Subseries II: Works Not Purchased

Subseries II: Works Not Purchased, 1922-1971 and undated, consists largely of chronological correspondence files containing letters offering works of art for purchase by either Helen Clay Frick or The Frick Collection, all of which were declined. The range of artists offered includes Sargent, Rembrandt, Whistler, Piero della Francesca, Vermeer, Houdon, Greuze, Guardi, and Giorgione, among many others. Dealers include Alice B. Creelman, R. Langton Douglas, Edward Hutton, and Basil Dighton. Three additional files document offers for a crucifix in the style of Duccio, a Donatello marble, and a double portrait by Edmund Tarbell of Helen Clay Frick with her father that was rejected by Henry Clay Frick when it was painted circa 1910.

Correspondence files are arranged chronologically, with folders regarding specific works filed at the end of the subseries.