The sun., 1910-07-10
Sir PURDOs GLRKES WORK
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all his A,;i,Gte toward theua.
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ths-Se iArs.- ~ told TuE SCN co-rSpor.
S-nL ARE hre~2y ArsiseiNL eagin~sr~t
AMI r,si-,airei ~ the deaAers, ~Ao say
OT o-~ buye- AgAinss another. n~Ale-S
whiBe ks~yiEE w Al outward sAov q
co-rrssi-s against oae another, rvAay
49, N ccac~-t against the BUYER
a RA-tiron picture ~as sold scr-e tie
40 for SSS 49, Now. there are noe rora
,hNn a dcsea neo prepared to ray sroA
a prtse for a picture % is clA~S- Wy
shoud they rot cone 10 . Sut1al under.
standing for their own aefence AgAinsa
deAlers and nOs Allcw a fancy prev -
he ~Ntortei from them ~ ieAlers wAo
in order - ses q higher bid sugR~~s -
one Of the sraAll number % buy~rS that
Ano,h~- - yr~pA-~i 20 rid - E,~ch'
sn~DAl~rS' rreshcSAs are a had nAo~ncs
in the ar world. dcsibt u they ray
IN cash the huge sums that Are supgus~d
~ - given by thew. They rgchAhly
b,fv ~i,h the understanding that they shall
ray when they have sold again NeAn-
While a heavy nt~r~~s has - - Paid.
Or tk-y btsv IN tkeir own 90 o,hey d-al-g~'
property and cnly have 90 TSy the suc-~-
ticneer's r~rc~ntage. and thus a Nctl,hous
value = made for certain works R-.hina
- me d<>ll~-s a-~ fnahcie.s Cr t-ank~cs
whcSe s,ls int~rsS, m art 6esltngs =
sy-~culAtlNs m, nev Interest
SlF P,l-Cfon ASHAMED the breaking ~
of the c,,ll-C,lua made by James S-AS's
Fort.ss gvn~-al manage of the !, nd n,
Chatham and pOver kAifvsv. a. an ~N-N
ample "a how Geal~-s CCFns t-,v---a
sells.-S snd buyers When Nj fC-'-'s
di~A ais :. .SS psCtursS cr'ild have t--a
t,ouxht IN blrc for sh~.t strs',s" ana
Scus., ns,rseIrn would Vr,sNahly have
acquired them
This hoWsve- y~,,slld not suit the - ~
e-s. They lnaug,Irat~d = campaign a. MT
the Ccli~ct,on spreading doubts - Jn 'is
~ manv - 't~ r.cilrs,.
and then a ~yndtcste e dsl'''s qCis'N
bought the Sr->At~r TsaTt ot the Culi.>CtI. a.
fNr whtch. however. H r~Ysnr,~ ,~d th"v
were cCtnr~l,-d to give scFn~thins hks
Ssno Oa Then no rnor~ Nas hoard atnu'
the doubtful auth~ntIcity of the worsS
which w~r. and arr being s,ld toy 6eSr~-'s
a, an Immense pr5dt 20 the buyers
when asked what w~rv Che chief changes
in the Metropolitan Museum during tho
time he hsld Nesc~. SIR P4rd n said that
one of the greatest changes that have
nov the Museum ~sls m Possession Il a
trained stat of capable men with sTectte
duties IN specific departments instead
ot a nunnte- II employees capable enough
in a Seneral WAy but ~hCs4 duties pr~-
vented their beng specialists in particular
lines
second great Improvement wAs that
nov the museum poSs-~sed an endo~ns-nt
vt something like Sposs.l.o a sum larger
than that I-osSc-ssd by all the European
museums combined With the British
N,rs.um included. and IL ~as IN the hands
oi the museums own directors The
hoard 81 trustees, not IN thcse ot Govern
ment department
The principal benefits the museum
has received Sir Purdon sald have
bs-eu ,hose conferred on II by iis prer'.
dent. Pierpont Morgan. who each year
stoOd IN the gap and when whole collec-
tions. Ia value beyond the reach q tbs
museum annual income, cane into
the market, Mr. Morgan purchased and
presented what otherwise would have
b~en dispersed and lost
1T " impossible 10 do justice 90 the
value of the work contributed by 'he mem
t-.-s Ct the museums committees, whoSe
a,,cndances were not for the performance
os pertmctory duties but often through
mas ot business extended far INTO 'h>
evening Specialists on the general COM
miitee are grouped as sub-commItie~s,
and when | mention the nance ot 'h@
three members who undertake all legal
questions. Jceeph n Choa,e. Mr. Cad
Wal1der and RoneTt de Forest, y
evident that the institution -. TO us- an
Am~ricanlsm. rock b-dd~d' aud cann''
fail IN - up~ ard carver. which uus' max"
u M. Hr-' museum m America. not the
greatest in the world
S,r Purdvn remains . CONVINCED Ai-
hNrrnt To- the theory that the pugc tNr
Which m iseum acquires ANYTHING
should b. marNel upon the ar'tc.e NhNn
~ - rNh,h hst~i Il interests the puot''
he cous,dog-, and nuts cuTb ul"n h'
l'S'r D,1yc the d~Alsi
~ Pardon spNke icehngly ~ tho A.hl
c,nri Iteration amt generous treatment D."
hat always met with VA Ameu,N NDt -
pl,sssur~ hV hal alN avs fvand la his 'IN
~ the rl.t.vEtu lalN Clarke kltvd no.