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  3. Series 1: Administrative Files , 1973-1997

Rosa Esman Gallery and Tanglewood Press Inc. records, circa 1922-2011, bulk 1972-1994

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Series 1: Administrative Files , 1973-1997
1.5 Linear feet
Box 1-2

Art available files are comprised of correspondence, photographic materials, and price lists. Correspondence files consist of letters exchanged between Rosa Esman, gallery director Pamela Freund, collectors, artists, museums, and galleries. In addition to letters, the files include scattered printed material, photographic materials, and financial papers. Inventories are comprised of photographic materials and lists alongside some correspondence and sales records. One file of mixed provenance information is comprised of photographic materials, correspondence, and inventories. Also present in this series are pins and magnets from a collaboration between the Esman Gallery and artists; photographs of the gallery, Rosa Esman, her family, artists, and others; a newspaper article about Rosa Esman's career; and several gallery blueprints.
Description Container Select
Art Available, Correspondence, 1983-1992
1
1-2
Art Available, Mixed Papers and Photographic Materials, circa 1980s
1
3-4
Art Available, Soviet Posters, Unknown Source, undated
1
5
Correspondence, Canadian Center for Architecture, 1992
1
6
Correspondence, In Search of Art, Inc., 1986-1990
1
7-8
Correspondence, The Institute of Modern Russian Culture, 1980-1985
1
9
Correspondence, Russian Art, 1977-1991
1
10-14
Correspondence, General, 1981-1989
1
15-19
Correspondence, General, 1991-1997
2
1
Esman Gallery Blueprints, 1983-1984, 1990
2
2
Esman Gallery Magnets; Gustav Klutsis, undated
2
3
Esman Gallery Pins; Sol LeWitt, El Lissitzky, Roy Lichtenstein , undated
2
4
Inventory, Svetlana Aronov Joint Inventory, 1992
2
5
Inventory, Boris Kuridum Joint Inventory Letter, 1990
2
6
Inventory, Marvin A. Sackner, 1977-1979
2
7
Inventory, Russian Art, circa 1983-1992
2
8-9
Inventory, Sold Russian Artwork, Photographic Materials, circa 1970s-1980s
2
10
Inventory, Mixed Papers, 1970s-1992
2
11-12
Photographs, Gallery Exterior, 1970s-1980s
2
13
Photographs, Rosa Esman, Family, Artists, and others, 1980s-1990s
2
14
Printed Material, Newspaper Article About Rosa Esman, 1985
2
15
Provenance and Artwork Identification Papers, 1973-1989
2
16

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