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Creator:
New Arts (Art gallery)  Search this
Subject:
Bess, Forrest  Search this
Boynton, Jack  Search this
Calcagno, Lawrence  Search this
Cornell, Joseph  Search this
Emmerich, AndrĂ©  Search this
Ernst, Max  Search this
Kuhlman, Walter  Search this
Plagens, Peter  Search this
Smith, Hassel  Search this
Steinberg, Richard  Search this
Varda, Jean  Search this
Place of publication, production, or execution:
Other
Physical Description:
1.3 Linear feet
Arrangement:
The collection is arranged as two series. Series 1: Administrative Records, 1952-1970 (Box 1; .4 linear feet) Series 2: Artists' Files, 1950-1979 (Box 1-2, OV 3; .9 linear feet)
Access Note / Rights:
Use of original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C., Research Center. Microfilmed materials must be consulted on microfilm. Contact Reference Services for more information.
Summary:
The New Arts records measure 1.3 linear feet and date from 1950 to 1979. The collection sheds light on the gallery's operations through correspondence, exhibition files, printed material, artists' files, and more.
Citation:
The New Arts records, 1950-1979. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Additional Forms:
Portions of the collection are available on 35mm microfilm reels 2242-2244 at the Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan. Researchers should note that the arrangement of material described in the container inventory does not reflect the arrangement of the collection on microfilm.
Portions of the collection are available on microfilm at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, and through interlibrary loan.
Funding:
The processing of this collection received Federal support from the Smithsonian Collections Care and Preservation Fund, administered by the National Collections Program and the Smithsonian Collections Advisory Committee.
Use Note:
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.
Related Materials:
Also found in the Archives of American Art is an oral history interview with Marc Moldawer, Kathryn Swenson, and Robert Wilson conducted by Sandra Curtis Levy, August 15, 1984.
Biography Note:
The New Arts was founded in 1956 in Houston, Texas by Kathryn Swenson. The gallery was initially established to exhibit and sell pre-Columbian artwork, the bulk of which came from Andre Emmerich's private collection. Swenson asked friend and museum specialist Jermayne MacAgy to help with the exhibition display, and then sometime in the next two years, the gallery began to show established local artists. Pre-Columbian shows persisted throughout The New Arts' existence, but the gallery shifted its focus towards exhibiting a wide range of contemporary painters and sculptors by the late 1950s. Artists exhibited at The New Arts include Jack Boynton, Forest Bess, Hassel Smith, Max Ernst, Walter Kuhlman, Lawrence Calcagno, Joseph Cornell, Peter Plagens, and Jean Varda.
The New Arts closed in 1974.
Language Note:
English .
Provenance:
The collection was donated in 1979 by gallery owner and director Kathryn Swenson.
Location Note:
Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, 750 9th St. NW, Washington, D.C. 20001
Theme:
Art Market  Search this
Record number:
(DSI-AAA_CollID)8083
(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)210254
AAA_collcode_newarts
Theme:
Art Market
Data Source:
Archives of American Art
EDAN-URL:
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