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Honoré Sharrer papers

Title: Honoré Sharrer papers

The papers of realist painter, Honoré Sharrer, measure 9.45 linear feet and 1.12 GB and date from circa 1920-2007. The collection documents Sharrer's career through biographical material, personal and professional correspondence, writings and notes, research and source files, printed and digital material, artwork, sketchbooks, and photographs of Sharrer, her family, friends, colleagues, and artwork.

ArchivalResource: 9.45 Linear feet; 1.12 Gigabytes

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Gérôme, Jean Léon, 1824-1904. Letters, 1853-1904.

Title: Letters, 1853-1904.

This collection contains 36 letters to several correspondents, two photographs and one photomechanical portrait of the artist, newspaper clippings, and one letter from Adolph Menzel. The letters detail work in progress on commissions, exhibition plans, Gérôme's position in the Academie, personal engagements, atelier visits and reproduction of paintings. One letter (1862) mentions his attitude towards the Exposition de Londres, and another discusses certification of a painting arriving from the Borghese Gallery. The five letters addressed to Philbert Doré-Graslin concern Gérôme's difficulty in obtaining permission to copy his own work housed in the Musée de Nantes (1862-1863); one of these letters is from Gérôme's wife Marie Goupil. Other correspondents include Alexandre Cabanel (ca. 1889), the glass painter Léon Ottin (1884), the art dealer and print publisher Ernest Gambart (1860, 1865), the art dealer Knoedler (1883), and Charles-Ernest Beulé, archaeologist and perpetual secretary of the Ecole des Beaux Arts (ca. 1865).

ArchivalResource: ca. 45 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/83749756 View

M. Knoedler & Co. Correspondence with Carl Zigrosser, 1950-1969.

Title: Correspondence with Carl Zigrosser, 1950-1969.

ArchivalResource: 3 items (3 leaves).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/155902079 View

Edwin Coupland Shaw papers

Title: Edwin Coupland Shaw papers

Correspondence with dealers, artists, museums, publishers, photography studios, and others regarding art purchases, loans, and Shaw's collection; and 16 v. of scrapbooks containing photographs, letters, and biographical information on artists. Much of the correspondence with artists relates to Shaw's requests for the information which was then used in the scrapbooks. Also included is one volume compiled in 1947 outlining the contents of the scrapbooks.

ArchivalResource:

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Charles Lang Freer Papers, 1876-1931

Title: Charles Lang Freer Papers

The personal papers of Charles Lang Freer, the industrialist and art collector who founded the Freer Gallery of Art. The papers include correspondence, diaries, art inventories, scrapbooks of clippings on James McNeil Whistler and other press clippings, and photographs.

ArchivalResource: 131 linear feet; 29 architectural drawings

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Charles Lang Freer selected papers

Title: Charles Lang Freer selected papers

Papers concerning Freer's art collecting activities, including correspondence, diaries, art inventories, scrapbooks of clippings on James McNeil Whistler and other press clippings, and photographs. In addition to Freer's own correspondence, the papers include correspondence collected by Freer of James McNeill Whistler and of Whistler collector Richard A. Canfield, correspondence of Freer's assistant Katharine Nash Rhoades, and correspondence regarding Freer's bequest to the Smithsonian Institution.

ArchivalResource: 34 microfilm reels.

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Webb, Electra Havemeyer. Papers, 1893-1966 (bulk 1947-1960).

Title: Papers, 1893-1966 (bulk 1947-1960).

Chiefly materials about the Shelburne Museum, including correspondence, reports, speeches, articles, clippings, financial papers, and scrapbooks, documenting the founding of the museum, its physical structure, and the development and presentation of its collections; together with some personal papers, including scrapbooks relating to Webb's volunteer work during both world wars, menus and invitations for parties (1930-1956), sympathy letters on the death of her brother Horace Havemeyer, Webb-Havemeyer genealogy and family history documents, and hunting records. Museum staff members represented include Sterling D. Emerson, David Webster, Lilian Baker Carlisle, Gordon Parker Manning, Lewis N. Wiggins, and Ralph Nading Hill, a historian friend, who was paid by the museum for special projects.

ArchivalResource: 6 microfilm reels.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/70960391 View

Winslow Homer letters to M. Knoedler and Company

Title: Winslow Homer letters to M. Knoedler and Company

This small collection of twenty-two letters written by painter and illustrator Winslow Homer to his art dealer, M. Knoedler and Company, date from 1900 to 1904. These letters to the New York gallerist concern the logistics of selling his paintings and also reference agents, collectors, and art institutions where his work was being exhibited.

ArchivalResource: 0.2 Linear feet

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Frick, Henry Clay, 1849-1919. Henry Clay Frick Papers, Series I: Art Files, 1881-1925, undated.

