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Marilyn Pearl Gallery records

Archives of American Art

Object Details

Creator
Marilyn Pearl Gallery
Names
Allain, René Pierre, 1951-
Chaet, Bernard
Freeman, Joseph
Greene, Stephen, 1918-1999
Hill, Clinton, 1922-2003
Lasch, Pat
Loew, Michael, 1907-1985
Lutz, Winifred
McShea, Jim
Miles, Jeanne Patterson, 1908-1999
Pearson, Henry, 1914-2006
Perez, Pedro
Robin, Stephen, 1944-
Von Wiegand, Charmion
Weiner, Ellen
Provenance
Marilyn Pearl donated the records of her gallery to the Archives of American Art in 2002.
Creator
Marilyn Pearl Gallery
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Marilyn Pearl Gallery records
Summary
The records of the Marilyn Pearl Gallery are dated 1925-2000, with the bulk of the ematerial from the period 1976-1993. The collection measures 7.4 linear feet and consists of artists' files, exhibition files, and business records documenting affiliated artists and gallery activities.
Historical Note
The Marilyn Pearl Gallery (est. 1976-circa 1993) was an art gallery in New York, N.Y. specializing American art from the 1920s-1950s. Marilyn Pearl (Mrs. Alan Loesberg), the daughter and granddaughter of art collectors from Akron and Cleveland, Ohio, as a young child began developing an appreciation for and true love of art. After a stint as a history teacher, Ms. Pearl was determined to establish her own gallery. With help from family, her dream became a reality when the Marilyn Pearl Gallery opened at 29 West 57th Street, New York, in 1976. In 1982, the gallery relocated to 38 East 57th Street, and in 1987 moved to 420 West Broadway in SoHo. Although the gallery closed in the early 1990s, Ms. Pearl continued to operate as a private dealer and expanded her activities to international art fairs, among them the Basel Art Fair. Among the artists represented by the gallery were: Bernard Chaet, Stephen Greene, Clinton Hill, Pat Lasch, Michael Loew, Winifred Lutz, Jim McShea, Jeanne Miles, Henry Pearson, Pedro Perez, Stephen Robin, Charmion von Wiegand, and Ellen Weiner. Pearl's first sales were works by sculptor Winifred Lutz, known for site-specific installations. Ms. Lutz remained part of Marilyn Pearl Gallery's stable throughout its history. In addition to emerging artists, Marilyn Pearl also was interested in traditional art forms, and eventually specialized in exhibiting American art from the 1920s-1950s, with particular emphasis on geometric abstraction. In addition, Marilyn Pearl Gallery presented a number of exhibitions exploring WPA era murals, American Abstract Artists, and post-war figurative work. By the 1980s, the gallery's annual schedule usually featured summer shows of new talent; several artists first introduced in this manner developed long-term relationships with Marilyn Pearl Gallery.
Function
Art galleries, Commercial -- New York (State)
Extent
7.4 Linear feet
Date
1925-2000
bulk 1976-1993
Archival Repository
Archives of American Art
Identifier
AAA.maripeag
Type
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Visitors' books
Photographs
Citation
Marilyn Pearl Gallery records, 1925-2000. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Arrangement
The collection is arranged as 3 series: Series 1: Artists' Files, 1925-2000 (Boxes 1-4; 3.6 linear ft.) Series 2: Exhibition Files, 1973-1992 (Boxes 4-5; 1.15 linear ft.) Series 3: Business Records, 1976-2000 (Boxes 5-8; 2.65 linear ft.)
Processing Information
The collection was processed by Catherine S. Gaines in 2009.
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.
Genre/Form
Visitors' books
Photographs
Scope and Content Note
The records of the Marilyn Pearl Gallery are dated 1925-2000, with the bulk of the ematerial from the period 1976-1993. The collection measures 7.4 linear feet and consists of artists' files, exhibition files, and business records documenting affiliated artists and gallery activities. Artist files are found for: René Pierre Allain, Bernard Chaet, Stephen Greene, Clinton Hill, Pat Lasch, Michael Loew, Winifred Lutz, Jim McShea, Jeanne Miles, Henry Pearson, Pedro Perez, Stephen Robin, Charmion von Wiegand, and Ellen Weiner. They contain the following types of records in varying combinations: correspondence with the artist, collectors, galleries and museums; printed material including publicity, exhibition catalogs and announcements of Marilyn Pearl Gallery and other venues; photographs; financial records concerning sales and exhibition expenses. In general, items dated prior the gallery's existence and after its closing are printed material relating to the artist. A notable exception is the small number of the personal papers of Charmion von Wiegand that include letters from her husband, writer and editor Joseph Freeman. Exhibition files are arranged chronologically by exhibition date, 1977, 1980-1992 and consist of correspondence, invoices, printed material, publicity, and photographs. Business records document the routine affairs of the gallery. Included are client correspondence, inventory cards (work in stock, pieces returned to artists, and works sold), a nearly complete set of invoices for gallery sales for the period 1976-1986, consignment records, appraisals, mailing lists, guest books, and records regarding Basel Art Fairs of 1989-1993.
Restrictions
Use of original papers requires an appointment.
Related link
Record ID
ebl-1503512839690-1503512839708-0
Metadata Usage
CC0
GUID
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw96c465a6b-3a01-43de-9955-0ef6005939ec

In the Collection

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  • Barbara Siegel: "City Dwellers" (April 8-May 10, 1986)

