Archives Directory for the History of Collecting in America
Archives related to: Focus Gallery
| title | Focus Gallery records, 1966-1987. | repository | Archives of American Art |
| description | Exhibition files and administrative records, including scattered records of Johnston's bookshop. The exhibition files make up the bulk (8 ft.) of the collection, and consist of files on 238 exhibitions of 231 individual photographers and 90 group shows, 1966-1985. The files contain correspondence with artists, biographical material, loan forms, consignment forms, price lists, press releases, clippings, photographs and negatives. Among the photographers are Berenice Abbott, Ansel Adams, Bill Brandt, Wynn Bullock, Paul Caponigro, Imogen Cunningham, Judy Dater, Robert Heinecken, Eliot Porter, Aaron Siskind, Jerry Uelsmann, and Brett Weston. Group shows include the Annual San Francisco Women Artists photography show and the San Francisco Art Institute show. Also found are artists' biographical files (ca. 1 ft.), containing correspondence and resumes from various photographers and several guest books, ca. 1966-1985. The remainder consists of administrative records, including an exhibition schedule, 1966-1985; policies and procedures; history and founding files; director Helen Johnston's notes; general correspondence, ca. 1966-1987; Imogen Cunningham Trust Foundation files; legal papers such as leases and insurance documents; financial records, including accounting records, invoices and checks, tax papers, records of the bookshop and receipts for photographs; scattered business records of inventories and customer files and general pricing information; exhibition catalogs; miscellaneous press releases; clippings; press releases; miscellaneous photographs and negatives; and a file on Torren Gallery containing correspondence, invoices and printed material. Exhibition files: arranged alphabetically by name of individual artist, followed by group shows arranged alphabetically by title. |
| extent | 11.8 linear ft. |
| formats | Photographs Correspondence Financial Records Clippings Exhibition Catalogs |
| access | Unmicrofilmed; use requires an appointment and is limited to AAA's Washington, D.C. storage facility. |
| record source | http://www.siris.si.edu/ |
| finding aid | Box inventory listing exhibition file titles and dates is available at all Archives of American Art offices. |
| acquisition information | Donated by the Helen Johnston estate via Gerald O'Connor, 1990. |
| updated | 03/16/2023 10:29:46 |
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