Evening star., 1925-11-22
MANY CLARK ART
WORKS TO Be SOLD
Gifts to Corcoran Gallery,
However, Not Affected
by Auction.
Special Dispatch to The stag.

Special Dispatch to The Sta:.
NEW YORK, November 2I.--A large
portion of the s3.O00.0 900 collection of
famous art treasures of the late Sen
ator William A. Clark of Montana,
ranging from rare old point de Venise
laces to paintings by such men as
Rembrandt. Vandyck, Whistler,
Ruben and Gainsborough, is to be sold
at two public auctions in January. it
was announced tonight by the law
firm Of Blackman. Pratt and Koepler,
attorneys for the estate.
While no value on the objects to be
sold was given in the firms announce
ment, a partial listing of some of
them reveals that the auctions will in
clude some of the most famous works
in the collection of the millionaire who
spent lifetime in collecting art, some
good, some considered rather bad.
Last week dispatches from Butte,
Mont, quoted lawyers of the estate
there as estimating the total fortune
of Mr.. Clark at more than 10000
900, and the figures generally quoted
are SIS 100000.
The announcement of the two auc-
tionS corrected Il general impression
that the entire art collection had been
willed to the Metropolitan Museum
with the Corcoran Art Gallery in
Washington, d. C.. as alternate. This
bequest, it was explained, covered only
part of the collection: The Metro
politan refused 1t because of condi-
tions imposed in the will that il should
accept the bequest in its entirety, pro-
vide separate gallery for it and pro
vide other care that the directors of
the museum felt they could not pro-
vide. In refusing the bequest they
adopted resolution that the museum
is constrained to decline the gift un-
der the conditions stated" The Cor
coran Gallery then accepted it.
Attorneys Statement.
The attorneys statement. in com
menting on this beQuest. said:
The idea has prevailed that Sen
ator Clark willed his collection to
the Metropolitan Museum of this city,
or as an alternate. the Corcoran Art
Gallery. at Washington, d. C.. This
idea was strengthened by the recent
announcement that the Corcoran
Gallery had accepted the gift. AS a
matter of fact, the terms of the will
gave certain portions Of the collec-
tion to the accepting museum.
However. great number Of
paintings and other works of art, in.
Guiding many of the finest of the en-
tire collection, have passed under
the will to the Senator's heirs. AS
Senator Clark's mansion at Fifth
avenue and Seventyseventh street.
which housed these treasures, is not
TO be retained by the family, it has
been decided to sell. at public sale,
the large portion of the magnificent
art collection retained by the heirs"
No definite date has been set as yet
for the auctions. but one will be held
at the American Art Galleries. This
VIII include all the paintings to be
placed on the block. The other. COW
ering laces, statutes. furnishings and
such, Will be at the Clark mansion on
Fifth avenue. Both sales will be
under supervision of the American
Art Association.
A complete catalogue of everything
to go on sale now is being prepared
and prior TO the sales all of the OBJ
jectS will be on exhibition at the Clark
home. The partial listing of some of
the works of art included in the at
torneys' announcement gave only one
piece for which there is any record
in newspaper files of its cost to Mr..
Clark. That is a rare old table cloth,
of point de Venise. decorated with de
signs OF famous painters. IL is sup
posed TO have cost Mr.. Clark S16,50o.
InclNded in the sale Will be 1926
paintings, drawings by old masters.
furniture, rugs, the latter including
Gothic.
Among the paintings will be Titan
Diana and Her Nymphs at the
Bath. There is the Mother and
Child" by Fandyck from the Hope col
lection, an 1nness landscape. Whist
Ter panel lie Mere Gerard" Rem
brandt's Woman With Fan" Gains
borough's Covered Wagon and Ru-
ben's ''Magdalene."
Others listed are Bocher's Pas
toral," Potter's Cows" Wouverman's
Winter in Holland" Tenier's "Festal
Villagers, Cromes Landscape and
Figures,';;' picture called "A Woody
Lane" from the collection of the Earl
of Dudley, the Holy Family" by
Joachim de Patinier, j. NJ. Turner's
Busy Port" Constable's "Fletford
Mills Troyon's Landscape and Fig
ures," Cattle and Girl" and "A Red
and White Cow" three works by
LHermitte and many others.
The bequest which the Corcoran
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