New-York tribune., 1912-02-16
ART EXHIBITIONS
Paintings from Six Collections
and the Art Objects OF
Mrs. YerkeS.

The American Art Galleries nov contain
r3intiugs from six different collections, and
tho art objects. furniture silver and Other
rropertv that belonged n the late Mrs. Mary
| Adelaide Yorlles Tho extent ot the latt"r
collection. though its scope aud quality
were well known while II was being brought
together 10y the late Charles T. Ncrkos. VII
surnriso somo visitors II contains nearly
seven hundred catalogued lots, and these
rargc from lacos Of dolicat" beauty tc
Chinese and Japanese carved worries, from
a wonderful old Nuremberg hammered and
cha sod silver ship on wheels. with sails sci
and men on the decks. to old church vest
morts. rich IN color and glorified by en-
broiderlcs OF cunning skill in pattern.
There are rugs Of restrained and admit
able beauty and furniture that is elaborate
rather than infuontlallv fnc I'm design. on"
% tho features s a grOUp Of old watches
including Swiss watch made IN Geneva
IN I7SO with a back design I'm enamel in
rrustcd with pearls. the placing Of the two
female figures within the circl" being equal
20 that found in the work Of sklfu medal
lists. In snuff boxes and clocks In minta-
turcs and i'm objects done IN metal thero
arc also many good examples.
Tho collections Of paintings on "Nhihi-
ton have come. respectively. from IN" "S'
tate OF Mrs Nerkos. the estat" or Isaac
Stern and from Messrs. Guy r. Bolton
Charles e. Lawson, J. H. Stanford and
Mrs Clarence NJ. Hyde.
Among the lj6 pictures shown IN" Am'ri-
can work makes a strong impression. |h"r"
is n group Of Wyant Landscapes. with an
earlv Homer Martin. whose poetic express
sion Of beauty will not he missed by IN"
visitor. There ar" two Innoss landscapes
or which one Will not easily be forgotten
while tho quiet and delightful it'll" canvas
hv William Morris Hunt will not fail to
give pleasure j. Francis Murphy. H. W.
Ranger, T. X. NJ Rchn, Bruce Crane. q. u.
Bogert. G. VI. Dewey and X. e. Minor are
among other Americans represented,
There Is here an eXceptionally we'll com
poscd Cain. Moonlight at Midnight" In
which the Trcnchman has been deeply per
meatcd by the nocturnal beauty OF the ol"
houses Of AbbcvilIc reflected in th" quiet
water of the River Somme. y large com
position by Benjamin Constant 'OtheIo
and DcsdemOna," shows the pair seated III
a goudola. with Venice I'm the background
THE picturo is striking. though II lacks
certain desirable preciousness In quaIitS'
There il one Of Boldini's brilliant aruhcaH-
ties here and an unusual Ger6mc, showing
the artist himself in his studio, working
upon a full size nude In sculpture from 'h'
living model the statu" being his Ia
naera" now in the Luxembourg. u IS an
interesting performance
Uarpignies appears I'm the list. ana ny
Isabev there is a spirited little glimpse OF a
mounted cavalier and his lady at the WIN
dow Alfred Stevens, the Belgian hSur'S
here with a specimen Of his expert clabora-
,ion and by Jan van Beers there are no
fewer than nine examples There Is a me-
dunn sized Huguet, on" OF his oriental
themes. The Ubiquitous RouEuereau IS rep
resented. and so is Alma-Tadena or re-
cont putchmcn. Israels Is here with an un-
ir,portant bit. and there Is little water
color by Mauve. \ small Rousseau, b'a"
and two Corots appear hero, none Of them
srcakIng I'm any hut accustomed voices. and
thero is Troyon. THE Approaching
shower" which though not romarkaple mas
nersonality and harmonious color
In tho list of painters Of an carrier 'a'
there arc many great names. Some OF '"'
nicturcs fairly represent the paint"rs 10
hom they are given. Others do not r'a'n
tho I.veI that ought To be demanded on'
NJ the hest is q large full length portrst oE
cir Thomas Lawrence of Lady Nara oS-
lander. in which handsome YOUNG woman
Glands hy the foot ot a cliff beFond "h''h
a. the sea Without denoting any very
rrrert expression of Lavrence's interest
his is representative and not TOO spearN
,,oc. ~ work. Ry tho same painter is
ror,rait of Richard rarkes Bennington
u,,a oily in aspect, but still possessing