Howard Wise Gallery records, 1943-1989
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A Finding Aid to the Howard Wise Gallery Records, 1943-1969, in the Archives of American Art, by Catherine S. Gaines
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Table of Contents:
- Historical Note
- Overview of the Collection
- How to Use the Collection
- Detailed Description and Container Inventory
Historical Information
After twenty-five years as president of Arco Company, his family's industrial paint and varnish manufacturing business in Cleveland, Howard Wise (1903-1989) sold his interest in the business and began to pursue his own artistic interests. The Howard Wise Gallery of Present Day Painting and Sculpture opened in Cleveland in 1957 and operated for the next five years. It first showed School of Paris and New York painters and also sold prints. With the exception of a few collectors and loyal customers, Clevelanders did not appreciate Wise's efforts to bring the best new art from all over the world to the city. The Cleveland Plain Dealer ran several editorials ridiculing modern art in general and Howard Wise and his gallery in particular. Attendance was poor and Wise decided to relocate to New York.
After a year of searching for a suitable location and renovating the space, Howard Wise Gallery opened at 50 West 57th Street in 1960. The gallery generated excitement among visitors and artists, and sales and attendance were much better than in Cleveland. After closing the Cleveland gallery in 1961 Wise never again returned to his native city. Despite being well received and conducting significantly more business in New York, the gallery was not a great financial success. Between 1962 and 1965, art consultant Douglas MacAgy, a friend and the former director of the Dallas Museum of Art, worked with Wise in running the gallery. Although the critics were not always favorably impressed, Howard Wise Gallery had a significant following and made important contributions through its support of the use of technology in art, specifically kinetic and light sculpture and the video art movement.
By the late 1960s, Wise recognized that a gallery setting was not suitable for many of the new art forms. He closed Howard Wise Gallery in 1970 so that he could focus his energy and resources on exploring the best way to support environmental sculpture, political work, and video art. Wise founded Electronic Arts Intermix in 1971. Originally an artist-run umbrella organization, today Electronic Arts Intermix is a non-profit videotape distribution service and editing facility, that has amassed a very important and highly regarded video art collection.
Overview of the Collection
Scope and Contents
The records of the Howard Wise Gallery in New York, and its predecessor the Howard Wise Gallery of Present Day Painting and Sculpture in Cleveland, Ohio, measure 8.4 linear feet and date from 1943-1969. Records consist of correspondence, artist files, exhibition files, business records, and miscellaneous records that document the activities of Wise's gallery in Cleveland from 1957-1961 and, to a much lesser extent, his gallery in New York City from 1960-1968. While gallery owner Howard Wise was noted for his interest in technology in art, and presented some of the earliest and most influential exhibitions of kinetic and light sculpture and video art, the gallery's important and influential work with video artists occurred after the period covered by the records donated to the Archives.
Correspondence (2 linear feet) documents the operations of Wise's galleries in Cleveland and New York. A few subject files and a small amount of Howard Wise's personal correspondence (some predating the gallery) are also included in this series.
Artist files (3.25 linear feet) contain varying combinations of correspondence, printed material, notes and writings, and photographs. Most artists represented in this series were affiliated with Howard Wise Gallery either in Cleveland or New York City, but some files are for individuals of potential interest to the gallery. A small series of exhibition files (0.75 feet) containing correspondence, printed material, guest lists, and notes is far from complete. The files primarily document shows presented at Howard Wise Gallery of Present Day Painting and Sculpture in Cleveland, although a few are for exhibitions held in New York.
Business records (2.4 linear feet) include records of cash disbursements that are primarily for Howard Wise's travel and entertainment expenses. Business memoranda and correspondence between the Cleveland and New York galleries document sales, inventory, shipments and financial information. Miscellaneous records (3 folders) consist of writings by Howard Wise and Douglas MacAgy, and photographs of the Howard Wise Gallery of Present Day Painting and Sculpture in Cleveland.
Arrangement and Series Description
The collection is arranged as 5 series:
- Series 1: Correspondence, 1943-1967 (Boxes 1-2; 2.0 linear ft.)
- Series 2: Artist Files, 1950-1968 (Boxes 3-6; 3.25 linear ft.)
- Series 3: Exhibition Files, 1957-1968 (Boxes 6-7; 0.75 linear ft.)
- Series 4: Business Records, 1957-1969 (Boxes 7-9; 2.4 linear ft.)
- Series 5: Miscellaneous Records, 1957-circa 1960 (Box 9; 3 folders)
Subjects and Names
This collection is indexed in the online catalog of the Archives of American Art under the following index terms. People, families and organizations are listed under "Subjects" when they are the topic of collection contents and under "Names" when they are creators or contributors.
- Subjects-Topical:
- Art galleries, Commercial -- New York (State) -- New York
- Art galleries, Commercial -- Ohio -- Cleveland
- Art, Modern
- Kinetic sculpture
- Video art
- Types of Materials:
- Photographs
- Names:
- Wise, Howard
- MacAgy, Douglas, 1913-
Provenance
The Howard Wise Gallery records were donated to the Archives of American Art in 1971 by Howard Wise.
Separated and Related Materials
Materials consisting of publicity, correspondence, exhibition plans, text of an exhibition catalog, and photographs relating to Howard Kiesler were loaned to the Archives for microfilming in 1970. The records were subsequently returned to the Howard Wise Gallery and are available on reels N70-77 but are not described in this finding aid.
Also found in the Archives of American Art is an oral history interview with Howard Wise conducted by Paul Cummings on February 22, 1971. The Harvard Art Museum Archives also holds archival records of the Howard Wise Gallery.
How the Collection was Processed
The records were processed in 2006 by Catherine S. Gaines.
