New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-02-04
STrWART PAINTINGS SOLD,
THE BREAKING UP OF THE coLLEc-
TON BEGUN.

HIGHEST PRICE. $4,000. GIVEN FOR FoRroHfS
COURT OF JUSTICE" BY H. p. WHIT
NEY-THE TOTAL FOR THE
FIRST NIGHT sl3s.lso.
r.o colo A, auction OF the famous collection OF
.,o,urcs belonging TO the late William H. stewart
rs begun last night I'm Chickerns HAN IN al
o,.entv works were disposed Of Athough 'heS III
Idol many important examples. the paintings
hitch are likely TO bring the highest prices nave
..ar reserved FOR to-nights sale
w. HISTORY Of the group and OF its collector ana
-. o,,husiasm Of Mr. Stewart FOR the works @
,,.-,.no Fortuny and other artists nave areauy
-, described at length In these columns III VIII
az 10 say that the sale which hNgah last night
= ,,a ., the most important ever held IN TINS
,,t-v II brought togo her connoisseurS from aii
-. =, The country. and many commissions from
,--one were held by agents in this city IL WIS
orted :hat n c. Prick through representatives.
- purchased about dozen pictures TOT the pul-
- ~ presenting them 10 the Carnegie ATT Gai-
80 hut when Mr. Frck was seen last night al
.hs Holland House where ne 's s'aS"'s' "
"a answer inquiries
HALL LITERALLY FILLED
Aeen was the interest felt in the sale
,.os,e6 nv the remarkable attendance The
ii nos literally filed TO the doors long before the
ss, n,cture put up, and hundreos o' peope
- came later In the evening Were unable 10 gam
a-i,tance Among those seen were justice
80 Nh and Mrs Henry Payne Whitney. {. r
,,gton George j. Gould. r De Madrazo. j.
tear Norrie Thatcher NJ. Adams Mr.. ana MIS-
L ~,t Bonner and John d. Crimmins Inc
-, vae conducted by Thomas F. Kirby! o" oe"""
-. American Art Association.
~ ,o,sl amount realized on the seventy pictures
az, 100 For the most part the bidding was
vas 80 tho general run of the prices obtained
spi'l'.rs,,o 10 M Kirby as high as was eX-
was a,d fuuv justified the judgment Which
p,.,,sa the bringing Of the pictures TO TINS coun
- to- DISPOSAL The highest indNlouai o-u 70
aved was $1,000 which was PAID oS mem: 49,
o.,,.,ev Cor Fortuny's Court o. Justice N"e"
"...,,s uere withdrawn exposing the picture
' to NJ me assemblage, II was gfeeleo VIII"
- on,ht,rst Of applause. The oiodihs s'H'o. az
,.o which was Immediately capped oE a"o''e
,housand and then. In hundreds was ~
.t.0 4 pause came at this point anu II semi
o., some moments that the WORK was uos - nno
- .- loss than was anticipated From s"V'V
10 ee,res in three bids bids jumped 10 So''' on,
,n.,eafter 10 the end the competition was Aeei az
IT, Twice MI Whitney made 'housdiiU-u" on o
go s,6 ne finally secured the treasure lo' Si'''V'
o'es' or Lab Fantasia" representing a group
- ar,b, Arab warriors dancing brousht ''e
- hicbest figure OF the sale. Staruhg al
,mo il advanced in thousand ana Il, I,I. :,
dolar bids and sold 10 MT h ''lSo
name assumed by a prominent Wv
so,al reasons FOR SEQ" -
-, p.o-," which elected considerable applause
rben # was produced, brought $500" sum VIM"
AZ, t,rhv said after the sale was seVerA '"ou
.,nds below its selling value II went u ,.'
ts.,,nr OF Nh De Madrazo the Weil-Kno"i. arms
~ ale will he resumed at SIS o'clock this even
Ing
THE PAINTINGS AND PRICES.
-. lie, Of the paintings. with the
nrices paid for them. and the NAMES Vi NV
cbasers where announced:
A1MA-rApEMA Roman Youth Reading Horace S''V
.pcos .,RUFTOoN" 1915 CKnoedier'
BACi1Kl' -. 49, The Peal IS coo Madrazol
ro1p1N1 River seine Mont valeran 500 i" q 400
"a Bsir. "cl,chy square Paris. 1850 'stanVer.
BovxAT "Seapali,an Peasants at the Farnese palace
vo,sIxc7,oS View Of Old Paris ss7a Oh Harri-
goyyIx. .wna Flowers" $500 Il. cris' Deimon'eo''
, BEILaydE MILITARY sketches" SEQ
ooosEMANs Summer Landscape" ''2'; winter
Landscape" $500
ooRoT "vle dAvray" 5000 (E. Branoue'
rTAYs "On the Coast" $500.
CHAM" The Commune s1lo
q ~-rZ The Pont Neur Paris" 500
o1-pRAY. Waterloo" 5000 uAnthier
DE ROrHsCHILD C8aroness. view OF oapr' '''
pr NlTTls 'I.owlands Near Naples so75'
nAr-RIGNY ''Auvers the Disc" 5000 ID branous'
FrRMAN- G1RARr "Psrsan Flower Gin si'"" u"
FoRTUNY corp4s chTis go ' tsSnyer1
Fsn,asia" $1,000 IL Harrisonl Italian an 81 s6
e5 ,3 Wife, &c 6a9s" Of the s%aos sS
~ Harrison '|0ne Of the Kings MG9rs p 90 10"
.s s;'9 5knosds csqr jqsSssd A AsmSTs
g i5O Is I'ntermyer -..,,-
Vi :S;sd Rebels s37oo &C. 6. Dinsmore)'
GREGORY The War IN the East. $40
FEII4BI-TH Monte Pncio. s42'
HElIBUTH Lady in Yellow s425
HERNANDEZ Head Of Girl A'5
poRsCHELT An Arabian Horseman." 500
HARP1GNIES Autumn. Castle Of san Angelo si"'
MlcHET~rI The Turkey Girl" s423
MICHETTI "A Seaside Idyl 500
v.nRAzO Woman and Parrot" $3.50 w A o1arfo'
Woman and Guitar" So 500 Gsidor Wornser'
NAccARI Women Raphaers Tomb SI"
MOORE Banks o. a River" sl25 w. c. lor1nso'
MENZE1 The stirrup Cup" $3.50 &c p Douglass
PINwEII. Rural Life. England s2'l"-
PARSONS English Landscape $500
PILE 'Iausquenets' 81"
RICO ,o se'eq F,sseTmsn s.vi.ie 5000 # Beh
Beats Possy :s5c "a Spen, 900 ' ;Knoes,er
RoYBET The Kitchen in the Castle 1880 " BRAN
RrBERA cate Cnan,.n," 1880 Cw. A carfo.
SAINT. "Gpsy Fortune Teller" sS2.
Elephant" s775.
SMALL. a P.oughing Match $40 $780,
TRoYoN valley of the Toucsuss 81 go On'er-
meyer; Chickens Feeding $500 'scn"u9
vOIION Crystal Bowl and Fruit sl.'"-
VAN LERIUs AN Old Wonsn's Head s'|o
VON MEsZoLY. Farm Scene 800
VAN MARcKE "A Normandy Cow" A,ioo (Boussod
Valadcu & Coz.
WEBER 'Poushing." s23a . Of.
zAMACors "Forruny.s Model" $3.50: '-rhe Infanta' -
200 Julius Oehme).
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