New-York tribune., 1911-11-21

teresting TO note Haden's cathoNcity as n
collector Side by side with Rracauer,ond's
solid traits one may observe in this exhl-
bition the dainty virtuosity Of Fortuny
There arc landscapes by Corot and Dau-
Iigny and animal studies by Delacroix
and in quite another category there are
number Of the skiful etchings from eigh-
teenth century masters that were made by
that accomplished litterateur Jules de
Goncourt. And still the scope Of the col
lection is only half indicated 1t embraces.
for example, some Of the suave. meticulous
plates Of Thomas Creswck Ii Is pleasant
to traverse all these things and to reflect
on the man who assembled them One
comes thereby in contact, after a fashion.
with his own mind and temperament
At the Keppel Gallery there is an exhibi.
ton Of engravings OF the early German
school. Durer, Of course. looms large in
the show ard his familiar masterpieces
arc present in beautiful impressions. But
one is tempted TO turn even from his
monumental perfection to the plates by the
Behams. Aldegrever and others Of lesseer
but still potent significance. There are sew
cral noble pieces by Martin Schongauer.
noble in their poignancy Of sentiment and
IN their primitive purity of line. The col
lection embraces some comparatively un-
familiar artists. notably Israel van Neck
enen, and these are particularly desirable
for the student to see. Adegrever the
Behams. Georg Pence and Hans Brosamer
sre all enchanting In their revival Of the
classical motive. How quantity and withal
how effectively they exploit the legends of
antiquity! Despite their German blood they
Interpret the ideas Of the old pagan myth
ology with all the sympathy of an Italian
lied sophistication. 1t is good TO begin the
seasons experience of artistic things with
a dip into an exhibition of this sort.
The collections on view at the American
Art Galleries contain objects from different
estates There is a quantity Of furniture,
old china. sllverware, bronzes and rugs left
by the late A. Blocker Banks. of Albany.
with additions from Mrs. w. l.. Green, OF
Tuxedo. The executors of the late Isaac
Stern have sent to the galleries a collec-
ton of old watches and snuff-boXes.
bronzes, furniture, rugs and Orientalia.
From the estate of the late lula Y.
Clement come a few pieces of antique
furniture. This last group by the way, is
Of special Importance. II is made up OF
some choice pieces Of Heppelwhte, Chip
pendale and Sheraton. The miscellaneous
objects include some that are very good.
Mr.. Stern's ivories and japanese tobacco
pouches are of a high quality and his
lacquers, porceians and rugs also COM
mand attention. The Banks collection Is
most interesting in its old English china
and its furniture. All these things are to
be sold on the afternoons Of Wednesday,
Thursday and Friday of this week.
The galleries of the Anderson Auction
Company are filed with the Oriental and
other objects Of art collected by Mr.. Ed
ward I. Farmer. Of Buffalo. Here there are
some good single color glazes and decorated
rorcelains and a number Of interesting tenn
pie carvings. old screens of japanese and
Chinese origin and Eastern rugs. Some
Oriental embroideries are also conspicuous.
The European pieces are articles OF furni-
ture mostly, with some examples of Dres-
den china and few Italian paintings. The
catalogue runs to 536 numbers. The sale
takes place on Thursday, Friday and Sat
urday afternoons and on Friday evening.
There opens to-day at the Fifth avenue
Art Gallery an exhibition of household ap-
pointments, paintings, bronzes china, glass
rugs. books, etc, from the Newark home
of the late Dr. Leslie Ward. The sale
will take place with two sessions daily, on
Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Satur-
day The paintings. mostly modern, are
OF various European schools, with few
American canvases. r. c.