About the Carlen Galleries, Inc. records

A Finding Aid to the Carlen Galleries, Inc., Records, 1775-1997, bulk 1940-1986, in the Archives of American Art, by Catherine S. Gaines (Download PDF Version, 102 KB )

Historical Note | Description of the Collection | How to Use the Collection | Series Descriptions

---

Historical Information [+]

Robert Carlen (1906-1990) worked as a secretary and attended evening classes at the Graphic Sketch Club in Philadelphia right after graduating from high school. He studied painting full-time at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts during the academic year 1928/29, and from 1929-1936 he continued to study painting in the evenings while employed at a brokerage firm. READ MORE

Return to top

---

Description of the Collection

Overview - Scope and Contents [+]

The Carlen Galleries, Inc., records measure 10.4 linear feet (gift portions, Parts 1 and 3) and date from 1775-1998 (bulk 1940-1986). Correspondence, business records, subject files, a scrapbook, printed matter, and photographs document the operation and activities of Carlen Galleries, Inc., and its founder Robert Carlen. READ MORE

Arrangement and Series Description

The collection is arranged into four parts, representing gift and loan accessions received and microfilmed at various times. The two loans for microfilming (Parts 2 and 4) overlap and partially duplicate one another-particularly records relating to Horace Pippin and Edward Hicks-but are far from identical. Some of the Pippin and Hicks material was significantly rearranged in the interim between the first loan (1988) and the second (2002).

• Part 1: Gift (1986), 1906-1986 (Boxes 1-7; 7.0 linear feet; Reels 4166-4175)
• Part 2: Loan (1988), 1937-1986 (Reel 4175)
• Part 3: Gift (2002), 1835-1992 (Boxes 8-12; 3.4 linear feet; Reel 5745)
• Part 4: Loan (2002), 1775-1997 (Reels 5746-5748)

Return to top

Subjects

This collection is indexed in the online catalog of the Archives of American Art under the following terms:

• Subjects:
  
  • Davies, Albert Webster, 1889-1967
  • Feuillate, Raymond, 1901-1971
  • Gainsborough, Lee
  • Hicks, Edward, 1780-1849
  • Kollwitz, Käthe, 1867-1945
  Peale family
  • Pippin, Horace, 1888-1946
  • Prendergast, Maurice Brazil, 1858-1924

• Subjects-Topical:
  
  • Art galleries, Commercial -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia
  • Art -- Exhibitions
  • Art -- Collectors and collecting
  • Decorative arts -- United States
  • Decorative arts -- United States
  • African American artists
  • Folk art -- United States
  • Art appraisers
  • Art dealers
  • Painters

• Types of Materials:
  
  • Photographs
  • Scrapbooks

Provenance

The collection was acquired in various accessions of gifts and loans. Part 1: gift of Robert Carlen, 1986; Part 2: loaned by Robert Carlen for microfilming, 1988; Part 3: gift of Nancy Carlen, 2002 (previously sealed letters and appraisals received with Part 1 are housed with Part 3 and integrated for microfilming); Part 4: loaned by Nancy Carlen for microfilming, 2002.

Return to top

How the Collection was Processed

Part 1 (1986 gift) and Part 2 (1988 loan) were processed by Marina Pacini, Philadelphia Project Coordinator, and microfilmed in 1988. Part 3 (2002 gift) and Part 4 (2002 loan), along with previously sealed letters and appraisals (received with Part 1, but housed and microfilmed with Part 3), were processed by Catherine S. Gaines and microfilmed in 2002.

Return to top

---

How to Use the Collection

Restrictions on Use

Parts 1 and 3 of the Carlen Galleries, Inc. records are owned by the Archives of American Art. Literary rights as possessed by the donor have been dedicated to public use for research, study, and scholarship. Parts 2 and 4 were loaned for microfilming and the originals returned to the donor. The collection is subject to all copyright laws.

Patrons must use microfilm copy. Part 4 is access restricted; use requires written permission from the donor. Patrons must use microfilm copy.

Available Formats

The collection is available on microfilm reels 4166-4175, 5745, and 5746-5748. The microfilm is available for interlibrary loan.

How to Cite this Collection

Carlen Galleries, Inc., records, 1775-1997, bulk 1940-1986. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Return to top

---

Series Descriptions

Part 1: Gift (1986), 1906-1986 (Boxes 1-7; 7.0 linear feet; Reels 4166-4175)

Part 1 is arranged into 18 series:

• 1.1: Finding Guide
• 1.2: Correspondence, 1937-1986
• 1.3: Artist Files: Edward Hicks, 1944-1975
• 1.4: Artist Files: Albert Davies, 1960-1976
• 1.5: Artist Files: Horace Pippin, 1940-1975
• 1.6: Subject Files: Information on Black Artists, 1940-1945
• 1.7: Subject Files: Correspondence Not to or From Carlen, 1933-1977
• 1.8: Business Records: Loan Forms, 1959-1970
• 1.9: Business Records: Carlen Gallery Exhibitions, 1938-1970
• 1.10: Business Records: Miscellaneous Art Work Information, 1906-1977
• 1.11: Business Records: Photographs, 1952
• 1.12: Business Records: Miscellaneous Inventories, 1966-1976
• 1.13: Business Records: Advertising, 1946-1959
• 1.14: Business Records: Guest Book, 1938
• 1.15: Business Records: Scrapbook, 1937-1938
• 1.16: Business Records: Clippings (photocopies), 1950-1977
• 1.17: Business Records: Conservation Reports, 1950-1979
• 1.18: Business Records: Financial Records, 1938-1980

1.2: Correspondence, 1937-1986

Correspondence, arranged chronologically, consists mainly of letters from artists, dealers, curators, and collectors concerning the sale and purchase of works of art. Additional correspondence files concern sales of paintings by Maurice Prendergast, 1959-1975, and Käthe Kollwitz, 1938-1980.

