Archives Directory for the History of Collecting in America
Archives related to: Gay, Walter, 1856-1937
| title | Artist file: Gay, Walter, 1856-1937 |
| repository | National Portrait Gallery Library |
| description | Folder(s) may include exhibition announcements, newspaper and/or magazine clippings, press releases, brochures, reviews, invitations, illustrations, resumes, artist's statements, exhibition catalogs. |
| extent | 1+ folders (check with repository) |
| formats | Ephemera |
| access | Folder(s) do not circulate. Folder(s) available for use only at the holding library |
| record source | http://www.sil.si.edu/DigitalCollections/Art-Design/artandartistfiles/ |
| updated | 02/14/2025 10:07:40 |
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| title | René Gimpel papers, circa 1890-1966, bulk 1902-1930s |
| repository | Archives of American Art |
| description | Correspondence, photographs, diaries, printed material, and writings. Correspondence, including letters from Gimpel to his parents, 1903-1904, clients, business associates and collectors. Correspondents include Samuel H. Kress, Florence Libby, William Gosline, Joseph Duveen, Blake-More Godwin, Jules S. Bache, Silva White, Helen Frick, Russell Spaulding and David Pell Secor. Also, 6 photographs of Rene and Ernest Gimpel and the Duveen family; accounts and lists; and typescripts of 2 plays written by Gimpel. One photograph of Gimple, previously microfilmed under Photos of Artists II and subsequently scanned and returned to the Gimpel papers. Diaries, 1918-1945, 22 volumes; ca. 750 letters, 1908-1945, including correspondence with Bernard Berenson, Mary Cassatt, Walter Gay, Malvina Hoffman, Arthur Lee, the Rockefeller family, Marcel Proust, and others; writings; a stockbook and price lists; and exhibition catalogs. Typed translations of letters and postcards to Gimpel from Bernard Berenson, Mary Cassatt, Claude Monet, Auguste Renoir and Paul Verlaine; 3 exhibition catalogs; a copy of Gimpel's play NOTRE DAME DE LA BELLE VERRIERE and writings on art; photographs of Gimpel (including one of him holding a tennis racket, ca. 1910, also microfilmed on reel 1817, fr. 533-534), his father, 1897, Renoir, 1921, Rose Adler, and of art work by Edgar Degas, Derain, Marie Laurencin and Claude Monet; and an essay on Gimpel's imprisonment at Montluc in Lyons, written by Victor Dechelette, a fellow prisoner. REEL 1817 AND SCANNED One photograph of Gimple, previously microfilmed under Photos of Artists II and subsequently scanned and returned to the Gimpel papers. REELS 415-419: Diaries, 1918-1945, 22 volumes; ca. 750 letters, 1908-1945, including correspondence with Bernard Berenson, Mary Cassatt, Walter Gay, Malvina Hoffman, Arthur Lee, the Rockefeller family, Marcel Proust, and others; writings; a stockbook and price lists; and exhibition catalogs. REEL 918: Typed translations of letters and postcards to Gimpel from Bernard Berenson, Mary Cassatt, Claude Monet, Auguste Renoir and Paul Verlaine; 3 exhibition catalogs; a copy of Gimpel's play NOTRE DAME DE LA BELLE VERRIERE and writings on art; photographs of Gimpel (including one of him holding a tennis racket, ca. 1910, also microfilmed on reel 1817, fr. 533-534), his father, 1897, Renoir, 1921, Rose Adler, and of art work by Edgar Degas, Derain, Marie Laurencin and Claude Monet; and an essay on Gimpel's imprisonment at Montluc in Lyons, written by Victor Dechelette, a fellow prisoner. Co-Creator: Monet, Claude, 1840-1926 Verlaine, Paul, 1844-1896 Berenson, Bernard, 1865-1959 Cassatt, Mary, 1844-1926. Duveen, Joseph Duveen, Baron, 1869-1939 Frick, Helen Clay, 1888-1984 Gay, Walter, 1856-1937 Godwin, Blake-More, 1894- Hoffman, Malvina, 1887-1966 Deste Photography (London, England) |
| extent | Ca. 1925 items (on 7 microfilm reels) reels 270, 415-419 and 918 |
| formats | Correspondence Business Records Photographs Financial Records |
| access | Patrons must use microfilm copy. |
| record link | https://sirismm.si.edu/EADpdfs/AAA.gimprene.pdf |
| bibliography | Photo of Gimpel w/tennis racket: Archives of American Art Journal, v. 12, no. 4, p. 26. |
