Rudolf Wunderlich was the co-owner of Kennedy & Company, an art gallery in New York. His grandfather, Hermann Wunderlich, founded the gallery in 1874. (The name was changed from H. Wunderlich & Company to Kennedy & Company in 1912.) The gallery handled primarily fashionable prints, Old Master prints and a few of the contemporary artists, including James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903). Kennedy & Company was Whistler's first dealer in the United States, and the artist frequently spent time at the gallery. These Whistler exhibition catalogs apparently came from Rudolf Wunderlich's personal collection.
From the description of Rudolf Wunderlich collection of James McNeill Whistler exhibition catalogs, 1903-1935. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 85027441
From the guide to the Rudolf Wunderlich collection of James McNeill Whistler exhibition catalogs, 1903-1935, (Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution)
