Archives Directory for the History of Collecting in America
Archives related to: Dick, Jack R.
| title | Heim Gallery records, 1965-1990. | repository | The Getty Research Institute |
| description | The Heim Gallery records document the business of the gallery, its cultivation of clients in Europe and the United States, and the production of its scholarly exhibitions especially for the period between 1966 and 1988. The correspondence with museums, individual clients and suppliers and experts comprise the greater part of the collection. Photographs of art works, financial papers, research and publicity files, and Andrew Ciechanowiecki’s personal business files make up the rest of the archive. Photographs of art works are organized by medium: paintings, drawings, sculpture, furniture and decorative arts, and represent works sold, with additional images of items before restoration, and art works documented for research or commercial reasons. Research notes, printed brochures, and photographs illustrate the production of exhibitions at the Heim Gallery. Research files contain notes, numerous study photographs, and some printed matter, organized by artist, school or medium. Many research files represent works offered to the gallery but rejected. Financial records include stockbooks, ledgers and cash books, as well as invoices, paid bills, and documents related to shipping and taxes. Financial records do not appear to be complete. Gallery publicity is documented through clippings, guest books, and photographs that show members of royalty attending exhibits at the gallery. The correspondence series contains letters received and the gallery’s copies of letters sent. Letters reflect the gallery’s offers to museums and individual collectors, curators’ requests for works for their collections or for assistance in finding works needed for exhibitions. The letters also document business strategies and Ciechanowiecki’s collaborations with museums and his solid scholarly contributions to exhibitions. The letters also reveal his close personal association with Poland and its artistic patrimony. A separate group of correspondence concerns the sale of the Heim Gallery. There are no personal papers in the archive. Author(s): Bettagno, Alessandro. Briganti, Giuliano. Cannon-Brookes, P. Haskell, Francis,; 1928- Heim Gallery Held, Julius Samuel,; 1905- Honour, Hugh. Montagu, Jennifer. Old Masters (Painting and Sculptures) Ltd. P. & D. Colnaghi & Co. Pope-Hennessy, John Wyndham,; Sir,; 1913-1994. Rosenblum, Robert. Swarzenski, Hanns,; 1903- Walsh, John,; 1937- Wittkower, Rudolf. Middeldorf, Ulrich Alexander,; 1901-1983. |
| extent | 120 lin. ft. (271 boxes) |
| formats | Gallery Records |
| access | Open for use by qualified researchers. |
| record link | http://hdl.handle.net/10020/cifa910004 |
| record source | https://primo.getty.edu/permalink/f/19q6gmb/GETTY_ALMA21123769530001551 |
| finding aid | Online and in repository. |
| updated | 07/28/2023 16:33:45 |
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