How to Use the Collection
Restrictions on Use
The collection is open for research. Use requires an appointment.
Ownership & Literary Rights
The Howard Wise 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
Howard Wise Gallery records, 1943-1969. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Detailed Description and Container Inventory
Series 1: Correspondence, 1943-1967 (Boxes 1-2; 2.0 linear ft.)
Correspondence with collectors, clients, art dealers, museums, arts organizations, and suppliers of goods and services documents the Howard Wise Gallery of Present Day Painting and Sculpture, Cleveland, Ohio, and the Howard Wise Gallery, New York, New York. A few subject files and a small amount of Howard Wise's personal correspondence (some predating the gallery) are interfiled with the alphabetical correspondence in 1.1: Correspondence, A-Z.
This series is arranged as 2 subseries in alphabetical and chronological order respectively.
1.1: Correspondence, A-Z, 1943-1967
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| 1 |
Abrams, H. N., Incorporated - American District Telegraph Co., 1958-1965
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| 1 | American Federation of Arts, 1956-1966 (2 folders) | |
| 1 |
American Honda - Art Colony, 1957-1965
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| 1 | Art Dealers Association, Inc., 1961-1965 (2 folders) | |
| 1 |
Art Gallery of Toronto - Ayers, Kirby, 1957-1964
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| 1 |
Babcock Gallery - B'nai Brith Hillel Foundation of Western Reserve University,
1957-1965
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| 1 |
Bode, Arnold - Butler Institute of American Art, 1956-1965
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| 1 |
Cage, John - Carmel Gallery, Hilda, 1957-1962
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| 1 | Carpenter, Harlow (Bundy Art Gallery), 1961-1965 | |
| 1 |
Casa la Rosa - Chamberlain, Betty, 1956-1965
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| 1 | Charity Exhibitions, 1960-1963 | |
| 1 |
Chase Manhattan Bank - Cleveland Institute of Art, 1952-1964
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| 1 | Cleveland Museum of Art, 1943-1964 (2 folders) | |
| 1 |
Cleveland Museum of Natural History - Cummings, Willard, 1954-1964
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| 1 |
Danes, Gibson A. - Dorfman, Ralph, 1957-1964
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| 1 | Dotrement, Philippe, 1963-1964 | |
| 1 |
Douglass College - Feigen, Richard L., 1957-1963
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| 1 | Fenton Co., Inc., A. W. 1957-1964 | |
| 1 |
Ferus Gallery - Garfinkel, Stanley, 1957-1964
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| 1 | Gauguin (carved cabinet), 1964 | |
| 1 |
Geigy Chemical Corporation - Gimpel Fils, Ltd., 1957-1964
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| 1 |
Gingrich, Arnold - Gutman, Walter, 1957-1965
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| 1 |
Haas, Albert - Hurd, K. F., 1950-1966
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| 1 |
IBM Proposal - Joslyn Art Museum, 1957-1965
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| 1 |
Kane, Michael - KYW Television, 1957-1964
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| 1 | La Hume Galerie, 1957-1963 | |
| 1 |
Lakewood Art League - Lerner Publications, 1952-1964
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| 2 |
Lescaze, William - Madison, Geraldine, 1958-1964
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| 2 | Maeght, Aimé (Galerie Maeght; Maeght Editeur), 1957-1959 | |
| 2 |
Magriel, Paul - Minerva Printing Corp., 1951-1965
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| 2 |
Minneapolis Institute of Arts - Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 1956-1964
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| 2 | Museum of Modern Art, 1959-1963 (2 folders) | |
| 2 |
Myers, Forrest - Palmer, A., 1952-1963
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| 2 |
Panza, Giuseppe - Pyrotronics, 1958-1967
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| 2 |
Rapuano, Michael - Rutgers University, 1952-1964
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| 2 |
Sachs Gallery, A. M. - Segy Gallery, 1949-1966
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| 2 |
Seiberling, J. Fred - Speyer, Darthea, 1957-1964
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| 2 |
Spock, Benjamin - Syracuse University, 1957-1964
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| 2 |
Tanager Gallery - United States Steel Corporation, 1950-1966
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| 2 |
University of Alabama - Waldorf, Dorothy Densmore, 1957-1964
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| 2 | Walker Art Center, 1958-1964 (2 folders) | |
| 2 |
Walkup, Park E. - Western Adjustment and Inspection Co., 1951-1964
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| 2 | Western Reserve University | |
| 2 | Advisory Committee on Music (re: affiliation with Cleveland Institute of Music), 1952-1953 | |
| 2 | Correspondence with President John S. Millis and Others (Howard Wise, Trustee), 1951-1963 | |
| 2 | "Looking at Modern Art" (study/discussion course held at Howard Wise Gallery), 1958-1959 | |
| 2 | Visiting Committee on Visual Arts, 1957-1959 | |
| 2 |
Westlake Plastics Co. - Wofford College, 1957-1966
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| 2 | Women's City Club of Cleveland, 1958-1960 | |
| 2 |
Wood, Remsen - Zimmerman, Mrs. Isadore J., 1957-1966
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1.2: New York Gallery Correspondence, 1962-1965
This subseries consists of the correspondence of Howard Wise, several gallery employees, and art consultant Douglas MacAgy, and documents the operations and activities of Howard Wise Gallery, New York.
| Box | ||
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| 3 | New York Gallery Correspondence, 1962-1965 (3 folders) |
Series 2: Artist Files, 1950-1968 (Boxes 3-6; 3.25 linear ft.)
Most artists represented in this series were affiliated with Howard Wise Gallery either in Cleveland or New York City, but some files are for individuals of possible interest to the gallery. Files contain varying combinations of correspondence, printed material, notes, writings, and photographs.
