Object Details
Collection Creator
Downtown Gallery
Collection Citation
Downtown Gallery records, 1824-1974, bulk 1926-1969. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Scope and Contents
The artist notebooks in this subseries contain photographs of works of art; biographical information; publicity in the form of newspaper clippings, magazine articles, and invitations; exhibition catalogues, invitations, and press releases; and a small amount of scattered correspondence.
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Downtown Gallery records / Series 3: Notebooks
Sponsor
Funding for the processing, microfilming and digitization of the microfilm of this collection was provided by the Henry Luce Foundation. Glass plate negatives in this collection were digitized in 2019 with funding provided by the Smithsonian Women's Committee.
Date
1835, 1874, circa 1880-1969
Archival Repository
Archives of American Art
Identifier
AAA.downgall, Subseries 3.2
Type
Archival materials
Arrangement
The notebooks are arranged alphabetically by name of artist and include a few artists not affiliated with the Downtown Gallery. Many of the folder contents are in reverse chronological order.
Collection Rights
Prior to publishing information regarding sales transactions, researchers are responsible for obtaining written permission from both artist and purchaser involved. If it cannot be established after a reasonable search whether an artist or purchaser is living, it can be assumed that the information may be published 60 years after the date of the sales transaction. Contact Reference Services for more information.
The Archives of American Art makes its archival collections available for non-commercial, educational and personal use unless restricted by copyright and/or donor restrictions, including but not limited to access and publication restrictions. AAA makes no representations concerning such rights and restrictions and it is the user's responsibility to determine whether rights or restrictions exist and to obtain any necessary permission to access, use, reproduce and publish the collections. Please refer to the Smithsonian's Terms of Use for additional information.
Existence and Location of Copies
The bulk of this subseries has been digitized, except for duplicates and blank versos of photographs.
Collection Restrictions
The microfilm of this collection has been digitized and is available online via the Archives of American Art website.
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Record ID
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