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Creator:
Grapestake Gallery  Search this
Names:
Adams, Ansel, 1902-1984  Search this
Cunningham, Imogen, 1883-1976  Search this
Levitt, Helen  Search this
Meyerowitz, Joel, 1938-  Search this
Misrach, Richard, 1949-  Search this
Extent:
2.8 Linear feet
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Date:
1970-1986
Summary:
The Grapestake Gallery records measure 2.8 linear feet and date from 1970-1986. The collection sheds light on the gallery's operation through administrative records and artist files.
Scope and Contents:
The Grapestake Gallery records measure 2.8 linear feet and date from 1970-1986. The collection sheds light on the gallery's operation through administrative records and artist files. Administrative records include correspondence with galleries, museums, collectors, dealers, and some artists, and exhibition records. Artist files include resumes, exhibition announcements and reviews, press releases, price lists, scattered photos of artwork, and scattered correspondence with artists. Artists represented include Ansel Adams, Imogen Cunningham, Philippe Halsman, Helen Levitt, Joel Meyerowitz, and others.
Arrangement:
The collection is arranged as two series. Series 1: Administrative Records, 1974-1986 (Box 1; 1 linear foot) Series 2: Artist Files, 1970-1985 (Box 2-4; 1.8 linear feet)
Biographical / Historical:
Founded in San Francisco, California, by Ursula Gropper, Thomas V. Meyer and their father, Otto Meyer in 1974, the Grapestake Gallery was known for showing contemporary California painters, sculptors, and 20th-century American photographers. Gropper and Thomas Meyer, both artists, were proponents of photography as a fine art medium. Artists featured in Grapestake exhibitions included Ansel Adams, whose retrospective was the gallery's inaugural exhibition, Imogen Cunningham, Greg Renfrow, Richard Misrach, Joel Meyerowitz, Leland Rice, and many others. The gallery was over 4,000 square feet, containing a primary exhibition space and three other rooms for exhibiting art, and was known for showing at least two exhibitions at a time.
Provenance:
The collection was donated by Thomas V. Meyer in 1987.
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.
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.
Function:
Art galleries, Commercial -- California -- San Francisco
Citation:
Grapestake Gallery records, 1970-1986. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Identifier:
AAA.grapgall
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Grapestake Gallery records
Archival Repository:
Archives of American Art
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw907f27274-4fbc-4408-9717-f2369477a385
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-aaa-grapgall