The E-Sylum:  Volume 7, Number 28, July 11, 2004, Article 5

BARRELS OF MONEY

  Regarding last week's question about the "Barrels of Money"
  painting, Harry Waterson writes: "There is a wonderful catalog
  entitled: "Old Money: American Trompe L'Oeil Images of
  Currency", Nov. 11 - Dec. 17, 1988.  Berry-Hill Galleries,
  Inc., NY, NY.  It contains a very good essay by Bruce W.
  Chambers who notes that Victor Dubreuil did up to seven
  images of Barrels of Money. This exhibition had four of them,
  two from private collections, one from Brandywine River
  Museum and one from the Museum of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg,
  Florida.  This exhibition was a joint effort of the Berry-Hill
  Gallery and the Federal Reserve System's Fine Arts Program,
  Mary Anne Goley, Director.

  The foreword of the catalog speaks of the Federal Reserve's
  support for "...the formation and development of a distinguished
  fine arts program.".  Such was not always the case with our
  government institutions.  According to the essayist, one of the
  Barrels of Money paintings was seized and destroyed by the
  Secret Service in accordance with the provisions of the 1909
  anti-forgery act.

  Since Mary Anne Goley participated in the Berry-Hill Exhibition,
  she should know if the Feds Barrels of Money is one of the four
  exhibited there or is new to the room.

  PS. Wouldn't it be a grand conceit if the Treasury Dept. failed to
  destroy their Barrels of Money and just recycled it over to the
  Federal Reserve?"

  [If I took the time each week to consult my own library, I
  wouldn't ask so many questions.  But hearing everyone's
  responses is half the fun of editing The E-Sylum, and we usually
  learn something new that isn't already in print.   I've got the
  Berry-Hill catalog and agree that it's a wonderful resource on
  this interesting genre.  - I'll check out the essay.  -Editor]

  Wayne Homren, Editor

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