Log in to Scripto | Recent changes | View item | View file | Transcribe page | View history
Letter from Roland F. Knoedler to Henry Clay Frick, 26 February 1898
http://transcribe.frick.org/files/Bill_Book_1/3107300004005_182_POST.jpg
| Revision as of Jul 13, 2017, 4:05:19 PM created by Scrapivist |
Revision as of Dec 11, 2021, 4:49:51 AM protected by Frickarchives |
||
|---|---|---|---|
| Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
[begin page 2 of 2] | |||
(Dana) was not a desirable work either though fairly good. "The Turkey Herder" (Dana) Schaus bought, I understand, for Senator C. S. Brice. I will not say anything about the early English pictures in the Fuller collection, as I do not think that any one of them ought to have been bought by a person wishing first class examples. I bought the Dupre "Le Cours d'Eau". It is not a work of the best quality but a very attractive subject. "Evening on the Marne" Daubigny was fairly paid for at $5000.- as the period was not a good one. "Cattle Drinking" Dupre was an artistic broadly painted picture. "The Cliff at Villerville" Daubigny was very sketchy but artistic. "Marais dans les Landes" Rousseau was reasonable at $7600.- "The Open Sea, Marine" Dupre was not worth anything like $7600.- "Apple Blossoms" Daubigny, was a very attractive picture, fair quality but uninteresting subject. "Cows in the Pasture" Troyon was cheap for a person wanting a large painting by this artist but it was not a desirable acquisition for a person who was in search of quality instead of quantity. | (Dana) was not a desirable work either though fairly good. "The Turkey Herder" (Dana) Schaus bought, I understand, for Senator C. S. Brice. I will not say anything about the early English pictures in the Fuller collection, as I do not think that any one of them ought to have been bought by a person wishing first class examples. I bought the Dupre "Le Cours d'Eau". It is not a work of the best quality but a very attractive subject. "Evening on the Marne" Daubigny was fairly paid for at $5000.- as the period was not a good one. "Cattle Drinking" Dupre was an artistic broadly painted picture. "The Cliff at Villerville" Daubigny was very sketchy but artistic. "Marais dans les Landes" Rousseau was reasonable at $7600.- "The Open Sea, Marine" Dupre was not worth anything like $7600.- "Apple Blossoms" Daubigny, was a very attractive picture, fair quality but uninteresting subject. "Cows in the Pasture" Troyon was cheap for a person wanting a large painting by this artist but it was not a desirable acquisition for a person who was in search of quality instead of quantity. | ||
| Line 4: | Line 5: | ||
Hoping that Mrs. Frick has entirely recovered, believe me, | Hoping that Mrs. Frick has entirely recovered, believe me, | ||
Yours very truly, | Yours very truly, | ||
Roland F. Knoedler | Roland F. Knoedler | ||
P. S. Charlie says he knows | P. S. Charlie says he knows Berckmans & his wife & that they are not rich - he must have bought the paintings for some one else. | ||
[end page 2 of 2] | |||
Revision as of Dec 11, 2021, 4:49:51 AM
[begin page 2 of 2] (Dana) was not a desirable work either though fairly good. "The Turkey Herder" (Dana) Schaus bought, I understand, for Senator C. S. Brice. I will not say anything about the early English pictures in the Fuller collection, as I do not think that any one of them ought to have been bought by a person wishing first class examples. I bought the Dupre "Le Cours d'Eau". It is not a work of the best quality but a very attractive subject. "Evening on the Marne" Daubigny was fairly paid for at $5000.- as the period was not a good one. "Cattle Drinking" Dupre was an artistic broadly painted picture. "The Cliff at Villerville" Daubigny was very sketchy but artistic. "Marais dans les Landes" Rousseau was reasonable at $7600.- "The Open Sea, Marine" Dupre was not worth anything like $7600.- "Apple Blossoms" Daubigny, was a very attractive picture, fair quality but uninteresting subject. "Cows in the Pasture" Troyon was cheap for a person wanting a large painting by this artist but it was not a desirable acquisition for a person who was in search of quality instead of quantity.
I hope to have a marked catalogue of the Stewart Collection for you this evening, but, should you not receive it, do not think that I am forgetting you.
Hoping that Mrs. Frick has entirely recovered, believe me, Yours very truly, Roland F. Knoedler
P. S. Charlie says he knows Berckmans & his wife & that they are not rich - he must have bought the paintings for some one else. [end page 2 of 2]