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Photographs

 Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus

Found in 29 Collections and/or Records:

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

Frick Family Photographs

 Collection
Identifier: HCFF.05
Abstract

Henry Clay Frick (1849-1919) was a prominent industrialist and art collector. This collection consists of photographs, circa 1850s-1989 and undated, of Frick and his family, as well as images of their friends, relatives, and others. This collection also contains images of Frick family residences, travels both in the United States and abroad, and other locations associated with the family.

Dates: circa 1850s-1989, undated

Frick New York Residence Construction Photo Album

 Series
Identifier: TFC-0700-010
Scope and Content Note Photographs document the construction of the Frick residence at One East 70th Street, New York, N.Y. from April 2nd to December 31st, 1913. While the images primarily depict wide exterior shots of the construction from different angles, several focus on specific areas of the building, including the main entrance, the porte cochere, and the loggia (now known as the portico). There are two interior shots: one of Henry Clay Frick's Art Gallery (now known as the West Gallery), and one of...
Dates: 1913

Georgia, France, and England Album, 1910

 Collection
Identifier: HCFF-06-PS-17
Scope and Content Note Album compiled by Helen Clay Frick documenting travel to Augusta, Ga.; France; and England in 1910. Henry Clay Frick and Adelaide H.C. Frick appear in some images, along with friends Mary McNeal, John P. Grier, Dorothea and J. Horace Harding, and Helen Clay Frick's former governess, Marika Ogiz. Photographs taken in Augusta include views of Butt Cottage (leased by the Fricks during their stay), Augusta Golf Club, and residences in the Summerville section of the city. The album also...
Dates: 1910 - 1910

Helen Clay Frick Papers, Series VI: Research Files on Jean Antoine Houdon

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Identifier: HCFF.02.06
Abstract Helen Clay Frick (1888-1984), daughter of industrialist and art collector Henry Clay Frick, had a lifelong interest in art history, particularly in the French sculptor Jean Antoine Houdon (1741-1828). This resulted in nearly 50 years of research, for which she enlisted Frick Art Reference Library staff members as well as outside consultants in her work. These research files contain typed and handwritten research notes, correspondence, photographs, Frick Art Reference Library photo mounts,...
Dates: 1802?-1976, undated

Helen Clay Frick Papers, Series VII: Frick Art Museum

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Identifier: HCFF.02.07
Abstract

Helen Clay Frick, daughter of industrialist and art collector Henry Clay Frick, founded the Frick Art Museum in Pittsburgh in 1970. These files document construction of the museum building, and events, publications, and programming during the early years of the institution.

Dates: 1929-1994 (Bulk, 1965-1984)

Helen Clay Frick Papers, Series VIII: University of Pittsburgh Fine Arts Department Files

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Identifier: HCFF.02.08
Abstract

Helen Clay Frick (1888-1984), daughter of industrialist and art collector Henry Clay Frick, helped to establish the Fine Arts Department at the University of Pittsburgh in the 1920s, and was a major contributor to the Department through the mid-1960s. These files, including correspondence, printed material, notes, photographs, exhibition files, and architectural drawings, document Helen Clay Frick's support of the Department and her relationship with the University.

Dates: 1925-1985, undated

Helen Clay Frick Research Files on Italian Art

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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

Howard M. Stoner Research Files on Albert Moore

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Identifier: MS.169
Abstract

Research files of Howard M. Stoner (1933-2017) on the painter Albert Moore (1841-1893). Files contain correspondence, photographic materials, notes, photocopies of scholarship on Moore, and Stoner's unpublished manuscript on the artist.

Dates: 1997-2002

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