Description
Accountant who served as a financial advisor and patron to many artists; wife Rebecca Reis (b. 1900) was an art collector.
The papers contain correspondence, business and financial records, printed ephemera, photographs, a substantial body of letters
from major and minor figures of the American art world, written and visual documentation of the Reis collection of art and
books, and ephemeral material relating to artists and patrons.
Background
Bernard Reis (1895-1978) was an accountant who served as a financial
advisor and patron to many artists; his wife, Rebecca Reis (b. 1900), was an
art collector.