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Byron Gallery records, 1959-1991, bulk 1960-1975

A Finding Aid to the Byron Gallery Records, circa 1950s-1991, bulk 1960-1971, in the Archives of American Art, by Sarah Haug

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Historical Information

The Byron Gallery was founded in 1961 by Charles Byron (b. 1918) and located on Madison Avenue in New York, New York. The gallery primarily showed Surrealist masters and up-and-coming contemporary American painters and sculptures, as well as an occasional ancient and Old Masters exhibit.

Among the artists represented by the gallery were Alcopley, Herbert Bayer, Albert Kotin, Clement Meadmore, Richard Merkin, Constantino Nivola, Brian O'Doherty, and Hans Richter. Additional artists handled by the gallery or given shows were Max Ernst, Sam Gilliam, Robert Sebastian Matta, Renee Magritte, Sylvia Sleigh, and Jack Youngerman. The gallery also sold work by artists represented by other galleries, or from the secondary market.

Several prescient group shows were organized by the gallery, including the Box Show in 1965, featuring the work of over 100 artists, including Arakawa, Lee Bontecou, Chryssa, Joseph Cornell, Alcopley, Walter De Maria, Dan Flavin, Donald Judd, Edward Kienholz, Sol Lewitt, Louise Nevelson, Constantino Nivola, Robert Rauschenberg, Michell Stuart, and Andy Warhol. The Paris Review show in 1965 was another stellar event, with contributions from Richard Anuszkiewicz, Allan D'Arcangelo, Jim Dine, Helen Frankenthaler, Robert Indiana, Alex Katz, Ellsworth Kelly, Lindner, Richard Robert Motherwell, Louise Nevelson, Estaban Vicente, and Andy Warhol. In 1964, the gallery also organized an exhibition of over 40 American landscape artists, American Landscapes. The gallery also exhibited two shows based on Pre-Columbian objects, and, in the late 1960s, held two major exhibitions, 400 Years of Italian Art: Florentine Relief Fund Art Show (1967) and Greek Gold Exhibition (1967-1968).

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Overview of the Collection

Scope and Contents

The records of New York Byron Gallery measure 16.3 linear feet and date from circa 1950s-1991, with the bulk of the material dating from 1960-1971. The records document the gallery's representation and exhibition of Surrealist and contemporary American artists, as well as the occasional pre-Columbian and Old Masters artwork. Found are extensive artists and subject files, exhibition files and scrapbooks, exhibition catalogs, and sales records. There are also exhibitions catalogs of the Milan Galleria Dell'Arieti.

Artist and subject files comprise over one-half of the records and contain business correspondence, sales information, photographs and transparencies, catalogs, and exhibit reviews for each artist either represented or sold by the gallery, or participated in an exhibition organized by the gallery. Particularly rich files are found for Alcopley, Stephen Antonakos, Alexander Calder, Pietro Consagra, Giorgio De Chirico, Max Ernst, Pedro Friedeberg, Sam Gilliam, Mathias Goeritz, Sarah Grilo, Roberto Sabastiano Matta, Clement Meadmore, Constantino Nivola, Sylvia Sleigh, Paul Talman, and Jack Youngerman.

Fifty-seven exhibition scrapbooks in binder sleeves represent a complete documentary record of Byron Gallery exhibits from 1963-1970. The scrapbook contain a wide variety of materials, including correspondence, catalogs, price lists, installation photographs and slides, printed reproductions of exhibited art work, and newspaper clippings and reviews. Additional printed materials include exhibition catalogs and invitations. There is also a near-complete run of catalogs from the Galleria Dell'Arieti, a contemporary gallery in Milan, Italy, 1961-1970.

Financial and business records are contained in a series of invoices from 1963-1971, and a card file of artwork sold or returned.

