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Stendahl Art Galleries records

Creator:
Stendahl Art Galleries  Search this
Names:
Couvoisier Galleries  Search this
Demotte, inc. (New York, N.Y.)  Search this
Thomas Gilcrease Institute of American History and Art  Search this
Wildenstein and Company (New York, N.Y.)  Search this
Archipenko, Alexander, 1887-1964  Search this
Beltrán-Masses, Federico, 1885-1949  Search this
Calder, Alexander, 1898-1976  Search this
Cantú, Federico, 1908-1989  Search this
Charlot, Jean, 1898-1979  Search this
De Creeft, José, 1884-1982  Search this
Eddy, Jerome  Search this
Feshin, Nikolaĭ Ivanovich, 1881-1955  Search this
Gelhaar, Emil  Search this
Genth, Lillian Mathilde, 1876-1953  Search this
Gilbert, Arthur Hill, 1894-1970  Search this
Guthrie, George B.  Search this
Hansen, Armin C. (Armin-Carl), 1886-1957  Search this
Kandinsky, Wassily, 1866-1944  Search this
Kent, Rockwell, 1882-1971  Search this
Kleitsch, Joseph, 1885-1931  Search this
Knight, Aston, 1873-1948  Search this
Kronberg, Louis, 1872-1965  Search this
Laurence, Sydney, 1868-1940  Search this
Loeffler, Gisella, 1900-  Search this
Montenegro, Roberto, 1887-1968  Search this
Mérida, Carlos, 1891-1984  Search this
Noguchi, Isamu, 1904-1988  Search this
Orozco, José Clemente, 1883-1949  Search this
Pach, Walter, 1883-1958  Search this
Payne, Edgar A. (Edgar Alwin), 1882-1947  Search this
Pearson, Ralph M., 1883-1958  Search this
Picasso, Pablo, 1881-1973  Search this
Ritschel, William, 1864-1949  Search this
Rivera, Diego, 1886-1957  Search this
Rose, Ethel Boardman, 1871-1946  Search this
Rose, Guy, 1867-1925  Search this
Schofield, Walter Elmer, 1867-1944  Search this
Siqueiros, David Alfaro, 1896-1974  Search this
Stendahl, Earl L.  Search this
Szecsi, Ladislas  Search this
Wendt, William, 1865-1946  Search this
Zuloaga, Ignacio, 1870-1945  Search this
Extent:
7.5 Linear feet
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Gallery records
Scrapbooks
Date:
1907-1971
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.
Scope and Contents:
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.

Administrative and financial files concern advertising, publicity, consignments, inventory, purchases, sales, leases, and biographical information on Earl Stendahl.

The bulk of the correspondence is pre-World War II and is fairly extensive. It is with artists, organizations, collectors, art historians,and galleries. Signicant correspondents include Alexander Archipenko, Federico Beltran-Masses, Alexander Calder, Federico Cantú, Jean Charlot, Couvoisier Galleries, José de Creeft, Demotte Inc., Jerome Eddy, Lillian Genthe, Arthur Hill Gilbert, George B. Guthrie, Rockwell Kent, Louis Kronberg, Gisella Loeffler, Carlos Mérida, Isamu Noguchi, Walter Pach, Diego Rivera, Waler Elmer Schofield, David Alfaro Siquieros, Ladislas Szecsi, Wildenstein & Company, and many others.

Files are found for about ten exhibitions, including Etching and Engravings by the Old Masters (1921), Airview Paintings (1930), American Landscape Art (1930), Arts of New Guinea (1964), and for exhibitions of Emil Gelhaar, Wassily Kandinsky, Sydney Laurence, and Roberto Montenegro.

Subject files are found for numerous artists, art topics, galleries, and foundations. Most of the files consist of printed materials, but there is correspondence and additional primary source material found in files for Nicolai Ivanovich Feshin, the Thomas Gilcrease Foundation, Armin Hansen, Joseph Kleitsch, Aston Knight, José Clemente Orozco, Edgar Payne, Ralph M. Pearson, Pablo Picasso, William Ritschel, Diego Rivera, Ethel B. Rose, Guy Rose, Walter Elmer Schofield, David Alfaro Siquieros, Ladislas Szecsi, William Wendt, and Ignacio Zuloaga.
Arrangement:
The collection is arranged as 4 series.

Missing Title

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)
Biographical / Historical:
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.
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.
Restrictions:
Use of original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the 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.
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
Function:
Art galleries, Commercial -- California
Genre/Form:
Gallery records
Scrapbooks
Citation:
Stendahl Art Galleries Records, 1907-1971. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Identifier:
AAA.stenartg
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Archival Repository:
Archives of American Art
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9c32bcaf5-5f80-49c8-b1c3-5b09a2ad6c9b
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-aaa-stenartg
Online Media:

Bougainvillea, Mission San Juan Capistrano, (painting)

Painter:
Kleitsch, Joseph 1885-1931  Search this
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Type:
Paintings
Owner/Location:
Joan Irvine Smith Fine Arts Newport Beach California
Date:
1923
Topic:
Landscape--California--San Juan Capistrano  Search this
Landscape--Plant--Bougainvillea  Search this
Architecture exterior--Religious--Mission San Juan Capistrano  Search this
Control number:
IAP 68080121
Data Source:
Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_ari_399133

Reposer, (painting)

Painter:
Kleitsch, Joseph 1885-1931  Search this
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Type:
Paintings
Date:
1927
Topic:
Figure group  Search this
State of Being--Other--Sleep  Search this
Animal--Dog  Search this
Cityscape--Street  Search this
Control number:
IAP 8A450024
Data Source:
Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_ari_397065

Glenneyre Street, Laguna Beach, (painting)