Files are arranged alphabetically by artist name.
| Box | ||
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| 3 | Aach, Herbert, 1960-1967, undated | |
| 3 | Abend, George, 1950-1964, undated | |
| 3 | Afro (Basaldella), 1957, undated | |
| 3 | Ahr, Dick, 1960 | |
| 3 | Akayavash (see: Erol) | |
| 3 | Altamura, Frank P., 1960 | |
| 3 | Aldcroft, Richard, 1967 | |
| 3 | Altman, Harold, 1959-1960 | |
| 3 | Armitage, Kenneth, undated | |
| 3 | Barker, Walter, 1961 | |
| 3 | Barnet, Will, 1958-1959 | |
| 3 | Barr, Norman, 1961 | |
| 3 | Barré, Martin and Martine, 1957-1960 | |
| 3 | Barry, Carver S., 1958 | |
| 3 | Bayer, Herbert, 1957-1965, undated (2 folders) | |
| 3 | Basaldella (see: Afro) | |
| 3 | Bayliss, George, undated | |
| 3 | Bell, Trevor, 1962, undated | |
| 3 | Benton, Fletcher, 1966 | |
| 3 | Bergman, Anna Eva, 1958 | |
| 3 | Bergschneider, John, 1961 | |
| 3 | Bernstein, Sylvia, 1959 | |
| 3 | Berrocal, Miguel, 1958 | |
| 3 | Bertrand, Huguette-Arthur, 1957-1963, undated | |
| 3 | Bertschmann, Harry, 1957-1961 | |
| 3 | Bhandt, Cort Leigh, 1958 | |
| 3 | Birch, James A., 1959 | |
| 3 | Bird, G., 1958 | |
| 3 | Blake, John, 1963 | |
| 3 | Blielfield, Stanley, 1961 | |
| 3 | Blow, Sandra, 1958, undated | |
| 3 | Bolomey, R. H., 1961 | |
| 3 | Bookatz, Samuel, 1959 | |
| 3 | Booth, Cameron, 1961-1965 | |
| 3 | Brainard, Owen, 1960 | |
| 3 | Braque, Georges, 1958 | |
| 3 | Brenson, Theodore, 1958-1959 | |
| 3 | Briggs, Ernest, 1954-1964, undated (2 folders) | |
| 3 | Brose, Morris, undated | |
| 3 | Brown, Milton, 1967 | |
| 3 | Buggiani, Paolo, 1968 | |
| 3 | Burlin, Paul, 1961 | |
| 3 | Cajori, Charles, 1961-1965, undated | |
| 3 | Calcagno, Lawrence, 1958-1959 | |
| 3 | Campitelli, Russell, 1960 | |
| 3 | Casarella, Edmond, 1957-1961 | |
| 3 | Cash, James G., undated | |
| 3 | Celentano, Francis, 1964-1967, undated | |
| 3 | Chagall, Marc, 1957-1960, undated | |
| 3 | Chesini, Sergio Dino, 1960 | |
| 3 | Christoforou, 1960-1961, undated | |
| 3 | Citron, Mina, 1956-1959 | |
| 3 | Clark, Ed, undated | |
| 3 | Cook, Sally, 1960 | |
| 3 | Corneille, 1953-1961, undated | |
| 3 | Cox, J. Halley, 1959 | |
| 3 | Cramer, Belle, 1960 | |
| 3 | Crawford, Ralston, 1959 | |
| 3 | Crehan, Hubert, undated | |
| 3 | Davidson, Morris, 1959-1961 | |
| 3 | Davis, Gene, 1961 | |
| 3 | Day, Worden, 1959-1960 | |
| 3 | de Botto, Jean, 1958-1959 | |
| 3 | de Kooning, Elaine, 1959-1961, undated | |
| 3 | de Martelli, John, undated | |
| 3 | De Soto, Ernest, 1957-1961 | |
| 3 | Dininno, Frank A., 1961 | |
| 3 | Domato, Hisao, 1957 | |
| 3 | Dominat, Paul, 1961 | |
| 3 | Donahue, George, 1961 | |
| 3 | Drew, Joan, 1958 | |
| 3 | Drew, Ray, 1959 | |
| 3 | Dugmore, Edward, 1954-1963, undated | |
| 3 | Dumitresco, Natalia, 1958-1962, undated | |
| 3 | Eckhardt, Edris, 1958-1961, undated | |
| 3 | Edwards, Ethel, 1957-1961, undated | |
| 3 | Elliott, Stanley B., 1967-1968 | |
| 3 | Erlanger, Elizabeth N., 1959 | |
| 3 | Erol (Akayavash), 1960 | |
| 3 | Feeley, Paul, 1957 | |
| 3 | Ferber, Herbert, 1960 | |
| 3 | Ferren, John, 1959-1960 | |
| 3 | Fieto, Luis, 1960 | |
| 3 | Fine, Perle, 1959-1960 | |
| 3 | Fogel, Seymour, 1961 | |
| 3 | Fontana, Lucio, 1964-1966 | |
| 3 | Forndran, Werner, 1956 | |
| 3 | Fraenkel, Richard, 1960 | |
| 3 | Francken, Ruth, 1956-1962, undated | |
| 3 | Frank, Emily, 1962 | |
| 3 | Frasconi, Antonio, undated | |
| 3 | Freimark, Robert M., 1958 | |
| 3 | Frost, Terry, 1958-1962, undated | |
| 3 | Gardner, Joan Andrews, 1957 | |
| 3 | Garelli, Franco, 1958-1960 | |
| 3 | Gaudneck, Walter, 1960-1965,undated | |
| 3 | Gauguin, Tom, 1960 | |
| 3 | Geist, Stanley, 1960 | |
