A Finding Aid to the Miscellaneous Art Exhibition Catalog Collection, 1813-1953, bulk 1915-1925 in the Archives of American Art Christina Lehman and Lee Anne Tuason August 2005 Archives of American Art 750 9th Street, NW Victor Building, Suite 2200 Washington, D.C. 20001 https://www.aaa.si.edu/services/questions https://www.aaa.si.edu/ Table of Contents Collection Overview ........................................................................................................ 1 Administrative Information .............................................................................................. 1 Historical Note.................................................................................................................. 2 Scope and Content Note................................................................................................. 2 Arrangement..................................................................................................................... 2 Names and Subjects ...................................................................................................... 3 Container Listing ............................................................................................................. 4 Series 1: Art Exhibition Catalogs: A-C..................................................................... 4 Series 2: Art Exhibition Catalogs: D-F................................................................... 23 Series 3: Art Exhibition Catalogs: G-I.................................................................... 30 Series 4: Art Exhibition Catalogs: J-L.................................................................... 36 Series 5: Art Exhibition Catalogs: M-O.................................................................. 39 Series 6: Art Exhibition Catalogs: P-R................................................................... 54 Series 7: Art Exhibition Catalogs: S-T................................................................... 58 Series 8: Art Exhibition Catalogs: U-Z................................................................... 63 Miscellaneous art exhibition catalog collection AAA.archamea Collection Overview Repository: Archives of American Art Title: Miscellaneous art exhibition catalog collection Identifier: AAA.archamea Date: 1813-1953 (bulk 1915-1925) Extent: 4.4 Linear feet Creator: Archives of American Art Language: English . Summary: Primarily exhibition catalogs for modernist art exhibitions held in New York City during the first two decades of the twentieth century. Also included are catalogs for Boston exhibitions, mainly pre-1900, and a few other locales; exhibition announcements; gallery publications; and other printed material. Administrative Information Provenance The bulk of the collection was donated 1979 by the American Antiquarian Society, who presumably assembled them from various sources. Others were received individually, while many are annotated in the hand of Walt Kuhn and are presumed to have originally been part of his papers in the Archives. In 2005, additional catalogs were integrated, some of which are presumed to have been removed from various collections over the years. Related Material Researchers may find duplicate or related items in galleries' records held at the Archives of American Art. Additional or duplicate catalogs may appear in AAA's Catalog of Exhibition Catalogs (1979). Alternative Forms Available Portions of this collection are available on 35 mm microfilm reels 4858-4859 at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan. Researchers should note that the arrangement of the material described in the container inventory does not reflect the arrangement of the collection on microfilm. Processing Information The Archives created this artificial collection of art exhibition catalogs over a number of years, beginning in the late 1970s. A finding aid to the collection was created some time after microfilming and then encoded according to the EAD (Encoded Archival Description) format Page 1 of 69 Miscellaneous art exhibition catalog collection AAA.archamea in 2005 by Christina Lehman. Additional updates to the collection were made in 2011 by Erin Kinhart. Preferred Citation Miscellaneous art exhibition catalog collection, 1813-1953, bulk 1915-1925. