International studio (45.1912)

In the Galleries

tom, will replace the collection of early American
paintings, which have been on view through the
summer, with a specially selected showing of old
masters, which will, in turn, be followed by exhibi-
tions of a more special character, of which the
exact nature will be announced later.

Print collectors will find in a new importa-
tion by Franz Hanfstaengl a collection of thor-
oughly admirable reproductions of Holbein’s
drawings, in monotone and delicate color tints, as
well as an exquisite color reproduction of Holbein’s
Erasmus miniature.

Charles & Co., of London (unlike Arthur
Tooth & Son, who have moved several blocks fur-
ther down than the location of their original gal-
leries), have moved their galleries nearly to the
Plaza, and announce for November the exhibition


Courtesy of Frederick Kep-bel & Co.

A PEON, IN THE
SUNLIGHT

BY CADWALLADER
WASHBURN

of a collection of old Spanish
iron work, comprising locks,
hinges, coffers and the like,
dating from the fifteenth to
the seventeenth century.
This should prove of inter-
est as unique, in its way, as
that incident to their show-
ing of the famous Mannheim
collection last spring.
Advices from Braun &
Co. state that their Paris
house has sent to New York
a portion of their recent edi-
tion of a notable reproduc-
tion of the famous Mona
Lisa recently stolen from
the Louvre. The colors,
taken from the painting
itself, are conceded by cer-
tain eminent French critics
to constitute this reproduc-
tion an actual transcript of
the original, in every super-
ficial particular.

While Mr. Victor Fischer gives no information
as yet regarding his proposed exhibitions, it seems
pertinent to comment upon an interesting canvas
by Lenbach which has been on exhibition in his
galleries during the summer. This painting is not
only eminently characteris¬
tic of the great German
painter, but possesses a
peculiar charm in itself.
The subject, one of Len-
bach’s favorite models,
would seem to have won
this distinction by the won-
derful color quality—the
much-sought “Titian red”
of her hair.
Mr. Montross announces
an exhibition which will un¬
questionably be unique
among the fall events. Be¬
ginning with the first of No¬
vember his galleries will be
hung with a collection of
very early Chinese paint¬
ings, which he acquired in
London this summer from
a collector resident over
twenty-five years in China.
None of the examples to be
shown will post-date the fif¬
teenth century, and the pres¬
entation is of a no less care¬
fully selected group of authentic examples of early
Oriental art than the famous Fenellosa-Weld col-
lection, recently acquired by the Boston Museum
of Fine Arts.
The Knoedler Galleries, so long at Thirty-
fourth Street, are now to be found above Forty-
second Street, in a monumental building designed
for them by Messrs. Carrere & Hastings. At the
date of going to press, however, no definite state-
ments regarding fall exhibitions were issued,
though it is to be assumed that the inauguration
of the new galleries will be signalized by some
event of more than ordinary importance.

The galleries of the Ber-
lin Photographic Company announce a very in-
teresting series of fall exhibitions. Beginning
about the middle of October and running into
November will be held an exhibition of original
drawings by Aubrey Beardsley, an exhibition
which will be the first of his work ever given
in this country and the most comprehensive ever
given. It will comprise the original drawings
for the famous series of Salome, The Rape of
the Lock, Ali Baba and the Morte d’Arthur,
together with much of the Yellow Book work,
constituting the most notable examples of Beards-
ley’s drawings. There will also be many hitherto
unpublished drawings from the collections of Mrs.

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