Box	Reel
1	4166	Correspondence, 1937-1953 (14 folders)
1	4167	Correspondence, 1954-1955 (9 folders)

Box	Reel
2	4167	Correspondence, Jan.-Nov., 1956 (4 folders)
2	4168	Correspondence, Nov., 1956-April, 1959 (13 folders)
2	4169	Correspondence, April-Dec., 1959 (4 folders)

Box	Reel
3	4169	Correspondence, 1960-Dec., 1961 (8 folders)
3	4170	Correspondence, Dec., 1961-1964 (9 folders)

Box	Reel
4	4170	Correspondence, 1965-Aug., 1966 (8 folders)
4	4171	Correspondence, 1966-1971 (15 folders)

Box	Reel
5	4171	Correspondence, 1972 (3 folders)
5	4172	Correspondence, 1973-1986, undated (14 folders)
5	4172	Maurice Prendergast (letters and sales receipts), 1959-1975, undated (14 folders)
5	4172	Käthe Kollwitz (letters, sales receipts, and printed matter), 1938-1980, undated

1.3: Artist Files: Edward Hicks, 1944-1975

Box	Reel
5	4172	Letters Regarding Edward Hicks Paintings, fragments, 1943-1948, undated
5	4173	Letters Regarding Edward Hicks Paintings, 1948-1976
5	4173	Receipts for Purchases of Edward Hicks Paintings, 1945-1974, undated
5	4173	Printed Matter, 1944-1975, undated

1.4: Artist Files: Albert Davies, 1960-1976

Box	Reel
6	4173	Letters from Albert Davies, 1962-1964, undated
6	4173	Letters Regarding Purchase/Sale of Albert Davies Works, 1960-1976, undated
6	4173	Commission Account and Consignment Receipts, Kennedy Galleries, undated
6	4173	Sales Receipts, Exhibition Catalog, 1960-1965, undated

1.5: Artist Files: Horace Pippin, 1940-1970

Box	Reel
6	4173	Letters from Horace Pippin, 1941-1946, undated
6	4173	Letters Relating to Horace Pippin, 1940-1979, undated (2 folders)
6	4173	Financial Material (receipts and sales reports), 1940-1970, undated
6	4173	Miscellaneous Lists and Inventories, undated
6	4173	Exhibition Announcements, Catalogs, Checklists, Photographs, 1937-1966, undated
6	4173	Clippings (photocopies), 1941-1944, undated

1.6: Subject Files: Information on Black Artists, 1940-1945

Box	Reel
6	4173	Speech by Unidentified Author on Negro Artists, circa 1945
6	4173	Letters to Madelin Blitzstein Relating to Black Artists, 1945
6	4173	Miscellaneous Information on Black Artists, 1940, 1945, undated

1.7: Subject Files: Correspondence, Not Carlen, 1933-1977

Box	Reel
6	4173	Letters Written and Received by Various Correspondents, 1933-1977
6	4173	Letters to Mrs. Almon Kidder Concerning Raphaelle Peale, 1942-1967
6	4173	Raymond Feuillatte (includes exhibition catalog), 1946
6	4173	French Moderns (photocopies of correspondence, receipts, printed matter), 1963-1966

1.8: Business Records: Loan Forms, 1959-1975

These files include related correspondence and printed matter.

Box	Reel
6	4173	Loans from Carlen Gallery, 1959-1974, undated
6	4174	Loans from Carlen Gallery, 1974-1975

1.9: Business Records: Carlen Galleries Exhibitions, 1938-1970

Box	Reel
6	4174	Exhibition Price Lists, 1938-1970, undated
6	4174	Photographs, Invoices, Invitation copy, 1949-1950, undated
6	4174	Printed Matter, 1948-1957, undated

1.10: Business Records: Miscellaneous Art Work Information, 1906-1977

These two files include a statement of authenticity from the Lotos Club, 1906; two pamphlets written and published by Albert C. Barnes, undated; draft of talk about Carlen's experiences as an art appraiser, undated; includes descriptions of paintings, biographical notes on artists, and provenance of Alexander Calder work owned by Cleve Gray, 1979.

Box	Reel
6	4174	Miscellaneous, 1906-1971, undated
6	4174	Miscellaneous Art Work Information, 1977-1979, undated

1.11: Business Records: Photographs, 1952

This file includes 7 views of display windows, Blum Store, Philadelphia, featuring women's suits and weathervanes and a passport portrait of Robert Carlen.

Box	Reel
6	4174	Weathervane Photographs, Robert Carlen, 1952, undated

1.12: Business Records: Miscellaneous Inventories, 1966-1976

Some of these inventories include value/price and numbers that may indicate stock number or location.

Box	Reel
6	4174	Miscellaneous Carlen Galleries Inventories, 1966-1976

1.13: Business Records: Advertising, 1946-1959

Box	Reel
6	4174	Advertising, 1946-1959, undated

1.14: Business Records: Guest Book, 1938

One volume, with cover lacking, noting artist and exhibition dates; also includes "A. A. List" of names in alphabetical order [mailing list?]; and an undated price list for antiques.

