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Title
Item
39
:
Abris
Silberman
and
Bruce
Etchison
Transcript
The
two
gentlemen
in the
photo
above
are the
persons
most
directly
responsible
for the
outstanding
and
valuable
collection
of
art
works
belonging
to the
Washington
County
Museum
of
Fine
Arts
.
Abris
Silberman
,
left
, of the
E
.
&
A.
Silberman
Galleries
,
1014
Madison
Ave.
,
New
York
City
, the
oldest
gallery
there, and
Bruce
Etchison
,
director
of the
Washington
County
Museum
of
Fine
Arts
, are
shown
during
the "
champagne
preview
" of "An
Exhibition
of
Old
Masters
" at the
gallery
in
New
York
on
Tuesday
evening
.
The
mutual
friendship
,
respect
and
art
interests
of the
two
gentlemen
is
directly
responsible
for the
collection
either
belonging
to the
Washington
County
Museum
or on
loan
to
it
, and the
many
traveling
exhibitions
that the
people
of this
county
have
enjoyed
that have
come
as a
direct
interest
of the
renowned
Mr
.
Silberman
. Of the
thirty
works
of
Old
Masters
shown
during
the
month
of
May
in the
Silberman
Galleries
,
twenty
one
belong
to the
Washington
County
Museum
of
Fine
Arts
. This
is
an
unusual
distinction
,
which
directly
relates
to the
friendship
between
these
two
gentlemen
since
none
have been
purchased
by the
museum
but have been
given
as
gifts
.
Thus
the
current
exhibition
points
out
the
fact
that the
heritage
that
is
Washington
County's
had to be
shown
in
New
York
City
to
focus
attention
and
give
due
credit
to the
persons
most
responsible
for this
treasure
, and also
call
attention
to
local
persons
of the
significance
, not
only
of the
works
of
art
, but the
unique
place
the
Washington
County
Museum
of
Fine
Arts
holds
in the
respect
of
art
collectors
,
artists
and
persons
who
know
and
assess
the
value
of these
treasures
.
Old
Masters
are
fast
becoming
a
rarity
in the
art
world
as
far
as
acquisition
is
concerned
.
Soon
, they will
all
either
be in
private
or
museum
collections
, and
only
on
rare
occasions
,
when
estates
must
be
settled
, will they
become
available
for
purchase
. This, then,
underscores
the
wealth
in
art
that the
local
museum
possesses
and the
respect
its
director
has in the
art
world
.
The
exhibition
of
Old
Masters
is
supplemented
by those of the
E
.
&
A.
Silberman
Galleries
, and
brought
out
a
large
crowd
of
several
thousand
persons
from the
art
world
, from the
United
Nations
, from the
theatre
, and
other
prominent
circles
in
New
York
City
. The
preview
was a
benefit
for the
Rudolph
Steiner
School
in
New
York
City
.
Punctuating
the
importance
of the
collection
was the
appearance
of
Bruce
Etchison
on the "
Today
"
show
on
Wednesday
morning
when
the
master
of
ceremonies
,
Hugh
Downs
,
gave
him an
opportunity
to
display
some
of the
works
over
nationwide
television
.
No
novice
at
TV
, the
local
director
came
out
well
as he
displayed
Titian's
portrait
of his
wife
,
Cecelia
,
painted
in the
15th
century
;
Rembrandt's
"
Self
Portrait
" of the
17th
century
; the
Lippi
"
Self
Portrait
" of
approximately
the
same
time
; and the
unusual
"
Birth
of
Mary
"
painted
on
wood
which
actually
is
an
octagonal
tray
on
which
a
lady's
breakfast
was
served
.
Benjamin
West
was also
shown
since
the
director
classes
him as an "
old
master
" as
far
as
American
art
is
concerned
.
Hugh
Downs
kept
reiterating
to his
audience
that these
works
of
art
were not
fake
but were the
real
McCoy
, and
noted
that
it
was
unusual
for a
small
town
or
city
to have
such
a
collection
of the
finest
paintings
in the
world
.
Creator
Unknown
Subject
Anniversaries
Art museums
E & A Silberman Galleries (New York, N.Y.)
Hagerstown (Md.)
History
Washington County (Md.)
Washington County Museum of Fine Arts (Md.)
Description
Photograph
and
newspaper
article
.
Newspaper
article
details
the
role
of their
friendship
in
developing
the
Museum's
Old
Masters
collection
.
Publisher (Electronic Version)
Western Maryland Regional Library
Holding Institution
Washington County Museum of Fine Arts
Date Original
1950s
Date Digital
2006-02-07
Type
Image
Format
Digital reproduction of 1 black-and-white photograph and 1 newspaper article.
Source
Washington County Museum of Fine Arts
Relation
Is Part Of Washington County Museum of Fine Arts - a history
Is Part Of WHILBR, Western Maryland's Historical Library
Coverage
1951-1960
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