Carpenter's Friends Too

AN exhibition held last month in Carpenter Hall demonstrated the versatility of the efforts of Friends of Baker Library who, in addition to valuable book collections for the Library, have brought a variety of paintings, drawings, prints, sculpture and book illustrations to the Galleries' collections.

Among the paintings shown were the famous "Hunt Farm" by Maxfield Parrish, a gift of the artist; four paintings by John Sloan, given by John and Helen Farr Sloan, and one given by Dr. Farr, the artist's father-in-law; "Lake Superior" by Lawren Harris, presented in memory of his uncle, the late Prof. William K. Stewart; "Sanderlings" by Alfred E. Jones given by the artist; and a self portrait by John Butler Yeats, father of the Irish poet William Butler Yeats, entitled "Seeing Through a Glass Darkly," and originally owned by M. Petipas, proprietor of the Petipas restaurant, noted among artists and writers.

Other oil paintings shown included those by Use Bischoff, one being the "Portrait of a Negress," and the dust wrapper painting by Andrew Wyeth for Kenneth Roberts' novel Rabble in Arms, given by the author. All the original sketches for Paul Sample's war drawings, given by him, were in the exhibition. Of special interest was a Joseph Pennell etching. "Thames Night," given through the Friends by Mrs. Terwilliger; a collection of J. J. Lankes woodcuts presented by Prof. Herbert F. West '22; and a number of lithographs bv Sanford Ross, as well as sketches by Gaston Lachaise given by Sanford Ross.