Legal Records

Object Details

See more items in: Jacques Seligmann & Co. records; Jacques Seligmann & Co. records / Series 9: De Hauke & Co., Inc., 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.

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Scope and Contents note: Documents within this subseries include copies of contracts between Germain Seligman and César M. de Hauke that outline terms of employment for de Hauke and specify the controlling interests and rights of the stockholders. Also found is a contract between Jacques Seligmann & Co., Inc., and Modern Paintings, Inc., which was the entity created to replace de Hauke & Co., Inc. The dissolution of de Hauke & Co., Inc., is discussed in detail through correspondence with Proskauer, Rose & Paskus, attorneys for Jacques Seligmann & Co., Inc.