The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-01-28
ART IN THE POLICE COURT.
lingo ~ 4 PAINTERS d SUIT
p,,zy rs N COTRT LAYERS.
Paint Raised l., what Is n Counterfeit"
pnin,ing-Lawyer Alter Cant Believe
Tim, an Artist Who Paints From
>Inhir. Is Origlnnl -DeCisiOm KeserNed.

St1lirs Is orisiunl -ibecistOh IteserNeu.
rn, rumlnal libel suit Of Henry W. Ranger, the
,,,l., ape painter, against David c. Preyer.
..,., and publisher uf The Collector and Art
Cy,,, hal a hearing before Magistrate Hogan in
,ne Jefferson Market police court yesterday, and
tuo II Ia, lawyers practising in that court had a
chance ,p show how much they didn't know about
AZ, Tn. prosecution particularly objected 10 the
,pp,arancr Of the word counterfeit in the al.
cgcd libeI,ous article printed by Ptcycr's paper
about NJ. Rangers paintings. The complainant
took the stand ~ say that the publication Of the
stir,r followed his per mptory refusal to pay
admission t, the defendant on the sale Of certain
paintings
william Clausan, an art dealer at 3Sl Fifth ave.
nu,t,stnrI that he had sold two Of Rangers paint.
insS toa Nh Humphreys in February last year
lmmr iiat,y a'tct the sale Preycr had come to him
with request Ter commission IN tie ground that
be hn, influenced Mr Humphreys e. buy the
MIXTURES Tie w.tHcss believed the statement ard
lid Preyrr 80 call tho next day for a cle'S
The next mrrnin., however, he received a tele-
rhunr message from M, liumph reys, who said
tai, he had had a visit from Pteyer and that the
Ia ter had been anxious to flnd out what paintings
Of Hangers he had b ought
4 think tina, he wants - bleed YOU for a com
mission, Mr.. Humphreys said" continued Nj.
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''HHN'" "'' va nv ""' : '""' VI III, wv"
vii t. buy those paintings and that Prcyer
hlln not ing az al I, 90 WIN IT.. " hon Preyer
called a niue lhIcf,ln INC day, Therefore, | told HIM
tai h. hat no riEht To- expect y CON mission rom
me, lie toii ne on ma ucrasion That he consid-
trci Ranger one %! thr foremost painters IN this
country, Some 'lnlc after that h" spoke again 81
Ranger ana ne ,nninISsi"A. ami said that he
had II IN i"r hlrl
LOWS ID S,at a PAINTER, gave some cnmpl,
utsptlFv tee lrlOuN about the commitment and
lu~Hrl 'fo.s eHaminNi y aver Nt"r iorihe
defence, h" drni,d poSuN'lN, that The WORD cour-
rtteIt codli apply 10 Rangers works, which were
ALWAYS Originals.
ID you mean 10 say, asked Altf-, looking
very learned, 'tlat TINS d'iendcnt never paints
rom any other p1at', pictur' or painting wha:Sp.
ever
why, h" paints from studies, 81 course, said
ihc witness, trying nara not u smile.
Nah exclaimed the id"Nrr there you
aHr' In other words he copies the works OF other
mel,
studies, my dear sir, eNplHlnel the witness,
are a valnters first sketches on ihe spot, when
he later usrSfur the production 81 his pictures,
There was an EMBARRASSING pause. ana then
.Nlt"r resumed. Tn" paintings, then, are moth
lnE hut 'ol"cS or ruuhteri'ltS ~ the stuGleN
They cannot he called originals
The witness Savci himself from talllrg, and
when he recovered his breath entered into an ex-
pianatloN ~ the meaning. ~ studies. sketches
an such t'lnES whirh enlrd cnunsel's desire T.
hsk more Q~ue,tlons along mat line
Preycr himself was tie first witness fer the do
fence. lie asserted That he bore NO malice 10