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2010.M.78
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Title: Gabrielle Kopelman papers
Date (inclusive): 1950-2010, bulk 1970-1989
Number: 2010.M.78
Creator/Collector:
Kopelman, Gabrielle
Physical Description:
10.8 linear feet
(21 boxes)
Repository:
The Getty Research Institute
Special Collections
1200 Getty Center Drive, Suite 1100
Los Angeles, California, 90049-1688
(310) 440-7390
Abstract: The papers of Gabrielle Kopelman document her numerous projects as a New York-based independent conservator for various institutions
such as The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum and The Toledo Museum of Art, as well as art dealers including P. & D. Colnaghi
& Company and Wildenstein & Company. The archive includes restoration projects of paintings by major artists such as Rembrandt,
Peter Paul Rubens and Hendrik Terbrugghen. The bulk of the collection contains photographic documentation of paintings in
the form of black-and-white prints, negatives, radiographs and color transparencies. Also included are related papers including
correspondence, invoices, notes and clippings.
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Language: Collection material is in
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Biographical / Historical Note
Gabrielle Kopelman, an independent conservator of Old Master paintings based in New York, has restored numerous paintings
for various institutions including The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, The Toledo Museum of Art and The Frick Collection,
as well as art dealers such as P. & D. Colnaghi & Company, Limited, Thomas Agnew & Sons Limited, and Wildenstein & Company.
Some of her more notable conservation projects include paintings by Rembrandt, Peter Paul Rubens and Hendrik Terbrugghen.
Open for use by qualified researchers, except Box 21, which is sealed until 2018.
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Gabrielle Kopelman papers, 1950-2010 (bulk 1970-1989), The Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles, Accession no. 2010.M.78
http://hdl.handle.net/10020/cifa2010m78
Gift of Mr. Victor Rodwin in 2010.
Processed by Sheila Prospero under the supervision of Andra Darlington from January 2012 to March 2013.
Four monographs and four serials were transferred to the library. These publications may be found by searching the
Library Catalog for the Gabrielle Kopelman Collection.
Scope and Content of Collection
The collection documents Kopelman's numerous projects as an independent conservator commissioned by various institutions such
as The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum and The Toledo Museum of Art, as well as art dealers including P. & D. Colnaghi & Company
and Wildenstein & Company. Highlights of the archive include restoration projects of paintings by major artists such as Rembrandt,
Peter Paul Rubens and Hendrik Terbrugghen.
The client files in Series I form the bulk of the archive and document Kopelman's conservation projects for museums, galleries
and art dealers. The majority of the files contain black-and-white photographs and color transparencies of the paintings that
Kopelman restored, as well as related papers including correspondence, invoices and clippings. Some files also include color
slides and prints, as well as x-rays of artworks such as Rembrandt's
Obelisk, Rubens's
Rubens, His Wife Helena Fourment, and One of Their Children and Antoine Watteau's
The Island of Cythera.
Series II provides a glimpse into Kopelman's research work and conservation process. A small number of research papers and
condition notes on numerous paintings comprise this series. The archive also contains a collection of black-and-white photographs
of frames which can be found in Series III. These photographs were organized by Kopelman according to school.
Additional black-and-white negatives of paintings restored by Kopelman comprise Series IV. Hundreds of these negatives have
been assigned numbers but the names of the works were not identified by Kopelman.
Arranged in four series:
Series I. Client files, 1950-2010, bulk 1970-1989;
Series II. Notes and research papers, undated;
Series III. Photographs of frames, undated;
Series IV. Negatives of paintings, undated.
Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn, 1606-1669
Rubens, Peter Paul, 1577-1640
Terbrugghen, Hendrik, 1588?-1629
Watteau, Antoine, 1684-1721
Art dealers--United States
Art museums--United States
Painting, Baroque--Conservation and restoration
Painting, Dutch--17th century
Painting, Flemish--17th century
Painting--Conservation and restoration--United States
Black-and-white negatives
Black-and-white prints (photographs)
Color prints (photographs)
Color slides
Color transparencies
Photographic prints--20th century
Photographs, Original
Radiographs
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, Massachusetts)
Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.)
P. & D. Colnaghi & Co.
Richard L. Feigen & Company
Thomas Agnew & Sons
Toledo Museum of Art