New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-01-18
Gems from WOrmSer and
Other Collections Sold
at the Plaza
"a MONETS AROUSE
SPIRITED BIDDING
Canvas of Alma = Tadema
Brings $19,000-Even-
ing's Total Is S432,3OO

With a total Of s517,515. the sale Of
III paintings from the Wormser and
other collections, conducted by the
American Art Association at the Hotel
Plaza, ended last night. II goes on rec
ord. according 10 Thomas f. Kirby, who
sold the pictures, as the most success
full sale for the number of paintings
sold ever held in this city. Last nights
total was $4,000.
No such enthusiasm has been wit
messed for years. Standing room was
at n premium in the big hall, and the
audience, made up principally Of per-
sons seldom seen at auction sales Of
art objects, frequently broke into APP
pause when the bids ran high. At
times the excitement was so marked
that the bidding ran ahead of the auc-
tioneer and he was obliged to stop to
obtain order
1.-THE Baths OF Caracslla," a large
canvas by Alma Tadema, and the last
picture in the catalogue, brought the
$4,000. The bidding started at $4,000
and 1t quickly ran into five figures,
travelling by $1,000 and $4,000. H..
Reinhardt g. Son were the purchasers.
The same buyers gave Sl6,400 for an
Inness canvas, Sunset" which Mr..
Bradley, its last owner, bought from
the artist. Seventeen thousand dollars
was paid by the Holland Galleries for
View of Amsterdam" by Maris. a
Dutch painter.
Bidding on Monets
The feature of this final session of
the sale was the bidding on the series
of twenty-four paintings by Claude
Monet. Durand-Ruel g. Co. seemed de-
termined to obtain the entire series.
They took seventeen of them, but in a
spirited bidding bout between their rep
resentatives and James Hastings for
"Vue de Bordighera" Hastings's bid Of
Sl5,50O took the prize.
Durand, Ruel e. Co. gave $4,000 for
LA Seine Bessancourt en- Hiver,"
one of Monet's best examples Of land
scape painting, but they lost lie Basin
aux Nympheas, Giyerny" to Arthur
Meeker, OF Chicago, who bid $500 for
the canvas. This picture caused a SEN
sation when hung, for by reason of the
mirage and reflection on the water il
hpptdIeu as II IL were upside uOWN.
The subject is the surface of a pond,
with floating lilies upon it. Another
Monet that brought $4,000 was "Matin
sur la Seine, Giverny," which Otto Ber-
net, as agent, obtained
Les Bocaux Dams lie Marecage," a
fine example of Corot's work, went to
the Knoedlers for $12,700. The last
owner of the picture purchased it orig
inally from the Knoedlers. The same
buyers paid $4,000 for a Daubigny-
"The Edge Of the Pond" from the Petit
Galleries, Paris.
Average About $1,000
The total received for the Monet
paintings-s160.2 O0-shows that the
average for each picture was more than
$4,000.
Following is list of the pictures
that brought $500 and more, with the
title, artist, buyer and price, in that
order:
"Moonnse." Troyon: H. Reinhardt 4 Sen $500
"A Meadow Stpam." Wyant: II Schultheis $50
Peaceful DAYS" Boldini; r. II. Lorenz 800
Toilet 81 Vents" Dz. U. Benet agent $50
"Whisperngs OF Love" Diaz. Scott *
FOwles ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. ........ 40
Venus and Amour" Diaz: ! Reichmsn 40
Sheep az the RroOkside" Jacque: j. strauss 63,
ffI1te