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Abstract:

Collection material pertains to correspondence, exhibition catalogs, art-related publications, brochures, and loose-leaf notebooks of art reproductions that document the life and career of John Baskett, art dealer and close friend of Paul Mellon.

Scope and Contents: This collection consists primarily of correspondence between Basil Taylor, Paul Mellon, and Mellon's advisors, including Mellon's first curator, the art dealer John Baskett, regarding the development of Mellon's British art collection. These papers cover the years 1959 through 1975, the year of Taylor's death, with the bulk spanning 1960-1969, the years of Mellon, Baskett, and Taylor's most active collaboration and collection building. The correspondence includes telegrams, letters, lists of...