The New York herald., 1922-02-16
Three WhiStIerS
Are Acquired at
Museum of Art
Other Recent Acquisitions In
clude Works Rich in Color
of Mary Cassatt.

Color seems TO be the note among
the new acquisitions 10 the Metropolitan
Museum of Art this month, displayed to
the public for the first time this morning.
Color of the rarest and most exquisite
rules the room in which the nine paint
iags and pastels by Mary Cassatt. re-
Gently given by an anonyious 50nor.
aa before announced. have been placed
together with n choice collection of her
etchings, many in color. from the Mu-
seum's own portfolios. In the same
room are being shown the three rich
landscapes by Gustave Courbet the
Dutch interior by Brekelendam, and the
figure of Christ attributed to Andrea
solario. all OF which come as part Of
the same anonymous donation. Three
splendid late Gothic tapestries. which
figured in the Museum news Of last
month as an anonymous loan. and
which also are being shown now for
the first time. are ablaze with color OF
the richest ana most magnificent de-
scrlption.
Undoubtedly the sensation Of the
strictly recent acquisitions, in SO far as
works SO scattered about the galleries
can prove a sensation, will be the group
of fifteen modern paintings. three by
Whistler and the remainder by Dau-
mier. Degas. Manet, Monet and Puvis
de Chavannes. which come as loan
from the estate of the late Alfred At
more Pope Of Pennington, Conn. The
Whistlers are hung in the first gallery
Of American painting gallery 12) and
comprise "The Blue Wave" and West
minister Bridge" of his Courbet period
and delightful small portrait sketch
Carmen" OF the genre of THE Little
Rose" and the Blacksmith OF Lyme
Regis
In the first gallery OF French paint
ing gallery 21) are hung the dashing
La Posada" Of Manet, with it's strong
Goya influence. and Girl with
Guitar" a lovely Degas Ballet Girls"
OF the most ingratiating color, and an
extremely vigorous study. "The Bather,"
by the same master. hang on the same
wall.
In the galleries devoted to Far East
ern art have been installed a number
of pieces of porcelains. jades, hard
SboiitS anu Julius
TO the Museum by the late Edmund c.
Converse of Greenwich. Conn. and IN
gallery y among the Flemish paint
ings is shown portrait by Van Dyck
included in the same bequest. The
porcelains. exceedingly handsome in
color. are of the sort known as farnille
verte. because they are decorated with
five enamel colors, among which green
predominates.
Other recent acquisitions OF note in
clude an extremely rare piece of soft
armor, a military skirt of the sixteenth
century of pleated and padded cloth
of gold brocade. piece which once
belonged in the Waffenkammer of the
Dukes Of Saxony: two fifth or sixth
century marble columns of somewhat
Oriental feeling from the ancient
church, now destroyed. of Notre Dame
la Daurade at Toulouse, and q group
OF seven bronze belt clasps and PEN
dants OF particularly bold and beauti-
ful design from the northern Caucasus.
That the Museum concerts are greatly
enjoyed by the music loving public was
again demonstrated by the spectators
attending the January series. which
averaged nearly 1000 persons.
Another series of four orchestral con-
certs of a similar character conducted
by David Names will be given on Sat
urday evenings. March 4. II. IS and -.
As hitherto. Miss Frances Morris will
give a talk upon the program of the
evening on each of these days at .
o'clock in the lecture hall.