A. Alfred Taubman papers
name: label: Creator
content: Taubman, A. Alfred
label: Names
content: Taubman Co. -- Art collections
topic: label: Occupation
content: Philanthropists
label: Topic
content: Corporations -- Art collections
label: Topic
content: Art -- Collectors and collecting
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: A small portion of the papers were lent for microfilming in 1976 by A. Alfred Taubman. The bulk of the papers was donated in 2023 by the A. Alfred Taubman Restated Revocable Trust via  William S. Taubman, Trustee.
creator: label: Creator
content: Taubman, A. Alfred
setName: label: See more items in
content: A. Alfred Taubman papers
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: A. Alfred Taubman (1924-2015) was a businessperson, collector, and philanthropist in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 14 Linear Feet ((on partial microfilm reel))
unitdate: label: Date
content: circa 1964-2014
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.tauba
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: 35mm microfilm reel 1159 available at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The A. Alfred Taubman papers measure 14.0 linear feet and date from circa 1964-2014. The majority of the collection documents Taubman's extensive art collection, which included works from many different time periods of European and American Art. The collection includes files for each individual work, including works donated or sold at various points. Files include correspondence, sales invoices and receipts, shipping documents, framing and conservation documents, loan agreements, printed materials, and photographic materials.
separatedmaterial: label: Separated Materials
content: Additional material lent for microfilming on reel 1159 in 1976 includes subject files on ten sculptors from whom Taubman purchased sculpture for his company the Taubman Co. Files contain photographs of the artists' works; letters; a sketch; and four exhibition catalogs. Artists include Michelangelo Buonarrotti, Robert Cook, Aaronel de Roy Gruber, David Hayes, Milton Hebald, Wolf Kahn, Joseph Anthony McDonnell, M. Antoine Poncet, Paul von Ringelheim, and Francois Stahly.