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Archives related to: Galerie Georges Petit
| title | Georges Petit Galerie letters received, 1855-1903. | repository | The Getty Research Institute |
| description | Collection consists of letters addressed to Georges Petit or to his associates Hamman and Protais. The letters are from over forty correspondents and primarily concern business matters related to the sale of paintings, though there is some discussion of subject matter, work in progress, and upcoming exhibitions. A number of the letters are addressed to Petit in his capacity as vice president of the "Societe d’Aquarellistes Francais" or as a member of the organizing committee for a French exhibition in Copenhagen (1888). Correspondents include Jean-Charles Cazin, Meissonier, Mathilde Herbelin, Jules Breton, J. G. Vibert, Gustave Geffroy, Antonin Proust, Pierre Emmanuel Damoye, the watercolorist Jules-Ferdinand Jacquemart, Martin Rico, Henri Gervex and Alphonse Moutte. In alphabetical order by correspondent. |
| extent | ca. 100 items. |
| formats | Correspondence |
| access | Open for use by qualified researchers. |
| record link | http://primo.getty.edu/GRI:GETTY_ALMA21140796860001551 |
| record source | http://www.getty.edu/research/ |
| updated | 03/16/2023 10:29:47 |
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| title | Miscellaneous art exhibition catalog collection, 1813-1953, bulk 1915-1925 | repository | Archives of American Art |
| description | The collection comprises circa 770 items, dating from 1813-1953, the bulk of which are exhibition catalogs from New York City art galleries for the first two decades of the twentieth century, representing exhibitions of mainly modernist art. Catalogs for exhibitions held in Boston (mainly pre-1900) and a few other cities are also present. Included are several rare catalogs, notably one for the "Eight" held at Macbeth Gallery in 1908. Besides catalogs, the collection also contains exhibition announcements, gallery publications, and other printed material. The collection is especially relevant for the study of early American modernism, and is useful in understanding the role of art galleries, exhibitions, the art market, and the exhibition catalog itself, in American art. Historical Note: In 1979, the American Antiquarian Society donated approximately 1,500 exhibition catalogs and art-related printed material to the Archives of American Art (AAA). The Society had received most of them over a long period of time, many of them addressed to the director, Charles Brigham. For several years subsequent to the donation, AAA sporadically added exhibition catalogs to the collection from various sources. Some of these additions are annotated in the hand of Walt Kuhn and are presumed to have been part of his papers in the Archives. |
| extent | 4.4 linear feet |
| formats | Exhibition Catalogs |
| access | Use of original papers requires an appointment. |
| record link | https://sirismm.si.edu/EADpdfs/AAA.archamea.pdf |
| record source | https://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/miscellaneous-art-exhibition-catalog-collection-9520 |
| acquisition information | The bulk of the collection was donated 1979 by the American Antiquarian Society, who presumably assembled them from various sources. Others were received individually, while many are annotated in the hand of Walt Kuhn and are presumed to have originally been part of his papers in the Archives. In 2005, additional catalogs were integrated, some of which are presumed to have been removed from various collections over the years. |
| updated | 06/08/2023 16:42:18 |
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