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Laurel Gallery records, 1944-1951

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Series 1: Laurel Gallery Records, 1944-1951
.6 Linear feet
Box 1-2

Correspondence includes letters from artists and museums to gallery director Chris Ritter, as well as some to the gallery's co-director, Grace Borgenicht; writings on artists include a biographical sketch of Milton Avery and autobiographical writings by Gabor Peterdi and Leonard Pytlak. Financial papers consist of tax records, notes, bills, price lists, several artist agreements, an account book, and a sales book. Also present is an inventory from the exhibition, The New York Society of Women Artists (1947); a scrapbook and loose newspaper clippings; photographs of artists and works of art; a plan for the gallery's marketing, pricing, and financials by Chris Ritter; and photographs, notes, and drafts related to the Laurel Gallery's quarterly, Laurels.
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Account Book, 1947-1948
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1
Correspondence, 1946-1951
1
2
Exhibition, The New York Society of Women Artists (1947), Inventory, 1947
1
3
Financial Papers, 1946-1951
1
4
Laurels, Papers, 1947, undated
1
5
"The Laurel Plan", undated
1
6
Miscellaneous Papers, 1951, undated
1
7
Photographs, Claude Bentley, 1948-1950
1
8
Photographs, George Constant, undated
1
9
Photograph, Jimmy Ernst, undated
1
10
Photographs, Ibram Lassaw, 1944, undated
1
11
Photographs, Michael Lenson; Resume, undated
1
12
Photographs, Walter Pach, undated
1
13
Photographs, Madeline Tourtelet, 1949-1950
1
14
Printed Material, Gallery Announcements, 1946-1950
1
15
Printed Material, Scrapbook, 1949-1950
2
1
Newspaper Clippings, 1948, 1951
2
2
Sales Book, 1950-1951
2
3
Writings on Artists, undated
2
4

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