| 3 | Gemberling, Kathleen, 1961 | |
| 3 | Getman, William, 1957-1958 | |
| 3 | Gilleran, Peter J., 1958 | |
| 3 | Gillet, Roger Edgar, 1957-1962, undated | |
| 3 | Gitelman, Belle S., 1961 | |
| 3 | Gladstone, Gerald, 1960, undated | |
| 3 | Glaser, Louis, 1961 |
| Box | ||
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| 4 | Goldberg, Dorothy, 1959 | |
| 4 | Goldin, Leon, 1959 | |
| 4 | Goldstein, Howard, 1960 | |
| 4 | Gonzalez, Xavier, 1953-1965, undated (2 folders) | |
| 4 | Goodspeed, Albert, 1961 | |
| 4 | Goodyear, John, 1961-1968, undated | |
| 4 | Grillo, John, 1955-1964, undated (2 folders) | |
| 4 | Haacke, Hans, 1967-1968 | |
| 4 | Haass, Terry, 1957-1958 | |
| 4 | Haese, Gunter, 1964 | |
| 4 | Hague, Raoul, 1959-1960 | |
| 4 | Hammersley, Frederick, 1961 | |
| 4 | Hartung, Hans, 1957-1961, undated | |
| 4 | Hartung, Hans and Adja Yunkers, 1958, undated (limited edition prints) | |
| 4 | Hazelet, Sally, 1960 | |
| 4 | Hepworth, Barbara, undated | |
| 4 | Heron, Patrick, 1959 | |
| 4 | Hess, Minda, 1959 | |
| 4 | Hilton, Roger, 1959-1962, undated | |
| 4 | Hios, Theo, 1961 | |
| 4 | Horiuchi, Paul, undated | |
| 4 | Horvath, Joseph, 1958-1959 | |
| 4 | Hostetler, David, 1959 | |
| 4 | Howard, Charles, 1956-1965 | |
| 4 | Hulich, Josef, 1960 | |
| 4 | Istrati, Alexandre, 1957-1965, undated | |
| 4 | Jacobsen, Robert, 1959 | |
| 4 | Jaeisch, Hans, 1956-1961 | |
| 4 | Johnson, James, 1958-1962, undated | |
| 4 | Jones, John Paul, 1957 | |
| 4 | Kadish, Rueben, 1960 | |
| 4 | Kaish, Morton, undated | |
| 4 | Kane, Robert, 1958-1960 | |
| 4 | Karoly, Fredric, 1960 | |
| 4 | Kaufman, Irving, 1960 | |
| 4 | Kepes, Gyorgy, 1958-1962, undated | |
| 4 | Kepes, Juliet, 1958-1959 | |
| 4 | Kessanlis, Nikos (see: Nikos) | |
| 4 | Koenig, John F., 1958-1962, undated | |
| 4 | Kohn, Edmond, 1960 | |
| 4 | Krasner, Lee, 1955-1964, undated (3 folders) | |
| 4 | Krushenick, Nicholas, 1960 | |
| 4 | Lamantina, James R., Jr., undated | |
| 4 | Lamouroux, Jean, undated | |
| 4 | Legare, Juliette, 1957-1958 | |
| 4 | Leighton, Clare, 1957-1961, undated | |
| 4 | Lekakis, Michael, 1959-1965, undated | |
| 4 | Levee, John, 1957-1960, undated | |
| 4 | Levi, Josef, 1965-1966 | |
| 4 | Libal, Edward, 1958 | |
| 4 | Lipchitz, Jacques, 1955 | |
| 4 | Lister, Jeanne, 1960 | |
| 4 | Little, John, undated | |
| 4 | Long, Hubert, 1960 | |
| 4 | MacGibney, Bruce R., undated | |
| 4 | Maddox, Jerrold, 1962 | |
| 4 | Maisterra, N. Jose, 1961 | |
| 4 | Malicoat, Philip C. 1959 | |
| 4 | Malina, Frank, 1965-1967, undated | |
| 4 | Manessier, Alfred, undated | |
| 4 | Marsciano, Nicholas, 1962-1966, undated | |
| 4 | Martine, 1959 | |
| 4 | Mason, Alden C., 1961 | |
| 4 | Masurovsky, Gregory, 1958-1963, undated | |
| 4 | Matsumoto, Hozan, 1962 | |
| 4 | Matta, Roberto, 1958 | |
| 4 | Matthews, Joan, 1960 | |
| 4 | Mattox, Charles, 1965-1967, undated | |
| 4 | Mayhew, Richard C., undated | |
| 4 | McGee, Winston, 1958-1961 | |
| 4 | McManaway, David, 1966 | |
| 4 | McVey, William, 1957 | |
| 4 | Mefferd, Boyd, 1966-1968 | |
| 4 | Meneeley, Edward, 1957 | |
| 4 | Meo, Salvatore S., 1959 | |
| 4 | Metzger, Hal, 1961 |
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| 5 | Michaels, Glen, 1962 | |
| 5 | Miguel, Cécile, 1961 | |
| 5 | Millionzi, Victor, 1967 | |
| 5 | Miró, Joan, 1958 | |
| 5 | Mitchell, Madison Fred, 1957-1965, undated (2 folders) | |
| 5 | Montgomery, Frank, 1961 | |
| 5 | Morelett, 1967-1968 | |
| 5 | Morris, Kyle, 1957-1958 | |
| 5 | Morris, William, 1962 | |
| 5 | Morrison, Ruth, 1961-1964 | |
| 5 | Morrow, Robert, 1960-1961 | |
| 5 | Morse, Breton, 1961 | |
| 5 | Mosca, Ivan, 1957-1960, undated | |
