Archives Directory for the History of Collecting in America
Archives related to: Acquavella Galleries
| title | Acquavella, William: Art World Personality Files. |
| repository | Whitney Museum of American Art |
| description | For further information see http://library.whitney.org/ |
| extent | 1 folder |
| formats | Ephemera |
| access | Contact repository for restrictions and policies. To use the Library, patrons are required to please state their request in the body of an email, in advance, and send the message to library@whitney.org. |
| record source | http://www.loc.gov/coll/nucmc/ |
| updated | 02/14/2025 10:07:39 |
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| title | Subject file : ACQUAVELLA GALLERIES: miscellaneous uncataloged material. |
| repository | The Museum of Modern Art |
| description | The folder may include announcements, clippings, press releases, brochures, reviews, invitations, and other ephemeral material. Location MoMA Queens Subject Files Call Number ACQUAVELLA GALLERIES |
| extent | 1 folder |
| formats | Ephemera |
| access | Contact repository for restrictions and policies. |
| record source | https://library.nyarc.org/permalink/01NYA_INST/ai54l4/alma991010160269707141 |
| updated | 02/14/2025 10:07:39 |
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| title | Philippe de Montebello reader files, 1969-1973. |
| repository | Museum of Fine Arts, Houston |
| description | The Reader Files of Philippe de Montebello contain carbon copies of the Director's daily outgoing correspondence and largely concern administrative affairs, proposed exhibitions, possible accessions, his current research, and travel arrangements. The papers illustrate the Director's activities as a museum administrator and art collector, and include frequent corrrespondence with art dealers concerning pieces the Director had earmarked for the MFA,H collection. Frequent correspondents include Andrew S. Ciechanowiecki, Director of Heim Gallery, London; Klaus Herding of the Staatliche Museen, Berlin; Colin T. Eisler; Addison Franklin Page; Annemarie Pope of the Smithsonian Institution Travelling Exhibition Service; Thomas Pearsall Field Hoving; John and Dominique de Menil; Miss Ima Hogg; Josep Grau-Garriga; Pierre Rosenberg; Peter Selz; Walter Hopps; and Houston architect S. I. Morris. Biographical and Historical Notes Philippe de Montebello was raised in Southern France and educated at Harvard and New York University. He became Director of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston in September 1969, formerly having been Associate Curator of European Paintings at the Metropolitan Museum in New York. Under his direction the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston expanded its collections, placing emphasis on the acquisition of antiquities and masterpieces of European painting and drawing. De Montebello remained Director until December 1973. |
| extent | 1.5 linear ft. |
| formats | Correspondence Administrative Records Exhibition Files |
| access | Contact repository for restrictions and policies. |
| record source | https://mfahlibraries.on.worldcat.org/oclc/122530439 |
| finding aid | Unpublished finding aid in repository: each month's correspondence is accompanied, in most cases, by an index of correspondents. |
| acquisition information | Found In:Museum of Fine Arts, Houston.Office of the Director. Records, 1924-[ongoing] |
| updated | 02/14/2025 10:07:39 |
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| title | Rosenberg & Stiebel Archive - Subject Files |
| repository | The Frick Collection and Frick Art Research Library |
| description | 1956-1988 Subject file from the Rosenberg & Stiebel, Inc. records. Files may include correspondence, invoices, statements, agreements, photographs, and printed material. |
| extent | 1 folder |
| access | These records are open for research under the conditions of The Frick Collection Archives access policy. Material related to transactions after 1969 is subject to restrictions. Contact the Archives Department for further information at archives@frick.org. |
| record link | https://archives.frick.org/repositories/3/archival_objects/25748 |
| finding aid | Available online. |
| updated | 02/14/2025 10:07:55 |
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| title | The Kress Collection Digital Archive |
| repository | National Gallery of Art, Archives |
| description | The Kress Collection Digital Archive, a project of the National Gallery of Art Gallery Archives that was generously funded by the Samuel H. Kress Foundation, promotes understanding of the history and development of the Kress Collection in the larger context of the history of the National Gallery of Art and culture in the United States. The Kress Collection encompasses more than 3,000 works of European art, particularly Italian Renaissance paintings, amassed by businessman and art collector Samuel H. Kress and his foundation. By 1961, the collection had been dispersed and donated to over 90 art museums and educational institutions throughout the United States. The largest gift went to the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC. By bringing early European art to millions of Americans where they lived, the Kress Collection has been significant to the cultural history of the United States. The Kress Collection has also been vitally important to the National Gallery of Art. When the Gallery opened in 1941, nearly three-quarters of the works on view were gifts or loans from the Kress Collection. For the next two decades, the Foundation developed, honed, and