Halper, Nathan.

Dates:
Active 1952
Active 1979

Biographical notes:

Art dealer; Provincetown, Mass.

From the description of Nathan Halper interview, 1963 July 17. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 220198617

From the description of Nathan Halper interview, 1963 July 17 [sound recording]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 276394288

From the description of Oral history interview with Nathan Halper, 1963 July 17 [sound recording]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 312026536

BIOGHIST REQUIRED Nathan Halper, 1907-1983 (Columbia A.B. 1927; Ph.D. 1973), author, translator, and art dealer, was an authority on the writings of James Joyce. He also translated and published much Yiddish literature, reviewed books and operated an art gallery in Provincetown, Massachusetts where he lived for half the year.

From the guide to the Nathan Halper Papers, 1923-1986., (Columbia University Rare Book and Manuscript Library)

Nathan Halper (1907-1983) was an art dealer, writer, and James Joyce scholar from Provincetown, Mass.

From the description of Oral history interview with Nathan Halper, 1980 July 8-Aug. 14. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 646397325

Nathan Halper, 1907-1983 (Columbia A.B. 1927; Ph.D. 1973), author, translator, and art dealer, was an authority on the writings of James Joyce. He also translated and published much Yiddish literature, reviewed books and operated an art gallery in Provincetown, Massachusetts where he lived for half the year.

From the description of Nathan Halper papers, 1923-1986. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 299029123

Art dealer, gallery director; Provincetown, Massachusetts. Born 1907. Died 1983.

Halper graduated from Columbia University in 1927, and was primarily a writer and James Joyce scholar. Beginning with a partnership with Samuel Kootz, he managed the Samuel Kootz Gallery in Provincetown from 1953-1954. With John Murray Cuddihy, Halper formed the H.C. Gallery (1956) and H.C.E. Gallery (1957-1967), the latter gallery's name being inspired by FINNEGAN'S WAKE. Halper managed the Sun Gallery for a couple of years to aid the younger artists who had started it.

From the description of Records of Nathan Halper's Galleries, 1952-1979. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 756821045

Art dealer, gallery director; Provincetown, Massachusetts. Born 1907. Died 1983.

Halper graduated from Columbia University in 1927, and was primarily a writer and James Joyce scholar. Beginning with a partnership with Samuel Kootz, he managed the Samuel Kootz Gallery in Provincetown from 1953-1954. With John Murray Cuddihy, Halper formed the H.C. Gallery (1956) and H.C.E. Gallery (1957-1967), the latter gallery's name being inspired by FINNEGAN'S WAKE. Halper managed the Sun Gallery for a couple of years to aid the younger artists who had started it.

From the description of Nathan Halper correspondence and gallery records, 1952-1979, bulk, 1953-1970. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122291518

Art dealer, writer and James Joyce scholar; Provincetown, Mass.

b. 1907; d. 1983.

From the description of Nathan Halper interviews, 1980 July 8-Aug. 14 [sound recording]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 83795518

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Subjects:

  • Art, Modern
  • Art, American
  • Art dealers
  • Art dealers
  • Art galleries, Commercial
  • Chess
  • Gallery directors
  • Indians of North America
  • Mashpee Indians
  • Names, Personal
  • Yiddish literature

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  • Massachusetts--Provincetown (as recorded)
  • Massachusetts--Provincetown (as recorded)
  • Massachusetts--Provincetown (as recorded)
  • United States (as recorded)
  • Massachusetts--Provincetown (as recorded)
  • New England (as recorded)
  • United States (as recorded)
  • Massachusetts--Provincetown (as recorded)
  • Massachusetts--Provincetown (as recorded)
  • Massachusetts--Provincetown (as recorded)
  • Provincetown (Mass.) (as recorded)
  • Provincetown (Mass.) (as recorded)
  • New England (as recorded)