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Personal Business Records

Archives of American Art

Object Details

Collection Creator

Knight, Gwendolyn
Lawrence, Jacob, 1917-2000

Collection Citation

Jacob Lawrence and Gwendolyn Knight papers, 1816, 1914-2008, bulk 1973-2001. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Scope and Contents note

This series includes a ledger and other financial information; consignment and shipping receipts and financial statements related to the Terry Dintenfass Gallery; contracts and agreements; estate documents; and banking and tax documents. The ledger contains business transactions with the Detroit Institute of Art, Francine Seders Gallery in Seattle, Howard University in Washington, D.C., the National Urban League in New York, Terry Dintenfass Gallery in New York, and others. Also present is financial information including a record of works lent on consignment, monies received, prices, gallery commissions, and other transactions including Jacob Lawrence and Gwendolyn Knight's travel expenses for business trips. Estate documents include wills, living trusts, power of attorney documentation, and property documents.
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Sponsor

Funding for the 2007 processing and digitization of this collection was provided by the Terra Foundation for American Art. Funding for the 2018 processing of this collection was provided by the Henry Luce Foundation.

Extent

0.3 Linear Feet (Boxes 9, 17)

Date

1962-2005

Archival Repository

Archives of American Art

Identifier

AAA.lawrjaco, Series 6

Type

Archival materials

Collection Rights

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.

Collection Restrictions

Use of original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C. Research Center.
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Record ID

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