Other Area Libraries: Area Art Libraries

The Frick Art Reference Library's book and photograph collections relate mainly to paintings, drawings, sculpture, prints and the decorative arts.

You can visit the library without an apointment but first-time visitors are asked to arrive before 3:00 p.m. on weekdays or before 11:00 a.m. on Saturdays, and to bring a photo ID.

Interior, The Frick Art Reference Library, image: The Frick Collection

The Frick's SCIPIO database is a fantastic resource you can use when you visit their library!

• The only online list of auction catalog records in existence
• Provides information to auction sales catalogs from all major North American and European auction houses as well as many private sales

For more information see:  https://www.frick.org/visit/library

Location:
10 East 71st Street
New York, NY 10021

Phone: 212-547-0641

The Watson Library has one of the world’s most comprehensive collections of auction and sale catalogs, dating from the mid-eighteenth century to the present.. The collection includes extensive historical holdings of Sotheby’s, Christie’s, Hôtel Drouot, Dorotheum, Phillips, and many other small auction houses, both American and international. In addition, numerous online resources provide sale catalog information and auction results.

Interior, The Watson Library, image: the Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Watson is open to the public. Registration with photo ID is required in order to use the Library.

For more information see:  https://www.metmuseum.org/art/libraries-and-research-centers/thomas-j-watson-library

Location:
Metropolitan Museum of Art
1000 Fifth Avenue New York, NY 10028

Phone: 212-650-2225