The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-03-15
COURT TOLD OF FAKE MARTINS
ARTISTS INTERESTED ~ ~ ans
>TIr tGEINSr CEAESEN.
sossr SAYS mat ENtaenre rhai 0sher
SpCriOus Pictures Game Prem GIsH.
.~Hs ShOp Can Ne neeelN 80 Tue
paln,erN Name Nay e'osne as,e

- tr1al % the sllit brought ny WILL
,sr- Evans. art collector and chair
-.r II 'hs art committee " the I.otos
Cl,r - recover o. $50 from William
glsu-eu art dealer. on the ground that
,rav-.u -oid him two bogIs Homer Mar
.rs rent 90 trial Yesterday before s,-
49, court Justice Page and hrouKht
or' number Of artists. most 81 whom
-s4 F~-n called 20 testify that they had
.r-r,,nsd the paintings and were con-
y,r-a1 that they are not genuine. Among
,hs arusss were LOUIS Paul Deaaar. Fred
artrs Ballard Williams. Henry w. RAN
ser. Francis Murphy and Frederick W.
Eos' NJ Clausen will have some experts
100
Z, MS opening Frank r. Lawrence.
- ouussl tor Mr. Evans. said ne
you'd show that the two pictures Near
Newport and The Old Mill Near 81
loud- were not by Martin. hut were
rAinted in Martins style for the purpose
~ beng cold as genuine. and that Claus~n
rev thew were not genuine and had sold
rther spurious paintings
Perhaps the jury would like TO know
-ro the man 10 who Ia able TO do this
nnd ~ work - well that for time II
even dec-iv~s the experts- said Mr.
rsrr-nc~ \, - likely that before this
'-fal "a over YOU will know who the man u
srd know who IL respcnsihle for the food
- mutations 'hst poured forth from the
rsf~ndant's store
The direct examination ~ NJ Evans
VS. ~onduc'ed ny Edward ". Hatch. Mr.
Tva-s said lam busine@a man with
taste for art aud said he knew sorns.
tang about Homer Martin. whom he ID.
Sorted 49, an unspprecisted landscape
rainteT Ne also knew A. n. WANT.
vho died m 1905. and George Inness. who
died in lSat Paintings with the names "
thsse artists attached are TO figure On
the present -iit in Mr.. Evans's effort to
prove that Clsusen sent ont other bogus
pictures
NJ Evans said nis attention was drawn
~ the picture Near newport late IN
'sg ~ in January. ISna, wnen he called
- Clausens gallery and the deaier told
nm 10 had found an important Homer
Nar'ln ClsGsen Said 10 had bought
fro-' lanes Siillman's FORMER private
.A~--'srv. At that time the picture was
named Oyster Fay Mr. Evans raid II
--s-fphl~d a Newport NECK pain,ing
" Martin which ne had helpe,i buy ii
re- from the artist and presented 10 the
t"'o- club. He Suggested that Near
Newport would ia better name than
oyster Bay and Clau-en accepted hls
susgessiop
Was there any demand for paintings
nv Martin AZ this timsP- asked Mr.. Hatch
'Yss. a very kesn demand aid Mr.
vans. Prices for ne works had gone
- wonderfully after his death In one
Instance q collector Who paid 500 for
,.ainsing before Martin died sold IL for
- ~ few years after his death. shortly
after his death a work % his brought
V00o which sold at n.o0O "a my sale
no price ro~~ Soo To I.Ooo rer vent IN
uanv cassp. I bought picture from
Martin direct which cnst tS25 and At my
ale !, went for Me- s1ppoee = might
= lee sos sen eclA N 1910 for - an
Mr. Evans said that " Near Newport
vas genuine " Wa easily worth - an
men be bought ~ hut q spurious u
rAsnt worth over S3np. Ne pad ~ sSn
ash for " and put " m hts pTivaSe col
Sction. whore " remained until 1907
~ that year he visited the Coycoyan AT
gallery in Washington - --~ an sxhihi-
on cf Am"r'can paintings and vas 49,
Impressed Nv the Importance 1T having
= representative collection &c the work
= American artists that he tisa'i tho two
-l@Esd Martins h. had bought trOsn
'ausen TO form the nucleus ~ a col.eC-
IN or hfty-tw" painting which ha
srt rhilanthropiC motives tp the people
= Ih~ United ~tste- and -gn, 20 the
nrcoran gallery. u rsuSIned there INT Il
50 when h. genuinen-s= ~ som" ~
ne paintings was Questioned and he with
drew the collection. Nhsn Near New
.0vf vas questioned - mad an inyesti-
saron and was convinced that ~ was a
'rapd He nfered u b. Clau7an. WIN
e-udn Z take u back
VI rvanS said ~ saw th~ Old MIL
Year ~ Cloud a short lime after No fret
-4w ne other piCtuua. TN" odd Mill
NAMED m the CoTcoran gallery until
% when II was withdrawn With the
there, The picture ~ worth about $3.50
: = . an imitation. he said He paid
;. i1n for ~
When Mr. Evans Vas asked u he, had
light any other pictures frou 'lanr~n
70 aid be got one alleged to be BY George
ness named An Afternoon IN Med
's'i
'-rom- Eisner. couas~s foF Cisii==1
s-lf hat no pictures except the two
Martins we're involved IN the case
s'iCe Page said that the other alleged
spurious paintings could he included IN
80 testimony met a. " NAV b. shown
7g1.1ni 2 gn,InserfAitsr thst ha ma a
.ss-S5 other counterFeit money than that
.' oassins Witch he SaS tii~d u would
much IN do with anN plea IN" plaintiff
80 make that he hal pi",et np the
-rngs As genuine and hail lid them
'rH"sutlv
~ Evans said that ,la'Is~n told him
ght the lnnesS IRON woman
- -om~~here m 'sV England In
..'~ -r' h" thought and paid 81 tor -
10 CAs~ 81 the other pIctir-- Nv
49, aid he reli>d sutirelv On the
-- 90 representation that TIE picture
'f- yeuIIns. having Implicit faith IN
- hat time We cent the lnnes@
rp Washington with the other
wee and Withdrps ~ AZ the same tim~
,r Examination Mr. Etsner 81
40 paintings. -AutuTnn and
.- Ui-- nv T. Francis Murphy.
-Ta bought from tiaus~n AZ
'.- ssm@ period a. the Martins,
70 ivdns SAID hs re'DetnhrTej
s'..F 'rsrn
nNugh, and enid pictures the
- o. isalsr did we. not 49, 81 Nv
fsra-
b.. odd p,ctur~- hut "bI~ct 10
's - dealer
800. vruT definition 80 dsaler?-