Harry Salpeter papers, 1934-1967

Object Details

Creator

Salpeter, Harry, 1895-1967

Subject

Burliuk, David

Harry Salpeter Gallery

Place of publication, production, or execution

United States

Physical Description

5.8 Linear feet, (partially microfilmed on 2 reels)

Access Note / Rights

Use of original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C., Research Center. Microfilmed materials must be consulted on microfilm. Contact Reference Services for more information.

Summary

Diaries, correspondence, photographs, writings, scrapbook, exhibition materials, and printed materials.

UNMICROFILMED: Two stock books of the Harry Salpeter Gallery, Inc.; 13 bound copies of articles by Salpeter; a drawing; a manuscript of DR. JOHNSON AND MR. BOSWELL; 11 cartoons by Herb Kruckman; correspondence with artists and friends, including 8 postcards and 2 letters from David Burliuk, 1946-1957; photographs; writings, including articles for magazines; a scrapbook; exhibition catalogs; clippings; and books.

REEL 690-691: Diaries, January 1956-November 1967.

Citation

Harry Salpeter papers, 1934-1967. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Additional Forms

35mm microfilm reels 690-691 available at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.

Biography Note

Writer, art critic, gallery owner; New York, N.Y.; b. 1895; d. 1967; owner of the Harry Salpeter Gallery; New York, N.Y.

Language Note

English .

Provenance

Donated 1960-1973 by Salpeter and, after his death in 1967, by his widow, Rebecca Salpeter.

Location Note

Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, 750 9th St. NW, Washington, D.C. 20001

Record number

(DSI-AAA_CollID)9052

(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)211243

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Theme

Diaries

Art Market

Archives of American Art

Topic

Art criticism -- New York (State) -- New York

Theme

Diaries

Art Market

Record ID

AAADCD_coll_211243

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