Gallery Stock

Object Details

Collection Creator

Downtown Gallery

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Downtown Gallery records

Downtown Gallery records / Series 4: Business Records

Sponsor

Funding for the processing, microfilming and digitization of the microfilm of this collection was provided by the Henry Luce Foundation. Glass plate negatives in this collection were digitized in 2019 with funding provided by the Smithsonian Women's Committee.

Date

1926-1974, undated

Archival Repository

Archives of American Art

Identifier

AAA.downgall, Subseries 4.2

Type

Archival materials

Collection Citation

Downtown Gallery records, 1824-1974, bulk 1926-1969. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Arrangement note

Stock books and miscellaneous stock records are followed by inventory cards and purchase slips. The arrangement of the stock volumes varies: some are categorized by type of art (e.g., American folk art), others are in alphabetical order by name of artist, and yet others are keyed to the storage location of the objects. Inventory cards are mostly organized by type of artwork and arranged by stock number. Purchase slips for each year are arranged alphabetically by name of seller.

Collection Rights

The Downtown Gallery records are owned by the Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution. Rights as possessed by the donor have been dedicated to public use for research, study, and scholarship. The collection is subject to all copyright laws. Prior to publishing information regarding sales transactions, researchers are responsible for obtaining written permission from both artist and purchaser involved. If it cannot be established after a reasonable search whether an artist or purchaser is living, it can be assumed that the information may be published sixty years after the date of sale.

Scope and Contents note

This subseries contains stock books and miscellaneous stock records, seven file boxes of inventory cards, and purchase slips. Purchase slips consist of Downtown Gallery forms summarizing information about items purchased by the gallery, some with sales receipts attached. Stock books that were not filmed but which can be found in this subseries include: Miscellaneous Expenses, 1929-1931 (1 vol.); and Receipts and Disbursements, Feb. 1931-April 1932, Jan. 1935-May 1938 (1 vol.).

Collection Restrictions

The microfilm of this collection has been digitized and is available online via the Archives of American Art website.

Record ID

ebl-1562711008894-1562711009224-0

Metadata Usage

CC0