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Archives related to: Courvoisier Galleries
| title | Jay McEvoy papers, 1934-1995. | repository | Archives of American Art |
| description | Jay McEvoy; Art dealer; San Francisco, Calif. Operated Courvoisier Galleries. Papers consist of business and personal letters, 1955-1995, organizational minutes and by-laws of the California Palace of the Legion of Honor and Patrons of Art and Music, 1957-1970s, during the period that McEvoy was the financial director of the Palace of the Legion of Honor; and a scrapbook of the Courvoisier Galleries, 1939-1941, containing exhibition announcements, catalogs, and newspaper articles about exhibitions. Among the artists who exhibited were Peter Hurd, Millard Sheets, Jean Varda, Abraham Rattner, Charles Howard, Adaline Kent, DeWitt Peters, and Frederic Taubes. |
| extent | 1.2 linear ft. |
| formats | Correspondence Financial Records Exhibition Catalogs Clippings |
| access | Use requires an appointment. |
| record link | n/a |
| record source | https://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/jay-mcevoy-papers-6098 |
| acquisition information | Donated 1997 by Jay McEvoy. |
| updated | 06/08/2023 16:42:16 |
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