Roko Gallery records

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Roko Gallery records

1929-1982

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The Roko Gallery records measure six linear feet and date from 1929-1982, with the bulk of the records from 1970-1978. Founded by Michael Leon Freilich in 1946, the records of this New York gallery consist primarily of artists' files. Also found are scattered correspondence, business and financial records, a subject file, exhibition files, disassembled scrapbooks, printed material, and photographs.The bulk of the correspondence is from the early to mid-1970s and concerns general gallery operations, sales of artwork, artists interested in exhibiting at the gallery, letters to Ann Freilich Schutz regarding Michael Freilich's death, and a handful of personal postcards from Freilich to his niece, 1952-1955. Scattered correspondence from artists Lambro Ahlas, Mike Cook, Hermann Dahl, Salvatore Del Deo, Raymond Dowden, Charles Kaiman, Peggy Muray (Mrs. Nicholas Muray), Raphael Soyer, George Sugarman, Anne Parker, Jan Wunderman, and Hank Virgona is also found. General business and financial records include calendars, address books, mailing lists, visitors' registers, receipt books, consignment agreements, invoices and receipts.Measuring 3.5 linear feet, Artists Files comprise the bulk of the collection and contain correspondence, exhibition catalogs, clippings, original artwork, receipts, price lists, photographs, and slides of work. Among the nearly 200 artists are Murat Brierre, Faith Bromberg, Clare Burch, Lawrence Calcagno, Victor Candell, Arthur Cohen, Giuseppe Di Lieto, Edward Eichel, Ann Freilich, Dennis Fritz, Mary Heisig, Herbert Kallem, Doris Klein, Elizabeth Korn, Randall Morgan, Anne Parker, Dorothy Robbins, May Stevens, Hank Virgona, Walter Williams, and Jan Wunderman. There is one subject file containing a proposal by the Rainbow Art Foundation. Exhibitions and Event files date from 1956-1978 and contain printed material, press releases, notes, correspondence, agreements, and a disassembled notebook containing prices and lists of works exhibited at the Roko Gallery from 1967-1978. Also found is typed and signed poetry by poet John Tagliabue. Disassembled scrapbooks contain additional printed materials regarding the gallery's solo and group exhibitions from 1947-1966. Among the many artists represented in the scrapbooks are Claude Clark, Beauford Delaney, Paul England, Peter Heinemann, Herbert Kallem, Herschel Levit, Si Lewen, Howard Mandel, Rose Piper, Sadie Rosenblum, Herbert Scheffel, Erika Weihs, Walter Williams, and Jan Wunderman.Additional printed material includes mostly newspaper clippings, exhibition announcements, and catalogs. Material found in the collection that pre-dates the founding of the gallery consists primarily of printed material collected by Freilich. Photographs, slides, and negatives date mostly from the 1970s and depict gallery directors Michael Leon Freilich, Cynthia Bernadini and Manu Sassoonian, and artwork.

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Freilich, Ann.

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PIPER, ROSE.

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Ahlas, Lambro.

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Muray, Peggy.

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Weihs, Erika

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Erika Weihs was born on November 4, 1917 in Vienna, Austria. She earned her degree in 1937 from the Graphische Lehr und Versuchanstalt in Vienna and attended the Leonardo da Vinci Art School in New York. Erika Weihs has been a freelance illustrator and painter since 1942. She is the illustrator of over 30 books for children and the author and illustrator of Count the Cats. Biographical Source: Something About the Author, vol. 107, pp. 206-209. From the description of Erika Weihs Pape...

Bernardi, Cynthia.

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Delaney, Beauford, 1901-1979

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Beauford Delaney (1901-1979), American artist. Don Freeman (1908-1978), American artist and author of children's book. From the description of Beauford Delaney letters to Don, Lydia, and Roy Freeman, 1950-1976 (bulk 1950-1968). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702164674 Beauford Delaney was born in Knoxville, Tennessee, the third child of the Reverend Samuel Delaney and Delia Johnson Delaney. He attended the Knoxville Colored School and la...

Robbins, Dorothy.

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Scheffel, Herbert.

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Roko Gallery (New York, N.Y.)

