Finding aid for the records of Svensk-Franska Konstgalleriet (Stockholm, Sweden) and the Galerie Bonnier, 1918-1997 990074
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2006
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Title: Records of Svensk-Franska Konstgalleriet (Stockholm, Sweden) and the Galerie Bonnier
Creator:
Miró, Joan, 1893-1983
Creator:
Cézanne, Paul, 1839-1906
Creator:
Courthion, Pierre
Creator:
Derain, André, 1880-1954
Creator:
Degas, Edgar, 1834-1917
Creator:
Galerie Bonnier
Creator:
Galerie Louis Carré
Creator:
Galerie Durand-Ruel
Creator:
Berenson, Bernard, 1865-1959
Creator:
Braque, Georges, 1882-1963
Creator:
Berggruen & Cie
Creator:
Monet, Claude, 1840-1926
Creator:
Musée Rodin
Creator:
Picasso, Pablo, 1881-1973
Creator:
Redon, Odilon, 1840-1916
Creator:
Svensk-franska konstgalleriet (Stockholm, Sweden)
Creator:
Romdahl, Axel L. (Axel Ludvig), 1880-1951
Creator:
Gauguin, Paul, 1848-1903
Creator:
Hoppe, Ragnar, 1885-1967
Creator:
Kahnweiler, Daniel Henry, 1884-1979
Creator:
Kandinsky, Wassily, 1866-1944
Creator:
Klee, Paul, 1879-1940
Creator:
Matisse, Henri, 1869-1954
Creator:
MM. Bernheim Jeune & cie (Paris, France)
Identifier/Call Number: 990074
Physical Description:
331 box(es)
Date (inclusive): 1918-1997
Abstract: Complete business records of the Svensk-Franska Konstgalleriet, Stockholm, Sweden (1918-1974) and the successor gallery, Galerie
Bonnier, Geneva, Switzerland (1961-1997). The combined galleries dealt in Impressionist, Post-impressionist, Cubist, German
Expressionist, and early abstract art.
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Language of Material: Collection material is in Swedish and French.
Scope and Content of Collection
The archive contains the complete business records of the Galerie Bonnier, Geneva, Switzerland (1961-1997) and the Svensk-Franska
Konstgalleriet, Stockholm, Sweden (1918-1974). The combined galleries dealt in Impressionist, Postimpressionist, Cubist, German
Expressionist, and early abstract art. Important artists who figure as correspondents as well as subjects in the records include
Bonnard, Braque, Cézanne, Degas, Derain, Friesz, Gauguin, Gleizes, Gris, Kandinsky, Klee, Leger, Matisse, Miró, Modigliani,
Monet, Picasso, Pissarro, Redon, Rodin, and Rouault. Records include reports and records from the shareholder's meetings;
notary deeds; account books with a book of buyer's accounts; books of inventories (arranged alphabetically by artist's name)
documenting transactions with other galleries including Bernheim-Jeune and Durand-Ruel; inventories of works bought or accepted
on consignment including those from Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler; invoices after 1930; index card files; correspondence; photographic
documentation; press clippings; exhibition and auction catalogs. Includes a dossier of special files (organized by general
topic) that contains letters in which paintings of contested authorship or provenance were authenticated by a range of experts
that includes Pierre Courthion, Musée Rodin, Jean Ronfort, Pola Gauguin, Bernheim-Jeune, and Bernard Berenson. Correspondents
consist of art critics such as Ragnar Hoppe, Gregor Paulson, and Axel Romdahl and art houses such as Bernheim-Jeune, Edmond
Sagot, Walter Halvorsen, Valori Plastici, D.H. Kahnweiler, Durand-Ruel, Paul Rosenberg, Galerie Louis Carré, Berggruen &
Cie, Pierre Courthion, and Michel Courturier.
Arrangement note
Arranged in 2 series:
Series I. Galerie Bonnier records, 1961-1997;
Series II. Svensk-franska Konstgalleriet (Stockholm, Sweden) records, 1918-1974
Biographical/Historical Note
Svenska-Franska Konstgalleriet, Stockholm, was founded in 1918 by Gosta Olsen. The gallery merged with Galerie Bonnier, Geneva,
in 1973. Galerie Bonnier was founded in Lausanne in 1961 by Jan Runnqvist, son of Harry Runnqvist, who was Olsen's partner
in Stockholm. Galerie Bonnier moved to Geneva in 1969. Between 1964 and 1973, when his father died, Jan Runnqvist directed
both galleries until 1973 when he closed Svensk-Franska and moved all business records to Geneva. The combined galleries handled
a range of modern art, from Impressionism to early abstract art.
Processing History
Collection is partially processed. One videotape was received from Jann Runnqvist in 2003 and added to the archive. Additions
received in 2005 are not yet processed or inventoried (ADDS 2).