Arrangement and Series Description

The collection is arranged as 5 series:

Subjects and Names

This collection is indexed in the online catalog of the Archives of American Art under the following terms:

  • Subjects:
    • Copley, Alfred L.
    • Antonakos, Stephen,1926-
    • Calder, Alexander, 1898-1976
    • Consagra, Pietro, 1920-
    • De Chirico, Giorgio, 1888-
    • Ernst, Max, 1891-1976
    • Friedeberg, Pedro, 1937-
    • Gilliam, Sam
    • Goeritz, Mathias,$d1915-
    • Grilo, Sarah
    • Matta Echaurren, Roberto Sebastián, 1911-
    • Meadmore, Clement
    • Nivola, Costantino, 1911-
    • Sleigh, Sylvia
    • Talman, Paul
    • Youngerman, Jack, 1926-
    • Galleria dell'Ariete
  • Subjects-Topical:
    • Art galleries, Commercial -- New York (State)-- New York
    • Surrealism
  • Types of Materials:
    • Photographs
    • Scrapbooks

Provenance

The Byron Gallery papers were donated to the Archives of American Art by gallery owner Charles Byron in 1999.

How the Collection was Processed

The collection was inventoried, arranged, and minimally processed in 2001 by a volunteer and a finding aid was created by Sarah Haug in 2009.

How to Use the Collection

Restrictions on Use

Use of original papers requires an appointment.

Ownership & Literary Rights

The Byron Gallery records are owned by the Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution. Literary rights as possessed by the donor have been dedicated to public use for research, study, and scholarship. The collection is subject to all copyright laws.

How to Cite this Collection

Byron Gallery records, circa 1950s-1991, bulk 1960-1971. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

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Detailed Description and Container Inventory

Series 1: Artist/Subject Files, circa 1950s-1991, undated (Box 1-10, 17; 10.2 linear feet)

Artist and subject files contain business correspondence, sales information, photographs and transparencies, catalogs, and exhibit reviews for each artist either represented or sold by the gallery, or whom participated in an exhibition organized by the gallery. Particularly rich files are found for Alcopley, Stephen Antonakos, Alexander Calder, Pietro Consagra, Giorgio De Chirico, Max Ernst, Pedro Friedeberg, Sam Gilliam, Mathias Goeritz, Sarah Grilo, Roberto Sabastiano Matta, Clement Meadmore, Constantino Nivola, Sylvia Sleigh, Paul Talman, and Jack Youngerman.

This series is arranged alphabetically by the artist's last name or by subject (most often titles of exhibitions).