Box	Reel
6	4174	Guest Book, 1938

1.15: Business Records: Scrapbook, 1937-1938

One volume spiral notebook titled Carlen Galleries containing clippings, mainly exhibition notices and reviews, feature stories on artists shown by Carlen Galleries; also includes handwritten list of "Local Negro Art".

Box	Reel
6	4174	Scrapbook, 1937-1938

1.16: Business Records: Clippings, 1950-1977

Clippings about folk art, art sales, artists, and Carlen Galleries exhibitions.

Box	Reel
6	4174	Clippings, 1950-1977, undated

1.17: Business Records: Conservation Reports, 1950-1979

Conservation reports and invoices with descriptions of conservation work performed on items belonging to Carlen Galleries, Inc.

Box	Reel
6	4174	Conservation Reports, 1950-1979 (3 folders)

1.18: Business Records: Financial Records, 1938-1980

Box	Reel
6	4174	Account with Lee Gainsborough, 1945
6	4174	Audit Records, 1970

Return to top

Part 2: Loan (1988), 1937-1986 (Reel 4175)

Part 2 is arranged into five subseries:

• 2.1: Letters, 1941-1986
• 2.2: Business Records, 1937-1946
• 2.3: Printed Matter, 1937-1947
• 2.4: Scrapbook, 1937-1947
• 2.5: Photographs, 1944

2.1: Letters, 1941-1986

Some of the Horace Pippin and Edward Hicks material microfilmed with part 2 is partially duplicated in Part 4, but was significantly rearranged in the interim.

Box	Reel
NA	4175	Relating to Horace Pippin, 1942-1947, undated
NA	4175	From Horace Pippin, 1941-1945, undated
NA	4175	Relating to Edward Hicks, 1946-1947, undated
NA	4175	General, 1946-1986, undated

2.2: Business Records, 1937-1946

Box	Reel
NA	4175	Account Book, 1937-1938
NA	4175	Receipts, 1940-1947, undated

2.3: Printed Matter, 1937-1947

Includes exhibition announcements, catalogs, and clippings.

Box	Reel
NA	4175	Printed Matter, 1937-1947

2.4: Scrapbook, 1937-1947

Box	Reel
NA	4175	Horace Pippin Scrapbook, 1937-1947

2.5: Photographs, 1944

Includes photographs of undated works of art, and a 1944 portrait of Allan Freelon.

Box	Reel
NA	4175	Photographs, 1944, undated

Return to top

Part 3: Gift (2002), 1835-1992 (Boxes 8-12; 3.4 linear feet; Reel 5745)

This series includes previously sealed letters and appraisals.

Part 3 is arranged into four subseries:

• 3.1: Letters, 1962-circa 1980
• 3.2: Business Records, 1904-1979
• 3.3: Photographs, circa 1940, circa 1950
• 3.4: Selections from Library of Carlen Galleries, Inc., 1835-1992(unfilmed)

3.1: Letters, 1962- circa 1980

This subseries includes previously sealed letters from Charles M. Mount received with Part 1, but not available for research until 2002.

Box	Reel
8 (pam)	5745	Mount, Charles M. (previously sealed), 1962-1964
8 (pam)	5745	Mount, Charles M., 1968
8 (pam)	5745	Mount, Charles M. (previously sealed), 1968-1975, undated
8 (pam)	5745	Baez, Joan, circa 1980

3.2: Business Records, 1979

This subseries ncludes previously sealed appraisals received with Part 1.

Box	Reel
8 (pam)	5745	Sales Receipt (for The Crucifixion by Pippin, 1943, sold to Menil Foundation), 1979
8 (pam)	5745	List of Paintings for Appraisal, undated

Box	Reel
10	5745	Appraisals (previously sealed)
10	5745	Acton - Bergman, 1964-1977
10	5745	Bernstein, Benjamin, 1957-1971
10	5745	Bernstein, Edward, 1959-1970
10	5745	Bernstein, Stanley, 1970-1978
10	5745	Bethlehem Steel - Borowsky, 1949-1977
10	5745	Bortin, David, 1962-1972
10	5745	Bortin, George, 1961-1964
10	5745	Bostwick - Brinley, 1968-1976
10	5745	Briskin, Edward B., 1977
10	5745	Brooke - Claxton, 1957-1979
10	5745	Cole - Davis, 1961-1975
10	5745	Dechert, Price & Rhoads, 1968-1973
10	5745	Decker - Drinker, 1962-1975
10	5745	Duane, Morris, 1904-1977
10	5745	Dubin - Fineberg, 1962-1979
10	5745	First City Troop - Free Library of Philadelphia, 1960-1975
10	5745	Fried, Herbert, 1964-1977
10	5745	Friedland - Gardner, 1959-1977
10	5745	Gardner, Robert T., 1967-1968
10	5745	Giles - Golden, 1962-1977
10	5745	Goldman, William, 1957-1975
10	5745	Goldsmith - Grant, 1959-1975
10	5745	Greenberg, Jennye, 1963-1970
10	5745	Greenfield, Albert M., 1967
10	5745	Greenhouse - Griscom, 1960-1973
10	5745	Grossman, David J., 1968-1979
10	5745	Gutman, Jacob C., 1960-1967
10	5745	Haas, John C., 1966-1968
10	5745	Hahn, Maruice and Roslyn, 1959-1966
10	5745	Hallowell - Hellenbranth, 1964-1977
10	5745	Henderson, J. Welles, 1961-1978
10	5745	Hendrix - Jaffe, 1962-1978
10	5745	Jaffee, Wilton, 1961-1976
10	5745	James - Kvaines, 1961-1977
10	5745	Laessle - Levin, G., 1957-1976
10	5745	Levin, Mrs. Lionel, 1973
10	5745	Levy - Mann, 1959-1979
10	5745	Markowitz - Mitchell, 1953-1977
10	5745	Moore, Matthew T., 1965-1973
10	5745	Morris - Pesin, 1958-1979
10	5745	Philadelphia Bar Association, 1966, undated
10	5745	Philadelphia Saving Fund Society - Phillips, 1961-1973
10	5745	Pleet, Mrs. Gilbert, 1959-1975
10	5745	Potamkin, Mr. and Mrs. Meyer P., 1956-1973
10	5745	Potamkin, S. - Potamkin, V., 1964-1969
10	5745	Pratt, Elmer, 1968-1973
10	5745	Presby - Robertson, 1963-1976
10	5745	Robinson, Ira Earl, 1958-1977
10	5745	Rock - Rosenberg, 1967-1975
10	5745	Rosenfeld, Mrs. A. J., 1975
10	5745	Rosich - Schroeder, 1957-1979
10	5745	Carl Schurz Association, Inc., 1977
10	5745	Scott - Shapiro, M., 1968-1977
10	5745	Shapiro, Sam, 1973-1974
10	5745	Sharpe - Sheetz, 1969-1974
10	5745	Shein, Joseph D., 1970-1979
10	5745	Shenkin - Shinners, 1957-1972
10	5745	Silverman, Robert L. and Marilyn, 1959-1966
10	5745	Silverman, Samuel S. and Norma B., 1959-1971
10	5745	Simon - Smith, 1964-1978
10	5745	Snellenberg, Stanley S., 1957-1974
10	5745	Snitzer, Edward, 1965-1979
10	5745	Soffian - Sulkowski, 1958-1976

