Archives Directory for the History of Collecting in America
Archives related to: Pierre Matisse Gallery (New York, N.Y.)
| title | Pierre Matisse Gallery Archives, 1903–1990 | repository | Archives of American Art |
| description | REEL NPM1: Catalogs of Pierre Matisse Gallery exhibitions, 1931-1945; photographs of exhibitions interspersed among the catalogs; and a scrapbook containing clippings and reviews of shows at the gallery. Artists represented among the catalogs, photographs, or scrapbook include Balthus, Eugene Berman, Charles Biederman, Arbit Blatas, Pierre Bonnard, Francisco Bores, Constantin Brancusi, Georges Braque, André Breton, Alexander Calder, Paul Cézanne, Marc Chagall, Salvador Dalí, Giorgio De Chirico,Edgar Degas, André Derain, Charles Despiau, John Dos Passos, Marcel Duchamp, Raoul Dufy, André de Segonzac Dunoyer, Max Ernst, John Ferren, Alberto Giacometti, Albert Gleizes, Vincent van Gogh, Juan Gris, Marcel Gromaire, Jean Hélion, Mane Katz, Moise Kisling, Roger de La Fresnaye, Wifredo Lam, Marie Laurencin, Fernand Léger, Jacques Lipchitz, Jean Lurçat, George Platt Lynes, Loren MacIver, Aristide Maillol, André Masson, Henri Matisse, Roberto Sebastián Matta Echaurren, Herbert Matter, Sigmund Menkes, Joan Miró, Amedeo Modigliani, Piet Mondrian, Paul Nelson, Amédée Ozenfant, Jules Pascin, Pablo Picasso, Luis Quintanilla, Abraham Rattner, Auguste Renoir, Georges Rouault, Kay Sage, Kurt Seligmann, Georges Seurat, David Alfaro Siqueiros, Chaim Soutine, Rufino Tamayo, Yves Tanguy, Pavel Tchelitchew, Maurice Utrillo, and Ossip Zadkine. UNMICROFILMED: Catalogs of Pierre Matisse Gallery exhibitions of the work of: Francisco Artigas, Balthus, Reg Butler, Manolis Calliyannis, Rafael Canogar, Marc Chagall, Jean Dubuffet, Sorel Etrog, Serge Faucher, Federico Fellini, Sam Francis, Alberto Giacometti, Simon Hantaï, Stefan Knapp, Wilfredo Lam, Loren MacIver, Raymond Mason, Manolo Millares, Joan Miró, Jean-Paul Riopelle, Manuel Rivera, François Rouan, Georges Rouault, Theodore Roszak, Antonio Saura, Yves Tanguy, Claude Viallat, Wou-Ki Zao, and the Dogon and Tellem peoples of Africa. |
| extent | Reel NPM1: 300 items (on partial microfilm reel) Unmicrofilmed: 1.25 linear ft. reel NPM1 |
| formats | Exhibition Catalogs Clippings Scrapbooks Photographs |
| access | Microfilmed portion must be used on microfilm. Use of unmicrofilmed portion requires an appointment and is limited to AAA's Washington, D.C. storage facility. |
| record link | n/a |
| record source | https://www.themorgan.org/pmg |
| acquisition information | Gift of The Pierre Matisse Foundation, 1997 |
| updated | 06/15/2023 16:22:13 |
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| title | Pierre Matisse Gallery archives, 1903-1990, Bulk Dates: 1931-1990. (MA 5020) | repository | Pierpont Morgan Library Archives |
| description | Consists of correspondence with artists, clients, museum staff members, and colleagues; records of gallery stock, purchases, sales, works of art accepted on consignment; select exhibition installation records; bank and auditors' records; shipping records; and business records. Also contains photographs of works of art which were handled by, or of interest to, the gallery, as well as photos of artists and studios. The gallery archives, which spans nearly nine decades, documents the opening of the Museum of Modern Art in N.Y., the arrival of European artists in the U.S. to escape the Nazi purge, the effect of Surrealism, and the abstract-expressionist movement in N.Y. among other topics. Some of the artists represented through letters, biographical information, publicity, and commissions include: Balthus, Butler, Calder, Calliyannis, Carrington, Chagall, Dubuffet, Gabo, Giacometti, Gromaire, Le Corbusier, Miro, Riopelle, Saura, Severini, Tanguy, and Zao Wou-ki. The collection, too, contains a large quantity (833 items) of manuscript letters between Henri Matisse and his son Pierre Matisse. Organized into the following record groups: 1. Pre-Pierre Matisse Gallery, 2. Pierre Matisse Gallery, 3. Pierre Matisse editions, 4. Henri and Pierre Matisse and Matisse family papers Dept. of Literary and Historical Manuscripts, The Pierpont Morgan Library. |
| extent | 227 cubic feet. |
| formats | Correspondence Financial Records Photographs |
| access | Portions of the collection are restricted; consult the guide to the collection to determine the records that are closed and the date when they will be open to researchers |
| record link | https://www.themorgan.org/pmg |
| record source | http://corsair.morganlibrary.org |
| finding aid | Finding aid available in the library; soon to be available on the library's web site. |
| acquisition information | The Pierre Matisse Foundation was founded in 1992 by the heirs of Pierre Matisse: Maria-Gaetana Matisse, Jacqueline Matisse Monnier, Paul Matisse, and Pierre-Noel Matisse. The foundation was founded for the purpose of creating the Pierre Matisse Gallery Archives. The Archives contains the complete records of the Pierre Matisse Gallery New York from 1931 to 1990. |
| updated | 01/18/2019 15:28:08 |
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| title | Art Lending Service and Art Advisory Service Records, 1948-1996 | repository | The Museum of Modern Art |
| description | The processed records document the entire lifespan of both the Art Lending Service (1951-1982) and the Art Advisory Service (1964-1996). The records include relevant administrative material for both services. They consist of approximately 84.5 linear feet of documentation, which includes correspondence, card files, exhibition lists, financial records, consignment forms, loan forms, catalogues, publicity material, magazine articles, newspaper clippings, photographs, slides, and color transparencies. The records have been vetted for confidential material. |
| extent | 84.5 linear feet of records |
| formats | Administrative Records Financial Records Exhibition Files Inventories Artist Files |
| access | The records are open for research and contain no restricted materials |
| record link | http://www.moma.org/learn/resources/archives/EAD/ArtLendingf |
| record source | http://www.moma.org/learn/resources/archives/ |
| finding aid | Online and in repository |
| acquisition information | The Art Lending Service and Art Advisory Service Records were transferred to the Museum Archives when the Art Advisory Service officially closed in 1996. |
| updated | 11/12/2014 11:30:09 |
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