The collection is arranged as 10 series: Series 1: Correspondence, 1975-2005 (Boxes 1-7, 81; 6.4 linear feet) Series 2: Artists' Artwork Files, circa 1865-2004 (Boxes 7-64; 56.85 linear feet) Series 3: Client Files, 1965, circa 1981-circa 2004 (Box 64; 0.5 linear feet) Series 4: Estate Records, 1983-circa 2004 (Boxes 64-65; 1.0 linear feet) Series 5: Sales and Inventory Records, 1977-2004 (Boxes 65-70; 5.0 linear feet) Series 6: Business and Financial Records, 1974-2005 (Boxes 70-77, 81; 6.25 linear feet) Series 7: Printed Materials, 1980-2004 (Boxes 77-78; 1.1 linear feet) Series 8: Scrapbooks, 1981-2002 (Boxes 78, 80; 1.0 linear feet) Series 9: Photographic Materials, 1977-2004 (Boxes 78-79; 1.2 linear feet) Series 10: Artists' Files, 1922-2008 (Boxes 81-89; 8 linear feet)
Access Note / Rights:
Use of original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C., Research Center. Contact Reference Services for more information.
Summary:
The records of the Richard York Gallery, a New York gallery specializing in American art from early 1800s to 1950, measure 87.5 linear feet and date from circa 1865-2005, with the bulk of the material dating from 1981 to 2004. The collection contains artists' artwork files, documenting the sale and consignment of nearly 6,500 works of art. The gallery's activities are also recorded through correspondence, artists' files, client files, gallery invoices, inventories, business and financial records, printed materials, scrapbooks, photographic materials of artwork, and estate records for the John Marin estate and Sergio Stella estate (Joseph Stella).
Citation:
Richard York Gallery records, circa 1865-2008, bulk 1981-2004. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Funding:
Funding for the processing of this collection was provided by Smithsonian Institution's Collections Care Fund
Use Note:
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Biography Note:
Richard T. York (circa 1950-2003) opened his eponymous gallery in the spring of 1981 on East 65th Street in New York City. Specializing in American painting and sculpture from early 1800s to 1950, the Richard York Gallery dealt in the artwork of hundreds of artists including Albert Bierstadt, Charles Demuth, Arthur Dove, Lockwood de Forest, John Graham, Georgia O'Keeffe, John Singer Sargent, Charles Sheeler, and Steve Wheeler. It also represented the estates of artists John Marin and Joseph Stella.
Language Note:
English .
Provenance:
The Richard York Gallery records were donated to the Archives of American Art in 2006 by Kevin Scott, the executor of Richard York's estate; and in 2015 by Lisa Bush Hankin, former gallery director.
Location Note:
Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, 750 9th St. NW, Washington, D.C. 20001