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Archives related to: Babcock Galleries
| title | Babcock Galleries exhibition catalogs, [undated and 1918-1939]. | repository | Archives of American Art |
| description | Included are catalogs of one person exhibitions for S. Witkewitz, Elizabeth W. Roberts, H. Melville Fisher, Leon Tahcheechee, Wharton Harris Esherick, and Birger Sandzen; group catalogs, "First Exhibition of the Expressionists (n.d.); "Exhibition of Paintings by [the] Cosmopolitan Society (n.d.); "Annual Exhibition of Paintings of the Southwest by the Taos Society" (n.d.); the 4th, 5th, 6th and 8th annual exhibitions of the Eclectics, including Marie Apel, James Britton, Sidney Dickinson, Philip L. Hale, George Luks, and Maurice Prendergast among others; the Guild of American Painters (1920, 1921, 1923); and "Exhibition of Paintings by American Artists of the 19th Century" (1939). |
| extent | 17 items. reel 4858 (fr. 394-451) |
| formats | Exhibition Catalogs Microfilm |
| access | Patrons must use microfilm copy. |
| record source | http://www.siris.si.edu/ |
| updated | 03/16/2023 10:29:50 |
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| title | Oral history interview with Michael St. Clair, 1994 Mar.14 and Apr. 28. | repository | Archives of American Art |
| description | An interview of Michael St. Clair conducted 1994 Mar.14 and Apr. 28, by Gail Stavitsky and John Driscoll for the Archives of American Art. St. Clair briefly discusses his art training at the Kansas City Institute of Art and at the Art Students League and compares the teaching styles of Thomas Hart Benton and George Grosz. He talks about his work as the director of the Oklahoma (City) Art Center and designing window displays for Macy's and other department stores in New York City. Finally, he reviews his career at Babcock Galleries, focusing his discussion on his acquisition of the work of Marsden Hartley, Childe Hassam, John Kensett and Thomas Eakins, among others. |
| extent | Sound recording: 2 sound cassettes (90 min. each) : analog. Transcript: 44 p. |
| formats | Sound Recording Transcript Online Transcript |
| access | Online transcript |
| record link | https://www.aaa.si.edu/download_pdf_transcript/ajax?record_id=edanmdm-AAADCD_oh_215880 |
| record source | https://www.si.edu/object/oral-history-interview-michael-st-clair-1994-march-14-and-april-28%3AAAADCD_oh_215880?destination=collection/search%3Fpage%3D1%26edan_q%3D%252A%253A%252A%26edan_fq%255B0%255D%3Dtype%253A3d_package%2520OR%2520type%253Aead_collection%2520OR%2520type%253Aead_component%2520OR%2520type%253Aecr%2520OR%2520type%253Aedanmdm%2520OR%2520type%253Aevent%2520OR%2520type%253Alocation%2520OR%2520type%253Aobjectgroup%2520OR%2520type%253Asi-unit%26edan_fq%255B1%255D%3Donline_media_type%253A%2522Transcripts%2522%26edan_fq%255B2%255D%3Dtype%253A3d_package%2520OR%2520type%253Aead_collection%2520OR%2520type%253Aead_component%2520OR%2520type%253Aecr%2520OR%2520type%253Aedanmdm%2520OR%2520type%253Aevent%2520OR%2520type%253Alocation%2520OR%2520type%253Aobjectgroup%2520OR%2520type%253Asi-unit |
| acquisition information | Part of the Archives of American Art Oral History Program, started in 1958. |
| updated | 06/08/2023 16:42:20 |
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| title | Exhibition catalogs, brochures and invitations, 1920-1958. | repository | The New-York Historical Society |
| description | Catalogs, brochures and invitations for exhibitions held at the Babcock Galleries of works by the following artists: Chas. Avery Aiken, Boris Aronson, Revington Arthur, Jose Arpa, Walter Beck, Ralph Blakelock, Joseph H. Boston, Samuel Brecher, Douglas Brown, Jaime E. Carret, C. Bosseron Chambers, Russell, William Conor, Benjamin B. Cratz, Frank Currier, Elsa N. Dalglish, Lewis Daniel, Francis Dixon, Thomas Eakins, Henry S. Eddy, H. Melville Fisher, Abott Graves, Robert Hamilton, Charles W. Hawthorne, Eleanor S. Hay, Holmead, Frank Towsend Hutchens, Lee Jackson, Edward Adam Kramer, Alfred Levitt, Logsdon, Lone Wolf (Blackfoot Indian), Albert T.P. Lucas, John W. McCoy, Dodge MacKnight, Blondelle Malone, Abraham Manievich, Thomas R. Manley, Herbert Meyer, Elias Newman, Carl J. Nordell, Julian Peabody, Albert Pels, Henning Ryden, James Scott, Marie Haughton Spaeth, George J. Stengel, Angele Watson, John Westerberg, Harold Weston, Sol wilson and other artists included in group shows of American art. Historical Note: Babcock Galleries addresses: 19 East 49th Street, New York, N.Y.; 5 East 57th Street, New York, N.Y.; 38 East 57th Street, New York, N.Y. Location New-York Historical Society Collection Archives Call Number N620 .B15 |
| extent | 70 items : some ill. (some col.) ; 23 cm. or smaller. |
| formats | Ephemera Exhibition Catalogs |
| access | Contact repository for restrictions |
| record source | http://www.bobcat.nyu.edu |
| finding aid | Checklist of items and alphabetical index of artists available at the library; item level control, |
| updated | 11/12/2014 11:29:54 |
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| title | Miscellaneous art exhibition catalog collection, 1813-1953, bulk 1915-1925 | repository | Archives of American Art |
| description | The collection comprises circa 770 items, dating from 1813-1953, the bulk of which are exhibition catalogs from New York City art galleries for the first two decades of the twentieth century, representing exhibitions of mainly modernist art. Catalogs for exhibitions held in Boston (mainly pre-1900) and a few other cities are also present. Included are several rare catalogs, notably one for the "Eight" held at Macbeth Gallery in 1908. Besides catalogs, the collection also contains exhibition announcements, gallery publications, and other printed material. The collection is especially relevant for the study of early American modernism, and is useful in understanding the role of art galleries, exhibitions, the art market, and the exhibition catalog itself, in American art. Historical Note: In 1979, the American Antiquarian Society donated approximately 1,500 exhibition catalogs and art-related printed material to the Archives of American Art (AAA). The Society had received most of them over a long period of time, many of them addressed to the director, Charles Brigham. For several years subsequent to the donation, AAA sporadically added exhibition catalogs to the collection from various sources. Some of these additions are annotated in the hand of Walt Kuhn and are presumed to have been part of his papers in the Archives. |
| extent | 4.4 linear feet |
| formats | Exhibition Catalogs |
| access | Use of original papers requires an appointment. |
| record link | https://sirismm.si.edu/EADpdfs/AAA.archamea.pdf |
| record source | https://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/miscellaneous-art-exhibition-catalog-collection-9520 |
| acquisition information | The bulk of the collection was donated 1979 by the American Antiquarian Society, who presumably assembled them from various sources. Others were received individually, while many are annotated in the hand of Walt Kuhn and are presumed to have originally been part of his papers in the Archives. In 2005, additional catalogs were integrated, some of which are presumed to have been removed from various collections over the years. |
| updated | 06/08/2023 16:42:18 |
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