Enid Klass correspondence regarding the George Perutz art collection
name: label: Creator
content: Klass, Enid
label: Names
content: Perutz, George
topic: label: Occupation
content: Art dealers -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Topic
content: Art, American -- Collectors and collecting
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Donated to the Archives of American Art in 2018, 2019 and 2020 by Enid Klass.
creator: label: Creator
content: Klass, Enid
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content: Enid Klass correspondence regarding the George Perutz art collection
abstract: label: Summary
content: The Enid Klass correspondence regarding George Perutz art collection measures 0.4 linear feet and dates from 1965-2009.. The majority of the letters are from Perutz to various dealers and artists, inquiring about artworks and tracking provenance. There is also correspondence between George Perutz and his friend and art consultant Enid Klass indicating their exchange of often detailed information about various art works to consider buying and comments about the current art scene. Correspondence between Perutz and dealers have been forwarded to Klass, sometimes with an additional note to Klass. Perutz collected American art, including artists John James Audubon, Thomas Hart Benton, Stuart Davis, Philip Evergood, Marsden Hartley, Childe Hassam, Robert Henri, Edward Hopper, George Inness, Yasuo Kuniyoshi, John Marin, Maurice Prendergast, John Sloan, Grant Wood, and others. Correspondence with galleries includes Ankrum, Banfer, Downtown, David B. Findlay, Forum, Martha Jackson, Kennedy, Kraushaar, Landou-Alan, Midtown, Milch, Rosenberg, Jacques Seligmann, Zabriskie, and others.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Enid Klass (1931- ) is an art consultant in New York, N.Y. George Perutz (1925-2016) was an art collector in Dallas, Texas. Enid Klass and George Perutz became friends in the 1950s when they both lived in Dallas, Texas. Following her stint as assistant in the Paintings Department of Parke-Bernet and Sotheby's, Klass became an art consultant assisting Perutz in the development of his American art collection.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.4 Linear Feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1965-2009
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.klasenid
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: Due to the small size of this collection the papers are arranged as one series.
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: The collection was processed and a finding aid prepared by Hilary Price in 2018. The 2019 addition was processed in 2020 by Ryan Evans.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The Enid Klass correspondence regarding George Perutz art collection measures 0.4 linear feet and dates from 1965-2009. The majority of the letters are from Perutz to various dealers and artists, inquiring about artworks and tracking provenance. There is also correspondence between George Perutz and his friend and art consultant Enid Klass indicating their exchange of often detailed information about various art works to consider buying and comments about the current art scene. Correspondence between Perutz and dealers have been forwarded to Klass, sometimes with an additional note to Klass. Perutz collected American art, including artists John James Audubon, Thomas Hart Benton, Stuart Davis, Philip Evergood, Marsden Hartley, Childe Hassam, Robert Henri, Edward Hopper, George Inness, Yasuo Kuniyoshi, John Marin, Maurice Prendergast, John Sloan, Grant Wood, and others. Correspondence with galleries includes Ankrum, Banfer, Downtown, David B. Findlay, Forum, Martha Jackson, Kennedy, Kraushaar, Landou-Alan, Midtown, Milch, Rosenberg, Jacques Seligmann, Zabriskie, and others. Also found are two exhibition catalogs annotated by Perutz.