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Show TOE A SCULPTURE SALON. At a meeting of the council of the Nation Na-tion al Sculpture society in the Fine Arts building Tuesday night It was announced that Mrs. Henry Payne Whitney is to assist as-sist the society In holding a grand sculpture sculp-ture salon at the earliest possible date In the American Fine Arts galleries. There have been numerous pour parlers between Mrs. Whitney and Mr. Daniel C. French, representing the National Sculpture Sculp-ture society, on this subjeot, Mrs. Whitney Whit-ney is greatly interested in sculpture, la herself a skillful amateur sculptress, and in her studio overlooking Bryant park made 'the models for one of the groups of caryatids which : support the ceiling of the gallery' around the lobby of the new Hotel Belmont. ' t . When' Mrs. Whitney broached the plan of a grand sculpture salon to Mr. French he told her frankly that it would be impossible im-possible to carry it out because it would bankrupt the society. "But wouldn't it be possible If I guarantee guar-antee the expense ?". she asked, naively. Possible? Of course It became pcesible from that moment. Mr. French and Mr. Thomas Hastings at once took up the matter and got the plan into shape for submission to the council, which gave it enthusiastic approval. With this sculpture salon installed the Fine Art gallerlee will wear an entirely different aspect from ordinary occasions. The south gallery will be converted Into a garden. In which statuary suitable for outdoors will be exhibited.' In the central gallery, which is reached by a short flight of steps, will be a sculptured' fountain foun-tain and an Italian pergola, the general arrangement extending into the side gal- lerles. The Vanderbllt gallery will be made over into a salon of some period, probably proba-bly one of the Lou lees, which will offer a graceful but quiet background for Indoor In-door sculpture, and all the tapestries and furnishing will be In harmony with this scheme. I , In this salon a committee of society women will give afternoon teas and Im- Sart a social atmosphere to what Is to e partly an artistic and partly a society event. Mrs. Whitney believes that? American Amer-ican sculpture ts equal. If not superior, to any other contemporary work of the kind, and she wants to open the eyes of her friends In society to what la being accomplished by American sculptors. If the use of the galleries can be had for a sufficient length of time this spring the sculpture salon will be held then. Otherwise it will be the first exhibition of note in the autumn. New Tork Herald. |