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Art dealers

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 5 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/Frick Art Reference Library Archives / Art Collecting Files of Henry Clay Frick

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
Found in: Frick Collection/Frick Art Reference Library Archives / Helen Clay Frick Papers, Series V: Art Files

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
Found in: Frick Collection/Frick Art Reference Library Archives / Henry Clay Frick Papers, Series II: Correspondence

Jane, Lady Abdy Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS.128
Abstract

The papers of art dealer and society hostess Jane, Lady Abdy (1934-2015) contain material related to her commercial galleries, as well as her business as a private art dealer, including artist files, press clippings, exhibition catalog drafts, book reviews, sales and purchases, events planning, and correspondence.

Dates: 1960-2016, undated
Found in: Frick Collection/Frick Art Reference Library Archives / Jane, Lady Abdy Papers

Schaeffer Galleries Records

 Collection
Identifier: MS.016
Abstract

Collection contains descriptive and provenance information for works of art that passed through the Schaeffer Galleries. Files may also include photographs of artwork, photocopies of research material, and/or bibliographic notecards. Schaeffer Galleries operated in Berlin from 1925-1939 and in New York City from 1936-2000 and specialized in Old Master paintings and drawings.

Dates: undated
Found in: Frick Collection/Frick Art Reference Library Archives / Schaeffer Galleries Records