| | Creator/Collector: | De Herrera, Gloria
| Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Gloria de Herrera papers  | | | | Dates: | 1936-1996 (bulk 1947-1985) | | | | Abstract: | American art preparator, restorer, and collector active in Los Angeles and Paris. De Herrera was a close friend of Man Ray, William Nelson Copley, and other notable artists. The papers include correspondence, documents, artworks, photographs, and audiovisual materials documenting De Herrera's milieu and activities. | | | | Number: | 980024 | |
| | Creator/Collector: | Della Bella, Stefano, 1610-1664
| Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Stefano Della Bella etchings | | | | Dates: | circa 1642-1650 | | | | Abstract: | Four suites of etchings by Stefano della Bella, comprising 35 prints. Primarily decorative, they depict genre scenes of people and animals (in rural settings), fantastic vases, panels of grotesques, and the Medici Villa Demidoff and its gardens near Florence. | | | | Number: | P830003 | |
| | Creator/Collector: | Desmond, Lawrence G.
| Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Lawrence Gustave Desmond papers relating to Augustus and Alice Dixon Le Plongeon | | | | Dates: | 1978-2009, undated | | | | Abstract: | The Lawrence Gustave Desmond papers represent over 30 years of exhaustive research and writing by Lawrence Desmond on the lives and work of Mesoamerican archaeologists Augustus and Alice Dixon Le Plongeon, who lived and traveled throughout Yucatán, Mexico and Central America from 1873 to 1886, and were the first to systematically excavate and photograph the Maya sites of Chichén Itzá and Uxmal. Desmond's interest in the husband and wife team began during his graduate studies and they are the subject of his PhD dissertation and two books, A Dream of Maya: Augustus and Alice Le Plongeon in Nineteenth-century Yucatán with Phyllis Messenger (1988) and Yucatán through Her Eyes: Alice Dixon Le Plongeon, Writer & Expeditionary Photographer (2009). Included in the collection are research materials and correspondence assembled by Desmond over the course of his study of the Le Plongeons along with the drafts and manuscripts for his resulting publications. Inventories of the major holdings of original Le Plongeon photographs in the United States and of the Dixon family in England, as well as copy photographs of those holdings, are also included. | | | | Number: | 2013.M.12 | |
| | Creator/Collector: | Desmond, Lawrence G., 1935-
| Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Lawrence G. Desmond Moses Mesoamerican Archive and Research Project (MMARP) Photographs | | | | Dates: | 1982-2013 | | | | Abstract: | The collection comprises Lawrence G. Desmond's photographic documentation of symposia organized by the Moses Mesoamerican Archive and Research Project (MMARP) held between 1982 and 1999. Included are approximately 1,700 black-and-white and color slides and 179 gelatin silver prints including a panoramic print of the 1989 symposium participants at the Templo Mayor Museum in Mexico City. | | | | Number: | 2014.R.16 | |
| | Creator/Collector: | Dichter, Gretl
| Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Gretl Dichter photographs and personal papers | | | | Dates: | 1907-1996 (bulk 1916-1940) | | | | Abstract: | This collection of photographs and a few personal items document the life of Gretl Dichter, her family, and her travels prior to emigrating to the United States from Vienna, Austria in 1946. | | | | Number: | 2004.M.2 | |
| | Creator/Collector: | Dieterle Family
| Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Dieterle family records of French art galleries | | | | Dates: | 1846-1986 | | | | Abstract: | Collection comprises portions of 19th-century French gallery archives acquired by the Dieterle family as they built their art dealership and developed particular expertise in Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot. In addition to those of Dieterle, the records of eight dealers (Goupil & Cie, Boussod Valadon & Co., Tedesco Frères, Arnold et Tripp, Bague et Cie, Le Roy et Cie, Galerie Allard et Noel, and Galerie Georges Petit) include stock ledgers, photographs of paintings, annotated exhibition and sales catalogs, and clippings. | | | | Number: | 900239 | |
| | Creator/Collector: | Donati, Enrico, 1909-2008
| Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Enrico Donati letters received and manuscripts | | | | Dates: | 1943-1963 | | | | Abstract: | Italian-born painter and sculptor. Circa 200 letters received from galleries, museums, and artists, four manuscripts, and circa 20 printed items primarily relate to the Surrealist retrospective "Le Surrealisme en 1947" curated by Andrei Breton and Marcel Duchamp and held at the Galerie Maeght in Paris, July-August 1947. | | | | Number: | 940120 | |
