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Adelaide H.C. Frick Papers

 Collection
Identifier: HCFF.03
Abstract

Adelaide Howard Childs Frick, 1859-1931, was the wife of industrialist and art collector Henry Clay Frick. This collection contains correspondence, notes and notebooks, calendars, financial records, printed material, ephemera, and objects documenting her life, interests, and family.

Dates: 1874-1951, undated

Alfred Moir Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS.041
Abstract

Papers and research files of art historian and collector Alfred Moir (1924-2010), containing photographs, research notes, correspondence, writings, and documents relating to his personal art collection. Art collecting content emphasizes Old Master drawings, while research content focuses on Italian baroque art, particularly the work of Caravaggio and his followers.

Dates: Majority of material found within Bulk, 1960-1990; 1939-2003

Allied War Salon Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS.068
Scope and Contents

Collection of material related to the Allied War Salon exhibition held at American Art Galleries, New York in 1918. Includes a copy of the exhibition catalog, official correspondence, exhibition announcements, 27 installation photographs and newspaper and magazine clippings, including an article by Duncan Phillips from American magazine of art, February 1919.

Dates: 1918-1919

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

Anna Kleinman Research Files on Rosalba Carriera

 Collection
Identifier: MS.009
Abstract

Typescript photocopies of the English translations of the correspondence and diary of Rosalba Carriera (1675-1757), prominent Italian portrait artist. Originally in French and Italian, the documents were translated by Anna Kleinman. Collection also includes explanatory footnotes, biographical sketches of correspondents, and microfilm of the original documents.

Dates: undated

Anton Mauve Sketchbook

 Collection
Identifier: MS.056
Scope and Content Note

Small sketchbook (7.5 in. x 4.5 in) containing approximately 40 sketches, mainly executed in charcoal, of landscapes, figures, and animals. Handwritten letter attached to the inside cover from A. Preyer, dated April 9, 1921, addressed to Helen Clay Frick, regarding his gift of the sketchbook to her.

Dates: undated

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

Art Collecting Files of Henry Clay Frick

 Collection
Identifier: ACF
Abstract Henry Clay Frick (1849-1919), a Pittsburgh coke and steel industrialist, began forming his art collection in 1881, and continued to acquire works of art until his death in 1919. He bequeathed his New York City residence, furnishings, and art collection to be established as a public art gallery called The Frick Collection, which opened to the public in December 1935. This collection contains correspondence, invoices and financial records, catalogs, inventories, registers, notes, narrative...
Dates: 1881-1925, undated

Artists' Correspondence Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS.022
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...
Dates: 1596 - 1925; Majority of material found within 1851 - 1917

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

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Frick, Helen Clay, 1888-1984 31
Frick, Henry Clay, 1849-1919 21
Frick, Adelaide Howard Childs, 1859-1931 19
Frick Art Reference Library 13
Frick, Childs, 1883-1965 13
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Frick Collection 9
Clapp, Frederick Mortimer, 1879-1969 7
Ogiz, Marika, -1952 7
Hastings, Thomas, 1860-1929 5
M. Knoedler & Co. 5
Allom, Charles, Sir, 1865-1947 4
Brière-Misme, Clotilde 4
Carrère & Hastings 4
Frick, Henry Clay, 1849-1919--Homes and haunts--New York (State)--New York 4
Pope, John Russell, 1874-1937 4
Biebel, Franklin M. (Franklin Matthews) 3
Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919 3
Carstairs, Charles, 1865-1928 3
Duveen Brothers 3
Frick family 3
Lewis, Virginia E., 1907-1995 3
Manet, Édouard, 1832-1883 3
Marc Eidlitz & Son 3
McElroy, F.W. (Frank W.) 3
Overholt, Karl F., 1877-1938 3
Rockefeller, John D. (John Davison), 1874-1960 3
White, Allom & Co. 3
Arthur Tooth & Sons 2
Blanchard, Adelaide Frick, 1915-1956 2
Bowman, John G. (John Gabbert), 1877-1962 2
Burnham, Daniel Hudson, 1846-1912 2
Carnegie Steel Company 2
Chubb, C.F. (Charles F.) 2
Cortissoz, Royal, 1869-1948 2
Creelman, Alice 2
Dabbs, B.L.H., 1839-1899 2
De Wolfe, Elsie, 1865-1950 2
Duveen, Joseph Duveen, Baron, 1869-1939 2
Dwight, H. G. (Harrison Griswold), 1875-1959 2
Frick Art Reference Library--History 2
Frick, H.C. (Henry Clay), 1919- 2
Frick, Henry Clay, 1849-1919--Art Collections 2
Frick, Martha Howard, 1885-1891 2
Fry, Roger, 1866-1934 2
Gay, Walter, 1856-1937 2
Harding, Dorothea Barney, 1871-1935 2
Harding, J. Horace, -1929 2
Hart, Charles Henry, 1847-1918 2
Hesselius, Gustavus, 1682-1755 2
Houdon, Jean Antoine, 1741-1828 2
Hovey, Walter Read, 1895- 2
Knoedler, Roland F., 1856-1932 2
Knox, Katharine McCook 2
Knox, Philander C. (Philander Chase), 1853-1921 2
Martin, Ira W. 2
Milliken & Bevin 2
Nixon, Richard M. (Richard Milhous), 1913-1994 2
Osterling, F. J., 1865-1934 2
Park, Lawrence, 1873-1924 2
Quay, Matthew Stanley, 1833-1904 2
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919 2
Roseti, F. 2
Stuart, Gilbert, 1755-1828 2
White House (Washington, D.C.) 2
A. Decour & Co. 1
Abdy, Jane 1
Abdy, Robert Henry Edward, 5th Baronet 1
Albers, Josef 1
Albers, Josef--Exhibitions 1
Alefounder, John, -1795 1
Alfonso XIII, King of Spain, 1886-1941 1
Allied War Salon (1918) 1
American Art Association 1
American Art Galleries (New York) 1
American Museum of Natural History 1
Andrews, W.C., -1899 1
Anson, Alfred 1
Arminger, William, 1752-1793 1
Aufrecht, Gustave 1
Avinoff, Andrey, 1884-1949 1
Bacon, Edward R. (Edward Rathbone), 1846-1915 1
Bacon, Virginia P. 1
Baillie, William, 1723-1810 1
Barnekow, Brita, 1868-1936 1
Bayley, Frank W. (Frank William), 1863-1932 1
Belleroche, Albert de, 1864-1944 1
Bernhardt, Sarah, 1844-1923 1
Beruete y Moret, A. de (Aureliano), 1876-1922 1
Bénard, E. (Edmond), 1838-1907 1
Bignou Gallery 1
Binks, Isobel B. 1
Blanche, Jacques-Emile, 1861-1942 1
Boldini, Giovanni, 1842-1931 1
Bone, Henry Pierce, 1779-1855 1
Borch, Gerard ter, 1617-1681 1
Boyd, Ellen R. 1
Brandus, Edward 1
Brashear, John A. (John Alfred), 1840-1920 1
Braun, Karel 1
Bredius, Abraham, 1855-1946 1
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