Box Folder
1 1 Artists "A" Miscellaneous, 1964-1970
1 2 Akyavas, Erol, circa 1970s
1 3 Albers, Josef, 1962
1 4 Alcopley, L., circa 1960s-1970s
1 5 Alcopley, L., 1962
1 6 American Drawings Show (1964), 1964-1967
1 7 Andrews, Stephen, 1964-1968
1 8 Antonakos, Stephen, 1962-1963
1 9 Antonakos, Stephen, 1964-1970 (Oversized material housed in Box 17, F1)
1 10 Architects Drawings, undated
1 11 Arp, Jean, undated
1 12 Artists Represented, circa 1960s
1 13 Artists Statements, circa 1950s-1960s
1 14 Artists to be Considered, circa 1960s
1 15 Ashbee, Helen, 1965-1968
1 16 Assorted Artists, circa 1960s
1 17 Avery, Milton, undated
1 18 Artists "B" Miscellaneous, circa 1960s
1 19 Bacon, Francis, circa 1950s-1960s
1 20 Balkin, Stephen, 1966
1 21 Balla, Giacomo, undated
1 22 Balthus, 1977-1982, undated
1 23 Bardazzi, Peter, circa 1970s
1 24 Barker, Walter, circa 1960s
1 25 Basen, Dan, 1966-1968
1 26 Bastin, Michele, 1971
1 27 Baugniet, Marcel Louis, 1964-1966
1 28 Bauhaus, Robert and Ella Bergmann, 1968
1 29-31 Bayer, Herbert, circa 1960s-1970s (3 folders; Oversized material housed in Box 17, F2)
1 32 Bayrak, Tosun, 1963-1964
1 33 Beaton, Cecil, circa 1960s
1 34 Bellmer, Hans, circa 1960s
1 35 Benson, Ben, circa 1960s-1970s
Box Folder
2 1 Biegas, Boleslas, undated
2 2 Boghosian, Varujan, circa 1960s-1970s
2 3 Boissier, J.J., 1970
2 4 Bolles, Robert, 1964
2 5 Bonnard, Pierre, undated
2 6 Botero, Fernando, circa 1960s-1970s
2 7 Botero, Fernando, 1969
2 8 Bouchant, Andre, 1985, undated
2 9 Box Show Artists (1968), 1966-1968
2 10 Brasley, S., 1968
2 11 Brauner, Victor, circa 1960s-1981
2 12 Brauner, Victor, 1969
2 13 Brauner, Victor, undated
2 14 Brown, Judith, circa 1960s
2 15 Bruce, Patrick Henry, undated
2 16 Brüning, Peter, 1968
2 17 Butchkes, Sydney, 1964-1965
2 18 Artists "C" Miscellaneous, circa 1960s-1970s
2 19 Calder, Alexander, circa 1960s-1970s
2 20 Calder, Alexander, undated
2 21 Cardenas, undated
2 22 Carrington, Leonora, 1956
2 23 Carrington, Leonora, 1970
2 24 Carter, Clarence, circa 1960s
2 25 Cascella, Andrea, circa 1960s-1970s
2 26 Cassatt, Mary, circa 1980s
2 27 Catlin, George, undated
2 28 Cesar, Nadine, 1965
2 29 Cezanne, Paul, undated
2 30 Chabrol, Baron de, undated
2 31 Chagall, Marc, undated
2 32 Chalem, Celine, circa 1960s
2 33 Chase, Ronald, 1964-1966
2 34 Chattaway, William, 1969
2 35 Chinn Yuen, Yuey, circa 1960s
2 36 Christo, 1985-1986
2 37 Clergue, Lucien, 1966
2 38 Consagra, Pietro, 1968-1969
2 39 Consagra, Pietro, 1970
2 40 Consignment: Returned to Artist, 1965-1966
2 41 Copley, William, circa 1950s-1970s
2 42 Copley, William, circa 1960s-1970s
2 43 Corbassiere, Yves, circa 1960s
2 44 Corbero, Xavier, 1968-1969
2 45 Corbero, Xavier, 1969-1971
2 46 Cordier-Ekstrom Gallery, 1969-1970
2 47 Cornell, Joseph, circa 1950s-1960s
2 48 Costa Rica, 1964-1966
2 49 Crotti, Jean, undated
2 50 Cuartas, Gregorio, 1980
2 51 Artists "D" Miscellaneous, circa 1960s
2 52 Dado, circa 1960s
2 53 Dado, circa 1960s-1970
2 54 Dallos, Miklos, 1963-1964
2 55 Daumier, H., undated
2 56 Dechar, Peter, 1972-1973
2 57 De Chirico, Giorgio, 1969, undated
2 58 De Chirico, Giorgio, 1970-1991
Box Folder
3 1 Delacroix, 1980
3 2 De Sanctis, Fabio, 1963-1966
