INVENTORY OF THE MISCELLANEOUS PAPERS REGARDING AMBROISE
VOLLARD, 1890-1939, bulk 1890-1910
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INVENTORY OF THE MISCELLANEOUS PAPERS REGARDING AMBROISE
VOLLARD, 1890-1939, bulk 1890-1910
Accession no. 2001.M.24
Finding aid prepared by J. Gibbs
Getty Research Institute
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©2007 J. Paul Getty Trust
Descriptive Summary
Title: Miscellaneous papers
regarding Ambroise Vollard
Dates: 1890-1939
Dates: 1890-1910
Collection number: 2001.M.24
Collector:
Getty
Research Library
Extent:
6 linear feet (11
boxes)
Repository:
Getty Research Institute
Research Libary
Special Collections and Visual Resources
1200 Getty Center Drive, Suite 1100
Los Angeles, CA 90049-1688
Abstract: Collection comprises original and photocopied
letters and records related to the French art dealer Ambroise Vollard and the
artists he represented.
Language: Collection
material is in French.
Administrative Information
Access
Open for use by qualified researchers.
Publication Rights
Preferred Citation
Miscellaneous papers regarding Ambroise Vollard, 1890-1939, bulk
1890-1910, Research Library, The Getty Research Institute, Accession no.
2001.M.24.
Acquisition Information
The collection was assembled from various sources by Gerrard White,
who also made the transcriptions in the collection. Acquired by the Getty
Research Library in 2004.
Processing History
Processed by J. Gibbs and Lily Tsukahira.
Biographical / Historical Note
Ambroise Vollard, the pioneer French art dealer, patron and publisher, can be said to
be the first of the ‘modern’ art dealers. Malcolm Gee calls Vollard the “most
notable contemporary art dealer of his generation in France.” Born 1867 in
Réunion, he moved to Paris to study law in 1890 and soon began buying and
selling prints and drawings. After working at L'Union Artistique for Alphonse
Dumas, Vollard set up his own business and in 1894 opened a gallery near the
Opéra on the Rue Laffitte, then the center of the Paris art business.
Vollard organized Cézanne's first one-man exhibit and, as was his
habit, bought works directly from the artist, building a collection of enormous
value. He also bought work from van Gogh, Gauguin, Bonnard, Denis, Redon,
Vuillard, Derain, Rouault, Vlaminck, Rousseau, Picasso, Maillol, and Matisse,
often holding back the work for years to take advantage of rising prices.
Vollard is also known for his print publishing business (1890s through
1900) and for establishing the genre of the illustrated art book (livre
d'artiste). After 1915 Vollard launched over 40 publishing
projects with artists, many of which were incomplete when he died in 1939.
Vollard wrote several books on artists (Cézanne, Renoir, Degas, among them) as
well as his memoir, published in English with the title
Recollections of a Picture Dealer (1936,
1978).
Scope and Content of Collection
Collection comprises original and photocopied letters and records
related to the art dealer Ambroise Vollard and the artists he represented. Also
included are transcriptions of photocopied materials.
Included are: 83 items of correspondence, 3 documents, 18 b&w
photographs, 12 publications, 1 sketchbook, 2 watercolors, and 1 lithograph.
The photocopies of stockbooks, account books, and correspondence, were made
from original materials, some of which are now in the Musee D'Orsay. The
transcriptions were made by Gerrard White from the photocopies.
Correspondence centers on artists Paul Gauguin, Georges Rouault,
Pierre Bonnard, Edouard Vuillard, Théophile Alexandre Steinlen, Daniel de
Monfreid, Henri Gabriel Ibels, and Maurice Denis; prominent critics such as
Felix Feneon, Roger Marx, Andre Mellerio, Gabriel Mourey, and Jules Laforgue;
dealers such as Vollard, Edouard Kleinmann, and Durand Ruel; collectors such as
Chaudet, Gabriel Frizeau, and Alexandre Natanson; publishers such as Floury and
Marty; and the print dealer André Clot.
This collection was assembled by Gerrard White from various sources
including Maurice Malingue, the family of André Mellerio, Baron Benys Cochin,
the heirs of André Clot, John Rewald, and Vollard heir Lucien Sébastien.
Arrangement
Indexing Terms
Subjects - Names
Bonnard, Pierre
Clot, André
Denis, Maurice,
1870-1943
Frizeau,
Gabriel
Fénéon, Félix,
1861-1944
Floury, Henri
Gauguin, Paul,
1848-1903
Ibels, Henri-Gabriel,
1867-1936
Kleinmann,
Edouard
Laforgue, Jules
Marty, Andre,
1857-
Marx, Roger
Mellerio, André, b.
1862
Monfreid, Daniel de,
1856-1929
Mourey, Gabriel,
1865-1943
Natanson, Alexandre, d.
