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interestingknowl-
edge of theancient
empiresof West-
ern Asia has been
obtained from
sculptured ruins
of walls of cities
and temples,this
recentaccession of
rubbingsof sepul-
chral bas-reliefs
of the Han dy-
nastyis a distinct
addition to the
collections.These
THE SHOWER
rubbingsare ob-
EXHIBITION OF LITHOGRAPHS BY BOLTON BROWN tained by cover-
ing the stone re-
tions, and great events of their reigns; liefs with sheetsof thin paperthat are
of amusing and serious happeningsin moistenedand then hammeredin with
the lives of ordinarymortals, heroes, a wooden mallet. As soon as the
patriarchs,etc., are abundantfruit for paper is dry a pad dipped in ink is
studyand cultivationof the imagination. passed evenly over the paper which
The strong swing of the curves, the leavesa perfectimpressionof the pattern
elementallines in the patterns,the broad in a white reserveon a blackgroundor
massesof detail are of infinite art in- in silhouette.
terest to students. Realizing the beauty and vitality
Scholars tell us their first definite shown by these documentsof Chinese
knowledge of these wonderful stone traditionand history,Mr. William O.
carvings in the province of Shantung Goodmanpurchasedabout eighty fac-
was obtainedfrom excavationsmade in similesin China and presentedthem to
the I7th century. As someof our most the Museum. B. B.
NOTES
IN
WARDS THE CHICAGO The Mr. and Mrs. Frank G. Logan
EXHIBITION - In the ex- Medal, carrying with it two hundred
hibition by artists of Chicago dollars, to Emil Zettler for his sculpture
and vicinity, awards were presented as (carved mahogany)"Woman and child."
follows: The William Randolph Hearst Prize
The Mr. and Mrs. Frank G. Logan of three hundred dollars to Alfred Juer-
Medal, carrying with it five hundred gens for his painting of "A lilac bush."
dollars,to Victor Higgins for "Fiestaday." The Edward B. Butler Purchase