3 3 Dominguez, undated
3 4 Douihny, Saliba, 1967-1968
3 5 Dubuffet, Jean, 1968-1970, undated
3 6 Duchamp, Marcel, circa 1964
3 7-9 Duvillier, Rene, circa 1960s (3 folders)
3 10 Artists "E" Miscellaneous, 1964
3 11 Edelheit, Martha, circa 1960s-1970s
3 12 Edelheit, Martha, 1966
3 13 Edlich, Stephen, 1968
3 14 Eleu, undated
3 15 Ensor, James, undated
3 16 Ernst, Max, 1977-1982, undated
3 17 Ernst, Max, Dallas, 1984
3 18 Ernst, Max Exhibition (1970), 1969-1971
3 19-22 Ernst, Max, Oils, undated (4 folders)
3 23 Ernst, Max Sculpture (October-December 1990), 1990-1991
3 24 Ernst, Max Sculpture Project (1990-91), 1984-1990
3 25 Esqueda, Xavier, 1965-1966
3 26 European and South American Countries, circa 1960s
3 27 European Countries, 1960-1970
Box Folder
4 1 Artists "F" Miscellaneous, circa 1960s
4 2 Fernandel, Augustin, 1965-1966
4 3 Fini, Leonore, undated
4 4 Finklestein, Michael, 1968-1969
4 5 Finn, Gloria, 1964
4 6 Fitzia, (Mendialdua), 1965-1970
4 7 Flavin, Daniel, 1964-1965
4 8 Florentine Relief Fund Art Show (1967), 1967
4 9 Floris, Marcel, circa 1960s
4 10 Fontana, L., 1966-1967
4 11 400 Years of Italian Art Exhibition, 1967
4 12 400 Years of Italian Art Exhibition Insurance, 1967
4 13 Francis, Sam, undated
4 14 Frank, Mary, 1964-1967
4 15 Frankenthaler, Helen, 1964
4 16 Freeman, John, circa 1960s
4 17 "French" (Several Artists), undated
4 18 Fried, Otto, circa 1960s-1970s
4 19 Friedeberg, Pedro, circa 1960s
4 20 Friedeberg, Pedro, circa 1960s-1970s
4 21 Friedeberg, Pedro (1964), 1964
4 22-23 Friedeberg, Pedro, 1964-1970 (2 folders)
4 24 Friedeberg, Pedro, 1969-1970
4 25 Friedeberg, Pedro: Correspondence, circa 1960s
4 26 Friedeberg, Pedro: Loans, 1965-1970
4 27 Fuchs, Ernst, undated
4 28 Fuhrman, Charles, 1968-1969
4 29 Fukuda, Shigeo, circa 1960s
4 30 Fuseli, Henry, undated
Box Folder
5 1 Artists "G" Miscellaneous, 1963-1970
5 2 Galleria della' Arieta, 1968-1971
5 3 Gallery Chauvelin, undated
5 4 Gauguin, Paul, undated
5 5 Geofroy, Henry de, 1964-1965
5 6 Giacometti, Alberto, circa 1950s-1980s
5 7 Giles, William, 1965-1966
5 8 Gilliam, Sam, 1967-1969
5 9 Gilliam, Sam, 1968
5 10 Gnoli, Domenico, 1967-1987
5 11 Goeritz, Mathias, undated
5 12 Goeritz, Mathias, 1963-1970
5 13 Goeritz, Mathias, 1963-1971 (Oversized material housed in Box 17, F3)
5 14 Gottleib, undated
5 15 Gray, Cleve, 1964-1965
5 16 Grebenak, Louis, 1964-1971
5 17 Greenly, Colin, 1966-1970
5 18 Grilo, Sarah, undated
5 19 Grilo, Sarah, 1967-1971
5 20 Gris, Juan, 1974
5 21 Group Show, 1968-1969
5 22 Gutman, Willi, 1968-1969
5 23 Artists "H" Miscellaneous, 1964-1970
5 24 Haglund, Birber, 1968
5 25 Hair, Bryce, 1964
5 26 Halbig, Johann von, 1977
5 27 Hebner, E.F., 1964
5 28 Helleu, Paul, undated
5 29 Henry, Robert, 1966
5 30 Hepworth, Barbara, 1964
5 31 Hirst, Barry, 1967-1968
5 32 Hockney, David, 1965-1976
5 33 Hogle, Richard, 1965-1967
5 34 Houdon, 1978
5 35 Hubler, Rudolf, 1964-1970
5 36 Hughes, Ralph, 1965
5 37 Hutchinson, Peter, 1970
5 38 Artists "I" Miscellaneous, 1963-1968
5 39 Indian Art, undated
5 40 Isham, Sheila, 1964-1971
5 41 Italy, 1967
5 42 Artists "J" Miscellaneous, 1963-1968
5 43 Janson, Marc, 1966
5 44 Jean, Marcel, undated
5 45 Johns, Jasper, 1977-1979
Box Folder
