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Kahnweiler, Daniel Henry, 1884-1979

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role Dealer/Gallery Scholar/Critic/Expert
dates 1884-1979
city Paris
other citiesMannheim, Germany; London, United Kingdom; Bern, Switzerland;
countryFrance
sex M
historical notes Daniel Henry Kahnweiler was a German art dealer, publisher, writer, who established a gallery in Paris in 1907 and became one of the most influential dealers of the Paris School, particularly Picasso and Braque.

Exiled in Switzerland during World War I, his collections were sequestered and sold by the French government at the end of the war.

Returning to Paris in 1920, Kahnweiler reopened his gallery, known as galerie Simon after his partner André Simon.

In 1940 Simon, a Jew, turned his gallery over to his daughter-in-law Louise Leiris, who ran the gallery as galerie Louise Leiris.
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The Getty Research Institute
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Letter to Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler from Antonin Artaud, 1923. see details...
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Papers relating to "entartete Kunst," 1939-1948. see details...
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Eduardo Westerdahl correspondence and papers relating to Gaceta de Arte, ca. 1932-1936. see details...
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Records of the Svensk-Franska Konstgalleriet (Stockholm, Sweden) and the Galerie Bonnier, 1918-1997. see details...
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Jane Wade papers, 1903-1971. see details...
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Michael Brenner papers, 1888-1976. see details...
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The Getty Research Institute
Research Libraries, Archives and Special Collections
André Masson letter : to Pierre Descargues, 1954. see details...
University of Pennsylvania
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Correspondence with Carl Zigrosser, 1960. see details...
University of Pennsylvania
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Correspondence to Edward F. Fry, 1966-1967. see details...
University of Pennsylvania
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Correspondence with Carl Zigrosser, 1958. see details...

see also:
Galerie Louise Leiris
Saidenberg Gallery