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 note
Found here is material relating to ABCs for Collectors of American Contemporary Art, which Halpert comissioned to distribute to amateur collectors who patronized her gallery. Records include drafts of the manuscript, illustration choices, a mock-up, a published pamphlet, reviews, and orders. Records relating to American Folk Art include short pieces, some possibly catalog entries, arranged alphabetically by title. Material relating to the American National Exhibition in Moscow includes a printed catalog of the Whitney Museum of American Art show drawn from that exhibition, entitled Paintings and Sculpture from the American National Exhibition in Moscow; research notes including an English-language translation of the catalog; press releases; notes; and background information. Miscellaneous records include reports, essays, texts of speeches, transcripts of brief published articles, and fragments of unidentified items.
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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
circa 1920s-1968, undated
Archival Repository
Archives of American Art
Identifier
AAA.downgall, Subseries 5.2
Type
Archival materials
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.
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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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