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Weyhe, Erhard print view role Dealer/Gallery Collector dates 1882-1972 city New York City state NY other cities London, United Kingdom; Salzwedel, Germany; Digby, Chester, Nova Scotia; sex M historical notes Erhard Weyhe was an art and rare book dealer, collector, publisher and founder of E. Weyhe, Inc., in 1918 at 710 Lexington Avenue. At the initial location the front end of the store featured an art bookstore and the back end served as an art gallery. In 1923, Weyhe purchased a five story building at 794 Lexington Avenue, here he relocated his business and in the new location the bookstore occupied the first floor of the building, the art gallery the second, and the top floors were used as living quarters for Wyhe and his family (wife Hannah McCarthy Weyhe, 1889–¬¬1970, daughter Gertrude Weyhe Dennis, 1915–2003, and son, Arthur Weyhe, 1918– ). The gallery exhibited, sold and published prints, drawings, water colors, photographs, sculptures and paintings. Weyhe worked with and sold work by, among others, Eugène Atget, Edward Weston, Brett Weston, Childe Hassam, John Sloan, Walter Pach, Reginald Marsh, Leon Underwood, Howard Cook, Peggy Bacon, Emil Ganso, Jules Pascin, Rockwell Kent, John Flannagan, Alexander Calder, Simon Molesio, Diego Rivera, José Clemente Orozco, Rufino Tamayo, David Alfaro Siqueiros, George Biddle, Rembrandt, Goya, Delacroix, Piranesi, H. Daumier, Renoir, and Manet. decades of activity 1900-1910 1910-1920 1920-1930 1930-1940 1940-1950 1950-1960 1960-1970 updated 03/22/2024 12:09:32 bibliographic search Search Frick Art Reference Library Catalog Search Photoarchive Search Worldcat Search Library of Congress Name Authority File (LCNAF) Search Wikidata Entry Archives/Repository Collection Title Collection Details Whitney Museum of American Art The Frances Mulhall Achilles Library, Archives For Mr. Weyhe see details... Whitney Museum of American Art The Frances Mulhall Achilles Library, Archives Revised Prices on Kent Prints, March 13th, 1929 see details... Whitney Museum of American Art The Frances Mulhall Achilles Library, Archives Ernest Fiene to Mrs. Force, Oct. 29th, 1929 see details... Whitney Museum of American Art The Frances Mulhall Achilles Library, Archives E. Weyhe, Dec. 14, 1928 see details... Whitney Museum of American Art The Frances Mulhall Achilles Library, Archives Sec'y to Mrs. Force to Mr. Emil Ganso, January 7, 1930 see details... see also: Zigrosser, Carl, 1891- Stieglitz, Alfred, 1864-1946 E. Weyhe, Inc. «  back