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The Roko Gallery is an art gallery in New York, N.Y. Est. 1946 by Michael Leon Freilich. Featured work by young, lesser known artists, most living in New York. From the description of Roko Gallery records, 1929-1982, bulk 1970-1978. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122647968 ...

Wunderman, Jan, 1921

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Dowden, Raymond Baxter, 1905-1982

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Painters; New York, N.Y. Raymond Dowden taught design at Cooper Union Art School, New York, N.Y., and is known also for his calligraphy work. His wife, Anne Ophelia Todd Dowden, was a botanical artist. Anne Ophelia Todd Dowden died in 2007. From the description of Raymond Baxter and Anne Ophelia Todd Dowden papers, 1937-1996. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 78028662 ...

Burch, Claire

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Painter; Great Neck, N.Y. Born 1925. From the description of Claire Burch papers, 1962 [and undated]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122454149 ...

Scheffel, Herbert

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Brierre, Murat, 1938-

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Klein, Doris, 1918-

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Wunderman, Jan Darcourt, 1921-

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Jan Wunderman (1921- ) ia a painter and printmaker from New York, N.Y. From the description of Oral history interview with Jan Wunderman, 1965 Sept. 5 [sound recording]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 458412531 ...

Tagliabue, John, 1923-....

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John Tagliabue (1923-2006) was an American poet and playwright. Born in Italy, Tagliabue came with his family to the United States while still a child. He studied English at Columbia University where his fellow students inluded Allen Ginsberg and Jack Kerouac, and over his career received six Fulbright fellowships which he spent in Italy, China, Japan, and Indonesia. He taught for more than 35 years (1953-1989) at Bates College in Lewiston, Maine, where he actively recruited notable poets like D...

Sassoonian, Manu

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Rosenblum, Sadie

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Parker, Anne Eaton, 1919-

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Morgan, Randall, 1920-1994

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Soyer, Raphael, 1899-1987

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Soyer was a painter; New York, N.Y. From the description of Artists' statement, 1947. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122394893 Painter. From the description of Raphael Soyer papers, 1949-1954. (Cornell University Library). WorldCat record id: 63935130 Raphael Soyer, 1899-1987, painter of New York, N.Y. From the description of Oral history interview with Raphael Soyer, 1981 May 13-June 1. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 657038622 From ...

Mandel, Howard, 1917-1999

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Painter, sculptor, designer; New York, N.Y. From the description of Howard Mandel papers, 1934-1978. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122557051 ...

Williams, Walter, 1920-

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Di Lieto, Giuseppe

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Fritz, Dennis, 1937-

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Freilich, Ann

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Stevens, May

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Muray, Peggy

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Kaiman, Charles, 1947-

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Heinemann, Peter, 1931-

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Del Deo, Salvatore, 1928-

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Painter; Provincetown, Mass. From the description of Salvatore Del Deo interviews, 1977 July 13-Nov. 3. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 220177860 Salvatore Del Deo (1928- ) is a painter from Provincetown, Mass. From the description of Oral history interview with Salvatore Del Deo, 1977 July 13-Nov. 3 [sound recording]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 613314728 From the description of Oral history interview with Salvatore Del Deo, 1977 July 13-Nov. 3 [sound...

Bromberg, Faith, 1919-

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Eichel, Edward V., 1932-

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Ahlas, Lambro

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Clark, Claude, 1915-

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Dahl, Hermann

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Korn, Elizabeth P.

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Artist and illustrator. Children's book illustrator (Skippy's Family); at home with children from 1943; on the faculty of Drew University from 1947. From the description of Sketches, n.d. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 80932064 Painter, illustrator and educator; Union City, New Jersey. Born 1900. Died 1979. Taught at Drew University, Madison, New Jersey. From the description of Elizabeth P. Korn papers, 1923-1972. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 86132853 ...

Robbins, Dorothy, 1947-....

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Cook, Mike

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Heisig, Mary, 1913-

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Virgona, Hank

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Graphic artist; New York, N.Y. From the description of Hank Virgona papers, 1953-1981. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122370431 ...

Weihs, Erika.

