Reference Files
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Jacques Seligmann & Co
setName: label: See more items in
content: Jacques Seligmann & Co. records
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 2.25 Linear Feet (Boxes 273-278)
unitdate: label: Date
content: circa 1904-circa 1977
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.jacqself, Series 5
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
arrangement: label: Arrangement note
content: The series is organized into two subseries. Series 5.1. has been scanned; series 5.2. has not been scanned.

5.1: Gallery Library Card Catalogs, circa 1904-circa 1977

5.2: Photograph Reference Index, circa 1904-circa 1960
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents note
content: Jacques Seligmann & Co., Inc., continuously purchased and retained books, articles, and exhibition and sale catalogs for reference use at its galleries. This series consists of Gallery Library Card Catalogs and a Photograph Reference Index for works of art.

Entries for the card catalog were assigned numbers. The library holdings largely consisted of exhibition catalogs, art history and criticism titles, and biographies and monographs on individual artists.

The Photograph Reference Index consists of handwritten and typed records on works of art that generally include date of photograph, stock number, artist, size of work, and publications in which a photograph of the artwork has appeared. Of special interest to researchers will be the notations made on two entries listed under the name, Seligman, G. S., identifying those works of art as looted by the German forces during the occupation of Paris.