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Art--Collectors and collecting--New York (State)--New York

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 6 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

Catalog of the George Jay Gould Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS.026
Abstract

Catalog of the art collection of George Jay Gould, railroad executive, containing photographs and accompanying typed information for 37 paintings.

Dates: 1945

Henry Clay Frick Furnishings Files

 Collection
Identifier: TFC.0100.020
Abstract

The New York residence of Henry Clay Frick (1849-1919), a prominent art collector and industrialist, was designed by Thomas Hastings and completed in 1914. The house, located at One East 70th Street, was opened in December 1935 as a public art gallery, The Frick Collection. Correspondence, telegrams, lists, notes and invoices document the furnishing and interior decoration of the house from 1913 to 1920.

Dates: 1913-1920

One East 70th Street Papers

 Collection
Identifier: HCFF.07
Abstract

Henry Clay Frick, 1849-1919, was a prominent industrialist and art collector. His New York residence at One East 70th Street was designed by Thomas Hastings, and completed in 1914. The house was later opened to the public as The Frick Collection in 1935. These materials document the construction and furnishing of the house, as well as some aspects of domestic life there.

Dates: 1907 - 1931

Rosenberg & Stiebel Archive

 Collection
Identifier: MS.065
Abstract The Rosenberg & Stiebel Archive documents a four-generation family business of art dealers from circa 1890-2012. The vast majority of records relate to the New York business, Rosenberg & Stiebel, Inc., which operated from 1939-2000, while much more limited documentation exists for Antiquitäten J. Rosenbaum, GmbH in Frankfurt; I. Rosenbaum, N.V. in Amsterdam; S. & R. Rosenberg, Ltd. in London; and Stiebel et Cie in Paris. These records contain important provenance information from...
Dates: 1890-2014; Majority of material found in 1939-2000

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