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American Art Association

Founded in New York in 1883, this pioneering art gallery and auction house helped bring American art to a wider public. Its catalogues now offer a vivid window into the collecting world of the Gilded Age and early 20th century.

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Catalogue of valuable paintings and water colors mostly of the modern Dutch school, forming the private collection of A. Augustus Healy, Esq., Brooklyn : $b to be disposed of at unrestricted public sale ... February 15 [1907] at Mendelssohn Hall

Catalogue of valuable paintings and water colors mostly of the modern Dutch school, forming the private collection of A. Augustus Healy, Esq., Brooklyn : $b to be disposed of at unrestricted public sale ... February 15 [1907] at Mendelssohn Hall

by American Art Association

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American Art Association was not an individual author but a New York art gallery and auction house whose name appears on many historical sale catalogues and exhibition publications. Reliable sources describe it as being founded in 1883 by James F. Sutton, R. Austin Robertson, and Thomas E. Kirby, with the goal of promoting American art through exhibitions and public auctions.

Over time, the association became an important force in the American art market. Archival and museum sources note that it handled major sales, documented private collections, and helped shape the culture of collecting in the United States during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. That background explains why works credited to American Art Association often read less like traditional books and more like richly detailed records of artworks, estates, and exhibitions.

For listeners and readers today, its publications are valuable as snapshots of art history rather than personal writing. They preserve titles, artist names, ownership histories, and the taste of an era when American museums and collectors were rapidly expanding.