellis Egyptian Water Carrier (9 S25; f. AVerner's
'On the Nipigon River 2S6). $50; IL. Bruce Cranes
"Farmington Meadows" (55), $22; Granville Per-
kins Lake George p67). S2oO Mrs. +. H. Bates
''Gypsy Tambourine Giirl' (sO). s45; William Ma
grath's windmill at East Hampton" (94), $40;
Kruseman Van Elten's STUDY from Nature
Connecticut" (345), $50; II. LIE Bas Twilight
(463); J. G. NicolPs ''The Edge OF a
Corn Field" (261). $50: Henry Farrer's Etching
(485) $40; John S. Davis Squirrel Hunting" (266
S75 Charles Booths IAN Autumn Afternoon (24s
$35; Francis A. Silvas 1.-The Fisherman's Home
I132) $500; Hugh Newells Country Life--In the
Field (453, $75; +. Hopkinson smiths "By the
Lake" Q97). 500; j. Puzo's "A Fruitful Branch"
(i2l), $35; Walter Satterlee's "The Naturalist"
(357), $50; A. Brennan's ''Genevieve Ward
Queen Elizabeth (513) Henry Muhrman's s
Gentleman of the Sixteenth Century" Q39), $780,
R. Swain Gfords ''Padanaran Salt Works (496)
land" (302). $500; Henry Muhrnans "Roumanian
Peasant Child 461). $75 Winslow Homer's Girl
and Boat (4os) $50; his 'Girl With Half Rake
(415). $50; Mrs. l.. s. Keogg's "Prmroses" (33l):
Annie L. Strings .Pansies' (427), SO; +. Tuzo 5
'Field Lilies (427), $685. J. r. Cropseys warwick
Woodlands (136). $50; Henry Farrers "Etchings'
4ss). SIS; Robert F. Bloodgood's "Quogue Beach,
man. (77), $50; Henry Muhrman's ..Oriel Win
..The Village Elms'' l4D; Henry Muhrman $
"Head of a Girl Q23 500; Walter Satter-
lees "Such a Difficult Passage" (275), 5000;
w. NJ Chase's ga Carpet Bazar Q63); Charles Par
sons "Cedars, Deal. N j." (2O3 James Symington .
"Deserted $50; Annie L. Strings "Iilacs' l442).
s75; Kruseman van Elten's Landscape on the
Housatonic' (l60). $500; Gustav Grahns 'Slavery
Days" (444): Fanny W. Tewksbury's ''study Of Ger
anirms' (42O), $40: and Il Sherman Pease's 1.-The
Bitter Bitten" (35l). $2O