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10. Images of Artists and Artwork

 Record Group
Identifier: 10

Found in 10 Collections and/or Records:

American Art Association Records

 Collection
Identifier: MS.015
Abstract

The American Art Association, a New York art gallery and auction house, was founded in 1883 by James F. Sutton, R. Austin Robertson, and Thomas E. Kirby. The records date from 1877-1924, but the bulk of the material documents a selection of auction sales run by the gallery from 1910 through 1923. The collection contains correspondence, approximately 1,000 photographs, handwritten and typed notes, fragments of a typed manuscript on the American Art Association, and printed material.

Dates: 1877-1924

Architecture Images Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS.019
Abstract

Photographs and reproductions of examples of American architecture, including residences, public buildings, and religious buildings. Also includes photographs of the Panama-Pacific International Exposition held in San Francisco, California in 1915 and photographs of the interior of the Players Club in New York City.

Dates: circa 1900-1920

Bignou Gallery Albums

 Collection
Identifier: MS.024
Abstract

Albums containing photographs and descriptions of artwork that passed through the hands of the Bignou Gallery (New York) during the 1930s and 1940s.

Dates: circa 1930s-1940s

Catalog of the George Jay Gould Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS.026
Abstract

Catalog of the art collection of George Jay Gould, railroad executive, containing photographs and accompanying typed information for 37 paintings.

Dates: 1945

Coe Kerr Gallery Records

 Collection
Identifier: MS.043
Abstract

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.

Dates: circa 1968-1993

Images of Artists Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS.013
Abstract

The international artists featured in this growing collection include painters, sculptors and muralists born in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Their images were captured by various photographers and printmakers in a variety of settings and portrait styles. Formats include cabinet cards, postcards, prints on paper, and photographs. Seven of the photographs were signed by the artists, four of which were personally addressed to Mrs. Adelaide Frick (wife of Henry Clay Frick).

Dates: circa 1800s-1900s

Peter H. Davidson & Co., Inc. Records

 Collection
Identifier: MS.004
Abstract

The records of Peter H. Davidson & Co., Inc. provide a picture of an independent art dealer operating a firm in New York during the 1970s and 1980s. The records include artist files, stock books, subject files and correspondence.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1970 - 1984; 1942-1991

Photographs of Artists in Their Studios Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS.014
Abstract

Seventy-four photographs of artists in their Paris studios circa 1885-1890, collected by artist Frank W. Stokes.

Dates: circa 1885-1890

Richard P. Wunder Research Files

 Collection
Identifier: MS.002
Abstract

Research files of art historian Richard P. Wunder, containing artwork files, photographs, correspondence, writings and notes. Content mostly consists of his research on Gian Paolo Panini, though Hyacinthe Rigaud, Emmanuel Leutze, and architectural and theatre drawings are prominent topics as well.

Dates: 1945-1989

Walter and Matilda Gay Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS.059
Abstract Walter Gay (1856-1937) was an American painter known for his paintings of interiors. For the better part of his life, Gay lived in France, where he met and married heiress and fellow expatriate Matilda E. Travers (1855-1943). The bulk of this collection is formed by the diaries of Matilda Gay which provide detailed insight into the Gays' daily life as well as American expatriate life in France before, during, and after World War I. The collection also contains correspondence, photographs...
Dates: Majority of material found within Bulk, 1880-1938; 1877-2012