M. Knoedler & Co.

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role

Dealer/Gallery

dates

1848-2011

city

New York City

state

NY

other cities

Paris, 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

website

http://www.getty.edu/research/special_collections/notable/knoedler.html

email

info@knoedlergallery.com

phone

212 794-0550

updated

10/31/2024 13:33:16

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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	Oral history interview with Roland Balay, 1981 November 19-December 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...
The Frick Collection and Frick Art Research Library 10 East 71st Street	Rosenberg & Stiebel Archive - Subject Files	see details...