Byron Gallery records

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Byron Gallery records

circa 1950s-1991

The records of New York Byron Gallery measure 16.3 linear feet and date from circa 1950s-1991, with the bulk of the material dating from 1960-1971. The records document the gallery's representation and exhibition of Surrealist and contemporary American artists, as well as the occasional pre-Columbian and Old Masters artwork. Found are over ten linear feet of artists and subject files, fifty-seven exhibition scrapbooks, exhibition catalogs, and sales records. There are also exhibitions catalogs of the Milan Galleria Dell'Arieti.

16.3 Linear feet

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SNAC Resource ID: 6630410

Archives of American Art

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Copley, William Nelson, 1919-1996

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William N. Copley (January 24, 1919 – May 7, 1996) also known as CPLY, was an American painter, writer, gallerist, collector, patron, publisher and art entrepreneur. His works as an artist have been classified as late Surrealist and precursory to Pop Art. From Wikipedia, accessed 16 July 2018: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Copley_(artist)...

Millington-Drake, Teddy, 1932-1994

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Kotin, Albert, 1907-1980.

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Painter, lithographer and educator; New York City. From the description of Albert Kotin papers, 1935-1977. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122557099 ...

Corberó, Xavier, 1935-

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Talman, Paul, 1932-1987

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Richter, Hans, 1888-1976

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German-born avant-garde artist and filmmaker. From the description of Hans Richter archive, 1916-1977. (Museum of Modern Art (MOMA)). WorldCat record id: 122594159 German painter and film-maker, who emigrated in 1931. He lived and worked first in the Soviet Union, then France and Switzerland before settling in the U.S. in 1941, where he taught from 1942-1956 at the Institute of Film Technique, New York City College. In 1958 he returned to Switzerland where he died. ...

Smith, David, 1906-1965

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Arp, Jean, 1887-1966

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French artist and poet. From the description of Letters, 1942-1947. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 86093273 ...

Nivola, Costantino, 1911-1988

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Sculptor; Easthampton, New York. Died 1988. Born in Sardinia, Italy, and trained at Instituto Superiore d Arte, Monza, Italy. Emigrated to the U.S. in 1939, and was employed as an art director, editor of architecture and design publications, and design instructor at the college level. Nivola developed a sandcasting technique which he used extensively for producing sculptural murals in concrete. His commissions include murals, fountains, sculptures, and monuments for publ...

Tanguy, Yves, 1900-1955

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The French Surealist painter Yves Tanguy, a naturalized American in 1848, was a close friend of the American Dadaist and Surrealist artist Man Ray. From the description of Letter to Man Ray, n.d. (Getty Research Institute). WorldCat record id: 79598511 ...

Goeritz, Mathias, 1915-1990

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Bayer, Herbert, 1900-1985

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B. 1900 d. 1985. From the description of Herbert Bayer artist file. (Whitney Museum of American Art). WorldCat record id: 228432741 Herbert Bayer (1900-1985) was a painter, sculptor, and architect from Montecito, Calif. From the description of Oral history interview with Herbert Bayer, 1981 Oct. 3. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 779476942 Bauhaus architect and designer. From the description of Studies for a colophon, 1925. (Unknown). WorldCat...

Youngerman, Jack, 1926-

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Jack Youngerman (b. March 25, 1926, St. Louis, Missouri) American painter and printmaker....

Byron, Charles

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McEwen, Rory. 1932-

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Antonakos, Stephen, 1926-2013

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Stephen Antonakos was a Greek born American sculptor most well known for his abstract sculptures often incorporating neon. Antonakos moved with his family from Greece to the United States at the age of 4 and was raised in the Brooklyn, New York neighborhood of Bay Ridge. Antonakos' work has been included in several important international exhibitions including Documenta 6 in 1977 in Kassel, Germany and he represented Greece at the Venice Biennale in 1997. His art is included in major inter...

Copley, Alfred L.

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Byron Gallery

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Art gallery; New York, N.Y. Owned by Charles Byron (b. 1918). The gallery primarily showed surrealist masters and up-and-coming contemporary artists, as well as an occasional ancient and Old Masters exhibit. From the description of Byron Gallery records, 1959-1996 (bulk 1960-1975). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 82919409 The Byron Gallery was founded in 1961 by Charles Byron (b. 1918) and located on Madison Avenue in New York, New York. The gallery p...

Gilliam, Sam, 1933-....

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Painter; Washington, D.C. From the description of Oral history interview with Sam Gilliam, 1989 Nov. 4-11 [sound recording]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 220240060 Sam Gilliam (1933- ) is a painter from Washington, D.C. From the description of Oral history interview with Sam Gilliam, 1984 Sept. 18. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 78385692 Gilliam, Sam, Painter of Washington, D.C. From the description of Oral history interview with Sam Gillia...

Talman, Paul

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De Chirico, Giorgio, 1888-1978

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Italian painter. From the description of Assortimento di verita (essay), ca. 1950. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 81610064 Greek-born Italian painter. From the description of Assortimento di verità : autograph manuscript signed, [after 1943]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270870147 ...

Sleigh, Sylvia, 1916-2010

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Portrait painter, figure painter, and instructor; New York, N.Y. From the description of Sylvia Sleigh papers, 1961-1983. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122291392 ...

Nivola, Costantino, 1911-....

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Consagra, Pietro, 1920-2005

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Grilo, Sarah

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Meadmore, Clement

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Sculptor, furniture designer; New York, N.Y. Born 1929. Died 2005. From the description of Clement Meadmore papers, 1967-1980. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122454898 ...

Friedeberg, Pedro, 1937-

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Matta Echaurren, Roberto Sebastián, 1911-

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Galleria dell'Ariete

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The Galleria dell'Ariete was opened and directed by Beatrice Monti in Milan from 1955 to 1977. The art gallery was founded on the idea of showing young, living artists from Italy, Europe, and later Japan in one space. It became the foremost Italian gallery in postwar art, and became part of a small network of galleries, dealers, collectors, and critics in Milan, Turin, Paris, New York, and Tokyo in the late 1950s and 1960s. In 1970 the gallery extended its operations by opening the Ariete Grafic...

Goeritz, Mathias, $d1915-

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Calder, Alexander, 1898-1976

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Ernst, Max, 1891-1976

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German-French Surrealist painter. From the description of Letter : Sedona, to Alfred Barr, 1947 Nov. 19. (Getty Research Institute). WorldCat record id: 77955633 Max Ernst (1891-1976) was a painter and sculptor, from New York, N.Y. From the description of Max and Dorothea Ernst letters concerning Max Ernst's American citizenship status, [ca. 1957]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122403886 German painter. From the description of Letter, ca. 19...