Artists' Files documents the relationship or interest the gallery had with individual artists, especially modern American artists. Folders for each artist can contain a variety of materials, such as correspondence with the artist, clients, galleries, and museums regarding consignments, exhibitions, loans, and sales; photographs, slides, and transparencies, primarily of artwork; sales invoices; exhibition catalogs, postcards, and other printed materials; press releases; magazine and newspaper clippings, often compiled in binder sleeves; price lists and related exhibition records; artist binders containing biographical information and photographs; and research materials on artists and artwork. Also found are some scattered subject files, per original arrangement.
There is extensive material related to artists Carmen Cicero, Susan Crile, Elaine De Kooning's portrait of President John F. Kennedy, Edwin Dickinson, muralist Seymour Fogel, Nancy Fried, Irving Kriesberg, Gari Melchers, Jonathan Santlofer, Reeve Schley, Peter Stevens, Joan Thorne, and Selina Trieff. Researchers are encouraged to also consult Alphabetical Files when researching particular artists or artworks.
Arrangement note:
Folders are arranged alphabetically by artists' last name or subject.
Collection Restrictions:
This collection is open for research. Access to original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C. Research Center.
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 Citation:
James Graham & Sons records, 1815, 1821, circa 1896-2011, bulk 1950s-1980s. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Sponsor:
Funding for the processing of this collection was provided by Smithsonian Institution Collections Care Preservation Fund