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Creator:

Doll & Richards (Gallery)  Search this

Names:

Azeez Khayat Gallery  Search this

Kleemann Galleries  Search this

Macbeth Gallery  Search this

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston  Search this

Chetcuti, John  Search this

Freiman, Robert  Search this

Goodrich, Lloyd, 1897-1987  Search this

Haseltine, William Stanley, 1835-1900  Search this

Homer, Winslow, 1836-1910  Search this

Lindenmuth, Tod  Search this

Meyerowitz, William, 1887-1981  Search this

Shepler, Dwight, 1905-  Search this

Verner, Elizabeth O'Neill, 1883-1979  Search this

Woodward, Stanley Wingate, 1890-1970  Search this

Wyeth, Andrew, 1917-2009  Search this

Zoehler, Wendell H., 1907-1989  Search this

Extent:

87.5 Linear feet

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Photographs

Scrapbooks

Financial records

Date:

1863-1978

bulk 1902-1969

Summary:

The records of the Doll & Richards gallery of Boston measure 87.5 linear feet and date from 1863 to 1978, with the bulk of the material dating from 1902-1960s. Extensive financial and sales records, inventory records, and correspondence and letter books provide a detailed account of the business operations and sales of the gallery. Also found are notes and research files on artists and paintings, business and legal records, exhibition catalogs, six exhibition scrapbooks, printed materials, and photographs. Significant correspondents include John Chetcuti, Robert Freiman, Lloyd Goodrich, Tod Lindenmuth, Macbeth Galleries, William Meyerowitz, Museum of Fine Arts Boston, Stanley Woodward, and Andrew Wyeth, among many others.

Scope and Content Note:

The records of the Doll & Richards gallery of Boston measure 87.5 linear feet and date from 1863 to 1978, with the bulk of the material dating from 1902-1960s. Extensive financial and sales records, inventory records, and correspondence and letter books provide a detailed account of the business operations and sales of the gallery. Also found are notes and research files on artists and paintings, business and legal records, exhibition catalogs, six exhibition scrapbooks, printed materials, and photographs. The bulk of the collection dates from 1902 when the gallery was incorporated and new books were begun. According to gallery employee Wendell Zoehler, many records from the 19th century were discarded and periodically, especially when the gallery moved, other records were discarded.

Incoming and outgoing correspondence documents sales, consignments, appraisals, exhibitions, and inquiries by artists and others to Doll & Richards for over a century. Significant correspondents include artists John Chetcuti, Robert Freiman, Tod Lindenmuth, William Meyerowitz, Dwight Shepler, Elizabeth O'Neill Verner, Stanley Woodward, Andrew Wyeth, and others. Additional correspondents include Lloyd Goodrich from Whitney Museum of American Art, Azeez Khayat Gallery, Macbeth Galleries, Kleemann Galleries, and the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston. There is one letter from George Inness (1866). Outgoing correspondence is limited to 46 volumes of letterpress copybooks dating from 1930-1967.

Notes and research files primarily consist of compiled information about artists in which Doll & Richards dealt. These include card files related to the provenance of paintings by Winslow Homer and William Stanley Haseltine, and a book about Winslow Homer with notations by Zoehler about the sale of paintings .

Administrative and business records of general daily operations include an address book, meeting minutes, miscellaneous lists and notes, and a large card file of contacts with clients, consignors, artists, and businesses. A detailed description of the gallery's operations by Zoehler is also found here. Legal records include contracts, agreements, certificates of stock, certificates of copyrights, and photocopies of founding documents.

Although there are limited records prior to 1902, the financial records provide comprehensive detail of the gallery's financial transactions from the turn of the century through the early 1970s. Volumes of financial ledgers provide details of artwork bought, sold, and consigned; order forms for sales, framing, restoration, and shipping; gallery expenditures and salaries; records of client purchases; and other affairs. Many of the financial records are indexed and cross-referenced, offering researchers complex but rich documentation. The financial records should be consulted with the numerous inventory records that provide detailed information about the stock of art work held at the gallery. Inventory records also include documentation about the frames held by the gallery from the mid-1880s-1950. The gallery used sometimes complex codes to index and cross reference sales and stock. When known, these codes have been outlined in the more detailed series desciptions below, or filed within the appropriate boxes.

The history of Doll & Richards' exhibitions from the 1880s-1968 are documented in six disassembled bound volumes that contained exhibition catalogs and announcements. There are also additional loose catalogs and announcements. Additional printed materials include newspaper clippings related to exhibitions and the gallery and seven scrapbooks related to Doll & Richards' exhibitions from 1909-1943.