| record source | https://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/ren-gimpel-papers-8975 |
| acquisition information | A portion of the collection was donated to the Archives of American Art by Lawrence S. Jeppson in 1971, who received it from Jean Gimpel as research for his book on art dealers. Another gift was donated by Jean Gimpel, René Gimpel's son, in 1972. Loaned material on reels 415-419 was microfilmed in London through Jean Gimpel in 1972. |
| updated | 02/14/2025 10:07:45 |
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| title | A. E. (Albert Eugene) Gallatin papers, 1898-1951. |
| repository | Archives of American Art |
| description | Papers relating to Gallatin's art collection, the Museum of Living Art, and other museums and activities. REELS 507-508: Mainly correspondence. Letters pertain to the Museum of Living Art at New York University; Gallatin's work on the New York Mayor's Committee on National Defense, including many letters from artists regarding war work, 1918-1919; research for bibliographies; family matters; and business affairs. Correspondents include: Oscar Bluemner, Alexander Calder, Warrington Dawson, Robert Delaunay, Charles Demuth, Charles Freer, Walter Gay, William Glackens, Julio Gonzalez, Childe Hassam, Henry McBride, C. R. W. Nevinson, Ben Nicholson, Maxfield Parrish, Joseph & Elizabeth Pennell, Leonce Rosenberg, William Rothenstein, Allan Wade and Elizabeth Wharton. The Bluemner material includes four letters, a sketch, and a note from Oscar Bluemner to Gallatin. Bluemner writes about the 1932 Whitney Museum show, French and American painters, architecture, and painting. REEL 1293: 3 scrapbooks which include official press releases and clippings of artists about the opening of the Gallery of Living Art at NYU, and its subsequent acquisitions, exhibitions, change of name to Museum of Living Art, and discontinuance of the Museum and transfer to the Philadelphia Museum of Art. Also included are reproductions of some of the works found in the collection, reproductions of photos taken by Gallatin of artists whose works are in this collection, a 1935 Gallery of Living Art Bulletin, and clippings and a portion of the Catalog of the Gallery of Living Art. |
| extent | 3 microfilm reels. |
| formats | Correspondence |
| access | Patrons must use microfilm copy. 35mm microfilm reels 507-508 and 1293 available for use through interlibrary loan. |
| record link | https://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/e-albert-eugene-gallatin-papers-microfilm-10143 |
| record source | https://www.aaa.si.edu/ |
| finding aid | n/a |
| acquisition information | Material on reels 507-508 lent for microfilming in 1973; reel 1293 lent by the Philadelphia Museum of Art. Location of Original: Reels 507-508: Originals and microfilm master negative in New York Historical Society, Manuscript Division. Reel 1293: Originals in the Philadelphia Museum of Art. |
| updated | 02/14/2025 10:07:45 |
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| title | Walter Gay papers, 1870-1937 |
| repository | Archives of American Art |
| description | Scrapbooks; letters; sketches and sketchbooks; photographs and printed material. REELS 2137-2139: Three scrapbooks, assembled by Matilda Gay, wife of Walter, containing correspondence, 1889-1930, with Sarah Cooper-Hewitt, Royal Cortissoz, Ralph W. Curtis, Elsie De Wolfe, Henry James, Val Prinsep, Auguste Rodin, Edith Wharton, Walter Gay's wife, Matilda, and others; letters Gay wrote to his mother, 1868; a pencil sketch, 1867; photographs, including Gay's Paris studio and apartment, Gay's 1908 exhibition at the George Petit Gallery in Paris, and of family, friends, and pets; exhibition catalogs; price lists for art works; and clippings. Photographers include E. Benard, and Henri Nanuel. Typescripts of the letters (3 v.) accompany the scrapbooks. REEL 2802: Two letters from Walter Gay to "Willie," 1929; four sketchbooks containing pencil sketches done in Boston, 1870 and 1873, Nebraska, 1872, and Europe, 1882; a scrapbook of clippings, 1874-1882; and a photograph, 1980, of an oil painting by Gay. Bio / His Notes: Painter; Paris and Seine-et-Marne, France. Best known for studies of French interiors. |
