New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-05-06
NOTES ON CURRENT ART.

Tns Cabanel sale will begin May % at the gal
lcry OF NJ. Georges Petit, and close on May 20
large paper and ordinary edition OF tho oStsosu1
have been received, the former containing poru"'
Of the artist. The Introductory notice. "nlch Z"
most necessarily a eulOgy, Is by NJ. Henry FouVu.i
Including everything thero are 0ol numbers IN NI'
catalogue, which indicates that the stuolo was 'no
ouehly explored The painting set down as " the iasS
work Of the master" is Tragedy s'she' e.uH'
Thore is reduction OF the Cleopatra Iryiis Io
upon Prisoners another of the TRIUMPH OF rior",
executed for the grand stairway OF the faViiion no
F1orcs and another OF tho Life or 81 LOUIS eAo
outed for the Pantheon. The t1rst hcStacy u d.
Io,n The pantists from the Salon of 1873, venus
with the Ample of Cold" dated 1878, judith
picture unfinished at the artists dealh variety vi
figures and heads with few landscapes ana marines
90 10 make ND the work in OIL Among these 10 ex-
snoIes ars sketch for the picture, Christ at the
prseoy4um which received the Prix de Rome in 1s45.
Another picture Orestes WorShpping at the Temple
NJ ApoIlos is catalogued the first which was sent
nom Rome the date IS 1910. The second picture
sent @The Fallen Angel" and u st. Paul. dated
Rome ls4o are also included with rep lea OF Ro the
IN 1851. The original belongs 10 the Museum
he eios question HSOvo in the pa S Of
iicas troubled Cabanel little most Of his con,
me- caopO snresept crayon or chalk
or other sketches for decor atye designs pictures and
Rs stters and these studies were pTeServd In the
catalogue the subjects are indicated only by their
an excellent Opportunity to secure fashionable por-
M ssfremely nts s oScasion and IT probable
that many amateurs will nd genuine force 1T N S soe
ncls last twenty years
The Duncan collection, recently described In these
columns has been sold AZ the Hotel Drouot with
discouraging results. DelacroiX's noble " AmehuS
Honorable bought by NJ DurandR usl for only
$1,000. 1t IS reported that the picture was heid al
$4,000 when in New-YorR Delacrox's Sardanapa-
iusn was sold for 5000. 1t Is said that the price IN
New-York was $4,000 Lefebvres Dara surprised
brought 1880. Roussoaus large Morning" ana
Evening were sold for only 25co, each, but they
MsS eSsm lpESs on paD s The EcIOce which al
tracted much admiration at the Academy OF DeSlei'
nsSilS low Other prices were 81 ITO for COnrbets
HshepheldeSs,- 1920 for head by EanuS D Ca'
I'm and $500 and 5000 for two paintings by Doe.
The total amount realized was less than $4,000.
The only paper in the April Portfolio" which is
complete in this number is Mr.. Bcdfords article upon
aQueen Elizabeth in Caricature." The ade Is mis-
leading. for Mr.. Bedfod furnishes not general but
special study, which really an estma"s Of Charles
Kr,natrck sharpe an almost forgotten English artist
of tho later eighteenth and earlier nineteenth century
who was placed by Sir Walter Scott between HoC1rh
and BreusheL A collection of Sharpc's etchngs was
published twenty years ago. and his letters have been
published within a few years, Inc icpi0ducuOus W
certain OF hs meciless carcaures of Queen Elizabeth
90 far toward sustaining his claim TO high rank as
singulariy vigorous satrst Tie fontspiCce OF this
number is al etching by Mr. c. o, Murray after VIII
lam CoIinss painting. "Thd Prawnfshers-" An ad-
nirabIe etching after Teuers, by Decesy, appears IN
SL'Artp of February Is. "L'Art" OF April contains
an etching by Chauvel after watercolor by the
Baroness Rothschid and for the number appearing
on April TO- N. Kuhn has made original etching OF
q scene neas luxembourg in Germany. Th's number
also contains fullpagc reproduction OF a clever
charcoal skec of listeners at concert by NJ Mantc
yetGoguet. In the text 81. de RoddaZ notes some OF
the preparations for the Universal Exposition another
writer sstirzes the Elfel Tower and uhId con.
tnues the irrespective study Of the French artists OF
the last century. Among recent American art maya
Zines we have TO note " The Art Interchange OF
April 81, which is accompanied by a chr1n9.lit
graphic reproduction of oil study of cattle by Mr.
Carleton Virgins. The April number Of " sun ard
shade published by the PhOtogravure Company Of
New.York las two timely" plates, portrait ~
washington and pictures of tho menOf-war lost at
Samoa. Some clever Studies OF children. gateway
near Dieppe and spring fantasy arc epreS ented in
an attractive way.