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Creator:
Grand Central Art Galleries  Search this
Subject:
Asher, Elise  Search this
Barrie, Erwin S.  Search this
Browne, Byron  Search this
Candell, Victor  Search this
DeMartini, Joseph  Search this
Gonzalez, Xavier  Search this
Kainen, Jacob  Search this
Lam, Jennett  Search this
Moy, Seong  Search this
Osver, Arthur  Search this
Roberts, Colette  Search this
Rowan, Herman  Search this
Salemme, Lucia A.  Search this
Watts, Robert M.  Search this
Galerie Jeanne Bucher  Search this
Grand Central Moderns (Gallery)  Search this
Type:
Photographs
Place of publication, production, or execution:
United States
Physical Description:
1.3 Linear feet
Arrangement:
The collection is arranged as 4 series. Series 1: Group Exhibition Files, 1952-1957 (Box 1, OV 3; 0.3 linear feet) Series 2: Artists' Files, 1940-1968 (Box 1, 0.7 linear feet) Series 3: Printed Material, 1951-1965 (Boxes 1-2; 0.3 linear feet) Series 4: Photographs, 1931, circa 1960-circa 1965 (Box 2; 2 folders)
Access Note / Rights:
Use of original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C., Research Center.
Summary:
The records of New York City's Grand Central Art Galleries measure 1.3 linear feet and date from 1931 to 1968, with the bulk of the material from circa 1952 to circa 1965. The majority of the records are related the Grand Central Moderns, the modern art division of Grand Central Art Galleries. The collection includes group exhibition files, artists' files, printed material and photographs.
Citation:
Grand Central Art Galleries records, 1931-1968, bulk circa 1952-circa 1965. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Additional Forms:
Material lent for microfilming is available on microfilm reels NGCAG1-NGCAG2 at Archives of American Art offices, and for interlibrary loan.
Related Materials:
The Archives of American Art also holds microfilm of material lent for microfilming (reels NGCAG1-NGCAG2) including 23 yearbooks, 1928-1945, and exhibition catalogs, 1923-1929. The originals were returned to Grand Central Art Galleries after microfilming and are not described in the the container listing of this finding aid.
Biography Note:
Grand Central Art Galleries (1923-1994) was a large New York-based art gallery, which also had a modern art division called Grand Central Moderns (1947-circa 1967).
Language Note:
The collection is in English.
Provenance:
Grand Central Art Galleries loaned materials for microfilming in 1966. Addition records were donated to the Archives of American Art by Grand Central Art Galleries in 1966 and 1967.
Location Note:
Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, 750 9th St. NW, Washington, D.C. 20001
Topic:
Art, Modern -- United States  Search this
Theme:
Art Gallery Records  Search this
Art Market  Search this
Record number:
(DSI-AAA_CollID)8254
(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)210425
AAA_collcode_grancent
Theme:
Art Gallery Records
Art Market
Data Source:
Archives of American Art
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:AAADCD_coll_210425