Henry Clay Frick The Man By George Harvey - Privately Printed 1936 Art Collector
Item History & Price
CL/417/.5
Henry Clay Frick, The ManBy George HarveyDescription: Privately Printed, 1936. HC/DJBook Condition: Excellent. Dust Jacket Condition: Good, some water stains, and minor tears to the rear top. The DJ refers to this as part of "The Frick Collection: 1 East 70th Street - New York". Maroon/gilt cloth hardback. 382pp. Slightly rough cut vertical page edges. A very nice copy.
Henry Clay Frick (December 19, 1849 – December 2, 1919) was an American industrialist, financier, u...nion-buster, and art patron. He founded the H. C. Frick & Company coke manufacturing company, was chairman of the Carnegie Steel Company, and played a major role in the formation of the giant U.S. Steel steel manufacturing concern. He also financed the construction of the Pennsylvania Railroad and the Reading Company, and owned extensive real estate holdings in Pittsburgh and throughout the state of Pennsylvania. He later built the historic neoclassical Frick Mansion (now a landmark building in Manhattan) and at his death donated his extensive collection of old master paintings and fine furniture to create the celebrated Frick Collection and museum.
Henry Clay Frick, The ManBy George HarveyDescription: Privately Printed, 1936. HC/DJBook Condition: Excellent. Dust Jacket Condition: Good, some water stains, and minor tears to the rear top. The DJ refers to this as part of "The Frick Collection: 1 East 70th Street - New York". Maroon/gilt cloth hardback. 382pp. Slightly rough cut vertical page edges. A very nice copy.
Henry Clay Frick (December 19, 1849 – December 2, 1919) was an American industrialist, financier, u...nion-buster, and art patron. He founded the H. C. Frick & Company coke manufacturing company, was chairman of the Carnegie Steel Company, and played a major role in the formation of the giant U.S. Steel steel manufacturing concern. He also financed the construction of the Pennsylvania Railroad and the Reading Company, and owned extensive real estate holdings in Pittsburgh and throughout the state of Pennsylvania. He later built the historic neoclassical Frick Mansion (now a landmark building in Manhattan) and at his death donated his extensive collection of old master paintings and fine furniture to create the celebrated Frick Collection and museum.
