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Charles Hovey Pepper letter to Robert W. Macbeth

Creator:
Pepper, Charles Hovey, 1864-1950  Search this
Macbeth, Robert W. (Robert Walker), 1884-1940  Search this
Subject:
Armory Show (1913 : Boston, Mass.)  Search this
Type:
Correspondence
Date:
1913 March 22
Citation:
Charles Hovey Pepper. Charles Hovey Pepper letter to Robert W. Macbeth, 1913 March 22. Macbeth Gallery records, 1947-1948. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Topic:
Art market  Search this
Record number:
(DSI-AAA)14172
See more items in:
Macbeth Gallery records, 1947-1948, 1838-1968, bulk 1892-1953
Data Source:
Archives of American Art
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:AAADCD_item_14172

Frank K. M. Rehn Galleries records

Creator:
Frank K. M. Rehn Galleries  Search this
Names:
Bartlett, Frederic Clay, 1873-1953  Search this
Bellows, George, 1882-1925  Search this
Brook, Alexander, 1898-1980  Search this
Burchfield, Charles Ephraim, 1893-1967  Search this
Chappell, Warren, 1904-  Search this
Clancy, John C., 1897-1981  Search this
Coleman, Glenn O., 1887-1932  Search this
Cook, Howard Norton, 1901-1980  Search this
Cuthbert, Virginia, 1908-2001  Search this
Dasburg, Andrew, 1887-1979  Search this
Gellatly, John, 1853-1931  Search this
Hawthorne, Charles Webster, 1872-1930  Search this
Henri, Robert, 1865-1929  Search this
Hopper, Edward, 1882-1967  Search this
Hopper, Jo N. (Josephine Nivison), 1883-1968  Search this
James, Alexander, 1890-1946  Search this
Kroll, Leon, 1884-1974  Search this
Luks, George Benjamin, 1867-1933  Search this
Mangravite, Peppino, 1896-  Search this
Marsh, Felicia Meyer, 1912-1978  Search this
Marsh, Reginald, 1898-1954  Search this
McFee, Henry Lee, 1886-1953  Search this
Melchers, Gari, 1860-1932  Search this
Orton, J. Robert  Search this
Pepper, Charles Hovey, 1864-1950  Search this
Phillips, Duncan, 1886-1966  Search this
Poor, Henry Varnum, 1887-1970  Search this
Russo, Alexander  Search this
Spalding, John T.  Search this
Sparhawk-Jones, Elizabeth, 1885-1968  Search this
Speicher, Eugene Edward, 1883-1962  Search this
Spruance, Benton, 1904-1967  Search this
Strater, Henry, 1896-  Search this
Tucker, Allen, 1866-1939  Search this
Tucker, Richard Derby, 1903-  Search this
Winters, Denny Sonke, 1907-1985  Search this
Young, Mahonri Mackintosh, 1877-1957  Search this
Extent:
21.8 Linear feet
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Scrapbooks
Sketchbooks
Photographs
Date:
1858-1969
bulk 1919-1968
Summary:
The Frank K. M. Rehn Galleries records measure 21.8 linear feet and are dated 1858-1969 (bulk 1919-1968). The records consist mainly of business correspondence with collectors, artists, museums and arts organizations, colleagues, and others. A small amount of Frank K. M. Rehns personal correspondence and a few stray personal papers of individual artists are interfiled. Also included are financial records, scrapbooks, printed matter, miscellaneous records, and photographs documenting most of the history of a highly regarded New York City art gallery devoted to American painting.
Scope and Content Note:
The Frank K. M. Rehn Galleries records measure 21.8 linear feet and are dated 1858-1969 (bulk 1919-1968). The records consist mainly of business correspondence with collectors, artists, museums and arts organizations, colleagues, and others. A small amount of Frank K. M. Rehn's personal correspondence and a few stray personal papers of individual artists are interfiled. Also included are financial records, scrapbooks, printed matter, miscellaneous records, and photographs documenting most of the history of a highly regarded New York art gallery devoted to American painting.

Series 1: Correspondence contains correspondence with artists, museums and arts organizations, collectors, colleagues, and others documents the workings of Rehn Galleries from its earliest days through 1968. A small amount of Frank K. M. Rehn's personal correspondence and a few scattered personal papers of individual artists are interfiled with the business correspondence.

Series 2: Financial Records includes banking, insurance, and investment records, tax returns and related documentation, miscellaneous financial records and paid bills. Among the insurance records are detailed monthly schedules listing paintings with titles, artists, and insurance values. Miscellaneous financial records include inventories of gallery stock, notes regarding business expenses and income, and receipt books recording incoming paintings. Also included are a small number of items concerning the personal business of Frank Rehn and John Clancy.

