Archives Directory for the History of Collecting in America
Archives related to: Perls, Frank Richard
| title | Frank Perls Gallery records |
| repository | University of California, Los Angeles |
| description | Collection consists of catalogs and publicity material related to exhibitions at the Frank Perls Gallery. Includes catalogs, postcards, posters, announcements, and invitations. Also includes typed book chapters manuscript (1973-74). |
| extent | 2.0 Linear Feet (4 boxes) |
| access | Open for research. All requests to access special collections materials must be made in advance using the request button located on this page. |
| record link | https://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/c8w383hm/entire_text/ |
| record source | n/a |
| finding aid | Source and date of receipt unknown. |
| acquisition information | Source and date of receipt unknown. |
| updated | 02/14/2025 10:07:55 |
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| title | Perls Galleries records, 1937-1997 |
| repository | Archives of American Art |
| description | The records of the Perls Galleries measure 79.6 linear feet and date from 1937 to 1997. Founded by Klaus Perls in 1937 and operating until 1997, the gallery dealt primarily in modern French art and the artwork of Alexander Calder. Found within the records are extensive correspondence (circa 44 linear feet) with artists, dealers, galleries, museums, and collectors; photographs and negatives of inventory and other artwork; exhibition files, scattered financial records; and exhibition catalogs and clippings. |
| extent | 79.6 Linear feet |
| access | n/a |
| record link | https://sirismm.si.edu/EADpdfs/AAA.perlgall.pdf |
| record source | https://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/perls-galleries-records-6120 |
| finding aid | https://sirismm.si.edu/EADpdfs/AAA.perlgall.pdf |
| acquisition information | The records were donated in 1997 by Douglas Mayhew, associate and legal representive of Klaus G. and Amelia B. Perls. |
| updated | 02/14/2025 10:07:55 |
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| title | Frank Perls papers and Frank Perls Gallery records, circa 1920-1983, bulk 1949-1975 |
| repository | Archives of American Art |
| description | The Frank Perls papers and Frank Perls Gallery records measure 23.8 linear feet and date from 1920-1983, with the bulk dating from 1949-1975. Personal papers include writings, military records, appointment calendars, and photographs. Gallery records date from its opening in 1939 until its closure in 1981 and consist of financial, sales, and legal records; exhibition files; exhibition catalogs and announcements; subject files that contain a variety of correspondence with artists, dealers, galleries, museums, and friends and family, as well as reference materials and photographs; and scrapbooks. |
| extent | 23.8 Linear feet |
| access | n/a |
| record link | https://sirismm.si.edu/EADpdfs/AAA.perlfran.pdf |
| record source | https://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/frank-perls-papers-and-frank-perls-gallery-records-9601 |
| finding aid | https://sirismm.si.edu/EADpdfs/AAA.perlfran.pdf |
| acquisition information | The Frank Perls papers and Frank Perls Gallery records were donated by Joan Hazlitt, one of the executors of the Perls' estate, from 1976-1988. |
| updated | 02/14/2025 10:07:55 |
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| title | Jules Langsner papers, circa 1910s-1998, bulk 1950-1967 |
| repository | Archives of American Art |
| description | The papers of southern California contemporary art curator, critic, and historian Jules Langsner measure 4.4 linear feet and date from circa 1910s-1998, with the bulk of the materials dating from 1950-1967. Found within the papers are biographical material; correspondence with family, friends, and colleagues; writings normal="1941"> travel, and works of art; and audio recordings of Langsner's lectures and eulogies given at his funeral. |
| extent | 4.4 linear feet |
| access | n/a |
| record link | https://sirismm.si.edu/EADpdfs/AAA.langjule.pdf |
| record source | https://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/jules-langsner-papers-9117 |
| finding aid | https://sirismm.si.edu/EADpdfs/AAA.langjule.pdf |
| acquisition information | he Jules Langsner papers were donated to the Archives of American Art in several installments from 1973-1996, and in 2004 by June Harwood Langsner, widow of Jules Langsner. Notes for a lecture given at the Art Institute of Chicago in 1966 and 39 pieces of correspondence were donated in 1982 by the University of California Art Library, Los Angeles, via Librarian Virginia Steele. |
| updated | 02/14/2025 10:07:55 |
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