Durlacher Bros. records 1919-1973

Hofer, Philip, 1898-1984

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Philip Hofer (1898-1984) was a librarian, book collector, and founder and first curator of the Department of Printing and Graphic Arts at Houghton Library at Harvard University. Hofer graduated from Harvard College and spent a few years in business. He began collecting a wide variety of printed books in 1917. By 1933 he focused on illustrated and decorated books, thus entering into a serious study of book arts. He served as curator of the Spencer Collection of the New York Public Library, and in...

Stettheimer, Florine, 1871-1944

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American artist, theatrical set designer. Stettheimer is perhaps best known for the lavish sets and costumes she designed for the first American production, in 1934, of Gertrude Stein's opera FOUR SAINTS IN THREE ACTS, with music by Virgil Thomson. From the description of Papers, [ca. 1920]-1940. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 309772203 Florine Stettheimer (1871-1944), artist, studied in ...

Askew, R. Kirk (Ralph Kirk), 1903-1974

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Gallery director. Owned Durlacher Brothers from 1937 through ca. 1969. From the description of R. Kirk Askew papers, 1928-1967. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122389812 ...

Harris, Tomás, 1908-

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Perkins, F. Mason

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Durlacher, George

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Ames, Winslow.

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Museum director, art and architecture historian, collector, connoisseur of drawings; b. 1907; d. 1990. From the description of Winslow Ames papers, 1787-1989 (bulk 1960-1979). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 82500935 Museum director, art historian, collector, conoisseur of drawings and authority on Victorian art, born 1907. From the description of Winslow Ames interviews, 1987 Apr. 29-1987 June 2. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 220182165 Winslow Ames, b. ...

Askew, Constance

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Levy, Julian

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Austin, Arthur Everett, 1900-1957

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Arthur Everett Austin, Jr.; also known as Chick Austin; director of the Wadsworth Atheneum (1927-1944); first director of the John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art; he was instrumental in bringing the Asolo Theater, first constructed in 1798 in Asolo, Italy by Antonio Locatelli, to the museum. From the description of Chick Austin papers, 1955-1957. (Library of Congress / Nucmc). WorldCat record id: 639021595 ...

Durlacher Bros.

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Henry Durlacher founded the Durlacher Brothers art dealership with his brother George in London in 1843. The New York branch opened in the early 1920s, managed by R. Kirk Askew. He became the owner of Durlacher Brothers in 1937 and ran the business from New York until ca. 1969. George Durlacher, the oldest surviving original partner, retired in 1938. From the description of Durlacher Bros. Records, 1919-1973. (Getty Research Institute). WorldCat record id: 80804675 London ar...

Dix, George

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Bloch, Vitale

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Abbott, Jere, 1899-1982

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