6 1 Artists "K" Miscellaneous, 1963-1971
6 2 Kandinsky, Wassily, 1987
6 3 Kauffman, Angelica, undated
6 4 Klee, Paul, 1968-1982 (Oversized material housed in Box 17, F4)
6 5 Klimt, Gustave, circa 1980s-1991
6 6 Knoop, Guitou, 1962-1971
6 7 Koplin, Norma Jean, 1964-1965
6 8 Kotin, Albert, 1964-1971
6 9 Kotin, Albert, 1980-1982
6 10 Krebs, Rockne, 1967-1968
6 11 Lam, Wilfreda, circa 1980
6 12 Landscapes, 1989-1990
6 13 Leger, Fernand, 1968-1982
6 14 Lichtenstein, Roy, 1962
6 15 Liikala, Bob, 1964
6 16 Lindner, Richard, 1953-1973
6 17 Lockeckts, Barbara, 1967
6 18 Louis, Morris, 1961
6 19 Artists "M" Miscellaneous, 1963-1970
6 20 Magritte, Rene, 1974
6 21 Mari, Enzo, 1965
6 22 Marotta, Gino, 1965-1968
6 23 Masson, Andre, undated
6 24 Matisse, Henri, 1982
6 25 Matta, Roberto Sabastiano, 1968-1981
6 26 Matta, Roberto Sabastiano (1970), 1970
6 27 McDowell, Barrie, 1966-1971
6 28 McEwen, Rory, 1966-1971
6 29 McEwen, Rory, 1967
6 30 Meadmore, Clement, 1966-1970
Box Folder
7 1 Meadmore, Clement, 1968-1989
7 2 Meadmore, Clement - Sculptures, 1966-1968
7 3 Meadmore, Clement - Sculptures, 1967-1968
7 4 Melotti, Fausto, undated
7 5 Merkin, Richard, 1966-1970
7 6 Michaux, Henri, 1985
7 7 Micossi, Mario, 1963-1964 1963-1964
7 8 Milby, David, 1965-1972
7 9 Milian, Raul, 1960-1966 1960-1966
7 10 Millington-Drake, Teddy, 1968-1971
7 11 Millington-Drake, Teddy, 1972-1983
7 12 Miro, Joan, undated
7 13 Modern Sculpture Show (1968), 1967-1968
7 14 Modigliani, Amadeo, 1970-1983
7 15 Mondrian, Piet, undated
7 16 Monumental Sculpture Projects, 1968
7 17 Moore, Henry, 1969
7 18 Morisot, Berthe, undated
7 19 Motherwell, Robert, undated
7 20 Muro, Fernandez, 1962-1970
7 21 Artists "N" Miscellaneous, 1964-1970
7 22 Nadelman, Elie, undated
7 23 Nevelson, Louise, 1957-1969
7 24 Nivola, Constantino, 1963-1966
7 25 Nivola, Constantino, 1963-1967
7 26 Nivola, Constantino, 1963-1971
7 27 Nivola, Constantino, 1963-1990
7 28 Nivola, Constantino, 1964-1965
7 29 Nivola, Constantino, 1965-1966
Box Folder
8 1 Noel, George, 1961-1964
8 2 Noguchi, Isamu, 1966-1985
8 3 Noland, Kenneth, 1960-1963
8 4 Artists "O" Miscellaneous, 1964-1971
8 5 O'Doherty, Brian, 1965-1970
8 6 Ossorio, undated
8 7 Artists "P" Miscellaneous, 1963-1970
8 8 Paalen, Wolfgang, undated
8 9 Paris Master, undated
8 10 Paris Review Show (1965), 1965-1970
8 11 Patrikiades, George-Greek Gold Exhibition, 1964-1970
8 12 Patrikiades, George-Greek Gold Exhibition, Consignments, 1967-1968
8 13 Patrikiades, George-Greek Gold Exhibition, Correspondence, 1967-1968
8 14 Patrikiades, George-Greek Gold Exhibition, Customs, 1967-1969
8 15 Peire, Luc, 1966-1969
8 16 Pelaez, Antonio, 1964-1966
8 17 Peverelli, Cesare, 1957-1969
8 18 Pfriem, Bernard, 1963-1967
8 19 Picabia, Francis, 1991
8 20 Picasso, Pablo, circa 1960s-1980s
8 21 Picasso, Pablo, 1980-1988
8 22 Pilot Galleries (Lausanne), 1966
8 23 Pissarro, Camille, 1973
8 24 Pistoletto, Michelangelo, undated
8 25 Plumm, W., undated
8 26 Pohl, Uli, 1967-1969
8 27 Pollock, Jackson, circa 1970s-1982
8 28 Ponc, J., 1970
8 29 Poons, Larry, undated
8 30 Porter, Fairfield, undated
8 31 Pre-Columbian, 1965-1966
8 32 Pre-Columbian, 1966-1969
8 33 Pre-Columbian-Negatives, circa 1960s
8 34 Protest Posters, 1969-1970