1936
Rouault, Georges,
1871-1958
Steinlen, Théophile
Alexandre, 1859-1923
Vollard, Ambroise,
1867-1939
Galerie
Durand-Ruel
Galerie Vollard
Subjects - Topics
Art—Collectors and
collecting—History
Art—Marketing—History
Art
dealers—France—Paris
Artists—France—Paris
Artists' illustrated books
Collectors and
collecting—France—History
Genres and Forms of Material
Letters
(correspondence)
Photographic
prints
Photographs,
Original
Prints
Contributors
Monfreid, Daniel de,
1856-1929
Steinlen, Théophile
Alexandre, 1859-1923
Vollard, Ambroise,
1867-1939
Vuillard, Edouard,
1868-1940
Series I.
Correspondence concerning Paul Gauguin,
1897-1917
Scope and Content Note
Letters concern the sale of Gauguin's art, the critical reception
of his work, and the handling of his personal and business affairs, dating
mostly from the last decade of the artist's life. The correspondence reveals
the roles played in Gauguin's career by his dealer, Ambroise Vollard, and his
close friends, particularly Daniel de Monfreid. The provenance of the majority
of letters is Maurice Malingue.
Box 1, Folder 1
Georges Chaudet to Paul Gauguin,
1897
Physical Description:
1 item
Box 1, Folder 2
Jean Dolent to Roger Marx
Physical Description:
1 item
Box 1, Folder 3-5
Gustave Fayet to Paul Gauguin,
1900-1902
Physical Description:
3 items
Box 1, Folder 6
Paul Gauguin to Georges Chaudet
Physical Description:
1 item
Box 1, Folder 7
Mette Gauguin to Daniel de Monfreid,
1893,
1907
Physical Description:
2 letters
Box 1, Folder 8
Daniel de Monfreid to Paul Gauguin,
9 Juin
1903
Physical Description:
1 letter, 2 leaves, 4 pp.
Box 1, Folder 9
Daniel de Monfreid to Mette Gauguin,
1907
Physical Description:
1 leaf, 3 pp.
Box 1, Folder 10
Annette Monfreid to Mette Gauguin,
Avril
1907
Physical Description:
1 leaf, 2 pp.
Box 1, Folder 11
Daniel de Monfreid to Alexandre Natanson,
1908
Physical Description:
1 leaf, 3pp.
Box 1, Folder 12
Daniel Monfreid to Emile Shuffenecker,
1903
Physical Description:
1 leaf, 4 pp.
Box 1, Folder 13-19
Vollard to Daniel de Monfreid
Physical Description:
7 items, 10 leaves
Box 1, Folder 13
1898 Receipt for four Gauguin
paintings
Box 1, Folder 20-22
Vollard to Paul Gauguin
Physical Description:
3 items
Box 1, Folder 23-27
Vollard to Daniel de Monfreid
Physical Description:
5 items
Box 1, Folder 28
Vollard to unidentified,
undated
Physical Description:
1 item
Series II.
Other correspondence,
1891-1939
Physical Description:
15 items
Scope and Content Note
Contains Vollard's correspondence with Andrè Clot, Gabriel
Frizeau, Georges Rouault, and Dr. Goubert, a contract between Vollard and
Rouault, and a receipt from Marc Chagall to Vollard. Also, letters from Emile
Bernard to Ary Leblond.
Box 1, Folder 29
Emile Bernard to Ary Leblond
Physical Description:
6 letters
Box 1, Folder 30
Marc Chagall to Vollard, receipt and letter
Physical Description:
2 leaves
Box 1, Folder 31-32
Georges Rouault to Vollard,
undated
Physical Description:
2 letters
Box 1, Folder 33
Vollard to Dr. Goubert,
1891
Physical Description:
1 letter, 6 leaves
Scope and Content Note
Regarding Raffaëlli.
Box 1, Folder 34
Vollard to Gabriel Frizeau,
1903
Physical Description:
1 item
Box 1, Folder 35
Vollard to André Clot,
1911
Physical Description:
1 item
Box 1, Folder 36
Vollard to Gabriel Frizeau,
1917
Physical Description:
1 item
Box 1, Folder 37
Vollard to Georges Rouault,
1935
Physical Description:
1 letter, 5 leaves
Scope and Content Note
Missing one leaf.
Box 1, Folder 38
Vollard to Georges Rouault: contract,
1939
Physical Description:
9 leaves
Scope and Content Note
Typed, carbon; pages taped together along 1 edge to form
binding
Series III.
Correspondence regarding Vollard's painters and the art
market,
1887-1924
Physical Description:
42 letters
Scope and Content Note
Letters between artists, collectors, and dealers in Vollard's
circle. In addition to Vollard, the art market, and art criticism, letters
touch on printmaking and publication. Arranged alphabetically by writer,
however the letter from Kleinmann is filed with the Steinlen
correspondence.
