Terrain Gallery records, 1955-2005
Terrain Gallery,
Collection size: 5.3 linear feet
Collection Summary: Biographical information on artists; correspondence; writings by the Koppelman's and others, including a manifesto on aesthetic realism; handmade and printed posters; exhibition files and announcements; photographs; transcripts; scrapbooks; guestbooks; financial material; printed material and miscellaneous regarding the Terrain Gallery. Also included is a small amount of material concerning the Terrain Gallery Print Division, 1958-1959, 1964-1971. Personal papers of Chaim and Dorothy Koppelman are not included in the records.
Photographs are of works of art, installations, and openings, 1957-1958; Financial material includes receipts, sales ledgers, price lists, consignment forms. Transcripts are of speeches, lectures, and interviews.
Biographical/Historical Note: Terrain Gallery is an art gallery in New York, N.Y. established 1955 by Dorothy Koppelman. Opened under the direction of Dorothy Koppelman and informed by the guiding philosophy of Eli Siegel's Aesthetic Realism. The gallery's first home was at 20 West 16th Street in New York City then moved to 39 Grove Street, New York, N.Y from 1963- 1973; in 1974, the Terrain Gallery moved to its present address at 141 Greene Street.
Donated 2006 by Chaim and Dorothy Koppelmann. Dorothy Koppelman is the founder and director of the gallery.
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