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Reynal, Eugene, Mrs., 1905-1977
- Dates:
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1952
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14 Items (photographic prints, b&w, 26 x 21 cm. and smaller.)
- Collection ID:
- AAA.reynkay
- Repository:
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Archives of American Art
Included are photographs of: William Baziotes, Willem de Kooning, Jean Dubuffet, Marcel Duchamp, Joseph Glasco, Hans Hofmann, John Marin, Robert Motherwell, Mark Rothko, Bradley Walker Tomlin, and Max Weber.
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Thomas Hess papers
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Hess, Thomas B.
- Dates:
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1939-1978
- Size:
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10 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- AAA.hessthom
- Repository:
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Archives of American Art
The papers of New York editor and art critic Thomas Hess measure 10.0 linear feet and date from 1939 to 1978. The collection includes biographical materials, correspondence, extensive writings and notes, artists and subject files that also include recorded conversations with artists and others, printed materials, photographic materials, and artwork.
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Downtown Gallery
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1824-1974
bulk 1926-1969
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109.56 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- AAA.downgall
- Repository:
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Archives of American Art
The records of the Downtown Gallery date from 1824 to 1974 (bulk 1926-1969) and measure 109.56 linear feet. The records present a comprehensive portrait of a significant commercial gallery that operated as a successful business for more than forty years, representing major contemporary American artists and engendering appreciation for early American folk art. There is an unprocessed addition to this collection dating circa 1970 of a single financial/legal document.
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Parsons, Betty
- Dates:
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circa 1920-1991
bulk 1946-1983
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57.2 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- AAA.parsbett
- Repository:
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Archives of American Art
The Betty Parsons Gallery records and personal papers measure 57.2 linear feet and date from 1920 to 1991, with the bulk of the material dating from 1946-1983. Records provide extensive documentation of the gallery's operations from its inception in 1946 to its closing in 1983 and of the activities of Betty Parsons as one the leading art dealers of contemporary American Art in the latter half of the twentieth century, particularly the work of the Abstract Expressionists. Over one third of the of the collection is comprised of artists files containing correspondence, price lists, and printed materials. Additional correspondence is with galleries, dealers, art institutions, private collectors, and the media. Also found are exhibition files, exhibition catalogs and announcements, sales records, stock inventories, personal financial records, and photographs. Betty Parsons' personal papers consist of early curatorial files, pocket diaries, personal correspondence, and evidence of her own artwork, including sketchbooks, and files documenting her personal art collection.