The Washington times., 1908-11-17
No Works in Corcoran Col
lection But Originals,
Says Director.
NOT RESPONSIBLE
FOR THOSE LOANED
Admits There Is Doubt About Pic
lures on Exhibition Not Prop
erty of Gallery.

Frederick B. Mcguire, director Of the
COrcorau Gallery of Art, declared this
morning that an the entire collection OF
art works Of the C0rcoran gallery there
is not one which is not an original
Mr.. McGuire's statement was in reply
to an interview given out in New York
yesterday by j. Purvis Carter, who is
said TO be an expert in paintings. and
who declared that he was staggered
at the number Of copies and fakes which
hang in the COrCoran gallery at wash
ington.
Il don't know this man. Mr.. Mcclure
said. Il never heard Of him, ana 1 do
not know how much of an authority he
Is, or whether he is an art critic at all.
/ do know. however. that there Is not a
single painting owned by the gallery
whose history could possibly be ques-
toned, and Mr.. Carter, whoever ne may
be. is speaking about a subject with
which he Is not familiar when he makes
statements to the contrary.
Senator Clark Collection.
Mr. Mcclure was asked about the
paintings which Mr. Carter named and
which the latter declared to be copies
or .forgeries." These paintings are
..Henriette Marie" by William DoDson;
Miss ADAM" by John Hoppneri LADY
Hamilton" by George ROmneyi An
T5aal FernaIe Head by Suly, and a
number which he named as belonging 70
the collection Of former Senator " imam
a Clark OF Montana. ~,
There IS not picture hdulS0 py W.
Carter which is the property OF the
gallery" said Mr.. Mcclure Every
enc is a loaned picture Ine Sdlleiy
is not responsible Tor the GehulheHeSs
of a DictuTe merely loaned 10 II. sen
ator Clark has a large collection, and
il may be that there are some so-called
'foreeries' That Is not unusual, tOr
many large collections have Included
works which were afteTWard found not
TO he originals But the instant a pic
ture is added 10 the gallery collection
as history is assured.
Pictures Under Fire.
In answer to a question as to whether
arv of the pictures in Senator Clark s
collection had been claimed by art
critics 10 be other than originals, Mr..
Mcclure said;
Yes. that is so. But / have also had
the opinion of artists and critics whose
Judgment and knowledge / value more
highly than those others and who have
assured me that the particular pictures
referred to are genuine.
why We have Carrot here and
some time ago a great fuss was made
that the painting was a forgery We
have the history of that picture from
the time Carrot painted II until It was
brought here to the gallery. That is
how much these sO-Called art critics
know. There are d lot of them going
about the country, probably getting
paid for giving out just such state
ments as these.
Carries Little Weight.
Il do not know Mr.. Carter, and his
criticisms nave little weight, so far as
] can see"
J. Purvis Carter gave out a lengthy
Interview In New York yesterday in
which he named many so-called art
fcrgeries in various famous collections
in the United States. His statements
are said TO have been upheld by Dr. c.
II. GrOaU assistant director Of the art
gallery at The Hague. Mr.. Carter told
Of the methods of dealers abroad in
palming over spurious paintings on
wealthy Americans