The bulk of the black and white photographs in the collection are of works of art by artists that Doll & Richards exhibited. There are only a handful of photographs of other subject matter, but include images of the gallery spaces at 2 Park Street, 71 Newbury, and 138 Newberry; and of artists.

Arrangement:

The collection is arranged as nine series:

Missing Title

Series 1: Correspondence, 1863-1972, bulk 1930s-1972 (Boxes 1-14; 14 linear feet)

Series 2: Notes and Research Files, 1880s-1978, bulk 1930s-1960s (Boxes 15-16, 78; 1.2 linear feet)

Series 3: Business Records, circa 1866-1978, bulk 1910s-1960s (Boxes 16-18; 1.9 linear feet)

Series 4: Legal Records, 1863-1906, 1941-1962 (Boxes 18, 78; 0.3 linear feet)

Series 5: Financial Records, 1871-1973, bulk 1902-1969 (Boxes 18-69, 79, BV81-112; 55 linear feet)

Series 6: Inventory Records, 1881-1969, bulk 1900s-1940s (Boxes 69-70, BV113-128; 2.3 linear feet)

Series 7: Printed Materials, circa 1880s-1968, bulk 1890s-1960s (Boxes 70-75; 4.9 linear feet)

Series 8: Photographs, circa 1880s-1960s (Boxes 75-78; 2 linear feet)

Series 9: Scrapbooks, 1908-1968, bulk 1908-1943 (Boxes 77, 80; 1.1 linear feet)

The records have been arranged according to the original order maintained by the gallery. Bound volumes containing exhibition catalogs glued to the internal spines have been disbound for preservation and proper housing.

Historical Note:

The Doll & Richards gallery originated in Boston in 1866 as an art gallery and framing shop owned by Charles E. Hendrickson, E. Adam Doll, and Joseph Dudley Richards. The gallery was a well-known Boston establishment for over 100 years that represented William Stanley Haseltine, Winslow Homer, William Morris Hunt, and Andrew Wyeth, among many other notable American painters, sculptors, and printmakers.

In 1870 Hendrickson retired and the gallery became Doll & Richards. After the untimely death of Doll in 1880, Richards purchased Doll's interest in the firm, retaining the gallery's well-known name. Under Richards' direction, the gallery prospered. Richards promoted the works of painter Winslow Homer, developing a market for his watercolors in Boston. He incorporated the gallery in 1902 and served as the treasurer and financier until his death in 1922 at 80 years old. The gallery then reorganized; Arthur McKean, who joined in 1911, became manager, and J.L. (Joe) Richards became treasurer. Fergus Turner, who joined the firm as a salesman in 1885 and became president in 1902, retained his role as president until 1938.

Over the century the gallery showcased contempory American artists, including William Morris Hunt, Dodge McKnight, William Stanley Haseltine, Laura Coombs Hills, Eliot O'Hara, Joseph Lindon Smith, Stanley Woodward, and Andrew Wyeth. The gallery also consigned paintings, prints, and objects from other major art galleries including Azeez Khayat Gallery, Kennedy Galleries, M. Knoedler and Co., Macbeth Gallery, Victor D. Spark, and Victor Waddington Galleries (Dublin, Ireland). According to long-time employee Wendell Zoehler (employed from 1929-1966), Doll & Richards' primary clientele came from the Social Register. In the summer months when wealthy Bostonians typically vacationed outside of the city, Doll & Richards remained open for tourists, many of whom became regular seasonal customers of the gallery.

The gallery experienced financial difficulties in the 1930s, leading to bankruptcy. Doll & Richards was purchased by McKean and incorporated in Maine in 1941. McKean sold Doll & Richards in 1962 to Maurice Goldberg; at this time none of the remaining family or staff were connected with the gallery. In 1973, the gallery was sold to Jeanne and Paul Sylva and closed.

Although the gallery always remained in the vicinity of Boston Common, it relocated numerous times over the years. In 1871 the gallery moved from 28 Summer Street to 145 Tremont Street. In 1878, the gallery remodeled and occupied the entire two-story building at 2 Park Street, renting out the second floor, known as the Hawthorne Room, for lectures. After thirty years on Park Street, Doll & Richards relocated to Newbury Street in 1908, beginning a succession of moves down Newbury Street approximately every twenty years, finally to 172 Newbury Street in 1962.

