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Creator:
Allen, Bardene, 1933-  Search this
Names:
Fine Arts Gallery (Laguna Beach, California)  Search this
Orange County Center for Contemporary Art  Search this
Chamberlain, Richard, 1935-  Search this
Hammersley, Frederick, 1919-2009  Search this
Extent:
0.8 Linear feet (Boxes 1-2)
0.788 Gigabytes
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Gigabytes
Date:
circa 1965-2014
Summary:
The papers of sculptor, painter, and gallery owner Bardene Allen measure 0.8 linear feet and date from 1965-2014. Allen's career as a painter and sculptor, her friendship with Frederick Hammersley, and her administration of the Fine Arts Gallery in Laguna Beach, California, are documented through biographical material, correspondence, professional files, exhibition files, photographic materials including digital photographs, and printed material.
Scope and Contents:
The papers of sculptor, painter, and gallery owner Bardene Allen measure 0.8 linear feet and date from 1965-2014. Allen's career as a painter and sculptor, her friendship with Frederick Hammersley, and her administration of the Fine Arts Gallery in Laguna Beach, California, are documented through biographical material, correspondence, professional files, exhibition files, photographic materials including digital photographs, and printed material. Correspondence includes a small amount of professional correspondence regarding Allen's career. Also of note is personal corresondence which includes letters from Frederick Hammersley and actor Richard Chamberlain. Professional files include a statement of Allen's thoughts on her relationship with Frederick Hammersley, as well as price lists, artwork inventories, donations, commission proposals, and documentation of her involvement with both the Fine Arts Gallery in Laguna Beach, California and the Orange County Center for Contemporary Art. Exhibition files are for select exhibitions Allen participated in. Photographic material includes printed photographs and transparencies as well as digitized and digital images of artwork and of Allen with her artwork and at exhibitions. Printed material includes press clippings and exhibition invitations and catalogs.
Arrangement:
The collection is arranged in 6 series: Series 1: Biographical Material, circa 1990-1996 (0.1 Linear Feet; Box 1) Series 2: Correspondence, circa 1965-2009 (0.2 Linear Feet; Box 1) Series 3: Professional Files, circa 1980-1994 (0.1 Linear Feet; Box 1) Series 4: Exhibition Files, circa 1989-1995 (0.1 Linear Feet; Box 2) Series 5: Photographic Material, circa 1977-2014 (0.2 Linear Feet; Box 2, ER01) Series 6: Printed Material, circa 1981-2007 (0.1 Linear Feet; Box 2)
Biographical / Historical:
Bardene Allen (1933- ) is a sculptor, painter and former gallery owner in Laguna Beach, California. Allen received her Bachelor of Fine Arts degree at Pomona College in 1955 where she studied under Frederick Hammersley, who would become a life-long friend and correspondent. She is the former owner of the Fine Arts Gallery in Laguna Beach, California which was in operation from 1980 to 1983. As a sculptor Allen has worked in stone, wood, resin, bronze and terracotta. Her subjects in sculpture and painting range from mythic gods and imaginary creatures to everyday characters, Hollywood entertainers, and popular musicians in rock and jazz music.
Provenance:
The papers were donated from 1992 to 2002, 2009, and 2014 by Bardene Allen.
Restrictions:
This collection is open for research. Access to original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C. Research Center. Researchers interested in accessing born-digital records in this collection must use access copies. Contact References Services for more information.
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.
Occupation:
Sculptors -- California  Search this
Painters -- California  Search this
Gallery owners -- California  Search this
Topic:
Women artists  Search this
Women painters  Search this
Women sculptors  Search this
Citation:
Bardene Allen Papers, circa 1965-2014. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Identifier:
AAA.allebard
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Archival Repository:
Archives of American Art
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw96cb441fe-8257-4178-bc2e-c0532f95a292
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-aaa-allebard