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H. Wunderlich & Company and Kennedy & Company stock books, 1879-1915

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Creator:
H. Wunderlich & Company  Search this
Subject:
Wunderlich, Hermann  Search this
Kennedy & Company  Search this
Place of publication, production, or execution:
Other
Physical Description:
2 Linear feet
Arrangement:
Due to the small size of this collection the papers are arranged as one series. Series 1: Stock Books, 1879-1915
Access Note / Rights:
This collection is open for research. Access to original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C. Research Center.
Summary:
The H. Wunderlich & Company and Kennedy & Company stock books measure 2.0 linear feet and date from 1879-1915. The collection consists of twenty-two stock inventory books providing information on the types and sales of art handled by H. Wunderlich & Company, including one volume, 1915, of its successor, Kennedy & Company. Also included is a consignment book recording transactions with Gustav Lauser, C.W. Kraushaar, Francis Seymour Hayden, Albert Rosenthal, and others.
Citation:
H. Wunderlich & Company and Kennedy & Company stock books, 1879-1915. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Additional Forms:
The collection was digitized in 2020 and is available on the Archives of American Art website.
Funding:
The conservation and digitization of this collection received Federal support from the Smithsonian Collections Care and Preservation Fund, administered by the National Collections Program and the Smithsonian Collections Advisory Committee.
Use Note:
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 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.
Biography Note:
H. Wunderlich & Company was a print gallery based in New York, N.Y., founded in 1874 by Hermann Wunderlich. After his death in 1892, his partner, Edward Kennedy took over, and in 1912 the name changed to Kennedy & Company (and in 1952 to Kennedy Galleries). H. Wunderlich & Company handled primarily fashionable prints, Old Master prints and a few of prints of contemporary artists, such as James McNeil Whistler, David Cameron, and Francis Seymour Hayden.
Language Note:
English .
Provenance:
The H. Wunderlich & Company and Kennedy & Company stock books were donated in 1989 by Gerold M. Wunderlich, great-grandson of the gallery's founder Hermann Wunderlich, founder of H. Wunderlich and Kennedy & Company, and Kennedy Galleries, Inc.
Digitization Note:
This site provides access to the papers of H. Wunderlich & Company in the Archives of American Art that were digitized in 2021, and total 4,312 images.
Location Note:
Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, 750 9th St. NW, Washington, D.C. 20001
Topic:
Prints, American  Search this
Prints -- 19th century  Search this
Prints -- 20th century  Search this
Theme:
Art Gallery Records  Search this
Art Market  Search this
Record number:
(DSI-AAA_CollID)10382
(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)213724
AAA_collcode_hwundcom
Theme:
Art Gallery Records
Art Market
Data Source:
Archives of American Art
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:AAADCD_coll_213724