Chester Dale papers relating to George Bellows
name: label: Creator
content: Dale, Chester, 1883-1962
label: Names
content: C.W. Kraushaar Art Galleries
label: Names
content: H.V. Allison Galleries
label: Names
content: Bellows, George, 1882-1925
label: Names
content: Bowes, Julian
label: Names
content: Griffith, W. Martin
label: Names
content: Rosenberg, James
label: Names
content: Simson, Alaric
label: Names
content: Sterner, Marie, 1880-1953
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Donated 2010 by Martha J. Fleischman, Archives of American Art trustee and benefactor, who purchased the collection at auction.
creator: label: Creator
content: Dale, Chester, 1883-1962
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Chester Dale (1883-1962) was an art collector in New York, N.Y. Dale collected 19th and 20th century art works.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.2 Linear Feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1919-1956
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.daleches2
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Correspondence, a photograph, and invoices relating to Chester Dale's relationship with George Bellows and Dale's interest in Bellows' works of art.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Correspondence includes twelve letters between George Bellows and Chester Dale regarding Dale's patronage of Bellows and personal matters, 1919-1929. Also included is correspondence between Chester Dale and Marie Sterner, Alaric Simson, and W. Martin Griffith regarding works by Bellows, 1924-1930. Additional letters are from James Rosenberg and Julian Bowes to Dale pertaining to Bowes' portrait sculpture of Bellows, 1927. A photograph of the sculpture is included with the letters.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Seven invoices are from H.V. Allison and Sons to Chester Dale for purchases of works by Bellows, 1944-1956, and an invoice from C.W. Kraushaar Galleries to Dale for a Bellows lithograph, 1929.