André Emmerich Gallery

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role

Dealer/Gallery

dates

1954-1998

city

New York City

state

NY

other cities

Zurich, Switzerland;

sex

n/a

historical notes

Art gallery; New York, N.Y. and Zurich, Switzerland Born in Germany in 1924 and raised in Holland, André Emmerich emigrated to the United States in 1940.

After graduating from Oberlin College and working as a writer, he opened his gallery at 18 E. 77th St. in 1954, moving in 1956 to accommodate bigger works of art to 17 E. 64th St. During its early years, the firm specialized in classical antiquities and Pre-Columbian art, but by the 1960s Emmerich began concentrating on the artists who defined Color-Field painting. Emmerich opened a branch in Zurich and in 1971 took space in 420 W. Broadway.

A strong advocate of abstract sculpture, Emmerich featured it in his gallery and at Top Gallant Farm, his 140-acre estate in upstate New York where he installed monumentally scaled works. André Emmerich died September 25, 2007.

decades
of activity

1950-1960
1960-1970
1970-1980
1980-1990
1990-2000

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10/31/2024 13:33:16

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Archives/Repository	Collection Title	Collection Details
Archives of American Art Victor Building, Suite 2200	Oral history interview with André Emmerich, 1993 Jan. 18.	see details...
Archives of American Art Victor Building, Suite 2200	André Emmerich Gallery records, circa 1929-2009	see details...