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution. Restrictions on Access Use of original papers requires an appointment. Terms of Use 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. Historical Note In 1979, the American Antiquarian Society donated several hundred exhibition catalogs and art-related printed material to the Archives of American Art (AAA). The Society had received most of them over a long period of time, many of them addressed to the director, Charles Brigham. For several years subsequent to the donation, AAA sporadically added exhibition catalogs to the collection from various sources. Some of these additions are annotated in the hand of Walt Kuhn and are presumed to have been part of his papers in the Archives. Scope and Content Note The collection comprises circa 770 items, dating from 1813-1953, the bulk of which are exhibition catalogs from New York City art galleries for the first two decades of the twentieth century, representing exhibitions of mainly modernist art. Catalogs for exhibitions held in Boston (mainly pre-1900) and a few other cities are also present. Included are several rare catalogs, notably one for the "Eight" held at Macbeth Gallery in 1908. Besides catalogs, the collection also contains exhibition announcements, gallery publications, and other printed material. The collection is especially relevant for the study of early American modernism, and is useful in understanding the role of art galleries, exhibitions, the art market, and the exhibition catalog itself, in American art. Arrangement The collection is arranged as 8 series representing alphabetical groups. Catalogs are arranged within these groups according to name of the sponsoring gallery, or if no gallery is listed, by the name of the club or organization. Catalogs are arranged chronologically thereafter, with undated material first. Many Page 2 of 69 Miscellaneous art exhibition catalog collection AAA.archamea catalogs are undated, list only a year, or are annotated with a date. No attempt has been made to date or verify these at this time. Catalogs which are annotated with a date are filed chronologically, and are indicated with brackets around the date. • Series 1: Art Exhibition Catalogs, A-C • Series 2: Art Exhibition Catalogs, D-F • Series 3: Art Exhibition Catalogs, G-I • Series 4: Art Exhibition Catalogs, J-L • Series 5: Art Exhibition Catalogs, M-O • Series 6: Art Exhibition Catalogs, P-R • Series 7: Art Exhibition Catalogs, S-T • Series 8: Art Exhibition Catalogs, U-Z Names and Subject Terms This collection is indexed in the online catalog of the Smithsonian Institution under the following terms: Subjects: Art, American -- Exhibitions Art, Modern -- 19th century -- Massachusetts -- Exhibitions Art, Modern -- 19th century -- New York (State) -- New York -- Exhibitions Art, Modern -- 20th century -- New York (State) -- New York -- Exhibitions Artists -- United States -- Exhibitions Modernism (Art) Types of Materials: Exhibition catalogs Names: Kuhn, Walt, 1877-1949 Functions: Art galleries, Commercial -- Massachusetts Art galleries, Commercial -- New York (State) Page 3 of 69 Series 1: Art Exhibition Catalogs: A-C Miscellaneous art exhibition catalog collection AAA.archamea Container Listing Series 1: Art Exhibition Catalogs: A-C ACA Gallery, 52 West 8th Street, New York City Box 1, Folder 1, Item 1938 Dedicated to the New Deal, circa 1938 1 Box 1, Folder 1, Item Artists in the War, June 14, 1942 2 Box 1, Folder 1, Item Artists' Tribute in Memory of Franklin Delano Roosevelt, 1947 3 Ainslie Galleries, 615 Fifth Ave. and 677 Fifth Ave., New York City Box 1, Folder 2, Item Exhibition of Paintings by Emma Fordyce MacRae (Mrs. Homer F. Swift), 1 November 16-30 Reel 4858 Box 1, Folder 2, Item Paintings and Sculpture by Anna Vaughn Hyatt, Graze P. Noxon, Jane 2 Peterson, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Heppie En Earl Wicks, January 3- February 3, 1922 Reel 4858 Box 1, Folder 2, Item Alexander O. Levy, December 15-31, 1923 3 Reel 4858 Box 1, Folder 2, Item Water Colors by Isabel L. Whitney, March 16-28, 1925 4 Reel 4858 Albert Roullie Art Galleries, 414 South Michigan Boulevard, Chicago Box 1, Folder 3, Item Original Etchings and Lithographs by Albert Sterner, May 13-31, 1930 1 Alpine Club Gallery, London, England Box 1, Folder 4, Item Grafton Group Exhibition, March 15-31, 1913 1; Reel 4858, Frame 16-20 American Abstract Artists Page 4 of 69 Series 1: Art Exhibition Catalogs: A-C Miscellaneous art exhibition catalog collection AAA.archamea Box 1, Folder 5, Item American Abstract Artists, 1938 1 American Art Galleries, Madison Square South, New York City Box 1, Folder 6, Item The Seney Collection, March 31-April 2, 1885 1 Box 1, Folder 6, Item Collection of George I Seney,