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Tanager Gallery records

1952-1979

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The records of contemporary New York City Tanager Gallery measure 2.6 linear feet and date from 1952 to 1979. Found are administrative files, financial and legal records including detailed receipt books, scattered correspondence, artists' files for circa 70 artists that include price lists and biographies, two scrapbooks of printed materials, newsclippings, exhibition announcements and other printed materials, and five photographs of openings at the gallery and of the exterior of the building.Administrative files include four day books, lists of artists and exhibitions, historical sketches, and an address book. There are two ledger books of expenses for shows and four receipt books from 1959-1962 which are organized by date and list artist, and artwork, buyer, and price. Correspondence is arranged chronologically and comprised mainly of copies of letters sent by the Gallery to artists as invitations to exhibit. Also found are scattered letters from museums and artists.There are artists' files for circa 70 artists that contain a variety of materials, including price lists and biographies or resumes. Artists files are found for Anne Arnold, James Brooks, Charles Cajori, Herman Cherry, Lois Dodd, Sally Hazelet Drummond, Perle Fine, Helen Frankenthaler, Sidney Geist, Philip Guston, Hans Hofmann, Angelo Ippolito, Philip Pealstein, Alex Katz, William King, Robert Rauschenberg, Larry Rivers, Theordore Stamos, and Tom Wesselmann among many others.The collection includes two scrapbooks containing mostly newsclippings and exhibition announcements, as well as additional loose newsclippings, numerous exhibition announcements and catalogs, and press releases. There are five photographs of gallery openings and the exterior of the building, the latter taken by Rudy Burkhardt.

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Rochlin, Raymond.

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Hazelet, Sally.

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Sandler, Irving, 1925-....

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Irving Sandler has been an American critic and reviewer of contemporary art for five decades. From the description of Irving Sandler papers, ca. 1950-2000. (Getty Research Institute). WorldCat record id: 83459092 Irving Sandler (1925-) was an art critic, art historian, and educator in New York, N.Y. He was the art critic for ART NEWS, 1956-1962; for the NEW YORK POST, 1960-1965; and an instructor of art history at New York University, 1960-1971. Duri...

Ippolito, Angelo.

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ISQUITH, BEN.

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Tanager Gallery (New York, N.Y.)

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Art gallery; New York, N.Y. Operated on E. 10th St., 1952-1962 as a cooperative outlet for a group of New York artists, primarily abstract expressionists. The founding members were Lois Dodd, Charles Cajori, Angelo Ippolito, William King and Fred Mitchell. From the description of Tanager Gallery records, 1952-1972. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122394103 ...

Frankenthaler, Helen, 1928-2011

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Painter (New York, N.Y.) Born 1928. From the description of Helen Frankenthaler interview, 1969. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 220179604 Helen Frankenthaler (1928- 2011) was a painter from New York, N.Y. From the description of Oral history interview with Helen Frankenthaler, 1969. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 495595062 Painters; New York, N.Y. Frankenthaler and Motherwell were married, and subsequently divorced. Were good fri...

Fine, Perle, 1905-1988

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Perle Fine (1908-1988) was a painter in New York, N.Y. From the description of Oral history interview with Perle Fine, 1968 Jan. 19 [sound recording]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 458412469 Painter; New York, N.Y. From the description of Perle Fine interviews, 1968 Jan. 19. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 80347912 Painter, etcher, engraver, and educator (New York, N.Y. and "The Springs," Southampton, N.Y.). From the description of Perle Fine...

Wesselmann, Tom, 1931-2004

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Painter; New York, N.Y. Died 2004. From the description of Oral history interview with Tom Wesselmann, 1984 Jan. 3 - Feb. 8. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 220180962 Tom Wesselmann (1931-2004) was a painter from New York, N.Y. From the description of Oral history interview with Tom Wesselmann, 1984 Jan. 3-Feb. 8. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 276394191 ...

King, William, 1925-

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Sculptor; New York, N.Y. From the description of William King papers, 1910-2007. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 220231267 From the description of William King interview, 1975. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 81875327 From the description of William King interview, 1969 Sept. 23. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 220187065 William King (1925-) is a sculptor from New York, N.Y. From the description of Oral history interview with William King, 1969 Sep...

Brooks, James, 1906-

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Rauschenberg, Robert, 1925-2008

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Robert Rauschenberg (1925-2008) was a painter and photographer from New York, N.Y. From the description of Oral history interview with Robert Rauschenberg, 1965 Dec. 21. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 646398681 Painter, photographer; New York, N.Y. Born 1925. Died 2008. From the description of Robert Rauschenberg interview, 1965 Dec. 21 [sound recording]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 78470377 ...

Arnold, Anne, 1925-

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Cherry, Herman

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Cherry, Herman, 1909-1992, Painter of New York, N.Y. From the description of Oral history interview with Herman Cherry, 1989 May 8-1992 Mar. 19. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 646400298 Painter, mural painter, lithographer, craftsman, writer, teacher; New York, N.Y. Born in 1909. From the description of Herman Cherry interview, 1965 Sept. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 220192463 Painter, lithographer, craftsman, writer, teacher; New York, N.Y. b. 1909. ...