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Erika Weihs was born on November 4, 1917 in Vienna, Austria. She earned her degree in 1937 from the Graphische Lehr und Versuchanstalt in Vienna and attended the Leonardo da Vinci Art School in New York. Erika Weihs has been a freelance illustrator and painter since 1942. She is the illustrator of over 30 books for children and the author and illustrator of Count the Cats . Biographical Source: Something About the Author, vol. 107, pp. 206-209. From the guide...

Roko Gallery

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Michael Leon Freilich (1912-1975) established the Roko Gallery in 1946 at 51 Greenwich Avenue where it remained until the mid-1950s. Over its 32 year history, the gallery featured the paintings and sculptures of young, new artists, most living in New York City, through solo exhibitions, group shows, and sales. The gallery then made a series of moves, first to 925 Madison Avenue, then to 867 Madison Avenue, and finally back to Greenwich Village at 90 East 10st Street in 1970. In 1974...

England, Paul.

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Kallem, Herbert, 1909-1994

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Sculptor. Studied at National Academy of Design, Pratt Institute and Hans Hoffman School of Fine Arts. From the description of Herbert Kallem papers, 1938-1978. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 86118455 ...

Levit, Herschel

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Herschel Levit was born in 1912 in Pennsylvania. He attended the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, and later taught at the Pratt Institute for 30 years. He worked as a painter and printmaker, creating illustrations and advertisements. Levit died in 1986. Biographical Source: http://www.keithsheridan.com/levit.html (Accessed 28 Jan. 2008) From the guide to the Herschel Levit Papers, (University of Minnesota Libraries Children's Literature Research Collections [clrc]) Her...

Bernardi, Cynthia

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Candell, Victor, 1903-1977

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Victor Candell (1903-1977) was a painter from New York, N.Y. From the description of Oral history interview with Victor Candell, 1965 Sept. 1 [sound recording]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 77651614 Painter; New York, N.Y. From the description of Victor Candell papers 1903-1977. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 86093796 ...

Calcagno, Lawrence, 1913-1993

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Painter; New York, N.Y. Died 1993. From the description of Lawrence Calcagno papers, 1934-1980. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122515112 ...

Sugarman, George, 1912-1999

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Sculptor, painter; New York, N.Y. b. 1912 d. 1999. From the description of Oral history interview with George Sugarman, 1974 June 20-June 25. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 233007056 From the description of George Sugarman interviews, 1974 June 20-June 25. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 220190529 d. August 25, 1999. From the description of Artist file : miscellaneous uncataloged material. (Museum of Modern Art (MOMA)). WorldCat record id: 83339287 ...

Lewen, Si.

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Painter and collagist, New Paltz, New York. Born in Lublin, Poland in 1918. Studed with Klaus Richter in Berlin, at the Ecole Vaucanson in Grenoble, France, at the National Academy of Art and Design and the Art Students League in New York, N. Y. Works in a style of serial progression. From the description of Si Lewen photograph albums, 1962-1964. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 86118479 ...

Piper, Rose

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Rainbow Art Foundation.

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Cohen, Arthur A. (Arthur Allen), 1928-1986

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American theologian, art critic, writer and bookseller. From the description of Papers relating to Herbert Bayer, ca. 1979-1984. (Getty Research Institute). WorldCat record id: 83781012 From the description of Papers relating to Sonia and Robert Delaunay, ca. 1960-1981. (Getty Research Institute). WorldCat record id: 145996063 From the description of Arthur Cohen interview with Robert Motherwell, 1969. (Getty Research Institute). WorldCat record id: 77719338 ...

Freilich, Michael Leon, 1912-1975.

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Stevens, Maynard G., 1954-

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Painter; New York, N.Y. Born 1924. From the description of May Stevens papers, 1967-1983. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 86132937 Interviewee May Stevens (1924- ) is a feminist painter in Santa Fe, N.M. Interviewer Judith Olch Richards (1947- ) is former Executive director of iCI in New York, N.Y. From the description of Oral history interview with May Stevens, 2009 Aug. 10-11. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 710020218 Painter; New York, N.Y....

Rosenblum, Sadie

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