Ferus Gallery (Los Angeles, Calif.)

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role

Dealer/Gallery

dates

1957-1966

city

Los Angeles

state

CA

sex

n/a

historical notes

The Ferus Gallery was a Los Angeles Art Gallery which was established by an artist, Edward Kienholz, poet, Bob Alexander (1923–1987), and curator, Walter Hopps.

Kienholz left in 1958 and was replaced by Irving Blum. Hopps and Blum held classes in the gallery for novice art collectors.

Hopps left the gallery in 1963 to pursue curatorial ambitions at the Pasadena Art Museum and Ferus Gallery closed in 1966.

decades
of activity

1960-1970

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03/22/2024 12:09:32

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The Getty Research Institute Research Libraries, Archives and Special Collections	Betty Asher papers, 1860-1999.	see details...
The Getty Research Institute Research Libraries, Archives and Special Collections	Modern Art in Los Angeles and Pacific Standard Time recordings, 2003-2012.	see details...
The Getty Research Institute Research Libraries, Archives and Special Collections	Charles Brittin papers, bulk 1950-1975.	see details...
Archives of American Art Victor Building, Suite 2200	Billy Al Bengston papers, circa 1940s-1989, (bulk 1968-1988)	see details...
The Getty Research Institute Research Libraries, Archives and Special Collections	Ferus Gallery fliers and photograph, 1958-1966.	see details...
The Getty Research Institute Research Libraries, Archives and Special Collections	Clare Spark interviews with artists, curators, and intellectuals [sound recording], 1969-1981.	see details...
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The Getty Research Institute Research Libraries, Archives and Special Collections	Notebook of Cameron.	see details...
The Getty Research Institute Research Libraries, Archives and Special Collections	Jay DeFeo letters to Clinton Hill and Allen Tran, 1954-1963	see details...
The Getty Research Institute Research Libraries, Archives and Special Collections	Edward Ruscha photographs of Los Angeles streets, 1974-2010.	see details...
The Getty Research Institute Research Libraries, Archives and Special Collections	Edward Ruscha photographs of Sunset Boulevard and Hollywood Boulevard, 1965-2010.	see details...