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The Photograph Archives is a research and study collection of images documenting American art and artists. This catalog contains the records of the Peter A. Juley & Son Collection (127,000 photographic negatives) and the American Sculpture Photograph Study Collection (2,600 photographic prints). Over 10,000 digital images are available online.

Peter A. Juley & Son Collection

The Peter A. Juley & Son Collection contains 127,000 black-and-white photographic negatives documenting the work of more than 11,000 American artists. Peter A. Juley (1862-1937) and his son Paul P. Juley (1890-1975) headed the largest and most respected fine arts photography firm in New York from 1906 to 1975. Their clients included major artists, galleries, museums, and private collectors of the period. The firm also acquired negatives from other noted fine arts photographers, such as A. B. Bogart, Walter Russell, and De Witt Ward. Spanning nearly seventy years, the archive constitutes a unique visual record of American art, sometimes providing the only photographic documentation of altered, damaged, or lost works. The collection also holds 4,700 photographic portraits of artists. The Juley Collection was acquired by the Smithsonian American Art Museum in 1975 and forms the core of the Photograph Archives.

American Sculpture Photograph Study Collection

The American Sculpture Photograph Study Collection comprises 2,600 photographic prints of American sculpture from the 1890s to 1940. The photographs were originally assembled by the Metropolitan Museum of Art for study purposes from various fine arts photographers and publishers. This specialized resource provides in-depth visual documentation of the work of late nineteenth and early twentieth-century sculptors, including Robert Aitken, Daniel Chester French, Anna Hyatt Huntington, Evelyn Beatrice Longman, Paul Manship, and Augustus Saint-Gaudens. This collection was acquired by the Photograph Archives in 2005 to enhance its resources for the study of American sculpture.

For further information about the Peter A. Juley & Son Collection or American Sculpture Photograph Study Collection, please contact:

Photograph Archives
Research & Scholars Center
Smithsonian American Art Museum
P.O. Box 37012 MRC 970
Washington, DC 20013-7012

Email: sapa@si.edu
Telephone: (202) 633-8390
Fax: (202) 633-8373

The Photograph Archives is a research and study collection of images documenting American art and artists. This catalog contains the records of the Peter A. Juley & Son Collection (127,000 photographic negatives) and the American Sculpture Photograph Study Collection (2,600 photographic prints). Over 10,000 digital images are available online.

Peter A. Juley & Son Collection

The Peter A. Juley & Son Collection contains 127,000 black-and-white photographic negatives documenting the work of more than 11,000 American artists. Peter A. Juley (1862-1937) and his son Paul P. Juley (1890-1975) headed the largest and most respected fine arts photography firm in New York from 1906 to 1975. Their clients included major artists, galleries, museums, and private collectors of the period. The firm also acquired negatives from other noted fine arts photographers, such as A. B. Bogart, Walter Russell, and De Witt Ward. Spanning nearly seventy years, the archive constitutes a unique visual record of American art, sometimes providing the only photographic documentation of altered, damaged, or lost works. The collection also holds 4,700 photographic portraits of artists. The Juley Collection was acquired by the Smithsonian American Art Museum in 1975 and forms the core of the Photograph Archives.

American Sculpture Photograph Study Collection

The American Sculpture Photograph Study Collection comprises 2,600 photographic prints of American sculpture from the 1890s to 1940. The photographs were originally assembled by the Metropolitan Museum of Art for study purposes from various fine arts photographers and publishers. This specialized resource provides in-depth visual documentation of the work of late nineteenth and early twentieth-century sculptors, including Robert Aitken, Daniel Chester French, Anna Hyatt Huntington, Evelyn Beatrice Longman, Paul Manship, and Augustus Saint-Gaudens. This collection was acquired by the Photograph Archives in 2005 to enhance its resources for the study of American sculpture.

For further information about the Peter A. Juley & Son Collection or American Sculpture Photograph Study Collection, please contact:

Photograph Archives
Research & Scholars Center
Smithsonian American Art Museum
P.O. Box 37012 MRC 970
Washington, DC 20013-7012

Email: sapa@si.edu
Telephone: (202) 633-8390
Fax: (202) 633-8373