New-York tribune., 1922-04-07
I3,895 Paid for
6l ainlings i'm Sale
OF ART Association
Collection Is Mainly of the
French Imprcssionist and
Barbizon Schools; Some
American Canvases Sold

collection Of siXty-one paintings.
mainly of the French Impressionist
and Barbizon schools, was sold for
a total of saSs95 last night at the
PIaza Hotel under the direction of the
american Art Association. A majority
OF 'he works We're consigned by Win
kel and Magnussen. of Copenhagen
Wnlle the specimens of the American
School were the property of several
private owners
Adolph Schreycr's "Thc Arab Chief
tam attracted the highest bidding
ana went eventually to E. f. Albee for
$o'oVo. The Durand- Rucl gallery,
which bid heavily on the Impression
lSt Isl paintings, acquired Monct's Coastal
ana the same painters vivid costal
marine "A Sunlight Eject at Belle
Isle for $4,000. The remaining sales.
Whlch included several examples by
s'siey, Courbet, Ziem and Corot, fell
iar below these marks.
typical Schreyer Subject
i"r "c9' g cr subject, one Of his
vino Il company
OF armed riders led by their chief on
.~- =. llcnly painted
canvas, thlt5 'our by forty-six inches
IN SIZE and came from the collection Of
the Danish firm. The first Monet. a
gray, Vaporous effect in light key show
ing the steep French coastland in com
position with Il tranquil sea, was a
panel twcnty-four by thirty one inches.
Inc other specimen, somewhat smaller,
was striking study in impressionism
revealing strong play of sunlight on
i" "eep oi0e ruined sea broken by jut-
Corot's "Ham,ct' luxurious land
scape, in which are portrayed tho tig-
u1es Of the Dane and the grave-dig-
gers, was sold to NJ. r. Dodson for
Sl,1o0, while the same sum was paid
Tor another Monet, which went to the
Durand-Ruel Gallery. This was the
rural landscape "Giverny' The most
valuable OF the American paintings
proved to be an carly example painted
by George inness, N. A.. during his
days in Italy, called Roman Cam
pagna' This brought $3.50 from E.
S. Knoblock
Others Bring High Prices
Other sales were:
''S S5o 'y rhe re'fH HarVes NS"G'T BY ~
PissArro to Durand Ruei, $3.50; Dancers
, o; the Ballet. by Edgar Degas, to Dura nd =
Kuel, $3.50; Tho Sirers." by FELIX Ziern, TO
B. Chester. $575: The Moss Gathcrer," by
Pissarro, TO Durand Ruel. $1.525; THE Wa
@r 9To m,l BY Emile yan Mareke, to EdWard
Sisicy,. to Durand- Ruel, 1925 THE Barge
Basin. by Alfred Siscy, to Durand- Ruel.
$500; "Fiowery Meadows, by Claude Mo
net, to Durand -Ruel, $l,050.
The Dam" by oiustave Courbet. tc
Nrauahaar Galleries, $525: Winter" by
/ Custave Courhet to Edward Brandus
Si250: The Loing in Flood at Moret '
! by Alfred SIsley. to Durand Ruei 81 O25
! The Wood Cart: EARLY Morning." by
| Louis Paul Dcssar, \. A., to John Levy
I Gallery, S725; "Fording en- route to Utah :
ry Frederic Remington, to George II
Ainslee. $500; "Tarpon Spring. Florida -
/ b" George inness n. A., 10 Babcock Gal
lery, sl.050.
( Woman Eating Grapes" by Alber,
! Andre, to Durand- Ruel S625, "Civerny
! Prospect by Claude Monet. to Durand-
Ruei, $l.75o, "a Hay Day" by Jean
Boptisto Camille Coroi to Charles b
| Peters, $175; "Constantinople." by Felix
| Ziem, to Edward Brandus. $3.50; "Fores,
, Landscaue,' by Jules Dupre, to Charles
! Peters, $500; "The New Vintage by Jean
| Georges Vibert. TO John Levy Galleries
| $500; Tho Forest Pool" by Z. Irving
Couse, n. A, to Cyrus Lozier, s725; "Patt
| Through the Woods" by Claude Monet, tc
7 DUrand- -Ruel, $500.