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Treasures from the Vault: Knoedler, Mellon, and an Unlikely Sale
The Annunciation (detail), about 1434/36, Jan van Eyck. Oil on canvas transferred from panel, 35 1/2 x 13 7/16 in. The National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1937.1.39. Andrew W. Mellon Collection...
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Unlocking Archives through Digital Tech
New tools will help scholars reveal the yet-untold stories contained in art dealers’ records at the Getty Research Institute In the Special Collections Reading Room, workshop participants look inside...
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Database of Knoedler Gallery Stock Books Now Online
Records of art sales from prominent dealers’ books offer a who’s who of art collecting in the Gilded Age, tracing the origins of key American museums Scan of a Knoedler stock book noting inventory of...
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Treasures from the Vault: Correspondence of the Art Dealer M. Knoedler & Co
A failed mission to purchase masterpieces from a Romanian museum is just one of many fascinating stories contained in the newly catalogued correspondence of M. Knoedler & Co. A peek inside the...
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Pictures for Education: The Records of Art Dealer M. Knoedler & Co.
Requests for philanthropy received by the famous art dealer reveal an intriguing story of Booker T. Washington Booker T. Washington, 1905–45, Harris & Ewing. Library of Congress, Prints and...
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“Who is this man named J. P. Getty?” M. Knoedler & Co. and Getty the Collector
J. Paul Getty is curiously absent from the sales records of M. Knoedler & Co. Why did such a prominent collector and gallery never finish a deal? Portrait of James Christie, 1778, Thomas...
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Pictures for Education: The Records of Art Dealer M. Knoedler & Co.
Requests for philanthropy received by the famous art dealer reveal an intriguing story of Booker T. Washington Booker T. Washington, 1905–45, Harris & Ewing. Library of Congress, Prints and...
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