Evening journal., 1898-01-22
.DANA'S ART RELICS.
Valuable Collections to Be
Sold at Auction.
INCLUDE PORCELAINS AND PICTURES
The Former UnequaIed In America Save
by Those That MIR. Walters of Bal
timore Gathered-Reasons As
signed For the Sale.
NEW YORK. Jan. 22.-Arraneements

NEW YORK, Jan. Arrangements
have been made for selling at auction
the art collections OF the late Charles
A. Dana. The porcelains and pictures
will be placed on exhibition at the Amer
ican Art galleries. together with the
collection of French and English pieces
owned by William II. Fuller, about Feb.
,. The Dana porcelains will be sold in
the galleries on Feb. II, IS and 10, and
The pictures Will be sold. with those Of
Mr.. Fuller, at Chickering hall on the
evening Of Feb. IS.
Mr. Dana's chief hobby was the coll
lection and study Of oriental Dorcelains.
and It Is generally conceded by con-
noisseurs that the six or seven hundred
pieces which he brought together form
one OF the two finest private collections
In America. Every specimen is the
best of it's class, for while the collection
Is not as large as that Of Mr. Walters
of Baltimore, it was secured more for
the personal delight Of its owner than
with the general educational purpose
that Mr.. Walters had in forming his
remarkable collection.
The decision Of Mr.. Dana's family to
dispose of the art collections has been
made with great reluctance, and the
sole reason for the sale is that there is
no one of the family who is so situated
as to give them proper care. Mrs. Dana
resides virtually alone in Mr.. Dana's
residence in upper Madison avenue,
where the collections are, and feels at
her age that their possession is too
great a care. Wanting, also, is the
presence Of their owner, who had given
years Of study and research to their
acquisition, and whose chief delight in
life was to spend his early morning
hours among them.
The Dana porcelains are thoroughly
representative Of the different oriental
dynasties where they were produced
and give the opportunity for compre-
hensive study of the art. Among them
is the first peachblow vase ever brought
to America, considered by many con-
noisseurs the finest in existence; one OF
| the three famous Hawthorne ginger
| jars, with covers, from the Saltoun col
lection, the others being owned by Mr..
walters and Mrs. James A. Garland,
and that absolutely unique specimen
! of Chinese porcelain, the Rose du Barry
vase, which is said to have cost $4,000.
Mr. Dana's collection of pictures
while not as important as his porce-
/
some are among the most representa-.
tive examples Of famous modern artists
obtainable Particularly notable are
the Corot the famous Dance
! d'Amour;" the Diaz, la Marais aux
! Grenouilles;" Millets Turkey Herder,
a superb example; the Jacque, the cell
ebrated "Sheep In the Forest" Rous-
seau's "Hay Field" and the fine Dau-
bigny, "On the Oise." These five can
vases of the Barbizon school form in
themselves a rarely notable collection
Mr.. Dana owned, in addition, the splen.
did '.Bucntoro" of Ziem and Courbet':
| "Seashore."
To this sale art connoisseurs and
patrons viii flock from all over the
country, and it is probable that severa
of the pictures and numerous specimen.
OF the porcelains will find their way t,
Europe. for the picture and porcelain
collectors of England and France have
long been acquainted with the impor
tance and value of the Dana collections