New-York tribune., 1907-11-20

POIualts and are yet full Of life and one finds
N al these things the fragrance II not the power
"iHsuers S art They stand for a very subtle
ana al delicate phase Of his temperament. Some o:
therp seem the most tenuous and evanescent things
IN the world but they are profoundly characters
uc' ana occasionally they will touch the magma
C HCrI win d sense of his genius poignently as
VIII one OF his paintings. It IS the old story OF
mo sNe'ch into which an artist puts something
OF himself that is withheld from an elaborate
painting.
The sale OF the art objects left by the late STAN
ioro White at his home in this city cid not exhaust
the property Of the sort which formed part OF his
estate There remained large number Of objects
WHICH ne had coliected for his own pleasure and
even greater amount of material which he had
purchased with a view to the embelnshnent of
dwellings and ether buildings TO be designed by
him for different clients. These objects may now
De seen at the American Art Galleries. where they
are TO be sold next Monday, Tuesday and Wednes
day afternoons. and the evening of Friday
November g. The catalogue an affair of more
than six hundred numbers, describes an extraordi-
narily varied collection. Mr. White had a gift for
adapting antique objects 10 purposes of modern
decoration, and IN the course of his frequent Eu-
ropean journeys he was wont to "pick up almost
anything in which he OWNED decorative posi-
bilities. Such obviously useful things as tapestries
furniture and the like received much Of his at
tenton, the collection now visible makes plain.
But he bought much else-carved altar pieces
Renaissance doorways, twisted Spanish columns
wrought iron well standards picturesque es-
cutcheons carved in stone MARBLE and so on
through an almost incredible list. You may even
find in this collection. along with Oriental textiles
+ European weapons, Spanish water Jars and Moor
ish plaques, old French drum and a colossal
Venetian weathervane in wrought iron.
1t is impossible to note IN this place even a
small proportion OF the curious and beautiful
things with which the American Art Galleries are
filled. It is enough to state that there is nothing
here that is mediocre valueless For architects
and designers of richly decorated interiors the
place is just crowded storehOuse, and to the lay
also the sale offers a rare opportunity
number of paintings included There are
four large and effective decorations of the
teresting sketches by Americans-a pastel by
the late J. H. Twachtman. a water color by
the late Homer Martin-and there is a striking
little sixteenth century French portrait a panel
given to FRANCOIS Clouet. Mention should be made
also of a nude by Dagnan-Bouveret and a charm
ing eighteenth century picture, Blind Mans Buff
by Sebastien Lecerc. But the strength of this coll
lection lies, of course in its miscellaneous objects
IN treasures like the majestic French mantel in
black and white marble Of the sixteenth century
the Renaissance tapestry, and the astonishing
series of old carved frames. The Metropolitan
Museum might we'll purchase the model in bronze,
OF the Diana which Augustus ST. Gaudens pro-
duced and Mr. White placed on the top of the
Madison Square Garden tower r. c,