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Archives of American Art
A Finding Aid to the Louis Alexander Gallery Records, 1953-1965, in the Archives of American Art
Summary
- Collection ID:
- AAA.louialex
- Creators:
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Louis Alexander Gallery (New York, N.Y.)
- Dates:
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1953-1963
- Languages:
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The collection is mostly in English. Several newspaper clippings are in French.
- Physical Description:
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0.4 Linear feet
- Repository:
The Louis Alexander Gallery records measure 0.4 linear feet and date from 1953 to 1965. The collection contains one exhibition file and artist files for Alfred Copley, Ross Coates, Charles S. DuBack, William Giles, David Packard, Leo Rabkin, and Athos Zagharias. Materials include correspondence, printed material, biographical summaries, photographs of artwork, and some exhibition ephemera.
Scope and Contents
Scope and Contents
The Louis Alexander Gallery records measure 0.4 linear feet and date from 1953 to 1965. The collection contains one exhibition file and several artist files.
The exhibition file consists of correspondence, lists, and printed material. Artist files contain biographical material, scant correspondence, clippings, images of artwork and artists, and more on artists Alfred Copley, Ross Coates, Charles S. DuBack, William Giles, David Packard, Leo Rabkin, and Athos Zagharias.
Arrangement
Arrangement
Due to the small size of this collection the papers are arranged as one series.
Biographical / Historical
Biographical / Historical
The Louis Alexander Gallery was founded by Louis Alexander Cohn in the Lenox Hill neighborhood of New York, New York. Paul Cummings served as the gallery's co-director in the early 1960s. The dates of the gallery's existence are unknown. In 1962 the gallery held a large exhibition, Recent American Drawings, which included artwork from Willem de Kooning, Milton Avery, Roy Lichtenstein, Andy Warhol, and many others. Additionally, the gallery held solo shows for Leo Rabkin (1962), Alfred Copley (1962), Charles DuBack (1962), Ross Coates (1963), Athos Zacharias (1963), and William Giles (1962).
Administration
Author
Christopher DeMairo
Sponsor
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.
Existence and Location of Copies
Portions of the collection are available on 35mm microfilm reel 136 (frames 572-972) available for use at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan. Researchers should note that the arrangement of material described in the container inventory does not reflect the arrangement of the collection on microfilm.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
The collection was donated by Paul Cummings, former co-director of Louis Alexander Gallery, in 1971.
Processing Information
The collection was processed and a finding aid prepared by Christopher DeMairo
Using the Collection
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is open for research. Access to original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C. Research Center.
Preferred Citation
Louis Alexander Gallery, 1953-1963. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Conditions Governing Use
The Archives of American Art makes its archival collections available for non-commercial, educational and personal use unless restricted by copyright and/or donor restrictions, including but not limited to access and publication restrictions. AAA makes no representations concerning such rights and restrictions and it is the user's responsibility to determine whether rights or restrictions exist and to obtain any necessary permission to access, use, reproduce and publish the collections. Please refer to the Smithsonian's Terms of Use for additional information.
Keywords
| Keyword Terms | Keyword Types | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Art galleries, Commercial -- New York (State) -- New York | Function | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Copley, Alfred L. | Personal Name | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Coates, Ross | Personal Name | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| DuBack, Charles S., 1926- | Personal Name | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Rabkin, Leo | Personal Name | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Packard, David, 1928-1968 | Personal Name | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
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