Coe Kerr Gallery Records

Collection

Identifier: MS.043

Staff Only

Scope and Content Note

The records consist mainly of artist files which contain files documenting works of art that passed through the Coe Kerr Gallery, arranged alphabetically by artist's last name. Files contain photographs and/or descriptions of the works of art, including provenance information. In rare cases, correspondence, loan agreements, and/or research materials may be found. Series III: contains documentation of the 1989 Sargent exhibition displayed in Japan and curated by Warren Adelson.

Dates

Creation: circa 1968-1993

Creator

Coe Kerr Gallery (Organization)

Access Restrictions

These records are open for research under the conditions of The Frick Collection/Frick Art Reference Library Archives access policy. Contact the Archives Department for further information at archives@frick.org.

Historical Note

Elmore Coe Kerr, who had previously been a senior partner of M. Knoedler & Co., founded the Coe Kerr Gallery in 1968 in partnership with the collector, Fred Woolworth. After Coe Kerr passed away unexpectedly in 1973, Warren Adelson joined the Gallery as Director from 1974 to 1990.

The Coe Kerr Gallery originally represented Andrew Wyeth, and later broadened its scope to include 19th and 20th century American artists such as Mary Cassatt, Maurice Prendergast, and John Singer Sargent.

Extent

9.75 Linear feet (19 boxes)

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

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.

Arrangement

The records are arranged in three series:

Series I: Artist Files

Series II: Artist Files - Contemporary

Series III: Sargent Exhibition in Japan

Files within series are arranged alphabetically by artist's last name or subject.