8 35 Pye, William, 1967-1969
8 36 Artists "R" Miscellaneous, 1962-1971
8 37 Rabkin, Leo, 1963-1964
8 38 Ralston, Glen, 1968-1970
8 39 Rauschenberg, Robert, undated
8 40 Ray, Man, 1976-1982
8 41 Rayo, Omar, 1966-1968
8 42 Renard, Fernand, 1963-1968
8 43 Renoir, Claude, 1968
Box Folder
9 1 Renoir, Pierre-Auguste, undated
9 2 Richter, Hans, 1963-1969
9 3 Richter, Hans, 1965-1971
9 4 Rivera, Diego, circa 1980s
9 5 Rivers, Larry, undated
9 6 Rood, John, 1961-1964
9 7 Rosofsky, Seymour, 1969
9 8 Rothko, Mark, 1973-1976, undated
9 9 Rougement, Guy de, circa 1960s-1970s
9 10 Rubenstein, Lewis, 1964
9 11 Rudge, John, 1965-1970
9 12 Rudge, John, 1967-1970
9 13 Artists "S" Miscellaneous, 1963-1970
9 14 Sage, Kay, 1985, undated
9 15 Sakier, George, 1963-1967
9 16 Sander, Ludwig, 1967-1968
9 17 Schoeffer, Nicholas, 1966-1969
9 18 Schueler, Jon, 1965-1967
9 19 Schwedler, William, undated
9 20 Schwitters, Kurt, undated
9 21 Seligman, undated
9 22 Sequin, Olivier, undated
9 23 Serego, John, 1964
9 24 Shields, Alan, 1972
9 25 Silva, Alvaro de, 1958
9 26 Simeti, Tuzi, 1966-1967
9 27 Sisley, Alfred, undated
9 28 Sleigh, Sylvia, 1964-1968
9 29 Sleigh, Sylvia, 1965
9 30 Small, Neal, 1968-1971
9 31 Smith, David, 1961
9 32 Smith, R., 1972
9 33 Sonenberg, Jack, 1962-1971
9 34 Spaeth, Sigrid, 1964-1967
9 35 Springer, Ferdinand, 1969-1970
9 36 Spyropoulos, Jannis, 1965-1971
9 37 Staff, Donald, 1968-1971
9 38 Steinberg, Saul, undated
9 39 Stella, Frank, 1960-1981
9 40 Stern, Gerd, 1965-1966
9 41 Still, Clifford, undated
9 42 Stokes, Thomas P., circa 1975
Box Folder
10 1 Artists "T" Miscellaneous, 1962-1968
10 2 Talman, Paul, 1960-1971
10 3 Talman, Paul, 1965-1970
10 4 Talman, Paul, 1965-1978
10 5 Tanguy, Yves, 1973, undated
10 6 Tanguy, Yves, 1978-1980
10 7 Tellesch, Gotha, 1965-1968
10 8 Tinguely, Jean, 1979
10 9 Tobey, Mark, 1965
10 10 Toledo, Francisco, 1964-1966
10 11 Townsend, John, 1965-1968
10 12 Toyen, undated
10 13 Trefonides, Steven, 1959-1963
10 14 Trioson, Girodet, undated
10 15 Tumarkin, Igael, 1969-1971
10 16 Turner, J.M.W., undated
10 17 Twombly, Cy, 1971
10 18 Artists "V" Miscellaneous, 1963-1968
10 19 Velardi, Esther, 1968-1969
10 20 Venet, Bernar, 1986
10 21 Venice Biennale Catalog, 1966
10 22 Vilato, undated
10 23 Viollier, Jean, 1975
10 24 Vivancos, Miguel, 1961-1966
10 25 Vlaminck, Maurice, undated
10 26 Vuillard, Edouard, 1986
10 27 Artists "W" Miscellaneous, 1961-1970
10 28 Waldman, Paul, undated
10 29 Warhol, Andy, 1967
10 30 Werba, Nadia, 1963-1971
10 31 Wesselman, Tom, undated
10 32 Wilson, Clay, 1968
10 33 Wilson, May, 1964
10 34 Witkin, Jerome, 1965-1966
10 35 Wunderlich, Paul, 1969-1970
10 36 Wyeth, Andrew, undated
10 37 Artists "X, Y, Z" Miscellaneous, 1965-1970
10 38 Young American Group Shows (1964), 1964
10 39 Youngerman, Jack, 1964-1968
10 40 Youngerman, Jack, 1986
Box Folder
17 1 Antonakos, Stephen, Dream Pillow Cases, undated (Oversized material from Box 1, F9)
17 2 Bayer, Herbert, "Book of Drawings", 1961 (Oversized material from Box 1, F31)
17 3 Goeritz, Mathias, "Retrospective Exhibition: 1943-1963", 1963 (Oversized material from Box 5, F13)
17 4 Klee, Paul, "Sollte Steigen", undated (Oversized material from Box 6, F4)

