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Creator:
Grace Borgenicht Gallery  Search this
Subject:
De Rivera, José Ruiz  Search this
Grausman, Philip  Search this
Gussow, Roy  Search this
Kahn, Wolf  Search this
Bolotowsky, Ilya  Search this
Burlin, Paul  Search this
Chirino, Martín  Search this
Davis, Stuart  Search this
Biederman, Charles Joseph  Search this
Avery, Milton  Search this
Brandt, Grace Borgenicht  Search this
Raab Gallery (London, England)  Search this
Hokin Gallery  Search this
Library of Congress  Search this
Type:
Photographs
Scrapbooks
Place of publication, production, or execution:
United States
Physical Description:
18.2 Linear feet
Arrangement:
The collection is arranged as 8 series. Series 1: Administrative Records, 1970-1995 (0.2 linear feet; Box 1) Series 2: Correspondence, circa 1950s-1995 (2 linear feet; Boxes 1-3) Series 3: Exhibition Files, circa 1970-1996 (1.3 linear feet; Boxes 3-4) Series 4: Artists Files, circa 1950s-1995 (11.2 linear feet; Boxes 4-13, 16-22) Series 5: Financial and Legal Records, 1953-1995 (1.4 linear feet; Boxes 13-15) Series 6: Printed Material, circa 1950s-1995 (0.8 linear feet; Box 15) Series 7: Scrapbooks, circa 1950s-circa 1980s (0.3 linear feet; Box 23) Series 8: Photographic Materials, circa 1950s-circa 1980s (0.8 linear feet; Boxes 24-25)
Access Note / Rights:
Use of original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Washington, D.C. Research Center.
Summary:
The records of New York City Grace Borgenicht Gallery date from circa 1953 to 1996 and measure 18.2 linear feet. The records include administrative files, correspondence, financial and legal records, exhibition files, printed material, two scrapbooks, and photographic negatives of artwork. The majority of the collection consists of artists' files.
Citation:
Grace Borgenicht Gallery Records, circa 1953-1996. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Funding:
Funding for the processing of this collection was provided by the Smithsonian Institution Collections Care and Preservation Fund
Use Note:
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.
Related Materials:
Also found at the Archives of American Art is an oral history interview with Grace Borgenicht Brandt conducted by Dorothy Seckler on January 10, 1963. The Archives of American Art also holds microfilm of material lent for microfilming (reel D112) including 72 letters from artists Leonard Baskin, Edward Corbett, Sidney Gordin, Wolf Kahn and Elbert Weinberg. They are addressed to gallery director Grace Borgenicht (Grace Borgenicht Brandt), and regard the artists' their work, travels, exhibition plans, and other activities. Also included is a photograph of Brandt and a resume. Loaned materials were returned to the lender and are not described in the collection container inventory.
Material lent for microfilming is available on 35mm microfilm reel D112 at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
Biography Note:
In May 1951 Grace Borgenicht Brandt (1915-2001) opened the Grace Borgenicht Gallery on 57th Street in New York City with an exhibition of Jimmy Ernst. At that time, the gallery was one of a handful that represented contemporary American artists. Jimmy Ernst, Milton Avery, Ilya Bolotowsky, Edward Corbett, Jose de Rivera, Roy Gussow, Wolf Kahn, and Gabor Peterdi were among the artists represented by the gallery.
The gallery held multiple exhibitions for individual artists such as Milton Avery, Wolf Kahn, Paul Burlin, and Stuart Davis. Although Borgenicht's main focus was American contemporary artists, the gallery also held several exhibitions featuring artists from Canada, Germany, Japan, Korea, and Mexico.
The Grace Borgenicht Gallery closed in 1995.
Language Note:
The collection is in English.
Provenance:
Owner Grace Borgenicht Brandt originally lent material for microfilming in 1963. She donated additional papers in 1996.
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)6771
(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)208897
AAA_collcode_gracborg
Theme:
Art Gallery Records
Art Market
Data Source:
Archives of American Art
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:AAADCD_coll_208897