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UPCOMING CLOSING: Friday, July 3, 2009, for Independence Day. Please note that the Library is closed on Saturdays in June and July.

NOTICES: The Library has moved periodicals published between 1931 and 2004, and auction catalogs published between 1996 and 2005 to an off-site storage facility. These periodicals and catalogs are not immediately available for examination and require twenty-four to forty-eight hours for retrieval.

Mission & Scope of the Collection

The Frick Art Reference Library was founded in 1920 to serve “adults with a serious interest in art,” among them scholars, art professionals, collectors, and students. The Library’s book and photograph research collections relate chiefly to paintings, drawings, sculpture, prints, and illuminated manuscripts from the fourth to the mid-twentieth centuries by European and American artists. Known internationally for its rich holdings of auction and exhibition catalogs, the Library is a leading site for collecting and provenance research. Archival materials and special collections augment the research collections with documents pertaining to the history of collecting art in America and of Henry Clay Frick’s collecting in particular.

For more information, see Library Collections.

Location

10 East 71st Street
(between Madison and Fifth Avenues)
New York, NY 10021

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For wheelchair or assisted access, see Visitor Information: Accessibility.

Contact Information

Phone: 212-547-0641
Fax: 212-879-2091

General e-mail: library@frick.org

If asking a reference question, see Reference Questions.

Reading Room Hours

Monday through Friday: 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Saturdays, September through May: 9:30a.m. to 1:00 p.m.

Library Closed

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Saturdays in June and July
Month of August

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