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Archives related to: André Emmerich Gallery
| title | Oral history interview with André Emmerich, 1993 Jan. 18. | repository | Archives of American Art |
| description | An interview of André Emmerich conducted by Mona Hadler for the Archives of American Art. Bio / His Notes: Art dealer. Owner of Andre Emmerich Gallery, New York, N.Y. and Galerie Andre Emmerich, Zurich, Switzerland. |
| extent | 2 sound cassettes (90 min.) : analog. |
| formats | Interview Sound Recording |
| access | Untranscribed; use requires an appointment. Authorization to quote or publish must be obtained from: André Emmerich, 41 East 57th Street, New York, New York, 10022 |
| record source | http://www.siris.si.edu/ |
| acquisition information | This interview is part of the Archives of American Art 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 administrators. Funding for this interview was provided by the Art Dealers Association of America. |
| updated | 03/16/2023 10:29:45 |
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| title | Andre Emmerich Gallery records and Andre Emmerich papers, [ca. 1954]-1999. | repository | Archives of American Art |
| description | Publications; publicity files; financial records; inventory cards and inventories; administrative records; photographs, slides, negatives and transparencies; correspondence; guestbooks; artists' files (Zurich); and video and audio recordings. Among the artists represented throught the collection are Pierre Alechinsky, Arman, William Bailey, Stanley Boxer, Jack Bush, Anthony Caro, Chuck Close, Chyrssa, Richard Diebenkorn, Burgoyne Diller, Friedel Piero Dorazio, Dzubas, Paul Feeley, Herbert Ferber, Helen Frankenthaler, Sam Francis, Robert Goodnough, Adolph Gottlieb, Nancy Graves, Al Held, David Hockney, Howard Hodgkin, Hans Hofmann, Jasper Johns, Frederick Kiesler, Alexander Liberman, Roy Lichtenstein, Morris Louis, Ed Moses, Ben Nicholson, Kenneth Noland, Jules Olitski, Beverly Pepper, Larry Poons, Katherine Porter, Tony Rosenthal, Miriam Schapiro, George Segal, Alan Shields, Hassel Smith, Michael Steiner, Bernar Venet, Esteban Vicente, and Larry Zox. Publications include Andre Emmerich Gallery catalogs, announcements, catalogs produced by other galleries and museums, magazines, books, and other materials. Inventory cards document every object that passed through the gallery. The cards are alphabetically arranged and sorted thereunder into "Sold" and "Returned to Artist" categories. Cards include the artists' name; title of work; medium; dimensions; exhibition venues; cost (net, retail, and commission); buyer name; and final price. Also Included are 3 ft. of cards pertaining to Emmerich's last inventory, sales, sales of Emmerich's personal collection, and sales of Top Gallant sculpture. Correspondence, ca. 1962-1968, is with artists, galleries, museums, universities, customs, and many others, arranged in alphabetical and subject arrangements. Included are files from André Emmerich Gallery, Zurich. Also included are Emmerich's personal correspondence, and correspondence relating to Top Gallant Farm. Photographic materials include prints, slides, transparencies, the bulk arranged alphabetically by artist, including photos of works of art, some of the artists, their studios, or at work; photos of exhibition installations at the gallery and elsewhere; and photos of Pre-Columbian art handled by the gallery. Also found are photos of Top Gallant Farm, including Hockney painting Andre Emmerich's swimming pool; Emmerich's collection at the Century Club; and Emmerich's seventieth birthday party, 1994. There is also correspondence regarding photographs and reproduction rights. Artists' files are of artists represented or whose works were handled by the Zurich branch of the Andre Emmerich Gallery. Files contain correspondence; price lists and other business records; reproductions and color transparencies; and printed matter including clippings and catalogues. Videotapes and audio tapes are mainly of art documentaries and appearances of Andre Emmerich, and artists on televison and radio interviews. One item of note is an etching that was owned by Emmerich and inscribed "to Andre with continuing Esteem and fondness, Esther, 1/18/75" of portraits of artists done by one another on one etching plate. Reading the print from left to right, the portraits are: Top row: Lucille Corcos by Dorothy Dehner, David Smith by Lucille Corcos, Adolph Gottlieb by Edgar Levy. Bottom row: Edgar Levy by Esther Gottlieb, Dorothy Dehner by Adolph Gottlieb, Esther Gottlieb by David Smith. A cat and an alligator was drawn by Edgar Levy in the middle border. The etching is 96/100 and was printed by Micheal Kirk on the Charles Brand Press in the Parsons School of Design Studios. [AAA also has print 91/100 that was donated separately by Dorothy Dehner in 1978]. Bio / His Notes: Art gallery; New York, N.Y. and Zurich, Switzerland Born in Germany in 1924 and raised in Holland, André Emmerich emigrated to the United States in 1940. After graduating from Oberlin College and working as a writer, he opened his gallery at 18 E. 77th St. in 1954, moving in 1956 to accommodate bigger works of art to 17 E. 64th St. During its early years, the firm specialized in classical antiquities and Pre-Columbian art, but by the 1960s Emmerich began concentrating on the artists who defined Color-Field painting. Emmerich opened a branch in Zurich and in 1971 took space in 420 W. Broadway. A strong advocate of abstract sculpture, Emmerich featured it in his gallery and at Top Gallant Farm, his 140-acre estate in upstate New York where he installed monumentally scaled works. André Emmerich died September 25, 2007. |
| extent | ca. 300 linear ft. |
| formats | Administrative Records Financial Records Inventories Photographs Correspondence |
| access | Use requires an appointment . COLLECTION IS CLOSED TO RESEARCHERS FOR ARCHIVAL PROCESSING AND PRESERVATION. Entire: Authorization to quote or reproduce for the purposes of publishing requires written permission from Andre Emmerich estate. |
| record source | http://www.siris.si.edu/ |
| acquisition information | Donated 1999-2002 by André Emmerich. |
| updated | 11/12/2014 11:30:06 |
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