Illustrated notes for an exhibition at the Pierre Matisse Gallery, New York, 1941-42.
Date1941-1942
ClassificationsArchives
Credit LineGift of Pierre Matisse Foundation, 1997.
Object numberMA 5020
DescriptionConsists of correspondence with artists, clients, museum staff members, and colleagues; records of gallery stock, purchases, sales, works of art accepted on consignment; select exhibition installation records; bank and auditors’ records; shipping records; and business records. Also contains photographs of works of art which were handled by, or of interest to, the gallery, as well as photos of artists and studios. The gallery archives, which spans nearly nine decades, documents the opening of the Museum of Modern Art in N.Y., the arrival of European artists in the U.S. to escape the Nazi purge, the effect of Surrealism, and the abstract-expressionist movement in N.Y. among other topics. Some of the artists represented through letters, biographical information, publicity, and commissions include: Balthus, Butler, Calder, Calliyannis, Carrington, Chagall, Dubuffet, Gabo, Giacometti, Gromaire, Le Corbusier, Miro, Riopelle, Roszak, Saura, Severini, Tanguy, and Zao Wou-ki. The collection, too, contains a large quantity (833 items) of manuscript letters between Henri Matisse and his son Pierre Matisse.On View
On viewLocations
- (not entered) Demo Museum (Hanover Square), Level 1, Gallery A
1921
Lockwood De Forest
Lockwood De Forest
Lockwood De Forest
1894
1880
