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Creator:
Fischbach Gallery  Search this
Subject:
Swain, Robert  Search this
Sugarman, George  Search this
Altoon, John  Search this
Bladen, Ronald  Search this
Antonakos, Stephen  Search this
Chamberlain, Wynn  Search this
D'Arcangelo, Allan  Search this
Davis, Gene  Search this
Dunn, Anne  Search this
Gilardi, Piero  Search this
Hesse, Eva  Search this
Katz, Alex  Search this
Krushenick, Nicholas  Search this
Levine, Les  Search this
Mangold, Robert  Search this
Ohlson, Douglas Dean  Search this
Ryan, Anne  Search this
Ryman, Robert  Search this
Slavin, Arlene  Search this
Smith, Tony  Search this
Thiabaut Galley  Search this
Type:
Gallery records
Photographs
Place of publication, production, or execution:
United States
Physical Description:
39.5 Linear feet
Arrangement:
The collection is arranged as 9 series. Series 1: Artists and Exhibitions Files, 1937-1977 (Boxes 1-18, 28; 18 linear feet) Series 2: Gallery Correspondence, 1962-1974 (Boxes 18-19; 1.75 linear feet) Series 3: Business Records, 1969-1971 (Box 27; 0.3 linear feet) Series 4: Financial Records, 1963-1975 (Boxes 20-25; 4.5 linear feet) Series 5: Printed Material, 1963-1972 (Box 26; 6 folders) Series 6: Photographs, circa 1960s (Box 26; 2 folders) Series 7: Inventory Card Indexes, circa 1960s-2015 (12.1 linear feet; Box 29-41) Series 8: Client Sales Card Index, circa 1970s-2000s (1.9 linear feet; Box 41-42) Series 9: Marilyn Fischbach Collection Records, circa 1975-2000 (0.2 linear feet; Box 43)
Access Note / Rights:
Use of original papers requires an appointment. Written permission from the donor is also required to view the series of financial records and the 2015 addition of card indexes. Contact the Reference Services Department for more information.
Summary:
The records of New York City Fischbach Gallery measure 39.5 linear feet and date from 1937 to 2015, with the bulk of materials dating from 1963 to 1977. The majority of the collection consists of artists files containing a wide variety of materials documenting the gallery's relationship with its stable of modern and avant garde artists, as well as gallery exhibitions. Files include biographical materials, correspondence, printed materials, and photographs. Gallery records also include general business correspondence, access-restricted financial records; and additional printed materials. The 2015 addition of 14 linear feet consists of inventory and client sales records in the form of card indexes. The 2019 addition consists of material related to Marilyn Fischbach's art collection.
Citation:
Fischbach Gallery records, 1937-2015, bulk 1963-1977. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Funding:
Funding for the processing of this collection was provided by the Terra Foundation for American Art
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.
Biography Note:
The Fischbach Gallery was founded in 1960 by Marilyn Cole Fischbach at 799 Madison Avenue in New York City. The gallery was noted for its stable of minimalist young artists in the 1960s, and the work of the painterly realists in the 1970s. The gallery remains open today.
During its early years, the gallery was among the first to focus on 1960s avant-garde and minimalist artists. Marilyn possessed a talent for discovering young artists and for helping them advance their careers. Many of these young artists became well-known, including Ronald Bladen, Eva Hesse, and Alex Katz. Other artists represented by the gallery include Allan D'Arcangelo, Les Levine, Robert Mangold, Robert Ryman, George Sugarman, and Robert Swain.
The gallery also had an active exhibition schedule and organized and hosted group exhibitions of modern art, including "According to the Letter" (1963), "Hard Center" (1963), and "Direct Representation" (1969). Additionally, the Fishbach Gallery hosted "Eccentric Abstraction" in 1966, an exhibition organized by Lucy Lippard.
Later, the gallery moved to W. 57th Street in Manhattan. Fischbach hired A. Aladar Marberger as director of the gallery. Under his direction, the Fischbach Gallery shifted from the avant-garde to contemporary American realism and minimalist sculpture. In the 1980s, Marilyn Fischbach brought three investors into the gallery. She remined a co-owner, but lived in Paris, France for many years prior to her death at the age of seventy-two. The Fischbach Gallery remains open at 210 West 11th Street at 25th Street in New York City.
Language Note:
English .
Provenance:
Gallery founder Marilyn C. Fischbach and director A. Aladar Marberger donated the majority of the Fischbach Gallery records in 1978. Additional records were donated in 2001 by Maureen Dawley on behalf of the Carnegie Mellon University and in 2015 and in 2019 by John Fischbach, Marilyn C. Fischbach's son.
Location Note:
Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, 750 9th St. NW, Washington, D.C. 20001
Topic:
Art, American  Search this
Art, Modern -- 20th century -- United States  Search this
Minimal art -- United States  Search this
Artists -- United States  Search this
Theme:
Art Gallery Records  Search this
Art Market  Search this
Record number:
(DSI-AAA_CollID)8173
(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)210344
AAA_collcode_fiscgall
Theme:
Art Gallery Records
Art Market
Data Source:
Archives of American Art
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:AAADCD_coll_210344