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Material concerning sales of old master paintings and press reports of art market...

Catalogue reference: WR/692

What’s it about?

This record is a file about the Material concerning sales of old master paintings and press reports of art market... dating from 1921-1922.

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Reference

WR/692

Title

Material concerning sales of old master paintings and press reports of art market bargains sold at auction in 1921

Date

1921-1922

Description

Includes:

-three newspaper cuttings concerning the sale of old master paintings sold at auction for low prices, including works by Rubens and Titian

-newspaper cutting concerning rare old master paintings being exported to America

-newspaper cutting concerning 35 old master paintings bequested to the National Galleries of Scotland

-cutting concerning additions to the National Portrait Gallery collections, with an image of a Self-portrait by Cornelius Johnson

-partial typewritten draft headed 'For the Editor, 19th December 1921', probably by William Roberts, concerning auction house sales held in 1921

7 items pasted into: Picture sales 1921 : January - March : E K W. (1921) [Auction catalogue]

[Available in the Paul Mellon Centre's Library, see URL below]

Held by
Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art
Language

English

Physical description

5 newspaper cuttings; 1 cutting; 1 draft article

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Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/c652358e-26dd-442f-8e09-0b02a151be79/

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Material concerning sales of old master paintings and press reports of art market bargains sold at auction in 1921