Writings by Others

Object Details

Collection Creator

Downtown Gallery

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Downtown Gallery records

Downtown Gallery records / Series 5: Writings

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

circa 1920s-1968, undated

Archival Repository

Archives of American Art

Identifier

AAA.downgall, Subseries 5.2

Type

Archival materials

Collection Citation

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

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

Found here is material relating to ABCs for Collectors of American Contemporary Art, which Halpert comissioned to distribute to amateur collectors who patronized her gallery. Records include drafts of the manuscript, illustration choices, a mock-up, a published pamphlet, reviews, and orders. Records relating to American Folk Art include short pieces, some possibly catalog entries, arranged alphabetically by title. Material relating to the American National Exhibition in Moscow includes a printed catalog of the Whitney Museum of American Art show drawn from that exhibition, entitled Paintings and Sculpture from the American National Exhibition in Moscow; research notes including an English-language translation of the catalog; press releases; notes; and background information. Miscellaneous records include reports, essays, texts of speeches, transcripts of brief published articles, and fragments of unidentified items.

Collection Restrictions

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

Record ID

ebl-1562711008894-1562711009324-2

Metadata Usage

CC0