Title: Henry Clay Frick Papers, Series I: Art Files, 1881-1925, undated.

Papers in this series include correspondence, catalogs, invoices, vouchers, canceled checks, inventories, lists, notes, and printed material pertaining to the selection, purchase, and disposition of works of art in Frick's collection. The bulk of these files are contained in Subseries I, Purchases, which document Frick's acquisitions from galleries such as M. Knoedler & Co., Duveen Brothers, and Arthur Tooth and Sons. Also documented are requests to visit Frick's galleries at his New York residence, summaries of his collection at various stages of its development, and the exhibition of works in the collection at several museums. A small number of items date from after Frick's death, and largely pertain to claims against the Frick Estate. Portions of these papers also concern objects that were offered to Frick for purchase, but ultimately were not acquired for his collection. Examples of correspondents represented in these papers include Charles Carstairs and Roland Knoedler of M. Knoedler & Co., Joseph Duveen of Duveen Brothers, Roger Fry, Alice Creelman, Virginia P. Bacon, Charles Henry Hart, and Carel F. de Wild, among others.

ArchivalResource: 8.9 linear feet (14 boxes, 4 bound v., and one oversize folder)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/605037830 View

Carrington, Fitz Roy, 1869-1954. Correspondence with Carl Zigrosser, 1917-1953, n.d.

Title: Correspondence with Carl Zigrosser, 1917-1953, n.d.

The correspondence reflects the business and personal relationship between Zigrosser and Carrington. Letters record purchases from Weyhe by the Museum of Fine Arts, Carrington's efforts to make Weyhe Gallery the American associate of Campbell Dodgson and the Print Collectors' Quarterly, and his interest in Zigrosser's work on The Modern School. Carrington writes about his interest in art education and his work at the Children's Art Center in Boston, and his favorable impression of Zigrosser's daughter Carola. Carrington sent Zigrosser letters about business, research projects, lectures and sales, comments on Zigrosser's publications (particularly The Artist in America), and exhibitions. There is a detailed letter on Whistler's prints written a year before Carrington died.

ArchivalResource: 52 items (79 leaves).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/194118745 View

John Quinn papers, 1901-1926

Title: John Quinn papers 1901-1926

John Quinn (1870-1924) was a corporation lawyer in New York City who amassed an important private collection of paintings, drawings and sculpture as well as books and manuscripts of contemporary authors. In addition to promoting modern and avant-garde art in all forms, he particularly encouraged the work of members of the Irish Literary Revival, the artists of the Paris School, and English and American writers of his time. In 1923 he sold his manuscript and library holdings to subsidize his art collection. Collection consists mainly of correspondence, with writings, printed matter and photographs that document Quinn's artistic and political interests. Correspondence, 1901-1924, is with artists, art dealers, critics, poets, playwrights, booksellers, publishers, and members of his family. Files of letters and letterbooks contain correspondence relating to his interest in the artistic and literary scene in America and abroad, events in Ireland especially during the Home Rule movement, his purchase of paintings, sculpture, first editions and manuscripts of contemporary literature, and the sale of his library and manuscript collection. Also includes typescripts of literary works, typescript of the catalog of Quinn's art collection, ledgers, sales and exhibition catalogs, periodicals, and photographs of Quinn with individual artists and group portraits.

ArchivalResource: 46 linear feet (72 boxes, 41 letterbooks, 3 v.); 50 microfilm reels

http://archives.nypl.org/mss/2513 View

M. Knoedler & Co. Institutional file.

Title: Institutional file.

ArchivalResource: 1 folder.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/466790343 View

Bailey, Alfred Goldsworthy. UNB - [Dr. A.G. Bailey] : [June 1954-May 1957].

Title: UNB - [Dr. A.G. Bailey] : [June 1954-May 1957]. 1954 July 2 - 1957 May 29.

