Rolf Nelson Gallery records, 1953-1973.

  1. Resources
  2. View Resource

ArchivalResource

Rolf Nelson Gallery records, 1953-1973.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/639065365

The Rolf Nelson Gallery records contain correspondence, photographs, and printed ephemera related to the operation of the gallery and Nelson's subsequent work as a private dealer. The collection is rich in materials from Lowell Nesbitt, Georgia O'Keeffe, Judy Chicago, Robert Indiana, Harry Partch and George Herms. There is original artwork by Judi, Jess, George Herms and Michael Cady. Letters sent and received during Nelson's tenure at the Martha Jackson Gallery and his own gallery make up the bulk of the collection. While most of the collection deals directly with artists and clients, there are also documents related to Nelson's involvement with the Save the Museum Committee and the Artist Protest Committee.

7.7 linear ft. (10 boxes)

Getty Research Institute

Information

SNAC Resource ID: 7904346

Getty Research Institute

Related Entities

There are 11 Entities related to this resource.

O'Keeffe, Georgia, 1887-1986

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6c06xs0 (person)

Georgia O’Keeffe is one of the most significant artists of the 20th century, renowned for her contribution to modern art.Born on November 15, 1887, the second of seven children, Georgia Totto O’Keeffe grew up on a farm near Sun Prairie, Wisconsin. By the time she graduated from high school in 1905, O’Keeffe had determined to make her way as an artist. She studied at the Art Institute of Chicago and the Art Students League in New York, where she learned the techniques of traditional painting. Th...

Jensen, Alfred, 1903-1981

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6rv1d12 (person)

Martha Jackson Gallery

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6mp9wh6 (corporateBody)

Martha Jackson opened her Gallery in New York City at 22 E. 66th St., moving three years later to 32 E. 69th St. The gallery specialized in modern American and European painting and sculpture, particularly Abstract Expressionists. Her son, David Anderson, worked with Jackson and took over the gallery after her death in 1969. He now operates the David Anderson Gallery, 521 W. 57th St. From the description of Martha Jackson Gallery records, 1954-1964. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 830...

Indiana, Robert, 1928-2018

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6h70npq (person)

Robert Indiana (born Robert Clark, September 13, 1928, New Castle, Indiana–died May 19, 2018, Vinalhaven, Maine), American artist associated with the pop art movement. His "LOVE" print, first created for the Museum of Modern Art's Christmas card in 1965, was the basis for his 1970 Love sculpture and the widely distributed 1973 United States Postal Service "LOVE" stamp. He created works in media including paper, silk screen, and Cor-ten steel....

Jess, 1923-2004

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6154xh8 (person)

Jess, American visual artist, was born Burgess Collins on August 6, 1923 in Long Beach, California. Jess was educated as a chemist at the California Institute of Technology. Disillusioned with his scientific career, in 1949 he enrolled in the California School of the Arts (now the San Francisco Art Institute) and began referring to himself as "Jess". He met Robert Duncan in 1951 and maintained a relationship with the poet that lasted until Duncan's death in 1988. George ...

Nelson, Rolf G.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6zs5j1d (person)

Rolf Nelson Gallery.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6sc02gv (corporateBody)

The Rolf Nelson Gallery made a significant contribution to the vibrant Southern California art scene of the 1960s by exhibiting emerging as well as established artists. Born in Brooklyn in 1935 to Norwegian immigrant parents, Rolf G. Nelson began his career at the Martha Jackson Gallery in New York in the early 1960s. After moving to Los Angeles in 1962 Nelson worked at the Southern California branch of the San Francisco-based Dilexi Gallery. By 1963 he had opened his own gallery in Los Angeles ...

Cady, Michael

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6cv74r1 (person)

Nesbitt, Lowell, 1933-1993

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6pg22jm (person)

Painter, photographer, and sculptor; New York, N.Y.; d. 1993. From the description of Lowell Nesbitt papers, 1950-1992. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122455542 Lowell Nesbitt (1933-1993) was a painter, photographer, and sculptor from New York, N.Y. From the description of Lowell Nesbitt papers, 1903-1993, bulk 1950-1993. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 779476892 ...

Chicago, Judy, 1939-

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6w48kc8 (person)

Interviewee Judy Chicago (1939- ) is a feminist artist and author who lives and works in Belen, 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 Judy Chicago, 2009 Aug. 7-8. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 613316745 Judy Chicago (1939-) is a noted feminist artist, author, and educator. She was born in Chicago as Judy Cohen, but later changed her name in protest of the mal...

Herms, George, 1935-

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6251nt5 (person)

George Herms, California artist, musician, and poet, was one of the founders of the West Coast assemblage movement. From the description of George Herms papers, 1890-2009 ( bulk 1960-2000) (Getty Research Institute). WorldCat record id: 668457005 Herms, George, 1935, Assemblage and collage artist of Los Angeles and San Francisco, Calif. Central participant in the West Coast Beat culture. From the description of Oral history interview with...