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Archives related to: Salz, Sam
| title | Dealer Photo Archives: Sam Salz | repository | National Gallery of Art, Image Collection |
| description | The collection consists of black-and-white photographs (mostly 8" x 10") of mainly French impressionist and post-impressionist paintings and drawings, including a large number of photographs of drawings from Cezanne's and Gauguin's sketchbooks. An index of all artists represented in this archive is available online (see Additional Links in this record). The inventory book contains Sam Salz's expenses and sales of paintings from the years 1940-1944. The 2022 gifts from Marc Salz included: a black and white photograph of Sam and Marina Salz, 1940 program for Les Ballets Russes de Monte-Carlo (Marina Salz danced with the ballet from 1938-40), black and white photograph of Sam Salz in Monte Carlo, color photograph of Sam Salz with Oscar Homolka and Joan Tetzel, color slide of Sam Salz and Oscar Homolka, black and white negative of Diego Rivera, Sam Salz, and Edward G. Robinson in Rivera’s studio, and a color transparency of a Eduoard Vuillard painting. The National Gallery of Art did not acquire any textual materials or personal papers of Sam Salz, with the exception of the inventory book and printed program, donated in 2019 and 2022 (cited above). ACCESSION NUMBER: DPA 1305, DLI 19081, PLI 22011, PLI 22038 FILING LOCATION AND ARRANGEMENT: Photographs are incorporated into the artists' files in the main archive, filed by media, country, period, and artist name; modern and contemporary images are filed by period and artist name; portraits of Sam Salz with family and associates (and the printed program) are filed in the photographs of artists and art dealers section of the rare archive; the Vuillard color transparency is filed in the French section of the rare archive. The inventory book is housed in the albums section of the rare archive (call number P193). ACCESS: The Sam Salz Archive may be used by on-site researchers. RIGHTS AND REPRODUCTION: Some works of art depicted in the photographs may be protected by copyright or other restrictions. Reproduction of such material requires the written permission of the rights holders, which may include the artist, owner, and/or photographer of the work of art. Biographical and Historical Note Sam Salz was born in Radomy l Wielki in Galicia (now Poland, formerly in Austria-Hungary). After studying to be an artist in Vienna and Paris, he changed his career focus and began working as an art dealer, mentored by Ambroise Vollard. In the 1920s, Salz opened his own gallery in Cologne, and later worked as a dealer in France, England, and the Netherlands. He settled in New York just before World War II, and established a long and successful career as an art dealer operating from his New York townhouse on E. 76th Street. |
| extent | 1,400 photographs |
| formats | Photographs |
| access | Contact repository for restrictions and policies. |
| record source | https://library.nga.gov/permalink/01NGA_INST/1qqg09j/alma991746403804896 |
| updated | 03/16/2023 10:29:57 |
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