Letters, telegrams, news clippings, lists, soundscribers and memos discussing: search for and/or acquisition of books and paintings; shipment of works of art, books, gramophone records to UNB; Fredericton Society of Artists and UNB (1954) exhibits; loan of paintings from the Dominion Gallery; gifts - M. James Boylen (a Krieghoff), Alice Millar (R.B. Bennett's books), J.E. McCready (Kipling letter), Lord Beaverbrook (books), Judge Farris (1,000 dollars), Sir John Elliot (historical books and letters); security, humidity and temperature in the Bonar Law Bennett Library; acquisition and shipment of books to St. Thomas College (Chatham, N.B.) and Old Manse Library (Newcastle, N.B.); collecting of books and manuscripts relating to Acadian, Maritime, Canadian and British history; Knox and Calvin Collection; Colonel House papers; the Kipling atlas; biographical sketches of William Beckford, Fred Cogswell and (CONTINUED). (CONTINUES) J. Russell Harper; Miss Harrison to head UNB Student Christian movement; portraits of Bonar Law and Beaverbrook's desire to secure an original portrait from Lady Sykes; Alexander Davison and mention of his name in the Nelson letter to Lady Hamilton; the Royal Institute for the Advancement of Learning at McGill University; proposed Archives; Peter Mitchell, Gilmour and Rankine and Winslow papers; Alfred Bailey awarded the Harold Innis Visiting Professorship at the University of Toronto (1955-56); manuscripts relating to Lord Durham, Thomas Baillie, Lord Stanley, etc.; Gertrude Gunn and Hilary Wingate recommended to indexthe Bennett papers; reported visit of Sebastian and John Cabot to the Miramichi; Naomi Griffiths application for a Beaverbrook Scholarship; Jesse Jones Scholarship for the historical studies of New Brunswick and the United States; notes on the poem "Ego Sum" by J.B. Snowball and Bliss Carman works. The file contains book lists and a sketch of the Bonar La.

ArchivalResource: Correspondence : 342 (360 leaves)Technical drawings : 1 : sketch.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/270533434 View

M. Knoedler & Co. records, approximately 1848-1971

Title: M. Knoedler & Co. records, approximately 1848-1971

The records of M. Knoedler & Co. document the business of the prominent American art dealer from the mid-19th century to 1971. The archive traces the development of the once provincial American art market into one of the world's leading art centers and the formation of the private art collections that would ultimately establish many of the nation's leading art museums, such as the Frick Collection and the National Gallery of Art. It contains crucial provenance information on numerous artworks in private and public collections in the United States. The archive includes stock books, sales books and commission books; correspondence with collectors, artists, art dealers and other associates; photographs of the artworks sold by the gallery; records from the firm's offices in London, Paris and other cities; exhibition files; framing and restoration records, and records of the firm's Print Department.

ArchivalResource: 3042.6 Linear Feet (5554 boxes, 17 flat file folders)

http://hdl.handle.net/10020/cifa2012m54 View

Forbes, Edward Waldo, 1873-1969. Papers, 1867-2005.

Title: Papers, 1867-2005.

These papers of Fogg Art Museum Director Edward Waldo Forbes document his administration of the museum and a wide range of personal and professional activities and interests. The bulk of the collection dates from 1909 to 1944. The papers consist primarily of correspondence, including a series of correspondence with art dealers, and also include photographs, reports, expedition field notes and journals, printed material, newspaper clippings, blueprints, meeting minutes, letters of recommendation, insurance records, invoices, page proofs, telegrams, rubbings, sketches, visiting cards, shipping documents and press releases.

ArchivalResource: 119 boxes + oversize materials.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/422897333 View

M. Knoedler & Co. Letters received, 1890-1920.

Title: Letters received, 1890-1920.

Collection consists of letters addressed primarily to Roland Knoedler and to the director of his gallery in Paris, Hamman. The letters are from artists and concern business matters, studio visits, rights of reproduction, as well as work in progress. Correspondents include Lawrence Alma Tadema (1895-1901); Etienne Prosper Berne-Bellecour (1901-1906); Albert Besnard (1900); Jules Breton (1902); Jean Charles Cazin (1896-1907); Theobald Chartran (1907); Edouard Detaille (1900-1904); Firmin Girard (1890-1911); Francois Flameng (1891-1909); Emile Friant (n.d.); Francois Grison (n.d.); Georges Haquette (1896-97); Jules Lefebvre (1892-95); Madeleine Lemaire (1892-1913); Leon Lhermitte (1900-1912); Jean-Ferdinand Monchablon (1897-98); and Fritz Thaulow (1900-1905). The collection also includes one letter from the writer Theodore Duret (1917). In alphabetical order by correspondent.

ArchivalResource: ca. 200 items.7 microfiche use copy.7 microfiche master copy.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/81254129 View

Collins, William J., d. 1960. Knoedler Photographs and Negatives from William Collins, 190?-194?

Title: Knoedler Photographs and Negatives from William Collins, 190?-194?

William J. Collins was brought on at the Clark as the first curator of prints and drawings in 1958. He had been the head, since 1939, of the Department of Prints at Knoedler & Co. in New York City, where the Clarks purchased many of their artworks. Collins passed away unexpectedly in 1960. This series contains negatives and photos presumably brought by Collins from Knoedlers when he began at the Clark. They contain images of artworks prints and drawings sold by Knoedler. The images are primarily black-and-white negatives but there are some glass negatives and black-and-white photos. Each image has an accompanying envelope with identifying information such as the title and artist. The envelopes have a numbering system but there are several duplicate numbers and gaps of unrepresented numbers. There is also a group of images labeled as "plates", with its own numbering system.

