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Archives related to: Leonard Clayton Gallery

titleClayton-Liberatore Gallery records, 1889-1980
repositoryArchives of American Art
descriptionGallery files containing correspondence, receipts, price lists, clippings, and photographs of the gallery and of works of art; files on ca. 85 artists, files on other art galleries, museums, and art organizations. Also included are an account book; 11 pamphlets listing prints; 3 handbooks of miscellaneous exhibition announcements and catalogs, some annotated.

Included are 15 files of materials on Childe Hassam including biographical data, bills of sale, correspondence, exhibition lists with prices, clippings, announcements and photographs, and 19 files on the Marie Sterner Gallery, including materials on various museums, such as the California Palace of the Legion of Honor, Cleveland Museum, Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, and the Whitney Museum of American Art, and a photograph of Sterner, 1921.
extent3.4 linear ft.
formatsCorrespondence Financial Records Clippings Photographs Exhibition Catalogs
accessUnmicrofilmed; use requires an appointment and is limited to Washington, D.C. storage facility.
record linkhttps://sirismm.si.edu/EADpdfs/AAA.claylibg.pdf
record sourcehttps://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/claytonliberatore-gallery-records-9746
acquisition informationDonated 1979-1981 by Mary C. Liberatore of the Clayton-Liberatore Gallery.
updated05/02/2023 13:56:09
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title[Exhibition installation at the Leonard Clayton Gallery] / Edward Heim, photographer
repositoryArchives of American Art
descriptionImage taken by Edward Heim features exhibition installation at the Leonard Clayton Gallery (1921).

General Note:
Inscribed in pen on front of photograph: My Gallery at 161 Columbus. NYC. 1921. To Dr. Jack and Shirley Mandel with all my love from Leonard Clayton (1971); in lower left of image is photographer's label: Leonard Clayton Gallery 161 Columbus Av. N.Y. On back of photograph is stamped: Edward Heim Photo-Maker 67 West 67th St. New York.


Bio / His Notes:
Art Gallery, New York, N.Y. Leonard Clayton founded the Leonard Clayton Art Gallery in New York, City when he took over the Marie Sterner Gallery. Later with his niece, Mary C. Liberatore, they established the Clayton-Liberatore Gallery. (The Clayton-Liberatore Gallery records are housed in the Archives of American Art collections).
extent1 photographic print b&w, 7 1/4 in. x 9 in.
formatsPhotographs
accessUse requires an appointment and is limited to AAA's Washington DC office.
record sourcehttp://www.siris.si.edu/
acquisition informationDonated 2002 by Shirley Mandel. Leonard Clayton gave the photograph to Shirley Mandel and her late husband, Jack. Mrs. Mandel, a member of Archives of American Art was moving and donated the image.
updated11/12/2014 11:29:57
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titlePaula Eliasoph papers, 1929-1980.
repositoryArchives of American Art
descriptionCorrespondence, clippings, artwork, photographs, exhibition catalogs, biographical material, and writings.

REEL 118: Correspondence with friends, art institutions and business associates, mainly concerning exhibitions. Also included are biographical information; exhibition catalogs; price lists and announcements; poems and articles by Eliasoph; photographs of her and her paintings; clippings; and sketches.

REEL 34: CHILDE HASSAM: HANDBOOK OF THE COMPLETE SET OF ETCHINGS AND DRYPOINTS by Eliasoph, published by the Leonard Clayton Gallery, Inc., N.Y., 1933 and annotated by Childe Hassam, with a statement by Eliasoph.

UNMICROFILMED: Correspondence, including 2 letters from John Howard Griffin, exhibition announcements and catalogs including CHILDE HASSAM AS PRINTMAKER, clippings, writings, photographs of Eliasoph's artwork and husband, and 4 sketches, including one of Abraham Walkowitz, signed by him.

REEL 439 AND SCANNED One photograph of Eliasoph, taken by G. Maillard Kesslere, was previously microfilmed under Photos of Artists I, but has since been scanned and returned to the Eliasoph papers.

Bio / His Notes:
Painter, printmaker, writer; New York, N.Y.; b. 1895; d. 1983 In the 1930's she had an adjoining studio with Childe Hassam.
extent1.0 linear ft. (partially microfilmed on 2 reels) reels 118 and 34
formatsMicrofilm Correspondence Clippings Artwork Photographs
accessMicrofilmed portion must be consulted on microfilm
record sourcehttp://www.siris.si.edu/
acquisition information Donated 1971-1980 by Paula Eliasoph.
updated11/12/2014 11:29:57
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