Marian Locks Gallery records, 1932

Collection Information

Size: 0.6 Linear feet

Summary: The records of the Marian Locks Gallery measure 0.6 linear feet and date from 1932 and 1968 to 1991. The records document the history of the Philadelphia gallery through exhibition schedules; price lists for one person and group shows; artists' files on Ronald Bateman, Salvatore Pinto, and Gerald Pogach; press releases; and printed material, including 3 issues of ML Newsletter, 1984, exhibition announcements, exhibition catalogs, and newspaper clippings of reviews of shows at the gallery. Among the artists represented are Edna Andrade, Tom Chimes, Ray Metzker, Elizabeth Osborne, and Warren Rohrer.

Biographical/Historical Note

Marian Locks Gallery was an art gallery in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, established in 1968. The name changed to Locks Gallery around 1990. The gallery mainly showed the work of contemporary Philadelphia area artists.

Provenance

Donated 1991 by Marian Locks.

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.