| 5 | Moy, Seong, 1957-1957 | |
| 5 | Mueller, Robert, 1967 | |
| 5 | Mullen, Albert, 1959 | |
| 5 | Naberezny, Joh, 1960 | |
| 5 | Nakian, Reuben, 1960 | |
| 5 | Napoli, Giuseppi, 1960 | |
| 5 | Nay, E. W., undated | |
| 5 | Nelson, Rolf, 1965 | |
| 5 | Nesbitt, Lowell, 1965-1968, undated (2 folders) | |
| 5 | Nikos (Kessanlis), 1958-1962, undated | |
| 5 | Noguchi, Isamu, 1959 | |
| 5 | Oliver, F. M., 1967 | |
| 5 | Oppenheim, Dennis, 1967 | |
| 5 | Ortman, George, 1967 | |
| 5 | Ossorio, Alfonso, 1963 | |
| 5 | Ott, Lynfield, undated | |
| 5 | Otta, Francesco, undated | |
| 5 | Pace, Stephen, 1954-1964, undated (2 folders) | |
| 5 | Pack, Rose H., 1960 | |
| 5 | Paris, Harold, 1960 | |
| 5 | Pavia, Philip, 1960 | |
| 5 | Perilli, Achille, 1957-1960 | |
| 5 | Phillips, Blanche, 1959, undated | |
| 5 | Potter, Bernice, 1960 | |
| 5 | Powell, John M., Jr., 1960 | |
| 5 | Prokopoff, Stephen, 1960-1961 | |
| 5 | Rabkin Leo (Lights in Orbit show), 1967 | |
| 5 | Raisen, Nathan, 1964-1965 | |
| 5 | Reed, Phyllis (see: Stewart, Macdonald) | |
| 5 | Reeves, Paul, 1958 | |
| 5 | Reinhardt, Ad, 1959-1963, undated | |
| 5 | Renouf, Edward, 1959-1960 | |
| 5 | Rickey, George, 1963-1967 | |
| 5 | Riley, Bridget, 1964 | |
| 5 | Rocklin, Raymond, 1960 | |
| 5 | Rothko, Mark, 1959 | |
| 5 | Salk, Rita Anne, undated | |
| 5 | Salvatore, 1958-1959 | |
| 5 | Samuels, Edward G. (Lights in Orbit Show), 1968 | |
| 5 | Satok, Ronald, 1960 | |
| 5 | Schanker, Louis, undated | |
| 5 | Schiwetz, Bertold ("Tex"), 1957-1962 | |
| 5 | Schlemowitz, Abram, 1960-1965, undated | |
| 5 | Schock, William, 1960 | |
| 5 | Schreiber, Martin, 1962 | |
| 5 | Schucker, Charles, 1962-1963 | |
| 5 | Schultze, Bernard, 1958-1957, undated (3 folders) | |
| 5 | Sibley, Charles, 1960 | |
| 5 | Sirugo, Sal, 1960 | |
| 5 | Smith, David, 1959 | |
| 5 | Smith, Mitchell, 1958-1959 | |
| 5 | Smith, William G., Jr., 1958 | |
| 5 | Soto, Jesus Raphael, 1966 | |
| 5 | Soulages, Pierre, 1957-1960, undated | |
| 5 | Soviak, Harry, 1958-1960 | |
| 5 | Stasik, Andrew, 1959 | |
| 5 | Stewart, Macdonald (Phyllis Reed), 1960 | |
| 5 | Streeter, Tal, 1961 | |
| 5 | Sugaï, Kumi, 1957-1958 | |
| 5 | Takaezu, Toshiko, 1958-1961 | |
| 5 | Takal, Peter, 1958-1960 | |
| 5 | Tanaka, Flavio Shiro, undated | |
| 5 | Tania, 1963 | |
| 5 | Terbois, Pierre, undated | |
| 5 | Turcato, Giulio, 1958 | |
| 5 | Turnbull, William, 1959-1960, undated | |
| 5 | Tworkov, Jack, 1960 | |
| 5 | Valentin, Marcelle, 1959 | |
| 5 | Van Dyk, James, 1959 | |
| 5 | Van Leyden, Ernst, undated | |
| 5 | Vaughan, Keith, 1958-1959 | |
| 5 | Vavrushka, Frank, 1959 | |
| 5 | Vazquez, Frank, 1957 | |
| 5 | Vedova, Emilio, 1958-1961, undated | |
| 5 | Von Wicht, John, 1957, undated |
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| 6 | Wadowski, Alice T., 1957 | |
| 6 | Walker, Clay, 1957-1961 | |
| 6 | Warshaw, Laurence (Lights in Orbit show), 1967-1968, undated | |
| 6 | Wayne, June, 1960 | |
| 6 | Weatherspoon, Alexander, undated | |
| 6 | Weber, Hugo, 1961-1968, undated | |
| 6 | Weiner, Homer, 1960-1961 | |
| 6 | Weinrib, David, 1960-1965, undated (2 folders) | |
| 6 | Wheeler, Harry, 1959-1961 | |
| 6 | Whiteside, Forbes, 1960-1961, undated | |
| 6 | Whitman, Robert, 1960 | |
| 6 | Wilke, Ulfert, 1953-1968, undated | |
| 6 | Wilson, Frank Avary, 1960 | |
| 6 | Winter, Fritz, 1955-1958, undated | |
| 6 | Wynter, Bryan, 1959-1960 | |
| 6 | Xceron, 1960 | |
| 6 | Yamamoto, Taro, undated | |
| 6 | Youngerman, R., 1957 | |
| 6 | Yunkers, Adja (see: Hartung, Hans and Adja Yunkers) | |
| 6 | Zaloudek, Duane, 1960 |
Series 3: Exhibition Files, 1957-1968 (Boxes 6-7; 0.75 linear ft.)
