The sun., 1910-03-18

ings Clau-.n took some Of the pAirtinEs
lack himself. Collins said
What nAIDe~ did you 49, painted on
~" CanNa-s- when you took them back
from the stGdiO2"
Martin, Blakelock. wyant and lnns S.
Mha; was done with them after they
werN taken lack Ia the storeg-
They w~re framed and hung IN the
gallery after being taken to a small room
ON the second floor"
DO you recollect a Blakelock sold 20
DR.. Humphreys'-
YES
Did you see Clanssn doing anything
To J ~ th" sailsry9'
saw him rubbing Il down with oil TO
make " look old
y. Eastman Chase. who had charge of
IN" gallery for year between lgO5 and
eH SaId that he knew a good deal about
Martins and had an exhibition of them
himself iitteen years ago. He aid he
knew = = Smithsrs. broker. who bought
an ailsged Martin from Clausen while he
was there. II Was named. Near On
iario Beach He saw the painting IN
Mr.. Smithers's house. Il bore Martins
signature hut Mr. Chase said he didn't
think u was a Martin.
Louis A. l.shmAier testified that he
owned "A few paintings. some Of which he
had got from Claussn. lie knsw Arthur
DaW~on. and in 1894 Or 1875 sent down To
hun Co bs cleaned a Wyant he bought AZ
the Thomas v. Clarke sale some years
before II WAS subsequently rcturned
To- him
-On February ~. 1877. | was IN Sllo's
auction room looking over a number of
pictures To b- sold under the manage
ment ot ClauSsn,- said MIR Lshmater.
My attention was called to a picture
there and u struck ms that u was a small
representation VI my WyAnt which had
b~-n sent to Dawson's studio. tele-
phoued to (lau-en at 20 O'Clock the next
morning and odd HIM to call AT my house
He came and taking the Wyant from the
wall ! said. Dad you ever $50 this pictures
-Ilails,n became nervous and tidge'ed
and turned very pale ! told him that
there was a copy II my picture To 10 sold
AZ his auction that day. which was about
10y - while mine was ~ hy ~ II thai
pir'ure n not destroyed u will cause trou.
bile. | told him. Clausen said IL would
be impossible to destoy the picture be-
cause II didn't belong to him. IL will
have - he destroyed | told him. be-
cause It /. a forgery and u is only fair 20
destroy n ClAusen insisted that he
couldn't destroy Il. and ! said. II that
piCture ~ on the wall at noon to-day ] will
Call the attentIun of the afternoon press
~ the fact that a picture purporting to he
Wyant ~ going to he sold. tlausen
sald he would withdraW u and It was
Withdrawn
WAS thar AN exac, copy ~ your
Wyant'- askeh Mr.. Elsner on cros>-eX-
animation
1T Wa- sn eXac, a COPY that an artist
who "allsh my attention to u marched me
up ~ the p,Ctur@ and said ! didn't know
ynu were selling your WyAnt u was
a. near copy ~ picture could he
copied
J Scott Hartley. the sculptor. aid he
knew great deal about the paIntings
of George lnnes- haCaura lnneSs was his
father nj law and h-v worked and lived
tugsth" fnr fifteen or sixteen year. They
had ihA same studio IA the summer time
he -ald ~. Wa sure that Late AftsrnOOn
IN Nedh-ld- ~ not a genuine lnns--
is the painting AL irnItstiou'-
= ,-r aInly
-Rd you ever -e~ ~ ~ know ~ - until
after hiS d"dth'-
-No. have. =@eii or know ~ all &c In
n~s- = T'aiuting- and u - not me II them
What are the characteristics uf lnne-S-s
paluiings.'
About every few wears he had a DIFF
feFent -tvia II painting hui lis works
always had the -sr1narks 1T lnne~~ He
understood sNaCtly What h- wanted to
So and I'D ~ u - ifupussibls - analy -
hum he"stI-.. NO rarIRd sll the time His
~tvle vsr.d with very painting. but the
p,utrlrs vT. a'wavS lnues- could tell
,t - ,-,1 '"'i the work II sculptor
Ar- yuu i..-t,fvlug ~ a friend ~ inness
pg - trr..ud uf rEau-s-
4 an t..stifyIrg ~ he interests of
iu-tgc' know that this piCture isn't
ar irn.,-s thaf'- al don't clam 10 -
an ,.Np.'-' ON any picture but tnu--s'E
"NiI' I- 'ia's about this Medheid
ruirIr~ thai l-uf lrueSs''
ii Is,r- -rIr.. tud '@r-a'utv ~ dTaS
wr l'r 't.. ..ri.. inu.--- yo'! 'au ds's-'t
rr.. ,frgr. .t.sr.r - 'u.. trees. sud ts-l that
.pu 49,. vats'E pu 'N. ground IlS
frr,f.rr,. r- ths ',e-r imitation 'hA' aver
.av ..,. -.a..rt god inauN frauds and
tlt- I'd. 'i.. fir~i ,f.. lai fuad- ~" haSi
fai.
w Ha-'l"v -a'd that i~'re~s lett = good
many urr'vr..- rIu-i cn.-r and that he signed
sDrra p.u-.slf VIII tns 4u'horiiN Df the
executors 81 l"us-s = estate He signed
ths'u Wuh . brush be"su-- that was re-
Rarci%d a. l...j'ar than stamping the pic-
tur-- NJ Hartley -aid h- had eNeCuted
a husI II lnneSs for Mr. Evans.