| extent | 1.2 linear ft. (on 4 microfilm reels) |
| formats | Microfilm Correspondence Scrapbooks Sketchbooks Photographs |
| access | Contact repository for restrictions and policies. |
| record link | https://sirismm.si.edu/EADpdfs/AAA.gaywaltp.pdf |
| record source | https://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/walter-gay-papers-8963 |
| acquisition information | The Walter Gay papers were donated in two 1980 accessions. Scrapbooks, transcripts and photographs of Gay were donated by Mrs Bronson (Sophie Gay) Griscom, niece of Walter Gay. Sketchbooks, photocopies of a scrapbook, photocopies of letters, and a photograph of artwork were donated by John Gay, nephew of Walter Gay. |
| updated | 02/14/2025 10:07:45 |
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| title | Gary A. Reynolds papers, 1973-1990. |
| repository | Archives of American Art |
| description | Research material for exhibitions curated by Reynolds at the Grey Art Gallery, for articles, essays, and his graduate studies; and miscellaneous correspondence and subject files. Files on exhibitions curated by Reynolds at the Grey Art Gallery, including Louis Comfort Tiffany: The Paintings (1979), John James Audubon and His Sons (1982), Samuel F.B. Morse and the Grand Style (1983), Giovannie Boldini and Society Portraiture (1984), and Walter Gay, 1856-1937 (1984), containing correspondence with owners of works of art, galleries, auction houses and museums; issues of the Grey Art Gallery Bulletin containing writings by Reynolds; files relating to published and unpublished writings, including Reynolds' master's thesis on A.D.O. Browere and other writings done as a graduate student at Brooklyn College, articles, essays, and other writings on Theodore Wores, Irving Wiles, Leopold Seyffert, John Singer Sargent, the architecture of the Brooklyn Museum, and other subjects. Also included are writings by others; miscellaneous correspondence; printed material; photographs of works of art; and files regarding Reynolds' participation in New York State funded art projects, including New York: The State of Art (1977), Metropolitan Transportation Authority, Arts For Transit (1981-1985), and the New York State Council on the Arts' Museum Aid panel (1983-1986). Some of the Grey Art Gallery exhibition files contain related correspondence added by Reynolds after the exhibition. Bio / His Notes: Art historian; New York, N.Y. and Newark, N.J. Born 1949. Died 1990. Curator of painting and sculpture at the Newark Museum, N.J., 1983-1990; the Grey Art Gallery and Study Center, New York University, 1977-1983, a nd curatorial assistant at the Brooklyn Museum, 1972-1977. Specialized in 19th and 20th century American painting. Wrote numerous articles on art. |
| extent | 3.0 linear ft. |
| formats | Research Files Subject Files Exhibition Files Correspondence Photographs |
| access | Unmicrofilmed; use requires an appointment and is limited to Washington, D.C. storage facility. |
| record link | n/a |
| record source | https://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/gary-reynolds-papers-10802 |
| acquisition information | Donated 1991 by the Gary Reynolds estate, via Paul Himmelstein, executor. |
| updated | 02/14/2025 10:07:45 |
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| title | [Artists in their Paris studios,] 1880-1890. [graphic] |
| repository | Archives of American Art |
