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Art--Private collections

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 3 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
Found in: Frick Collection Archives

Helen Clay Frick Papers, Series V: Art Files

 Collection
Identifier: FFP.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
Found in: Frick Collection Archives

Henry Clay Frick Papers, Series II: Correspondence

 Collection
Identifier: FFP.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
Found in: Frick Collection Archives