Downtown Gallery (New York, N.Y.)
Variant namesArt gallery; New York, N.Y.; Owned by Edith Gregor Halpert.
Established as Our Gallery in 1926 by Edith Gregor Halpert and Berthe Kroll Goldsmith for the purpose of promoting modern American art. Downtown Gallery was an early promoter of American folk art. The gallery name changed to Downtown Gallery in 1927, and Halpert became its sole owner in 1935. Subsidiary galleries operated by Downtown Gallery on its premises were: The Daylight Gallery (opened 1930), American Folk Art Gallery (established with Holger Cahill in 1929, opened 1931), the John Marin Room (opened 1950), and the Ground-Floor Room (opened 1951). After Halpert's death in 1970, Downtown Gallery continued limited operation until 1973, under the direction of her niece, Nathaly Baum.
From the description of Downtown Gallery records, 1824-1974, bulk 1926-1969. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 84232739
The Downtown Gallery is an art gallery in New York, N.Y., owned by Edith Gregor Halpert.
Established as Our Gallery in 1926 by Edith Gregor Halpert and Berthe Kroll Goldsmith for the purpose of promoting modern American art. Downtown Gallery was an early promoter of American folk art. The gallery name changed to Downtown Gallery in 1927, and Halpert became its sole owner in 1935. Subsidiary galleries operated by Downtown Gallery on its premises were: The Daylight Gallery (opened 1930), American Folk Art Gallery (established with Holger Cahill in 1929, opened 1931), the John Marin Room (opened 1950), and the Ground-Floor Room (opened 1951). After Halpert's death in 1970, Downtown Gallery continued limited operation until 1973, under the direction of her niece, Nathaly Baum.
From the description of Downtown Gallery records, 1824-1974, bulk 1926-1969. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 669912769
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| creatorOf | Downtown Gallery records | Archives of American Art | |
| referencedIn | Charles Sheeler papers | Archives of American Art | |
| creatorOf | Al Blaustein papers | Archives of American Art | |
| creatorOf | Downtown Gallery (New York, N.Y.). Institutional file. | Brooklyn Museum Libraries & Archives | |
| referencedIn | Laurie Lisle research material on Georgia O'Keeffe and Louise Nevelson | Archives of American Art | |
| creatorOf | Blemly, William Ignatius. Blemly scrapbook, [not before 1895] | Metropolitan Museum of Art, Thomas J. Watson Library | |
| referencedIn | Louis Guglielmi papers | Archives of American Art | |
| referencedIn | Julian E. Levi papers | Archives of American Art | |
| referencedIn | Max Weber papers | Archives of American Art | |
| referencedIn | Jacob Lawrence Papers, 1937-1971 | Syracuse University. Library. Special Collections Research Center | |
| referencedIn | Taller, Stephen Lee, 1933-1997. Stephen Lee Taller Ben Shahn Archive, 1982-1997. | Harvard University, Fine Arts Library | |
| referencedIn | Alan Gallery records | Archives of American Art | |
| referencedIn | Abraham Rattner and Esther Gentle papers | Archives of American Art | |
| creatorOf | Ben Shahn papers | Archives of American Art | |
| creatorOf | Robert Knipschild papers | Archives of American Art | |
| creatorOf | Reuben Tam papers | Archives of American Art | |
| referencedIn | John Henry Bradley Storrs papers | Archives of American Art | |
| referencedIn | Reuben Tam papers | Archives of American Art | |
| creatorOf | Wood and Adelaide Lawson Gaylor papers | Archives of American Art |
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| referencedIn | Oral history interview with Edith Gregor Halpert | Archives of American Art | |
| referencedIn | Oral history interview with Edith Gregor Halpert | Archives of American Art | |
| referencedIn | Oral history interview with Charles Alan | Archives of American Art |
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