Five volumes of Scrapbooks (Series 3) contain clippings and a small number of exhibition catalogs documenting the activities of Rehn Galleries and many of its associated artists. Additional Printed Matter in Series 4 includes material relating to Rehn Galleries and its artists, as well as publications produced by Rehn Galleries. General, art-related printed matter consists of articles, auction catalogs, advertisements, and publications of various museums, arts organizations, and schools. There is also material about artists not affiliated with Rehn Galleries. Additional printed items concern miscellaneous subjects that are not art-related.

Series 5: Miscellaneous Records, includes artwork, lists and notes, and writings. Photographs in Series 6 are of people including artists represented by Rehn as well as several not affiliated with the gallery. Noticeably absent are likenesses of Frank Rehn and John Clancy. Photographs of works of art are by Rehn Galleries' artists and others. Reginald Marsh's photographs consist of family and personal photographs that were either given to Rehn Galleries or perhaps loaned for research use, and include views of Marsh from early childhood through later life, photographs of family and friends, and a small family album. Also included are photographs are of Marsh's childhood drawings.
Arrangement:
Series 1: Correspondence is arranged alphabetically and Series 3: Scrapbooks is in rough chronological order. Series 2, and 4-6 are arranged in categories, as indicated in the Series Descriptions/Container Listing. Unless otherwise noted, items within each folder are arranged chronologically.

The collection is arranged into 6 series:

Missing Title

Series 1: Correspondence, 1858-1969, undated (Boxes 1-15; 14.4 linear ft.; Reels 5849-5869)

Series 2: Financial Records, 1919-1968, undated (Boxes 15-17; 2.6 linear ft; Reel 5869)

Series 3: Scrapbooks, 1919-1940 (Boxes 23-24; 0.6 linear ft.; Reels 5869-5870)

Series 4: Printed Matter, 1882-1969, undated (Boxes 18-20; 2.4 linear ft.; Reels 5870-5872)

Series 5: Miscellaneous Records, circa 1920-1968 (Boxes 20-21; 0.7 linear ft; Reel 5872)

Series 6: Photographs, 1871-1966, undated (Boxes 22, 24, OV 25; 1.0 linear ft.; Reel 5872)
Historical Note:
Frank K. M. Rehn (1886-1956), son of the marine painter Frank Knox Morton Rehn, after several years' experience as an employee of the Milch Galleries and as exhibition manager for the Salmagundi Club, opened his own art gallery in 1918. In its earliest years, the gallery operated as the Galleries of Frank K. M. Rehn. From the mid 1920s through the mid 1940s, the name used was Frank K. M. Rehn Galleries. As early as 1946, the gallery was referred to simply as Rehn Galleries. The gallery closed in 1981.

Throughout its existence, Rehn Galleries specialized in representing American painters. During the first five years Rehn's operation was a private gallery at 6 West 50th Street, New York City. Among the artists he first represented were older, established men such as J. Alden Weir, George Inness, Alexander Wyant, Theodore Robinson, Thomas Dewing, and John H. Twachtman. Occasionally, Rehn handled works by such luminaries of the period as Robert Henri, George Luks, and John Singer Sargent. Among the living artists affiliated with the gallery in its first years were Daniel Garber, Walter Griffin, Dodge MacKnight, and Robert Spencer. Rehn's most popular artist during this time was Childe Hassam, who sued for recovery of a painting that, although acquired by Rehn through a reputable dealer, had been stolen from Hassam's studio many years earlier.

Despite the newspaper publicity surrounding Hassam's lawsuit, the business was a successful venture almost immediately. Very early, a number of important collectors including Duncan Phillips, John Gellatly, John T. Spaulding, Albert McVitty, E. W. Root, and C. Vanderbilt Barton displayed confidence in Rehn's judgment and integrity, which enhanced his gallery's reputation and stature among both collectors and artists. In 1923, the gallery moved to 693 Fifth Avenue and began operating as Rehn Galleries, a commercial gallery in the same building that housed in a building that housed Kennedy and Company and the Bourgeois Galleries. At this time, Rehn hired an assistant, John C. Clancy (1897-1981), who had formerly been with Henry Reinhardt and Son and M. Knoedler.

The Rehn Galleries soon enjoyed a regular following among museum curators and collectors visiting from out of town. The gallery's roster of artists grew along with its reputation. Rehn focused almost exclusively on American painters, occasionally showing drawings and prints by artists who were primarily painters; notable exceptions were sculptor Mahonri Young and Henry Varnum Poor who, in addition to being a painter, was known for his work in ceramics. Among the painters eventually represented were: Peggy Bacon, George Bellows, Alexander Brook, Charles Burchfield, John F. Carlson, John Carroll, Howard Cook, Jon Corbino, Virginia Cuthbert, Andrew Dasberg, Sidney Gross, Edward Hopper, Alexander James, Irving Kaufmann, Yeffe Kimball, Leon Kroll, Peppino Mangravite, Reginald and Felicia Meyer Marsh, Henry Mattson, Henry Lee McFee, Kenneth Hayes Miller, Charles Rosen, Robert Riggs, Alexander Russo, Elizabeth Sparhawk-Jones, Eugene Speicher, Henry Strater, Richard Derby Tucker, Franklin C. Watkins, and Denny Winters.

