Material concerning sales of old master paintings and press reports of art market bargains sold at auction in 1921

This material is held atPaul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art

  • Reference
    • GB 3010 WR/692
  • Dates of Creation
    • 1921-1922
  • Language of Material
    • English
  • Physical Description
    • 5 newspaper cuttings; 1 cutting; 1 draft article

Scope and Content

Includes:

-three newspaper cuttings concerning the sale of old master paintings sold at auction for low prices, including works by Rubens and Titian

-newspaper cutting concerning rare old master paintings being exported to America

-newspaper cutting concerning 35 old master paintings bequested to the National Galleries of Scotland

-cutting concerning additions to the National Portrait Gallery collections, with an image of a Self-portrait by Cornelius Johnson

-partial typewritten draft headed 'For the Editor, 19th December 1921', probably by William Roberts, concerning auction house sales held in 1921

7 items pasted into: Picture sales 1921 : January - March : E K W. (1921) [Auction catalogue]

[Available in the Paul Mellon Centre's Library, see URL below]

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