Reis (Bernard and Rebecca) papers, ca. 1924-1985

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Summary

Title:
Bernard and Rebecca Reis papers
Dates:
ca. 1924-1985
Creators:
Boyle, Kay, 1902-1992, Birnbaum, Abe, 1899-1966, Baziotes, William, 1912-1963, Barr, Alfred H., Jr., 1902-1981, Congdon, William, 1912-1998, Chagall, Marc, 1887-1985, Campigli, Massimo, 1895-1971, Calas, Nicolas, Diebenkorn, Richard, 1922-1993, De Kooning, Willem, 1904-1997, De Diego, Julio, 1900-1979, Frankenthaler, Helen, 1928-2011, Peggy Guggenheim Collection, Ernst, Max, 1891-1976, Eliot, Alexander, Dufy, Raoul, 1877-1953, Guston, Philip, 1913-1980, Van Leyden, Ernst, 1892-1969, Grosz, George, 1893-1959, Guggenheim, Peggy, 1898-1979, Man Ray, 1890-1976, Miró, Joan, 1893-1983, Lipchitz, Jacques, 1891-1973, Lloyd, Frank, Read, Herbert, 1893-1968, Reis, Bernard J., Motherwell, Robert, Rivers, Larry, 1925-2002, Reis, Rebecca G., 1896-1988, Sandberg, Willem Jacob Henri Berend, 1897-1984, Salemme, Attilio, 1911-1955, Tanning, Dorothea, 1910-2012, Stamos, Theodoros, 1922-1997, Wilder, Clinton, Asher, Elise, 1914-, and Albee, Edward, 1928-2016
Abstract:
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.
Extent:
3.4 Linear Feet (8 boxes)
Language:
English .
Preferred citation:

Bernard and Rebecca Reis papers, ca. 1924-1985, Getty Research Institute, Research Library, Accession no. 900184.

http://hdl.handle.net/10020/cifa900184

Background

Scope and content:

The Bernard and Rebecca Reis Papers contain correspondence, business and financial records, printed ephemera, and photographs. The two primary foci, 20th century artists and the art collection formed by Bernard and Rebecca Reis, are brought out through 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.

Biographical / historical:

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.

Acquisition information:
Acquired 1990.
Arrangement:

Organized in three series: Series I. Correspondence and papers, ca. 1924-1985; Series II. Printed ephemera. ca. 1924-1985; Series III. Photographs, ca. 1924-1985.

Physical location:
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Rules or conventions:
archives, personal papers, and manuscripts

About this collection guide

Collection Guide Author:
Hillary Brown.
Date Encoded:
This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2023-07-20 08:58:08 -0700 .

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Restrictions:

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Preferred citation:

Bernard and Rebecca Reis papers, ca. 1924-1985, Getty Research Institute, Research Library, Accession no. 900184.

http://hdl.handle.net/10020/cifa900184

Location of this collection:
1200 Getty Center Drive, Suite 1100
Los Angeles, CA 90049-1688, US
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