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James Graham & Sons records

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The records of the New York City gallery James Graham & Sons measure 103.6 linear feet and date from 1815, 1821, circa 1896-2011 (bulk 1950s-1980s). The collection generally documents the gallery's contemporary art department during the time in which Robert Claverhouse Graham, Sr. worked at the gallery (1940-1979); records prior to 1954 are sparse and scattered. Gallery records include artist files; correspondence; exhibition files; financial records; inventory records; printed materials; sales, loans, and consignment records; scrapbooks; and photographic materials. Also found are records from Coe Kerr Gallery regarding exhibitions of artwork by Jamie Wyeth, and to a lesser extent, Andrew and N.C. Wyeth.Over the years, the gallery changed names and established contemporary art departments. In addition to records of James Graham & Sons, the collection holds the records of Duveen-Graham Modern Art (in partnership with Albert Duveen), Graham Gallery, Graham Modern, JG|Contemporary, and, to a lesser extent, The Clapp and Graham Co.Alphabetical files are a mix of business correspondence and business records. The bulk of the series contains correspondence with galleries, museums, other institutions, and, to a lesser extent, clients regarding sales, consignments, and loans of artwork. Also found are materials relevant to the daily operations of the gallery, including correspondence, subject files, and scattered financial, business and legal records.Exhibition files provide scattered documentation of the gallery's exhibitions through catalogs, clippings, correspondence, guest books, notes, photographs, press materials, price lists, and sales receipts and other financial records.Artists' Files document the numerous artists who have been represented by the gallery, especially modern American artists. Folders for each artist can contain a variety of materials, including correspondence with the artist or with institutions regarding consignments, loans, sales and exhibitions; photographic materials primarily of artwork; sales invoices; exhibition catalogs, postcards, and other printed materials; press releases; magazine and newspaper clippings; price lists; artist binders; and research materials on artists and artwork. Also found are some subject files, per original arrangement. There is extensive material related to artists Carmen Cicero, Susan Crile, Elaine De Kooning's portrait of President John F. Kennedy, Edwin Dickinson, muralist Seymour Fogel, Nancy Fried, Irving Kriesberg, Gari Melchers, Jonathan Santlofer, Reeve Schley, Peter Stevens, Joan Thorne, and Selina Trieff.Artwork files document sales, consignments, and loans of artwork primarily from the mid-1980s to 2000s. Materials include agreements and contracts; condition reports; correspondence; invoices and receipts; photographs of artwork; shipping records; and photocopied printed material and other documentation. This series requires written permission from the donor in order to access.Sales records from 1959-1984 (missing 1974) are found in the Financial Records series. Also found are check stub books from the mid-late 1950s; price lists; records for the Four Seasons Charter Corp.; and scattered banking, consignment, tax, and other financial records. Inventory cards from mid-1950s-1970s and inventory lists, often with notations and prices, are found in the series Inventory Records.Coe Kerr Gallery Records regarding the Wyeths document Jamie Wyeth's exhibitions primarily from the mid-1970s-early 1980s. Also found is limited material regarding Andrew Wyeth and N.C. Wyeth. Materials include correspondence, photographs, exhibition printed materials, and extensive newspaper clippings.There are exhibition catalogs, books, announcements, magazines, clippings, postcards, posters and other printed materials related to artists, John Graham & Sons exhibitions, and exhibitions by Graham artists held at other galleries and museums. Also found is an 1815 fifty cent note which was redeemed in 1821.Seven scrapbooks document discrete aspects of the business, including the gallery's advertising, participation in an art fair, and the careers of artists Guy Coheleach and Van Dearing Perrine. Materials housed in the scrapbooks include clippings, catalogs, photographs, and other printed materials.Photographic Materials include mostly black and white photographs, negatives, slides and transparencies of artwork; scattered photographs of installations, artists, and the gallery; and a handful of personal snapshots. The bulk of the photographs are undated, but were likely printed between 1950s-1990s.

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Duveen, Albert

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Art dealer; New York, N.Y. From the description of An art dealer is intrigued by American folk art : lecture, 1961 Mar. 4. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122397083 Art dealer, collector; New York, N.Y. From the description of Albert Duveen art reference files, [ca. 1831-1950]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 78162733 From the description of Albert Duveen collection of artists' letters and ephemera, 1808-1910. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 220149462 ...

Thorne, Joan, 1943-

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Graham, Robert Claverhouse, 1913-1994

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Art collector, art dealer (New York, N.Y.), b. 1913. From the description of Robert Claverhouse Graham interview, 1976 Nov. 19 [sound recording]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 82463370 Robert Claverhouse Graham (1913-1994) was an art collector and art dealer from New York, N.Y. From the description of Oral history interview with Robert Claverhouse Graham, 1976 Nov. 19 [sound recording]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 495595086 Robert Claverhouse Graham ...

