John Quinn ledgers

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John Quinn ledgers

1909-1924

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 & 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 & Sons, and Ambroise Vollard.

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Schamberg, Morton Livingston, 1881-1918

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Prendergast, Maurice, 1858-1924

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Maurice: Painter, watercolorist, illustrator, graphic artist; New York, N.Y. and Boston, Mass. His brother Charles was a sculptor, painter and writer. From the description of Maurice Brazil and Charles Prendergast sketchbooks, [ca. 1887-1940]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 81848207 Maurice: painter, watercolorist, illustrator and graphic artist; Boston, Mass. and New York, N.Y. Charles: painter, sculptor, craftsman, and framemaker; Boston, Mass., New York, N.Y....

Weber, Max, 1881-1961

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Artist. From the description of Reminiscences of Max Weber : oral history, 1958. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 309727971 Max Weber (1881-1961) was a painter and sculptor in New York, N.Y. Weber was the National Chairman for the American Artists Congress in 1937. From the description of Max Weber papers, 1904-2000. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 756821036 Painter; New York, N.Y. ...

Macdonald-Wright, Stanton, 1890-1973

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American artist; co-founder of the Synchromism movement. From the description of Autograph letter signed : [postmarked Santa Monica], to Morgan Russell, 1929 Aug. 18. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270606816 Painter; Los Angeles, California. From the description of Oral history interview with Stanton Macdonald-Wright, 1967 May 26 [sound recording]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 81393723 "Noted American painter Stanton Macdonald-Wright ... was hired to p...

Kuhn, Walt, 1877-1949

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Walt Kuhn (1877-1949) was a watercolorist, lithographer, and etcher from New York, N.Y. Kuhn was a central figure in the organization of the Armory Show, and artistic consultant to the Union Pacific Railroad. From the description of Walt Kuhn, Kuhn family papers, and Armory Show records, 1859-1978, bulk 1900-1949. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 82042078 Painter; New York, N.Y. Organizer of the 1913 Armory Show. Adele Weibel w...

Pascin, Jules, 1885-1930

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Jules Pascin, artist, was born on March 31, 1885 in Widden, Bulgaria as Julius Pincas. He moved to Paris in 1905 and changed his name. He became an American citizen in 1914 and lived in New York for the duration of World War I. He was married to Hermine David. He returned to Paris in 1920, shortly after it was reopened to civilian travel. He went back to the United States in 1927 to retain his American citizenship. He was well-known in America and in Europe for his sketches and paintings. He com...

Durand-Ruel Galleries New York, N.Y.

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Art gallery; 389 Fifth Ave. and 12 East 57th Street, New York, N.Y. From the description of Durand-Ruel Galleries exhibition catalogs, [ca. 1915]-1918. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122515485 ...

Derain, André, 1880-1954

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Davies, Arthur B. (Arthur Bowen), 1862-1928

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Artist; painter and printmaker; b. Utica, New York. From the description of Arthur B. Davies collection, 1890-1998. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70972386 Painter; New York, N.Y. From the description of Arthur B. Davies letters to Sally Lewis, 1919-1923. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122647988 ...

Renoir, Auguste, 1841-1919

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French painter. From the description of Letters, 1882-1919. (Getty Research Institute). WorldCat record id: 146000012 From the description of Autograph postal card signed : [postmark: Paris], to Monsieur Wyzewa, [1897 Dec. 22]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270872160 ...

Cézanne, Paul, 1839-1906

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Villon, Jacques, 1875-1963

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Quinn, John, 1870-1924

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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 ...

M. Knoedler & Co

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Severini, Gino, 1883-1966

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Montross Gallery

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Art gallery at 550 5th Avenue, New York, N.Y. From the description of Montross Gallery exhibition catalogs, 1908-1926. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122291732 ...

Epstein, Jacob, 1880-1959

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Duchamp-Villon, Raymond, 1876-1918

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Stieglitz, Alfred, 1864-1946

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Marin, John, 1870-1953

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Sheeler, Charles, 1883-1965

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Macbeth Gallery

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Photo-Secession Galleries (New York, N.Y.)

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Association of American Painters and Sculptors (New York, N.Y.)

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Vollard, Ambroise, 1867-1939

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Armory Show (1913 : New York, N.Y.)

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Redon, Odilon, 1840-1916

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French painter. From the description of Letters, 1887-1909. (Getty Research Institute). WorldCat record id: 84546818 ...