Series 2: Exhibition Scrapbooks, 1963-1970 (Box 11-14, 17; 4.1 linear feet)

Fifty-seven exhibition scrapbooks in binder sleeves represent a complete documentary record of Byron Gallery exhibits from 1963-1970. The scrapbook contain a wide variety of materials, including correspondence, catalogs, price lists, installation photographs and slides, printed reproductions of exhibited art work, and newspaper clippings and reviews.

The scrapbooks are arranged by year, then alphabetically by title of exhibition. Loose and undated material is filed at the end of the series alphabetically.

Box Folder
11 1-5 Bayer, Herbert, 1963 (5 folders)
11 6-7 Nivola: Architectural Projects, 1963 (2 folders; Oversized material housed in Box 17, F5)
11 8-12 Nivola - Beds and Landscapes, 1963 (5 folders)
11 13 American Landscapes, 1964
11 14-16 De Sanctis, Fabio and U. Sterpini, 1964-1966 (3 folders)
11 17 Grebenak, Louis, 1964
11 18-19 Kotin, Albert, 1964 (2 folders)
11 20 One Hundred Animal Drawings, 1964
11 21-23 Pre-Columbian from Costa Rica, 1964 (3 folders)
11 24 Vivancos, Miguel, 1964
11 25 Young Americans, 1964
11 26-28 Box Show [1], 1965 (3 folders)
Box Folder
12 1-4 Box Show [2], 1965 (4 folders)
12 5-7 Brown, Judith, 1965-1967 (3 folders)
12 8 Guillery and Hogle, Richard, 1965
12 9-11 McEwen, Rory, 1965-1967 (3 folders)
12 12-14 Paris Review, 1965 (3 folders)
12 15-17 Pre-Columbian Animals, 1965 (3 folders)
12 18-20 Sleigh, Sylvia, 1965 (3 folders)
12 21-22 Talman, Paul, 1965 (2 folders)
12 23 Youngerman, Jack, 1965
12 24-25 Yuey, Chinn Yuen, 1965 (2 folders)
12 26-27 Edelheit, Martha, 1966 (2 folders)
12 28-29 Floris, Marcel, 1966 (2 folders)
Box Folder
13 1-6 Friedeberg, Pedro [1], 1966 (6 folders)
13 7-9 Friedeberg, Pedro [2], undated (3 folders)
13 10 Group Show, 1966-1967
13 11-12 Isham, Sheila, 1966 (2 folders)
13 13-14 O'Doherty, Brian, 1966 (2 folders)
13 15-16 Sakier, George, 1966 (2 folders)
13 17 Townsend, John, 1966
13 18-19 400 Years of Italian Art, 1967 (2 folders; Oversized material housed in Box 17, F6)
13 20-21 Greek Gold and Modern Sculpture, 1967 (2 folders)
13 22-23 Greeley, Colin, 1967 (2 folders)
13 24 Grilo, Sarah, 1967
13 25-26 Krebs, Rockne, 1967 (2 folders)
13 27-28 Spyropoulos, Jannis, 1967, 1969 (2 folders)
13 29 Hirst, Barry, 1968
13 30-32 McDowell, Barrie, 1968 (3 folders)
13 33-36 Meadmore, Clement, 1968 (4 folders)
13 37-38 Saff, Donald, 1968 (2 folders)
13 39-40 Small, Neal, 1968 (2 folders)
13 41 Sonenberg, Jack, 1968
Box Folder
14 1-2 Friedeberg, Pedro, 1969 (2 folders)
14 3-4 Milllington-Drake, 1969 (2 folders; Oversized material housed in Box 17, F7)
14 5 Benson, Ben, 1970
14 6-10 Matta, 1970 (5 folders)
14 11-13 Tumarkin, Yigael, 1970 (3 folders)
14 14-19 Contemporary Greek Artists, undated (6 folders)
14 20-22 Greek Artists, undated (3 folders)
14 23-24 Merkin, Richard, undated (2 folders)
14 25-27 Peire, Luc, undated (3 folders)
14 28 Simeti, Turi, undated
14 29-30 Vivancos, Miguel, undated (2 folders)
14 31-32 Wragg, John, undated (2 folders)
Box Folder
17 5 Nivola: Architectural Projects, 1963 (10 items; Oversized material from Box 11, F7)
17 6 400 Years of Italian Art, 1967 (3 items; Oversized material from Box 13, F19)
17 7 Millington-Drake, transparencies, 1969 (3 items; Oversized material from Box 14, F4)

