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Archives related to: Alan Gallery (Charles Alan)
| title | Alan Gallery records, 1953-1970. | repository | Archives of American Art |
| description | Correspondence with artists; general business correspondence, 1953-1969; legal documents (some pertaining to owner Charles Alan's separation from the Downtown Gallery and establishment of the Alan Gallery); business records, including price lists, inventories, loan agreements, purchase and consignment records, receipts for purchases, and general ledgers; a card file of gallery stock; two card files recording purchases; two scrapbooks of printed materials on gallery exhibitions; paid bills, statements, tax and insurance records; and photographs (reel 1400) of Landau-Alan Gallery stock, and of Alan Gallery artists. Correspondents include: Paul Adkins, Oliver Andrews, Richard Boyce, William Brice, Paul Burlin, Carroll Cloar, George M. Cohen, Bruce Conner, Robert Cremean, Robert D'Arista, David Fredenthal, Louis Guglielmi, Richard Hunt, Herbert Katzman, William King, Jonah Kinigstein, Robert Knipschild, John Latham, Jacob Lawrence, Wesley Lea, Julian Levi, Jack Levine, Edmund Lewandowski, Robert Malaval, Marcia Marcus, Walter Meigs, Edward Millman, George L.K. Morris, Robert C. Morris, Edward Moses, Gastone Novelli, Yutaka Ohashi, Nathan Oliveira, Charles Oscar, Eileen Pendergast, Robert Preusser, Easton Pribble, Mitchell Siporin, Jack Squier, Reuben Tam, John Thomas, Robert S. Titus, Bryan Wilson, and Karl Zerbe. Included in the collection are photographs of the following artists/and or works of art: Paul Adkins, Aubrey Beardsley, Richard Boyce, Robert Cremean, William Dole, Edwin Hewitt Collection, John Denman Collection, Paul Klee, Gustave Klimt, Jack Levine, E. L. T. Mesens, Elie Nadelman, Charles Oscar, Arnaldo Pomodoro, Eileen Prendergast, Joseph Stella, and Clara McDonald Williamson. Organization: Artist correspondence is arranged alphabetically; business correspondence is arranged chronologically. The gallery stock card file is arranged alphabetically by artist; one of the two card files listing works purchased from the Alan Gallery is arranged alphabetically by artist; the other is arranged alphabetically by purchaser. |
| extent | 15 linear ft. (on 14 microfilm reels). reels 1379-1391 and 1400 |
| formats | Correspondence Business Records Legal Files Financial Records Inventories |
| access | Patrons must use microfilm copy. Photographic negatives, transparencies of works of art, paid bills, statements, and tax and insurance records are not microfilmed; Unmicrofilmed; stored off site. Contact Chief of Reference Services Washington, D.C. office for access guidelines. |
| record link | n/a |
| record source | https://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/alan-gallery-records-5778 |
| acquisition information | Donated 1971 by Charles Alan the founder of the Alan Gallery. |
| updated | 06/08/2023 16:42:08 |
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