Box 2, Folder 1
Pierre Bonnard to André Clot,
30 Jan
1902
Physical Description:
1 p.
Box 2, Folder 2
George Bottini to Edouard Kleinmann,
undated
Physical Description:
11 letters
Box 2, Folder 3
Gustave Caillebott to Edmond de Bellio (collector),
2 fevr
1887
Physical Description:
1 postcard
Box 2, Folder 4
Paul Cézanne to Emile Bernard,
24 aoüt
1904
Physical Description:
2 pp.
Scope and Content Note
Pages stuck together; need conservation treatment.
Box 2, Folder 5
Maurice Denis and Maurice Dumont to André Marty,
7 Nov
1894
Physical Description:
1 leaf, 2 pp.
Box 2, Folder 6
Maurice Denis to André Clot,
undated
Physical Description:
1 leaf, 2 pp.
Box 2, Folder 7
Maurice Denis to Edouard Vuillard,
undated
Physical Description:
2 calling cards
Scope and Content Note
Message written on cards.
Box 2, Folder 8
Marcellin Desboutins to Roger Marx,
27 fevr
1888
Physical Description:
1 leaf, 3 pp
Box 2, Folder 9
Joseph Durand-Ruel to André Mellerio,
jan
1924
Physical Description:
2 letters, 2 pp.
Box 2, Folder 10
Henri Fantin-Latour to Roger Marx,
16 jan
1892
Physical Description:
1 leaf
Box 2, Folder 11
Henri Fantin-Latour to Roger Marx,
2 mars
1892
Physical Description:
1 leaf
Box 2, Folder 12
Felix Fénéon to Alexandre Natanson,
17 juin
1915
Physical Description:
1 leaf
Box 2, Folder 13
Henri Gabriel Ibels to Henri Foury,
20 mai
1914
Physical Description:
1 leaf
Box 2, Folder 14
Charles Lacoste to Gabriel Frizeau,
2 avril
1921
Physical Description:
4 pp.
Scope and Content Note
With envelope.
Box 2, Folder 15
Jules Laforgue to André Mellerio,
8 mars
1901
Physical Description:
2 pp.
Scope and Content Note
With envelope.
Box 2, Folder 16
Odilon Redon to Joseph Durand-Ruel,
16
juillet 1889
Physical Description:
2 pp.
Box 2, Folder 17
Odilon Redon to Gabriel Mourey,
19 Dec
1910
Physical Description:
2 pp.
Box 2, Folder 18
Georges Rouault to A. Athis, Galerie Druet,
25 fev
1925
Physical Description:
1 p.
Box 2, Folder 19-26
Théophile Alexandre Steinlen correspondence,
1886-1929
Physical Description:
8 items
Box 2, Folder 19
Letter to Edouard Kleinmann,
14 Oct
1896
Physical Description:
3 pp.
Box 2, Folder 20
Letter to Henri Floury,
21
mars 1903
Physical Description:
1 p.
Box 2, Folder 21
Letter to Edouard Kleinmann,
9
juillet, 1901
Physical Description:
4 pp.
Scope and Content Note
Written from Norway
Box 2, Folder 22
Letter to André Clot,
12
mars 1903
Physical Description:
1 p.
Box 2, Folder 23
Postcard to Edouard Kleinmann,
28 Jul
1922
Physical Description:
1 item
Box 2, Folder 24
Letter from Edouard Kleinmann,
1929
Physical Description:
2 leaves
Box 2, Folder 25
Letter to Edouard Kleinmann,
undated
Physical Description:
1 leaf, 2 pp.
Box 2, Folder 26
Note to Roger Marx,
undated
Physical Description:
1 item
Scope and Content Note
One calling card with handwritten message.
Box 2, Folder 27
Edouard Vuillard letters to Pierre Bonnard,
undated
Physical Description:
3 items
Scope and Content Note
One 4 pp. letter, 1 postcard with image of Versailles dated 6
fevrier, 1 postcard, image of Place Clichy.
Box 2, Folder 28
Edouard Vuillard to Roger Marx
Physical Description:
1 item
Scope and Content Note
1 calling card with handwritten message.
Box 2, Folder 29
Photographic portraits of Vollard,
1934,
undated
Physical Description:
4 photographs
Scope and Content Note
Includes 1 Brassai photograph, dated 1934.
Series IV.
Ambroise Vollard dealer's records and related records in
other repositories,
ca.
1894-1935
Scope and Content Note
Photocopies made from original materials now in other
repositories, including the Musée D'Orsay. Includes transcriptions made by
Gerrard White. No original materials, except the photographs and Forain
sketchbook and prints. Photocopies of Vollard's account books and
correspondence books were acquired by Gerrard White from John Rewald.
