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CHARLES HENRY PHELPS JOHN P.EAST PHELPS & EAST COUNSELLORS AT LAW 30 BROAD STREET, NEW YORK TELEPHONE BROAD 778 N.Y Morning Sun. February 15, 1917 MARTIN LEADS AT HUMPHREYS SALE Artist's "Low Tide Hon-fleur" Goes to William Macbeth for $3,000. $2,600 PAID FOR WYANT Ranger's "Mason's Island" Fetches $1,450-A Moran Brings $1,275. The sale of Dr. Alexander C. Humphreys's collection of American pictures was begun last night by the American Art Association in the ballroom of the Plaza Hotel before a large audience that included many well known artists. Sales of American art have peculiar and powerful attractions for the local painters and dealers, who scrutinize the results with close attention. The chief of Dr. Humphrey's pictures have been reserved for the second session, which occurs to-night and in which some new records, it is hoped, will be established. Last night the honors of the occasion, from the financial point of view, went to pictures by Homer Martin and Alexander Wyant. Martin's "Low Tide-Honfleur" sold to William Macbeth for $3,000, the leading price, and Wyant's "Gray Day" went to John Levy for $2,600. Henry W. Ranger's "Mason's Island" sold to W. T. Cressman for $1,450, and "In the Teton Range," by Thomas Moran,brought $1,275, the buyer being represented by W. W. Seaman, agent. The total for the eighty-three pictures in last night's sale was $43,255. The list of the pictures that brought $250 or more, with titles and buyers, follows: 1-Henry Mosler, "Good-night," O. Bernet, agent................. $325 2-F. B. Williams, "The Quiet Hour," E. G. O'Reilly......... 240 3-Stephen Parrish, "Market-place, Yvetot, Normandy," William Macbeth ..................... 380 5-Childe Hassam, "Messenger Boy," W. Macbeth................... 380 6-Louis Loeb, "Byblis," W. C. Hardcastle ................... 475 8-J. Francis Murphy. "Early Autumn," Henyry Reinhardt & Son 1,000 9-Thomas Eakens, "Professionals at Rehearsal," J.D. McIlhenny... 650 10-H. G. Dearth, "Passing of the Wave," Vose Gallery.......... 450 11-Childe Hassam, "Across the Park," WIlliam Macbeth...... 325 12-Horatio Walker, "The End of the Day," O. Bernet, agent........ 600 13-Carlton T. Chapman, "The Light.house," K. G. Loghlin......... 250 14-Carleton Wiggins, "The Storm," W. W. Seaman, agent.......... 300 16-C. H. Davis, "Sunset on the Moor," W. T. Cresmer......... 425 17-R. Swain Gifford, "Solitude," William A. Schlesinger........ 250 18-Alexander H. Wyant, "A Gray Day," John Levy.............. 2,600 19-H. G. Dearth, "Gray Weather," Mrs. C. J. Blair............... 350 20-Homer D. Martin, "Low Tide-Honfleur," William Macbeth... 3,000 21-Alexander H. Wyant, "Killarney," William Hardcastle... 500 23-Julian Rix, "The Quarry," John J. Gowney................ 340 25-William Morris Hunt, "Head of Spanish Girl," William Macbeth ......................... 1,100 26-Frank K. M. Rehn, "In Mid-ocean," R. H. Lorenz, agent.. 275 27-Alexander H. Wyant, "County Kerry, Ireland," William Hardcastle ...................... 1,275 28-F. B. WIlliams, "Valley of the Passaic," C. A. Black......... 320 29- Worthington Wittredge, "A Village by the Sea," O. Bernet, agent ........................ 400 30-George H. Smillie, "At East GLoucester," L. Holbrook...... 260 32-H.G. Dearth, "Brittany Coast," O. Bernet, agent.............. 450 34-Julian Rix, "Singac Meadows," F. L. Montague............... 330 35-William H. Howe, "On the Marshes - Holland," Edgar Marsten ..................... 340 37-William Sartain, "Arab Camp -Ouside the Walls," W. W. Seaman, agent................ 300 38-Frederick S. Church, "A Surf Phantom," L. Holbrook....... 250 39-F. K. M. Rehn, "Marine," W. T. Cressmer.................. 250 40-Childe Hassam, "On the Avenue in Winter," William Macbeth 775 42-H. G. Dearthm "Anemone Pool," W. T. Cressmer............... 375 43-C. H. Davis, "Summer Clouds," W. A. Schlesinger............ 375 44- George Inness, Jr., "In the Cool of the Evening," William Hardcastle.................. 625 45-H. W. Ranger, "Spring-Ease Lyme," O. Bernet, agent...... 700 46-William Sartain, "The Cloud," Mr. Macbeth.................. 320 47- William M. Hunt, "Old Mexico," Mr. Macbeth.................. 425 48-Julian Rix, "Edge of the Wood," Capt. M. McMillian............ 450 50-Thomas Moran, "A Venetial Fiesta," John Levy........... 1,600 51-H. W. Ranger, "Valley of the Somme," M. Blackman........ 1,100 52-William H. Howe, "Young Vagabonds," E. S. Marston....... 410 54-Reynolds Beal, "Off New London," L. F. Straus........... 260 55-H. Bolton Jones, "Near Orange, New Jersey," M. Blackman... 475 56-William Sartain, "An Arab School in Algiers," Mr. Macbeth 400 57-Thomas Moran, "The Mountain of Loadstone," McDonough Gallery ...................... 700 58- Edward H. Potthast, "Off the Grand Banks," Mr. Macbeth... 325 60-Elliott Daingerfield, "The Drama of the Mountain Tops," Henry Reinhardt ................... 500 61-Arthur Parton, "The Passing Shower," J. N. McCarthy..... 350 62-Edward H. Potthast, "The Village Carpenter," O. Bernet, agent ......................... 525 63- Frederick W. Koot, "The Driftwood Gatherer" ............... 225 64-Thomas Moran, "In the Teton Range-Idaho," W. W. Seaman, agent ........................ 1,275 65-Louis Paul Dessar, "Nocturne- Moonrise with Sheep," W. W. Seaman, agent................ 950 66-H. W. Ranger, "Cloud and Sea- Porto Rico," G. T> Prendergast. 775 68-H. G. Dearth, "Through the Beeches," Mrs. C. J. Blair..... 325 69-H. W. Ranger, "Peaceful Moonlight Reigns," M. Knoedler & Co ............................ 600 70-Paul Dougherty, "The Incoming Tide," Vose Gallery............ 560 71-Louis Paul Dessar, "The Return- Evening," Vose Gallery........ 535 72-George Hitchcock, "The Dunes, Holland," E. T. Springer...... 250 73-W. E. Schofield, "A Breezy Day, Early Autumn," Henry Schultheis ......................... 275 74-Paul Dougherty, "Easterly Storm -Boar's Head," C. A. Black... 975 75-Paul Dougherty, "Mid-island Gorge" ....................... 235 76-Henry Ward Ranger, "A Classic -Mason's Island," W. T. Cressmer ..................... 1,450 77-Elliott Daingerfield, "Sunset- Mists and Shadows," Henry Reinhardt ................... 900 79-Elliott Daingerfield, "Dead Treesm" Henry Reinhardt ...... 375 80-Leonard Ochtman, "Autumn Twilight," J. N. McCarthy ...... 400 81-Ben Foster, "A Murky Evening," Mrs. Fred C. Brown.......... 260 82-Paul Dougherty, "Cornwall Rocks," Henry Schultheis..... 875 83-Henry Bayley Snell, "Twilight at Sea," water color, William Macbeth ..................... 650