Coe Kerr Gallery

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Wyeth, Jamie, 1946-

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American artist. From the description of Autograph letter signed : [postmarked Monhegan Island, Maine], to Francis S. Mason, Jr., [1977 Oct. 20]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270584369 ...

Coheleach, Guy

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Graham Modern (Gallery)

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Duveen-Graham (Gallery)

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James Graham & Sons

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The James Graham & Sons gallery has been owned and managed by the Graham family in New York City since 1857. Throughout its history, the gallery has specialized in decorative arts, antiques, and 19th-early 20th century and contemporary American art. In 1857, Samuel Graham founded a gallery at 66 Third Street and specialized in furniture. Graham was joined by his son James in the 1880s and expanded the business to include antiques and decorative arts. James A. Graham,...

Trieff, Selina, 1934-

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Painter; New York, N.Y. From the description of Selina Trieff papers, 1951-1981. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 80812696 ...

Melchers, Gari, 1860-1932

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Julius Garibaldi Melchers was an artist. From the description of Julius Garibaldi Melchers papers, 1878-1928. (Detroit Public Library). WorldCat record id: 51538563 Painter, mural painter and portrait painter. Lived at "Belmont", his home in Falmouth, Virginia, near Fredericksburg. Born in Detroit, Michigan. Studied at Royal Art Academy, Dusseldorf, Germany; and Ecole des Beaux-Arts and Academie Julian, Paris. Won Grand Prize at 1889 Paris Exposition...

Fried, Nancy

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Perrine, Van Dearing, 1869-1955

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Painter, art educator; New York, N.Y. b. 9/10/1868, Garnett, Kan.; d. 12/10, 1955, Stamford, Conn. From the description of Van Dearing Perrine papers, 1892-1986. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 86132890 ...

Graham Gallery

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Art gallery; Houston, Texas. Opened 1981 by William A. Graham. From the description of William Graham and Graham Gallery papers, 1969-1984. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122599987 ...

Dickinson, Edwin Walter, 1891-1978

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American painter and educator. Died 1978. From the guide to the Edwin Walter Dickinson Journals, 1916-1971, (Special Collections Research Center, Syracuse University Libraries) Painter; Wellfleet, Massachusetts. From the description of Edwin W. Dickinson interview, 1970 Aug. 12. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 78293261 From the description of Edwin W. Dickinson interview, 1972 June 13. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 77926490 Artist. F...

Crile, Susan, 1942-

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Painter (New York, N.Y.). From the description of Susan Crile interviews, 1972 Aug. 1 - 3. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 220182356 Susan Crile (1942- ) is a painter from New York, N.Y. From the description of Oral history interview with Susan Crile, 1972 Aug. 1-3 [sound recording]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 495595090 ...

Wyeth, Andrew, 1917-2009

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Andrew Wyeth (b. July 12, 1917, Chadds Ford, PA–d. Jan. 16, 2009, Chadds Ford, PA) was a realist painter and one of the best known American artists of the 20th century. He is the son of artist N.C. Wyeth and began drawing at a young age. In 1937, at age twenty, Wyeth had his first one-man exhibition of watercolors at the Macbeth Gallery in New York City....

Santlofer, Jonathan, 1946-....

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Kriesberg, Irving, 1919-2009

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Painter; New York City. From the description of Irving Kriesberg papers, 1955-1981. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122389635 ...

Schley, Reeve, 1936-

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de Kooning, Elaine

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Elaine De Kooning, painter and wife of painter Willem de Kooning of New York. From the description of Oral history interview with Elaine de Kooning, 1981 Aug. 27. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 646400460 Sculptor; New York City; East Hampton, New York; b. 1918. From the description of Elaine de Kooning scrapbook, [ca. 1960-1963.]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 78603967 Painter, wife of painter Willem de Kooning; New York. From the descriptio...

Wyeth, N.C. (Newell Convers), 1882-1945

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American painter, illustrator, muralist; 1902, studies with Howard Pyle, in Wilmington, Del.; settles permanently at Chadds Ford, Pa., in 1908. From the description of N.C. Wyeth papers, 1904-1995. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 230727181 American artist. From the description of Letters, 1929 Nov. 26-1933 Nov. 6, Chadds Ford, Penn., to Perry Walton, Boston. (Boston Athenaeum). WorldCat record id: 184904360 Painter; Chadd's Ford, Pa. From the ...

Cicero, Carmen, 1926-

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Painter; New York (N.Y.). From the description of Carmen Louis Cicero papers, 1971-1980. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122552584 ...

Fogel, Seymour, 1911-1984

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Painter, mural painter; Weston, Connecticut. From the description of Seymour Fogel papers, 1926-1984. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122565373 Seymour Fogel (b. Aug. 24, 1911, New York City-d. Dec. 4, 1984), American artist. From the description of Fogel, Seymour, 1911-1984 (U.S. National Archives and Records Administration). naId: 10574483 ...

Stevens, Peter

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