In 1930, Rehn Galleries moved one block south to the Air France Building at 683 Fifth Avenue, and remained there for thirty years. John C. Clancy, Rehn's long-time assistant, became Gallery Director in 1953 after a stroke prevented Rehn from continuing to run his business in an active capacity. Eventually, Rehn's widow sold Clancy the gallery, which he continued to operate under varying names, including Rehn Gallery, Frank K. M. Rehn Galleries, Frank Rehn Gallery, and Rehn Galleries. From 1960 until 1966, The Rehn Galleries were at 36 East 61st Street from 1960 until 1966, when the gallery moved to a space formerly occupied by Kootz Gallery at 855 Madison Avenue, where it remained in business for another fifteen years.
Related Material:
John Clancy interview by Paul Cummings, July 10, 1970. Oral History Program, Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Samuel Adler Papers, 1902-1979. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution. Contains a recording (1 cassette; untranscribed) of Beverly Chesler interviewing John Clancy about the history of Rehn Galleries, 1973; Samuel Adler is present and participates briefly in the interview.
Provenance:
The Frank K. M. Rehn Galleries records were loaned by John Clancy for microfilming in 1959; in 1966, this same material was donated to the Archives. Mr. Clancy made subsequent gifts of additional gallery records in 1978 and 1981. In 1985, the Whitney Museum of American Art donated to the Archives correspondence with Edward Hopper that John Clancy had loaned the museum many years earlier. A death mask of George Luks received with the collection is on extended loan to the National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution.
Restrictions:
The collection has been digitized and is available online via AAA's website.
Rights:
The Archives of American Art makes its archival collections available for non-commercial, educational and personal use unless restricted by copyright and/or donor restrictions, including but not limited to access and publication restrictions. AAA makes no representations concerning such rights and restrictions and it is the user's responsibility to determine whether rights or restrictions exist and to obtain any necessary permission to access, use, reproduce and publish the collections. Please refer to the Smithsonian's Terms of Use for additional information.
Topic:
Art, Modern -- 20th century -- New York (State) -- New York  Search this
Works of art  Search this
Function:
Art galleries, Commercial -- New York (State)
Genre/Form:
Scrapbooks
Sketchbooks
Photographs
Citation:
Frank K. M. Rehn Galleries records, 1858-1969 (bulk 1919-1968). Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Identifier:
AAA.franrehg
See more items in:
Frank K. M. Rehn Galleries records
Archival Repository:
Archives of American Art
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9b5275f6d-e2b7-4f51-a515-53b316671902
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-aaa-franrehg
Online Media:

Charles Hovey Pepper

Author:
Smith, Joseph Coburn  Search this
Subject:
Pepper, Charles Hovey 1864-1950  Search this
Physical description:
viii, 51 p., 16 leaves of plates. : ill. (4 mounted col.), ports. ; 26 cm
Type:
Books
Date:
1945
Call number:
N40.1.P437 S6
N40.1.P437S6
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_75968

Japanese prints / by Charles Hovey Pepper

Author:
Pepper, Charles Hovey 1864-1950  Search this
Former owner:
Freer, Charles Lang 1854-1919 DSI-F  Search this
Physical description:
29 p., [2] leaves of plates : col. ill. ; 20 cm
Type:
Books
Date:
1905
[1905?]
Topic:
Color prints, Japanese  Search this
Call number:
761.52 .P42
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_860727

Reflections at Sunset, (painting)

Painter:
Pepper, Charles Hovey 1864-1950  Search this
Medium:
Gouache on paper
Type:
Paintings
Topic:
Waterscape--Time--Sunset  Search this
Waterscape--Coast  Search this
Control number:
IAP 8D280049
Data Source:
Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_ari_431059

Boston, (painting)

Painter:
Pepper, Charles Hovey 1864-1950  Search this
Medium:
Watercolor
Type:
Paintings
Owner/Location:
Colby College Museum of Art Waterville Maine 04901
Topic:
Cityscape--Massachusetts--Boston  Search this
Control number:
IAP 18830297
Data Source:
Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_ari_284413

Skowhegan Eddy, (painting)

Painter:
Pepper, Charles Hovey 1864-1950  Search this
Medium:
Watercolor
Type:
Paintings
Owner/Location:
Colby College Museum of Art Waterville Maine 04901
Topic:
Waterscape  Search this
Landscape--United States--New England States  Search this
Control number:
IAP 18830326
Data Source:
Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_ari_284442