  • Stephen Greene: 40th Anniversary Exhibition (January 13-February 7, 1987)

  • Geometric Tradition in American Painting: 1920-1980 (April 8-May 17, 1980)

  • Printed Material-Articles, Publicity, Reviews

  • Peter Perez (April 10-May 4, 1991)

  • Henry Pearson: A Forty Year Survey (May 5-June 1, 1991)

  • Correspondence

  • Photographs of Art Work (A-Y, by title; untitled)

  • Slides of Art Work

  • Inventory Cards-Sold

  • Printed Material-Articles and Publicity

  • Photographs of Art Work

  • Negatives of Art Work

  • Transparency of Art Work

  • Basel Art Fair (1993)

  • Kitty Klaidman: Before the Sandstorm (September 18-October 12, 1985)

  • George Constant: Paintings and Watercolors, 1916- 1945 (October 18-November 12, 1983)

  • Biographical Information

  • Slides of Art Work (A-Z, by title)

  • Correspondence, Customs

  • Leo Rabkin: Relief Pastels (May 13-June 7, 1986)

  • Paintings of the Fifties (September 6-17, 1983)

  • Photographs of Art Work

  • Clinton Hill: Collages of the 1950s and Constructions and Paper (April 18-May 16, 1990)

  • Inaugural Exhibition, 420 West Broadway Michael Loew and Ellen Weiner (October 6-31, 1987)

  • Invoices, #501-600

  • Appraisals

  • Lasch, Pat

  • Correspondence (Artpak Transport Ltd. problem)

  • Jim McShea: Paintings (January 20-February 27, 1991)

  • James Hennessey: New Work (April 9-May 5, 1988)

  • Legal

  • Chaet, Bernard

  • Artist Biographies

  • McShea, Jim-Perez, Pedro

  • Slides of Art Work (A-Z; untitled; unidentified)

  • Art Work for Catalog and Poster

  • Basel Art Fair (1990)

  • Clinton Hill: New Work (March 11-April 5, 1986)

  • Hui Ka Kwong (December 1992)

  • Negatives of Art Work (unidentified)

  • Noguchi, Isamu (sale to Arnold Herstand and Co.; research)

  • Invoices, #701-800

  • Victoria Miro Gallery (Ofili diptych purchase)

  • Pedro Perez: Paintings and Sculpture, 1982-1987 (June 7-30, 1989)

  • Artist Guidelines

  • Biographical Information

  • Miles, Jeanne

  • Hill, Clinton-Lutz, Winifred

  • Stephen Greene: "Gardens of the Night" (November 15-December 10, 1983)

  • Clinton Hill: Constructions and Paperworks (March 10-April 11, 1987)

  • Pedro Perez: New Work (February 9-March 5, 1988)

  • Resale Certificates and Related Correspondence

  • Correspondence

  • Slides of Art Work, (I-SL, by title)

  • Photographs of Art Work

  • Inventory and Appraisal

  • Photographs of Art Work (untitled; unidentified)

  • Printed Material-Exhibition Catalogs and Announcements

  • Biographical Information

  • From Mondrian to Minimalism: American Constructivism, 1945-1965 (October 26-November 21, 1989)

  • Printed Material-Articles, Publicity, Reviews, Reproduction

  • Personal Papers-Printed Material

  • Plastics!?and Linda Peer: Sculpture (December 4, 1984-January 5, 1985)

  • Printed Material-Articles, Publicity, Reviews, Biographical Information, etc.

  • Sonia Delaunay and Charmion von Wiegand: Works on Paper and Winifred Lutz: Recent Prints (November 5-December 1992)

  • Slides of Art Work (unidentified)

  • Photographs of Art Work (unidentified)

  • Leo Rabkin: Recent Works: Painted Paper Construction (November 28, 1990-January 5, 1991)

  • American Abstract Artists: Paintings and Drawings, 1930s, 1940s, 1950s (January-February, 1992)

  • Mailing Lists

  • Slide and Transparency of Art Work

  • Ellen Weiner: "Rose and Compass Rose" (September 9-October 3, 1992)

  • Notes, Receipts, Names and Addresses, Photographs

  • Bills Paid

  • Photographs of Art Work (A-Z by title; unidentified)

  • New Talent (Parts I and II) (June 4-September 13, 1985)

  • Negatives of Art Work

  • Printed Material-Articles

  • Michael Loew (1907-1985): Memorial Exhibition and Friends of Michael Loew (January 7-February 5, 1986)

  • Printed Material-Exhibition Catalogs and Announcements

  • Printed Material-Exhibition Announcements

  • American Figurative Expressionism (1950-1960) (February 6-March 4, 1982)

  • American Geometric Abstraction (May 28-July 3, 1992)

  • Slides of Art Work (untitled; unidentified)

  • Artist Lists

  • Invoices, #201-300

  • Basel Art Fair (1992)

  • The Severe and the Romantic: Geometric Humanism in American Painting, 1950s-1980s (December 10, 1985-January 4, 1986)

  • Biographical Information

  • Hill, Clinton

  • Invoices, #601-699

  • Clinton Hill: Paintings and Paper Works (January 11-February 5, 1983)

  • Correspondence-Clients

  • Biographical Notes

  • Negatives of Art Work (unidentified)

  • Stephen Robin: The Garden Series (April 12-May 6, 1989)

  • Budd Hopkins: New Work (January 8-February 5, 1985)

  • Printed Material-Exhibition Catalogs and Announcements

  • Correspondence

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