http://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/kt6z09s3jn Online items available Finding aid for the Galerie Schmela records, 1923-2006, bulk 1957-1992 Isabella Zuralski Finding aid for the Galerie 2007.M.17 1 Schmela records, 1923-2006, bulk 1957-1992 Descriptive Summary Title: Galerie Schmela records Date (inclusive): 1923-2006, bulk 1957-1992 Number: 2007.M.17 Creator/Collector: Alfred Schmela Galerie Physical Description: 102.63 Linear Feet(175 boxes, 26 flatfile folders) Repository: The Getty Research Institute Special Collections 1200 Getty Center Drive, Suite 1100 Los Angeles 90049-1688
[email protected] URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10020/askref (310) 440-7390 Abstract: Galerie Schmela was one of the most important art galleries in Germany in the postwar period. Through a prescient program of exhibitions, founder Alfred Schmela introduced and promoted innovative European and American artists, such as Joseph Beuys, Arman, Gerhard Richter, the group ZERO (Otto Piene, Günther Uecker, Heinz Mack), Hans Haacke, Christo, Lucio Fontana, Robert Indiana, Yves Klein, Gordon Matta-Clark, Jean Tinguely, Richard Tuttle, and numerous others. Mainly concentrated on the 1950s through the 1970s, the Galerie Schmela records include: correspondence with artists and clients; gallery financial records; vintage photographic documentation of installations, gallery openings, and artworks; and extensive files of printed ephemera, posters, and press clippings. Request Materials: Request access to the physical materials described in this inventory through the catalog record for this collection. Click here for the access policy . Language: Collection material is predominantly in German, with some material in English or French Biographical / Historical Note When German art dealer Alfred Schmela opened a gallery devoted to contemporary art in Düsseldorf in 1957, the moment was propitious.