New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-01-20
ART EXHIBITIONS
Old Chinese Porcelains and Modern
Paintings.

Three collections have been assembled at the
American Art Galleries. only 10 De dispersed AT
auction. The first is composed OF old Chinese por-
ceIains belonging TO Mr.. Deuaing Jarves II viii De
sold this afternoon The other collections are made
up Of modern paintings. mostly European. belonging
to the estates OF the late Joseph F. Knapp. OF
Brooklyn. and Warren Sherburne, Of Lexington
Mass. Several other collectors. whose names are
not given. also represented These paintings
will be sold at Mendelssohn Hall tomorrow and
Friday evenings The porcelans make excep-
tionally brave show The two hundred and fifteen
pieces gathered together by MI Jarves are uni
formly fine This is. indeed. OF those collec-
tions which we see only too rareIy-the fruit OF
loving zeal 1t is TO be believed that this con
noisseur had any thought of making an invest
ment.'' He must have pursued every one or his
treasures with disinterested enthusiasm.
The Jarves collection is devoted almost entirely
to blue and white. 1t embraces plates, bowls jars
vases and cups and saucers Illustrating one of the
most beautiful forms of Oriental art at fun length
so to say. To attempt to psrtcularize would Very
nearly involve the reproduction Of the catalogue
for piece after piece invites the student to Hnger
Three or four of the exhibits. however, must De
cited. The large hawthorn bowl decorated with
sprays of the wild prunus (No- 1897. the pair OF
ginger jars lo- 143). the hawthorn beaker (No I'D
and the globuar hawthorn ginger jar (No- I'D are
among the specimens of blue and white which may
be taken as most splendidly representative. There
is. by the way one antique Chinese rug in he
collection. glorious affair OF blue and cream white
which Mr.. Jarves obviously acquired for the room
in which he kept his porcelains. 1t kindles the
Imagination to think of what that room must have
been like. Although. as has been Indicated II must
have taken its character from blue and white, Mr.
Jarves also formed small but choice group or
single color pieces OF these and especially of the
peachbloom vase CNo. So. the SaHC-dc5RHf jar tNo-
49, the powder blue ginger jar (No- 99). the jar OF
caInellia leaf green So go and the jar OF canary
yellow CNo 3d. IT may be said that they bring into
the collection the of purity and exquisteness
that enc associates with flowers
The paintings here include a number OF interest
ing landscapes one of them. THE Lane, Milton
a minor but charming example of the late George
Inness. Most of the IA pictures however. are
figure pieces of a popular sort works of French and
German origin Rainundo de Madrazo is a Span
lard. his large portrait of pretty model in a
petty dress. La Coquette. is an essentially Pa
risian canvas. Very captivating 1t is. too. This
graceful and facile painter never produced more
engagingly decorative picture Far less persuasive
in technique, but very amusing in their anecdoUc
way. the Reception Of the Squire's Bride and
The Dispute. painted respectively by Cortazzo
and Grison. These are typical OF considerable
quantity of work in the collection. work in which
human little stories told cleverly, if not with
any deeper artistic qualities. The smaller panels in
this category by Jimenez Aranda. Vibert. Herman
dez Detti and others especially likely to meet
with favor at the sale There is a handsome eques-
TRAN subject by Schreyer and there is paTticu-
larry good Dutch picture, the Sheep in Pasture
of Ter MeuIen r. c