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Archives related to: Avery, Samuel Putnam, 1822-1904
title | Samuel Putnam Avery papers, 1857-1902. | repository | Archives of American Art |
description | Correspondence, including letters, calling cards and sketches from American and European artists, among them Albert F. Bellows, Eugene Benson, Edwin H. Blashfield, Rosa Bonheur, Adolph W. Bouguereau, Samuel Colman, Clarence Cook, Jasper F. Cropsey, F. O. C.Darley, Charles F. Daubigny, John Du rand, Sanford R. Gifford, E. D. E. Greene, Augustus Hoppin, Victor Hugo, John La Farge, Jules Lefebvre, Jervis McEntee, Charles H. Moore, William S. Mount, Thomas A. Richards, Launt Thompson, Henry T. Tuckerman, and James McNeill Whistler; five diaries, 1871-1882, detailing annual buying trips to Europe; catalogs, clippings, and miscellaneous publications pertaining to the Avery Art Gallery. |
extent | 800 items (on 3 microfilm reels). reels NMM26, NMM26a, NMM27 |
formats | Catalogs Diaries Sketchbooks Correspondence Microfilm |
access | Patrons must use microfilm copy. |
record link | https://sirismm.si.edu/EADpdfs/AAA.aversamu.pdf |
record source | https://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/samuel-putnam-avery-papers-5802 |
updated | 06/08/2023 16:42:22 |
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title | Weitzel letter collection, 1863-1931. | repository | Archives of American Art |
description | A letter to Robert W. de Forest of New York City from Elinor L. P. Lyon of Norwalk, Conn., stating her interest in the "Eagle picture" and making an offer to buy it (reel 2803); and two letters to James Reid Lambdin from Samuel Putnam Avery, discussing paintings, frames, dealers, etc. (reel 3091). |
extent | 3 items (on 2 partial microfilm reels) reels 2803 and 3091 |
formats | Correspondence Microfilm |
access | Patrons must use microfilm copy. |
record link | n/a |
record source | https://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/weitzel-letter-collection-7430 |
acquisition information | These letters were originally catalogued under the names of their recipients. |
updated | 06/08/2023 16:42:23 |
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title | Samuel Putnam Avery Diaries, 1871-1882 | repository | The Metropolitan Museum of Art |
description | Diaries, 1871-1882, document Avery's annual art-buying trips to Europe. They indicate purchases, commissions, sales and exchanges, including prices. Travel routes, ships, railroads, hotels and restaurants are noted, as are sights seen, chiefly art exhibitions, museums and art galleries. A running record of accounts is kept in the back of each volume, written back to front with the notebook held upside down. Among the contemporary artists, dealers, agents and collectors with whom Avery had contact are: William Agnew, W.A. Bouguereau, Colnaghi, R.W. De Forest, Durand-Ruel, Duveen Bros., J.L. Gérôme, Goupil & Co., J.T. Johnston, J.L.E. Meissonier, A.F.E. Menzel, J.P. Morgan, W.T. Richards, L.C. Tiffany, W.H. Vanderbilt, W.T. Walters, and J.A.M. Whistler. Note: Volumes cover years: 1. 1871-1872. 2. 1873-1874. 3. 1875-1876. 4. 1877-1879. 5. 1880-1882; Chronological arrangement. Location and Call numbers Watson Library Bookcage 201.9Av3 Av3 v.1 = 1871-1872 Watson Library Bookcage 201.9Av3 Av3 v.2 = 1873-1874 Watson Library Bookcage 201.9Av3 Av3 v.3 = 1875-1876 Watson Library Bookcage 201.9Av3 Av3 v.4 = 1877-1879 Watson Library Bookcage 201.9Av3 Av3 v.5 = 1880-1882 |
extent | 5 v. : bound in leather ; 18 cm |
formats | Diaries |
access | Contact repository for restrictions |
record source | http://library.metmuseum.org/record=b1202199~S1 |
acquisition information | Part Of Samuel Putnam Avery, 1822-1904, Papers, [ca. 1850]-1905 |
updated | 11/12/2014 11:29:54 |
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title | Samuel Putnam Avery Papers, [ca. 1850]-1905 | repository | The Metropolitan Museum of Art |
description | Collection includes Avery's diary referring to his travels in Europe, 1871-1882; a scrapbook of samples of his work; and autographs and sketches sent to Avery from such American and European artist friends as Edouard Detaille, Henri Lefort, W.J. Linton, W.H. Vanderbilt, J.G. Vibert, and J.A.M. Whistler. Catalogs and notes of Avery's works and art collections; editorials and resolutions in memory of Avery, 1905; and letters written to Avery's wife upon his death. Copies of children's books containing his illustrations and printed proof sheets of etchings designed by Avery. Note Some correspondence is in French Location and Call Numbers Watson Library Reference Z42.3A7 M48 v.4 LIB USE ONLY --- Watson Library Reference Z42.3A7 M48 v.5 LIB USE ONLY --- Watson Library Reference Z42.3A7 M48 v.6 LIB USE ONLY --- Watson Library Bookcage MS 06 LIB USE ONLY Watson Library Bookcage MS 07 LIB USE ONLY --- Watson Library Bookcage MS 08 LIB USE ONLY --- Watson Library Bookcage MS 09 LIB USE ONLY --- Watson Library Bookcage MS 10 LIB USE ONLY |
