Ward Eggleston Galleries records, [ca. 1947-1965]

Ward Eggleston Galleries (New York, N.Y.),

Collection size: 0.8 linear ft. (partially microfilmed on 2 reels)

Collection Summary: Artists' files; photographs; clippings; and announcements.

REEL 677: Printed material on Edmund Edward Niemann, including 13 clippings, 1957-1962, about Niemann's exhibitions, press releases, 11 exhibition catalogs and announcements; 3 photographs of paintings; a career outline; and lists of paintings.

REEL 114: Files kept by the gallery on various artists who exhibited at the gallery during the 1950's and 1960's. Files include correspondence, press releases, photographs, price lists, and clippings. Some of the artists represented were Maxwell S. Simpson, Alvin Hollingsworth, Sandra James, Edith Hoyt, Elaine Sinnard, Frank Mason, Burhan Dogancay, Adele Lemm, Yari Levine, Whitford Carter, Annie Lenney, Peter Hopkins, David Humphreys, Ruth Hutton Ancker, and Betram Goodman.

UNMICROFILMED: Clippings, photographs, announcements and miscellany relating to five artists represented by the Ward Eggleston Galleries: Maxwell Stewart Simpson, Benoni Irwin, Mary A. Kremelberg Gibson, Yan MacLeod, and Adelaide Webster.

Biographical/Historical Note: Art gallery; New York, N.Y.

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

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