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Archives related to: Makler Gallery
| title | Makler Gallery records, 1957-1989. | repository | Archives of American Art |
| description | Files on artists and galleries; sales book; price lists; photographs; printed material; and scrapbooks. Artist and gallery files, containing correspondence, price lists, receipts and printed material; a sale book, containing sale prices and paintings lists; 3 scrapbooks, 1959-1973, containing printed material, correspondence, photographs, and a brief history; a complete run of PROMETHEUS, the newsletter published by the gallery, containing articles on the gallery's exhibits, trends in collecting, the art market, and reviews of Philadelphia and New York city exhibitions; exhibition catalogs; clippings; and photographs of installations and artworks. Among the artists represented are Milton Avery, Alexander Calder, Mary Frank, Hans Hofmann, George Rickey, and Jyoti Swaroop. Included in the photographs are artists Harry Bertoia, Jacques Lipchitz, Louise Nevelson, and Jules Pascin. |
| extent | 2.3 linear ft. (on partial microfilm reel). reels 4362-4364 |
| formats | Financial Records Photographs Scrapbooks Correspondence Clippings |
| access | Patrons must use microfilm copy. |
| record source | http://www.siris.si.edu/ |
| acquisition information | Donated 1990 by Paul and Hope Mackler. |
| updated | 03/16/2023 10:29:45 |
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| title | Hope Makler interview, 1989 Nov. 28. | repository | Archives of American Art |
| description | An interview of Hope Makler conducted by Marina Pacini for the Archives of American Art Philadelphia Project. Makler speaks of her art education at the Barnes Foundation and at the University of Pennsylvania; opening the Makler Gallery in Philadelphia in 1960; working with New York City galleries such as Andre Emmerich and Frank Perls to bring the work of such artists as Milton Avery, Jacques Lipchitz and Alexander Calder to Philadelphia; and the Philadelphia gallery scene. |
| extent | 1 sound cassette + transcript (38 p.) (on partial microfilm reel) reel 4778 |
| formats | Interview Electronic Resource |
| access | Transcript: Patrons must use microfilm copy. |
| record source | http://www.siris.si.edu/ |
| acquisition information | This interview is part of the Archives' Oral History Program, started in 1958 to document the history of the visual arts in the United States, primarily through interviews with artists, historians, dealers, critics and others. |
| updated | 11/12/2014 11:29:47 |
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| title | Warren Rohrer interviews, 1989 Mar. 9-June 1. | repository | Archives of American Art |
| description | An interview of Warren Rohrer conducted by Marina Pacini for the Archives of American Art Philadelphia Project. Rohrer speaks of his early life as a Mennonite and his schooling on a farm in Lancaster, Pennsylvania; his art studies at Eastern Mennonite College, James Madison College, Pennsylvania State University with Hobson Pittman, the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts with Francis Speight, and art history classes at the University of Pennsylvania; the development of his work, his efforts at portraiture, and the importance of landscape to his art for most of his career as a painter; his teaching in the Education Department at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, and the Philadelphia College of Art; his exhibitions at the Robert Carlen Galleries, the Makler Gallery, the Pennsylvania Academy's Morris Gallery, the Marian Locks Gallery in Philadelphia, as well as the Lamagna Gallery and CDS Gallery in New York City; his collectors, and critics' reactions to his work in New York and Philadelphia. Bio / His Notes: Painter, educator; Philadelphia, Penn. |
| extent | 7 sound cassettes + transcript (259 p.) (on partial microfilm reel) reel 4779 |
| formats | Microfilm Transcript Sound Recording Interview |
| access | Transcript: Patrons must use microfilm copy. |
| record source | http://www.siris.si.edu/ |
| acquisition information | These interviews are part of the Archives' Oral History Program, started in 1958 to document the history of the visual arts in the United States, primarily through interviews with artists, historians, dealers, critics and others. |
| updated | 11/12/2014 11:29:58 |
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