ultimately distributed the collection in close cooperation with the museum. The history of the Kress Collection and the development of the National Gallery are fundamentally linked. The Kress Collection Digital Archive virtually unites objects in the Kress Collection and illustrates their history, acquisition, condition and care, and distribution. Gallery Archives staff compiled data about objects, related archival materials, object history (acquisitions and distributions), and associated people and organizations (artists, institutions, dealers and collectors, and historians and conservators). High-quality digital images of objects were obtained, and over 10,000 historical and conservation documents and images from the holdings of the Gallery Archives, the National Gallery of Art painting conservation department, and the Samuel H. Kress Foundation Archive have been digitized so far. The significant scope of this resource will support new, complex art historical studies benefiting researchers from various disciplines. Objects form the core of the platform. Records for each Kress Collection work of art contain basic data (e.g., title, artist, date, medium) and other identifiers, and historical attribution data when available. Provenance information on all Kress Collection paintings is included through the work conducted by the National Gallery of Art Kress Provenance Research Project. Most objects have an image available; more images will be added as they are obtained. The images are IIIF (International Image Interoperability Framework) compliant and users can study a single image or compare multiple images side by side and zoom, pan, and rotate images. Relevant Archival Item, Acquisition, and Distribution records are linked to each Object record. We provide links to related content when they are available. For example, current owner collection records provide access to current object data. The Kress Collection of Historic Images records, maintained by the Gallery's department of image collections, provide additional digitized images of objects. National Gallery of Art Online Editions include detailed narrative information on the condition and conservation history of objects. Archival Materials are selected digitized historical and conservation documents and images that relate to Kress objects. These include art object records, expert opinions, condition and restoration records, reports and shadowgraphs by conservator Alan Burroughs, photographs, work summary logs, conservation reports, and dealer and collector correspondence. These materials were selected from the holdings of the National Gallery of Art Gallery Archives, the National Gallery of Art painting conservation department, and the Samuel H. Kress Foundation Archive, and date from around 1910 to 2015. Related Object records are linked. See Archival Materials Description for more details. Object History documents the acquisition and distribution of the Kress Collection. Acquisitions record the purchase of Kress Collection objects and consist of digitized documentation and parsed data. Each object associated with an Acquisition record is detailed—whether it was a purchase, credit, or return; its attribution; and the dollar value—and linked. For most objects known to have been purchased by Samuel H. Kress and the Kress Foundation, we have located and digitized documentation; however, for some objects, only the last name of the seller and year may be known. Distributions consist of information relating to the distribution of Kress Collection objects to over 95 institutions, mainly through gifts to Kress regional collections, study collections, the National Gallery of Art, and other gift locations. (A small number of loans, deaccessions, and transfers is also recorded.) Each object associated with a Distribution record is linked. People and Organizations associated with the Kress Collection records are categorized by Artists, Institutions, Dealers and Collectors, and Historians and Conservators. Records contain authoritative data for the name entities derived from and linked to VIAF (Virtual International Authority File), LCNAF (Library of Congress Name Authority File), and/or ULAN (Getty Union List of Artist Names) records. Some records contain links to Wikipedia articles. Name records are linked to relevant records throughout—Artists to Objects, Institutions to Objects and Distributions, Dealers and Collectors to Acquisitions and Archival Items, and Historians and Conservators to Archival Items. PROJECT CREDIT We give heartfelt thanks to the Samuel H. Kress Foundation for their generous support of the project and enduring patience and enthusiasm. Current project staff include archivist Shannon Yule Morelli and chief of Gallery Archives Kathleen Williams. We wish to acknowledge the contributions of Lauren Algee, Julie Blake, Chelsea Cates, Elizabeth Concha, Maygene Daniels, Joanna Dunn, Rebecca Fasman, Sarah Fisher, Anne Halpern, Jennifer Henel, Jay Krueger, Melissa Lemke, Mason McClew, Sarah Osborne Bender, Janice Reyes, Angela Salisbury, Marta Staudinger, Elizabeth Walmsley, Michele Willens, Nancy Yeide, and Fulvia Zaninelli. Object images are courtesy of the Samuel H. Kress Foundation and the National Gallery of Art, unless noted otherwise. This site was developed in collaboration with the team at Whirl-i-Gig using a custom configuration of CollectiveAccess. |
| record link | https://kress.nga.gov/ |
| record source | https://kress.nga.gov/Detail/entities/NAM0002 |
| updated | 02/14/2025 10:07:55 |
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