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titleAlbums of photographs of paintings and drawings which passed through the hands of the Bignou Gallery
repositoryMusée d'Orsay
descriptionPhoto albums of paintings in their possession. Mounts include notations re. provenance, exhibitions and bibliography. Organized by year and artist.


Information Source: The AAM Guide to Provenance Research

formatsPhotographs Notes
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record source
updated03/16/2023 10:29:44
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titleBignou Gallery Albums, circa 1930s-1940s.
repositoryThe Frick Collection and Frick Art Research Library
descriptionThe collection consists of 33 albums containing photographs of artwork that passed through the hands of the Bignou Gallery during the 1930s and 1940s. Many of the photographs are accompanied by information about the painting such as physical description, exhibition history, and provenance.

The artists included are mainly French from the eighteenth through the twentieth centuries, and include such luminaries as Cézanne, Corot, Dufy, Matisse, and Renoir.

Biographical/historical note:
Étienne Bignou (1891-1950) was a Parisian art dealer, noted for his paintings by artists such as Cézanne, Daumier, Corot, Degas, Renoir, Dérain, Picasso, Utrillo and Matisse. He opened his own gallery in 1927, and after Georges Petit's death, he purchased Petit's firm with dealers Gaston and Josse Bernheim-Jeune.

Georges Keller was appointed director of the Galerie Georges Petit in 1929. After the gallery closed in 1933, Keller continued to work with Bignou at his Galerie Étienne Bignou and became the director for the New York branch of the Bignou Gallery in 1935. After Bignou's death in 1950, Keller closed the Bignou Gallery and became director of the Carstairs Gallery, New York.

Cite as:
Bignou Gallery Albums. The Frick Collection/Frick Art Reference Library Archives

Location
Frick Archives

Call Number
MS.024
extent33 Albums
formatsPhotograph Album Photographs Notes
accessThese records are open for research under the conditions of The Frick Collection/Frick Art Reference Library Archives access policy. Contact the Archives Department for further information at archives@frick.org.
record linkhttps://www.frick.org/sites/default/files/FindingAids/BignouGallery.html
record sourcehttps://library.frick.org/permalink/01NYA_INST/1qqhid8/alma991008291989707141
finding aidAvailable online and in repository.
acquisition informationGift of Carstairs Gallery through George Keller, July 23, 1962. Mr. Keller, then head of Carstairs, was formerly with both Barbazanges and Bignou Galleries.
updated10/28/2024 10:34:47
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