Albert Gallatin papers
name: label: Creator
content: Gallatin, Albert, 1880-1965
label: Names
content: Bothmer, Bernard V., 1912-
label: Names
content: Fischer, Henry George
topic: label: Occupation
content: Museum curators
label: Occupation
content: Art dealers -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Topic
content: Small sculpture, Ancient -- Collectors and collecting -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Topic
content: Art -- Private collections -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Topic
content: Art, Egyptian -- Collectors and collecting
label: Topic
content: Art -- Collectors and collecting
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Donated 1972 by Alice Gallatin Gault, a relative of Albert Gallatin.
creator: label: Creator
content: Gallatin, Albert, 1880-1965
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Albert Gallatin (1880-1965) was an archeologist, author of the book, "The Pusuit of Happiness," collector of ancient and eastern art and contemporary sculptor Carl Paul Jennewein, who lived in New York, N.Y.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 31 Items
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1950-1964
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.gallalbe
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: 35mm microfilm reel 2812 available at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Letters from curators and dealers of antiquities, including Bernard V. Bothmer, and Henry George Fischer; and fourteen object cards for works in Gallatin's collection. Several of the letters received from Bothmer respond to an interest Gallatin expresses in an Egyptian statuette of King Piankhi (made ca. dynasty XXV) that has been made available to Gallatin for purchase. Bothmer conveys his findings on its provenance, and, via a photograph sent, makes a detailed analysis of the iconography of the statuette. Also included but not microfilmed is a copy of Gallatin's book, "The Pursuit of Happiness" (1950).