extent | 2 linear ft |
formats | Diaries Scrapbooks Sketches |
access | Contact repository for restrictions |
record link | http://libmma.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/search/searchterm/Samuel%20Putnam%20Avery%20Papers/field/relatig/mode/exact/order/title |
record source | http://library.metmuseum.org/record=b1106418~S1 |
updated | 11/12/2014 11:29:54 |
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title | S. P. Avery Collection | repository | New York Public Library, Manuscripts and Archives Division |
description | The Avery Collection was formed by the New York art dealer Samuel Putnam Avery (1822-1904) and given to the New York Public Library in 1900. Avery's intention was to document the art of his own day and he attempted to secure one or more examples of the work of every contemporary artist whom he had met or of whom he had heard. The result was a collection of 17,775 etchings and lithographs, representing 978 artists. French printmakers are especially well represented, reflecting Avery's own taste and interests as well as the importance of French printmaking during the latter part of the 19th century, but the collection also includes works by German, Dutch, Belgian, Spanish, English and American artists. Among the French artists, the collection is particularly rich in etchings by Adolphe Appian, Félix Bracquemond, Félix Buhot, Leopold Flameng, Charles Jacque, Jules Jacquemart, Charles Méryon, A.P. Martial and Paul Adolphe Rajon. For example, there are more than four hundred etchings by Jacque, as well as original drawings by the artist and lithographs and wood engravings after Jacque's designs. Also included are clichés-verre by Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot, Charles-François Daubigny, Jean-François Millet and Théodore Rousseau, and an important group of etchings and lithographs by Edouard Manet. The English prints include a large number of etchings by Sir Francis Seymour Haden and a fine set of J.M.W. Turner's Liber Studiorum. Remarkable among Avery's strong holdings of the prints of Francisco Goya is a set of fine early impressions of the Caprichos, purchased from the collection of Dante Gabriel Rossetti. Among American artists are major groups of prints by James Abbott McNeill Whistler and Mary Cassatt. Early lithographs in the collection include works by Alois Senefelder, the inventor of lithography, as well as works by Karl Friedrich Schinkel, Wilhelm Reuter, Pierre Nolasque Bergeret, Thomas Barker of Bath, and many others. Avery formed close personal friendships with many of these artists, and some of the prints include manuscript notes indicating the state, rarity, and edition size as well as friendly dedications to the collector. Such information is not commonly available for 19th century prints and these inscriptions were clearly made at Avery's own personal instigation. The collection includes many rare or unique proofs Location MDE (New York Public Library) (Weitenkampf, F. S. P. Avery collection of prints and art books) |
extent | 17,775 etchings and lithographs |
formats | Etchings Lithographs |
access | See repository for restrictions |
record link | http://catalog.nypl.org/record=b13985240~S1 |
record source | http://catalog.nypl.org/record=b13985240~S1 |
acquisition information | Gift of Samuel Putnam Avery, 1900. |
updated | 11/12/2014 11:29:54 |
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title | Avery Family Collection, 1891-1966 (bulk 1939-1940). | repository | The Brooklyn Museum Libraries and Archives |
description | Material created and collected by Emma P. Avery Welcher in the process of research, primarily during 1939-40, on her grandfather, Samuel P. Avery. Includes correspondence with institutions and individuals, notes, and a photograph of Mrs. Samuel P. Avery with George Walter Vincent Smith. Also includes several letters from Avery to author Erastus Dow Palmer. Biographical and Historical Note Samuel P. Avery (1822-1904), was an art dealer and collector in Hartford, Connecticut. His son, Samuel P. Avery, Jr. (1847-1920), was an important donor to the Brooklyn Museum. Location: Brooklyn Special Collections Call Number: SCR N200 Av45 C69 |
extent | .25 linear ft. |
formats | Correspondence Notes Photographs |
access | Permission of Librarian/Archivist required. |
record source | https://library.nyarc.org/permalink/01NYA_INST/ai54l4/alma991013110959707141 |
acquisition information | Gifts of Mrs. H.L. Kleinfield (April 23, 1996), and Amy Ogden Welcher (1990). |
updated | 11/29/2022 15:49:50 |
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title | Paul Wayland Bartlett papers, 1887-1925. | repository | Archives of American Art |
