Photographs
Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
Construction Images - The Frick Collection and Frick Art Reference Library, 1933-1935
Series
Identifier: TFC/FARL-0700-030-02.01
Scope and Content Note
Photographs, 1933-1935, document the conversion of the Frick family's New York City residence at One East 70th Street into a public museum, The Frick Collection, as well as the construction of a new Frick Art Reference Library building at 10 East 71st Street. Both interior and exterior views show areas of the Frick residence that would be altered or demolished during the construction project, the conversion of areas within the house, the construction of new spaces for the museum, and the...
Dates:
1933 - 1935
Found in:
Frick Collection Archives
Frick Art Reference Library Staff Research - Katherine McCook Knox Records
Collection
Identifier: FARL.1400.050
Abstract
Katharine McCook Knox (1890-1983), a Washington, D.C.-area art historian and author specializing in early American art, worked with the Frick Art Reference Library as a researcher, consultant, and special staff member for over 50 years. These records document her work as a member of the Library staff, as well as her personal research and writings in the field of early American art from 1922 to 1974. Records include correspondence, typescripts and manuscripts, galley proofs, handwritten and...
Dates:
1924-1979
Found in:
Frick Collection Archives
Helen Clay Frick Research Files on Italian Art
Collection
Identifier: FARL.0100.020.02
Abstract
Helen Clay Frick (1888-1984), daughter of industrialist and art collector Henry Clay Frick, founded the Frick Art Reference Library in 1920 and served as its director until 1983. These files were produced through her research on Italian sculpture and painting, primarily to annotate photo mounts in the Frick Art Reference Library Photoarchive. The Research Files span the years 1920-1933, and contain typed and handwritten research notes, black and white photographs, printed material, some...
Dates:
1920 - 1933
Found in:
Frick Collection Archives
Images of Artists Collection
Collection
Identifier: MS.013
Abstract
The international artists featured in this growing collection include painters, sculptors and muralists born in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Their images were captured by various photographers and printmakers in a variety of settings and portrait styles. Formats include cabinet cards, postcards, prints on paper, and photographs. Seven of the photographs were signed by the artists, four of which were personally addressed to Mrs. Adelaide Frick (wife of Henry Clay Frick).
Dates:
circa 1800s-1900s
Found in:
Frick Collection Archives
