Archives Directory for the History of Collecting in America
Archives related to: Brummer, Joseph
| title | Guennol : reflections on collecting, 2003 June. Alistair B. Martin. |
| repository | The Metropolitan Museum of Art |
| description | Computer printout of Martin's reflections on the nature of art collecting, and his memoir of assembling the Guennol Collection which comprises art objects of many cultures from antiquity to the twentieth century. Location: ARLStacks Call Number: BMA REF N43 G93m Location: ARLStacks Call Number: N43 G93m |
| extent | 32 p.; 28 cm |
| formats | Computer print out |
| access | Contact repository for restrictions. |
| record source | http://library.metmuseum.org/record=b1349247~S1 |
| updated | 02/14/2025 10:07:33 |
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| title | Study photographs of Boston area collections of medieval Romanesque sculpture assembled in the early 20th century. |
| repository | The Getty Research Institute |
| description | New prints of photo documentation of three collections of medieval Romanesque sculpture formed in the early 20th century in the Boston area at the Museum of Fine Arts, the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, and the Fogg Art Museum. A large portion of the collection at the Museum of Fine Arts can be traced through the dealers Joseph Brummer and D. Keekian, and the sculptor George Gray Barnard. A prominent work in the collection is an entire sculptured portal and other architectural elements from the Spanish church of San Miguel de Uncastillo. Photographs from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum document pieces that Mrs. Gardner, probably the first American collector of Romanesque sculpture, acquired for Fenway Court, beginning in 1898. The building and its sculptural decoration were designed to suggest a medieval Venetian palace, and the collection is strong in Italian sculpture, reflecting the influence of Italian dealers Stefano Bardini and Francesco Dorigo and the American Bernard Berenson; works acquired through Demotte and Brummer are also represented. Included are general views of Fenway Court before Mrs. Gardner's death in 1924 and views of pieces being installed. The majority of the pieces of Romanesque architectural sculpture illustrated from the collection of the Fogg Art Museum were purchased in 1948 from the Brummer Gallery prior to the 1949 auction of Joseph Brummer's collection at Parke-Bernet. This collection includes works from Spain, Portugal, Italy, and various regions of Romanesque France. Authors: Brummer, Joseph Fogg Art Museum. Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum Museum of Fine Arts, Boston |
| extent | 270 photographic prints : b&w ; 18 x 24 cm. |
| formats | Photographs |
| access | Contact repository for information regarding access. |
| record link | http://hdl.handle.net/10020/cat370194 |
| record source | http://library.getty.edu/vwebv/searchBasic |
| finding aid | Unprocessed collection |
| updated | 02/14/2025 10:07:33 |
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| title | Joseph and Ernest Brummer Records |
| repository | The Metropolitan Museum of Art |
| description | Joseph and Ernest Brummer were art dealers who collected widely from the arts of classical antiquity and the Middle Ages to decorative arts and modern artists. They first established a gallery in Paris in 1906. In 1914, Joseph moved to New York where he opened his own gallery. Ernest joined him there at the outbreak of WWII. Joseph died soon after in 1947 and a large sale of sculpture from his collection was organized in 1949. Ernest died in 1964. Records primarily include the business papers of the brothers. Files date ca. 1890-1946, with the bulk of the material dating from the early 20th century through 1945. The records offer information on objects which were offered for sale in the galleries. Provenance information includes previous owners, prior locations, identity of buyers, purchase and sale prices. Records include: bills and correspondence; photographs and negatives of objects for purchase, views of the gallery and displays, personal family images; some printed/published material; account books for the Paris and NYC galleries; acquisition and sale books, with pages arranged by category, holding small photos with I.D. numbers written below (I.D. number usually preceded by the letter "P," "N," or "X"); and card files with names and addresses of clients and a near-complete inventory of their collections. Citation Identification of item, date (if known), The Joseph and Ernest Brummer Records; box number; folder number; The Cloisters Library and Archives, The Metropolitan Museum of Art LOCATION Cloisters Stacks CALL NUMBER Cloisters Archives collection no.31 |
| extent | 8 boxes + 1 file cabinet (35 linear ft.) |
| formats | Administrative Records Correspondence Financial Records Photographs |
| access | Open for research by appointment from The Cloisters Library and Archives staff. |
| record link | http://libmma.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/landingpage/collection/p16028coll9 |
| record source | http://library.metmuseum.org/record=b1666900~S1 |
| acquisition information | Donated to the Metropolitan Museum in the early 1980s, through Ella Baché Brummer, wife of Ernest Brummer. Transferred to The Cloisters Archives in 1993. |
| updated | 02/14/2025 10:07:33 |
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| title | Records of the Director's Office: Frederic Allen Whiting, 1913-1930 |
| repository | The Cleveland Museum of Art |
| description | The records of the Director's Office are the primary source for understanding the decisions made and actions taken at the highest level of the museum's administration. In addition, the records constitute one of the most valuable, unified resources for researching the early history of the museum and its art collection; initial construction and expansion of the museum building; changes in the museum's administrative hierarchy; personalities and activities of individual staff members; artistic and social movements of the first half of the twentieth century; and the museum's relationship with civic, cultural, and educational institutions throughout the country and the world. The records from Frederic Allen Whiting's tenure as director are divided into four main series: I. Numbered Administrative Correspondence, II. Unnumbered Administrative Correspondence, III. Biographical Materials, and IV. Index to Numbered Administrative Correspondence. Citation: The Cleveland Museum of Art Archives, Records of the Director's Office: Frederic Allen Whiting, date and short description of document [e.g., letter from Whiting to Kent, 6 June 1916]. |
| extent | 22.6 cubic feet, 72 boxes |
| formats | Administrative Records Writings Correspondence Notes |
| access | At the end of the restricted period, the records will still be subject to the review of the archivist before access is granted. |
| record link | http://library.clevelandart.org/museum_archives/finding_aids/whiting/index.php |
| record source | http://library.clevelandart.org/museum_archives/finding_aids/ |
| updated | 02/14/2025 10:07:45 |
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