The sun., 1903-03-14
", 4. FULLER'S MONETS SOLD
ONLY S3JlO0 PAID FOR THE
ELEVEN PICTURES.

the Monet CU1t-T0tal Neceipts Tor
the Nights Offerings Over SlOs. 900.
The late william H. Fuller's eleven paint
ings by Claude Monet were sold at Men
delssohn Hall last evening for s3i 400. The
canvas which was the favorite Of Mr.. Fuller
went for the highest figure Of any Of the
collection II was the Dawn at Antibes, >
the enchanting picture which contains on
the hither bank Of the river the peculiar
green-blue tree that has caused the painting
10 be spoken Of sometimes as THE Blue
Tree
again and again when showing his Monets
to friends. and each time he had an sddi-
tional word or expression OF admiration
for 1t. The picture was bought by George
A. Dowden OF Newark for 1850.
More pcrsons appeared to be after the
"Clif at Pourville' than any other Of the
Monets, but they dropped out Of the bid
ding as the s. 900 mark was approached,
and the canvas went to Durand-Ruei
for $500.
s. II, Bayne took the Coast Guard At
Pourville"'at $1,000. Each of the Monets
was started At 81, 900. except -EAiguille
d'Etratat.- which started at $4,000. but
this picture sold below some Of the others,
going AZ o. 100.
Some OF tho Monet cult in the audience
became fretful when Immediately after the
impreesioniet cenvases had been sold q
Van Marcke went for 200 and a little
later Dias, the Landscape O5e) brought
$4,000. They would have the fulness OF
time come at once and Monet jump into
the high market value that picture buyers
have put upon the older schools OF painting
DBuf nobody bid half NO eagerly, 40 far
as could DO publicly seen, or nall 40 per-
sistentiy OF Ii berally. for the impressionist
paintings as for the Diaz or the Van Marcke.
The Dias brought the highest figure Of the
night.
was bought In the name Of footiight ce-
lebrity, out the buyer was John A. Hoag-
land.
The paintings sold other than Mr.. Fuller's
Monets, belong to the various collections,
the sale Of which was begun on Thursday
evening. The total OF last nights sale
was SiOs, ,oes. Thomas Z. Kirby was the
A small panel representing the Descent
from the Cross which belonged to the
late Clarence King. that had been greatly
admired when II was on exhibition by
all visitors who look for art rather than
nance, brought forth strong compe,i-
ton. II challenged admiration at the
first glance. Some who looked at II ex-
pressed the belief that II was by Van Eyck,
but 1t was .catalogued merely a. q Flemish
painting Of the sixteenth century.
Stanford White and man who was In the
company Of John La Fargo were the most
determined Of the bidders for IL, and Mr..
White bought It for 81 800.
The Millst PoTeuse de lat brought
a Mauve water color, sheep Feeding
5, 400; Barge water color Lion Listening
$500.
-Silence in the Wood, by Lenoir mo.
se,. which was sold on Thursday evening
for $780, was reeold n account Of that pur-
chaser at the, close Of last nights sale and
was bought ny q. A. Dowden FOR ss75.
The order OF sale vas as follows, with the
titles OF pictures, the names Of the artists.
and the buyers ~ given. and the prices. in
order;
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