Frederick Keppel & Co.

Artist Info

Frederick Keppel & Co.American, 1868 - 1940

LC name authority rec. n82256993

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)