Artists and Exhibitions Files
Object Details
- Collection Creator
- Fischbach Gallery
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- Fischbach Gallery records
- Sponsor
- Funding for the processing of this collection was provided by the Terra Foundation for American Art
- Extent
- (Boxes 1-18, 28; 18 linear feet)
- Date
- 1937-1977
- Archival Repository
- Archives of American Art
- Identifier
- AAA.fiscgall, Series 1
- Type
- Archival materials
- Collection Citation
- Fischbach Gallery records, 1937-2015, bulk 1963-1977. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
- Arrangement note
- Artists Files are arranged alphabetically by artist and further divided by types of materials. Correspondence is in rough chronological order due to previous arrangements made by the Fischbach Gallery. Materials relating to financial transactions including sales and payment are found in Series 4: Financial Records, which are access restrited.
- Collection Rights
- The Archives of American Art makes its archival collections available for non-commercial, educational and personal use unless restricted by copyright and/or donor restrictions, including but not limited to access and publication restrictions. AAA makes no representations concerning such rights and restrictions and it is the user's responsibility to determine whether rights or restrictions exist and to obtain any necessary permission to access, use, reproduce and publish the collections. Please refer to the Smithsonian's Terms of Use for additional information.
- Scope and Contents note
- Artists and exhibitions files are found for over one hundred artists either represented by the gallery or exhibiting with the gallery. Files contain a wide variety of materials, and the extent and type vary for each artist. Typically files contain biographical information; correspondence between the artist, museums, and other galleries; scattered consignment and loan information; printed materials including articles, clippings, exhibition announcements and catalogs, and press releases; photographs of the artist, installations, constructions, and works of art; and negatives, slides, and transparencies. Substantial artist files are found for John Altoon, Anne Arnold, Ronald Bladen, George Brecht, Wynn Chamberlain, Allan D'Arcangelo, Gene Davis, Robert Grosvenor, Ira Joel Haber, Eva Hesse, Yvonne Jacquette, Alex Katz, Les Levine, Robert Mangold, Doug Ohlson, Ray Parker, Anne Ryan, Robert Ryman, Tony Smith, and George Sugarman. Of special note are photos of portraits by Alex Katz depicting his friends including Richard Bellamy, Edwin Denby, Al Held, Elaine de Kooning, and Neil Welliver. Also included are files pertaining to group exhibitions either organized or hosted by the gallery, including "According to the Letter" (1963), "Hard Center" (1963), "Six Women" (1965), "Game Without Rules" (1966), "Direct Representation" (1969), and "Eccentric Abstraction" (1966) which was organized by Lucy Lippard.
- Collection Restrictions
- Use of original papers requires an appointment. Written permission from the donor is also required to view the series of financial records and the 2015 addition of card indexes. Contact the Reference Services Department for more information.
- Record ID
- ebl-1503510355612-1503510355635-0
- Metadata Usage
- CC0