Wildenstein & Co. Building
19 East 64th Street | Upper East Side | built 1932
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- 1931
Wildenstein & Co. buys two East 64th Street townhouses
On May 12, 1931, the New York Times reports that the Wildenstein art-dealing family has purchased two adjoining lots at 19 and 21 East 64th Street for about $800,000. The firm commissions Philadelphia architect Horace Trumbauer to replace them with a stone-faced gallery and residence in the French Classic style, completed in 1932.
Source: Daytonian in Manhattan
- 1932
The Wildensteins secretly live above their own gallery
Although Department of Buildings records for 19 East 64th Street describe only an art gallery and showrooms, with no residential space, the upper floors quietly serve as living quarters for the Wildenstein family. At one point as many as eleven family members reside there alongside the art business below.
Source: Daytonian in Manhattan
- 1934
The Met buys Watteau's Le Mezzettino through the gallery
On December 6, 1934, the Metropolitan Museum of Art acquires Antoine Watteau's painting Le Mezzettino through Wildenstein & Co. for under $250,000, one of many sales that route major European works from the East 64th Street gallery into American museum collections.
Source: Daytonian in Manhattan
- 1937
Wildenstein mounts the first major Manet show in America
From February to April 1937, Wildenstein & Co. stages a large exhibition of Edouard Manet's paintings at its East 64th Street gallery, described at the time as the first major Manet exhibition held in the United States.
Source: Daytonian in Manhattan
Further reading
- 19 East 64th StreetWikipedia
- The 1931 Wildenstein & Co. Building - 19-21 East 64th StreetDaytonian in Manhattan
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