Art--Collectors and collecting--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
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
Byers Family Art Collection Inventories
Collection
Identifier: MS.025
Scope and Content
Contains a handwritten volume, circa 1900, listing works in the A.M. Byers art collection, a 1935 typed inventory of the Byers family collection, and some loose documents. "Summary of the Collection of Paintings & Miniatures of A. M. Byers Esq. Allegheny PA," the handwritten volume, contains entries for 84 paintings and seven miniatures. Entries include the artist's name and biographical information, title and description of the work, and some provenance information. This volume...
Dates:
1900 - 1977; Majority of material found within 1900 - 1935