| | Creator/Collector: | Dordogne (France)
| Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Materials relating to the building of a bridge at Bergerac | | | | Dates: | circa 1768-1840 | | | | Abstract: | A comprehensive collection of architectural materials related to the building of a bridge at Bergerac in southwest France (bulk ca. 1825), containing plans, designs, proposals, explanations, estimates, specifications, correspondence, and other supporting materials. | | | | Number: | 870536 | |
| | Creator/Collector: | Dr. Benjamin Simpson, 1831-1923
| Requires cookie* | | | Title: | British Occupation of Kandahār Album | | | | Dates: | 1881 | | | | Abstract: | The album documents Kandahār and environs following the British siege of Kandahār in 1880. Included are local landmarks, tribal groups, occupational portraits, street scenes, and scenes of the British occupation. | | | | Number: | 2013.R.5 | |
| | Creator/Collector: | Drinkwater, Harry
| Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Harry Drinkwater photographs documenting Los Angeles art and Architecture | | | | Dates: | 1950-2010 | | | | Abstract: | The collection of over 140 photographic prints and 1200 negatives represents a portion of photographer Harry Drinkwater's professional and personal output and documents Los Angeles' mid-century design movement as well as its wider artistic and social circles. African American architects, designers and artists and their works feature prominently in the collection. | | | | Number: | 2011.R.23 | |
| | Creator/Collector: | Duits, Ltd. (Gallery : London, England)
| Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Duits, Ltd. (Gallery: London, England) records | | | | Dates: | 1920-1979 | | | | 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. | | | | Number: | 860290 | |
| | Creator/Collector: | Durlacher Bros.
| Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Durlacher Bros. records | | | | Dates: | 1919-1973 | | | | Abstract: | Records of the Durlacher Brothers, prominent art dealers in London and New York during the 19th and 20th centuries. The records comprise administrative and financial records, correspondence, and photographs from the New York City branch, ca. 1920s-1960s, the years during which R. Kirk Askew managed, and then owned the firm. | | | | Number: | 950003 | |
| | Creator/Collector: | Duveen Brothers
| Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Duveen Brothers records | | | | Dates: | 1876-1981 (bulk 1909-1964) | | | | Abstract: | Notable art dealers from the late nineteenth to the mid-twentieth century. The records provide a detailed view of the Duveen Brothers business activities in London, Paris, and New York. Although the archive extends from 1876 to 1981, the bulk of the material dates from Joseph Duveen's tenure as president of the firm, 1909-1939, and the period 1939-1964 when Edward Fowles directed the firm (with Armand Lowengard until 1943). The mass of documents, such as cables and letters, invoices, and ledger and stock books, give a day-by-day account of art dealing, business strategy, and the individuals involved. Included are some records from the Kleinberger Galleries, 1906-1971, and 6 linear feet of Edward Fowles's papers. | | | | Number: | 960015 | |
| | Creator/Collector: | Duveen Brothers
| Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Duveen Brothers stock documentation from the dealer's library, | | | | Dates: | 1829-1965 | | | | Abstract: | These records from the art dealer Duveen Brothers formed part of the firm's library holdings that were purchased in 1965 by The Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute in Williamstown, Massachusetts. They document the Duveen Brothers' cataloging, research, exhibition work, and publication of works of art and collections. They consist of brochures, photographs, collectors' files, scrapbooks, correspondence and authentication records from art experts, notably Bernard Berenson. Also included in these records are the papers of Italian Renaissance art historian R. (Robert) Langton Douglas. | | | | Number: | 2007.D.1 | |
| | Creator/Collector: | Dwan Gallery (New York, N.Y.)
| Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Dwan Gallery publications and ephemera | | | | Dates: | 1960-1971 | | | | Abstract: | Collection of exhibition announcements, posters and exhibition catalogs documenting the exhibitions held at Virginia Dwan's influentional galleries in Los Angeles and New York. In the early sixties, Dwan introduced artists such as Robert Rauschenberg, Claes Oldenberg, and Yves Klein to Los Angeles, and then worked with Robert Smithson, Michael Heizer, and others upon her move to New York in 1965. | | | | Number: | 2012.M.37 | |
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