Nathan Halper business records

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Nathan Halper business records

1952-1979

Records of four of Nathan Halper's Provincetown galleries measure 4.2 linear feet and date from 1952-1979. The records relate to Kootz Gallery, H-C Gallery, HCE Gallery, and Sun Gallery - all based in Provincetown. The bulk of the collection consists of correspondence with artists, estate executors, collectors, galleries, and museums. There are also scattered business and financial records documenting operations and sales, photographs and slides, printed materials, and one poem. Correspondents include Milton Avery, Anthony Caro, John Murray Cuddihy, Marsden Hartley, Hans Hoffman, Samuel Kootz, Robert Motherwell, David Smith, Richard Stankeiwicz, and many others.

4.2 Linear feet

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SNAC Resource ID: 6678054

Archives of American Art

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Kootz Gallery (N.Y.)

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H.C.E. Gallery (Provincetown, Mass.)

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H.C. Gallery (Provincetown, Mass.)

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H.C. Gallery (Provincetown, Mass.)

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Sun Gallery (Provincetown, Mass.)

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Kootz, Samuel Melvin, 1898-1982

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Art dealer; New York, N.Y. From the description of Oral history interview with Samuel M. Kootz, 1964 Apr. 13. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 84402281 From the description of Oral history interview with Samuel M. Kootz, 1960 Mar. 2. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 220187379 From the description of Oral history interview with Samuel M. Kootz, 1960 Mar. 2 [sound recording]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 312025030 ...

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...

Chidsey, G. Alan.

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Book dealer and lawyer; Plandom, N.Y. Chidsey served as trustee to the Marsden Hartley estate. From the description of G. Alan Chidsey papers, 1920-1979. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 86118436 ...

Cuddihy, John Murray.

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John Murray Cuddihy's engagement with the work of Robert Motherwell was long and intense, resulting in five scrapbooks. The project proceeded with the eminent painter's approval and often his help as well, as Motherwell sent several items to Cuddihy for inclusion in the scrapbooks. Robert Motherwell was a leading exponent of Abstract Expressionism. Educated at Stanford University and briefly in Harvard University's philosophy department, Motherwell concentrated his energ...

Motherwell, Robert

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Abstract expressionist painter. Close friend of Baziotes. From the description of Robert Motherwell postcard to William Baziotes, 1944. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122557368 Robert Motherwell, 1915-1991, painter of New York, N.Y. From the description of Oral history interview with Robert Motherwell, 1981 Feb. 15. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 646401238 Painter; New York, N.Y.; b. 1915; d. 1991. From the description of Robert Motherwell in...

Caro, Anthony, 1924-2013

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Sir Anthony Caro is an English abstract sculptor whose work is characterized by assemblies of metal using found industrial objects. In 1975 The Museum of Modern Art organized a retrospective exhibition, "Anthony Caro" [MoMA Exh. #1096, April 30 - July 6, 1975] From the description of Anthony Caro papers, 1949-1974. (Museum of Modern Art (MOMA)). WorldCat record id: 670144741 ...

Kootz Gallery (N.Y.)

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Brodie, Gandy, 1925-1975

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Painter; West Townshend, Vt. From the description of Gandy Brodie interview, 1965 Sept. 6 [sound recording]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 245522326 Painter; West Townshend, Vermont. From the description of Gandy Brodie interview, 1965 Sept. 6. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 220198493 Painter; West Townsend, Vermont. Birthdate also listed as 1924. From the description of Gandy Brodie papers, 1954-1983. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 12237044...

Putnam, Wallace, 1899-1989

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Wallace Putnam, b. 1899, Painter, writer, lithographer, and draftsman of Yorktown Heights, N.Y. From the description of Oral history interview with Wallace Putnam, 1982 Aug. 13-20. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 233007161 Painter, writer, lithographer, and draftsman; Yorktown Heights, N.Y. From the description of Wallace Putnam papers, 1914-1983. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 80506415 From the description of Wallace Putnam interview, 1982 Aug. 13-20. (U...

Lazzell, Blanche, 1878-1956

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Printmaker, etcher, painter, rug designer; Provincetown, Mass.; b. 1878; d. 1956 Born in Morgantown, W. Va. Studied at the University of West Virginia, the Art Students League under William Merritt Chase, in Paris under Fernand Leger, Albert Gleizes, and Charles Guerin. Also studied under Charles Hawthorne and Oliver Chaffee in Provincetown, Mass. and worked on Works Project Administration art projects. From the description of Blanche Lazzell papers, 1890-198...

Smith, David, 1906-1965

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Sculptor; Bolton Landing, N.Y. From the description of David Smith interview, 1964 Oct. 25. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 80437636 Sculptor. Studied painting at the Art Students League in New York City between 1927 and 1932. Smith began working with sculpture around the time of leaving the League. In 1940 he moved to upstate New York where he remained until his death in 1965. Retrospective exhibitions of Smith's work at the Museum of Modern Art in 1957, and at the Fogg Art ...

Kahn, Wolf, 1927-....

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Wolf Kahn, b. 1927, Painter of New York, N.Y. From the description of Oral history interview with Wolf Kahn, 1977 Nov. 28-1978 Jan. 6. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 646397369 Painter; New York, N.Y. From the description of Wolf Kahn papers, 1956-1969. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122455449 From the description of Wolf Kahn interviews, 1977 Nov. 28-1978 Jan. 6. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 220187042 Wolf Kahn (1927- ) is a painter from New Y...

H.C.E. Gallery (Provincetown, Mass.)

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Knaths, Karl, 1891-1971

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Painter. From the description of Karl Knaths interview, 1962 Aug. 2 [sound recording]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 80242439 From the description of Oral history interview with Karl Knaths, 1962 Aug. 2. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 312026559 Painter; Provincetown, Mass. From the description of Karl Knaths lecture, 1968 Aug. 11. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 84559262 Painter, printmaker, educator; Cape Cod, Mass. Die...

Avery, Milton, 1885-1965

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Milton Avery (1885-1965) was a painter in New York, N.Y. Year of birth has always been given as 1893; however, both the federal census report of 1900 and February 18, 1892 election district records for the town of Albion indicate that the actual year of birth was 1885. From the description of Milton Avery papers, 1926-1982, bulk 1950-1982. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 123373514 Milton Avery (1885-1965) was born in Altmar, New York and ...

Botkin, Henry Albert, 1896-1983

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Henry Botkin (1896-1983) was an American abstract, modern and expressionist painter and illustrator; he was known for his figure-views, still lifes, and non-objective paintings. He was active in artistic circles, served as president of four major art organizations (Artists Equity Association, American Abstract Artists, Group 256 Provincetown, and Federation of Modern Painters and Sculptors), and in 1955 organized the first exhibition of American abstract art at the Museum of Modern Art in Tokyo,...

Halper, Nathan.

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Art dealer; Provincetown, Mass. From the description of Nathan Halper interview, 1963 July 17. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 220198617 From the description of Nathan Halper interview, 1963 July 17 [sound recording]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 276394288 From the description of Oral history interview with Nathan Halper, 1963 July 17 [sound recording]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 312026536 BIOGHIST REQUIRED Nathan Halper, 1907-1983 (Columbia A.B. 1927;...