Exhibition files for shows presented at the Howard Wise Gallery of Present Day Painting and Sculpture, Cleveland, and the Howard Wise Gallery, New York, contain correspondence, printed material and guest lists. The series, however, is incomplete with very few files documenting exhibitions of the Howard Wise Gallery in New York, including the the New York gallery's opening show.
Files are arranged chronologically.
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| 6 | Six from Paris (Cleveland opening show, Dec. 7, 1957-Jan. 18, 1958; Corneille, Barre, Bertrand, Levee, Gillet), 1958-1959, undated | |
| 6 | Space - Light - Color (Cleveland, Jan. 19-March 9, 1958; Dorazio, Mitchell, Istrati), 1958 | |
| 6 | Nature Forms in Art (Cleveland, March 9-April 20, 1958; Edwards, Peck, Mosca); Graphic Works of Hartung and Other Artists of the New School of Paris (Cleveland, March 30-[April ?], 1958; Atlan, Bissiere, Bryen, Esteve, Friedlaender, Hayter, Poliakoff, Singer, Springer), 1958 | |
| 6 | Willi Baumeister and Five Contemporary German Painters (Cleveland, April 20-May 1958; Cavael, Jaenisch, Nay, Trier, Winter), 1958 | |
| 6 | Bizyuta BunkBa Kyokai Art Association, Japan (Cleveland, May 28-June 29, 1958), 1957-1958, undated | |
| 6 | Six Young Painters of the Howard Wise Gallery (Cleveland, June 30-July 1958; Bertschmann, Kane, Kessanlis, Quinn, Reeves, Soviak), 1958 | |
| 6 | An Exhibition of Paintings by Xavier Gonzalez (Cleveland, Sept. 21-Oct. 19, 1958), 1958 | |
| 6 | An Exhibition of Oils by 8 Painters of the Galerie Arnaud, Paris (Cleveland, Oct. 19-Nov. 18, 1958; Garrode, Dowling, Feito, Fichet, Gautier, Guitet, Koenig, Tanaka), 1957-1961, undated | |
| 6 | Survey of Contemporary English Painting (Cleveland, Nov. 23-Dec. 27, 1958; Blow, Gear, Feiler, Frost, Hitchens, Vaughan, Wilson, Wynter), 1958 | |
| 6 | 18 Painters of the 1958 Pittsburgh International (Cleveland, Dec. 28, 1958-Jan. 30, 1959), 1958 | |
| 6 | Recent Paintings by Milton Resnick (Cleveland, Jan. 10-Feb. 10, 1959), 1959 | |
| 6 | Fred Mitchell (Cleveland, Feb. 1-28, 1959), 1959 | |
| 6 | Selections from the 1958-59 Whitney Annual (Cleveland, March 1-22, 1959), 1958-1959 | |
| 6 | Adja Yunkers (Cleveland March 22-April 19, 1959), 1959 | |
| 6 | Loan Exhibition, Art To-Day Around the World (Cleveland at Intown Club, April 1959), 1959 | |
| 6 | Recent Accessions (Cleveland, April 19-May 17, 1959), 1959 | |
| 6 | Gabor Peterdi (Cleveland, May 20-June 26, 1959), 1959 | |
| 6 | Group Show (Cleveland, Sept. 1959), 1959 | |
| 6 | Georgy Kepes (Cleveland, Sept. 20-Oct. 17, 1959), 1959 | |
| 6 | Group Show (Cleveland, Oct. 4-29, 1959; Briggs, Dugmore, Grillo, Krasner, McNeil, Mitchell, Pace, Resnick), 1959 | |
| 6 | Teenage Paintings from Israel (Cleveland, Oct. 18-25, 1959), 1959 | |
| 6 | Ethel Edwards (Cleveland, Oct. 25-Nov. 21, 1959), 1959 | |
| 6 | James Johnson (Cleveland, Nov. 22-Dec. 19, 1959), 1959 | |
| 6 | 6 of Paris (Cleveland, Dec, 20, 1959-Jan. 9, 1960; Sugaï, Levee, Barré, Gillet, Corneille), 1959-1960 | |
| 6 | Recent Paintings by Milton Resnick (Cleveland, Jan. 10-Feb. 29, 1960), 1960 | |
| 6 | Four Contemporary English Painters (Cleveland, Feb. 14-March 12, 1960; Bell, Frost, Hilton, Turnbull), 1960 | |
| 6 | Present Day Paris Painting (Cleveland, March 13-April 9, 1960; Bertrand, Francken, Corneille, Levee, Istrati, Koenig, Dumitresco), 1960 | |
| 6 | Stephen Pace (New York, March 29-April 23; Cleveland, April 10-May 7, 1960), 1960 | |
| 6 | Near-Cleveland Invitational Exhibition (Cleveland, May 8-June 4, 1960), 1958-1960, undated | |
| 6 | Some Painters from Tenth Street (Cleveland, June 6-July 12, 1960), 1960 | |
| 6 | The Works of Edward Dugmore (Cleveland, Sept 8-Oct. 1, 1960), 1959-1960 | |
| 6 | Loan Exhibition (Cleveland at Women's City Club, circa Oct. 1-circa Dec. 15, 1960), 1960-1961 | |
| 6 | Elaine de Kooning (Cleveland, Oct. 31-26, 1960), 1960 | |
| 6 | Augustus Peck (Cleveland, Nov. 29-Dec. 24, 1960), 1959-1960 | |
| 6 | Harry Bertschmann (Cleveland, Dec. 27, 1980-Jan. 21, 1961), 1957-1960 | |
| 6 | Drawings by Auguste Rodin, Watercolors by George McNeil, and Prints by Stanley William Hayter (Cleveland, Jan. 23-Feb. 18, 1961), 1961, undated | |
