Art Dealers : [1955-1958]. 1955 Oct. 19 - 1958 Oct. 20.

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Art Dealers : [1955-1958]. 1955 Oct. 19 - 1958 Oct. 20.

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Letters, telegram, newsclipping, credit note, statements and invoices regarding the purchase of works for the Beaverbrook Art Gallery. Subjects discussed include: searching out of Canadian art (Madame Escarra to assist); negotiations with various galleries over the acqusition of works: Dominion Gallery, Berry-Hill Galleries (Krieghoff), Cooling Galleries (Krieghoff), Laing Gallery, Watson Art Galleries (Horatio Walker); Robert Ayre's criticism of Beaverbrook's collection and Beaverbrook's response; his involvement in a dispute over the ownership of a Fragonard painting purchased from Hirschl & Adler Galleries; Beaverbrook's intention to purchase a stone fountain for shipment to Nassau; purchase of works by Caiserman, Robinson, Cullen, Watson, Roberts, Colville, MacDonald, etc.; dissatisfaction over several purchases and remedial action; advice rendered by Max Stern regarding the gallery and its collection and a note on Samuel Walter's "David, Early Canadian Steamboat".

Correspondence : 59 (60 leaves)

University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, Harriet Irving Library

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University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, Harriet Irving Library

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