Archives of American Art

Watson/de Nagy & Company gallery records

Summary

Collection ID:
AAA.watsnagy
Creators:
Watson/de Nagy & Company (Gallery: Houston, Tex.)
Dates:
1972-1984
Languages:
English
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Physical Description:
14 Microfilm reels
Repository:

Scope and Contents

Scope and Contents
Correspondence; business records; photographs; and gallery files.
Scope and Contents
REELS 1437-1442: Correspondence and business records include priced lists for works of art, and tax records, 1972-1979. Correspondents include: Ken Greenleaf, Walter Darby, Robert Goodnough, Anthony Caro, and Forrest Moses.
Scope and Contents
REELS 1484-1488: Artists' files, 1972-1979, containing biographical information; business correspondence; priced lists of works of art; and printed matter.
Scope and Contents
Artists include Jane Allensworth, John Altoon, Walter Bannard, Nell Blaine, David Bolduc, Frank Bowling, Ken Bowman, Stanley Boxer, Lawrence Brown, Anthony Caro, Dan Christensen, Robert Cole, Stephanie K. Cole, Pat Colville, Rochella Cooper, E. E. Cummings,Bruce Cunningham, Gene Davis, Thomas Downing, Friedel Dzubas, Frank Faulkner, Chuck Forsman, Paul Fournier, Sherron L. Francis, Jane Freilicher, Erik Gamble, Maurice Golubov, Robert Goodnough, K. M. Graham, Ken Greenleaf, Red Grooms, David Hare, Tom Holland, Sandria Hu, Andrew Hudson, Darryl Hughto, Richard Johnson, Otis Jones, Wayne Kimball, Joyce Kozloff, Leonard Lehrer, Robert Levers, Mary McLeary, Vincent Mariani, Forrest Moses, Robert Motherwell, Stephen Mueller, Lowell Nesbitt, Kenneth Noland, Jules Olitski, Basilios Poulos, Janis Provisor, Archie Rand, Harold Reddicliffe, Peter Reginato, Dan Rizzie, Tony Robbin, Reginald Rowe, Laura Russell, Tom Sayre, Sam Scott, Paul Sloggett, Daniel Solomon, Michael Steiner, Robert Tiemann, Sidney Tillum, Horatio Torres, Robert Utterback, Neil Welliver, Mark Williams, Dadi Wirz, and Ben Woitena. Also included are ex-artists Wayne Amedee,David Budd, Rosemarie Castoro, Robert Dash, Carl Gliko, Jacqueline Gourevitch, Gilah Hirsch, Ian Hornak, Rafael Mahdavi, and Larry Poons.
Scope and Contents
REEL 1489: Photographs of artists and art work from the artists' files, 1972-1979.
Scope and Contents
REELS 3366-3367: Gallery files on artist Earl Staley containing correspondence, 1980-1984, of Marvin Watson and Clint Willour of Watson/de Nagy & Company with Staley, the Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston, Western States Arts Foundation, Santa Fe, and others; illustrated postcards, 1981-1983, from Staley to Watson; a checklist of Staley's exhibition FIVE TEXANS IN VENICE, 1984; lists of Staley's paintings; clippings and magazine articles; exhibition announcements and photocopies of catalogs; and newsletters and press releases. [Microfilm label: Earl Staley papers.]

Biographical / Historical

Biographical / Historical
Art gallery; Houston, Tex. Prior to ca. 1976, Watson/de Nagy & Company was known as Tibor de Nagy Gallery Texas, Inc. - a branch of Tibor de Nagy Gallery, New York. After 1985 it was known as the Watson Gallery.

Administration

Existence and Location of Copies
35mm microfilm reels 1437-1442, 1484-1489, and 3366-3367 available for use through interlibrary loan.
Existence and Location of Originals
Originals returned to Marvin Watson after microfilming.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Lent for microfilming 1979 & 1984 by Marvin Watson, owner of the gallery. Microfilmed as part of Archives of American Art's Texas project.

Using the Collection

Conditions Governing Access
The Archives of American art does not own the original papers. Use is limited to the microfilm copy.

Keywords

Keywords table of terms and types.
Keyword Terms Keyword Types
Art galleries, Commercial -- Texas Function Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Boxer, Stanley Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Dzubas, Friedel, 1915-1994 Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Hughto, Darryl, 1943- Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Motherwell, Robert Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Goodnough, Robert, 1917- Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Greenleaf, Kenneth Lee, 1945- Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Moses, Forrest, 1934- Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Staley, Earl, 1938- Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Caro, Anthony, 1924- Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Darby, Walter Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Watson, Marvin Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Willour, Clint Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Watson, Marvin Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
De Nagy, Tibor, 1908-1993 Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Tibor de Nagy Gallery Texas Inc Corporate Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid

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