Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-01-26
$4,000 FOR PICTURE
Price Paid for a Troyon at New
York Art Sale.
SENATOR CLARK A BIDDER
Montanan Drops Out When SEQ, 500
is Reached.
PRIZE GOES TO H. SCHAUS
Thirty Canvasses Bring Total Of
$3.50, OOO-Corot's s'The Glade"
Goes for ga, 900.
PRIZE GOES TO H. scHAUs

Goes for ga, 200.
NEW YORK. January 26.-The thirty pic
lures collected by H. 8. Henry of Phliadel-
phia were sold last night in Mendelssohn
Hall by the American Art Association for
$685.. Goo Thomas E. Kirby was the auc-
tfoneer.
The top price of the evening was brought
by the last picture offered. Troyon. "Le
Retour a Ia Ferme." for which Herman
Schaus paid $60. 900.
Senator Clark was first in the field after
the Troyon, the largest canvas shown dur
ing the evening. had won applause. Righ,
on top of his bid. $4,000. "a fitting opener
as Mr.. Kirby remarked, came Mr.. Schaus
with a raise Of 81 600. Thousand-dollar ad-
vances only were considered in this duel
and on several occasions one or the other
of the contestants sought to quiet his ad-
versary by making jumps Of from s., 600 to
5000.
Mr.. Clark Drops Out.
There was a short pause, as il to recon
hotter when the $50, 900 figure was reached
but If the senator from Montana thought
that his bid Of $500 would shake of his
rival he Immediately learned his error.
Finally Mr.. Schaus skipped the regular
thousand advance at $4,000. and signaled
that he would pay $4,000. The senator
then dropped out. Mr.. Henry bought the
Troyon from Mr.. Schaus' uncle in 1896.
After the sale Mr. Kirby said that this
was the second highest figure ever received
at public art sale in this country for q
foreign painting. The record price is S66.
1888 at the disposal of the A. Il. Stewart
collection. There Is a resemblance between
the sale of that picture, which is now In
the Metropolitan Museum Of Art, and that
of Troyon's painting last night.
AS In last nights sale, family pride had
much to do in bringing up the figure for the
Meissonier. for Judge Henry Hilton. the
son-in-law of Mr.. Stewart, like Mr. Schaus
retain for the family possession of the
painting. Mr.. Kirby said. however that
with the Meissonier went a small port raj,
OF the artist, which he had presented to
Mr.. Stewart, and that the Troyon might
therefore be said to have brought the
record price.
Included Two Millets.
/. The thirty pictures included seven Corots,
four Rousseaus. three Troyons three
two Diazes, two Dupres. one Fremontin,
one Gericault. two Millets. all examples
Of the Barbizon. or Men of $780, school.
One feature Of the sale was the large
prices received for the small canvases by
Corot. All Of the seven were of the small
est Of the artists productions. and the low
est price obtained was $1,000, for Pre-
mieres Feuilles: Pres de Nantes .'The
Glade" with the three village gossips in
the foreground, brought the highest figure,
$24, 600.
For Millets THE shepherdess and Her
Flock" fine painting for museum $15-
600 was paid.
The lowest price obtained for a picture
at the sale was $4,000, for the only example
of Gericault.
The Troyon masterpiece was bought by
Mr.. Henry of William Schaus in 1896 for
50, 800. The only other pictures in last
nights collection previously offered at pub
lie sale in this country were The Attacked
Lion" Of Delacroix. which at the Seney
sale in 1891 brought $3.925. as against
$1,000 bid last night, and Tiger and Ser
pent.' by the same artist which has been
sold twice previously Last nights price
successful bid the last time 1t was sold.
The record Of the sale follows.
Record of the Sale.
chateau Thierry." Corot c. h. G.
Premieres Feniiies: Pres de Nantes F'''''
s-"The River,I corot; senator tor W. a. ''''
Clark; 49,. .................:... 10000
Corot; 7. u Blakeslee (for foreigner 10. 100
o-Meditation' Corot; NJ. knoedler & Co. Is 600
y Le Matin aF Bord du Lac, Cor0t; 5.
The 'a Gisde: 'lhe Gos,ps corot; h'S00
Senator W; A. Clark: ....:....... $4,000
s-''Ihe First Shades of Night" Dauiigny:
Mrs. James Thompson. ......... $500
0-'The IIarbor.' Daubigny; Edward Was
1O-'.Farm at vilierviiie: Moonlight, Dau. o''''
bigny; Edward Brandus. ........... 67OO
Lies Contrebandiers," Decamps: Scott
1e-"E,on Attaque.' Delacroi1; Edward ''f0o
1s-.Tisre Serpent" Delacroi.; Senator W. 4s0o
:, A. Clark. ...:....;:.:...... e,7oo
A-"Arabe MOntant u Cheval" Deiacroix;
Edward Brandus. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. 1900
15-"The Release OF the Princess Olga
Delacroix; Edward Brandus. ......... IL 100
16-"The Forest: FOntinebleau,'' Diaz; s.
17-"Whisperings of Love-" Diaz; Scott
Fowles ........................ $500
1S-"Sunlight," Dupre; Durand Ruel ....... $500
I9-.Twilight" Dupre: Senator w. A. Clark 10, 800
2O-''The Falconers," Fromentin; Andrew
21-"Starting for the Race. at Rome" '
Gericault: W. Henry. ............... 5000
G. H. g. Billings. .......... 600
let; Edward Wasserman: .......... $4,000
24-Landscape. Rousseau; r.: Winters. 1900
25-"Paysage EN- Sologne,' Rousseau; Bous-
sot ValadOn & Co. Observation-Disclosures. 64OO
Clark. ..................... p 600
27-"Twilight." Rousseau: J. Montgomery. 1O,IO0
2S-"The Farrier.'' Troyon; Mrs. Arthur P.
2s-"Going to Market" rroyon: Andrew ''0''
;. Freeaman. ;.:.....::.. 10000
mann scilaus. Observation-Disclosures. 65. 600
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