Royall Tyler to Mildred Barnes Bliss and Robert Woods Bliss, May 16, 1930
29, rue d’Astorg
Paris
F Anjou 16–88
Milrob, in ac/ with R. T.For details of the financial relationship between Royall Tyler and the Blisses revealed by this letter, see “Art Collection” in Argentina, Budapest, and Paris (1928–1933): An Introduction.
to May 16, 1930Friday.
CREDITOR | ||
29/5/28 | Carpet, Kalebdjian small red [illegible]This carpet is no longer in the Dumbarton Oaks Collection. In the ex-collection files, it is described as Rhodian, tomato ground with styled foliage and a geometric border, 7’4” x 4’3”. The Blisses acquired the carpet from Kalebdjian on April 29, 1928. The carpet was sold to Karekin Beshir in December 1952. The carpet was subsequently acquired by John J. Emery Jr. and given to the Cincinnati Art Museum. See also letters of February 1, 1928 [1]; February 1, 1928 [2]; March 13, 1928; April 9, 1928; and April 29, 1928. | £ 262.3.3 |
14/7/28 | Scyth. Knives ‘ | 40.5.6 |
23/10/28 | Nagy St. Miklos photos | 7.10.0 |
5/6/29 | Hun belt ornamentPossibly BZ.1929.7–8. | 20.0.0 |
27/8/29 | Scyth. Coll. KalebdjianBZ.1929.9–58. | 177.14.1 |
6/11/29 | Rosenberg sale, Cent. Am. goldPC.B.396, PC.B.407, PC.B.408, PC.B.413, PC.B.414, PC.B.415, PC.B.417, PC.B.418, PC.B.425, and PC.B.468. | 212.11.0 |
9/11/29 | Kalebdjian—gold birdThis gold bird is possibly PC.B.406. Although the Pre-Columbian Collection records state that it came from the Rosenberg sale of November 4, 1929, it does not appear in the catalogue. Kalebdjian bid for the Blisses at the Rosenberg sale, and it is possible that this piece was sold by Kalebdjian and sent to the Blisses along with the Rosenberg objects. & exp. Berlin | 31.12.5 |
24/12/29 | Boutreux, Sp. TableAlthough the Blisses acquired this table, it is no longer in the Dumbarton Oaks Collection and it has not been identified. In various letters, the table is described as Spanish, made of walnut with a single board top, and measuring approximately 350 cm x 90 cm. The dealer was Boutreux on the Île de la Cité, Paris. See letters of May 19, 1929; December 14, 1929; December 15, 1929 [1]; December 15, 1929 [2]; and December 28, 1929. | 96.18.8 |
9/2/30 | Motor to see tapestr. Chau. de Virner | 8.0.0 |
30/4/30 | Seligmann sale—spoon and candlestickSee Paul Clemen, Otto von Falke, and Georg Swarzenski, Die Sammlung Dr. Leopold Seligmann, Köln (Berlin: Hermann Ball–Paul Graupe, 1930). No. 26: Early Christian bronze lampstand (BZ.1930.5), pl. 8; and no. 57: Venetian, thirteenth-century ivory Eucharastic spoon, pl. 14. No. 57, which was auctioned and acquired as a Venetian thirteenth-century ivory Eucharistic spoon with a pelican finial, is now identified as an Edo (Benin) sixteenth- or seventeenth-century export carving. It is in the National Museum of African Art, Washington, D.C., acc. no. 69-20-4, a bequest of Mildred Barnes Bliss. | 428.12.4 |
Do | Exp. Berlin for Selig. Sale | 19.15.0 |
Wires to 16/5/30 | 13.4.4 | |
1318.6.7 | ||
DEBTOR | ||
24/12/29 | £ 1500.0.0 | |
Refund by H. Peirce for objects bought by him, Rosenberg sale | 40.0.0 | |
30/4/30 | 410.13.5 | |
1950.13.5 | ||
Disbursed | 1318.6.7 | |
In hand 16/5/30 | 632.6.10 |
R. Tyler
16/5/30.
Associated Places:
Paris (France)
Associated Things:
Kalebdjian Frères