Archives of American Art

A Finding Aid to the Puchong Gallery records, 1984-1998, in the Archives of American Art

Summary

Collection ID:
AAA.puchgall
Creators:
Puchong Gallery
Dates:
1984-1998
Languages:
English
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Physical Description:
0.5 Linear feet
Repository:
The Puchong Gallery records measure 0.5 linear feet and date from 1984 to 1998. The records shed light on the gallery's operation through artist files, exhibition files, and photographic materials.

Scope and Contents

Scope and Contents
The Puchong Gallery records measure 0.5 linear feet and date from 1984 to 1998. The records shed light on the gallery's operation through artist files, exhibition files, and photographic materials.
There are artist files for Jim Lamb, David Moore, and Geoff Manasse, and a general artist file including Marilyn Miller, Wayne David Geist,and Vincent Serbin. Also found are several editions of the gallery's publication Puchong Portfolios (1990-1992) and photographs by artists Susan Kravitz, Donald Lawrence Herron, Jill Waterman, and Jeanne Hamilton, among others.

Arrangement

Arrangement
Due to the small size of this collection the papers are arranged as one series.

Biographical / Historical

Biographical / Historical
The Puchong Gallery was founded in New York, New York, in the early 1980s by Melvin Dennis, Puchong Chongvanich, Tom Stetz, and David Schlesinger. The gallery specialized in fine-art photography, but also held shows of xerox art, computer-generated art, and artwork executed in various styles of photographic printing.
The gallery was located in the front of Saint Marks Foto/Grafik, a photography shop managed by Chongvanich. Artists who exhibited at the gallery include David Moore, Susan Kravitz, Anita Chernewski, Michael Collins, Marcia C. Sheer, Emily Rhys Davis, and Chongvanich himself. The gallery's founders also published Puchong Portfolios, a publication about fine art photography.

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.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
The collection was donated by gallery co-founder Tom Stetz in 2018.
Processing Information
Puchong Gallery records, 1984-1998. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
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.
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

Keywords table of terms and types.
Keyword Terms Keyword Types
Art galleries, Commercial -- New York (State) -- New York Function Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Kravitz, Susan Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Moore, David Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Manasse, Geoff Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Serbin, Vincent Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Miller, Marilyn Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid

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