Richard York Gallery records

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Richard York Gallery records

circa 1865-2008

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The records of the Richard York Gallery, a New York gallery specializing in American art from early 1800s to 1950, measure 87.5 linear feet and date from circa 1865-2005, with the bulk of the material dating from 1981 to 2004. The bulk of the records are artists' artwork files, documenting the sale and consignment of nearly 6,500 works of art. The gallery's activities are also recorded through correspondence, artists' files, client files, gallery invoices, inventories, business and financial records, printed materials, scrapbooks, photographic materials of artwork, and estate records for the John Marin estate and Sergio Stella estate (Joseph Stella). Correspondence includes both incoming and outgoing correspondence with collectors, clients, galleries and museums, primarily regarding appraisals, consignments, exhibitions, general inquiries, loans, and sales. Also found are scattered transactional records, information sheets for artwork, and photographic materials. Correspondence from the mid-late 1980s is poorly represented.The sale and consignment of nearly 6,500 pieces of artwork at the Richard York Gallery are documented through transactional records, photographic materials, correspondence, and scattered printed materials found in the Artists' Artwork Files. Artists for which there are significant quantities of materials (over 50 folders) include Joseph Goldyne, Ellen Day Hale, John Henry Hill, John William Hill, Lester George Hornby, Louis Lozowick, Luigi Lucioni, Emma Fordyce MacRae, John Marin, Joseph Stella, William Henry Stevens, and Steve Wheeler. Also included are the files of the Richard York photography collection, which contained works by Robert Mapplethorpe.Similar to the Artists' Artwork Files, Client Files document the sale and consignment of artwork, but are arranged by artist's and client's name. Materials found are primarily from the early 1990s and include correspondence, notes, photographic materials, photocopied client information cards, and printed materials.The Richard York Gallery represented the John Marin estate and the Sergio Stella estate (Joseph Stella). The records of the John Marin estate are primarily artwork in-take sheets from 1998 and inventory lists from 2001. The Sergio Stella Estate records include correspondence, inventories of artwork by Joseph Stella, and some photographic materials.Sales and inventory records contain a nearly complete set of gallery invoices from 1995-2000, and 2004. Inventories includes gallery inventory lists, and inventory cards of sold artwork from 1981-1997 (bulk 1981-1991).The business and financial records include accounting records, bank deposit records, corporate records, index cards for contacts, invoices for gallery expenses, materials related to Richard York's involvement in the ADAA, mailing lists, records of payments to consignors, receipts, shipping records, and tax records. The gallery migrated from paper records to Artbase, an artwork management system, around 2000-2002. Included are two CDs of database data and digital images from Artbase, as well as inventories of the digital file names.Printed materials contain advertising tear sheets from 1998-2002, exhibition catalogs, magazine and newspaper clippings of reviews and announcements, and other miscellaneous printed materials. Printed materials are also found in eight scrapbooks which document the activities of the Richard York Gallery, Richard York, and the gallery's exhibitions from 1981-2002. Materials in the scrapbooks include clippings, correspondence, photographs, exhibition catalogs, announcements, and invitations.Photographic materials includes color photographs, transparencies, digital prints, and scattered printed materials, as well as over 600 slides of artwork, primarily works of art which were sold or consigned by the gallery. Artists for which there is significant volume of transparencies include Houghton Cranford Smith and Lockwood de Forest, Sr.Artists' files consist mostly of photocopied newspaper and magazine clippings, writings about the artist, and exhibition catalogs. Some original copies of printed material, correspondence with collectors, curators, and gallerists, photographic materials, artwork records, and some exhibition records are also present.

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Mapplethorpe, Robert

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Hill, John Henry, 1839-1922

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Hill, J. W. (John William), 1812-1879

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Goldyne, Joseph R.

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Stevens, Will Henry, 1881-1949

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MacRae, Elmer Livingston, 1875-1953

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Stella, Joseph, 1877-1946

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Painter, draftsman; New York, N.Y. Born near Naples, Italy. Came to New York City in 1896. Studied at the Art Students League and at the New York School of Art from 1898-1908, and in Italy and France from 1909 to 1913, when he returned to New York. From the description of Joseph Stella papers, 1905-1970. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 82379655 ...

Lozowick, Louis, 1892-1973

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Louis Lozowick (1892-1973) was a lithographer from New York, N.Y. Born in Kiev, Russia and came to the U.S. at the age of 14. He was primarily known for his lithographs of New York City. From the description of Louis Lozowick papers, 1898-1974. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 669910238 Louis Lozowick (1892-1973) was a lithographer from New York, N.Y. Born in Kiev, Russia and came to the U.S. at the age of 14. He was primarily ...

Hale, Ellen Day, 1855-1940

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Wheeler, Steve, 1912-1992

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Art Dealers Association of America

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Lucioni, Luigi, 1900-1988

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Painter; Vermont, New York; b. 1900, d. 1988; Lucioni was a realist painter best known for his landscapes of Vermont and portraits of opera singers. From the description of Luigi Lucioni papers, circa 1933-1993. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 319939702 Painter and etcher, born Malnate, Italy. Moved to America with his family when he was a child. Studied at Cooper Union Art School and National Academy of Design. Painted explicitly and realistically, creating very detailed and...

Marin, John, 1870-1953

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Hornby, Lester G. (Lester George), 1882-

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Smith, Houghton Cranford, 1887-1983

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Landscape painter; Provincetown, Mass., Taos, N.M., Paris, France, and Chile. Smith studied at the Art Students League, and in Provincetown, Mass. under Charles Hawthorne and E. Ambrose Webster. He studied in France 1913-1914, and traveled extensively throughout his life, sketching and painting the landscape. He taught drawing and painting at the University of Kansas from 1921-1925. From the description of Houghton Cranford Smith papers, 1890-1991. (Unknown)....

Richard York Gallery

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Art gallery, New York, N.Y. Est. 1981. Founded in New York's Upper East Side in 1981 by Richard York. The gallery handled the estates of John Marin and Joseph Stella, among other prominent American artists. Specializes in late 19th and early 20th century American art. York was also an important dealer in the secondary market, and the records testify to the art boom of the 1980s. From the description of Richard York Gallery records, 1981-2003. (Unknown). World...

Marin, John, Jr. 1915?-1988.

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