The collection is arranged as 5 series: Series 1: Administrative Records, 1958-1991 (Box 1; 8 folders) Series 2: Correspondence, 1959-1989 (Box 1; 6 folders) Series 3: Financial Records, 1959-1991 (Box 1; 0.9 linear feet) Series 4: Sales Records, 1986-1988 (Box 2; 8 folders) Series 5: Inventory Records, 1959-1992 (Boxes 2-5; 3.2 linear feet) Series 6: Printed Material, 1959-1988 (Boxes 5-6; 0.7 linear feet)
Access Note / Rights:
Use of original papers requires and appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C. Research Center. Contact Reference Services for more information.
Summary:
The Staempfli Gallery records measure 5.2 linear feet and date from 1958 to 1992. Scattered administrative and financial records, correspondence, sales invoices, inventory records, and exhibition catalogs document the business activities of this New York gallery.
Citation:
Staempfli Gallery records, 1958-1992. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Use Note:
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Biography Note:
Staempfli Gallery was established by George Staempfli in 1959 in New York City and specialized in modern art by European and American artists. George William Staempfli (1910-1999) was born in Bern, Switzerland, and moved to the United States in 1935. He worked at M. Knoedler & Company and was curator of paintings the Museum of Fine Arts in Houston from 1954 to 1956. He founded Staempfli Gallery in 1959 and exhibited the work of a variety of artists. Phillip A. Bruno served as co-director for over twenty years, until the gallery officially closed in 1988. George Staempfli retired to Annapolis, Maryland, in 1992, and lived there until his death in 1999.
Language Note:
English .
Provenance:
Exhibition Catalogs were donated in 1989 by Philip Bruno, co-director of Staempfli Gallery. Additional records of the Staempfli Gallery were donated in 2010 by Candida Steel, George Staempfli's daughter and in 2014 by Robert Aichele, a private dealer in Sacramento, California, who purchased the letters from Barbara Staempfli, George Staempfli's widow.
Location Note:
Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, 750 9th St. NW, Washington, D.C. 20001
