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Title
American Art Gallery

Record
American Art Gallery Records (1853-1924)

Description
The Kurtz Gallery, founded by R. E. Moore, was renamed the American Art Gallery. It dealt in American paintings and Oriental porcelain. In 1883 J. F. Sutton took over the gallery and formed a partnership with R. Austin Robertson and T. E. Kirby. Two years later, as the American Art Association, the partners began to carry out art auctions. It was sold in 1923 to Cortlandt Field Bishop and merged in 1929 with Anderson Auction Company.

The auction sales of 1910-1923 in Series I are documented by sales correspondence, photographs, art inventories and price lists with buyers' names. Clippings in Series III include articles about American Art Association auction sales and staff.
The records include sales records for 1885-1921; a stock book for the years 1887-1917 and ledgers from the Blakeslees Galleries, thought to have been acquired in 1914.

Location of Record
Archives of American Art
Smithsonian Institution
Washington DC Research Center Suite 2200
750 9th St. NW
Washington DC
Tel.: +1 202 275 2156 (General queries)
or: +1 202 275 1961 (Reference desk)
http://artarchives.si.edu/
Searchable catalogue: http://www.siris.si.edu/

Postal Address:
Reference Services/ILL
Archives of American Art
Smithsonian Institution
PO Box 37012
Victor Building, Room 2200, MRC 937
Washington, DC 20013-7012

Opening Hours:
Microfilm Reference Room: 9-5, Monday-Friday; no appointment necessary, but researchers are advised to contact the archive in advance.
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Monday-Friday, by appointment only.

Source
Smithsonian Institution Research Information System
<http://www.siris.si.edu/>, accessed 3 January 2003.

N. H. Yeide, K. Akinsha, A. L. Walsh (eds), AAM Guide to Provenance Research, Washington 2001, p. 215.

 

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