New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-08-01
50 THE ANGELUS" rs ALL RIdHI.
Mr.. SUTTON Is ENTIRELY SATISFIED.
THE ASSOCIATION MAY GIVE 1T TO SOME PUB

THE AssocI ALTON MAY GIVE 1T TO SOME PUB.
lie NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. CRITICS ANSWERED.
James f. Sutton, who bought Mllet's famous plct-
urc. "The Angcus,7 for The American Art Associa-
ton Is not al all disconnected troubled by the sne r
ing criticisms which appeared I'm certain quarters
in regarl his recently acquired treasure ana the CIT
cumstanccs attending the purchase II IT, lie was so'n
yesterday at the American Art Asso, iatlons ro'm''
No. East Twenty thIrd-st. and takci freely on inc
subject TO a Tribune reporter
Il have done nothing with view TO Advertising
the picture said Mr. Sutton. and as to us famo' tha
has been growing for forty years Those attacks
be the result OF personal spite. and ] nave
good to think that such is the case. b"' II
these people hope to. burt the picture by abusing IT,
they make a great pstnk', for the public have way
Of taking decided Interest in what Is wrongfuH crcu
down. As to tho picture being worm
what was pad for II, may say
that there were five Other bidders as 10
termned myself, and, moreover, that ca"
sell 1t TO two galleries in this country II WISH 'o'
But The picture is not for salo and will not as /
believe be sold again. Tho only manner in which |
shall dispose of It VIII be TO give 1t 10 some
public Institution, IT, indeed. We do not estiOilsh
such an institution here ourselves.
at is true that shall, If possible. bring the WORK
in on bond, as | should not wish at once 10 paY
upwards of $4,000 in duty upon 1t, and as oeiieVo
that The laws requiring such payments VIII s'V' 10
repealed. a duty works of art is derimeht
all the interests OF American artists and 10 inc
cause of art in this country. believe that thiS Is
eoming understood, and that Congress VIII appre-
ciste II fully enough in the near future to chahge
the law. II not, the duty Will be paid, put inc
picture VIII be sold, and sort OF an oner VIII
in any case be considered.
in opposition to the merits Of the worh inc
opinions have been quoted Of men belonging W oil
entirely different school, who totally Incapable OIL
approaching or comprehending Mllets work Ihelr
element is the carna, his the spiritual They appeal
to the Senses he to the soul. This difference IS well
understood by those who have high an opinion OF
The Angclus' 1t ranks in character, though not IN
workmanship, with the Sistlne Madonna of Raphael
The people will certainly be invited to come mere
to see the picture but It IS absurd to say, as these
carpers have It, that the price pau
rather than the merits of the pic
ture, VIII be the drawing nducement. Can anybody
prevent the public from knowing what the plctire
brought when It was sold public auction and caused
contest that interested several nations thousands OF
miles apart4 We have sa.d and shall say. nothing
about the price. / bought the picture because Know
II the work OF a true master Bat am not
dealer, and do 10 have people know me
price. None of Millet's works are In the haheS VI
dealers. They are all I'm private COLLECTIONS ,
In the OF the interview Mr. sutton also salu
that the picture had been Increasing In Vaiue ever
since It's real merits hrst discerned, some twenty
In 1881 NJ. sccretan glad 10 acquire 1t for about
935 900, which was then considered a h'gh prize
Even then, however, It would have fetched sun
larger sum had IL not been for an agreement Dctweh
other and to draw lots for the prize after it was
knocked down.