Contract between Betty Parsons and Peggy Guggenheim regarding representation of Jackson Pollock
Object Details
- Creator
- Guggenheim, Peggy, 1898-1979
- Subject
- Parsons, Betty
- Pollock, Jackson
- Art of This Century
- Betty Parsons Gallery
- Place of publication, production, or execution
- No place, unknown, or undetermined
- Physical Description
- 1 contract ; 27 x 19 cm.
- Summary
- Typewritten on letterhead of Guggenheim's gallery, Art of This Century. Establishes Parsons as responsible for selling and exhibiting Pollock's work.
Signed by Peggy Guggenheim and dated May 12 1947.
A list of Pollock's works is written on the reverse in Guggenheim's hand. - Citation
- Peggy Guggenheim. Contract between Betty Parsons and Peggy Guggenheim regarding representation of Jackson Pollock, 1947 May 12. Betty Parsons Gallery records and personal papers, 1916-1991. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
- Use Note
- Current copyright status is undetermined
- Location Note
- Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution Washington, D.C. 20560
- 1947 May 12
- Record number
- (DSI-AAA)13792
- Type
- Legal Documents
- See more items in
- Betty Parsons Gallery records and personal papers, 1916-1991, bulk 1946-1983
- Archives of American Art
- Topic
- Art market
- Record ID
- AAADCD_item_13792
- Metadata Usage (text)
- Usage conditions apply
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