Related Material:

Among the other resources relating to the Doll & Richards gallery in the Archives of American Art is an oral history interview with Wendell Zoehler conducted by Robert Brown on April 14 and April 27, 1978.

Separated Material:

A daguerroteype of Gaetano Cardinal Bedini received with the records was transferred to the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery on May 24, 2004.

Provenance:

The Doll & Richards records were donated to the Archives of American Art in numerous accessions between 1973 and 1979 by Jeanne and Paul Sylva, who purchased the gallery in 1973, and by former employee Wendell Zoehler.

Restrictions:

Use of original papers requires an appointment.

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, American  Search this

Function:

Art galleries, Commercial -- Massachusetts

Genre/Form:

Photographs

Scrapbooks

Financial records

Citation:

Doll & Richards gallery, 1863-1978, bulk 1902-1960s. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Sponsor:

Funding for the processing of this collection was provided by the Smithsonian Institution's Collections Care Fund

Identifier:

AAA.dollrich

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Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9b774b9ae-a4eb-4849-9652-6be121c5142f

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-dollrich

Collection Creator:

Doll & Richards (Gallery)  Search this

Container:

Volume 127

Type:

Archival materials

Date:

1926-1947

Collection Restrictions:

Use of original papers requires an appointment.

Collection 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.

Collection Citation:

Doll & Richards gallery, 1863-1978, bulk 1902-1960s. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Sponsor:

Funding for the processing of this collection was provided by the Smithsonian Institution's Collections Care Fund

See more items in:

Doll & Richards gallery records

Doll & Richards gallery records / Series 6: Inventory Records

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw92f93c048-32d7-444c-ab22-e2b16e511035

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-aaa-dollrich-ref1450

Artist:

Johns, Jasper 1930-  Search this

Author of added text:

Worth, Alexi  Search this

Host institution:

Matthew Marks Gallery  Search this

Physical description:

98 pages chiefly illustrations (some color) 29 x 24 cm

Type:

Exhibitions

Criticism, interpretation, etc

Exhibition catalogs

Place:

United States

Date:

2019

21st century

Topic:

Painters  Search this

Artists  Search this

Data Source:

Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_sil_1112190

Editor:

Hirai, Yoshinobu  Search this

Furuta, Ryō  Search this

Asahi Shinbunsha  Search this

Translator:

McClintock, Martha Jane  Search this

Host institution:

Tōkyō Geijutsu Daigaku Daigaku Bijutsukan  Search this

Kyōto Kokuritsu Kindai Bijutsukan  Search this

Subject:

Maruyama, Ōkyo 1733-1795  Search this

Physical description:

254 pages illustrations 29 cm

Type:

Exhibitions

Place:

Japan

Kyoto

Date:

2019

Edo period, 1600-1868

Meiji period, 1868-1912

Topic:

Painting, Japanese  Search this

Maruyama School  Search this

Shijō school of art  Search this

Call number:

ND1053.5 .M358 2019

Data Source:

Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_sil_1145062

Editor:

Gilvin, Amanda  Search this

Author:

Tuggar, Fatimah 1967- Works Selections  Search this

Host institution:

Davis Museum and Cultural Center  Search this

Subject:

Tuggar, Fatimah 1967-  Search this

Physical description:

143 pages color illustrations 24 x 29 cm

Type:

Exhibitions

Expositions

Exhibition catalogs

Catalogues d'exposition

Place:

Nigeria

Date:

2019

Topic:

Multimedia (Art)  Search this

Artists  Search this

Œuvres multimédias (Art)  Search this

Artistes  Search this

Data Source:

Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_sil_1145934

Author:

Fu, Shen 1937-  Search this

Author:

Zhang, Daqian 1899-1983  Search this

Editor:

Tian, Hong (Writer on art)  Search this

Jiang, Chaoxian  Search this

Physical description:

9, 423 pages illustrations (chiefly colore) 29 cm

Type:

Books

Date:

2022

20th century

20e siècle

Topic:

Painting, Chinese  Search this

Peinture chinoise  Search this

Data Source:

Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_sil_1156114

Writer of foreword:

Stebich, Stephanie A.,  Search this

Author:

Container of (work): Savig, Mary This present moment  Search this

Container of (work): Atkinson, Nora Foundation for the future  Search this

Container of (work): Montiel, Anya Respect, reciprocity, responsibility  Search this

Host institution:

Renwick Gallery  Search this

Physical description:

246 pages, 1 folded page illustrations (chiefly color) 26 cm

Type:

