The Tenth Street Studio Building

152 Pages·1997·26.809 MB·English

by  Annette Blaugrund

THE TENTH
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The Tenth Street Studio Builain
THE TENTH
STREET
Artist-Entrepreneurs
from
the
Hudson
River School
to the
STUDIO BUILDING
American Impressionists
Annette Blaugrund
The Parrish Art Museum
New
Southampton, York,
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he exhibition .\nd accompanying catalogue
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The Tenth Street Studio Building: Artist-Entrepreneursfrom the
Hudson River School to the American Impressionists
have been made possible with major support from
The Henry Luce Foundation
Additional support has been generously provided by:
National Endowment for the Arts
Arthur Ross Foundation
Mr. M\d Mrs. Ronald S. Lauder
Del Laboratories
Marvin and Audrey Schein
Sotheby's
Robert Lehman Foundation, Inc.
Furthermore, the publication program ofthe M. Kaplan Fund
J.
Ira Spanierman
The Harriet Ames Charitable Trust
Joseph H. Ha/en Foundation, Inc.
Mr. mk\ Mrs. Randall D. Smith
Sarah Mlec/ko Wbolworth
Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Horowitz
J.
Robert (). Wilder Family Fund
George Parker, Jr.
Daniel and Joanna S. Rose
Eli Wilner & Company, Inc., Period Frames mmA Mirrors, New York
Christensen Group
Anonymous donor
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Contents
Lenders / 6
Director's Foreword / 7
Acknowledgments / 9
Introduction / 11
The Tenth Street Studio Building 17
I ,
A Brotherhood ofArtists /23
The Next Generation ofTenants 38
II The Marketing of Ari /51
Studio Decor /51
Great Picture Exhibitions 60
Artists' Receptions And Patronage 69
Exhibitions at Art Organizations, ( lubs, tactions, and 1 airs
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Picture Frames as Marketme Devices l
Dealers / 96
III William MerrittChase'sStudio: Thi I'mim
The Evolution ofChase's studio Paintings 1 Io
Conclusion m\^\ Epilogue 130
Roster ofTenants 133
Selected Bibliography 135
Checklist ofPaintings m^\ Sculpture in the
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Index /140
Lenders to the Exnibiti on
Archives ofAmerican Art, Washington
Berry Hill Galleries, New York
The Brooklyn Museum
The Butler Institute ofAmerican Art, Ybungstown, Ohio
Canajoharie Library and Art Gallery, Canajoharie, NY.
Carnegie Museum ofArt, Pittsburgh
The Century Association, New York
The Chrysler Museum ofArt, Norfolk, \'a.
The H.W. FalconerCollection, Palm City, Ha.
The Fine Arts Museums ofSan Francisco
Anthony and Virginia Gliedman, Brooklyn
Indianapolis Museum ofArt
The Francis Lehman Loeb Art ('enter, Vassar College,
Poughkeepsie, N. Y.
Masco Collection, Taylor, Mich.
The Metropolitan Museum ofArt, New York
Museum ofFine Arts, Boston
Museum ofFine Arts, Springfield, Mass.
Museum ofthe City ofNew York
National Academy ofDesign, New York
National Gallery ofArt,Washington
National Museum ofAmerican Art, Smithsonian Institution,
Washington
The National Portrait Gallery, Washington
The New-York Historical Society
The New York Public Library, Astor, I.enox and Tilden
Foundations
New York State Office ofParks, Recreation and Historic
Preservation, Bureau ofHistoric Sites, Olana State-
Historic Site, laconic Region
Oakland Museum of California
The Octagon, The Museum ofThe American Architectural
Foundation, Washington
The Parrish Art Museum, Southampton, NY.
Putnam County Historical Society & Foundry School Museum,
Cold Spring, N.Y.
Reynolda House Museum ofAmerican Art, Winston Salem, N ( .
George Walter Vincent Smith Art Museum, Springfield, Mass.
Terra Museum ofAmerican Art, Chicago
Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford
Two Private Collections, New York