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Photographs

 Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus

Found in 26 Collections and/or Records:

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

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

 Collection
Identifier: FFP.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

 Collection
Identifier: FFP.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

 Collection
Identifier: FFP.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

 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

Howard M. Stoner Research Files on Albert Moore

 Collection
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

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

John Hill Morgan Research Files

 Collection
Identifier: MS.008
Abstract

Correspondence, photographs, printed material, and notes document John Hill Morgan's research on George Washington portraits and other early American works of art. Morgan (1870-1945), an assistant professor and curator of American painting at Yale University, was considered an authority on early American art, most notably of portraits of George Washington.

Dates: 1922-1944

Josef Albers Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS.036
Abstract

Artwork, exhibition catalogs, writings, and clippings that document the career of artist and art educator Josef Albers.

Dates: 1933-1961