Collection files concern the lending, reproduction, and exhibition of works of art owned by Raymond and Margaret Horowitz.
Some of the artists significantly represented include William Merritt Chase, William Glackens, Childe Hassam, Robert Henri, Maurice Prendergast, Theodore Robinson, and John Singer Sargent.
Correspondence reflects Raymond Horowitz's dealings with museums and galleries, private dealers, and collectors. Among the correspondents are Adelson Galleries, Babcock Galleries, Berry-Hill Galleries, Daniel Fraad, Alfred Frankenstein, Hirschl & Adler Galleries, Paul Magriel, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, National Gallery in London, Newark Museum of Art, Spanierman Gallery, and Yale University Art Gallery. Letters to Antoinette King, Jean Volkmer, and Simon Parkes provide conservation information. Miscellaneous art collection files concern the gifting of artwork to the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the National Gallery in Washington, D.C.
There are a few letters from Margaret Horowitz. Correspondence is mainly typescripts of originals. Files contain information sheets, appraisals, invoices, condition reports, legal documents relating to loans or donations of artwork, and printed material including exhibition catalogs, invitations, news and magazine clippings of reviews of exhibitions and/or artists. The majority of photographs of artwork have identifying information on the verso that include date of work and exhibition venues.
Arrangement:
The series has been maintained in the order it was received. With the exception of American Posters, the series has been arranged in alphabetical order by artist's surname.
Collection Restrictions:
Use of original material requires an appointment.
Collection Rights:
The Archives of American Art makes its archival collections available for non-commercial, educational and personal use unless restricted by copyright and/or donor restrictions, including but not limited to access and publication restrictions. AAA makes no representations concerning such rights and restrictions and it is the user's responsibility to determine whether rights or restrictions exist and to obtain any necessary permission to access, use, reproduce and publish the collections. Please refer to the Smithsonian's Terms of Use for additional information.
Collection Citation:
Raymond and Margaret Horowitz papers, 1903-2007, bulk 1960-2007. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