Box	Reel
11 (pam)	5745	Sullivan, Robert J., 1969-1978
11 (pam)	5745	Sundheim - Wheelock, 1957-1976
11 (pam)	5745	Wheelwright, Ellen duPont, 1969
11 (pam)	5745	Wherry, Frank G., 1975
11 (pam)	5745	Williams - Winters, 1968-1977
11 (pam)	5745	Wistar Institute, 1970-1977
11 (pam)	5745	Wolf - York, 1961-1977
11 (pam)	5745	Zeidman, Elizabeth G., 1967-1974
11 (pam)	5745	Zinman - Zobian, 1971-1974
11 (pam)	5745	Zvegintzov, Mr. and Mrs. Alexander A., 1966

3.3: Photographs, circa 1940, circa 1950

Box	Reel
8 (pam)	5745	Robert Carlen (one by Adiran Siegel, photographer), circa 1950, undated
8 (pam)	5745	Robert Carlen with Mrs. Jennie Ora Pippin and Horace Pippin (Arnold Newman, photographer), circa 1940

3.4: Selections from Library of Carlen Galleries, Inc., 1835-1992

The filing order and subject designations of these catalogs, pamphlets, and periodicals, were supplied by the donor. A small number of folders include notes, photographs, and photocopies of archival material.

Box	Reel
9	unfilmed	African, 1940-1968
9	unfilmed	Almanac, 1835
9	unfilmed	American Colonial, 1954
9	unfilmed	American Journal of Numismatics and Bulletin of American Numismatic and Archaeological Societies, Boston, July 1885
9	unfilmed	American Painting, City Art Museum of St. Louis (American Painting, 39th Annual Exhibition Vol. XXXI, No. 1 of the Bulletin), 1946
9	unfilmed	American West (The West in Bronze, Kennedy Galleries, Inc., New York), 1968
9	unfilmed	Americana, 1949
9	unfilmed	Americana, 1978
9	unfilmed	Associated American Artists, New York (Patron's Supplement No. 35, 36, 1946
9	unfilmed	Baltimore Museum of Art (Two Hundred and Fifty Years of Painting in Maryland, 1945
9	unfilmed	Barlach, Ernst, 1956, 1984
9	unfilmed	Barnes Foundation, Merion Station, Pa. ("Prometheus' Unwittingly Solicited Encore" by Violette de Mazia, Da Capo), Winter 1978-1979
9	unfilmed	Bertoni, Wander (Wander Bertoni, Plastiken 1945-1959), 1959
9	unfilmed	Bingham, George Caleb, undated
9	unfilmed	Black Women Artists, 1988
9	unfilmed	Book Catalogs, 1968-1972, undated
9	unfilmed	Burchfield, Charles, 1975
9	unfilmed	Calyo (later owned by R. C.; reproductions in Douglas Curry ad, Pictures on Exhibit, photocopy), Nov., 1945
9	unfilmed	Carlbach Gallery, New York (Masterworks of African Art, J. C. Gallery, New York), 1947
9	unfilmed	Carles, Arthur B. (Arthur B. Carles, Philadelphia Museum of Art), 1970
9	unfilmed	Ceramics, Japanese, undated
9	unfilmed	Chagall, Marc, 1959, 1962
9	unfilmed	Civil War, 1982
9	unfilmed	Cole, Thomas (Thomas Cole N.A. (1801-1848) (2 copies), Kennedy Galleries, Inc., New York), 1964
9	unfilmed	Corcoran Gallery, Washington, D.C. (25th Biennial Exhibition of Contemporary Oil Paintings), 1957
9	unfilmed	Corot, Jean Baptiste (Corot, Lefevre Gallery, Alex Reid & Lefevre, Ltd., London), 1989
9	unfilmed	Creative Art: A Magazine of Fine & Applied Art, Volume 3, Number 2, August, 1928
9	unfilmed	Damitz, Ernst (Ernst Damitz, 1805-1883, Art Institute of Chicago), 1977
9	unfilmed	Daumier, Honoré (Honoré Daumier: Anniversary Exhibition, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston), 1958
9	unfilmed	Davies, Albert Webster (American Primitives by Albert Webster Davies (2 copies), Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Folk Art Collection, Williamsburg, Va.), 1965
