New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-03-02

for the exhibition Of all works from the
other side OF the water. and the three
went into conference. Finally Mr.. Kuhn
emerged and approached Mi Halpegt
We arc very sorry" he said. but We
cart comply with your demand. Whom
the pictures exhibited here were lent to
our association by their owners il was
without restriction They were lent TO us
10 do q we saw fit
'But NJ. dc Lanay II grevcd." said Mr..
Halpcli. Tie sent YOU three pictures,
and you have hung only two You have
not placed on exhibition his most impor-
tant work. The City OF Paris as you
agreed 10 do"
we made no agreements" said Mr..
Kuhn. The only reason we did not hang
The City Of Paris was it was too i'm
nCnse W, did not ha"s room for il. We
hung his two smaller pictures, Windows
Upon the City and a Road in Loan
That is all We had room for, and they must
remain until the exhibition closes
At his studio at No. 1913 Broadway Mr.
Ealpert expressed indignation AT The way
his friend NJ. de- Launay had been treated
by the society.
Canvas Was Too Big.
II - q shame" ne said. that the city
OF Paris was not placed on exhibition. II
Is VI. De Launay's most important work.
He sent it I'm accordance with the request
OF the association. ard arranged with me
to stretch it and hang II for him. But
when ! went TO the armory 20 do so. in
compliance with a letter from MIR. Davies.
! was simply told that 1t had been de-
clded not 10 hang the canvas. No very
satisfactory explanation was given me.
except that il was too large NJ dc Lau-
nay is more important than Nillon and all
the other painters OF the revolutionary
school put together
The society Is very BIASED against the
younger painters. especially those in this
city. Because OF the treatment they ac-
corded Max Weber, who is the pioneer
post-impressionist in this country and who
has done more than anybody else in edu-
cational work in this line. he withdrew
the canvqses he had submitted. and is
not represented at all i'm the exhibition.
That Is an injustice TO man Of his
talent"
At the armory Walter Pach. who was
instrumental in bringing the pictures Of
! VI. de I.aunay and other European artists
| to the exhibition. scoffed at the idea that
any injustice had been done to NJ. de
Launay. The failure TO hang his master
piece, he explained. had nothing to do
with the quality Of the work presented
: but simply because there was too much
| of It in one piece.
why" he said. that canvas is over
twelve feet long and perhaps nine high.
We simply did rot have room for so large
Z q painting. We felt that de Launay was
; sufficiently represented by the two small
1 er paintings we could find room for We
I shall not take them down. They must
/ stay until the exhibition closes. It is
ridiculous to talk Of taking any paintings
; out before.
/ Eight or Ten or None.
AS to Mr.. Weber We chose two OF his
pictures for the exhibition, but he sent
! the committee an ul.imatum that. unless
we hung eight or ten of his pieces we
/ couldn't hang any. We accepted the lat
| ter alternative. and returned them all to
| him We refused TO be dictated to-
"And another fact that ought TO be
mentioned in regard to de Launay" said
/ Mr.. Kuhn, "is that we only undertook to
| hang his two smaller pictures. but he
! foisted upon us the big one. for which
we could find no room. That is all there
Is TO it,
II feel very bitter toward the associa-
| ton for the way they treated me-" said
| Max Weber at his studio No. 14i2 Char
| lotte street The Bronx. ut is true that
| have done more than any one else in