04. Manuscript Collections

Scope and Content Note A collection of approximately 25 letters from various artists received by the Frick Art Reference Library as gifts. The letters were received from different donors over the course of 70 years, and were gathered into a single collection of artists' letters. The artists are mainly nineteenth and early twentieth century. Subjects discussed in the letters are both personal and professional, including some references to the artists' works. The content of the letter is noted when possible; some...

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Collection consists of a detailed 380-page manuscript inventory of the 18 rooms comprising Valadier's workshop in Rome in 1810. The inventory includes tools and utensils of various trades, particularly silversmiths, founders, gilders, bronze workers, ébénistes, and hardstone gem engravers. Also lists raw materials, models, drawings, and completed works found in the workshop. Contents are arranged by room.

Abstract The Rosenberg & Stiebel Archive documents a four-generation family business of art dealers from circa 1890-2012. The vast majority of records relate to the New York business, Rosenberg & Stiebel, Inc., which operated from 1939-2000, while much more limited documentation exists for Antiquitäten J. Rosenbaum, GmbH in Frankfurt; I. Rosenbaum, N.V. in Amsterdam; S. & R. Rosenberg, Ltd. in London; and Stiebel et Cie in Paris. These records contain important provenance information from...

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Photographs depicting the design work of Rosamond Fulmer, including window displays and exhibitions for Hammer Galleries, the sale of the William Randolph Hearst collection at Gimbels Department Store in 1941, and the Washingtonia exhibition at the 1939 World’s Fair. Other materials include correspondence, press clippings on Hammer Galleries, and magazine articles written by Fulmer.

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Records document works of art that passed through the Coe Kerr Gallery, arranged alphabetically by artist's last name, and mainly contain photographs and/or descriptions of the works of art, including provenance information. The Coe Kerr Gallery operated from 1968 to 1993 and handled a variety of 19th and 20th century American artists including Andrew Wyeth, Mary Cassatt, and John Singer Sargent.