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International studio (1897)

New York · leaf 248

An illustration from International studio, 1897, leaf 248
tistic age or land. Theyrecall Mr. Lafarges Ja])ane.se friend who, ])uzzled,as he well might be, by the Occidental use of theterm art, tiptoed his way across an Americangallery to ask in a whisper: .\re theseart pic-tures? They recall also, for reproof and for ed-ification, the fact that at the… … Melropoliltin Museum oj Arl LOUIS XIV ROOM LOOKING SOUTH DECORATIVE ARTS WING tistic exhibits, until Mr. Halsey Ives cut the Oor-dian knot by saying: Send to the Art Buildingwhat you call art, which they did, with the inspir-ing results which all visitors to the fair remember.The opening of this…

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