Archives Directory for the History of Collecting in America
Archives related to: Esther Bear Gallery (Santa Barbara, Calif.)
| title | Esther Bear Gallery records, 1954-1977. | repository | Archives of American Art |
| description | Files on artists, exhibitions, events, associates, other galleries, and other subjects pertaining to the activities of the gallery. The bulk of the records (4 ft. out of 5.4) are not microfilmed; records on reels 3986-3987 consist of fifty-five artists' files containing exhibition catalogs, announcements, clippings, photographs and slides of the artist and their works of art, and some correspondence. The Thomas Cornell file contains a sketch. Of the 55 files, all but 14 are also represented with additional material in the unmicrofilmed section. The 14 files only on microfilm are: Robin Bagler, Thomas Bang, Morris Broderson, Theo William Brown, Thomas George, John Hultberg, Shiro Ikegawa, Thomas Johnson, Knox Martin, Alfred Martinez, Miles Varner, Shane Weale, Cady Wells, and William Williamson. The following files are unmicrofilmed, or are represented in both microfilmed and unmicrofilmed portions: Academy of Arts and Letters, Advertising and Rate Sheets, Affiliates, African Art, African Art/ correspondence, Oliver Andrews, Archives of American Art, Michael Arntz, Art Dealers, Art Magazines, Art week, Ruth Asawa, Margaret Ash, Atlantic-Richfield Co., Michael Ayrton, Robin Bagler, Jack Baker, George Ball, Thomas Bang, Mat Baranoff, Kate Barnard, Leonard Baskin, Robert and Lynn Bassler, John Baxter, Herbert Bayer, Donald Bear Collection, Mona Beaumont, Adele Bednarz, Bekins, Karl Benjamin, Berlin Artists, John Bernhardt, Glenn Berry, Frank G. Bettencourt, Biographies of Artists, Robert Birmelin, William Brackney, William Brice, Donald Brewer, Morris Broderson, Theo William Brown, Lawrence Calcagno, Elena Karina Canavier, Cart & Crate, Ann Caudle, Hugh Chisholm, Christmas Show, Consignments to Bear Gallery, Consignments Out, Corda (See Zajac), Chris Cordes, Thomas Cornell, Christopher Cornell, Cottage Hospital, Russell Cowles, Michael Cunningham, Stephen Cortright, Florence Dauber, Kip Decker, Delinquent Accounts, Terry Dintefass, Dole-photos, William Dole, Arthur Dove, Margaret Dunlap, Michael Dvortcsak, Don Eddy, Christopher Edwards, Melvin Edwards, M. H. Eejima, Rex Evans Gallery, Bruce Everett, Edgar Ewing, Exhibitions-Prospective, Export Declaration Forms, Kelly Fearing, Howard Fenton, Sam Francis, Antonio Frasconi,Esther Bear Gallery, Gehenna Press, Thomas George, Graphic Price Lists, Henry Guerriero, Edith Halpert (Downtown Gallery), Dalzell Hatfield Galleries, Clarence Hinkle, Joseph Hirshhorn, Elwood Hitchcock, Thomas Howe, John Hultberg, Martha Hultberg (Martha Jackson Gallery), Shiro Ikegawa, Martha Jackson Gallery, Thomas Johnson, Ynez Johnston, Lila Katzen, Masatoyo Kishi, Martin Knox, Gabriel Kohn, Eloul Kosso/Rita Letendre, Patsy Krebs, Kiyoki Kusada, Felix Landau, Margo Leavin Gallery, Richard Lee, Lefal Reference-James Wood, David Ligave, Long Beach Museum, Dan Lutz, Susan Manchester, Leo Manso, Miguel Marina, Knox Martin, Alfred Martinez, Michael Mazur, Michael McCormick, Michael Michalczyk, Joan Mitchell, Mike Mullen, Lee Mullican, Newport Harbor-Fine Arts Patrons, New Room, O'Hanlon, Mabel Packenham-Walsh, Betty Parsons Gallery, Channing Peake, Franklin Phillips, Photos-Time Magazine, Leona Pierce, Hank Pitcher, Reginald Pollack, Aline Porter, Ernest Posey, Print Show-1964, Prints, William Ptaszynski, Rea Express, Fred Reichman, Rental Gallery-LAC MA, Rental Gallery-Santa Barbara Museum, Daniel Rich, George Rickey, Esther Robles, William Rohrbach, Ben Sakogochi, Stephen Samerjan, Ruth Saturensky, Ruth Schaffner, Julius Schmidt, Fritz Scholder, Marc Schreibman, Amalia Schulthess, Sculpture Show 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1974, Denry Seldis, Sept. 14 Show, Stanley Sheinbaum, Mario Shinoda, Eloise Smith, Seldon Spaulding, Rudolf Springer, Jack Stark, James Strobotne, Joan Tanner, Bob Thomas, Richard Thompson, Time Reproductions, Paul Tuttle, UCLA Graduates, Miles Varner, Theodore Villa,Judith Von Ever, Vonerberg & Wesslehoeft, Peter Vought, John Waggamann, Mrs. Corydon Wagner, Nina de Creeft Ward, Howard Warshaw, Watergate Book-Warshow, Anna Wu Weakland, Shane Weale, Cady Wells, William Williamson, Jane Wilson, Wonner-Brown, Paul Wonner, Jules S. Worthington, Jack Zajac, and Jacob Zeitlen. |
| extent | 5.4 linear ft. (partially microfilmed on 2 reels) reels 3986-3987 |
| formats | Exhibition Catalogs Clippings Photographs Slides Correspondence |
| access | Microfilmed portion must be consulted on microfilm. Use of unmicrofilmed portion requires an appointment and is limited to the Washington, D.C. storage facility. |
| record source | http://www.siris.si.edu/ |
| acquisition information | Donated by Esther Bear, 1978-1987. |
| updated | 03/16/2023 10:29:44 |
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| title | Artist and gallery ephemera, 1879-2013. LIB.001.002 | repository | Los Angeles County Museum of Art |
