Jasper County Democrat, Volume 15, Number 1, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 April 1912 — Four Paintings Sold for $75,000. [ARTICLE]

Four Paintings Sold for $75,000.

Of interest to the world of art I*. the recent sale of four paintings by English, French and American pain* ers to American collectors for an aggregate sum of more than $75,000. These pictures, obtained for American collectors, Include a Romney and * Whistler, a Dupre and an Innes. A notable three-quarter length portrait of Mrs. John Blackburns, by George Romney, the eminent English portrait painter, has Just been purchased by E. J. Berwind through th* Blakeslee galleries for the sum of $42,000, which is considered a good prie* for portraits of the English school. Announcement is also made of th* sale of “Twilight,” a characterise* landscape by Jules Dupre, to * Brooklyn collector through the Ralston galleries for $20,000. "A Nocturne,” a marine by Whistler, has bee* acquired by William H. Sage of Albany, the purchase being made from, the Victor G. Fisher galleries. Th* nocturne is said to be rendered I* Whistler’s best manner.