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INVENTORY OF THE CHARLES M. KURTZ ARCHIVE,
1870-1910
910163
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Title: Charles M. Kurtz archive
Date (inclusive): 1870-1910
Collection number: 910163
Creator:
Kurtz, Charles M.
Extent:
1.67 linear feet
(4 boxes)
Repository:
Getty Research Institute
Research Library
Special Collections and Visual Resources
1200 Getty Center Drive, Suite 1100
Los Angeles, CA 90049-1688
Abstract: American art critic, editor, collector,
dealer, and director of numerous arts organizations and expositions. Collection
documents Kurtz's prominent role as arts administrator, and patron and promoter
of the arts, and includes letters from notable figures in the late 19th- and
early 20th-century art world, manuscripts, printed ephemera, and notebooks.
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Charles M. Kurtz archive, 1870-1910, Getty Research Institute,
Research Library, Accession no. 910163.
Acquired in 1991.
Charles M. Kurtz (1855-1909) was the director of the Albright Gallery
and Buffalo Arts Academy from 1905-1909. He was also an art critic, collector,
and art director of the St. Louis Exposition of 1894 and of other art fairs and
expositions.
Scope and Content of Collection
The Charles M. Kurtz papers document his prominent role as an arts
administrator, patron and promoter of the arts in the United States during the
late 19th and early 20th centuries, and include letters, manuscripts, notebooks
and printed ephemera. The collection contains ca. 340 letters which discuss
exhibitions, sales of art, patronage, atelier visits, and submissions to
publications, and include letters to his parents in which he discusses the art
market and art world news. Manuscripts, notebooks, a diary and printed ephemera
relate to exhibitions and publications, and date between 1873-1910.
Arrangement
The papers are organized in two series:
Series I: Correspondence, 1870-1910
Series II: Manuscripts, ephemera, notebooks, and address
books, 1873-1909