ArchivalResource: 5 linear ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/263053277 View

Miscellaneous art exhibition catalog collection

Title: Miscellaneous art exhibition catalog collection

Primarily exhibition catalogs for modernist art exhibitions held in New York City during the first two decades of the twentieth century. Also included are catalogs for Boston exhibitions, mainly pre-1900, and a few other locales; exhibition announcements; gallery publications; and other printed material.

ArchivalResource: 4.4 Linear feet

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Byers, A. M. (Alexander McBurney), 1827-1900. Byers Family Art Collection Inventories 1900-1977 1900-1935.

Title: Byers Family Art Collection Inventories 1900-1977 1900-1935.

Contains a handwritten volume, circa 1900, listing works in the A.M. Byers art collection, a 1935 typed inventory of the Byers family collection, and some loose documents. "Summary of the Collection of Paintings & Miniatures of A.M. Byers Esq. Allegheny PA", the handwritten volume, contains entries for 84 paintings and seven miniatures. Entries include the artist's name and biographical information, title and description of the work, and some provenance information. This volume contains no purchase information. The volume lists works by Bonheur, Constable, Corot, Daubigny, Delacroix, Gainsborough, Guardi, Hals, Rubens, Raeburn, Rembrandt, Romney, Reynolds, Turner, and van Dyck, among others. Entries are grouped alphabetically by artist name. The 1935 inventory includes the 84 paintings listed in the A.M. Byers inventory, as well as approximately 15 works purchased after Mr. Byers' death. Entries may include purchase information (from whom purchased, date, and price); up to eight appraisals by Knoedler, Lorenz, Harshe, Hyett, Henschel and Bernet dated from 1914 to 1935; narrative assessments made by Royal Cortissoz for the majority of the paintings in 1925, and five made by Knoedler in 1914; date of copyright; insurance cost; and sales results of other works by each artist, 1931-1935. Entries are grouped alphabetically by artist name. Typed pages were removed from a small binder and rehoused in folders. A 1935 letter to Mrs. J.D. Lyons from Frank G. Love indicates the book was prepared to detail the division of the collection between Mrs. Lyons and Mr. Byers; works are coded with their initials. Loose documents, dated 1935-1977, also list works and their valuations.

ArchivalResource: 0.5 linear feet (1 box)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/695999214 View

Frick, Henry Clay, 1849-1919. Henry Clay Frick Art Collection Files, 1881-1920.

Title: Henry Clay Frick Art Collection Files, 1881-1920.

Correspondence, invoices, inventories, registers, handwritten notes, narrative descriptions, printed material, and some photographs document the selection, purchase, exhibition, and disposition of art works in Henry Clay Frick's collection from the years 1881 to 1919. Also includes inventories made in 1920 after Mr. Frick's death. Series I: Purchases contains the bulk of the material. Mr. Frick's association with the art dealers M. Knoedler & Co. and Duveen Brothers is documented in correspondence with Charles Carstairs, Roland Knoedler and Joseph Duveen. Additional correspondents include Roger Fry, Carel F.L. de Wild, A. De Beruete, Arthur Tooth & Sons, Edward Brandus, Virginia P. Bacon, Abraham Bredius, and Gardiner Martin Lane. Among the topics discussed are recommendations of works to consider for purchase, price negotiations, provenance, attribution, exhibitions, and conservation work. The collection also contains letters from some of the artists whose works Mr. Frick purchased, including Jules Breton, J.C. Cazin, F.D. Millet, William A. Coffin, Joseph Lindon Smith, Edmund Tarbell, Fritz Thaulow and P. Dagnan Bouveret. Also of note are files concerning works considered or offered, but not purchased, lists of works placed on approval at One East 70th Street, and the Boston Museum of Fine Arts exhibition of 52 of Mr. Frick's paintings in 1910; and two catalogues of Mr. Frick's collection, from 1908 and 1915. Three files include details on the interior decoration of two rooms in the Frick residence: the Fragonard Room and the boudoir of Adelaide H.C. Frick (now the Boucher Room). They contain several letters from Carrére & Hastings and Charles Allom of White, Allom & Co.

ArchivalResource: 3.31 linear feet (6 boxes, 5 bound v.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/605050936 View

Clark, Robert Sterling, 1877-1956. Sterling and Francine Clark Papers: Diaries Series, 1923-1949.

Title: Sterling and Francine Clark Papers: Diaries Series, 1923-1949.

The Diaries begin with Robert Sterling Clark's falling out with his brother, Stephen, and continue, on and off, through the end of World War II, with some spotty entries until 1949. The entries recount friendships; disputes; meals and cooking; parties; financial investments; the purchase of artwork and silver; Clark's relationship with various art dealers; his thought and opinions about art and collecting; his and Francine's health; horse breeding and racing; politics; and the other subjects that make up a lifetime.

