Jasper County Democrat, Volume 15, Number 11, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 May 1912 — Four Paintings Sold for $75,000. [ARTICLE]

Four Paintings Sold for $75,000.

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