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Creator:
Stendahl Art Galleries  Search this
Subject:
Siqueiros, David Alfaro  Search this
Picasso, Pablo  Search this
Kent, Rockwell  Search this
Gilbert, Arthur Hill  Search this
Rose, Ethel Boardman  Search this
Rivera, Diego  Search this
Pearson, Ralph M.  Search this
Rose, Guy  Search this
Montenegro, Roberto  Search this
Pach, Walter  Search this
De Creeft, José  Search this
Noguchi, Isamu  Search this
Loeffler, Gisella  Search this
Stendahl, Earl L.  Search this
Laurence, Sydney  Search this
Kandinsky, Wassily  Search this
Calder, Alexander  Search this
Cantú, Federico  Search this
Guthrie, George B.  Search this
Archipenko, Alexander  Search this
Beltrán-Masses, Federico  Search this
Genth, Lillian Mathilde  Search this
Wendt, William  Search this
Ritschel, William  Search this
Hansen, Armin C. (Armin-Carl)  Search this
Payne, Edgar A. (Edgar Alwin)  Search this
Knight, Aston  Search this
Kronberg, Louis  Search this
Gelhaar, Emil  Search this
Feshin, Nikola? Ivanovich  Search this
Szecsi, Ladislas  Search this
Schofield, Walter Elmer  Search this
Charlot, Jean  Search this
Kleitsch, Joseph  Search this
Zuloaga, Ignacio  Search this
Orozco, José Clemente  Search this
Mérida, Carlos  Search this
Eddy, Jerome  Search this
Thomas Gilcrease Institute of American History and Art  Search this
Demotte, inc. (New York, N.Y.)  Search this
Couvoisier Galleries  Search this
Wildenstein and Company (New York, N.Y.)  Search this
Type:
Gallery records
Scrapbooks
Place of publication, production, or execution:
United States
Physical Description:
7.5 Linear feet
Arrangement:
The collection is arranged as 4 series. Series 1: Administrative and Financial Files, 1923-1957 (0.4 linear feet; Box 1) Series 2: Correspondence, 1923-1968 (2.0 linear feet; Box 1-3) Series 3: Exhibition Files, circa 1921-1967 (0.4 linear feet; Box 3) Series 4: Subject Files, 1907-1971 (4.6 linear feet; Box 3-8, OV 9)
Access Note / Rights:
This collection is temporarily closed to researchers due to archival processing and digitization. Contact Reference Services for more information.
Summary:
The records of the Los Angeles Stendahl Art Galleries measure 7.5 linear feet and date from 1907 to 1971. The collection is comprised of administrative and financial files, correspondence, exhibition files, and subject files on numerous artists, organizations, and other art-related topics. There is one scrapbook of clippings on the artist Edgar Payne.
Citation:
Stendahl Art Galleries records, 1907-1971. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Additional Forms:
Portions of the collection are available on 35 mm microfilm reels 2716-2725 at the Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan. Researchers should note that the arrangement of the material described in the container inventory does not reflect the arrangement of the collection on microfilm.
Funding:
Funding for the processing of this collection was provided by the Smithsonian Institution Collections Care and Preservation Fund
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:
Earl Stendahl established Stendahl Art Galleries in 1911 in Los Angeles, California.
Earl Stendahl (1887-1966) came to Southern California from a small town in Wisconsin. He began showing young Los Angeles artists at his downtown restaurant, The Black Cat Café. He opened his gallery in The Ambassador Hotel on Wilshire Boulevard and organized shows focusing primarily on California Impressionists of the early twentieth century, including Edgar Payne, Guy Rose, William Wendt, Nicolai Fechin, and Joseph Kleitsch.
Stendahl Art Galleries also began to sell European and Latin American modern art. In 1939, Stendahl hosted one of only two non-museum exhibitions of Pablo Picasso's masterwork, Guernica , to benefit Spanish War orphans.
As early as 1935 Stendahl began promoting ancient artifacts from Mexico and Central America. Stendahl's first client for pre-Columbian art and artifacts was noted collector Walter Arensberg. Stendahl and the Arensburgs became friends and Stendahl helped the Arensburgs build one of the most significant collections in the U.S.
The galleries are currently owned by Ronald W. Dammann, Stendahl's grandson.
Language Note:
The collection is in English
Provenance:
The Stendahl Art Galleries records were donated by Alfred Stendahl in 1976. An album of clippings was donated by Stendahl in 1995 via Nancy Moure.
Location Note:
Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, 750 9th St. NW, Washington, D.C. 20001
Topic:
Art -- New Guinea  Search this
Latino and Latin American artists  Search this
Landscape painting  Search this
Prints  Search this
Art, American  Search this
Art, Modern -- 20th century -- California -- Los Angeles  Search this
Theme:
Latino and Latin American  Search this
Art Gallery Records  Search this
Art Market  Search this
Record number:
(DSI-AAA_CollID)5550
(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)210940
AAA_collcode_stenartg
Theme:
Latino and Latin American
Art Gallery Records
Art Market
Data Source:
Archives of American Art
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:AAADCD_coll_210940