The sun., 1910-05-15

The Ballstin Of the Metropolitan
Museum of Art, nov In its fifth volume,
gets more interesting a. IL progresses
in lts useful way. - q repository Of
concise records with Incidental informA-
ton more readers are al the TINA reoog-
mixing the desirability Of preserving
Il In hlss. The museum itself has long
sinos passed the time when critics charged
Il with shOrtsightedness. yet it may be
safely aaid that no issue Of the Bulletin
has 30 emphasized the change In the spirit
Of the museum a. does the number which
has just appeared. Here are three re-
productions oi marbsS sculptures by
Augists Rodin. the 'Pygmalion and Gala
tsa. tho 'OIphsus and EuFydics' and the
Cupid and PsyChs.' and it may be Said
parenthetically that the position IN which
the 'Orpheus and Eurydios- wa placed
for this photograph gives = better Idea
Of the sculpture than that chosen fOr the
reproduction in the Yerkes catalogue.
though by reaban OS the light necessary
10 reveal tho details Il does not give tho
total impression which ROdin desired the
marble 10 expreas. Beneath thess repro
d,lCtiOns the Bulletin says;
M Thomas ?. Ryan has added 70 bis recent glft
Of The group by lodih entitled -Pygmalion and
0alatsa- tWo other groups IN marble By The
aamo master. called Cupid and PSyche- and
"Orphsus and EuFydlee.- both from ne collec-
doc Of ne latc cAaFiss r. Ysgkas aad noiabls e.
he nrts Of ths asulptoF's works % he owned 10
ihis country. = These Eifts Of Mr. Ryan.
bdded - what us already possess oi Rodln .
ueskS- ne Head of Jahn ne Baptist 10 brunrs.
presented by Mr. GsOrge A. Lucas IN isas: TIE
Pensrur.- In plaster, given BY the commissioners
Of he Preach Government - ne Loulsiana Pur-
chase Exposition IN lhs; he Age Of BFass.- 10
bronEs. prsssn,sd BY Mr.. John W. simpson IN
iogl. and -Ths Hand Of God. In marble. presented
BY Mr. Edward d. Adams n ians-wil give the
inqulring student a chance 70 form q pretty clear
Idea Of the main Characteristics Of this masters
art
The point IL in the fact that in 1897 MIiss
Enid fandell. the American sculptor Of
this city. sought in vain 20 interest the
Metropolitan Museum In NJ. Robins work.
Miss YAndell had been pupil Of NJ. ROdin.
and In connection with organizing Rn
exhibit Of French art at the Tennessee
centennial exposition Of that year. a
work for which the French Government
decorated her. shs brought over 70 this
country several Of Robins sculptures;
in vain. nobody would have anything to
do with them. To the Metropolitan Mu-
scum she offered Robins Eve but the
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The current BullCtih's display Of the
museums acquisitions In sculptures by
". hodin, however. expreases or implies
OILY q part Of the Institutions present
appreciation Of Developments in art TO
which earlier eyes were elosed. for tho
Buils'iR goes on In = separate article to
sAy, The museum has been fortunate
in acquiring by purchase seven drawings
by Auguste Rodin In which the great
sculptor reveals his mastery of expressive
line and his unusuafpoWerof color. These
drawings. mere snapshot records Of a
gesture or an attitude. are surprisingly
complete and satisfying when one con-
siders the extreme aimplidcatiOn Of the
mode Of expression
The article concludes with this appre-
ciativs paragraph about Mr. Herkes:
IN aa these drawings. Whlch sHemplify 70 beau.
ulfully Rodin's uvusua gifts 81 = dFaughtsman and
ooiogist We perceive aso ire point Of vieW Of the
sculptor. We have the sense Of ne roundneas
Of Ne hgnres thrFe "a an appeal 10 The tActlis sen
satons which makesus utsh 10 ieei me modeilnR
a. We would IN a brunSe OF marble statue 1hese
drawings are beauutul examples oi great and
veraatle aienL
This l. ~ a man whose work was re-
fused At the museum and by the general
public in America several years after Mr..
Ysrkss had purchased for nis New York
home the Cupid and Psyche and the
-Orpheus and Eurydioe.-