ArchivalResource: 12.3 linear ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/263440380 View

Frank Perls papers and Frank Perls Gallery records

Title: Frank Perls papers and Frank Perls Gallery records

The Frank Perls papers and Frank Perls Gallery records measure 23.8 linear feet and date from 1920-1983, with the bulk dating from 1949-1975. Personal papers include writings, military records, appointment calendars, and photographs. Gallery records date from its opening in 1939 until its closure in 1981 and consist of financial, sales, and legal records; exhibition files; exhibition catalogs and announcements; subject files that contain a variety of correspondence with artists, dealers, galleries, museums, and friends and family, as well as reference materials and photographs; and scrapbooks.Personal papers contain biographical materials, including military records from Perls' service in the army during World War II, personal photographs, documentation on his estate settlement, and numerous short stories. Of particular interest are Perl's stories about his interactions with Pablo Picasso and his work to uncover fraud, fakes, and corruption in the art world. There are also many photographs of Picasso, photographs of family, the war, and Perls, including two original photographs of Perls by Man Ray.Gallery sales, purchases, consignments, insurance appraisals, loans, provenance research, and general business expenses are well documented in the General Business and Financial Records. Perls jointly owned artwork with several galleries in New York, including the Curt Valentine Gallery and M. Knoedler Gallery, and these consignment and joint sales are documented in the invoices. A complete accounting of the Gallery's income and expense reports from 1950-1971 is also be found in this series. Artists extensively documented through financial transactions are William Brice, James Strombotne, and Howard Warsaw. Extensive exhibition files document the gallery's exhibitions and Perl's curatorial work. Files contain varied documentation, such as photographs, catalogs, announcements, and publicity for Frank Perls Gallery shows from 1939 through 1971. Artists represented in this series include Sam Amato, Robert Chuey, Jaques Lipchitz, Pablo Picasso, James McGarrell, and James Strombotne. Files are also found for the two major retrospective exhibitions Perls organized and curated, <emph render="italic">Matisse Retrospective</emph> at University of California, Los Angeles and <emph render="italic">Sixty Years of Picasso Prints</emph> at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, both in 1966. Additional information about these exhibitions is also found in the Subject Files. Subject Files are extensive and varied in name, content, and topic. They consist mostly of correspondence with friends, family, colleagues, artists, critics, galleries and dealers, clients, arts organizations and associations, publications, and others. There are also reference files and exhibition files for exhibitions held at other galleries and museums in which Perls was interested, guest curated, or loaned artwork. The contents of each file unit varies, but many include correspondence, photographs, appraisal records, sales records, invoices, reports, and membership records. The files highlight his close personal relationship with many artists, including William Brice, Rico Lebrun, James McGarrell, Channing Peake, Pablo Picasso, and James Strombotne. Subject Files also contain abundant correspondence with colleagues and family members, including his brother Klaus, who owned and operated the Perls Gallery in New York. Many of the files concern Perl's work with art documentation and authentication. Subject Files have been arranged according to Frank Perls original order.Finally, scrapbooks contain newspaper articles, catalogs, and announcements about exhibitions at the Perls Gallery in New York during the late 1930s and the Frank Perls Gallery in Los Angeles during the 1950s.

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Preston Gibson Papers, 1903-1920.

Title: Preston Gibson Papers, 1903-1920.

A collection of the writings and personal papers of Preston Gibson (1880-1937), a playwright and prominent society figure.

ArchivalResource: 2 linear ft. (4 boxes)

http://findingaids.cul.columbia.edu/ead/nnc-rb/ldpd_4078805 View

Mary Hyde Eccles papers, 1853-2005, (bulk) 1939-2003.

Title: Mary Hyde Eccles papers, 1853-2005, (bulk) 1939-2003.

Correspondence and other personal papers of Mary Hyde Eccles, a collector and literary scholar whose primary interest was Samuel Johnson.

ArchivalResource: 88 linear feet (84 boxes, 3 pf boxes, and 7 volumes)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou01787/catalog View

Carnegie Institute, Museum of Art records

Title: Carnegie Institute, Museum of Art records

The records of the Carnegie Institute, Museum of Art measure 265.8 linear feet and date from 1883-1962, with the bulk of the material dating from 1885-1940. The collection includes extensive correspondence between the museum's founding director, John Beatty, and his successor, Homer Saint-Gaudens, with artists, dealers, galleries, collectors, museum directors, representatives abroad, shipping and insurance agents, and museum trustees. The collection also includes Department of Fine Arts interoffice memoranda and reports; loan exhibition files; Carnegie International planning, jury, shipping, and sale records; Department of Fine Arts letterpress copy books, and a copy of the original card catalog index to these records.

