Schaeffer Galleries records, 1925-1985.

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Schaeffer Galleries records, 1925-1985.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/146159038

Records cover portions of the Berlin gallery operation from 1925-1939, and the New York gallery from 1939-1980 through correspondence (bulk 1950s-1985); client files (from the 1930s); inventory sheets and indices; photographs of art with records of sale, expertise and provenance papers; photograph albums and catalogs documenting gallery exhibitions, and albums documenting the Le Roy M. Backus collection of drawings. An additional 17 lin.ft. of material was received by the repository 2001 and 2002, but is not yet cataloged. Papers include ledgers with records of purchases, research notes, auction catalogues and pamphlets, photographs and transparencies, letters of expertise, and business documents concerning gallery business in Europe following WW II.

ca. 100 linear feet (154 boxes) + ADDS (53 boxes)

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Schaeffer, Hanns.

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Schaeffer Galleries (New York, N.Y.)

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The Schaeffer Galleries, owned and directed by Hanns Schaeffer, specialized in Old Masters paintings and drawings, originally concentrating on Flemish and Dutch masters. The gallery operated in Berlin 1925-1939, and in New York from 1936 into the 1990s. From the description of Schaeffer Galleries records, 1925-1985. (Getty Research Institute). WorldCat record id: 146159038 Art gallery; New York, N.Y. and Berlin, Germany. Owned by Hanns S. and Kate Sc...

Backus, Le Roy M.

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