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Artists' Gallery records, 1929-1967

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Series 1: Administrative Records, 1936-1965
1.5 Linear feet
Box 1-2

This series includes gallery daybooks, inventories, meeting minutes of the gallery's board of directors, a business card, and two essay drafts. The correspondence file consists of letters of support and financial contributions to the gallery, some correspondence with artists, and miscellaneous topics related to the gallery's exhibitions and operations. Financial records include accounting books, sales records, receipts, invoices, payments, and a ledger. Museum and gallery files consist of papers and correspondence related exhibitions, loans of artwork, and shipping. This series also includes invitations and a menu from a party for Marguerite Stix party, Federica Beer-Monti's business card, a journal containing notes and biographical information on various artists, and several photographs of staff, artists, and a party at the gallery.
Description Container Select
Account Book, 1946-1952
1
1-2
Address Book, undated
1
3
Addresses, Artists, undated
1
4
Artist Lists, 1955, 1957
1
5
Artist Gallery Notebooks, Works, Submissions, and Exhibitions, 1947-1950s
1
6-7
Artists Outstanding, 1958
1
8
Artist Submissions, 1952-1959
1
9-10
Board of Directors, Meeting Minutes, 1936-1940
1
11
Business Card, Federica Beer-Monti, undated
1
12
Correspondence, 1936-1958
1
13
Day Book, 1938-1951
1
14-19
Inventory of Artwork, circa 1953-1962
1
20-21
Invoice Book, 1957-1960
1
22
Journal, Notes on Artists, undated
1
23
Ledger, 1956-1961
7
1
Location Change Announcement, Draft, 1940
1
24
Marguerite's Party, "Paris in Greenwich Village", undated
1
25
Museums and Galleries
Archives of American Art, 1965
1
26
Brooklyn Museum, 1949-1957
1
27
Carnegie Institute, 1954-1962
2
1
Illinois Museums and Galleries, 1952-1962
2
2
Maine Museums and Galleries, 1951-1957
2
3
Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1938-1960
2
4
Whitney Museum, 1951-1958
2
5
Worcester Museum of Fine Arts, 1950-1958
2
6
Museums and Galleries, General, 1952-1958
2
7
Museum Purchase Fund, 1950-1965
2
8
Photographs, Artists' Gallery Interior, undated
2
9
Photographs, Federica Beer-Monti; De Hirsh Margules, 1961, undated
2
10
Photographs, Party with Artists, undated
2
11
Photographs, Hugh and Marguerite Stix, Owen Rachleff, and Federica Beer-Monti in Artists' Gallery Storage, undated
2
12
Program, Artists' Gallery, Inc., circa. 1936
2
13
Publicity Sheet, Draft, undated
2
14
Receipts, 1938-1961
2
15
Report of Activities, 1936-1938
2
16
Ringel, Fred, "Some Ideas About the Gallery", 1955
2
17
Sales, 1950-1951
2
18
Stix, Hugh, "The Artists' and Peoples' Gallery", undated
2
19
Support Campaigns, Solicitation Letters, 1949-1956
2
20
Papers, Miscellaneous, circa 1936-1950
2
21
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Series 2: Artist Files, 1929-1967, bulk 1936-1962
1.6 Linear feet
Box 2-4

