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Art--Private collections

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:

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

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

Helen Clay Frick Papers, Series V: Art Files

 Collection
Identifier: HCFF.02.05
Abstract

Helen Clay Frick (1888-1984), daughter of industrialist and art collector Henry Clay Frick (1849-1919), was also a collector with a life-long interest in art and art history. These papers, 1900-1991 and undated, contain correspondence, invoices, inventories, catalogs, photographs, research materials, and printed matter documenting the acquisition and administration of artwork in Helen Clay Frick's personal collection and her research interests in various areas of art history.

Dates: 1900-1991, undated

Henry Clay Frick Papers, Series II: Correspondence

 Collection
Identifier: HCFF.01.02
Abstract

Henry Clay Frick (1849-1919), a Pittsburgh industrialist who made his fortune in coke and steel, was also a prominent art collector. This series consists largely of Frick's incoming correspondence, with some outgoing letters, on matters relating to business and investments, art collecting, political activities, real estate, philanthropy, and family matters.

Dates: 1882-1929, undated

Stanford White Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS.055
Scope and Content Note Catalogue of Works of Art at "Box Hill," St. James, Long Island: Nine page typescript inventory of works of art at Box Hill, the Stanford White estate in Long Island, in 1942.Moses, Lionel. “McKim, Mead & White – A History.” The American Architect and The Architectural Review. Vol. cXXI no. 2394, May 24, 1922: Forty-one page Stanford White article excerpt from The American Architect - The Architectural Review.Swales, Francis...
Dates: circa 1922-1955