Box 3, Folder 1
Stock book/ledger,
1894
Scope and Content Note
Photocopies.
Box 3, Folder 2
Carnet Cézanne,
189?
Scope and Content Note
Ledger; photocopy.
Box 3, Folder 3
Stock book,
1895-1900
Scope and Content Note
Photocopy.
Box 3, Folder 4
Stock book/ledger,
1900-1902
Scope and Content Note
Photocopy.
Box 3, Folder 5
Financial ledger,
1904
Scope and Content Note
Monies owed to dealers and artists; photocopy.
Box 3, Folder 6
Stock book,
1904-1909
Scope and Content Note
Photocopy.
Box 3, Folder 7
Another copy of Stock book,
1904-1909
Scope and Content Note
Unbound, annotated; photocopy.
Box 3, Folder 8
Shipping ledger,
1912-1923
Scope and Content Note
Photocopy.
Box 3, Folder 9
Consignments ledger,
1925-1933
Scope and Content Note
Photocopy.
Box 4
Vollard letters,
1899-ca.
1920
Scope and Content Note
Spiral bound. See Box 5, folder 3 for Gerrard White's
transcriptions of these letters. Photocopies.
Box 5, Folder 1
Letters to Vollard,
ca.
1917-1935
Scope and Content Note
Photocopies.
Box 5, Folder 2
Letters to Vollard,
ca.
1895-1935
Scope and Content Note
Seem to be organized alphabetically from Sequin to Zola.
Photocopies.
Box 5, Folder 3
Gerrard White's transcriptions of the Ambroise Vollard
letters,
1899-ca.
1920
Scope and Content Note
Photocopies. See also photocopies of originals in Box 4.
Box 5, Folder 4
André Clot letters received
Scope and Content Note
Several hundred letters addressed to the printer/printmaker from
the artists with whom he worked. Photocopies.
Box 5, Folder 5
Baron Denys Cochin papers
Scope and Content Note
Circa 120 pp of documents concerning the Cochin collection, with
receipts and letters from dealers, invoices, lists of paintings sold.
Photocopies.
Box 5, Folder 6
Sketchbook by Jean Louis Forain,
undated
Scope and Content Note
Pencil and watercolor sketches; annotation on 1st page: “Croquis
de Riki et de Forain.” See also watercolors in Box 5, f.7, and lithograph in
Box 10*, folder 1.
Box 5, Folder 7
2 watercolors, by Jean Louis Forain (?),
undated
Scope and Content Note
Portraits of Vollard. See also Forain lithograph portrait of
Vollard in Box 10*, f.1
Box 10*, Folder 1
Lithograph by Jean Louis Forain,
undated
Scope and Content Note
Portrait of Vollard.
Box 10*, Folder 2
Photographs of Renoir paintings, authenticated by him
Physical Description:
4 photographs
Scope and Content Note
Mounted on board, signed and dated by P.-A. Renoir.
Box 10*, Folder 3
Photographs of paintings
Physical Description:
10 photographs
Scope and Content Note
Includes work by Degas, Cézanne, Mary Cassatt, Henri
Rousseau.
Box 11
Gerrard White's complete transcription of the Ambroise
Vollard dealer archive
Physical Description:
1 cartridge
Scope and Content Note
Includes transcriptions of the account books and correspondence
books. On 2.5 megabyte Jaz cartridge. Read only. May not be copied or printed.
Restricted.
Series V.
Catalogues, monographs and exhibition documentation,
1915-1930
Physical Description:
12 items
Scope and Content Note
Printed ephemera and catalogues from Galerie Vollard.
Box 6, Folder 1
Printed exhibition lists/brochures from Galerie
Vollard
Physical Description:
5 items
Box 6, Folder 2
Ambroise Vollard.
Le Père Ubu à l'hopital. Paris:
Editions Georges Crès et cie,
1918
Box 6, Folder 3
Ambroise Vollard.
La Politique Coloniale du Père
Ubu
. Zurich: Editions Georges Crès et cie,
1919
Box 6, Folder 4
Ambroise Vollard.
Paul Cezanne. Paris: Ambroise
Vollard,
1915
Box 6, Folder 5
Ambroise Vollard.
Sainte Monique. Paris: Ambroise
Vollard,
1930
Box 7
Catalogue complet des Editions Ambroise
Vollard
,
1930
Scope and Content Note
Number 74 of an edition of 625.
Box 8
Ambroise Vollard.
La vie & l'oeuvre de Pierre-Auguste
Renoir
. Paris: Chez Ambroise Vollard,
1919
Box 9
Ambroise Vollard.
Le Père Ubu à la Guerre. Paris:
Ambroise Vollard,
1923
