Evening star., 1924-11-02

AT the Arts Club 2o17 I street
= there opened yesterday an exhi-
| bition Of Western sketches by Mrs.
| L. MacD. Sleeth of the National
Cathedral SCHOOL, for Girls, who is. 1t
will be remembered. a Californian, a
| pupil Of Hopkins Institute Of Art, in
| San Francisco, and who had the spe-
| cially good fortune Of studying for a
| time with Whistler in Paris. Mrs.
| Sleeth is a member Of the Washington
Water Color Club, the Society OF
Washington Artists, the Laguna
Beach Art Association and the Arts
| Club. She has produced noteworthy
| works in sculpture as well as paint
| ing.
Miss Mcdonald, principal OF the Ma
| tional Cathedral School for Girls, is
| to give a reception at the Arts Club
| in honor of Mrs. Sleeth Wednesday,
| November S, from to 6 o'clock.
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IN ole of the upper rooms at the
L Arts Club there was placed on exA
hibition yesterday a collection of pic
torial photographs by Clara f. Sipp-
rell Of New York-portraits. land
| scapes and architectural studies of
Italy, Jugoslavia and Turkey. Miss
Sipprell will be the guest OF honor
this afternoon at a tea given in her
|
committee from to 6 o'clock. She
is one Of the leading photo-pictorial-
lists of not only New York, but the
United States.
IN the library Of the Arts Club there
l. is now on view a collection of
water colors by Mrs. Anna w. Mar
lvell, wife of Admiral q. r. MARVEL,
U. S. N. These are sketches made on
a recent trip around the world and
have great variety of interest.
These exhibitions will continue for
! two weeks.
THE Smithsonian Institution has
issued a very attractive souvenir
catalogue of the Herbert Ward At
rican collection, which is undoubted-
| ly one Of the most notable gifts ever
received by the institution. This
| catalogue. which was prepared by
William II. Holmes. director of the
National Gallery of Art. takes the
| form of a brochure, and prints by
way Of an introduction biographical
sketch of Herbert Ward by his
widow. which gives most sympathet-
ically the chief events OF his life and
sketches with exquisite feeling his
very rare personality.
| This is followed by an appreciation
of his achievements in the field of art
| by Mr.. Holmes, a summary OF Mr..
Wards work, and An appreciation OF the
scientific value of the African collection
| by Prof. Hough. The little volume is
! elaborately illustrated with reproduc-
tions OF the Ward bronzes and photo
graphic views OF the collection as it is
now placed-an appropriate tribute to
the artist and appreciation Of the gen.
erous gift.
| THE National Museum announces
the opening OF an exhibition of
| etchings by George Elbert Burr in
the division of graphic arts. Smith
sonian Building, from October % to
| November 2S, inclusive. Mr.. Burr is
| a Western artist, Denver being his
home, and he has made specially OF
| Western scenes. He was trained origl-
nally as a scientific illustrator. which
, demands great accuracy. as well as
| technical skill. but his etchings are
| free and strong, his line bold, and at
| the same time sensitive. He has ap-
| parently a keen sense Of the dramatic
| and vet at the same time shows in
| teresting reserve in his interpreta-
| tions. A collection of Mr.. Burr
etchings was shown few years ago
| in the Corcoran Gallery Of Art. at
| tracing very favorable attention