10. Images of Artists and Artwork
Found in 11 Collections and/or Records:
Images of Artists Collection
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).
Bignou Gallery Albums
Albums containing photographs and descriptions of artwork that passed through the hands of the Bignou Gallery (New York) during the 1930s and 1940s.
Catalog of the George Jay Gould Collection
Catalog of the art collection of George Jay Gould, railroad executive, containing photographs and accompanying typed information for 37 paintings.
Richard P. Wunder Research Files
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.
Peter H. Davidson & Co., Inc. Records
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.
Photographs of Artists in Their Studios Collection
Seventy-four photographs of artists in their Paris studios circa 1885-1890, collected by artist Frank W. Stokes.
American Art Association Records
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.
Architecture Images Collection
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.
Walter and Matilda Gay Collection
Rosamond Fulmer Window Display & Exhibition Design Collection
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.