Painter:
Kleitsch, Joseph 1885-1931  Search this
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Type:
Paintings
Date:
Ca. 1924
Topic:
Landscape--California--Laguna Beach  Search this
Landscape--Road  Search this
Architecture exterior--Domestic--House  Search this
Control number:
IAP 68080182
Data Source:
Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_ari_399362

The Garden Fence, (painting)

Painter:
Kleitsch, Joseph 1885-1931  Search this
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Type:
Paintings
Date:
Ca. 1923
Topic:
Landscape--Garden  Search this
Architecture exterior--Detail--Fence  Search this
Architecture exterior--Domestic--House  Search this
Control number:
IAP 8A450021
Data Source:
Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_ari_397062

Highlights, (painting)

Painter:
Kleitsch, Joseph 1885-1931  Search this
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Type:
Paintings
Date:
Ca. 1925
Topic:
Still Life--Musical Instrument--Violin  Search this
Still Life--Musical Instrument--Accordion  Search this
Still Life--Musical Instrument--Flute  Search this
Still Life--Other--Dish  Search this
Architecture interior--Domestic  Search this
Object--Art Object--Painting  Search this
Object--Art Tool--Palette  Search this
Dress--Costume--Mask  Search this
Control number:
IAP 8A370122
Data Source:
Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_ari_395977

The Oriental Shop, (painting)

Painter:
Kleitsch, Joseph 1885-1931  Search this
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Culture:
Asian  Search this
Type:
Paintings
Owner/Location:
Joan Irvine Smith Fine Arts Newport Beach California
Date:
1925
Topic:
Figure female--Full length  Search this
Ethnic  Search this
Architecture interior--Commercial--Store  Search this
Control number:
IAP 8A370044
Data Source:
Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_ari_395805

Giverny, (painting)

Painter:
Kleitsch, Joseph 1885-1931  Search this
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Type:
Paintings
Date:
1927
Topic:
Landscape--France--Giverny  Search this
Architecture exterior--Domestic--House  Search this
Landscape--Farm  Search this
Figure male  Search this
Control number:
IAP 8A450023
Data Source:
Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_ari_397064

Paris, (painting)

Painter:
Kleitsch, Joseph 1885-1931  Search this
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Type:
Paintings
Date:
1926
Topic:
Cityscape--France--Paris  Search this
Cityscape--River--Seine River  Search this
Figure group  Search this
Control number:
IAP 8A450022
Data Source:
Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_ari_397063

Red and Green, (painting)

Painter:
Kleitsch, Joseph 1885-1931  Search this
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Type:
Paintings
Owner/Location:
Irvine Museum 18881 Von Karman Avenue Irvine California 92612
Date:
1923
Topic:
Landscape--Garden  Search this
Figure group--Female  Search this
Control number:
IAP 68080152
Data Source:
Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_ari_399319

Laguna Canyon, (painting)

Painter:
Kleitsch, Joseph 1885-1931  Search this
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Type:
Paintings
Date:
1923
Topic:
Landscape--River  Search this
Landscape--Canyon  Search this
Landscape--California--Laguna  Search this
Control number:
IAP 8A370146
Data Source:
Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_ari_396013

Carmel Cypress, (painting)

Painter:
Kleitsch, Joseph 1885-1931  Search this
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Type:
Paintings
Owner/Location:
Fleischer Museum/Franchise Finance Corporation of America 17207 North Perimeter Drive Scottsdale Arizona 85255
Date:
1924
Topic:
Landscape--California--Carmel  Search this
Landscape--Tree--Cypress Tree  Search this
Control number:
IAP 65380083
Data Source:
Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_ari_318849

Old Post Office, Laguna Beach, (painting)

Painter:
Kleitsch, Joseph 1885-1931  Search this
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Type:
Paintings
Owner/Location:
Laguna Art Museum 307 Cliff Drive Laguna Beach California 92651-9990
Date:
Ca. 1922
Topic:
Landscape--California--Laguna Beach  Search this
Architecture exterior--Civic--Post Office  Search this
Figure male  Search this
Animal--Dog  Search this
Control number:
IAP 02680016
Data Source:
Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_ari_33003

Enchantment, (painting)

Painter:
Kleitsch, Joseph 1885-1931  Search this
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Type:
Paintings
Date:
Ca. 1922
Topic:
Figure female--Full length  Search this
Landscape--Lake  Search this
Landscape--Canyon  Search this
Control number:
IAP 8A370004
Data Source:
Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_ari_395729

Lake Wildflowers, Saugatuck, Michigan, (painting)

Painter:
Kleitsch, Joseph 1885-1931  Search this
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Type:
Paintings
Date:
1919
Topic:
Landscape--Michigan--Saugatuck  Search this
Landscape--Lake  Search this
Control number:
IAP 8A450020
Data Source:
Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_ari_397061

Enchantment, (painting)

Painter:
Kleitsch, Joseph 1885-1931  Search this
Subject:
Kleitsch, Joseph, Mrs.  Search this
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Type:
Paintings
Owner/Location:
Irvine Museum 18881 Von Karman Avenue Irvine California 92612
Date:
Ca. 1922
Topic:
Landscape--Mountain  Search this
Landscape--River  Search this
Portrait female--Full length  Search this
Control number:
IAP 68080069
Data Source:
Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_ari_399081

Joseph Kleitsch : a kaleidoscope of color / Patricia Trenton

Author:
Trenton, Patricia  Search this
Irvine Museum  Search this
Subject:
Kleitsch, Joseph 1885-1931  Search this
Physical description:
283 p. : col. ill. ; 31 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
California, Southern
Date:
2007
C2007
Topic:
Impressionism (Art)  Search this
Painting, American  Search this
Call number:
ND237.K556 T74 2007
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_969823

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