Files consist primarily of biographical information and correspondence between artists, Federica Beer-Monti, and Hugh Stix concerning exhibitions, artwork shipments, prices, and some personal matters. Some folders contain photographs, exhibition catalogs and announcements, newspaper clippings, artist books, and price lists as well. Also found here is a print by Louis Monza titled, "Pentagon Man," and a scrapbook comprised of clippings, exhibition ephemera, and photographs related to artists Saul and Eugenie Baizerman.
Description Container Select
Albers, Josef, 1938-1947
2
22
Altoon, John, 1953
2
23
Baizerman, Eugenie and Saul, 1936-1967
2
24
Baizerman, Eugenie and Saul, Scrapbook, 1948-1949
7
2
Barber, Gertrude, 1955-1956
2
25
Bauch, Stan, 1930-1948
2
26
Bluestein, Selma, 1953-1954
2
27
Boehler, Hans, 1949-1960
2
28
Der Maler Hans Boehler, Arthur Roessler, 1929
2
29
The Scarlet Letter, Illustrations by Hans Boehler; Correspondence, 1954, undated
2
30
Boethling, Ben, 1947-1949
2
31
Bowden, Harry, 1941-1959
2
32
Browne, Byron, 1939-1957
2
33
Burke, Selma, 1952
2
34
Chafetz, Sidney, 1953-1956
2
35
Detre, Roland, 1952-1959
2
36
Donato, Louis, 1940, 1949
2
37
Drewes, Werner, 1939-1944
2
38
Drewes, Werner, Photographs, circa 1937-1940
2
39
Driggs, Elsie, 1948, 1958
2
40
Emanuel, Akiba, 1942-1959
2
41
Feldman, Walter, 1953-1954
2
42
Ferry, Frances, 1938-1949
2
43
Foster, Francis, 1952-1959
2
44
Friedman, Martin, 1942-1944
2
45
Fromboluti, Sideo, 1952, 1956
2
46
Giobbi, Edward, 1956-1957
2
47
Golub, Leon, 1952-1957
2
48
Golubov, Maurice, Negatives, undated
8
1
Gottlieb, Adolph, 1940-1960
2
49
Graham, John, 1929, 1941
2
50
Hahn, Joseph, 1954-1961
2
51
Hahn, Joseph, Images of Artwork, circa 1950s
7
3
Hartman, Bertram, 1937-1938
2
52
Heisig, Mary, 1951-1955
2
53
Heller, Helen, 1942
2
54
Hofmann, Hans, 1942-1958
2
55
Houmere, Walter, 1947
2
56
Hourdebaigt, Lucy, 1940-1943
2
57
Jean, Marcel, 1948-1958
2
58
Jene, Edgar, 1948-1951
3
1
Johnson, Lester, Images of Artwork, undated
3
2
Johnson, William H., 1938-1943
3
3
Kaldis, Aristodemos, 1941-1953
3
4
Kerkam, Earl, 1941, 1960
3
5
Klimpt, Werner, 1951-1952
3
6
Kruger, Louise, 1951-1955
3
7
Lang, John, 1942
3
8
Lechay, James, 1933-1948
3
9
Lechay, Myron, 1939-1942
3
10
Leepa, Allen, 1952-1959
3
11
Lerch, Franz, 1943
3
12
Livingston, Ruth, 1940-1941
3
13
Livingston, Ruth, Images of Artwork, 1940
3
14
Loberg, Robert, 1958-1959
3
15
Loberg, Robert, Images of Artwork, 1950s-1962
3
16
Loew, Michael, 1949-1951
3
17
Longchamp, Gaston, 1937-1940
3
18
Longchamp, Gaston, Negatives, 1937-1940
8
2
Loran, Erle, 1937-1939
3
19
Mager, Gus, 1937-1949
3
20
Mahl, Claire, 1943-1948
3
21
Manchak, Albert, 1955-1960
3
22
Margo, Boris, 1939-1958
3
23
Margules, De Hirsh, 1937-1959
3
24
Mark, Henry, 1943-1944
3
25
Mesibov, Hugh, 1956-1958
3
26
Meyers, Ben, 1952-1959
3
27
Monza, Louis, 1943-1949, 1967
3
28
Moore, David, 1952-1954, 1962
3
29
Mueller, George, 1951
3
30
Munno, Steve, 1948-1952
3
31
Muse, Isaac Lane, 1940-1943
3
32
Oppenheimer, Max, 1936-1941
3
33
Opper, John, 1937-1942
3
34
Pace, Stephen, 1953
3
35
Passel, Howard, 1941-1948
3
36
Philipp, Walter, 1948-1949
3
37
Pousette-Dart, Richard, 1941
3
38
Rabus, Carl, 1932-1954
3
39
Raymond, Herman, 1953
3
40
Rederer, Franz, 1941-1948
3
41
Reichmann-Lewis, Sam, 1951-1954
3
42
Richenburg, Robert, 1954-1957
3
43
Roszak, Theodore, 1940-1942
3
44
Roth, Frank, 1954-1958
3
45
Russell, Frank, 1950-1955
3
46
Schaeffer, H. Bella, 1941-1953
3
47
Schatz, Otto Rudolf, 1947
3
48
Seide, Charles, 1956-1957
3
49
Sennhauser, John, 1947-1951
3
50
Shulman, Morris, 1948
3
51
Silverman, Mel, 1956
3
52
Smith, Edith, 1952-1957
3
53
Smithson, Robert, 1959, 1962
3
54
Soffer, Sasson, 1958
3
55
Solomon, Hyde, 1946
3
56
Stefanelli, Joe, 1950-1954
3
57
Sterling, James, 1937-1956
3
58
Suzuki, Sakari, Images of Artwork, undated
3
59
Takal, Peter, 1954, 1958
3
60
Takal, Peter, 1950s
7
4
Thomas, Neal, 1955-1958
3
61
Thomas, Neil, Negatives, 1955-1958
8
3
Tibon, Gautier, 1939
3
62
Tieger, Art, 1953, 1957
3
63
Tofel, Jennings, 1929-1958
3
64
Valdes, Gregorio, 1939
3
65
Vernarelli, Lucia, 1955-1959
3
66
Von Wicht, John, 1943-1960
3
67
Weissauer, Rudolph, 1951-1960
3
68
White, Rudolph, Photographs, 1949
3
69
Wilson, Ben, 1949, 1957
3
70
Winter, Joseph, 1949-1960
3
71
Woelffer, Emerson, 1951-1954
3
72
Wolfgang, 1955-1956
3
73
Mixed Artists, Papers, 1936-1962
3
74
Mixed Artists, Images of Artwork, circa 1936-1962
3
75
Mixed Artists, Images of Artwork, circa 1936-1962
4
1
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Series 3: Exhibition Files, 1936-1962
.9 Linear feet
Box 4

