Barbara Mathes Gallery records pertaining to Rio Nero lawsuit

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Barbara Mathes Gallery records pertaining to Rio Nero lawsuit

1989-1995

The Barbara Mathes Gallery records pertaining to Rio Nero lawsuit measure 1.4 linear feet and date from 1989-1995. The records, assembled by Barbara Mathes, relate to the lawsuit Greenberg Gallery, Inc., et al. v. Patricia Bauman, et al. and the authenticity of the Alexander Calder mobile Rio Nero. The files contain correspondence, purchase and shipping records, and legal documents. The collection also includes printed material and photographs of the mobile.

1.4 Linear feet

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SNAC Resource ID: 6812712

Archives of American Art

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Barbara Mathes Gallery

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In 1959 Alexander Calder (1898-1976) created a black metal mobile titled Rio Nero which collector Lionel Bauman purchased from the Perls Galleries, New York City (1967). Patricia Bauman received Rio Nero from her father's estate in 1989 and consigned the mobile to the Herbert Palmer Gallery in Los Angeles and L & R Entwistle and Co., Ltd. in London. The Greenberg Gallery, Saint Louis, Missouri, purchased the mobile for $500,000 from L & R Entwistle in March 1990. The Barbara...

Mathes, Barbara.

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Calder, Alexander, 1898-1976

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Sculptor. From the description of Alexander Calder correspondence, 1964. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79452461 Alexander Calder (1898-1976) was a sculptor from New York, N.Y. From the description of Oral history interview with Alexander Calder, 1971 Oct. 26. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 646395903 B. 1898, d. 1976. From the description of Alexander Calder artist file. (Whitney Museum of American Art). WorldCat record id: 228431975 ...

Bauman, Patricia

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Barbara Mathes Gallery (New York, N.Y.)

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Barbara Mathes Gallery is an art gallery in New York, N.Y. Barbara Mathes Gallery was established in 1978 by Barbara Mathes. From the description of Barbara Mathes Gallery records pertaining to "Rio Nero" lawsuit, 1989-1995. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 123399238 ...

Mathes, Barbara

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Howard Greenberg gallery New York, N.Y.

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