| 6 | A Selection of Paintings and Watercolors by Piero Dorazio (Cleveland, Feb. 20-March 18, 1961), 1961 | |
| 6 | Movement in Art (Cleveland, March 20-April 15, 1961; Agam, Corneille, Lye, Tinguely), 1961 | |
| 6 | Recent Paintings by James Johnson (Cleveland, April 17-May 13, 1961), 1961 | |
| 6 | Works of Art Acquired by Cleveland Collectors Through the Howard Wise Gallery (Cleveland, May 15-June 10, 1961), 1961 | |
| 6 | Recent Paintings by Fred Mitchell (Cleveland, June 12-July 8, 1961), 1961 | |
| 6 | George McNeil and Stephen Pace (traveling exhibition), 1961-1962 | |
| 6 | General Correspondence, 1961-1962 | |
| 6 | Refusals, 1961-1962 | |
| 6 | Transportation, 1961-1962 | |
| 6 | Rose Art Museum, Brandeis University (Nov. 6-Dec. 17, 1961), 1961 | |
| 6 | Walker Art Center (Jan. 14-Feb. 18, 1962), 1961-1962 | |
| 6 | Columbus Gallery of Fine Arts (March 1962), 1961-1962 | |
| 6 | Arts Club of Chicago (June 11-30, 1962), 1961-1962 | |
| 6 | Kalamazoo Art Center (July 10-Sept. 7, 1962), 1961-1962 | |
| 6 | Move: On the Kinetic Sculpture (New York, Jan. 9-Feb.1, 1964), 1964 | |
| 6 | Recent Paintings by Milton Resnick (New York, Feb. 4-29, 1964), 1964 | |
| 6 | The Ten U.S.A. Sculptors of the 1963 Sao Paulo Bienal (New York, March 5-28, 1964), 1964 | |
| 6 | Debut: First New York Showing of Three Young American Artists (New York, Sept. 29-Oct. 17, 1964; Celentano, Komodore, Raisen), 1964 | |
| 6 | Vesey's Gala Garden (New York, May 27-June 19, 1964), 1964 | |
| 6 | Paintings by George McNeil (New York, Oct. 20-Nov. 7, 1964), 1964 | |
| 6 | Group Zero: Mack, Piene, Uecker (New York, Nov. 12-Dec. 5, 1964), 1964 | |
| 6 | Stanley William Hayter - Peter Sedgley - Ulfert Wiulkie: Three One-Man Shows (New York, Jan. 12-20, 1965), 1965 | |
| 6 | Oster's Magic Moirés (New York, Feb. 4-27, 1965), 1965 | |
| 6 | Len Lye's Bounding Steel Sculptures (New York, March 6-April 3, 1965), 1965 | |
| 6 | Computer-Generated Pictures by Bela Julesz and Michael Noll (New York, April 6-24, 1965), 1965 | |
| 6 | Herbert Bayer - Charles Howard - Charmion Von Wiegand: Three One-Man Shows (New York, April 27-May 15, 1965), 1965 | |
| 6 | New Faces - New York (New York, May 18-June 18, 1965; Feitelson, Levi, Mattox, Nesbitt, Nizuma), 1965 | |
| 6 | Lowell Nesbitt: Flowers, Facades and IBM Machines (New York, Sept. 21-Oct. 9, 1965), 1965 | |
| 6 | Cinecromaticos by Abraham Palatnik of Brazil; Površine by Ivan Picelj of Yugoslavia: Two One-Man Shows (New York, Oct. 12-30, 1965), 1965 | |
| 6 | Otto Piene, Light Ballet (New York, Nov. 2-20, 1965), 1965 | |
| 6 | Bernard Schultze (New York, Nov. 23-Dec. 11, 1965), 1965 | |
| 6 | Hans Haacke, Wind and Water; Gerald Oster, Moirés and Phosphenes (New York, Jan. 4-22, 1966), 1965-1966 | |
| 6 | Julio Le Parc (New York, Feb. 1-19, 1966), 1966 | |
| 6 | Yvaral (New York, Feb. 23-March 12, 1966), 1966 | |
| 6 | Bill Komodore (New York, March 15-April 2, 1966), 1966 | |
| 6 | Heinz Mack, Lights of Silver (New York, April 5-30, 1966), 1966 | |
| 6 | Paintings by Francis Celentano; Sculptures in Stone by Minoru Nizuma (New York, May 3-28, 1966), 1966 | |
| 6 | Bruno Munari (New York, Sept. 20-Oct. 8, 1966), 1966 | |
| 6 | Peter Sedgley (New York, Oct. 11-29, 1966), 1966 | |
| 6 | Gunther Uecker (New York, Nov. 1-19, 1966), 1966 | |
| 6 | Lowell Nesbitt: Interior Spaces (New York, Nov. 22-Dec. 10, 1968), 1966 |
| Box | ||
|---|---|---|
| 7 | Earl Reiback, A Festival of Light (New York, Dec. 13, 1966-Jan. 7, 1967), 1966-1967 | |
| 7 | Recent Works by George Ortman (New York, Jan. 10-28, 1967), 1967 | |
| 7 | Lights in Orbit (New York, Feb. 4-March 4, 1967), 1967 | |
| 7 | Julio Le Parc (New York, March 11-April 1, 1967), 1967 | |
| 7 | Takis: Magnetic Sculpture (New York, April 7-29, 1967), 1967 | |
| 7 | Charles Mattox: Kinetic Sculpture; and Fluorescent Painting by Herbert Aach (New York, May 9-June 3, 1967), 1967 | |
| 7 | Marta Minuhin's Minuphone Booth (New York, June 27-July 28, 1967), 1967 | |
| 7 | The Paintings of George McNeil (New York, Sept. 19-Oct. 7, 1967), 1967 | |
