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INVENTORY OF THE DUITS, LTD. (GALLERY: LONDON, ENGLAND) RECORDS, 1920-1979
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Title: Duits, Ltd. (Gallery: London, England) records
Date (inclusive): 1920-1979
Collection number: 860290
Creator:
Duits, Ltd. (Gallery: London, England)
Extent:
26 linear feet
(69 boxes)
Repository:
Getty Research Institute
Research Library
Special Collections and Visual Resources
1200 Getty Center Drive, Suite 1100
Los Angeles, CA 90049-1688
Abstract: Extant sales and financial records and photographs of the Duits, Ltd. Gallery in London for the period 1920-1979, providing
provenance, sales history, and some expertise on art and antiques (including estates and collections) handled by the firm.
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Language: Collection material in English
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Duits Ltd. (Gallery: London, England) records, 1920-1979, Getty Research Institute, Research Library, Accession no. 860290.
The Duits Ltd. records were received from the London gallery upon closing business in 1985.
The firm started as a general dealer in art and antiques in Dordrecht in 1836 before moving to Amsterdam in 1875. In 1920
Charles Duits opened a gallery in London where he was joined by his brother William Henry and both his son, Clifford and grandson
Graham. After 1920 the Duits Gallery concentrated on old masters, with a special interest in Dutch and Flemish works, many
originally handled in association with their Amsterdam gallery, which closed in 1938. The London gallery closed in 1985.
Scope and Content of Collection
The Duits Ltd. records, which represent the extant sales and accounting records from 1924, were received from the London gallery
when the business closed in 1985. Together the stock and sales records, which include two books regarding antiques (1920-1937),
and photographs provide provenance information, sales history, and some expertise on works handled by the firm. Included are
miscellaneous records (ca. 1940-1979) with correspondence and notes on Holbein, El Greco, and other expertises and records
relating to the estates of Borthwick-Norton and du Vere Clinton and the Charles E. Duits collection (ca. 1937-1977).
Arrangement
Arranged in one series.
Borthwick-Norton, H. F. P.
Clifton, Harry Talbot de Vere, 1907-
Cuyp, Aelbert, 1620-1691
Holbein, Hans, 1497-1543
Rubens, Peter Paul, Sir, 1577-1640
Greco, 1541?-1614
Painting, Dutch
Painting, Flemish
Painting, European
Antiques
Art dealers—Great Britain
Art dealers—Netherlands
Painting—Expertising
Art—Private collections
Photographic prints
Catalogs
Duits, Graham, 1935-
Duits, Charles