Printed Matter Produced by Others

Object Details

Collection Creator

Downtown Gallery

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Downtown Gallery records

Downtown Gallery records / Series 7: Printed Matter

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

1824-1865, 1920-1969, undated

Archival Repository

Archives of American Art

Identifier

AAA.downgall, Subseries 7.2

Type

Archival materials

Collection Citation

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

Arrangement note

In general, material is arranged by record type and then chronologically. Some of the newsclipping files are arranged by topic.

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

Printed matter produced by others (3 linear feet) includes exhibition catalogs; checklists; invitations and announcements; newsclippings; press releases; and press kits. This material relates to shows that included works loaned by the Downtown Gallery, or concerns the Edith Gregor Halpert Collection and other subjects related to Halpert and the Downtown Gallery. There are also publications which include miscellaneous brochures, reports, directories, prospectuses, and catalogs of a variety of organizations, associations, museums, and foundations; most, but not all, are art related. Of particular interest are Standards for Print Dealers, formulated by the Print Council of America (undated); How It Happened, by Albert C. Barnes (undated); Where to Buy American Art (undated); A Disgrace to Philadelphia , by Albert C. Barnes (1938); The Progressive Decay of the Pennsylvania Museum of Art, by Harry Fuiman, Esq., of the Philadelphia Bar (1938), published by Friends of Art and Education; Memorial Service for Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr. (May 23, 1948); and Spatialism 5: Don Avigliano, John Moshisky, Stephane Zarhadka (1949). Additionally, a selection of twenty-five volumes from the library of Edith Gregor Halpert has been retained, but not microfilmed.

Collection Restrictions

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

Record ID

ebl-1562711008894-1562711009347-1

Metadata Usage

CC0