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Sales and Inventory Records

Archives of American Art

Object Details

Collection Creator

Parsons, Betty, 1900-1982

Collection Citation

Betty Parsons Gallery records and personal papers, 1916-1991. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Scope and Contents note

Found in this series are the records containing detailed information about gallery stock - sales, purchases, inventory, prices, artists' commissions, individual artist accounts, loan and consignment activities, and commission sales shared with other dealers. Multiple formats include invoices, forms, daybooks, ledger books, ledger sheets and inventories. Additional records documenting routine business transactions are located in the general business and financial records and "Artist Sales and Expenses" invoices can be found within the artist files. Documents in this series are a rich resource of information on individual works of art, including provenance and exhibition history. Condition reports are scattered amongst the files.
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GUID

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw998bac298-6439-4369-a5cb-5727bdb0e10b

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Sponsor

Funding for the processing and digitization of this collection was provided by the Terra Foundation for American Art and The Walton Family Foundation.

Extent

3.9 Linear Feet (Boxes 25-28, 51)

Date

1946-1983

Archival Repository

Archives of American Art

Identifier

AAA.parsbett, Series 5

Type

Archival materials

Arrangement note

Sales and Inventory Records are arranged into four subseries: 5.1: Sales and Purchase Records 5.2: Artist Accounts 5.3: Consignment and Loan Records 5.4: Gallery Inventories

Collection Rights

The Archives of American Art makes its archival collections available for non-commercial, educational and personal use unless restricted by copyright and/or donor restrictions, including but not limited to access and publication restrictions. AAA makes no representations concerning such rights and restrictions and it is the user's responsibility to determine whether rights or restrictions exist and to obtain any necessary permission to access, use, reproduce and publish the collections. Please refer to the Smithsonian's Terms of Use for additional information.

Existence and Location of Copies

This series has been digitized in its entirety.

Collection Restrictions

This collection is open for research. Access to original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C. Research Center. Researchers interested in accessing audiovisual recordings in this collection must use access copies. Contact References Services for more information.
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Record ID

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