ArchivalResource: 265.8 Linear feet

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Quinn, John, 1870-1924. John Quinn papers, 1901-1926.

Title: John Quinn papers, 1901-1926.

Collection consists mainly of correspondence, with writings, printed matter and photographs that document Quinn's artistic and political interests.

ArchivalResource: Originals: 46 linear feet (72 boxes, 41 letterbooks, 3 v.).General correspondence: 50 microfilm reels.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/144652299 View

Cunningham, Charles Crehore, 1910-1979. Curatorial Office Records of Charles Cunningham, 1973-1977.

Title: Curatorial Office Records of Charles Cunningham, 1973-1977.

Born in 1910 in Mamaroneck, NY, Charles C. Cunningham attended Harvard and became a curator at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts in 1935. From 1941 to 1966 he was the director of Hartford's Wadsworth Atheneum. He went on to become director of the Art Institute of Chicago until he retired from this position in 1972. George Heard Hamilton, then director of the Clark, invited Cunningham to become chief curator. Cunningham was responsible for two major exhibits at the Clark, The Elegant Academics in 1974 and Jongkind and the Pre-Impressionists: The Painters of the Ecole Saint-Simeon in 1976. He also initiated the Conservation Laboratory, which opened in 1977. Cunningham retired from the Clark that year and died in 1979. The Curatorial Office Records of Charles C. Cunningham primarily contain correspondence about potential museum acquisitions and discussions of loans with staff at other museums. Due to his long and respected career, Cunningham had many acquaintances and close friends among curators and directors at other art institutions, as well as among art historians and dealers. The correspondence in these records includes numerous exchanges about intellectual and business concerns in the art world. The high esteem and affection his peers felt for him is evidenced in letters that blur the line between professional and personal. Other materials in this series include: class lists and grades, assignments, and correspondence with students from several courses taught by Cunningham; CAI memoranda; and financial records about costs of exhibits and loans.

ArchivalResource: 5 linear ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/263070846 View

Brooklyn Museum. Dept. of Photography. Records, Exhibition negatives: installations. American Panorama. Paintings from the Brooklyn Museum at Knoedler Galleries. 1954.

Title: Records, Exhibition negatives: installations. American Panorama. Paintings from the Brooklyn Museum at Knoedler Galleries. 1954.

Installation views of an exhibition held from 04/08/1954 to 04/30/1954 at Knoedler Galleries.

ArchivalResource: 5 b&w photonegatives 4.75 x 4"

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122402496 View

Rosenbach Company. Correspondence, 1903-1953

Title: Correspondence

ArchivalResource: 186 boxes (ca. 153,750 items)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122633728 View

Century Magazine letters

Title: Century Magazine letters

Correspondence of the Century Magazine and its predecessors, Scribner's Monthly, and St. Nicholas Magazine. Also included is material related to the Century War Series.

ArchivalResource:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9c967619e-89f7-4e90-87ce-4707084fbae7 View

Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute. Prints & Drawing Dept. Curatorial Office Records of the Prints and Drawings Department, 1952-1996 (bulk 1958-1994)

Title: Curatorial Office Records of the Prints and Drawings Department, 1952-1996 (bulk 1958-1994)

This series contains records of the Prints and Drawings Collection from 1952-1996. These records were primarily created by William Collins, curator from 1958-1960; William Ittman, curator from 1967-1971; and Rafael Fernandez, curator from 1975-1994. In the periods between the tenures of these curators the museum director and/or curators and staff from other departments handled prints and drawings business. Consequently, the series also contains files from the former directors Peter Guille, George Heard Hamilton, and David Brooke, and from curatorial assistants including Tom Fels and Kristen Collins. There is also a group of files from Egbert Haverkamp Begemann, professor of art history at Yale University, related to his 1964 publication of Drawings from the Clark Art Institute. In general the files consist of correspondence about prints and drawings acquisitions, loans, and reproductions, research for catalogues and exhibits, inventories of the collection, bills, student papers, and departmental reports.

ArchivalResource: 6.25 linear ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/263172181 View

Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute. Curatorial Office Records of the American Paintings Catalogue, 1985-1999 (bulk 1985-1990)

Title: Curatorial Office Records of the American Paintings Catalogue, 1985-1999 (bulk 1985-1990)

This series relates to the 1990 publication of American Paintings and Sculpture at the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute. The majority of the files contain correspondence and permission forms permitting the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute to reproduce artworks from other museums and collections within this publication. The series also contains research materials such as photocopied articles about artists represented in the collection and bibliographies of artworks found in the publication. Some files in the series contain financial information, such as royalty statements from Hudson Hills Press, Inc. The majority of the material is from 1985-1990.

