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Purchased 2 June 1919 from the artist.
Folder contains accounts payable voucher (No. 7885) with attached invoice.
Copies sent to Mr[s?]. Childs Frick, H.C. McEldowney, and Eagle Rock (Frick's
country house in Prides Crossing, Mass.)
11 16
Elliott, John, 1859-1925, Raynal C. Bolling and Norman Prince
[drawings]
1919
Purchased 9 June 1919 from the Permanent Blind Relief War Fund for
Soldiers and Sailors of the Allies, New York, N.Y.
Folder contains accounts payable voucher (No. 7899) with attached receipt
and invoice.
11 17
Vermeer, Johannes, 1632-1675, Reading a Letter [ Mistress and Maid]
1919-
1920
Purchased 23 August 1919 from A. Preyer, The Hague, Holland
Folder contains memorandum voucher (No. 8038), notes, two copies of the
War Trade Board's application to trade with the enemy, and accounts
payable voucher (No. 8206), with attached check request and receipt, to
Carel F. de Wild for his work in connection with this acquisition. Also
contains correspondence concerning Preyer's claim of 17,875 Gulden
against the Frick Estate.
See: Henry Clay Frick Papers, Series: Contracts - Unfinished Matters,
Envelope #509 for additional correspondence.
11 18
Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn, 1606-1669, Christ Healing the Sick,
The Three Crosses, and Christ Presented to the People
1920
Purchased 3 November 1919 from M. Knoedler & Co., New York, N.Y.
Folder contains accounts payble voucher (Estate, #343), invoice, and
correspondence concerning settlement of the account, which was paid after
Henry Clay Frick's death. Includes letter from William M. Ivins, Jr., and
deposition of Charles S. Carstairs.
11 19
Duveen Brothers, New York, N.Y. Settlement of claims and demands
against the Frick Estate
1919-
1921
Folder contains accounts payable voucher (No. 984), with invoice,
correspondence, and memoranda re: settlement. Also includes invoice for
Whistler's Lady Meux, and three-page bill showing expenditures for lamps,
shades, bronze tablets, frames, lighting, upholstery and slipcovers, and
various repairs, as well as charges in connection with the purchase of
Vermeer's Mistress and Maid.
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Subseries II: Inventories and Lists, 1881-1925
This subseries contains analyses of activity in Frick's paintings account (i.e. credits, debits, etc.), lists of
paintings returned, works by certain artists (particularly Fritz Thaulow), and inventories of both paintings
and furniture at various Frick residences. For inventories of One East 70th Street upon Frick’s death, see
Henry Clay Frick Papers, Series: Estate Files. Materials in this subseries are arranged chronologically.
Box Folder Date
11 20-21
Analysis of paintings account
1881-
1925
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Mauve, Millet, and Thaulow purchases
1903-
1921
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Pictures at Clayton
1903-
1921
With sketches showing placement in the music room, breakfast room, and
library.
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Paintings returned or otherwise disposed of
1903
11 26
Furnishings (supplement to Red Book)
1904-
1914
Lists of furniture and other objects purchased for residences in Prides