Byers Family Art Collection Inventories 1900-1977 1900-1935.

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Byers Family Art Collection Inventories 1900-1977 1900-1935.

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Contains a handwritten volume, circa 1900, listing works in the A.M. Byers art collection, a 1935 typed inventory of the Byers family collection, and some loose documents. "Summary of the Collection of Paintings & Miniatures of A.M. Byers Esq. Allegheny PA", the handwritten volume, contains entries for 84 paintings and seven miniatures. Entries include the artist's name and biographical information, title and description of the work, and some provenance information. This volume contains no purchase information. The volume lists works by Bonheur, Constable, Corot, Daubigny, Delacroix, Gainsborough, Guardi, Hals, Rubens, Raeburn, Rembrandt, Romney, Reynolds, Turner, and van Dyck, among others. Entries are grouped alphabetically by artist name. The 1935 inventory includes the 84 paintings listed in the A.M. Byers inventory, as well as approximately 15 works purchased after Mr. Byers' death. Entries may include purchase information (from whom purchased, date, and price); up to eight appraisals by Knoedler, Lorenz, Harshe, Hyett, Henschel and Bernet dated from 1914 to 1935; narrative assessments made by Royal Cortissoz for the majority of the paintings in 1925, and five made by Knoedler in 1914; date of copyright; insurance cost; and sales results of other works by each artist, 1931-1935. Entries are grouped alphabetically by artist name. Typed pages were removed from a small binder and rehoused in folders. A 1935 letter to Mrs. J.D. Lyons from Frank G. Love indicates the book was prepared to detail the division of the collection between Mrs. Lyons and Mr. Byers; works are coded with their initials. Loose documents, dated 1935-1977, also list works and their valuations.

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Frick Art Reference Library of The Frick Collection

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Frick Art Reference Library of The Frick Collection

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Byers, A. M. (Alexander McBurney), 1827-1900.

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Alexander M. Byers (1827-1900), a prominent art collector in the Pittsburgh area during the late 1800s, and founder and president of A.M. Byers & Co., an iron manufacturer. From the description of Byers Family Art Collection Inventories 1900-1977 1900-1935. (Frick Art Reference Library of The Frick Collection). WorldCat record id: 695999214 ...

M. Knoedler & Co

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Founded in 1848 as the New York branch of the French firm Goupil & Cie before the creation of most museums in the United States, the Knoedler Gallery was able to play a central role as a conduit for the masterworks that established American collections. The firm's archive traces the development of the once provincial American art market into one of the world's leading art centers and the formation of the private art collections that would ultimately establish many of the nation's leading art mus...

Byers family

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Cortissoz, Royal, 1869-1948

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American art critic. From the description of Autograph letters signed (2), dated : [New York], 10 Apirl 1940 and 22 March 1942, to Harry [Harkness Flagler], 1940 Apr. 10 and 22 March 1942. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270564650 Royal Cortissoz (1869-1968), respected American art critic, was born in Brooklyn, NY. He trained as an architect, spending six years working at the firm of McKim, Mead, and White before embarking on his journalism career. Cortissoz served as the art...