Frederick Keppel & Co.
American, 1868 - 1940
LC heading: Frederick Keppel & Co.
Biography:
Frederick Keppel & Co.
role Dealer/Gallery
dates 1868–1940
city New York
state NY
gender n/a
historical notes Frederick Keppel & Co. was a firm founded in 1868, and while having its roots in book dealing, dealt in prints and paintings.
William Macbeth (1851-1917) began his career as a stock boy and worked his way to partner of Frederick Keppel & Co. before establishing his own gallery in 1892, Macbeth Gallery, specializing in American Art.
The Philadelphia Museum of Art Curator of Drawings, Carl Zigrosser (1891-1975), was first employed by Frederick Keppel & Co., before establishing the Weyhe Gallery in 1919, branch of E. Weyhe Inc. (the bookstore), and beginning his career as a curator on 1940.
In 1940, the firm merged with Arthur Harlow & Co. (est. 1911) to form Harlow, Keppel & Co and was located at 670 5th Avenue.
("Frederick Keppel & Co.". The Frick Collection, Archives Directory for the History of Collecting in America. Accessed August 25, 2015. http://research.frick.org/directoryweb/browserecord.php?-action=browse&-recid=6980. Accessed)
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