Scope and Contents note Items in this series document Frick's art purchases, whether acquired through a dealer, an artist, or another source. For the most part, Frick acquired oil paintings, but he also purchased drawings, prints, sculpture, and decorative arts. Items in this series also reflect related expenses, such framing, shipping, insurance, and customs duties. While the majority of these acquisitions were for Frick's personal collection, a small number were intended as gifts for friends, associates, or...

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A register of Henry Clay Frick's art purchases, listing artists, biographical information, titles of works, date of purchase, dealer, price, provenance information, and the disposition of the paintings. Includes index.

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A register of Henry Clay Frick's art purchases, listing titles of works, date of purchase, dealer, price, artists, biographical information, provenance information, and the disposition of the paintings. Includes index.

Scope and Contents note Invoices, correspondence, provenance information, telegrams and newspaper clippings glued into the volume. Contains an index. Works of art are cross-referenced to the page numbers of their entries in the Red Book (described above). Generally chronological, but with some documents out of date order. Bulk concerns purchases made from 1895-1898. Also documents purchases of 1881, 1887, and 1888, and includes one letter from 1900. Correspondents include Jules Breton, Charles Carstairs and Roland...

Scope and Contents note Invoices, correspondence, provenance information, telegrams and newspaper clippings glued into the volume. Contains an index. Works of art are cross-referenced to the page numbers of their entries in the Red Book (described above). Generally chronological, but with some documents out of date order. Documents purchases and other art-related matters from 1897-1916. Correspondents include Pascal-Adolphe-Jean Dagnan-Bouveret, William A. Coffin, Duveen Brothers, Ehrich Galleries, Roger Fry,...

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Purchased 24 March 1881 from William Schaus, New York, N.Y.

Folder contains red envelope (No. 1), along with items from Bill Book No. 1, the Black Book, and the Red Book.

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Purchased 24 March 1881 from William Schaus, New York, N.Y.

Invoice also includes purchase of "Une Revelation" or ["In the Louvre"] by Jiménez. Includes item from Bill Book No. 1.

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Purchased 26 March 1881 from William Schaus, New York, N.Y.

Includes item from Bill Book No. 1.

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Purchased 26 October 1887 from Charles Sedelmeyer, New York, N.Y.

Folder contains red envelope (No. 2), along with items from Bill Book No. 1, the Black Book, and the Red Book.

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Purchased 4 November 1887 from John Wanamaker, Philadelphia, Pa.

Folder contains red envelope (No. 3), along with items from Bill Book No. 1, the Black Book, and the Red Book.