Archives Directory for the History of Collecting in America
Archives related to: Reyre, Anthony Francis
| title | Kleinberger & Co., Inc. records: Anthony F. Reyre, 1940-1954 | repository | The Getty Research Institute |
| description | Is Part Of: Duveen Brothers records, 1876-1981 (bulk 1909-1964). Series II. Correspondence and papers. Series II.F. Kleinberger & Co., Inc. records Kleinberger & Co., Inc. was founded in Paris by Franz Kleinberger in 1848. A promoter and importer of 13th-18th century European paintings to the United States, by 1913, Kleinberger was exhibiting at its gallery on lower Fifth Avenue, near Duveen Brothers. The subseries consists of the correspondence files of the grandson of Franz Kleinberger, Harry S. Sperling (1906-1971), who was vice president and then president of Kleinberger & Co. The bulk of the correspondence dates from Sperling's presidency and now forms part of the records of Duveen Brothers. Included are Sperling's correspondence with other dealers, invoices and paid bills, and letters of expertise from art scholars. Correspondence with Franz Kleinberger's nephew Ali Loebl (1928-1969) and with Nicholas Karger (1939-1965) relate to Kleinberger & Co.'s offices in Paris and South America, respectively. The records contain a small amount of Harry Sperling's personal bills, papers relating to his travels and to his involvement with Radio Free Europe. |
| extent | see finding aid |
| formats | Correspondence Digital Collection |
| access | Open for use by qualified researchers. |
| record source | http://hdl.handle.net/10020/960015b397f003 |
| finding aid | See Duveen Brothers records, 1876-1981 (bulk 1909-1964). Series II. Correspondence and papers. Series II.F. Kleinberger & Co., Inc. records |
| updated | 03/16/2023 10:30:07 |
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| title | Julius S. Held papers, 1918-1999. | repository | The Getty Research Institute |
| description | The material provides a broad and detailed study of Held's professional life, his scholarly development, and his working methods. A major portion comprises scholarly correspondence with other art historians, including numerous prominent American and European scholars as well as young colleagues and post-graduate students. Also present is professional correspondence with art dealers, auction houses, museums, and publishing firms, and a large body of occasional correspondence with private collectors. Letters by Held are particularly valuable for their frank assessments of art objects. Included is material documenting Held's research for essays, reviews and articles, his many teaching and lecturing activities, as well as his involvement as an art expert in legal cases. The archive also contains extensive travel notes. A distinct group of material details Held's role in building the collection of Museo de Arte de Ponce in Puerto Rico. A very large portion of the archive consists of study photographs and other visual documentation of artwork by Peter Paul Rubens, Anthony van Dyck, Jacob Jordaens, Rembrandt, and a vast number of other artists, mainly Dutch and Flemish from the 15th to 18th centuries. Bio./Hist. Note: The American art historian Julius Samuel Held (1905-2002) was renowned for his scholarship in 16th- and 17th-century Dutch and Flemish art, and an authority on the works of Peter Paul Rubens, Anthony van Dyck, and Rembrandt. Educated in pre-war Germany, Held emigrated in 1934 to the United States where he pursued an academic career at Barnard College, Columbia University. Held also lectured and taught at other colleges and art institutions in the United States. |
| extent | 70 linear ft. (168 boxes) + ADDS (30 boxes) |
| formats | Correspondence Research Files Writings Photographs |
| access | Open for use by qualified researchers. |
| record link | http://archives2.getty.edu:8082/xtf/view?docId=ead/990056/990056.xml;query=;brand=default |
| record source | http://primo.getty.edu/GRI:GETTY_ALMA21128935310001551 |
| finding aid | Online and in repository. |
| acquisition information | Acquired by the repository in 1999 from Julius Held. Some letters and Held's library list were received in 2003 from Held's family. Seven boxes of Held material were received from the National Gallery in late 2004. |
| updated | 01/11/2016 12:58:41 |
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| title | Duveen Brothers Records, 1876-1981, bulk 1909-1964. | repository | The Getty Research Institute |
| description | The Duveen Brothers archive,1876-1981, contains the business records for Duveen Brothers offices in New York, London, and Paris in ca. 394 linear feet (585 boxes, 18 flat file folders, ca. 2,000 negatives). It includes ledgers, sales books, stock reports, inventories, invoices, correspondence (letters and cables), manuscripts, newspaper and magazine clippings, photographs, X rays of paintings, acetate and glass plate negatives. Also included in the archive are two related groups of records. The Edward Fowles papers, 1917-1981 (6 linear ft.), primarily date from his period in the Paris office of Duveen, but include some personal papers, particularly related to his memoir about Duveen Brothers. Kleinberger & Co., Inc. records, 1906-1971 (9 linear ft.), comprise correspondence with clients and other dealers, and include a small number of personal papers of Harry G. Sperling, president of Kleinberger Galleries. The bulk of the Duveen records dates from Joseph Duveen's tenure as president of the firm, between 1909-1939, with relatively full coverage through Edward Fowles's tenure until 1964. The collection extensively documents the Duveen Brothers firm. The