Exhibitions

Expositions

Exhibition catalogs

History

Catalogues d'exposition

Place:

United States

États-Unis

Date:

2022

21st century

21e siècle

Topic:

Decorative arts--History  Search this

Artists and community  Search this

Arts décoratifs--Histoire  Search this

Relations artistes-collectivité  Search this

Decorative arts  Search this

Data Source:

Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_sil_1156829

Editor:

Pfeiffer, Ingrid  Search this

Host institution:

Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt  Search this

Louisiana (Museum : Humlebæk, Denmark),)  Search this

Physical description:

419 pages illustrations (some color), facsimiles, portraits (some color) 30 cm

Type:

Exhibitions

Expositions

Exhibition catalogs

History

Catalogues d'exposition

Place:

20th century

Date:

2020

20th century

20e siècle

Topic:

Surrealism  Search this

Women artists--History  Search this

Surréalisme  Search this

Femmes artistes--Histoire  Search this

Women artists  Search this

Malerei  Search this

Data Source:

Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_sil_1158323

Editor:

McKendry, Meredith  Search this

Curator:

Ray, Rebecca (1994-)  Search this

Grist, Penelope  Search this

Issuing body:

National Portrait Gallery (Australia)  Search this

Subject:

National Portrait Gallery (Australia)  Search this

Physical description:

202 pages. portraits. (chiefly colour) 23 cm

Type:

Exhibitions

Expositions

Exhibition catalogs

Place:

Australia

Australie

Date:

2023

Topic:

Celebrities--Portraits--Exhibitions  Search this

Portraits  Search this

Portrait photography--Exhibitions  Search this

Portrait photography  Search this

Portraits (Photographie)  Search this

Portraits (Photographie)--Expositions  Search this

Celebrities--Portraits  Search this

Data Source:

Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_sil_1160994

Author:

Nike Art Gallery (Lagos, Nigeria)  Search this

Physical description:

36 pages illustrations (colour) 21 x 30 cm

Type:

Exhibitions

Expositions

Exhibition catalogs

Date:

2013

Topic:

Art, Nigerian  Search this

Art, Yoruba  Search this

Painting, Nigerian  Search this

Art nigérian  Search this

Art yoruba  Search this

Peinture nigériane  Search this

Data Source:

Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_sil_1161442

Editor:

Chiu, Melissa  Search this

Johnson, Betsy (Curator)  Search this

Contributor:

Roberts, Claire 1959-  Search this

Schell, Orville  Search this

Smith, Karen (Art historian)  Search this

Warsh, Larry  Search this

Issuing body:

Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden  Search this

Physical description:

ix, 225 pages (some folded) illustrations (chiefly color), portraits 29 cm

Type:

Books

Pictorial works

Exhibition catalogs

Photobooks

Illustrated works

Catalogues d'exposition

Livres de photographies

Place:

China

Chine

Date:

2023

20th century

21st century

20e siècle

21e siècle

Topic:

Photography--History  Search this

Photography, Artistic--History  Search this

Photographie--Histoire  Search this

Photographie artistique  Search this

Photography  Search this

History  Search this

Photography, Artistic  Search this

Data Source:

Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_sil_1163665

Artist:

Ha, Chŏng-yŏl  Search this

Physical description:

115 pages chiefly color illustrations 28 cm

Type:

In art

Art

Date:

2020

21st century

21e siècle

Topic:

Painting, Korean  Search this

Outer space  Search this

Peinture coréenne  Search this

Call number:

ND1059.H24 A4 2020

Data Source:

Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_sil_1163892

Author:

Yumoto, Kōichi 1950-  Search this

Subject:

Yumoto, Kōichi 1950- Art collections  Search this

Miyoshi Mononoke Myūjiamu  Search this

Physical description:

509 pages illustrations (chiefly color) 31 cm

Type:

Catalogs

Catalogues

Catalog

catalogs (documents)

Place:

Japan

Miyoshi-shi

Date:

2021

Edo period, 1600-1868

1600-1868 (Époque d'Edo)

Topic:

Yōkai (Japanese folklore) in art  Search this

Painting, Japanese  Search this

Monsters in art  Search this

Yōkai dans l'art  Search this

Peinture japonaise  Search this

Monstres dans l'art  Search this

Art--Private collections  Search this

Painting, Japanese--Edo period  Search this

YMkai  Search this

Nihonga -- gashk  Search this

Nihonga-Gashū  Search this

Yōkai  Search this

Kaiga(nihon) -- gashk  Search this

YMkai -- bijutsujM  Search this

ART / General  Search this

Data Source:

Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_sil_1165459

Author:

Container of (work): Chin, Chi-yŏng (Art conservator) "23-XII-71#218" and the development of Kim Whanki's dot paintings  Search this

Issuing body:

Leeum, Samsŏng Misulgwan  Search this

Physical description:

196 pages color illustrations 24 cm

Type:

Books

Place:

Korea (South)

Korea

Corée

Corée du Sud

Date:

2021

Topic:

Art--Conservation and restoration  Search this

Art objects--Conservation and restoration  Search this

Museum conservation methods  Search this

Art--Conservation et restauration  Search this

Objets d'art--Conservation et restaurations  Search this

Objets d'art--Conservation et restauration  Search this

Musées--Méthodes de conservation  Search this

Data Source:

Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_sil_1165745

Artist:

Kwŏn, Min-ho  Search this

Organizer:

Im, Tae-gwan  Search this

Yi, Ch'u-yŏng 1970-  Search this

Kungnip Hyŏndae Misulgwan  Search this

Issuing body:

Kungnip Hyŏndae Misulgwan Munhwa chaedan  Search this

Subject:

Kwŏn, Min-ho  Search this

Physical description:

107 pages illustration (some color) 26 x 26 cm

Type:

Exhibitions

Pictorial works

Expositions

Exhibition catalogs

Exhibition, pictorial works

Place:

Korea (South)

Ch'ŏngju-si (Ch'ungch'ŏng-bukto)

Date:

2020

21st century

21e siècle

Topic:

Painting, Korean  Search this

Art, Korean  Search this

Tobacco industry  Search this

Peinture coréenne  Search this

Art coréen  Search this

Data Source:

Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_sil_1165860

Author:

Ayers, John  Search this

Author:

Royal Collection (Great Britain)  Search this

Issuing body:

Royal Collection Trust  Search this

Physical description:

3 volumes (xi, 1144 pages) illustrations (chiefly color) 31 cm

Type:

Catalogs

Catalogues

Catalog

catalogs (documents)

Bildband

Place:

Great Britain

Grande-Bretagne

China

Date:

2016

Topic:

Pottery, Chinese--Private collections  Search this

Pottery, Japanese--Private collections  Search this

Art objects, Chinese--Private collections  Search this

Art objects, Japanese--Private collections  Search this

Art, Chinese--Private collections  Search this

Art, Japanese--Private collections  Search this

Objets d'art chinois--Collections privées  Search this

Objets d'art japonais--Collections privées  Search this

Art chinois--Collections privées  Search this

Art japonais--Collections privées  Search this

Art--Private collections  Search this

Porzellan  Search this

Keramik  Search this

Data Source:

Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_sil_1166216

Artist:

Greenwood, Marion 1909-1970  Search this

Writer of essay:

Salpeter, Harry  Search this

Issuing body:

Mint Museum (Charlotte, N.C.)  Search this

Author:

Smithsonian Libraries Art and Artist Files Collection  Search this

Subject:

Greenwood, Marion 1909-1970  Search this

Physical description:

4 unnumbered pages illustrations 22 cm

Type:

Manuscripts

Exhibitions

Artist files

Date:

1960

Call number:

N6537.G77 A4 1960

AAF--Greenwood, Marion

Data Source:

Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_sil_746574

Artist:

Broderson, Morris 1928-2011  Search this

Publisher:

Downtown Gallery (New York, N.Y.)  Search this

Author:

Smithsonian Libraries Art and Artist Files Collection  Search this

Physical description:

1 folded sheet (6 unnumbered pages) 2 Illustrations 22 x 42 cm folded to 22 x 15 cm

Type:

Books

Exhibitions

Exhibition catalogs

Artist files

Date:

1966

Call number:

AAF--Broderson, M

Data Source:

Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_sil_904165

Painter:

Hudson, Grace Carpenter 1865-1937  Search this

Culture:

Indian  Search this

Type:

Paintings

Date:

1894

Topic:

Landscape  Search this

Figure--Child--Full length  Search this

Ethnic  Search this

Control number:

IAP 8G400012

Data Source:

Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_ari_481403

Painter:

Hudson, Grace Carpenter 1865-1937  Search this

Culture:

Indian  Search this

Type:

Paintings

Owner/Location:

Destroyed

Date:

1894

Topic:

Figure--Child--Bust  Search this

Ethnic  Search this

Control number:

IAP 8G400018

Data Source:

Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_ari_481409