The New York herald., 1921-01-02

their current output. IL is an eAhlpltlob
of to-day's workmanship taken right
out OF stock pieces to be found on
score Of salesroom floors in New York
and other cities. goods sold across the
counter at our department stores. have
here been brought together in gather
ing of hundreds of designs In several
dozen different kinds of objects and in
all of them the collections Of the Metro
poitan have been of direct use. There
are laces and rugs, fashion designs and
advertisements for perfume, lamps ana
marquisettes, chairs and batiks, mirrors
and clocks. and so on.
Americans have been accustomed to
look to European museums. and notably
to Lyons and to South Kensington, TO
witness real cooperation between mu-
seums and the art trades. Yet here in
our own Met as the designers call IL,
this work has been slowly developing un-
til 1t has reached prodigous proportions
and both producers and designers are
coming in always greater numbers to
avail themselves of the unlimited re-
sources offered by the art Of the ages.
The Metropolitan Museum makes It's cot
ections available in~every way possible,
under the necessary limitations of, eX-
hibitfon and protection, for the use or
persons actively engaged in the design
and manufacture Of home furnishings
and other types of Industrial art. The
present exhibition win serve TO make
plain the excellent results OF this field
OF museum cooperation. and above all to
direct attention to the great value OF
collections Of art in the Improvement of
American design. The things shown.
needless to say. are but a small selective
representation of the great range OF
commodities touched by this extension
work of our leading art museum. IN
fact the intention is merely TO pre-
a demonstration and record of practical
usefulness. not a comprehensive eXhiol-
ton. The results are therefore all the
more surprising in variety as well as in
standard of design
The exhibition will continue until the
q Sc of January. It is an excellent
Indication of intelligent effort toward
iustifiable expenditure of public money
! for every item shown is one of immediate
utility and current value in our lives.
In the Arden Gallery VIII open on jan
uary a remarkable exhibition of ritual
and theatrical masks. together with
collection of exquisite decorated cos
tunes designed and executed by Nine.
Marie GalIenga of Venice. The reason
for holding this exhibition is the recent
and widespread revival Of interest In the
use of theatrical masks, which has hXed
the attention OF a group of American
artists. who are now experimenting IN
this new-old art with gratifying results.
Masks for ritual and theatrical pur-
poses have been used by primitive peo-
pies from time immemorial. appearing
first in rude coatings OF clay daubec di-
rectly upon the performers and later as
removable masks made Of every descr ~
ton of material and used TO disguise
participants in religious mysteries ana
dances.
The invention OF the tragic and comic
masks used IN the Greek theatre and al
tributed by Attic tradition to Thespis,
was undoubtedly merely a development
OF these more ancient and cruder dis
guises which transformed the actor IN
mysteries and dances at VIII into god,
animal or demon, &c, as the occas on
demanded.
Greek ard Japanese art lifted these
crude but often elaborately decorated
disguises into the realm Of subtle chaF-
acterization.
America will be shown, this series cul-
minating In a wonderful (siGned) Non
mask from Japan and group OF modern
masks by contemporary artists
To these will be added Javanese mar
ionettes distinctly Greek In feeling.
probably the last remnant of the influ-
ence Of Alexander the Greats Indian
fconqriest and few marionettes OF The
Punch and Judy type, some of which
show by their vividly decorated faces
I the conventions of the larger masks.
Madame Gallenga's costumes, de-
signed and executed under her direct
/ supervision in her Venetian studio. are
/ important enough as an art product 10
| form an exhibition quite by themselves.
In Europe Madame Ciallenga's genius IN
her particular field Is acknowledged.
Every detail of these superb costumes is
Z designed and made in her ateler. Their
lines are founded upon the inspiration
of great art periods and some OF the
more elaborate gowns are gorgeous in
material and color yet their grace and
simplicity make them quite possible for
! ordinary wear. These Gallenga cos
TUNES IN spite Of their practical quail
ties. are never allowed TO degenerate
/ into commonplace dressmaking. for they
show no trace of the usual seam and
/ stitching. each one being a distinct and
/ individual creation in execution and de-
! sign.
| An unexampled array OF first rate
paintings by ola masters win be on
view at the Anderson Galleries next
1 Saturday. January 2. when a collection
| comprising more than sixty pictures will
be opened to-the public. The exhibition
will continue until the evening Of jan
uary a. when the pictures viii be sold
at auction.
J The collection includes Dutch and
/ Flemish masters. Rubens. Jordaens.
| Lievens. Cornelis Holsteyn, Bakhuizen
and others. and Italians; Tintoretto,
Guido ReDi, Carpione. &c; also a Rae
I burn, Troyon and numerous other
/ canvases Of the first order. Most OF
/ these paintings come from rie cele-
brated galleries of Austrian and Hun
I garian noble families and were sold by
Z their owners on account OF after war
I conditions The collection Is the first
/ large shipment of art treasures from
/ the Central European countries. and all
/ these countries have since put an en-
I barge on the expectation Of paintings
and other objects Of art.
The Tlntoretto OF the collection Is
gorgeous Last supper from the last
/ period OF his life The Death OF
/ Adonis." by Rubens. and "Bacchus." by
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