French & Company (New York, N.Y.)

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role

Dealer/Gallery

dates

1907-

city

New York City

state

NY

sex

n/a

historical notes

French & Company was founded by Mitchell Samuels and Percy W. French in 1907.

Samuel’s son Spencer Samuels took over as president in the 1950s and then sold the firm to City Investing in 1959.

City Investing sold the company to Martin Zimet in 1968, after which much of the remaining stock of decorative art was sold at auction that year.
The firm continued under the same name after the 1960s but with a changing inventory and clientele.

decades
of activity

1910-1920
1920-1930
1930-1940
1940-1950
1950-1960
1960-1970
1970-1980
1980-1990
1990-2000
2000-2010

website

http://www.frenchandcompanyart.com/

updated

02/14/2025 10:12:22

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Archives/Repository	Collection Title	Collection Details
The Getty Research Institute Research Libraries, Archives and Special Collections	French & Company photographs, 1915-1998 (bulk 1950-1969)	see details...
The Getty Research Institute Research Libraries, Archives and Special Collections	French & Company records, 1911-1998 (bulk 1950-1969)	see details...
Archives of American Art Victor Building, Suite 2200	Oral history interview with Mitchell Samuels, 1959 Aug. 11.	see details...
The Getty Research Institute Research Libraries, Archives and Special Collections	French & Company stock sheets and ledgers, 1909-1968.	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 Metropolitan Museum of Art Please see individual record for location	Robert Lehman papers, ca. 1880s-1977	see details...
National Gallery of Art, Image Collection 2000B South Club Drive	French & Company Image Archive	see details...
The Frick Collection and Frick Art Research Library 10 East 71st Street	Rosenberg & Stiebel Archive - Subject Files	see details...