9	unfilmed	Degas, Edgar, 1958
9	unfilmed	Downtown Gallery (Edith Halpert), 1946, undated
9	unfilmed	Duchamps, Marcel, 1969
9	unfilmed	Dufy, Raoul (book prospectus, La belle histoire de la fée électricité de Raoul Dufy by Bernard Dorival, Paris), 1953
9	unfilmed	Eakins, Susan Macdowell (Susan Macdowell Eakins 1851-1938, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia), 1973
9	unfilmed	Edouart, August, undated
9	unfilmed	Eichholz, Jacob (Jacob Eichholz, 1776-1842, Pennsylvania Painter, A Retrospective Exhibition, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia), 1969
9	unfilmed	Fisk University, Nashville, Tenn. (The Fisk Library), [1945]
9	unfilmed	Frick Collection, New York, 1935
9	unfilmed	Folinsbee, John N. (An Exhibition of Paintings by John Folinsbee, Newman Galleries, Philadelphia), 1977
9	unfilmed	Formes, English Edition XXIII, March, 1932
9	unfilmed	Garbisch Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1954, 1957
9	unfilmed	German Religious Sculpture, 1923-1924
9	unfilmed	Mayerson-Gilbert, Ruth, 1978-1984
9	unfilmed	Goya, Francisco (exhibition announcement, Goya gravures, caprices tauromachie proverbes, Le Nouvel Essor, Paris), 1969
9	unfilmed	Greenwood, Laura M., 1987
9	unfilmed	Gris, Juan (Juan Gris 1887-1927, Buchholz Gallery, New York), 1944
9	unfilmed	Haidt, John Valentine (John Valentine Haidt, Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Folk Art Collection, Williamsburg, Va.), 1966
9	unfilmed	Halpert, Edith Gregor (Downtown Gallery (Edith Halpert); "The Village/Past" by Edith Gregor Halpert, the ARTgallery), Jan., 1965
9	unfilmed	Harnett, William M. ("Harnett: One Century" by Alfred V. Frankenstein, ART News), Sept., 1948
9	unfilmed	Henri, Robert (Robert Henri 1865-1929, Fifty Paintings, Hirschl & Adler Galleries Inc., New York), 1950
9	unfilmed	Homer, Winslow, 1938, undated
9	unfilmed	Hopper, Edward (Edward Hopper: Selections from the Permanent Collection, Whitney Museum of American Art), 1989
9	unfilmed	Ingersoll (Philadelphia family) (Sketch of the Ingersoll Family of Philadelphia by R. Sturgis Ingersoll), 1966
9	unfilmed	Johns, Jasper (Jasper Johns Lithographs 1973-1975. Gemini G. E. L., Los Angeles, Calif.), 1975
9	unfilmed	Kogan, Moissej (Ausstellung Moissej Kogan, Galerie Alex Vömel, Düsseldorf), 1964
9	unfilmed	Kolle, Helmut (Kolle, Galerie Vömel, Düsseldort), 1988
9	unfilmed	Kollwitz, Kaethe, 1959, 1976, undated
9	unfilmed	Kühn, Justus Engelhardt, 1937
9	unfilmed	Lachaise, Gaston, 1964, 1973
9	unfilmed	Lafayette, 1957
9	unfilmed	Lam, Wilfredo (Wilfredo Lam, Gimpel Gallery, New York), 1970-1971
9	unfilmed	Léger, Fernand (brochure: Musée Fernand Léger, Biot, France), undated
9	unfilmed	Lewis, Martin (Martin Lewis, The Graphic Work, Kennedy Galleries, New York), 1973
9	unfilmed	Luks, George (An Exhibition of Watercolors, Drawings and Oil Paintings by George Benjamin Luks, 1867-1933, Childs Gallery, Boston), 1974
9	unfilmed	Matta, Roberto Matta by William Rubin, Museum of Modern Art), 1957
9	unfilmed	Michonze, Gregoire (Paintings by Michonze, Adams Gallery, London), 1959
9	unfilmed	Ming Dynasty Porcelain, Autumn, 1949

