[HOE, ROBERT III, COLLECTION]. ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE DE LUXE OF THE VERY VALUABLE ART PROPERTY COLLECTED BY THE LATE ROBERT HOE OF NEW YORK. NEW YORK: LENT & GRAFF FOR THE AMERICAN ART ASSOCIATION, 1911.

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[HOE, ROBERT III, COLLECTION]. ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE DE LUXE OF THE VERY VALUABLE ART PROPERTY COLLECTED BY THE LATE ROBERT HOE OF NEW YORK. NEW YORK: LENT & GRAFF FOR THE AMERICAN ART ASSOCIATION, 1911.

2 VOLUMES, 2O. PLATES. CONTEMPORARY BLUE HALF MOROCCO (SOME RUBBING). PROVENANCE: ARTHUR HOE, ROBERT HOE'S SON (BOOKPLATE).

THE SALE WAS CONDUCTED OVER 15 DAYS, FROM 15 FEBRUARY TO 3 MARCH 1911, WITH 15 AFTERNOON SESSIONS AND 3 EVENING SESSIONS AT THE AMERICAN ART GALLERIES AND TWO EVENING SESSIONS AT MENDELSSOHN HALL. AMONG THE ARTISTS COLLECTED BY HOE WERE GéRôME. HOGARTH, KNELLER, MOREAU, POUSSIN, REYNOLDS, REMBRANDT, RENIERS, TISSOT, AND VAN RUYSDAEL. LOT 92 WAS REMBRANDT'S "A YOUNG GIRL HOLDING OUT A MEDAL ON A CHAIN," WHICH SERVES AS THE FRONTISPIECE FOR THE CATALOGUES. ASIAN ART, ENGLISH AND CONTINENTAL CERAMICS, SILVER, WATCHES, TAPESTRIES, SNUFF BOXES, AND OTHER CATEGORIES WERE ALSO INCLUDED, TOTALLING 4,801 LOTS. (2)

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