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Excerpt from Catalogue of American Paintings Belonging to Mr. P. Chock, to Be Sold at Absolute Public Sale at the American Art Galleries, Madison Square South, New York, on the Evenings of Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, March 9th, 10th and 11th, at 8 O'clock: On Free View Day and Evening From March 3d Until Date of Sale, Inclusive (Sunday Excepted); Thomas E. Kirby Will Conduct the Sale Naided by the glamour that hangs about paintings by foreigners, unsupported by the tardy recognition that comes to pictures when their makers are dead, the works of some four score of living artists of the United States are offered in one block th the tender mercies of the public. They form the private gallery of Mr. Pincus Chock, collected during many Visits to the studios of the painters. Not with the idea of selling again, but to please himself and decorate a home he had hoped to establish in a house arranged to display them to the best advantage. Wm. M. Chase The project fell through and the collector has deter mined to part with them. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.