Ward Eggleston Galleries records, 1940-1965

Collection Information

Size: 0.6 Linear feet, (partially microfilmed on 2 reels)

Summary: The records of the Ward Eggleston Galleries measure 0.6 linear feet and date from 1940 to 1965. The records document the history of the New York gallery through one file of correspondence; one file on the Eleventh Annual exhibition of the galleries; and artist files. Artist files consist of correspondence, exhibition announcements, price lists, photographs, and artist statements. Some of the artists represented by the galleries include Ruth Hutton Ancker, Peggy Gerry, Peter Hopkins, Joel Kaplan Annie Lenney, and Edmund Niemann.

Biographical/Historical Note

Ward Eggleston Galleries was an art gallery at 161 West Fifty-seventh Street, New York, N.Y.

Provenance

Donated 1968 and 1972 by Ward Eggleston, owner of the galleries.

Language Note

English .

Funding Note

The processing of this collection received Federal support from the Smithsonian Collections Care and Preservation Fund, administered by the National Collections Program and the Smithsonian Collections Advisory Committee.