Richard Ederheimer papers
name: label: Creator
content: Ederheimer, R. (Richard), 1878-1959
label: Photographer
content: Genthe, Arnold, 1869-1942
topic: label: Occupation
content: Art dealers -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Topic
content: Art -- Collectors and collecting
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Donated 1961 by Mrs. Richard Ederheimer, widow of Ederheimer.
creator: label: Creator
content: Ederheimer, R. (Richard), 1878-1959
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Connoisseur, art collector, print dealer, painter, and poet (New York, N.Y.)
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 11.26 Linear Feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1892-1959
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.ederr
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Scrapbooks
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Scrapbooks
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Family and business correspondence, including some postcards, primarily concerns the sale of Old Master prints and drawings and Ederheimer's painting. Other materials include two diaries (1903-1908, 1939), three scrapbooks (1908-1934), art works (ca. 1918-1944), manuscripts of poetry and plays, lists, photographs, clippings, and miscellaneous publications.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Figuring in the correspondence are several prominent collectors active in the period 1910 to 1920. Artwork consists of portrait paintings and charcoal and pencil drawings by Ederheimer and prints by other artists. Among the photographs are 4 of Ederheimer, 1 of a dock scene, San Francisco, and 1 of a young Chinese boy, all taken by Arnold Genthe.