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Dorothy Dehner papers, 1920-1987, bulk 1951-1987

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Series 5: Business and Financial Records, 1940-1987
0.25 Linear feet

Series consists of papers relating to various art and personal business matters and to certain financial matters. Some material is organized loosely into gallery and organization files, which may contain records of consignments, loans, sales, and exhibitions including ones at the Philadelphia Art Alliance in 1962, Editions Alecto, Ltd. in 1964, and the Parsons-Dreyfuss Gallery in 1979. The series also includes a file for Willard Gallery which represented Dehner from the mid-1950s to the 1970s, and a file related to the Committee for the American Participation in the Triennale.
Material relating to more general art business consists of numerous handwritten and typed lists (of works, art sales, prices, exhibitions, art books donated to Skidmore College Library, etc.); visitor books for unidentified exhibitions in 1957, 1959, 1960, and 1963; shipping and delivery receipts; and handwritten documents authenticating certain David Smith works. Material relating to personal business and financial matters includes property and school tax records for Bolton's Landing; a receipt for payment by David Smith, presumably made to Dehner as part of their separation agreement; and an agreement by Dehner to sell certain sculptures by David Smith that she owned to Samuel Dorsky.
The bulk of this series has been digitized. Mailing lists have not been digitized.
Description Container Select
Agreement to Sell Sculptures by David Smith, 1983
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50
Exhibition Records, Miscellaneous, circa 1944-1967, 1982
3
51
Galleries and Organizations, American Federation of Arts, 1960-1963
3
52
Galleries and Organizations, Associated American Artists, 1971-1987
3
53
Galleries and Organizations, Committee for the American Participation in the Triennale, 1964
3
54
Galleries and Organizations, Editions Alecto, Ltd., 1964
3
55
Galleries and Organizations, Museum of Modern Art, 1952-1959
3
56
Galleries and Organizations, Parsons-Dreyfuss Gallery, 1979
3
57
Galleries and Organizations, Philadelphia Art Alliance, 1962
3
58
Galleries and Organizations, Willard Gallery, 1957-1973
3
59
Lists, Art Books Donated to Skidmore College Library, 1979
3
60
Lists, Art Sales, 1963, 1977-1980
3
61
Lists, Art Works at Home, circa 1980s
3
62
Lists, David Smith Paintings Owned by Dehner, 1979
3
63
Lists, Disposition of Certain Artworks, undated
3
64
Lists, Exhibitions and Photographs, circa 1980s
3
65
Lists, Mailing, undated
3
66
Lists, Miscellaneous, undated
3
67
Lists, Prices and Works Exhibited and Sold, 1950s-1980s
3
68
Property Tax Records, 1940-1943
3
69
Receipt, David Smith Paintings, 1985
Includes authentication by Dorothy Dehner
3
70
Receipt, House Payment by David Smith, 1952
3
71
Receipts, Shipping and Delivery, circa 1960s-1977
3
72
Visitor Book, Exhibitions (1957, 1963), 1957-1963
3
73
Visitor Book, Exhibitions (1959, 1960), 1959-1960
3
74
Visitor Log, Exhibition (1970), 1970
3
75

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