| description | 47 photographs of 43 artists in their Paris studios. Artists include: Louise Abbema, Albert Aublet, Riene Bellcourt, Jean Beraud, Paul Albert Besnard, Maurice Bompard, Leon Joseph Florentin Bonnat, Gustave Rodolphe Clarence Boulanger, William Adolphe Bouguereau, Frederick Arthur Bridgman, Alexandre Cabanel, Pierre Puvis de Chavannes, Georges Jules Victor Clairin, Louis Joseph Rapheal Collin, Jean-Joseph Benjamin Constant, Fernand Cormon, Gustave Courtois, Pascal Adolphe Jean Dagnan, Jean Baptiste Edouard Detaille, Ernest Ange Duez, Carolus Duran, Jean Alexandre Joseph Falguiere, T. R. Fleury, J. Frappa, Walter Gay, Jean Leon Gerome, Henri Gervex, George Peter Alexander Healy, Antoine Auguste Ernest Hebert, Jean Jacques Henner, Charles Jacques, Jean Paul Laurens, Jules Lefebvre, Albert Maignan, Luc Olivier Merson, Aime Nicolas Morot, Mihaly Munkacsy, Alphonse Wane de Neuville, Georges Rochegrosse, Alfred Philippe Roll, John Singer Sargent, Alfred Stevens, and George Adolphus Storey. The studios show mainly a strong Moorish influence |
| extent | 47 items (on partial microfilm reel) |
| formats | Photographs Electronic Resource |
| access | Contact repository for restrictions and policies. |
| record link | http://sirismm.si.edu/siris/SelectedImages.gif |
| record source | http://www.siris.si.edu/ |
| finding aid | Digital Reference: http://sirismm.si.edu/siris/SelectedImages.gif |
| acquisition information | Donated by the George Walter Vincent Smith Museum, Springfield, Massachusetts, 1971, which had received them from a Mrs. Kirkham?, a painter who probably purchased them while studying in Paris. |
| updated | 02/14/2025 10:07:45 |
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| title | Walter Gay artist file : study photographs and reproductions of works of art with accompanying documentation. |
| repository | The Frick Collection and Frick Art Research Library |
| description | Assembled file includes b&w photographs, reproductions from books and auction catalogs, and in some cases, negatives. Items may include full views, details, before-and-after restoration views, etc. Documentation may include artist name, title of work, medium, dimensions, provenance, exhibition history, related works, previous attributions, and bibliography. Location Frick Photoarchive Stacks Call Number 100 Gay |
| extent | 2 boxes [as of 1999] : ill. (some col.) ; 34 cm. |
| formats | Photographs Artist Files |
| access | Photocopies of items and accompanying documentation are available upon request, subject to fees and other current guidelines for reproduction. Photographic prints from the Library's negatives may be ordered subject to copyright requirements. |
| record source | https://library.frick.org/permalink/01NYA_INST/1qqhid8/alma991002795619707141 |
| finding aid | N/A |
| updated | 02/14/2025 10:07:45 |
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| title | Artist file. Gay, Walter, 1856-1937. |
| repository | The Brooklyn Museum Libraries and Archives |
| description | The file may include any of the following materials: announcements, clippings, photographs, press releases, brochures, reviews, invitations, small exhibition catalogs, resumés, other ephemeral material. Cite as Brooklyn Museum of Art Library Collections. Schweitzer Gallery files. Found In Schweitzer Gallery files |
| extent | 1 folder |
| formats | Artist Files |
| access | Contact repository for restrictions and policies. |
| record source | https://library.nyarc.org/permalink/01NYA_INST/ai54l4/alma991013264699707141 |
| acquisition information | Gift; M.R. Schweitzer; 1990. |
| updated | 02/14/2025 10:07:45 |
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| title | Artist file. Gay, Walter, 1856-1937. |
| repository | The Brooklyn Museum Libraries and Archives |
| description | The file may include any of the following materials: announcements, clippings, photographs, press releases, brochures, reviews, invitations, small exhibition catalogs, resumés, other ephemeral material. Found In BMA artist files Cite as Brooklyn Museum of Art Library Collections. BMA artist files. Location Brooklyn Artist Files Call Number AF BMA G |
| extent | 1 folder. |
| formats | Artist Files |
| access | Contact repository for restrictions and policies. |
| record source | https://library.nyarc.org/permalink/01NYA_INST/ai54l4/alma991000388689707141 |
| acquisition information | Files compiled by BMA library staff from 1917 to the present. |
| updated | 02/14/2025 10:07:45 |
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| title | Walter and Matilda Gay Collection |