description | Correspondence with family, artists, and others, 1887-1925; legal and financial documents, 1887-1925; printed materials, 1888-1925; sketches, drawings, and blueprints, undated 1916-1920; and certificates, 1915-1918. Correspondence consists of a chronological series, 1887-1925, containing letters and postcards from John White Alexander, Samuel P. Avery, William A. Clark, Frank Edwin Elwell, John Flanagan, Daniel Chester French, Henry-Bonnard Bronze Company, Gorham Company, J. Scott Hartley, John LaFarge (undated), Charles Loring, Frederick MacMonnies, Charles Sprague Pearce, Auguste Rodin, Frederic Wellington Ruckstull, Augustus Saint-Gaudens, and scattered letters from other nineteenth century artists regarding the execution of works, commissions, exhibitions and expositions in Paris and the United States, among them the Louisiana Purchase Exposition (1904) and the Exposition Universale (1899-1900), and Bartlett's illness and death in 1925. The remainder of the correspondence, arranged by subject, includes letters from Bartlett's father, Truman Howe Bartlett, 1899-1913, many written from Boston where he taught in the architecture department of MIT, or from New Hampshire where he kept a studio, and letters to Paul regarding his father's entry in the National Cyclopedia of American Biography, 1925; correspondence with the American Club of Paris, 1903-1906, regarding Bartlett's membership; correspondence with the International Society of Sculptors, Painters and Gravers, 1905-1907 (some from Joseph Pennell) regarding exhibitions; correspondence regarding commissions, including Lafayette, McClellan, General Warren, Library of Congress and other statues; postcards from artists, 1892-1895; and miscellaneous letters. Legal documents relate to the Lafayette statue, 1900, and also include Bartlett's death certificate. Financial records, 1899-1922, consist of bank statements, checkbooks, bills and receipts for casting, photography, dues and rent. Clippings and a scrapbook deal with Bartlett's Lafayette statue. Other printed material includes articles on various Bartlett sculptures and other sculptors, exhibition catalogs, passes and announcements, yearbooks from the American Club of Paris, 1905-1909, and material from the American Art Association of Paris, including a 20 p. booklet by Bartlett giving the history of the group, and an invitation, 1906, to an auction to benefit the victims of the San Francisco earthquake. Also included are sketches by Bartlett and his father, undated and ca. 1913; oversized drawings, plans and prints for monuments, statues, and the Capitol ceiling, undated and 1916-1920; postcards depicting Bartlett's sculpture; and certificates from the National Academy of Design and the Panama Pacific International Exposition. Language Note: Some correspondence is in French. Bio / His Notes: Sculptor and portraitist; Paris, France and Washington, D.C. Bartlett was born in Connecticut and raised in France where he entered the Ecole des Beaux Arts and also studied under Emmanual Fremiet and Auguste Rodin. His early sculpture focused on animals and his piece "Bear Tamer" was presented to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in 1891 and exhibited in the World's Columbian Exposition in 1893. After 1895, he produced a number of public monuments, sculptures, and historical portraits including the figures of Columbus and Michelangelo for the Main Reading Room of the Library of Congress, the Lafayette statue presented to France, and the pediment for the House wing of the U.S. Capitol. Bartlett died in Paris of blood poisoning on September 20, 1925. Location of Original: Originals returned to Tudor Place Foundation, Inc. after microfilming. Loc. of Assoc. Material: Additional Paul Wayland Bartlett papers also located at: Library of Congress, Manuscript Division. |
extent | 5.0 linear ft. (on 4 microfilm reels) reel 4899-4902 |
formats | Microfilm |
access | Patrons must use microfilm copy. Literary rights retained by Tudor Place Foundation, Inc. |
record link | https://sirismm.si.edu/EADpdfs/AAA.bartpaulw.pdf |
record source | https://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/paul-wayland-bartlett-papers-6463 |
finding aid | A finding aid prepared by the Tudor Place Foundation, Inc. is available on reel 4899 and in AAA offices. |
acquisition information | Lent for microfilming by the Tudor Place Foundation, Inc., 1994. The Tudor Place Foundation inherited the papers in 1994 with the estate of Armistead Peter III of Tudor Place. Peter III was married to Caroline, the daughter of Bartlett's wife by her first marriage to Mahlon Odgen-Jones. After Bartlett's death in 1925, Suzanne cared for his papers, and donated the bulk of them to the Library of Congress in 1954. The papers she retained passed on to Caroline, and at her death to Armistead Peter III. |
updated | 06/08/2023 16:42:21 |
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