Box	Reel
10	unfilmed	Modigliani, Amedeo, 1955
10	unfilmed	Monet, Claude, 1960
10	unfilmed	Moore, Henry (Art & Idea: Henry Moore essay by Herbert Read, Philadelphia College of Art), 1966
10	unfilmed	Mucha, Alphonse (Alphonse Mucha, Art Nouveau 1890-1913, Grosvenor Gallery and Arthur Jefress Gallery, London), 1963
10	unfilmed	Munch, Edvard, 1968
10	unfilmed	Museum of Modern Art, New York (Painting and Sculpture Acquisitions), 1958, 1959
10	unfilmed	Myers, Myer, undated
10	unfilmed	National Portrait Gallery, Washington, D. C., 1966
10	unfilmed	Neagle, John, 1925, 1989
10	unfilmed	The Negro Artist Comes of Age: A National Survey of Contemporary American Artists, Albany Institute of History and Art, 1945
10	unfilmed	19th Century, 1955, 1958
10	unfilmed	Norton Gallery and School of Art, West Palm Beach, Fla., 1957, 1968
10	unfilmed	Osborne, Elizabeth (Elizabeth Osborne by Alexandra Anderson-Spivy, Locks Gallery, Philadelphia), 1992
10	unfilmed	Pascin, Jules (Jules Pascin, 1885-1930, Watercolors and Drawings, Perls Galleries, New York), 1967
10	unfilmed	Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, 1946-1964
10	unfilmed	Pennsylvania Society of Miniature Painters, 1951, undated
10	unfilmed	Picasso, Pablo, 1950, 1967
10	unfilmed	Pollock, Jackson, 1956-1957
10	unfilmed	Porcelain Veilleuses (Rare Porcelain Veilleuses Collection presented by Doctor Frederick C. Freed to the City of Trenton, Tennessee), 1958
10	unfilmed	Potamkin Collection, Philadelphia, 1970-1973
10	unfilmed	Potter, Beatrix, 1966
10	unfilmed	Pre-Columbian, 1950, 1961
10	unfilmed	Rasmusson (Rasmusson Drawings, 2 copies, M. Knoedler & Company, Inc., New York), 1946
10	unfilmed	Rattner, Abraham, circa 1937
10	unfilmed	Reading Museum, Reading, Pa., 1953, 1967
10	unfilmed	Redfield, Edward W., 1968
10	unfilmed	Redon, Odilon (Odilon Redon, The New Gallery, New York), 1958
10	unfilmed	Rivera, Diego, 1959
10	unfilmed	Rodin, Auguste (Catalogue du Musée Rodin, Paris), 1929
10	unfilmed	Saint Memin, undated
10	unfilmed	Salemme, Attilio (Attilio Salemme, 1911-1955, Duveen-Graham, New York), 1955
10	unfilmed	Sargent, John Singer, undated
10	unfilmed	Schneider, Herbert, 1978-1982
10	unfilmed	Scottish Painters, 1970-1972
10	unfilmed	Second Bank of the United States, Independence National Historical Park, Philadelphia (Portrait Gallery Guidebook: Faces of Independence by John C. Milley), 1974
10	unfilmed	de Segonzac, André Dunoyer (Hommage á André Dunoyer de Segonzac (1884-1974), La Galerie Paul Vallotton), 1981
10	unfilmed	Serber, Frances (announcement: Frances Serber, Ceramist, announces the opening of a new studio workshop, Serber-Mesibov, Newark, N.J.), undated
10	unfilmed	Shahn, Ben (exhibition announcement: Exhibition of Twentieth Century Paintings, Kennedy Galleries, Inc.), 1968
10	unfilmed	Shapinsky, Harold, 1987
10	unfilmed	Smith, Jessie Willcox, 1936
10	unfilmed	de Staël, Nicolas (book prospectus: Libres illustrés par Nicolas de Staël, Pierre Berés, Paris), circa 1955
10	unfilmed	Steuben Glass (Frederick Carder and his Steuben Glass 1903-1933, Dexter Press, Inc., West Nyack, N.Y.), 1966
10	unfilmed	Stuart, Gilbert, Jan.-March, 1963
10	unfilmed	Tiffany, Louis Comfort, May, 1974
10	unfilmed	Tobey, Mark (Mark Tobey, 1890-1976, Galerie Vömel, Düsseldorf), 1983
10	unfilmed	Toulouse-Lautrec, Henri, 1951, 1976
10	unfilmed	Tourte, Suzanne, 1957
10	unfilmed	Union League, Philadelphia, 1940
10	unfilmed	Van Gogh, Vincent, 1953-1982
10	unfilmed	Vuillard, Edouard (Vuillard et son Kodak, Lefevre Gallery, London), undated
10	unfilmed	Valadon, Suzanne, 1956, undated
10	unfilmed	Galerie Vömel, Düsseldorf, 1965-1986
10	unfilmed	Galerie Paul Vallotton, Lausanne, 1966-1987
10	unfilmed	Max Weber, Paul Klee, Aristide Maillol, Wilhelm Lehmbruck, Museum of Modern Art, New York, circa 1930
10	unfilmed	Weir, Robert W., 1976-1977
10	unfilmed	Williamson, Ada C. (1880-1958)
10	unfilmed	Zigrosser, Carl, 1964
10	unfilmed	Zuloaga, Ignacio (brochure: "Zuloaga in the Collection of The Hispanic Society of America with Comparative Material"), 1931

Return to top

Part 4: Loan (2002), 1775-1997 (Reels 5746-5748)

Part 4 is arranged into seven subseries and is access restricted; use requires written permission from the donor.

• 4.1: Correspondence, 1943-1997
• 4.2: Business Records, 1941-1989
• 4.3: Subject Files, 1937-1997
• 4.4: Notebooks, 1928-1994
• 4.5: Printed Matter, 1944-1989
• 4.6: Miscellaneous, 1775-1991
• 4.7: Photographs, 1970

4.1: Correspondence, 1943-1997

Business correspondence is filed as letters sent and received and mainly concerns the purchase and sale of art and antiques, exhibitions at Carlen Galleries, loans to exhibitions held elsewhere, and reference queries. A small number of files labeled with the name of the correspondent have been integrated into the chronological sequence in the appropriate places. A small amount of additional correspondence, 1943-1996 and undated, is designated personal. It includes thank you notes and letters from the Carlens' daughters and friends, correspondence about Social Security benefits, taxes and the care of Carlen's father, Morris Cohen. A few letters post-dating Robert Carlen's death and the closing of his gallery concern paintings.