| repository | The Frick Collection and Frick Art Research Library |
| description | Walter Gay (1856-1937) was an American painter known for his paintings of interiors. For the better part of his life, Gay lived in France, where he met and married heiress and fellow expatriate Matilda E. Travers (1855-1943). The bulk of this collection is formed by the diaries of Matilda Gay which provide detailed insight into the Gays' daily life as well as American expatriate life in France before, during, and after World War I. The collection also contains correspondence, photographs (including an album of photographs of Walter Gay's early paintings), material relating to the death of Walter Gay, and various artifacts and printed material. The bulk of the Walter and Matilda Gay Collection is formed by the diaries of Matilda Gay found in Series I: Diaries. Her diaries provide insight into American expatriate life in France before, during, and after World War I. Many notable friends and acquaintances are portrayed in the pages, including: John Singer Sargent, Edith Wharton, Henry James, Bernard Berenson, Elsie de Wolfe, Henry Clay Frick, and Helen Clay Frick. Matilda's diaries are prominently featured in William Rieder's A Charmed Couple: The Art and Life of Walter and Matilda Gay. Rieder writes, "Matilda had an extraordinary eye and memory for detail. For most of the dinners the Gays attended, and the Gays attended a great many dinners during this period, she included the names of every person present, who sat on her right and left, what was said, what she thought of what was said, and what she thought of who said it. And the dinners occupy only a part of each day's entry, often a small part...The factual aspect of the record, important though it is, is often of less interest than her opinions of the events and people that made up her world. And there was very little about which Matilda did not have a colorful and perceptive opinion." Matilda Gay's handwritten diaries are contained within 32 notebooks. The diaries dates from February 27, 1904 through April 30, 1920 with two gaps: August 13, 1904 through February 1909 and July 1, 1911 through October 16, 1912. Following at the end are three notebooks covering her travels to London in 1880, Italy in 1891, and Spain in 1893. The transcript of Matilda Gay's diaries and travel accounts date from 1904-1934. The carbon typescript transcript is over 3,000 pages long and contained within 13 bound volumes. The first 11 volumes contain her diaries from 1904-1920 (including sections missing from the manuscript version), and the final two, "Journeys," cover her travels from 1921-1934. Series II: Correspondence consists of 12 letters, a telegram, several postcards, and a Christmas card. Correspondents include Walter and Matilda Gay, Ebenezer and Ellen Gay (Walter's parents), and Sophie Gay Griscom (Walter's niece). Series III: Photographs contains nine photographs of Walter Gay, two images of Matilda Gay, and an album of approximately 45 mounted photographs of Gay's early paintings. The photographs and album have been digitized and are available here: Link to digital images Series IV: Death of Walter Gay includes transcriptions of letters of condolence written to Matilda Gay, obituaries and tributes, accounts of the funeral services, and material regarding the bequest of his art collection to the Louvre. Series V: Notebooks consists of five notebooks Matilda Gay used to record notes on literature, an Italian translation of an Edith Wharton story, and quotations. The final two series contain Walter Gay's wooden palette and Legion d'Honneur decorations, and Gay-related exhibition catalogs, books, and other printed material. Location Frick Archives Call Number MS.059 |
| extent | 6.0 Linear feet |
| record link | https://archives.frick.org/repositories/3/resources/108 |
| record source | https://library.frick.org/permalink/01NYA_INST/1qqhid8/alma991009094139707141 |
| finding aid | Available online. |
| acquisition information | Acquired 2014. |
| updated | 02/14/2025 10:07:53 |
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