Hoe, Robert, 1839-1909 |
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1839-1909 |
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New York City |
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Art collector, American businessman, producer of printing press equipment, president of the Grolier Club and a founder of the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Hoe was a collector of rare books, manuscripts, silver, miniatures, watches, ivories, prints, enamels, fans, and other art objects. Hoe's collection included paintings by Kennsett, Merle, Doyon and Bouguereau.
According to The Art Treasures of America, Hoe owned works by A. Achenbach, Chas. Baugniet, George H. Boughton, W. A. Bougureau, J. Breton, G. Brion, Thos. Couture, J. Dupré, E. Frère, Firmin Girard, F. Kraus, V. Lagye, Chas. Landelle, H. Merle, J. G. Meyer von Bremen, E. Plassan, Ad. Schreyer, Alfred Stevens, J. Stevens, C. Troyon, Antoine Vollon, Florent Willems, and Felix Ziem.
Art belonging to the Robert Hoe Estate was sold at auction via the American Art Association, February, 1911, netting $129,195.00.
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decades
of activity | 1860-1870
1870-1880
1880-1890
1890-1900
1900-1910
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Grolier Club
47 East 60th Street
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Twenty-one photographs of watercolor views of interior of Robert Hoe's 36th Street residence. |
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Grolier Club
47 East 60th Street
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Robert Hoe auctions: xeroxes of scrapbooks, New York, N.Y., 1911-1912. |
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Library of Congress
Manuscript Division
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Records of R. Hoe & Company, 1831-1948 (bulk 1855-1870).
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Grolier Club
47 East 60th Street
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George Henry Boughton (1834-1905), Letters : London, to Robert Hoe, 1889-1890.
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