Object Details
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- Creator
- Gross McCleaf Gallery
- Names
- Broderson, Morris, 1928-2011
- Carles, Arthur B., 1882-1952
- Day, Larry, 1921-
- Emerson, Edith, 1888-1981
- Gross, Estelle Shane, 1929-1992
- Howard, Humbert, 1905-1990
- Lueders, Jimmy C., 1927-1994
- McCleaf, Marlin
- Oakley, Violet, 1874-1961
- Piper, Jane, 1916-1991
- Pittman, Hobson Lafayette, 1899 or 1900-1972
- Porter, Fairfield
- Tyson, Carroll Sargent, 1878-1956
- Weidner, Roswell, 1911-1999
- Welliver, Neil
- Topic
- Women art dealers
- Expressionism (Art)
- Figurative art
- Provenance
- The collection was donated by Estelle and Jay Gross in 1988.
- Creator
- Gross McCleaf Gallery
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- Gross McCleaf Gallery selected artists' files
- Sponsor
- The processing of this collection received Federal support from the Smithsonian Collections Care and Preservation Fund, administered by the National Collections Program and the Smithsonian Collections Advisory Committee.
- Summary
- The Gross McCleaf Gallery selected artists' files measure 0.8 linear feet and date from 1947 to 1986. The files consist of price lists, printed material, correspondence, exhibition catalogs and announcements, biographical summaries, newspaper clippings, and some photographs. Artists include Neil Welliver, Hobson Pittman, Edith Emerson, Humbert Howard, Jane Piper, and Fairfield Porter among others.
- Biographical / Historical
- Estelle Shane Gross (1929-1992) was born and raised in New York City, and studied art at Penn State and Parsons School of Design. After moving to Philadelphia, she worked as a tour guide at the Philadelphia Art Museum and studied under painter and teacher Hobson Lafayette Pittman. Pittman told Gross that if she were to open a gallery, he would exhibit work with her. In 1969, Gross and Marlin McCleaf opened the Marlin McCleaf Gallery in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. After McCleaf departed from the gallery due to issues in his personal life, Gross became sole owner of the gallery and renamed it Gross McCleaf Gallery. Early artists exhibited at the gallery include Pittman, Fairfield Porter, Neil Welliver, Rackstraw Downes, Red Grooms and his wife Mimi Gross, Jane Piper, and Larry Day. After Estelle Gross' death in 1992, Sharon Ewing became the gallery owner and director. Ewing retired in 2020 and Rebecca Segall took over as the gallery's owner and director.
- Function
- Art galleries, Commercial -- Pennsylvania
- Extent
- 0.8 Linear feet
- Date
- 1947-1986
- Archival Repository
- Archives of American Art
- Identifier
- AAA.grosmccl
- Type
- Collection descriptions
- Archival materials
- Citation
- Gross McCleaf Gallery selected artists' files, 1947-1986. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
- Arrangement
- Due to the small size of this collection the papers are arranged as one series.
- Processing Information
- The collection was arranged and a finding aid prepared by Christopher DeMairo in 2022.
- 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.
- Existence and Location of Copies
- Portions of the collection are available on 35mm microfilm reels 4155-4156 available for use at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan. Researchers should note that the arrangement of material described in the container inventory does not reflect the arrangement of the collection on microfilm.
- Scope and Contents
- The Gross McCleaf Gallery selected artists' files measure 0.8 linear feet and date from 1947 to 1986. The files consist of price lists, printed material, correspondence, exhibition catalogs and announcements, biographical summaries, and clippings. Some of the files include photos of the artist, works of art, and exhibition installations. Artists represented in the collection are Arthur B. Carles, Larry Day, Edith Emerson, Humbert Howard, Jimmy Lueders, Violet Oakley, Jane Piper, Hobson Pittman, Fairfield Porter, Carroll S. Tyson, Roswell Weidner, Neil Welliver, and Harold Weston.
- Restrictions
- 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.
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- Record ID
- ebl-1596220240211-1596220240213-0
