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Heritage Gallery records

1944-2000; bulk 1960-1998

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The records of Los Angeles Heritage Gallery measure 13.8 linear feet and date from 1944-2000 with the bulk of the materials dating from 1960-1998. The majority of the collection consists of artists' files containing a wide variety of materials documenting the gallery's representation of its contemporary artists and gallery exhibitions, including biographical information, correspondence, and printed materials. About half of the artists' files are related to artist Charles White. Gallery records also include business correspondence, business records and additional printed materials.

13.8 Linear feet

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SNAC Resource ID: 8226035

Archives of American Art

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Heritage Gallery

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Art gallery; Los Angeles, Calif. Operated by Benjamin Horowitz. Horowitz was born in New York City in 1912, and moved to Hollywood shortly before the outbreak of World War II. His early dedication to the work of African-American artists, chief among them Charles White, distinguished Horowitz and his gallery. Horowitz, who actively promoted White's work and career, gave him more than fifty one-person exhibitions. From the description of Heritage Gallery record...

White, Charles, 1918-1979

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Charles Wilbert White (1918-1979) was a painter and educator from Los Angeles, Calif. From the description of Oral history interview with Charles Wilbert White, 1965 Mar. 9 [sound recording]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 80914917 African American painter and educator; Los Angeles, Calif. From the description of Charles Wilbert White papers, [ca. 1930]-1982. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79868172 ...

Horowitz, Benjamin

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