Invoice Books

Object Details

See more items in: Jacques Seligmann & Co. records; Jacques Seligmann & Co. records / Series 7: Financial Files and Shipping Records

Sponsor: Processing of the collection was funded by the Getty Grant Program; digitization of the collection was funded by the Samuel H. Kress Foundation and the Terra Foundation for American Art. Glass plate negatives in this collection were digitized in 2019 with funding provided by the Smithsonian Women's Committee.

Collection Citation: Jacques Seligmann & Co. records, 1904-1978, bulk 1913-1974. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Arrangement note: The books are arranged in chronological order. This series has been scanned in entirety.

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Scope and Contents note: These bound volumes have copies of invoices to clients attached. Each includes an alphabetized index of names. Books are missing for the years 1926, January through November 1927, 1929, and January through September 1930. The invoices contained within the books are quite detailed and provide valuable information about sales to individual clients and galleries, purchase prices, commission percentages, and specific titles and descriptions of works of art.