Henri Gallery records

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Henri Gallery records

circa early 1900s; 1940-1996; bulk 1957-1995

The records of Henri Gallery, a Washington, D.C. gallery that showed painters from the Washington Color School and emerging artists, measure 55.4 linear feet and date from circa early 1900s, 1940 to 1996, with the bulk of the materials dating from 1957 to 1995. The gallery's relationship with artists and clients, exhibitions, sales, and other business is documented in alphabetical files containing a wide variety of materials, including correspondence, sales records, printed materials, photographs, slides, and motion picture film. Additional correspondence, newspaper clippings, 114 exhibition posters, scattered drawings, illustrated cards, and photographic materials are also found in the collection.

55.4 Linear feet

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SNAC Resource ID: 8330156

Archives of American Art

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Schwebler, Yuri

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McGowin, Ed, 1938-

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Painter and sculptor; New York City. McGowin was born in 1938 in Hattiesburg, Mississippi and grew up in Mississippi and Alabama, receiving the M.A. from the University of Alabama. He has had one-person exhibitions at the Corcoran Gallery in Washington, D.C.; the Baltimore Museum; and the Museum of Modern Art of the City of Paris, France. Since 1979, McGowin has executed major outdoor commissions for numerous public and private organizations, often collaborating with his...

Downing, Thomas, 1928-1985

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Painter; Washington, D.C. and Provincetown, Mass; associated with the Washington Color School. Downing studied at Randolph-Macon and Pratt and, after military service, at Catholic University under Kenneth Noland. He later shared a studio with Howard Mehring, with whom he founded the Origo, a cooperative gallery. During the 1960s, Downing taught at the Corcoran School, numbering among his students Sam Gilliam, Rockne Krebs, and Michael Clark. The last ten years of his lif...

Herbert, Mimi

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Christenberry, William, 1936-

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William Christenberry (1936- ) is a painter and educator from Washington, D.C. From the description of Oral history interview with William Christenberry, 1983 Jan. 17. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 646397249 William Christenberry (1936- ) is a photographer, painter, and sculptor in Washington, D.C. Merry Forresta is a curator in Washington, D.C. From the description of Oral history interview with William Christenberry, 2010 Mar. 3-31 [sound recording]. (Unknown)...

Puryear, Martin, 1941-....

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Scanga, Italo, 1932-2001

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Sculptor, painter, graphic artist, teacher; San Diego, Calif. Born 1932. Died 2001. Italo Scanga was born in Calabria, Italy, and immigrated to the United States with his family in 1946. Reared in Detroit, he studied at Michigan State University where he received an MFA degree in sculpture 1n 1961. Well-known as a teacher, Scanga taught art at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, the Tyler School of Art (Temple University), Rhode Island School of Design, and Pilchuck Gl...

Wilson, May, 1905-1986

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Stackhouse, Robert

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Mehring, Howard, 1931-

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Davis, Gene, 1920-1985

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Painter; Washington, D.C. From the description of Contemporary painting : sound recording ; 1969 Aug. 26. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122291694 Painter; Washington, D.C.; d. 1985. From the description of Gene Davis interview, 1981 Apr. 23. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 80026267 Gene Davis (1920-1985) was a painter from Washington, D.C. From the description of Oral history interview with Gene Davis, 1981 Apr. 23. (Unknown). WorldCat record...

Henri Gallery (Washington, D.C.)

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Art gallery, Washington, D.C. Operated by Henrietta Ehrsam (d. 1996), known as Henri. Est. 1957 in Alexandria, Virginia, moving ten years later to 21st and P Sts. in Washington, D.C. Among the artists exhibited were the painters of the Washington Color School, and young artists. From the description of Henri Gallery records, 1956-1996. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 84920047 ...

Shannon, Joe

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Exhibition designer, painter, curator; Washington, D.C. From the description of Joe Shannon papers, circa 1980-2005. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 233007243 ...

Edelson, Mary Beth, 1933-2021

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Mary Beth Edelson; born Mary Elizabeth Johnson Feb. 6, 1933 in East Chicago, Indiana, died April 20 in Ocean Grove, N.J., aged 88; a pivotal artist and organizer in the feminist art movement of the 1970s who was known as much for her participation in public protests as for her ritualistic performances; activist; in 1972, she began another project that would last for decades: her "Story-gathering Boxes" which contain cards with prompts for viewers to respond to....

Outerbridge, Graeme, 1950-

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Henri, 1909-1996.

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Nakashima, Tom, 1941-

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Greenly, Colin, 1928-

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