mass of detailed records, such as cables, letters, and invoices, provide a day-by-day account of art dealing, business strategy, and the individuals involved. The correspondence in particular highlights the relationships between employees of the Duveen Brothers, (e.g., Henry, Edward, and Joseph Duveen, Edward Fowles, Armand Lowengard, and Bertram Boggis) and clients, museum directors, curators, art historians, art dealers, restorers, scouts, and other consultants. The correspondence between the Duveen branches is voluminous and revealing of the strategies employed in buying and selling art. Much of the correspondence is in carbon copies with smaller amounts of original materials. Extensive correspondence, as well as stock books, sales books, and invoices trace the movement of paintings, sculpture, and European and Asian decorative arts bought and sold through the firm. Correspondence with and about owners and collectors concerns offers, sales, and purchases, predominately of Italian and English old masters, for such clients as J.S. Bache, H.C. Frick, J.P. Morgan, H.E. Huntington, S.H. Kress, E.T. Stotesbury, and A. Mellon, to name just a few. Twelve boxes (6 lin.ft.) hold correspondence between Bernard Berenson and Duveen Brothers staff. Many letters document the correspondence with other scholars, such as Wilhelm von Bode, Max Friedländer, L. Venturi, Leo Planiscig, George Swarzenski, W.R. Valentiner, upon whom Duveen Brothers relied for expert opinions. Also included are records of lawsuits (Hahn vs. Duveen; Hamilton vs. Duveen). Nearly 2,000 negatives, ca. 100 X rays of paintings, and ca. 1,000 photographs (some annotated by Berenson and other art experts) document stock handled by the firm. Not included in the archive, but retained by the Metropolitan Museum of Art, are the bound X book (1910-1927), that documents the paintings authenticated by Bernard Berenson and sold by Duveen, and 10 client summary books (1894-1959) that record specific sales to clients. Also at the Metropolitan Museum are some 20 binders of photographs printed from the negatives in the archive. The Sterling & Francine Clark Art Institute holds approximately 240 cubic feet of Duveen records, along with the Duveen library of books and catalogues, many of them annotated. Between 1999 and 2002 the Duveen archive was microfilmed by the SRLF Preservation Microfilming Service at UCLA for the Research Library at the Getty Research Institute. Also microfilmed were the X book and client summary notebooks owned by the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Microfilm reel numbers are noted in the Container list, below. Arrangement note The collection is organized in 5 series: Series I. Business records, 1876-1964; Series II. Papers and correspondence, 1901-1981; Series III. Photographs, indices, negatives, and X rays; Series IV. Double oversize materials from Series II; Series V. Duveen records at the Metropolitan Museum of Art |
| extent | Ca. 394 linear ft. 584 boxes, glass negative cabinets, and 18 flat file folders. 422 microfilm reels : positive ; 35mm |
| formats | Correspondence Photographs Financial Records |
| access | Available on microfilm, Restricted use of original Duveen material. |
| record link | http://archives2.getty.edu:8082/xtf/view?docId=ead/960015/960015.xml;query=;brand=default |
| record source | http://primo.getty.edu/GRI:GETTY_ALMA21124730440001551 |
| finding aid | Unpublished finding aid available in the repository and on the repository's Web site: folder level control. See the following web page digitization information: http://www.getty.edu/research/institute/development_partnerships/2011_kress.html |
| acquisition information | Edward Fowles donated the Duveen Brothers records to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in 1968. The Metropolitan gave the records to the Getty Research Library in 1996. |
| updated | 01/11/2016 13:02:57 |
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| title | Schaeffer Galleries records, 1925-1985. | repository | The Getty Research Institute |
| description | The records of the Schaeffer Galleries hold circa 2,500 copy photographs of art offered by the galleries in Berlin and New York, (most Old Master paintings and drawings dating between the 16th and 18th century) with provenance, certification, sales and other reference notes; stock sheets and other inventories dating from the 1930s; gallery exhibition catalogs and photographic documentation of exhibitions (1927-1953, scattered years); 15 photograph albums of gallery stock and 8 albums which illustrate the Le Roy Backus collection of drawings. Correspondence, circa 1938-circa 1985, documents relationships with clients, dealers and other experts, sales and the daily workings of the gallery. Unprocessed additions are filed at the end of the collection. Arranged in 4 series: Series I. Inventory and client files, circa 1925-1980 Series II. Photographic documentation, circa 1925-1980 Series III. Albums and publications, circa 1925-1953 Series IV. Correspondence, circa 1933-circa 1985 Series V. Unprocessed additions, circa 1938-1985 |
| extent | 100 linear feet (154 boxes) + ADDS (53 boxes). |
| formats | Correspondence Photographs Financial Records Exhibition Catalogs Drawings |
| access | Open for use by qualified researchers. |
| record link | http://archives2.getty.edu:8082/xtf/view?docId=ead/910148/910148.xml;query=;brand=default |
| record source | http://primo.getty.edu/GRI:GETTY_ALMA21123893410001551 |
| finding aid | Preliminary finding aid: available; folder level control. |
| updated | 01/11/2016 13:04:15 |
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