Box	Reel
NA	5746	Letters Sent, 1944
NA	5746	Letters Received, 1946
NA	5746	Letters Received, 1947
NA	5746	Letters Sent, 1949
NA	5746	Letters Received, 1953
NA	5746	Letters Received, 1955
NA	5746	Letters Received, 1956
NA	5746	Letters Sent, 1957
NA	5746	Letters Received, 1957
NA	5746	Letters Sent, 1960
NA	5746	Letters Received, 1960
NA	5746	Letters Sent, 1961
NA	5746	Letters Received, 1961
NA	5746	Letters Received, 1963
NA	5746	Letters Received, 1964
NA	5746	Letters Sent, 1965
NA	5746	Letters Received, 1965
NA	5746	Letters Received, 1966
NA	5746	Letters Sent (empty folder), 1968
NA	5746	Letters Received, 1968
NA	5746	Letters Sent, 1969
NA	5746	Letters Received, 1969 (2 folders)
NA	5746	Letters Sent, 1970
NA	5746	Letters Received, 1970
NA	5746	Letters Sent, 1971
NA	5746	Letters Received, 1971
NA	5746	Letters Received, 1972
NA	5746	Letters Received, 1973
NA	5746	Letters Received, 1974
NA	5746	Letters Sent, 1975
NA	5746	Letters Received, 1975
NA	5746	Letters Received, 1976
NA	5746	Rockefeller Purchase, 1976, and Catalog, San Francisco Museum, 1993
NA	5746	Letters Sent, 1976
NA	5746	Letters Sent, 1977
NA	5746	Letters Received, 1977
NA	5746	Letters Sent, 1978
NA	5746	Letters Received, 1978
NA	5746	Letters Sent, 1979
NA	5746	Letters Received, 1979
NA	5746	Letters Sent, 1980
NA	5746	Letters Received, 1980
NA	5746	Letters Sent, 1981
NA	5746	Letters Received, 1981
NA	5746	Letters Sent, 1982
NA	5746	Received, 1982
NA	5746	Letters Sent, 1983
NA	5746	Letters Received, 1983
NA	5746	Letters Received, 1984
NA	5746	Letters Sent, 1985
NA	5746	Letters Received, 1985
NA	5746	Letters Sent, 1986
NA	5746	Letters Received, 1986
NA	5746	Letters Sent, 1987
NA	5746	Letters Received, 1987
NA	5746	Letters Sent, 1988
NA	5746	Letters Received, 1988
NA	5746	Harvey, Steve, 1988-1990
NA	5746	Letters Sent, 1989
NA	5746	Letters Received, 1989
NA	5746	Christie's, 1989
NA	5746	Letters Received, 1990
NA	5746	Levitt, Dr. Irving, 1990
NA	5746	Letters Sent, undated
NA	5747	Letters Received, undated
NA	5747	Personal Correspondence,
NA	5747	Albert C. Barnes Letter (letter recommending the Carlens' daughter to Friends' Central School), 1943
NA	5747	To Robert Carlen, and Robert and Alice Carlen, 1945-1982, undated
NA	5747	To Alice Carlen, and Alice and Nancy Carlen, 1955-1997, undated
NA	5747	Nancy of Philadelphia Painting (Sotheby's invoice for purchase by Nancy Carlen), 1997
NA	5747	Other Correspondence (not Carlen), 1949

4.2: Business Records, 1941-1989

Business records include appraisals and receipts. Appraisal reports prepared by Robert Carlen, 1968-1986, include a small amount of related correspondence; however, most folders contain only one item. Items dated prior to 1968 are appraisals conducted by others submitted to Carlen for review. Receipts issued to and by Robert Carlen are for purchases, sales, consignments, and loans. Other receipts and invoices are for business related services such as framing, refinishing, shipping, advertising, etc.

