The literary digest . en came to New York when the art life was in astate of transition, and he became closely identified witli theformation of most of the celebrated art-collections in America,such as those belonging to James A. Garland, J. PierpontMorgan, Mr. Altman, Mr. Gould, Mr. Widener, Henry C. Frick,Mrs. Hamilton Rice, and John D. Rockefeller, Jr. The firmbrought to this country furniture which Avas a heritage of themost luxurious period which France has ever known. Carvings,bronzes, hangings, and all manner of adornments were com-bined by the firm in remarkable decorations. In 1909 Du
The literary digest . en came to New York when the art life was in astate of transition, and he became closely identified witli theformation of most of the celebrated art-collections in America,such as those belonging to James A. Garland, J. PierpontMorgan, Mr. Altman, Mr. Gould, Mr. Widener, Henry C. Frick,Mrs. Hamilton Rice, and John D. Rockefeller, Jr. The firmbrought to this country furniture which Avas a heritage of themost luxurious period which France has ever known. Carvings,bronzes, hangings, and all manner of adornments were com-bined by the firm in remarkable decorations. In 1909 Duveen Brothers disposed of their general businessin interior decorations and sold tlieir war(>houses, and devotedthemselves exclusively to the selling of-the extremely fine artworks. About this time the firm made some purchases whichstartled the art world. They purchased the art-collection ofRudolphe Kann for Sf),000,000, which works were passed intothe great American collections Jike those of the late J. P. Morgan,. HENRY J. DUVEEN. Tho he helped others spend many millions on art objects, he collectedpostage stamps for himself. Mrs. C. P. Huntington, and Mrs. Archer M. Huntington, and ashort time later they piu-chased the Maurice Kann collection,valued at $2,.500,000. Henry J. Duveens name will be especiallyremembered because of his efforts in the formation of the lateJ. Pierpont Morgans collection, part of which was later pur-chased by his firm. They pirrchased the Morgan collection ofporcelains for .$.3,000,000 and were the agents through whomHemy C. Frick bought the Fragonard panels out of the Morgancollection for $1,,000. Many years ago Henry J. Duveen was decorated with theOrder of the Legion dHonneur as a mark of appreciation bythe French Government of his many artistic endeavors. The methods of the artbusiness as practised bj- tkishouse are dwelt on by TheAmerican Art News (NewYork). In the developmentof this firm, which madethem very rich men, it says,they natiu-
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