Yerkes, Charles Tyson, 1837-1905 |
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Collector |
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dates
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1837-1905 |
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city
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New York City |
| state | NY | | other cities | Chicago, IL; Philadelphia, PA; London, United Kingdom; |
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sex
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M |
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historical notes
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Charles Tyson Yerkes was an art collector, philanthropist, financier, and railway magnate. Yerkes collected paintings, tapestries, decorative arts, sculpture, and left the collection to MMA.
He owned a Frans Hals' "Portrait of a Woman," which now resides in the Frick Collection. Henry Clay Frick purchased the painting from the Charles Yerkes sale for $137,000.
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decades
of activity | 1880-1890
1890-1900
1900-1910
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02/07/2020 18:21:15 |
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Archives/Repository |
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Collection Details |
University of Pennsylvania
Rare Book & Manuscript Library Collections |
Correspondence with Theodore Dreiser, 1930. |
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The Getty Research Institute
Research Libraries, Archives and Special Collections |
M. Knoedler & Co. records, approximately 1848-1971 |
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