Acquisition Information
Received in three acquisitions in 1999, 2003 and 2005.
Preferred Citation
Records of the Svensk-Fransk Konstgalleriet (Stockholm, Sweden) and the Galerie Bonnier, 1918-1997, Research Library, The
Getty Research Institute, Accession no. 990074.
http://hdl.handle.net/10020/cifa990074
Publication Rights
Access
Open for use by qualified researchers.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Art -- Expertising
Art dealers -- Switzerland
Art galleries, Commercial
Art, Modern -- Collectors and collecting
Art dealers -- Sweden
Photographic prints
Merchandise inventories
Video recordings
Photographs, Original
Drawings, European -- Collectors and collecting
Collectors and collecting
Ledgers (account books)
Paintings, European -- Collectors and collecting
Galerie Bonnier
Svensk-franska konstgalleriet (Stockholm, Sweden)
Galerie Bonnier records, Series I.
1961-1997
Physical Description:
57.55 Linear Feet
Scope and Contents note
Complete business records of the Galerie Bonnier. Arranged in 8 subseries by type of record. Note that Galerie Bonnier Daybooks
are in Series II.A. filed with those of the Svensk-Franska Konstgalleriet.
Partnership meetings, Series I.A.
ca. 1961-1997
Physical Description:
0.83 Linear Feet
2 boxes
box 1
Notary deeds; Reports from annual partnership meetings
box 2
Reports from annual partnership meetings, with balance sheets and comptroller's reports
Documents of justification, Series I.B.
1961-1993
Physical Description:
22.1 Linear Feet
Scope and Contents note
Financial statements and invoices numbered 1-n, chronologically for each year or set of years. See also oversize boxes.
Galerie Bonnier ledgers,
1961-1995
box 51
Consigners's invoices to Galerie Bonnier,
1961-1972
Inventory books and works on consignment, Series I.C.
1961-1993
Physical Description:
0.83 Linear Feet
Scope and Contents note
See also ledgers in oversize Boxes 274*-278* Works on consignment were given Stock "A" numbers.
box 52
Stock A, peintures, sculptures, nos. 659-
box 52
Stock journal, nos. 77-229 through 84-172
box 52
Stock journal, nos. 85-001 through 89-180
box 53
Stock journal 08-01 through 72-161
box 53
Stock journal 73-001 through 74-209
box 53
Stock journal 74-210 through 77-228
box 53
Stock A (1973 through Mai 1980)
box 53
Stock A nos. 23 through 20-89
Register cards, Series I.D.
circa 1961-1997
Physical Description:
0.42 Linear Feet
1 box
Scope and Contents note
Index cards record sales; in 2 sets arranged by buyers, and by artists.
Price lists, Series I.E.
circa 1961-1997
Physical Description:
1.25 Linear Feet
Scope and Contents note
Price lists from exhibitions and art fairs.
box 55, box 56
Price lists from gallery, by artists A-Z
box 57
Price lists from Galerie Bonnier's art fair exhibits
Correspondence, Series I.F.
1961-1993
Physical Description:
14.18 Linear Feet
Scope and Contents note
Letters are filed alphabetically within each year, or group of years.
box 83
A-J,
Sept 1988- April 1990
box 84
K-R,
Sept 1988-April 1990
box 85
S-Z,
Sept 1988-April 1990
box 86
A-H,
April 1990-1991/1992 (April)
box 87
I-S,
April 1990-1991/1992 (April)
box 88
T-Z,
April 1990-1991/1992 (April)
box 89
A-J,
April 1992-April 1993
box 90
K-St,
April 1992-April 1993
box 91
T-Z,
April 1992-April 1993
Catalogues, Series I.G.
1961-1997
Physical Description:
0.83 Linear Feet
Scope and Contents note
Catalogs from various galleries, including Galerie Bonnier, Svensk-Franska.
Press clippings, Series I.H.
1961-1994
Physical Description:
1.25 Linear Feet
Scope and Contents note
Reviews, and other art world press.
Artists special files, Series I.I.
circa 1961-1997
Physical Description:
5 Linear Feet
Scope and Contents note
Files on artists of importance to the gallery.
box 97, box 98, box 99, box 100, box 101, box 102, box 103, box 104, box 105, box 106, box 107, box 108
Miscellaneous Administrative files, Series I.J.
circa 1961-1997
Physical Description:
0.83 Linear Feet
Basel art fair files, Series I.K.
1973-1996
Physical Description:
1.67 Linear Feet
Photographs, Series I.L.
circa 1961-1997
Physical Description:
5 Linear Feet
Scope and Contents note
Black and white photographs and transparencies of art works, and snapshots of openings, art fairs, other events.
