Word: anderson
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...most important, most active art auction rooms in the U. S. are the Anderson Galleries and the American Art Galleries, both in Manhattan. Last week, Cortland Field Bishop, the owner of the latter, made a purchase from Mitchell Kennerley, book publisher, connoisseur, and president of the Anderson Galleries. The exact price of his purchase he refused to divulge; almost certainly it was more than $1,000,000. In exchange, Mr. Bishop acquired control of the Anderson Galleries. No real estate, no stock, not even a chipped picture frame changed hands. By buying the Anderson Galleries, Mr. Bishop had merely purchased...
...late, the type of property handled by the two galleries has differed little. Not so in the past: the Anderson Galleries, founded about 45 years ago and known as "Bangs," specialized in book sales; the American Galleries, which was started in the early 80's and thrived thereafter under Gustavus T. Kirby, was a far more pretentious organization. Its evening auction sales of paintings and oriental knickknacks, held at Chickering Hall, were social diversions. Manhattan art patrons would fill themselves with quail and chilled champagne, call for their broughams, and drive through the streets, quite quiet except...
Mitchell Kennerley took over the Anderson Galleries when it was an obscure and relatively insignificant house; since then he has increased its business to an enormous extent. The Leverhulme sale, held in his rooms two years ago, was probably the most spectacular art auction ever held in the U. S. The American Galleries, nonetheless, is still ahead; its total business averages about $6,000,000 a year. When the two galleries are merged, they will accept bids which aggregate about $9,000,000 every year; thus surpassing, financially at least, famed Christie's, in London, which has, during...
...universities did not depend so much on a highly refined and generally accepted form of begging, no fault is to be found with those who carry on this occupation for worthy ends. One may be annoyed, just as perhaps one is by the Salvation Army canvas on the Larz Anderson Bridge, but the worthiness of the cause would seem to be sufficient justification of the means employed in furthering...
...lovers journeying last week to Manhattan from Cleveland, Toledo, Detroit, Cincinnati* and other less important art centers were pleasantly aware that they would be able to scrutinize the works of famed English painter Augustus E. John at the Anderson galleries. Scanning 99 of his pictures, mostly portraits of famed persons, it would be possible for them to decide whether he was, as many critics have urged, a proper heir to the glory and prestige of famed John Singer Sargent...