Catalogue

This file contains a basic catalogue, compiled by Oppé and organised chronologically by date of purchase, detailing the following information about the works he acquired for the National Gallery of Canada:

-artist name

-title

-price

-seller (auction house/dealer)

-description of work

-summary of reason for puchase

The catalogue also includes an index, organised by artist name.

The file also includes the following:

-'List of the more important drawings in the print department of the National Gallery of Canada', undated (2pp)

-'Drawings of the permanent collection', Art Association of Montreal, undated (3pp)

-miscellaneous research notes

-letter from Hans Tietze, dated 23 Jun 1937, concerning a work by Leandro Basseno (1557-1622)

-letter from [illegible], dated 2 Dec 1937, concerning the house, L'hôtel d'Escoville [in French]

-two letters from Robert Witt, dated 14 & 22 Apr 1949, concerning a request for Oppé to write a catalogue introduction for a British Council exhibition of works from Witt's collection in Canada

-letter from Helen Rossetti Angeli, dated 30 Nov 1949, concerning her collection and, in particular, a set of works she refers to as the 'sing-song drawings'

-letter from Edmund Schilling, dated 31 Oct 1954, concerning a work which was an imitation of the work of Hans Holbein (1497-1543)

-letter from Alan Jarvis, dated 14 Apr 1955, concerning a meeting with Oppé before his trip to Canada

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