Archives Directory for the History of Collecting in America
Archives related to: Brodsky, Estrellita
| title | Painting and Sculpture Department Record | repository | Philadelphia Museum of Art |
| description | The records consist of departmental and exhibition records. The former is comprised of general correspondence and subject files. Documentation of exhibitions primarily consists of lender files, artist and object research files, photographs, draft catalogue writings and files of other subject pertinent to planning an exhibition, such as budget, labels and installation, travel, publicity, promotion and special events. "Tesoros/Treasures/Tesouros: The Arts in Latin America, 1492-1820," was a magnificent exhibition of 250 works of art created in what is today the countries of Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Guatemala, Mexico, Peru, Venezuela, and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. The pieces on display were from both public and private collections and were made from various mediums including painting, sculpture, ceramics, textiles, and silver. Also exhibited were maps and manuscripts. The exhibition was curated by Joseph Rishel, who led an international team of scholars and researchers involved in the planning and preparation for the exhibit. After its run at the PMA, the exhibit then went on to Antiguo Colegio de San Ildefonso in Mexico City, followed by the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Rishel was noted as saying "this exhibition is the first to disregard the boundaries created in the early nineteenth century during the birth of independent nation states in Latin Americirca It is a major reappraisal and gives our visitors an opportunity to make fresh discoveries among a dazzling array of remarkable works of art." The records contain loan files, administrative files, canceled loan files, planning and exhibition records, and the files of Suzanne Stratton-Pruitt. The bulk of the material is from 2002 to 2006. |
| extent | 137 linear feet |
| access | The collection is open for research. Access to unprocessed and institutional records less than 10 years old is at the discretion of the Archivist. |
| record link | https://pmalibrary.libraryhost.com/repositories/3/resources/310 |
| record source | https://pmalibrary.libraryhost.com/repositories/3/archival_objects/91226 |
| finding aid | https://pmalibrary.libraryhost.com/repositories/3/resources/310 |
| acquisition information | n/a |
| updated | 08/22/2023 17:14:41 |
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| title | Downtown Gallery records, 1824-1974, bulk 1926-1969 | repository | Archives of American Art |
| description | The papers of Downtown Gallery (New York, N.Y.) in the Archives of American Art were digitized in 1999 from 167 reels of microfilm. The bulk of the collection has been digitized. [Researchers should note that as the Archives' first microfilm digitization project, the image quality is poor, especially for printed illustrations and photographs, due to the bi-tonal format used at the time.] Funding for the processing, microfilming and digitization of the microfilm of this collection was provided by the Henry Luce Foundation. |
| extent | 109.56 linear feet |
| access | n/a |
| record link | https://sirismm.si.edu/EADpdfs/AAA.downgall.pdf |
| record source | https://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/downtown-gallery-records-6293 |
| finding aid | https://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/downtown-gallery-records-6293 |
| acquisition information | The bulk of the records were originally received as a loan in 1957 and 1967 from Edith Gregor Halpert, and microfilmed on reels ND1-ND71. Additions were received incrementally, between 1972 and 1978 from Nathaly Baum, niece of and executor of Halpert's estate, and microfilmed incrementally as well on various reels. In 1998, with funds provided by the Luce Foundation, the collection was reprocessed by Catherine Stover Gaines into one coherent arrangement, and remicrofilmed 1999-2000, totaling 167 reels of film. Most, but not all, of the documents from the early loaned material were subsequently donated. One additional document received 2016 by Karen Freeman, daughter of Arthur H. Freeman, who did business at L. D. Landau and Co. Freeman represented Halpert as an insurance agent. |
| updated | 08/22/2023 17:16:47 |
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| title | Bomb Magazine records, 1978-2017 | repository | Columbia University Libraries |
| description | This collection contains the administrative records of the interview-based arts journal, BOMB Magazine. |
| extent | 129 linear feet (56 record cartons 116 document boxes 6 flat boxes) |
| access | You will need to make an appointment in advance to use this collection material in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library reading room. You can schedule an appointment once you've submitted your request through your Special Collections Research Account. The following boxes are located off-site: 1-123, 125-178. You will need to request this material at least three business days in advance to use the collection in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library reading room. This collection has no restrictions. |
| record link | https://findingaids.library.columbia.edu/ead/nnc-rb/ldpd_6256785 |
| record source | https://clio.columbia.edu/catalog/6256785 |
| finding aid | https://findingaids.library.columbia.edu/ead/nnc-rb/ldpd_6256785 |
| acquisition information | 2004-2005-M44: Source of acquisition--Bomb Magazine. Method of acquisition--Purchase; Date of acquisition--October 2005. |
| updated | 08/22/2023 17:20:36 |
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