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Creator:

Vever, Henri, 1854-1942  Search this

Names:

Vever, Henri, 1854-1942  Search this

Yamanaka, Sadajiro  Search this

Collection Creator:

Vever, Henri, 1854-1942  Search this

Extent:

175 Items (pages of handwriting)

Type:

Archival materials

Works of art

Photographs

Place:

Paris (France)

France -- Ile-de-France -- Paris

Date:

1907-1917

Scope and Contents:

Handwritten ledger of Henri Vever's purchases of art from dealers between January 1907 and July 1917. Dealers include Yamanaka Sadajiro, Marcel Bing and George Joseph Demotte.

Arrangement:

This collection is in a box with a smaller, unbound purchase ledger dated 1894.

Biographical / Historical:

Jeweler, art collector, and author Henri Vever was born in Metz, France in 1854. Together with his older brother Paul, Henri Vever managed the family jewelry firm, Maison Vever, from 1881 until Paul's death in 1915 and Henri's retirement in 1921. As an art collector, Vever amassed a large collection of European, Asian, and Islamic art. Through his work as a jeweler, art collector, and author, Henri Vever played an important role in the twentieth-century art world.

Local Numbers:

FSA A1988.04 2.2

Collection Restrictions:

Collection is open for research.

Collection Rights:

No restrictions on use.

Occupation:

Art dealers -- France -- Paris  Search this

Topic:

Art -- Collectors and collecting -- France -- Paris  Search this

Art, Asian  Search this

Art, European  Search this

Art, Islamic  Search this

Genre/Form:

Works of art

Photographs

Collection Citation:

Henri Vever Papers. FSA.A1988.04. National Museum of Asian Art Archives. Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. Gift of François Mautin, 1988.

Identifier:

FSA.A1988.04, Item FSA A1988.04 2.2

See more items in:

Henri Vever Papers

Henri Vever Papers / Series 2: Account Ledger / Account Ledger

Archival Repository:

Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/dc32caccb20-69a4-44b1-a57a-c224f89173a2

EDAN-URL:

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