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tion." preserved and cared for perma-
nently as gift to the city Of Baltt-
more. In foreword to the catalog
of the exhibition of these prints held
in Baltimore in 1914, Mrs. Lehr wrote:
Il have chosen all of my proofs be-
cause / love them, not because some
are rarities and of special value.
have selected each because 1t pleased,
and my greatest pleasure Is not al
ways appended to the show pieces,
which able critics of the world have
proclaimed. One beautiful impression
is greater joy than fifty of mediocre
tone" They are, indeed. all excellent
Impressions and wise selection has
now on display tn eworks of Whis-
tier, of Seymour Hayden. Of REM
brandt, of Meryon-the great lights
the greatest printmakers of all time.
The Garrett house was built at
time when eastern influence was
strongly felt and eastern carvings.
mosaics. etc. greatly in vogue. 1t
was happy thought. therefore. to
set aside one room for teakwood carv-
ings and metal work Of the Hindus.
the museum at the Lockwood de For
est sale in New York last November.
The pieces in this collection are rich
in design. with a profusion OF animal:
floral and geometric motifs worked
out in great detail, which is charac-
terlstic Of all Indian art
Not least interesting in the inaugural
exhibition is the collection Of silver.
which has room to itself (the old din
ing room), a loan collection of great
value assembled and installed by Mrs.
Miles White. tr.. Of Baltimore. and COM
prislng many rare and beautiful pieces.
The first state law in the United States
requiring quality stamp on silver was
the Maryland act of 1914. The oldest
existing firm in this country is that of
Samuel Kirk & Son Co. founded in
1915, in Philadelphia, and moved to
Baltimore in 1917 by Samuel Kirk.
Included in the exhibition are a few
samples Of early American furniture.
dating from the best period. the third
quarter of the eighteenth century-for
example. a block-front knee-hole desk.
similar to pieces in the Pendleton and
the Bolles collections, one in the Provi-
dence Museum and the other in the
Metropolitan Museum in New York. The
sculpture display: arranged by ]. Max
forth in the old conservatory amid
palms and foliage plants and includes
works by Paul Bartlett, Herbert Adams.
Carl Akeley. James Earl Fraser; Dan,
Jennewein. Frederick w. MacMonnies.
Anna Vaughan Hyatt. Paul Manship,
Herbert MacNeil and others-an excel
lent little, showing and for the most
part lent by Baltimore collectors.
The oil paintings. of which there are
forty-two, were assembled by Thomas
Corner and e. L. Bryant and are set
forth in the old gallery, redressed with
fresh wall covering of sand tone. Here
the place of honor is rightly given to a
portrait of Miss Mary Garrett, by John
Singer Sargent, owned and lent by
Johns Hopkins University. reticent
and beautiful work. Opposite and lit,
tie to the right hangs an exceptional
example by misunderstanding
by Mrs G. NJ. Hutton. The Weir es-
tate has lent an unusual figure painting
Hassam, the "Lorelei." which is an ex-
quisite nude, has been lent by Henry
Walters. Jacob Epstein has lent fine
Corot Josef Israels and Cazin-"The
Rainbow"-all three notable works.
From the home of Robert Garrett has
come an excellent Rosen. a winter land
scape. The Alexander estate has lent
the Gossip" Mrs. Francis Jencks has
lent her own portrait by Thomas De-
wing. A beautiful example of the land
by Mrs. Lewellys F. Barker; there is
an excellent Redfield, an admirable
Lawson. a Theodore Robinson, Waugh.
a Zuloaga, an example of figures in
iandscape by Matisse, a Homer Martin
and two Claude Monets. Jerome Myers
and John Sloan are both represented.
1t is an assemblage Of fine paintings,
without regard to period or school.
until the 1st of April, and the
museum. which is comparatively near
Walters Gallery and the Peabody In
stitute. is open, free. daily from 10
am. to s PM, Fridays until 10 pm.
and Sundays from to 6 pm.
THE. Corcoran Gallery Of Art has
l. purchased lately a portrait of
comparative recent date, by John
Singer Sargent. 1t Is a small canvas
showing at life size the head and
shoulders of Daniel J. Nolan, a work
ingman in khaki, and was painted as
a gift about the same time that Hr.
Sargent painted his well known por-
trait of Mr.. Woodbury.. 1t was not
intended as an exhibition picture. but
as a sketch, and is Of most interest
to the student of art as a brilliant
piece of technique.
THE Society of Washington Artists
l. was to have closed its exhibition
today. but. owing to a slight delay In
the arrival of the next exhibition
will continue to the end Of the month.
and possibly over next Sunday. This
exhibition, which Is set forth In the
special exhibition gallery Of the Cor
coran Gallery Of Art, Is a commend
able local showing. Those who have
of this extension of time to do so.
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ID EGINNING March and continuing
ID to March is, the Corcoran Gallery
will show In tn ceases in the upper
atrium q collection of etchings, draw
ings and silver-point portraits by
Robert Logan Of Connecticut. At the
same time there will be set forth in
one of tho smaller galleries a collec-
teton of etchings by Sears Gallagher
of Boston.
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THE Landscape Club of Washington
L will hold an exhibition Of paint
ings by it's members at the studio,
1921 18th street northwest, from to-
day, February 26, to March II, in
elusive. The exhibition will be open
from b:15 to pm. week days and