Archives Directory for the History of Collecting in America

M. Knoedler & Co.

printer
print view
role Dealer/Gallery
dates 1848-2011
city New York City
stateNY
other citiesParis, France; London, United Kingdom;
sex n/a
historical notes Knoedler & Co. was established in 1857 when Michael [aka Michel] Knoedler purchased the New York branch of Goupil, with which he had worked since emigrating from Paris in 1852 [?].

By 1889 the firm was known simply as Knoedler’s. Roland Knoedler, Michael’s son, took over the firm after the death of his father in 1878 and with Charles Carstairs opened galleries in Paris and London.

Roland Knoedler retired in 1928 and management of the firm passed to his nephew Charles Henschel, Carmen Mesmore, Charles Carstairs and his son Carroll.

In 1956 Henschel died and E. Coe Kerr and Roland Balay (Michael Knoedler’s grandson) took over. In 1971 the firm was sold to industrialist and collector Armand Hammer. Since the late 1970s, the firm has focused increasingly on contemporary art.
decades
of activity
1850-1860
1860-1870
1870-1880
1880-1890
1890-1900
1900-1910
1910-1920
1920-1930
1930-1940
1940-1950
websitehttp://www.getty.edu/research/special_collections/notable/knoedler.html
emailinfo@knoedlergallery.com
phone212 794-0550
updated 02/07/2020 18:20:51
bibliographic
search
Search Frick Art Reference Library Catalog
Search Photoarchive
Search Worldcat
Archives/Repository Collection Title Collection Details
The Getty Research Institute
Research Libraries, Archives and Special Collections
M. Knoedler & Co. letters received, 1890-1920. see details...
The Getty Research Institute
Research Libraries, Archives and Special Collections
M. Knoedler & Co. records, approximately 1848-1971 see details...
The New-York Historical Society
Manuscript Department
James Oliver Account Books, 1865-1868, 1872-1890. see details...
Archives of American Art
Victor Building, Suite 2200
M. Knoedler & Co. exhibition catalogs, [undated] and 1912-1922.
see details...
Archives of American Art
Victor Building, Suite 2200
Roland Balay interviews, 1981 Nov. 19-Dec. 7. see details...
University of Pennsylvania
Rare Book & Manuscript Library Collections
Correspondence to Van Wyck Brooks, 1947. see details...
University of Pennsylvania
Rare Book & Manuscript Library Collections
Correspondence with Carl Zigrosser, 1917-1953, n.d. see details...
University of Pennsylvania
Rare Book & Manuscript Library Collections
Correspondence with Carl Zigrosser, 1950-1969. see details...
The New-York Historical Society
Manuscript Department
M. Knoedler & Co. Exhibition catalogs and miscellaneous material, 1913-1955 (bulk 1949) see details...
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Ingalls Library and Archives
Records of the Director's Office: Frederic Allen Whiting, 1913-1930 see details...

see also:
Goupil & Cie.
Knoedler, Roland F., 1856-1932
Balay, Roland, 1902-2004
Coe Kerr Gallery
Hammer, Armand, 1898-1990
Knoedler, Michael