Max Kahn papers
name: label: Creator
content: Kahn, Max
label: Names
content: Beckmann, Max, 1884-1950
label: Names
content: Gatch, Lee, 1902-1968
label: Names
content: Neumann, J. B. (Jsrael Ber)
label: Names
content: Valentine, Curt
topic: label: Occupation
content: Art dealers -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Occupation
content: Painters -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Topic
content: Painting, Modern -- 20th century -- United States
label: Topic
content: Art -- Collectors and collecting -- United States
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Material on reel 1128 lent for microfilming 1976 and unmicrofilmed material donated 1976 by Max Kahn and in 2007 by David Strauss, Kahn's cousin.
creator: label: Creator
content: Kahn, Max
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Dealer, collector; New York, N.Y. Gave financial support to painter Lee Gatch. Kahn was associated with J.B. Neumann from 1947-1953, and with Grace Borgenicht 1953-ca. 1960.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.6 Linear Feet ((partially microfilmed on 1 reel))
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1949-1993
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.kahnmax
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: 35mm microfilm reel 1128 available for use at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
originalsloc: label: Existence and Location of Originals
content: Reel 1128: Originals returned to Kahn after microfilming.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Correspondence, photographs, works of arts, printed material and financial records regarding artists Lee Gatch, J.B. Neumann, Curt Valentine and Max Beckmann. Also included are letters to Kahn regarding museum gifts.
label: Scope and Contents
content: UNMICROFILMED: Letters regarding museum gifts are from H. W. Catling, Julia Robertson, Evelyn Harrison, J. Carter Brown, Earl A. Powell, III, Virginia Mecklenburg, Ruth Fine and others.
label: Scope and Contents
content: REEL 1128: A card file on paintings by Gatch, 1925-1957, listing title, date, size, exhibition history, locations of reproductions, present location. In addition, there is a photograph of "My Three Aunts" with descriptive notes.