Scott & Fowles artists' files
name: label: Creator
content: Scott & Fowles (Firm)
label: Names
content: John, Augustus, 1878-1961
label: Names
content: Lely, Peter, 1618-1680
label: Names
content: Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827
label: Names
content: Scott, Stevenson
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: The Scott & Fowles artists' files were donated to the Cincinnati Art Museum in 1980 by Mathilda Boelscher, a former employee of Scott & Fowles. The Cincinnati Art Museum donated the files to the Archives of American Art in 1981, through Pat Rutledge, librarian at the museum. Some files were removed by a curator at the Taft Museum in Cincinnati before being received by AAA.
creator: label: Creator
content: Scott & Fowles (Firm)
setName: label: See more items in
content: Scott & Fowles artists' files
abstract: label: Summary
content: The artists' files of commercial New York art gallery Scott & Fowles measure 2.5 linear feet and date from 1904 to 1946. The majority of the collection contains photographs of artwork, biographical writings on the artists, and notes regarding sales transactions, artwork descriptions, and history of the ownership of artworks by artists such as Augustus John, Peter Lely, and Thomas Rowlandson. Also included in smaller amounts are letters, financial records, and clippings.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Scott & Fowles was a commercial art gallery in New York, N.Y. The gallery was in operation from approximately 1905 to 1943.
function: label: Function
content: Art galleries, Commercial -- New York (State)
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 2.5 Linear Feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1904-1946
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.scotfowl
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: The collection is arranged as one series.

Series 1: Scott & Fowles Artists' Files, 1904-1946 (2.5 linear feet; Boxes 1-4)
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: The collection was processed, and a finding aid prepared by Sarah Mundy in 2021.
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: A scrapbook of gallery literature and newspaper clippings relating to Scott & Fowles lent for microfilming is available on 35mm microfilm reel D8 at Archives of American Art offices.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The artists' files of commercial New York art gallery Scott & Fowles measure 2.5 linear feet and date from 1904 to 1946. The majority of the collection contains photographs of artwork, biographical writings on the artists, and notes regarding sales transactions, artwork descriptions, and history of the ownership of artworks by artists such as Augustus John, Peter Lely, and Thomas Rowlandson. Also included in smaller amounts are letters, financial records, and clippings.
relatedmaterial: label: Related Materials
content: Also found at the Archives of American Art are the Stevenson Scott papers relating to Augustus John, 1923-1949.
separatedmaterial: label: Separated Materials
content: A scrapbook lent by Wildenstein & Co. in 1956 was microfilmed onto reel D8. The scrapbook was returned to the donor and is not described in the collection container inventory.