The White House, (painting)

Painter:
Pepper, Charles Hovey 1864-1950  Search this
Medium:
Watercolor
Type:
Paintings
Owner/Location:
Colby College Museum of Art Waterville Maine 04901
Topic:
Architecture--Domestic  Search this
Cityscape--District of Columbia--Washington  Search this
Control number:
IAP 18830337
Data Source:
Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_ari_284453

Vence, France (Seen from a Distance), (painting)

Painter:
Pepper, Charles Hovey 1864-1950  Search this
Medium:
Watercolor
Type:
Paintings
Owner/Location:
Colby College Museum of Art Waterville Maine 04901
Topic:
Cityscape--France--Vence  Search this
Control number:
IAP 18830341
Data Source:
Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_ari_284457

Attean ?, (painting)

Painter:
Pepper, Charles Hovey 1864-1950  Search this
Medium:
Watercolor
Type:
Paintings
Owner/Location:
Colby College Museum of Art Waterville Maine 04901
Topic:
Undetermined  Search this
Control number:
IAP 18830296
Data Source:
Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_ari_284412

Campers at Eagle Lake, Allegash, (painting)

Painter:
Pepper, Charles Hovey 1864-1950  Search this
Medium:
Watercolor
Type:
Paintings
Owner/Location:
Colby College Museum of Art Waterville Maine 04901
Topic:
Landscape--Lake  Search this
Control number:
IAP 18830298
Data Source:
Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_ari_284414

Frosty Morning/Douarnenz, France, (painting)

Painter:
Pepper, Charles Hovey 1864-1950  Search this
Medium:
Watercolor
Type:
Paintings
Owner/Location:
Colby College Museum of Art Waterville Maine 04901
Topic:
Landscape--France  Search this
Control number:
IAP 18830305
Data Source:
Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_ari_284421

Girl with Red Scarf Over Her Head, (painting)

Painter:
Pepper, Charles Hovey 1864-1950  Search this
Subject:
Unidentified  Search this
Medium:
Watercolor
Type:
Paintings
Owner/Location:
Colby College Museum of Art Waterville Maine 04901
Topic:
Portrait female--Child  Search this
Control number:
IAP 18830306
Data Source:
Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_ari_284422

September Concord: Fairyland Park, (painting)

Painter:
Pepper, Charles Hovey 1864-1950  Search this
Medium:
Watercolor
Type:
Paintings
Owner/Location:
Colby College Museum of Art Waterville Maine 04901
Topic:
Cityscape--United States--New England States  Search this
Control number:
IAP 18830325
Data Source:
Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_ari_284441

Smiling Bald Man, (painting)

Painter:
Pepper, Charles Hovey 1864-1950  Search this
Medium:
Watercolor
Type:
Paintings
Owner/Location:
Colby College Museum of Art Waterville Maine 04901
Topic:
Portrait male  Search this
Control number:
IAP 18830327
Data Source:
Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_ari_284443

Lake Annecy - Point de Cyrie, (painting)

Painter:
Pepper, Charles Hovey 1864-1950  Search this
Medium:
Watercolor
Type:
Paintings
Owner/Location:
Colby College Museum of Art Waterville Maine 04901
Topic:
Landscape--Lake  Search this
Landscape--France  Search this
Control number:
IAP 18830309
Data Source:
Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_ari_284425

Rainy Day, (painting)

Painter:
Pepper, Charles Hovey 1864-1950  Search this
Medium:
Watercolor
Type:
Paintings
Owner/Location:
Colby College Museum of Art Waterville Maine 04901
Topic:
Landscape  Search this
Control number:
IAP 18830322
Data Source:
Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_ari_284438

Girl with Red Hat, (painting)

Painter:
Pepper, Charles Hovey 1864-1950  Search this
Medium:
Oil
Type:
Paintings
Owner/Location:
Parke-Bernet Galleries New York New York
Topic:
Figure female  Search this
Dress--Accessory--Hat  Search this
Control number:
IAP 61505691
Data Source:
Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_ari_88012

Athens, Maine, (painting)

Painter:
Pepper, Charles Hovey 1864-1950  Search this
Medium:
Watercolor
Type:
Paintings
Owner/Location:
Colby College Museum of Art Waterville Maine 04901
Topic:
Cityscape--Maine--Athens  Search this
Control number:
IAP 18830295
Data Source:
Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_ari_284411

Casapedia, (painting)

Painter:
Pepper, Charles Hovey 1864-1950  Search this
Medium:
Watercolor
Type:
Paintings
Owner/Location:
Colby College Museum of Art Waterville Maine 04901
Topic:
Undetermined  Search this
Control number:
IAP 18830299
Data Source:
Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_ari_284415

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