New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-04-07
ART NEWS AND COMMENTS
THE WEEK ~ AR CIRCLES.

tn .t,ordancs has not been large Put IL IS Saws,
factory to find that buyers have not peep u.ssO
bv the forbiddlng arrangement OF the Bahof'0e'
.rorv the pictures sold since the last hme OF
writing arc the following: Merme@ no0' 1a.s
Clark. sgo: Gsonata," l. r. Wiies' 0o"V, u.,,
Rehearsal,D NJ r. Dixen, $500; |" Amen, =
s35 Roses A. Williams $50 oa nous: y,oho,s
ronsira $40: GCrandmother's Posey| L. d. M,o".l
S.n. aor.ne. I, NJ. Barker $50 Autumn WOODS
y noaine ss6: Pineapple Oranges W ', ~
CIostev ste5. ain April,' Percy horan' RLoo
:. s,,nsots p smith, $3.50; Surf on the hooAs
:, n ns Haas. $500; ~After the Leaves nav
To,,an lanes NJ. Hart, 81 900; :" Indian summer
n r Hasbrouck $3.50, and "A Mihor O''
william Morgan, $500.
Tho CLARKE HaIlgarten and Dodge prizes VIII 90
avarded Inv vote at meeting OF the eAhiolao,o -
will be held I'm tho Academy at O'CLOCK On ~
Aprl H. There are three Hagarten pnL0s, o"e
prize and one Dodge prize fof 'NN'
are entered In composition
The ninth volume Of the series OF NauohS1 has
Notess begun in 1881 by Mr.. Charles NJ nu.n, as
made its appearance. This puoho"t t,.s unon The
anorai dissertation of the exhibition notes upou VI.
SIc,rros IN each gallery biographical notices y,
art,s,s soms account Of the National AcaneaS' ~ne
= .rwmarv NJ The art attractions" OF New horh A
hvat Of the illustrations presents inc coihin -,
o.ged IN the consideration OF po'uree' go -,
there arc numerous Photographic prlh,s' n,si.,o.
convenient memoranda Of paintings III 'o0 $50.
This little vour1e has proved serviceaoie " ,
and beIpfal afterward a record Oh the eAni"''"'
For some years any furry in the copper MARKET mss
caused predictions of the dispersal OF inc
lection, but 1t appears now ha' 'Ho ~, $1,000
.ctnally being sold Three years ago the cnAn ~.
-oornod IN favor Of sale. but IL was averted INC
acent embsrassmcnts Of tho sOciete des he'aux "efe
,olovcd by an offer Of the collection Tor io"V''oO'
francs This was two or three mohus n.y. ~
a,ton NJ che Arnstcan Art Association, offered oooO
600 francs or 81 100000. The eolectlon was nnans
offered 10 him for 81 100000, but before oeeS'On
was arrived at information was reee'ed O"a' uo
nic,prcs we're being sold at private SALE Inc conec
H., ,horstoro Win not be seen IN this country THIS
ia pcb 10 be regretted for the Secretan collection Us
a whole must have been one OF e&traoruhary Intoi~
eat Tho best known picture, OF course was Ainsts
AnrelusS for which American repor'eo W hANo
offered $1,000 Tho artist represented DS te gre"
eat number Of pictures MeissoDer by Vhom tnoro
were thirty pictures. Mnlets "Winnower, woman
vt,h paJlss and two pastes accompanied the Ange-
m and there were examples Of nearly all the French
ro.stess NJ the century But NJ. secretan was col
Iector OF old as well as Of modern masters and hS
catalogue bears the name Of Rubens, Remnranut,
Halls Claude Lorraine, Hobbema, PAU fones' poiSfu
Douw Van der velde, Belni and Greu2e. In all 'neie
were about 176 paintings. An auction sSe OF tne cor
lec,lon I'm New-York would have been memorable
event
Messrs. Wunderlch & Co. have received the hrst
set OF autoiype reproductions OF drawings py hon'
brandt edited by f. Lippmann, and puohsheo W n'
W Thibaudeau, OF London. The editor mas 0eoo az
sisted by ". Bode, Sidney Colvin' seymour h~Noi'
J. p. Heseitne and several Continental museum di
rectors. The purpose Is TO present permanent To-
productions Of the greatest possible number OF KEN
brandts drawings In public and private coiiecuOns
n is expected that part, containing my f'P'
ductions will be Issued every six months. Az Presens
four parts arc in preparation The eauon WIZ 70
limited TO $50 copies Each part, containing hity OF
more auotypes will cost original subscribers Poulu'
IN England or S32 delivered In this country Ino
ce Will be raised after the publication OF the second
mart These reproductions are admirably exact pre-
serving design and the qualities Of the original mediu
IN a manner which should be entirely Satisfactorily
students Many of the drawings were IN pen anu
ink and India ink but cOlorod study Oh an oiu ".