Box	Reel
NA	5747	Appraisals, Alexander, Scholley Pace, 1969
NA	5747	Appraisals, American Red Cross, 1979
NA	5747	Appraisals, Aslin, Al, 1975-1979
NA	5747	Appraisals, Baer, Sydney, 1969
NA	5747	Appraisals, Barnes, J. Hampton, 1969
NA	5747	Appraisals, Berger, Moses H., 1969
NA	5747	Appraisals, Bergnes, Samuel A., 1969
NA	5747	Appraisals, Biddle, Mrs. A. Mercer, 1969
NA	5747	Appraisals, Biddle, Alec, 1968
NA	5747	Appraisals, Bortin, David, 1969
NA	5747	Appraisals, Boucher, Jack E., 1969
NA	5747	Appraisals, Brown, John M. G., 1968
NA	5747	Appraisals, Clark, Jefferson (empty folder), 1969
NA	5747	Appraisals, Clark, Mrs. Margaret M., 1965-1970
NA	5747	Appraisals, Claxton, Edmund, 1969
NA	5747	Appraisals, Cotton, Charles A., 1969
NA	5747	Appraisals, DeCosta, Edward, 1986
NA	5747	Appraisals, Feldman, Mrs. Anne, 1981
NA	5747	Appraisals, Fisher, Mrs. Phillip, 1969
NA	5747	Appraisals, Garrett, John R., 1976
NA	5747	Appraisals, Gilbard, Burton B., 1975-1976
NA	5747	Appraisals, Grossman, Mrs. David J., 1979
NA	5747	Appraisals, Gutman, Jacob C.; Estate of Jacob C. Gutman, Haverford College, 1982, 1969
NA	5747	Appraisals, Horner, Caleb and Peter, 1969
NA	5747	Appraisals, Israel, Dr. Harold, 1979
NA	5747	Appraisals, Jaffe, Josef, 1970
NA	5747	Appraisals, Laughlin, Dr. Thomas L., 1970
NA	5747	Appraisals, Levy, Mrs. Margaret Wasserman, 1969
NA	5747	Appraisals, Lewis, Mr. and Mrs. Eugene John, 1967-1969
NA	5747	Appraisals, Lister, Peter, 1969
NA	5747	Appraisals, Mansell, T. Norman, 1969
NA	5747	Appraisals, Maxwell, Mrs. Drusilla T., 1969
NA	5747	Appraisals, McCall, Mrs. Joseph Benton, Jr., 1968-1981
NA	5747	Appraisals, McKean, Thomas Radford and Nancy B., 1953-1964
NA	5747	Appraisals, Merrill, Charles, 1969
NA	5747	Appraisals, Mitchell, John Hanson, 1960
NA	5747	Appraisals, Newbold, Theodore, 1969
NA	5747	Appraisals, Philadelphia Saving Fund Society, 1986
NA	5747	Appraisals, Pierpont, Thomas, 1969
NA	5747	Appraisals, Potamkin, M. P., 1969
NA	5747	Appraisals, Pratt, Elmer, 1969-1970
NA	5747	Appraisals, Reynolda House, 1973
NA	5747	Appraisals, Robbins, Mrs. George, 1973-1977
NA	5747	Appraisals, Rosenberg, Dr. Phillip, 1969
NA	5747	Appraisals, Scott, Edgar, 1970
NA	5747	Appraisals, Sellers, Mrs. J. Townsend, 1969
NA	5747	Appraisals, Shein, Joseph, 1979
NA	5747	Appraisals, Stokes, John, 1987
NA	5747	Appraisals, Spangler, John L., Jr., 1969
NA	5747	Appraisals, Sullivan, Caroline H. (for Freeman), 1968
NA	5747	Appraisals, Sullivan, Caroline H., Estate, 1969
NA	5747	Appraisals, Tucker, Stephen L., 1979
NA	5747	Appraisals, Webb, H. M., Jr. (Liberty Mutual Insurance Co.), 1969
NA	5747	Appraisals, West, Gordon S., 1969
NA	5747	Appraisals, West Chester State College, 1969
NA	5747	Appraisals, Willing, E. Shippen, Jr., 1969
NA	5747	Appraisals, Wilson, Mr. and Mrs. Charles, 1979
NA	5747	Appraisals, Winnet, Nochem S., 1979
NA	5747	Appraisals, Zantzinger, Mary Golden Geist, Estate of, 1969
NA	5747	Appraisals, Zobian, Stewart P., 1979
NA	5747	Appraisals, Unidentified, 1979, undated
NA	5747	Appraisals, Notes, undated
NA	5747	Receipts, Purchases, Sales, Consignments, Loans, 1941-1988 (6 folders)
NA	5747	Receipts, Miscellaneous, 1946-1989, undated (3 folders)
NA	5747	Receipts, Railway Express and U. S. Mail, 1953-1987, undated
NA	5747	University Hospital Antiques Show, Contract and Program, 1963-1964

4.3: Subject Files, 1937-1997

Subject files may contain correspondence, appraisals receipts, printed matter, and photographs. The files on Edward Hicks include correspondence with Hirschl & Adler Galleries and Terry Dintenfass, notes, photographs, and printed material. Also found are files concerning Carlen's loan of two Hicks' paintings to the U.S. State Department. The files include information about Anatol Jal, the purchase of the Captain James Lawrence Goblet, Horace Pippin, and Antoine Roux. Found in the Horace Pippin files are an appraisal; correspondence about exhibitions, Selden Rodman's book, Pippin's paintings; lists of Pippin's work; loans; exhbitions; and printed material.

Some of the Horace Pippin and Edward Hicks material microfilmed with the subject files in Part 4 is partially duplicated in Part 2, but was significantly rearranged in the interim.

Box	Reel
NA	5747	Hicks, Edward
NA	5747	Carlen Hicks Sale, 1980-1997, undated
NA	5747	Letters Regarding Hicks Paintings, 1946-1947, undated
NA	5747	Penn's Treaty with the Indians, Cancelled Checks, 1954
NA	5747	State Department Hicks Paintings, 1980-1994
NA	5747	State Department Guide to Diplomatic Reception Rooms, 1978
NA	5747	State Department, Hicks Copyright, 1990
NA	5747	Jal, Anatol, 1988-1989
NA	5747	Lawrence Goblet
NA	5747	Glass, "Capt'n Jas. Lawrence" Goblet, 1972-1989, undated
NA	5747	Lawrence Goblet, undated
NA	5747	Pippin, Horace
NA	5747	Appraisal, 1992
NA	5747	Correspondence, General, 1942-1990, undated
NA	5747	Lists of Pippin's Works, circa 1977 and 1990
NA	5747	Loan, Chester County Historical Society, 1988
NA	5747	Loans, Terry Dintenfass Gallery (includes photocopies of Pippin letters, 1941-1945), 1989, 1996
NA	5747	Miscellaneous (receipts, notes, program for dedication of historical marker at the home of Horace Pippin), 1972, 1979, undated
NA	5747	Painting, Christ Before Pilate (letters to Francois de Menil), 1981
NA	5747	Paper by Gylbert Garvin Coker (with related correspondence), 1981-1982
NA	5747	Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Pippin Exhibition, 1992-1994
NA	5747