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20. Art (Except Painting)

 Sub-Series

Scope and Contents

Art (Except Painting) includes the following subcategories

20-1 General & investing in Art; Art Price Index International P/20-1/F; Art Sales Indexes P/20-1; Leonards P/20-1/L; McKittrick P/20-1/Mc; Miller P/20-1/M; Sotheby’s P/20-1/A

20-2 Great Britain

20-3 Europe, Russia, Vatican

20-5 Orient (Asian), Bamboo Carving, Japanese Prints, Snuff Bottles, Soapstone

20-5.1 Chinoiserie, Western Art influenced by Chinese

20-6 Africa, Egyptian, Tut, Egyptomania – Egypt in Western Art, Islamic Art

20-7 United States

20-7.2 South American and Mexican

20-7.5 20th Century Decorative Arts (general – what won’t fit into categories below)

20-8 Art Nouveau, Vienna 1900, Wiener Wekstatte

20-8.1 Aesthetic Movement, Arts & Crafts, Christopher Dresser, Gothic Revival, Japonism, Liberty, MacIntsh, Mission, Pugin, Roycroft, Stickley, Walter Crane, William Morris, (Elbert Hubbard, FRA all 20-8.1/R)

20-9 Victorian, Biedermeier, Empire (Victorian Crafts see 12-1)

20-9.1 Art Deco, Bauhaus, Czech Cubism, Depression Modern

20-9.2 Art of the 40s, 50s, and 60s, Scandinavian Modern, Russell Wright, Brooks Stevens

20-9.3 Art of the 70s, 80s, 90s, 2000s, Contemporary Crafts, Fish, Italian Design of 60s-90s, Alessi, Memphis, Pesce, Starck, Contemporary Scandinavian 2000s + (MoMA catalogs see 12-40.8/M)

Dates

  • Published materials, approximately 1900-2024
  • Clipping Files, approximately 1950-2024

Conditions Governing Access

Open to the public. For more information or to access this collection contact archives staff at archives@clevelandart.org.

Extent

From the Collection: 731 Cubic Feet (The total box count is approximate)

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Repository Details

Part of the Cleveland Museum of Art Archives Repository

Contact:
The Cleveland Museum of Art
11150 East Blvd.
Cleveland OH 44106