The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-12-04
PICTURE PRICES GO SOARING
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BDt tUER avn Dtf Bf6Nl.
French Government Exhibit OF WORK by
Frrnrh Artists Horse Owners An
grrr,i h, Police straininS 81 Brtting
Law Polaire Tired Of Nrr Darby.

ersrr.r tsh', Dryra'ch 70 THE SrS
PARIS Zee : Among the sales NJ
this weeks auctions were Boucher :
-CupIds Asleep for which jO.O00 francs
or si0,UpI. was expected. hut which re-
alizrd 3oS.OOo francs. or about $7S,ooo.
Van Governs Dutch River sold for
81 coo Daubigny's Greva." which IL
was expected would bring 81 coo, reached
So OOo
Al an q .Ution Of art works at the Hotel
Drouot to-day n delightful little painting
nv Coroi. .n'itlcd -Chammi,.rc. measuring
- bv 81 c"ntrn.trrS, sold for $1,000 Francs.
or $4,000 Rondin's Antwerp Por, :
hrough, 600 francs. or 500 Two of
Isab"y'- works sold for sIOO and s.sO
francs respectively 81 .ccD and 81. a'D,
Monct's Sunset, Argenteuil.- was dis
POSED Of for $500 francs $3.50. and Re
noirs Girl IN Rose for =. 100 francs or $50.
An exhibition of the works of art which
the State ordered or bought during the
year is being held. IL includes las oil
paintings. 3S3 pastsls, water colors and
.ngravings. j. pieces OF decorative art
chiefly vases. and some specimens of
Gobelins tapestry including two designed
by Cheret, the famous poster artist. and
on. by Willrtte the humorous Cartoonist,
whose drawings introducing Queen VIC
roria during ,h" Bo.r war caused such
Ill feeling IN England.
Tn. most striking feature of the ga
hihition - the encouragement given the
most modern schools Although Natisse
Is no, represented tn. pictures belong
30 tn. most advanced section Of the i'm
prrssioni~,s. The Luxembourg Museum
takes about Sky OF the exhibits. fifty
Will find homes IN the various State mu-
s.ums and he rest will enter oblivion.
to French artists.
French "a" horse owners came near
stopping all betting a. a protest against
RI. ARE ON Tuesday III two well known
owners who made a he: when the pari-
mu'uel booth. w.r. closed 4. tn
horses had already started IN the race
AT Aut.uil the arrests Mere made under
the law forbidding any one hah,ually
giving or receiving bets The i,icensed
owners agreed 10 AK. advantage of
a mother law which says that money
agerrd will he refunded Il all the
horses in a race belong 10 the same owner
The planned to run all horses under
she same owners Colors, thus bringing
rhem under IN. foregoing "lause. which
would have caused The parI- ,nusu"l booths
10 clos. The owners later decided 70
approach the Government and ask thai
more TACT ~. shown ia he matter OF pri-
waite betting between owners and that
extreme inca -ures be reserved for future
Iis.. II necessary
Mile poI.ir.. i no longer pleased with
the negro IN. brought from America.
whom she decorate ed with a silver plate
saving b.. belonged to Polaire For a
-irn. he was the delight ard amusement
oil IN. theatrical Coulisses He was
photographed interviewed. and other
wiz. had hi- dav Of fame and favor Now
POLAR. has tired Of HIM and told him 10
return 20 wh.r. IA" came. only 10 haV"
recalled TO her memory that she had
made an agreement with him before l.al
ing America bv which IA" could not
dismiss HIM on foreign soil 80 Polar.
j. forced L. he-y her t!i6 MIR until she
returns TO the United states
Raoul Nerl-r ha~ been elected a mem
Der nf the Academy ii Fine Arts in sue
,.os-Ion 10 'he LAT" Emmanuel Fr.miet
A. meeting TO-DAY u n. Academy
81 Sciences Morals and Politics Academ.
icIan BourrouS developed the lif. sn.i
81 William James