n sbown which has independent pictorial VaIue' ana
tbora are a few others similar In character ihe
nrprual drawings arc I'M the British Museum ana
pov,I Museum Of Berlin, aud they CONSIST ior tno
most part Of ohsnd Sketches OF types OF OF
Of figures IN various attitudes made win EGerenS1
Old nasters has been carried so far Is 70 maks
radical change In methods o. snay naseG has nnsy
hssn possIble since the Prince Consort Of England
began the photographlnS OF drawnsS On Ia ySy bas
some thirty year, ago Sompar,soR an easy ono The
made the Of draynSa published by NJ Thlbaudeau
a,S possibly Of T w ahs oSacosaphc society but
bn Istt.Ts work. in addition to IFS unimpeac hsS H
G,STest n SsS aPs IN very poor condition
TIL. recent exhibition OF the Society Of Painter
r,.h.rs IN London embodied tribute to the president
Mr. seymour Haden, whose etchings occupied ono
uhoe side Of long gallery. In all lao were sno"u'
r.rresenting about twOthrds Of the etchers WORK
ONO "a the earliest plates dated lS43' shou DO &c
cordInc 10 one observer, encouraging to any Sro'
1.bsre was an impression from the "Agamemnon'l
tel tho rbiaroscuro OF the later mezEotnt framed
,,non n and the dry-pont, Newton Manor" was
sbown I'm four states. The ST. Jamess Gazette COM
.ort, fayorably upon the work OF William strang'
rynn OF Isgres, but adds, after pointing out 10"
,coptions The rest Of the exhibition consists manly
~ mates wrought lines quite apart nom uosS ou
which tho true etcher works rfoe sHntnoaS We ~. y.
H. 4, ,be laat thing that nine enthS OF these paher
lL .Is, th,nh az The contours, the variations OF
VSlns the deIicaoies OF light, shade the SHADOW on
tha obiects before which they set UP their easel-
.mons thsss masters that their affections lie and
that being so, they should turn TO pastel 20
or 10 paint, to find an Quiet ior 1noF "''"e
N. Rochofort's articles upon picture forserfes and
other frauds which were quoted last week nave
brought letter from a wen.knovn artist Of this CITY,
- hsa inst discovered forged pctrre assigned 10
Edouard Frere As Il happened, this srust was
pupil OF Frero, thoroughly conyersant wtn inc aH,r
pnrir and n "a easy 10 Imagine his wrath az nndlnR
n wretched daub masqueradlng as the WORK OF ths
mastcr on Ecouen. The o had been dropped from
RsoSard IN Inc signature, familiar trick which has
been often prsctiSed in the case OF orgru
natrate fra,d and at the same time evade
EemonsibiiIty This picture was found In FIFTH ave
suctIon-roOm and It was sold Tor SeVersi huporeo
dollars.
In another number of "Gallanani" NJ Rochefort
continues the subject Of frauds and forgcries There
i one artist" no says, "who has made the fortunes
Of ten pcturedealers with limitations of Leonardo da
yinci, Zurbaran and other masters Recurring 10
modern artists, NJ. Rochefort says: As for Courbets
everybody knows whence many and many Courpot
comes. Toward the close OF his life, ConrDet Deihs
obliged 10 produce great DEAL and rapidly, dvulged
the secret OF his palette to OF his pupils. Among
the most devoted collaborators c. Pata, who sc-
companled him IN his exile to La Tour dc Peilz, and
acquired thoroughly the thick color tho bold stroke,
and ,ba lnife tricks of the master Of Ornans. Now,