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Hermitage Museum

Catalogue reference: FHS/4/1/83

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This record is a file about the Hermitage Museum dating from 1930-1931.

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Reference
FHS/4/1/83
Title
Hermitage Museum
Date
1930-1931
Description

Includes:

-five letters from Knoedler's London office to Charles Henschel and Carman Messmore, Knoedler's New York office, dated 15 April 1930-10 February 1931, concerning the sale of works of art from the Hermitage Collection

-typed draft press release announcing the purchase by M. Knoedler and Co. of twenty-four works of art from the collection, undated

-three typed lists created by Knoedler's giving provenance information about the pictures, dated 1930 (18pp, 9pp, and 8pp)

-typed list of pedigrees created by Knoedler's of the Hermitage pictures, undated (1p)

-handwritten list of pedigrees sent to the New York office, dated 1931 (2pp)

-typed list of eighty-four photographs taken of pictures in the Imperial Gallery, St. Petersburg, undated (4pp)

-typed list of pictures belonging to the Russian Goverment to be seen in Berlin, undated (1p)

-two news cuttings concerning the sale of Soviet works of art, dated [c1931]

Held by
Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art
Language
English
Physical description
1 file
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Record URL
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FHS/4/1

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Hermitage Museum