| description | Artist and gallery files consist of a total of 447 linear feet of materials made up of post cards; exhibition announcements; clippings and photocopies; press releases, brochures; pamphlets; catalogs; price lists; invitations; posters; research notes; reviews and other ephemera promoting the work of artists or exhibitions of artworks organized by galleries as early as 1879, but predominately dating from the late 1960s to the present. The collection is especially strong in American and international ephemera related to contemporary art and artists and materials from galleries and institutions in the Los Angeles area. 655 boxes or 383 linear feet are made up of Artist files, consisting of ephemeral items primarily relating to individual artists and their exhibitions. 96 boxes or 56 linear feet consist of ephemeral items from group shows, grouped by gallery or by institutions such as universities, or colleges or the galleries affiliated with these institutions. 6 boxes or 8 linear feet consist of posters grouped geographically. The collection also has examples of contemporary materials from and about related arts, art professionals, art spaces; collectors and collections, vendors and events that were part of former curator's vertical files. All materials pertaining to artists was collected for Artist files regardless of the nationality, period, or school of the artist or venue represented until 2011 after which only items related to artists based in or associated with California are collected to be added to the files. Many unlisted artists are represented in both miscellaneous files [i.e. "Aa-Az"], within files grouped under a single proper name [i.e. "Adams"], and as part of group shows filed under another artist's name. The series representing galleries and institutions predominately consists of files related to venues in California. Posters and larger format ephemera are represented in each of part of the collection, the Poster files group was maintained as a parallel companion to the Gallery and Institution files which had been two separate groups in early iterations of the collection. Catalogs and exhibitions listed are intended as searchable examples rather than a comprehensive index. Please contact the Research Library for more information about additional artists. Background The Artist and gallery ephemera files were and are compiled and maintained by the staff of the Mr. and Mrs. Allan C. Balch Art Research Library of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art and have been since the opening of the museum, more commonly known as LACMA, on Wilshire Boulevard in 1965. Some materials date before the 1960s and were acquired by the library when it was a part of the Los Angeles Museum of Science History and Art (now the Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History) at Exposition Park before the Art Museum became an independent entity. Most of the ephemera was mailed directly to the museum either to the Research Library or to curators who passed the materials along for inclusion in the files. Private collections were also contributed by museum donors, board and committee members, artists and their families. |
| extent | 447.0 Linear feet |
| formats | Ephemera Postcards Clippings Photocopies Printed Materials |
| access | This collection is open for use by appointment only at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art Balch Art Research Library. Please contact the library ahead of time to inquire if materials exist in the Artist and gallery ephemera collection pertaining to your research interests by telephone at 323-857-6118 or email at library@lacma.org. |
| record source | http://www.oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/c8m61j05/ |
| updated | 11/12/2014 11:30:17 |
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| title | William Dole papers, circa 1940-1983 | repository | University of California, Santa Barbara |
| description | Papers of William Dole (1917-1983), American abstract collage artist born in Angola, Indiana, and former Professor of Art at UC Santa Barbara. This collection includes exhibition catalogs, correspondence, gallery records slides and photographs, teaching files, press clippings, and Dole's personal archive. In addition to his papers, this collection includes a large amount of material related to his art-making process, such as old books and paper ephemera which Dole used as source material for his collages. Finally, the collection includes many Dole prints: lithographs, monoprints, and test prints. |
| extent | 36.23 linear feet |
| formats | Exhibition Catalogs Correspondence Gallery Records Photographs Clippings |
| access | The collection is open for research. |
| record source | http://www.oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/c880545s/ |
| updated | 11/12/2014 11:30:17 |
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