Series 3: Printed Material, 1961-1970 (Box 15; 0.5 linear foot)

This series contains various exhibition catalogs and invitations, as well as catalogs from Milan-based Galleria Dell'Ariete from 1961-1970.

Box Folder
15 1 Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, 1967-1969
15 2 De Sanctis, Fabio and Ugo Sterpini, 1963-1964
15 3 Max Ernst, 1970
15 4 Finch College Museum of Art, "Art in Process", 1965
15 5 Galleria Dell'Ariete #75-79, #81-83, 1961-1962
15 6 Galleria Dell'Ariete #84-86, #88-92, 1962-1963
15 7 Galleria Dell'Ariete #93-94, #96-98, #102-107, 1963-1965
15 8 Galleria Dell'Ariete #108-109, #111-114, #116, #118-119, 1965-1966
15 9 Galleria Dell'Ariete #120-128, #130, #132, 1966-1967
15 10 Galleria Dell'Ariete #133-138, #140-142, 1967-1968
15 11 Galleria Dell'Ariete #143, #145-146, #148-151, #155-160, 1969-1970
15 12 Goeritz, Mathias, 1964
15 13 Hofstra Invitational Exhibition, 1968
15 14 Invitations: Exhibits, 1965-1966
15 15 Magritte, Rene, 1968
15 16 Merkin, Richard, "Stuff that Dramas are made of", 1967
15 17 Rhode Island Arts Festival, 1966
15 18 Steinberg, Saul, 1970
15 19 "The Surrealists", 1969
15 20 Van Leyden, Ernst, 1963

Series 4: Invoices, 1963-1971 (Box 15; 0.5 linear foot)

Found here are invoices for artwork sold by Byron Gallery from 1963-1971.

Invoices were arranged by the gallery in alphabetical order by the artist's last name. Loose invoices are filed at the end of the series in chronological order.

Box Folder
15 21 Byron Gallery Invoices, Artists: B-M, 1966-1967
15 22 Byron Gallery Invoices, Artists: N-O; A-C, 1963-1967
15 23 Byron Gallery Invoices, Artists: C-N, 1963-1966
15 24 Byron Gallery Invoices, Artists: P and Pre-Columbian, 1964-1971
15 25 Byron Gallery Invoices, R-Y and other invoices, 1963-1966
15 26 Byron Gallery Invoices, 1967 May-December
15 27 Byron Gallery Invoices, 1968 January-April
15 28 Byron Gallery Invoices, 1968 May-October

Series 5: Card Files, circa 1960s-1970s (Box 16; 1 linear foot)

This series contains index cards for artwork sold or returned by Byron Gallery.

Box Folder
16 1 Card Files of Works Sold or Returned, A-S, circa 1960s-1970s (1 box)
16 2 Card Files of Works Sold or Returned (No Longer in Gallery), H-Z, circa 1960s-1970s (1 box)
16 3 Card Files of Works Sold or Returned, Pre-Columbian, circa 1960s-1970s (1 box)

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