ArchivalResource: 1.25 linear ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/263170832 View

Stern, Max. Art Dealers : [1955-1958].

Title: Art Dealers : [1955-1958]. 1955 Oct. 19 - 1958 Oct. 20.

Letters, telegram, newsclipping, credit note, statements and invoices regarding the purchase of works for the Beaverbrook Art Gallery. Subjects discussed include: searching out of Canadian art (Madame Escarra to assist); negotiations with various galleries over the acqusition of works: Dominion Gallery, Berry-Hill Galleries (Krieghoff), Cooling Galleries (Krieghoff), Laing Gallery, Watson Art Galleries (Horatio Walker); Robert Ayre's criticism of Beaverbrook's collection and Beaverbrook's response; his involvement in a dispute over the ownership of a Fragonard painting purchased from Hirschl & Adler Galleries; Beaverbrook's intention to purchase a stone fountain for shipment to Nassau; purchase of works by Caiserman, Robinson, Cullen, Watson, Roberts, Colville, MacDonald, etc.; dissatisfaction over several purchases and remedial action; advice rendered by Max Stern regarding the gallery and its collection and a note on Samuel Walter's "David, Early Canadian Steamboat".

ArchivalResource: Correspondence : 59 (60 leaves)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/270533423 View

Bassett, David. Correspondence regarding purchase of paintings : 1957 Mar.-1958 Nov., A-L.

Title: Correspondence regarding purchase of paintings : 1957 Mar.-1958 Nov., A-L. 1957 Mar. - 1958 Nov.

Letters, soundscriber tapes, telegrams, photographs of paintings, notices of various exhibitions, descriptive notes on the Beaverbrook art collection, lists of paintings. Correspondence concerning the acquisition of paintings for the Beaverbrook Art Gallery.

ArchivalResource: Correspondence : 421 (471 leaves)Photographs : 12 : b&w.

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Oral history interview with Roland Balay

Title: Oral history interview with Roland Balay

An interview of Roland Balay conducted 1981 November 19-December 7, by Nancy C. Little, for the Archives of American Art.

OralHistoryResource: Sound recording: 2 sound cassettes.Transcript: 24 p. (on one microfilm reel)

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Somerset, D. R. (David R.). Correspondence regarding purchase of paintings : 1949-1954, 1955-1956 May.

Title: Correspondence regarding purchase of paintings : 1949-1954, 1955-1956 May. 1949 - 1954, 1955 - 1956 May.

Letters, telegrams, soundscriber tapes, radiograms, receipts, bills of lading, export licensing documents, lists of paintings purchased by Lord Beaverbrook, including price, place of purchase, and descriptions of paintings. Letters also describe Lord Beaverbrook's intentions for the Beaverbrook Art Gallery in Fredericton.

ArchivalResource: Correspondence : 313 (331 leaves)

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Clark, Robert Sterling, 1877-1956. Sterling and Francine Clark Papers: Realia Series, 1877-1956.

Title: Sterling and Francine Clark Papers: Realia Series, 1877-1956.

This eclectic series of objects includes personal items such as RSC's military uniforms, as well as luggage, scientific equipment, horse tack, and decorative objects.

ArchivalResource: ca. 85 linear ft.

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John Quinn ledgers

Title: John Quinn ledgers

Ledgers detailing the art purchases of John Quinn. Entries include the Association of American Painters and Sculptors listing purchases from the Armory Show, February to June 1913, of works by Cezanne, Renoir, Raymond Villon-Duchamp, Andre Derain, Jules Pascin, Odilon Redon, Walt Kuhn, Jacques Villon and others. Also entered are purchases from Alfred Stieglitz's Photo-Secession Gallery for paintings by Marsden Hartley, John Marin, Severini and Stanton Macdonald-Wright. Purchases from art dealers include M. Knoedler &amp; Co. (for works by Morton Schamberg), Montross Gallery (for works by Arthur B. Davies, Maurice Pendergast, Walt Kuhn, Charles Sheeler, Max Weber), William Macbeth Gallery, Durand Ruel &amp; Sons, and Ambroise Vollard.

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Clark, Robert Sterling, 1877-1956. Sterling and Francine Clark Papers: Correspondence Series, 1901-1957 (bulk 1923-1956).

Title: Sterling and Francine Clark Papers: Correspondence Series, 1901-1957 (bulk 1923-1956).

