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Creator:
Focus Gallery  Search this
Subject:
Uelsmann, Jerry  Search this
Siskind, Aaron  Search this
Hosoe, Eik?  Search this
Johnston, Helen  Search this
Leibovitz, Annie  Search this
Porter, Eliot  Search this
Bullock, Wynn  Search this
Caponigro, Paul  Search this
Adams, Ansel  Search this
Brandt, Bill  Search this
Abbott, Berenice  Search this
Weston, Brett  Search this
Heinecken, Robert  Search this
Cunningham, Imogen  Search this
Dater, Judy  Search this
Torren Gallery  Search this
George Eastman House  Search this
Type:
Photographs
Place of publication, production, or execution:
United States
Physical Description:
11.8 Linear feet
Arrangement:
The collection is arranged as 8 series. Series 1: Administrative Records, 1963-1985 (Box 1; 0.3 linear feet) Series 2: Correspondence, 1966-1987 (Boxes 1-2; 1 linear foot) Series 3: Exhibition Files, 1966-1985 (Boxes 2-10; 8.5 linear feet) Series 4: Artists Files, 1966-1978 (Boxes 10-11; 0 .5 linear feet) Series 5: Financial and Legal Files, 1966-1987 (Box 11; 0 .2 linear feet) Series 6: Sales and Inventories, 1966-1987 (Box 11; 0.4 linear feet) Series 7: Printed Materials, 1966-1987 (Boxes 11-12; 0.3 linear feet) Series 8: Guest Books, 1966-1970, 1978-1985 (Boxes 12-13; 0.6 linear feet)
Access Note / Rights:
Use of original papers requires an appointment.
Summary:
The records of San Francisco Focus Gallery measure 11.8 linear feet and date from 1963-1987. The bulk of the collection consists of exhibition files. There are also artists files, sales information, correspondence, and scattered records of the gallery's companion bookshop.
Citation:
Focus Gallery records, 1963-1987. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
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:
Among the holding of the Archives of American Art is an untranscribed interview of Helen Johnston by Louise Katzman or Irene Borger in the collection Interviews of California Photographers 1981 Jun.-Nov.20.
Helen Johnston left her private photography collection to the de Saisset Museum, the Oakland Museum of California, and the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art.
Biography Note:
Focus Gallery was founded by Helen Head Johnson (1916-1989) in 1966 on Union Street in San Francisco. The gallery exhibited and sold primarily art photographs and other contemporary art.
Language Note:
The collection is in English.
Provenance:
The Focus Gallery records were donated by the estate of owner Helen Johnston, care of Gerald O'Conner, executor.
Location Note:
Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, 750 9th St. NW, Washington, D.C. 20001
Topic:
Visitors' books  Search this
Women photographers  Search this
Photography -- Exhibitions  Search this
Photography, Artistic  Search this
Photographers -- United States  Search this
Theme:
Photography  Search this
Art Gallery Records  Search this
Art Market  Search this
Record number:
(DSI-AAA_CollID)10224
(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)213302
AAA_collcode_focugall
Theme:
Photography
Art Gallery Records
Art Market
Data Source:
Archives of American Art
EDAN-URL:
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