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Show 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 paint-ers to American collectors for an aggregate ag-gregate sum of mora 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 por-trait of Mrs. John Blackburne, by George Romney, the eminent English portrait painter, has just been purchased pur-chased by E. J. Berwind through the Blakeslee galleries for the sum of $42,-000, $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 Rals-ton galleries for $20,000. "A Nocturne," Noc-turne," a marine by Whistler, has been acquired by William H. Sage of Al-bany Al-bany the purchase being made from the Victor G. Fisher galleries. The nocturne is said to be rendered in Whistler's best manner. |