Files pertaining to Artists' Gallery exhibitions consist of price lists, correspondence, some printed material, publicity drafts, and newspaper clippings. Also found here are exhibition guestbooks, lists of exhibitions and exhibiting artists, and correspondence between the gallery and artists looking to exhibit at the gallery.
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Seeing Art Through the Eye (1938), 1938, 1947
4
2
Little Red Schoolhouse Exhibition (1939-1940), 1939-1940
4
3
Portrait Exhibition (1940), 1940
4
4
New York Artists (1943), 1941-1943
4
5
Retrospective Exhibition, 1947-1949 (1949), 1949
4
6
20th Anniversary Exhibition, 1955-1956
4
7
Graphic Gala Exhibition (1955), 1955
4
8
Christmas Shows, 1937-1941
4
9
Exhibiting Artists, Lists, circa 1938-1958
4
10
Exhibition List, 1936-1944, 1944
4
11
Exhibition List, 1947-1960
9
Group Exhibitions, Mixed Papers, 1937-1962
4
12-13
Group Exhibitions, Notebook, 1958
4
14
Guestbooks, 1936-1960
4
15-21
Requests for Exhibitions, 1938-1960
4
22
Signage from Exhibition, Copy, undated
4
23
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Series 4: Printed Material, 1931-1967
2 Linear feet
Box 5-6

Found here are Artists' Gallery's brochures, flyers, and other mailings, exhibition announcements and catalogs, and scrapbooks that contain exhibition ephemera, newspaper clippings, publicity material, and some photographs. This series also includes an essay published by gallery founder Hugh Stix; exhibition material, newsletters, and miscellaneous publications from other museums and galleries; and books on artists Henri Gaudier and Beauford Delaney.
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Artists' Gallery Brochures, Flyers, and Mailings, circa 1936-1960
5
1
Artists' Gallery Exhibition Announcements, Group Shows, 1937-1962
5
2
Artists' Gallery Exhibition Announcements, Solo Shows, 1939-1962
5
3
Artists' Gallery Exhibition Catalogs, 1936-1959
5
4-5
Artists' Gallery Exhibition Scrapbooks, 1936-1961
5
6-18
Artists' Gallery General Scrapbooks, 1937-1944
7
5-7
Artists' Gallery General Scrapbooks, 1948-1960
6
1-7
"An Approach to Contemporary Art," Hugh Stix, 1938
6
8
Articles and Newspaper Clippings, 1947-1960
6
9
Auction Material, Samuel Freeman & Co., 1967
6
10
Exhibition Material, Other Museums and Galleries, circa 1940s-1950s
6
11-18
Publications, Other Museums and Galleries, circa 1940s-1950s
6
19
Savage Messiah: Gaudier and Brzeska, H. S. EDE, 1931
6
20
The Amazing and Invariable Beauford Delaney, Henry Miller, 1945
6
21

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