Frick Art Reference Library - Collections

Collections

The book, auction catalog, and photoarchive collections at the Frick Art Reference Library focus on art of the Western tradition from the fourth century (C.E.) to the mid twentieth century (C.E.). The Library collections chiefly include information about paintings, drawings, sculpture, prints, and illuminated manuscripts. Known for its collections of auction and exhibition catalogs, the Library is a destination for provenance and collection research. Archival materials and special collections augment the research collections. The Library holds more than 285,000 monograph and 2,250 periodical titles. The auction catalog collection contains approximately 80,000 items. More than 1 million images comprise the Frick Art Reference Library Photoarchive, which includes photographs and clippings of works of art.