Janis, Sidney, 1896-1989 |
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role
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Collector Dealer/Gallery |
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dates
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1896-1989 |
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city
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New York City |
| state | NY | | other cities | Paris, France; Buffalo, NY; |
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sex
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historical notes
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Clothing manufacturer, art collector and dealer, Janis owned and operated the Sidney Janis Gallery in New York.
Sidney Janis began collecting paintings in 1926 and opened his gallery in New York in 1949 with an exhibition of works by Léger, whom he had known in Paris. The gallery is closed.
Janis and his wife, Harriet, made annual trips to Paris, where they met Mondrian, Picasso, Léger, Brancusi, and other masters. By the early 1930s, they had acquired a number of major works by Picasso, Matisse, De Chirico, Dalí, Mondrian, and the self-taught master Henri Rousseau. In New York, Sidney and Harriet Janis became good friends with Gorky, Keisler, and Duchamp, all of whom often visited their apartment.
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decades
of activity | 1920-1930
1930-1940
1940-1950
1950-1960
1960-1970
1970-1980
1980-1990 |
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Archives/Repository |
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Collection Details |
Archives of American Art
Victor Building, Suite 2200 |
Oral history interview with Sidney Janis, 1972 Mar. 21-Sept. 26 |
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Archives of American Art
Victor Building, Suite 2200 |
Oral history interview with Sidney Janis, 1972 Mar. 21-Sept. 26 |
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The Museum of Modern Art
Library and Archives |
Subject file : Sidney Janis Gallery: miscellaneous uncataloged material. |
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ZADIK | Central Archive for German and International Art Market Studies
University of Cologne |
ZADIK: Papers |
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The Getty Research Institute
Research Libraries, Archives and Special Collections |
Roberto Sebastián Matta Echaurren Letter, ca. 1960, to Sidney Janis. |
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The Museum of Modern Art
Library and Archives |
MoMA History Interviews |
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