Arthur U. Newton Galleries
Size: 0.2 Linear feet
Summary: The Arthur U. Newton Galleries records measure 0.2 linear feet and date from 1934 to 1962. This small collection consists of correspondence, an exhibition announcement card, photographs of artwork and the gallery's interior, and a plate proof of The Pickwick Papers , illustrated by Frederick Banberry.
The Arthur U. Newton Galleries was founded in New York by Arthur U. Newton. Newton dealt and exhibited works by modern and early-modern artists by the 1930s. He represented the works of some contemporary artists, including Walter Howlison Mackenzie "Zarh" Pritchard; and held the first one-man exhibition for William Hekking. In conjunction with the NAACP and the College Art Association, Arthur U. Newton galleries held an anti-lynching art exhibition, An Art Commentary on Lynching (1935). The exhibition featured works by Isamu Noguchi, Thomas Hart Benton, José Clemente Orozco, and Reginald Marsh.
The collection was donated in 1962 by Arthur U. Newton.
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