Object Details
sova.aaa.jacqself_ref12250
- Collection Creator
- Jacques Seligmann & Co
- See more items in
- Jacques Seligmann & Co. records
- Jacques Seligmann & Co. records / Series 1: Correspondence / 1.6: Legal Correspondence Files
- 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.
- Date
- 1923-1955
- Archival Repository
- Archives of American Art
- Identifier
- AAA.jacqself, Subseries 1.6.5
- Type
- Archival materials
- Collection Citation
- Jacques Seligmann & Co. records, 1904-1978, bulk 1913-1974. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
- Arrangement note
- This series has been scanned in entirety.
- 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.
- Scope and Contents note
- This section of Subseries 1.6 includes correspondence and legal documents concerning the ownership and ensuing lawsuit over a series of Italian frescoes known as The Story of Griselda. The frescoes were originally acquired by the firm in the mid-1930s from Gabriel Dereppe and Ignatio (Ignace) G. Pollak in a very complicated legal agreement. Because the Italian government refused to let the frescoes leave the country, the firm entrusted their care to Mrs. Nanni Carla Politi and entered into a false sales transaction with her. Although Mrs. Politi did not actually buy the frescoes, documentation existed that made the transaction appear legitimate. Mrs. Politi then sold the frescoes to a Mr. Pelosi of Italy and kept the funds. These files document the complex trail and lawsuits surrounding the frescoes.
- Collection Restrictions
- Use of original papers requires an appointment.
AAA.jacqself_ref12250
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AAA.jacqself
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- Record ID
- ebl-1503510494015-1503510494728-4