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Creator:
Alan Gallery (New York, N.Y.)  Search this
Felix Landau Gallery  Search this
Subject:
Adkins, Paul  Search this
Andrews, Oliver  Search this
Boyce, Richard  Search this
Brice, William  Search this
Burlin, Paul  Search this
Cloar, Carroll  Search this
Cohen, George Michael  Search this
Conner, Bruce  Search this
Cremean, Robert  Search this
D'Arista, Robert  Search this
Fredenthal, David  Search this
Guglielmi, Louis  Search this
Hunt, Richard  Search this
Katzman, Herbert  Search this
King, William  Search this
Kinigstein, Jonah  Search this
Knipschild, Robert L. (Robert Leon)  Search this
Latham, John  Search this
Lawrence, Jacob  Search this
Lea, Wesley  Search this
Levi, Julian E. (Julian Edwin)  Search this
Levine, Jack  Search this
Lewandowski, Edmund  Search this
Malaval, Robert  Search this
Marcus, Marcia  Search this
Meigs, Walter  Search this
Millman, Edward  Search this
Morris, George L. K.  Search this
Morris, Robert C.  Search this
Moses, Ed  Search this
Novelli, Gastone  Search this
Ohashi, Yutaka  Search this
Oliveira, Nathan  Search this
Oscar, Charles  Search this
Pendergast, Eileen  Search this
Preusser, Robert O. (Robert Ormerod)  Search this
Pribble, Easton  Search this
Siporin, Mitchell  Search this
Squier, Jack  Search this
Tam, Reuben  Search this
Thomas, John  Search this
Titus, Robert S.  Search this
Wilson, Bryan  Search this
Zerbe, Karl  Search this
Alan, Charles  Search this
Downtown Gallery (New York, N.Y.)  Search this
Landau-Alan Gallery (New York, N.Y.)  Search this
Type:
Scrapbooks
Place of publication, production, or execution:
United States
Physical Description:
15.1 Linear feet; 1 Film reel, Motion picture film (400 ft.), sd., b&w, 16 mm.; 1 Videocassettes (VHS), Reference copy (12 min.), sd., b&w, 1/2 in.
Arrangement:
Artist correspondence is arranged alphabetically; business correspondence is arranged chronologically. The gallery stock card file is arranged alphabetically by artist; one of the two card files listing works purchased from the Alan Gallery is arranged alphabetically by artist; the other is arranged alphabetically by purchaser.
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.
Photographic negatives, transparencies of works of art, paid bills, statements, and tax and insurance records are not microfilmed.
Summary:
Correspondence with artists; general business correspondence, 1953-1969; legal documents (some pertaining to owner Charles Alan's separation from the Downtown Gallery and establishment of the Alan Gallery); business records, including price lists, inventories, loan agreements, purchase and consignment records, receipts for purchases, and general ledgers; a card file of gallery stock; two card files recording purchases; two scrapbooks of printed materials on gallery exhibitions; paid bills, statements, tax and insurance records; and photographs (reel 1400) of Landau-Alan Gallery stock, and of Alan Gallery artists.
Correspondents include: Paul Adkins, Oliver Andrews, Richard Boyce, William Brice, Paul Burlin, Carroll Cloar, George M. Cohen, Bruce Conner, Robert Cremean, Robert D'Arista, David Fredenthal, Louis Guglielmi, Richard Hunt, Herbert Katzman, William King, Jonah Kinigstein, Robert Knipschild, John Latham, Jacob Lawrence, Wesley Lea, Julian Levi, Jack Levine, Edmund Lewandowski, Robert Malaval, Marcia Marcus, Walter Meigs, Edward Millman, George L.K. Morris, Robert C. Morris, Edward Moses, Gastone Novelli, Yutaka Ohashi, Nathan Oliveira, Charles Oscar, Eileen Pendergast, Robert Preusser, Easton Pribble, Mitchell Siporin, Jack Squier, Reuben Tam, John Thomas, Robert S. Titus, Bryan Wilson, and Karl Zerbe.
Included in the collection are photographs of the following artists/and or works of art: Paul Adkins, Aubrey Beardsley, Richard Boyce, Robert Cremean, William Dole, Edwin Hewitt Collection, John Denman Collection, Paul Klee, Gustave Klimt, Jack Levine, E. L. T. Mesens, Elie Nadelman, Charles Oscar, Arnaldo Pomodoro, Eileen Prendergast, Joseph Stella, and Clara McDonald Williamson.
A print of the Bruce Conner film "A Movie" (1958) also available on videocassette (VHS), is also found in the collection.
Citation:
Alan Gallery records, 1953-1970. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Additional Forms:
35mm microfilm reels 1379-1391 and 1400 available at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
Biography Note:
The Alan Gallery was established by Charles Alan in 1952. In 1966, Felix Landau purchased the gallery and renamed it the Landau-Alan Gallery. After Alan left in 1969, the name was changed to the Felix Landau Gallery.
Language Note:
English .
Provenance:
Donated 1971 and in 1973 by Charles Alan the founder of the Alan Gallery.
Location Note:
Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, 750 9th St. NW, Washington, D.C. 20001
Theme:
Art Gallery Records  Search this
Art Market  Search this
Record number:
(DSI-AAA_CollID)5778
(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)208617
AAA_collcode_alangall
Theme:
Art Gallery Records
Art Market
Data Source:
Archives of American Art
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:AAADCD_coll_208617