Photographs of art works, A-Z
Miscellaneous photographs, artists, fairs, and events
box 123
J. Tinguely - J. Williams
Assorted documents and publications, Series I.M.
circa 1961-1997
Physical Description:
3.34 Linear Feet
box 127
Documents concerning Yves Klein Editions regarding "Venus Bleue" and "Terre Bleue"
box 128
Art collection estimates estimations of art collections in Sweden or Switzerland, mostly for insurance purposes
Documenta catalogues, I-IX,
1955-1992
box 134
Publications on Galerie Bonnier's 25th and 30th anniversaries
Svensk-Franska Konstgalleriet (Stockholm, Sweden) records, Series II.
1918-1974
Container Summary: 147 boxes ca. 71 lin. ft.
Scope and Contents note
All business records of the Svensk-franska gallery, which merged with Galerie Bonnier in 1973. Arranged in 7 subseries by
type of record.
Financial records, Series II.A.
1918-1973
Container Summary: 54 boxes ca. 30 lin. ft.
box 135
Reports from shareholders' meetings,
1918-1974
box 136
Shareholders's record books, ledgers,
1918-1921
Scope and Contents note
Books of accounting, head ledgers.
Daybooks, Svensk-Franska and Galerie Bonnier,
1918-1975
Documents of justification,
1956-1972
Scope and Contents note
Statements and invoices, numbered 1-n and arranged chronologically
box 153, box 154, box 155, box 156, box 157
Inventory books: chronologically ordered purchases, A-Z
1920s-1930s
box 160
S-O, plus 6 other inventory books
box 163, box 164, box 165
box 165, box 166, box 167
Reskontra (buyers's accounts)
Reskontra (buyers's accounts), I-X
Correspondence, Series II.B.
1918-1973
Physical Description:
25.43 Linear Feet
Scope and Contents note
Letters received and copies of letters sent, chronologically arranged, then alphabetically. Beginning in 1936, French correspondence
was filed separately in 4 volumes, 1936-1939 (Boxes 210-212 below). From October 1948 to December 1972, all foreign correspondence
is filed separately from the Swedish.
box 210
French correspondence 1936 (water damage),
1937
box 212
1939-1948
Scope and Contents note
Water damaged.
box 226
Foreign correspondence,
1970-1971
box 227
Correspondence: D. H. Kahnweiler Paris,
1946-1965
box 228
Correspondence: Ebbesen, Hans Ekegardh, Siri Rathsman, divers,
ca. 1946-1962
box 229
Correspondence: Galerie Couturier (Michael Couturier),
1948-1970
Telegrams sent and received,
1918-1948
Special files, Series II.C.
ca. 1918-1972
Physical Description:
4.17 Linear Feet
Scope and Contents note
Files relate to special exhibitions, collectors, expertise, conflicts around certain paintings, and re-structuring of the
company.
box 233, box 234, box 235, box 236, box 237, box 238, box 239, box 240, box 241, box 242
Press clippings, Series II.D.
ca. 1918-1972
Physical Description:
2.92 Linear Feet
7 boxes
Scope and Contents note
Collected press about the gallery and it's exhibits.
box 243, box 244, box 245, box 246, box 247, box 248, box 249
Photographs of art works, Series II.E.
ca. 1918-1974
Physical Description:
1.67 Linear Feet
4 boxes
Scope and Contents note
Arranged alphabetically by artist, followed by assorted photographs from exhibitions, fairs and auctions.
box 254, box 255, box 256
Varia, Jubileum, Utställningar (exhibitions) and auctions
Publications, Series II.F.
ca. 1918-1972
Container Summary: 4 boxes ca. 4 lin. ft.
box 257, box 258, box 259, box 260
Catalogues,
1918-1972
Physical Description:
8 box(es)
box 261, box 262, box 263
Auction sales,
1922-1972
Scope and Contents note
Auction catalogues include hammer prices and buyers' names.
box 264, box 265, box 266, box 267
box 295
V1: Centralgruffet: one act film from 1922 (Svensk-Franska Konstgaleriet, Stockholm)
Centralgruffet: 1922
Scope and Contents note
1 videocassette (VHS) : Original.
Numbered by the repository as V1.
Index cards, Series II.G.
ca. 1918-1974
Physical Description:
7 box(es)
ca. 3 lin. ft.
box 296, box 297, box 298, box 299, box 300, box 301, box 302, box 303, box 304, box 305, box 306, box 307, box 308, box 309, box 310, box 311, box 312, box 313, box 314, box 315, box 316, box 317, box 318, box 319, box 320, box 321, box 322, box 323, box 324, box 325, box 326, box 327, box 328, box 329, box 330, box 331
Unprocessed additions to the collection received in two acquisitions in 2005