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Creator:
Lovisco, Niel, 1900-1981  Search this
Place of publication, production, or execution:
Other
Physical Description:
0.2 Linear feet
Arrangement:
Due to the small size of this collection the papers are arranged as one series.
Access Note / Rights:
Use of original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C., Research Center.
Summary:
The papers of art dealer and gallerist Niel Lovisco measure 0.2 linear feet and date from 1942 to 1989. The collection contains material relating to art galleries owned or directed by Niel Lovisco, including the Lovisco Gallery, the Bearskin Neck Gallery, and the Art Center Gallery, and consists of printed material, gallery records, Art Inview records, and a subject file on William Meyerowitz and Theresa Bernstein.
Citation:
Niel Lovisco papers, 1942-1989. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Biography Note:
Niel Lovisco (1900-1981) was an art dealer and gallerist active in Rockport and Gloucester, Massachusetts and New York, New York. In the 1920s, Lovisco ran "The Catacombs," a combination art gallery-tea room in New York City's Greenwich Village. He later operated the Bearskin Neck Art Gallery in Rockport, Massachusetts (1946-1949), the Art Center Gallery in New York, New York (1950s), and the Lovisco Gallery, located in New York, New York (1957-1973), and later, Gloucester, Massachusetts (1973-1979).
Language Note:
English .
Provenance:
The Niel Lovisco papers were donated in 1989 by Sophie Lovisco, widow of Niel Lovisco.
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)9946
(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)212497
AAA_collcode_loviniel
Theme:
Art Market
Data Source:
Archives of American Art
EDAN-URL:
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