The materials in the Correspondence series include letters to and from RSC's business associates, friends, family, and acquaintances. They range in content from detailed discussions of world economies, war and politics to details of daily life, practical elements of RSC's business ventures, and accounts of the people and scenes RSC encountered in his travels. These letters illuminate RSC's opinions on a range of topics, especially the political figures of his day, the United States' foreign policies, horse breeding and art. Notable among the Miscellaneous letters is the sheer number of requests for material assistance Clark received. There are accounts throughout the correspondence of small charities he bestowed on individuals. There are also many letters of thanks from various acquaintances for gifts. The Clarks were especially fond of sending chocolates to their friends, but there are also notes referring to pieces of silver and other items. The British Bloodstock Agency is heavily represented. This series contains many letters relating to financial transactions, legal matters and horse breeding. Most of the letters from RSC are carbon copies he kept in his files.

ArchivalResource: 5.8 linear ft.

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Back, Barbara. Correspondence regarding the purchase of paintings : Oct. 1958-Mar. 1960; A-L.

Title: Correspondence regarding the purchase of paintings : Oct. 1958-Mar. 1960; A-L. 1958 Oct. - 1960 Mar.30.

Correspondence, soundscriber tapes, telegrams, receipts, lists of art books, invitations to various artists' exhibitions. Topics include: the authenticity, condition and provenance of paintings available for purchase; hanging of paintings at the Beaverbrook Art Gallery under the guidance of Sir Alec Martin and G. Pierre Coulette; the Witt Library's photographs of all paintings in the Beaverbrook Collection; acknowledgement of publicity given to the Courtauld Institute of Art in the Daily Express; correspondence with Salvador Dali including Lord Beaverbrook's invitation to Dali to receive an honorary degree from University of New Brunswick in acknowledgement of his paintings hanging in the Beaverbrook Art Gallery.

ArchivalResource: Correspondence : 374 (404 leaves)Photographs : 6 : b&w ; 2 are negatives.

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Vose Galleries of Boston records

Title: Vose Galleries of Boston records

The records of Vose Galleries of Boston measure 26.6 linear feet and date from circa 1876, 1890s-1996 with the bulk of materials dating from 1920s-1930s. Nearly 90 percent of the collection documents the gallery's handling of American paintings and portraits through incoming and outgoing business correspondence with artists, clients, galleries, and museums, including considerable correspondence with portrait artist Alfred Jonniaux and clients regarding commissioned portraits. Other materials include client files; artists' biographies; records of sales, consignments, framing, restoration, and banking, mostly from the 1940s-1960s; and scattered exhibition catalogs, newspaper clippings, and postcards. Also found is a handwritten manuscript regarding the 1876 Centennial Exhibition in Philadelphia, PA and a 1991 videotape about the Vose Galleries and its founding family.Correspondence of note is with artists Childe Hassam, Malvina Hoffman, Alfred Jonniaux, and John Singer Sargent; galleries Ehrich Galleries, Clapp &amp; Graham Co., M. Knoedler &amp; Co., Macbeth Galleries, Milch Galleries, Newhouse Galleries, Arthur U. Newton Galleries, Norton Galleries, and Howard Young Galleries; the estates of Anna Coleman Ladd and William E. Norton; and the family of Abbott H. Thayer.Researchers should note that the records do not comprehensively span the gallery's history or operations. The bulk of the collection is correspondence from Robert C. Vose's era running the Robert C. Vose Galleries in the 1920s-1930s and, lesser so, under Robert C. Vose, Jr.'s direction in the 1970s. There is little material in the collection which dates before the 1910s or the 1950s-1960s, other than correspondence regarding Alfred Jonniaux and some financial records. There is a handful of correspondence which covers the period of R.C. &amp; N.M. Vose Gallery. Records loaned for microfilming should be consulted for materials outside of the bulk dates of this collection, especially for materials from the late 1800s-early 1900s.

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Oliver, James. Account books, 1865-1868, 1872-1890.

Title: Account books, 1865-1868, 1872-1890.

Account books, 1865-1868 and 1872-1890, address book, ca. 1965, and a notebook of copied signatures of prominent painters, undated, of New York City painting restorer James Oliver.

ArchivalResource: 5 v.

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M. Knoedler & Co. Correspondence to Van Wyck Brooks, 1947.

Title: Correspondence to Van Wyck Brooks, 1947.

Letter concerns the restoration of a portrait of Mitchell Clark Brooks, Van Wyck's grandfather. The letter's writer, Harry A. Brooks, both worked for Knoedler and was a relation to Van Wyck Brooks.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (1 leaf)

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William E. Phelps papers

Title: William E. Phelps papers

12 letters (2 are illustrated) from Andrew Wyeth to William E. Phelps; 6 letters from Wyeth's wife Betsy to Phelps and his wife Mary, 1939-1969; 8 letters to Andrew Wyeth and Phelps from friends and colleagues. Wyeth's letters were written from Chadds Ford, Pa. and Port Clyde, Cushing, and Thomaston, Me. and concern the business of borrowing paintings for exhibitions but also contain family news and some personal insights.

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