Hecker, Frank J. (Frank Joseph), 1846-1927
Painter, Collector
Size: 62 p. (on partial microfilm reel).
Summary: An inventory of Hecker's art collection, listing the artist, date, size, title and location in Hecker's home. The collection includes oils, pastels, watercolors, prints, pottery, sculpture, porcelains, lacquers, and miscellaneous art objects. (The inventory is also microfilmed on reel D32).
Art collector, painter, watercolorist, ceramist, sculptor; Detroit, MI. Author of RECOLLECTIONS OF MY SERVICE AND EXPERIENCES IN THE SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR, 1898-1899 and ACTIVITIES OF A LIFETIME, 1923.
Provenance unknown.
Microfilm reels 3 and D32 available at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
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Frank J. Hecker inventory, [undated]. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
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