Burkhardt, Rudy

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Dodd, Lois, 1927-

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Painter, educator, founding member of the Tanager Gallery. From the description of Lois Dodd interviews, 1988 Oct. 10 - Nov. 7. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 220183672 Lois Dodd (1927-) is a painter, educator, and founding member of the Tanager Gallery. From the description of Oral history interview with Lois Dodd, 1988 Oct. 10-Nov. 7. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 646397122 Painter, art instructor; New York, N.Y. Founding memb...

Geist, Sidney.

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Sculptor, critic. Born 1914. From the description of Sidney Geist papers, 1938-1994. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 86132900 Sidney Geist (1914-2005), sculptor, writer and critic was born in Paterson, New Jersey. He was an apprentice to Paul Feine in Woodstock between 1931-1937, studied with William Zorach, Jose de Creeft and Ossip Zadkine in 1945-46. He taught at Brooklyn College, the University of California at Berkeley, and Southern Illinois University, among...

Ippolito, Angelo

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Rivers, Larry, 1925-2002

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Larry Rivers (1925-2002) was a painter from Southampton, N.Y.). From the description of Oral history interview with Larry Rivers, 1968 Nov. 2 [sound recording]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 84233674 Larry Rivers was born Yitzhok Loiza Grossberg to Russian-Jewish parents in 1923 (sometimes claimed to be 1925) in the Bronx, New York, changing his name to Larry Rivers in 1940 after being introduced as "Larry Rivers and the Mudcats" performing at a local pub. From 1940-1945 he...

Pearlstein, Philip, 1924-....

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Philip Pearlstein (1924- ) is a painter and educator from New York, N.Y. From the description of Oral history interview with Philip Pearlstein, 1972 June 8-Aug. 10 [sound recording]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 495596696 Painter, educator; New York, N.Y. From the description of Oral history interview with Philip Pearlstein, 1972 June 8-Aug. 10. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 220189238 Phillip Pearlstein ( 1924- ) is a painter and educator...

Katz, Alex, 1927-....

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Painter; New York City. From the description of Alex Katz papers, 1953-1982. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 78054299 Artist. From the description of Reminiscences of Alex Katz : oral history, 1978. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122343168 Painter (New York, N.Y.). From the description of Alex Katz interview, 1969 Oct. 20 [sound recording]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 83634712 Alex Katz (1927- ) ...

Hofmann, Hans, 1880-1966

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Hans Hofmann (1880-1966) was a painter and teacher in Provincetown, Mass. From the description of Hans Hofmann papers, [ca. 1904]-1978 (bulk 1945-1965). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 82551474 Painter, teacher. From the description of Hans Hofmann letter to Mrs. Spingarn, 1938 Dec. 18. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122389762 Biography Hans Hofmann created a distinctive primordial world of color and l...

Stamos, Theodoros, 1922-1997

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d. Feb. 2, 1997, Yiannina, Greece. From the description of Artist file : miscellaneous uncataloged material. (Museum of Modern Art (MOMA)). WorldCat record id: 84607001 Theodore Stamos (1922-1997) was an Abstract Expressionist painter and educator in N.Y. and Greece. From the description of Theodoros Stamos papers, 1922-2007. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 744426362 Theodros Stamos, Abstract Expressionist Painter; NY and Lefkada Greece, 1922-1997; James ...

Cajori, Charles, 1921-

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Charles F. Cajori (1921- ) is a painter in New York, N.Y. and Watertown, Conn. Cajori was co-founder of the Tanager Gallery with Lois Dodd, Phillip Pearlstein, William Knig, Angelo Ippolito, and Fred Mitchell. From the description of Charles Cajori papers, 1942-2011. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 779477657 Charles F. Cajori (1921- ) is a painter in New York, N.Y. and Watertown, Conn. Cajori was co-founder of the Tanager Gall...

Hazelet, Sally

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Tanager Gallery

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The Tanager Gallery operated from 1952-1962 in New York City. The gallery was one of the first artist cooperative galleries formed on 10th Street in Manhattan to provide an alternative to the larger upscale galleries of Madison Avenue. In 1952, the artist cooperative Tanager Gallery opened at 90 East 10th Street in Manhattan. Co-founders included Charles Cajori, Lois Dodd, Angelo Ippolito, William King, and Fred Mitchell. The Tanager offered open spaces for young artists...

Guston, Philip, 1913-1980

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xmlns="urn:isbn:1-931666-33-4">Painter. From the description of Oral history interview with Philip Guston, 1965 Jan. 29. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 78587878 Philip Guston, born Phillip Goldstein (June 27, 1913 – June 7, 1980), was a painter and printmaker in the New York School, an art movement that included many abstract expressionists like Jackson Pollock and Willem de Kooning. In the late 1960s Guston helped to lead a transition from abstract expressionism to neo...