Dale, Chester, b. 1883 d. 1962
CollectorNew York, N.Y. (Show Bio)
Chester Dale papers, 1897-1971 (bulk 1950-1968)
7.0 linear ft. (on 8 microfilm reels)
Reel(s): 927 and 3968-3974
A photograph album; biographical material; correspondence; writings; books; printed materials; and clippings.
REEL 927: An album containing 42 undated photographs of Dale's art collection as it hung in his New York City home at 20 East 79th Street.
REELS 3968-3974: Chiefly printed material, including magazine articles, catalogs, scrapbooks and clippings, but also including biographical data, correspondence, including postcards and letters from Gala and Salvador Dalí, writings, documents regarding the purchase, appraisal and dispersal of the art collection, photographs and slides of the art collection, and personal photographs of Chester and Mary Dale, including one of Mary taken by Davis & Sanford, ca. 1905, and of Diego Rivera, Frida Kahlo, Georges Braque, Salvador Dalí and others.
UNMICROFILMED 1 reel of 16mm motion picture film of social event/dinner.
Donated 1972 by Mary Dale and 1985 by her estate. The photo album on reel 927 was originally lent for microfilming, 1975.
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