| 7 | Four Young Artists (New York, Oct. 14-Nov. 4, 1967; Hogle, McClanahan, Matisse, Van Saun), 1967 | |
| 7 | Billy Apple's U.F.O.'s (Unidentified Fluorescent Objects) (New York, Nov. 11-Dec. 2, 1967), 1967 | |
| 7 | Festival of Lights (New York, Dec. 9, 1967-Jan. 6, 1968), 1967-1968 | |
| 7 | George Ortman (New York, Jan. 13-Feb. 3, 1968), 1968 | |
| 7 | Hans Haacke (New York, Jan. 13-Feb. 3, 1968), 1968 | |
| 7 | Earl Reiback (New York, Feb. 10-March 11, 1968), 1968 | |
| 7 | Howard Jones (New York, March 9-30, 1968), 1968 | |
| 7 | Thomas Wilfred's Lumia Composition, "Cuccata Opus 162 in Three Movements" (New York, March 1968), 1968 | |
| 7 | Tony Martin's Game Room and "Invironment" (New York, April 6-May 4, 1968), 1968 | |
| 7 | Tsai: Cybernetic Sculpture (New York, May 11-June 1, 1968), 1968 | |
| 7 | Summer Lights (New York, [?]-July 26, 1968), 1968 | |
| 7 | Niizuma: Stone and Canvas Sculptures (New York, Oct. 5-25, 1968), 1968 | |
| 7 | Tom Lloyd: Kinetic Light Sculptures (New York, Nov. 2-23, 1968), 1968 | |
| 7 | Fun on 57th Street (New York, Nov. 30-Dec. 31, 1968), 1968 |
Series 4: Business Records, 1957-1969 (Boxes 7-9; 2.4 linear ft.)
Cash disbursements are mainly for Howard Wise's travel and entertainment expenses. Memoranda and correspondence between Cleveland and New York Galleries include debit and credit memoranda and concern sales, inventory, and shipments.
The notebooks (64 small pocket volumes) contain brief notes on paintings, names and addresses, appointments and schedules, reminders, and a few lecture notes. Sales records consist of accounts paid, arranged by purchaser, and copies of sales receipts arranged chronologically.
| Box | ||
|---|---|---|
| 7 | Addresses, 1957, undated | |
| 7 | Appointment Calendar, 1964 | |
| 7 | Art Purchases | |
| 7 | Europe, 1957-1959 (3 folders) | |
| 7 | United States, 1956-1958 | |
| 7 | Artists Affiliated with Howard Wise Gallery (lists), 1966-1967 | |
| 7 | Balance Sheet, 1958 | |
| 7 | Bank Reconciliation, 1960, undated | |
| 7 | Budget, Promotion, 1958-1959 | |
| 7 | Cash Disbursements, 1957-1961 (5 folders) | |
| 7 | Employees, 1959-1964 | |
| 7 | Exhibition Schedules, 1964-1966 | |
| 7 | "Gallery Notes" (newsletter of Howard Wise Gallery of Present Day Painting and Sculpture), 1959-1961 | |
| 7 | Inventories (include consignments), 1958-1961 | |
| 7 | Memoranda and Correspondence between Cleveland and New York Galleries, 1960-1961 | |
| 7 | Notebooks, 1957-1964 (4 folders; 64 vols. in 14 packages) | |
| 7 | Notes regarding Consignments, Loans, Sales, 1959-1961 |
| Box | ||
|---|---|---|
| 8 | Paid Bills (Cleveland), 1956-1961 (12 folders) | |
| 8 | Paid Bills (New York) | |
| 8 | Abbey, 1963-1968 | |
| 8 | Alpha, 1960-1965 | |
| 8 | Art-Cart, 1963-1964 | |
| 8 | Circle Foto, 1964-1968 | |
| 8 | Clark, Fred, 1960-1965 | |
| 8 | Con Edison, 1966-1968 | |
| 8 | Frank's Hardware, 1965-1969 | |
| 8 | Ginnever, Chuck, 1960-1963 | |
| 8 | Holmes Electric Protective Co, 1960-1968 | |
| 8 | New York Telephone, 1965-1968 | |
| 8 | Pauley, Hal, 1964-1967 | |
| 8 | Schlemowitz, Abram, 1961-1963 | |
| 8 | Thorn's Transfer, 1962 | |
| 8 | Press Releases, 1961-1965 | |
| 8 | Rental Plan ("Art for the Home") | |
| 8 | Completed Agreements, 1958-1960s | |
| 8 | General Information and Sample Contracts, circa 1958 | |
| 8 | Reproductions of Artwork by Gallery Artists, 1960s | |
| 8 | Sales Records | |
| 8 | Accounts Paid (A-R, by client), 1957-1961 (6 folders) | |
| 8 | Accounts Paid (S-Z, by client), 1957-1961 (5 folders) |
Series 5: Miscellaneous Records, 1957-circa 1960 (Box 9; 3 folders)
Miscellaneous records consist of writings by Howard Wise and Douglas MacAgy and photographs of the Howard Wise Gallery of Present Day Painting and Sculpture, Cleveland.
| Box | ||
|---|---|---|
| 9 (hol) | Photographs - Howard Wise Gallery of Present Day Painting and Sculpture, Cleveland (interior and exterior views), 1957-1958 | |
| 9 (hol) | "The Status of Art in Cleveland" by Howard Wise (text of address delivered at Women's City Club of Cleveland, January 14, 1960), circa 1959-circa 1960 | |
| 9 (hol) | "Vox Pop" by Douglas MacAgy (article), undated |
