Catherine Viviano Gallery records, 1930-1990, bulk 1949-1978

This subseries contains Viviano's correspondence with artists and their family members, historians, clients, publishers, and individuals at museums, galleries, and non-profit arts organizations. Included are letters from Margaret Viviano, who worked closely with her sister Catherine in the gallery. There are files of Catherine Viviano's scattered correspondence, some of it personal. Materials include carbon copies, drafts, postcards, telegrams, and photographs of artwork. Also found are illustrated letters, holiday and greeting cards, many with original artwork.

Letters include detailed information on the gallery's general operations: acquisitions, sales, loans, shipping and delivery of artwork, insurance claims, and requests for biographical material on artists and permission to reproduce artwork. Letters also provide an overview of Viviano's efforts in promoting artists, developing relationships with clients and collectors, and organizing exhibitions. Among the artists frequently referred to in the correspondence are Afro and Mirko Basaldella, Max Beckmann, Renato Birolli, Robert Broderson, Leonardo Cremonini, Joseph Glasco, Luciano Minguzzi, Bernard Perlin, Faustus Pirandello, Bernard Rosenthal, and Kay Sage.

The bulk of the correspondence with artists represented by the gallery is found in the artists' files. Some of the names in general correspondence can also be found in correspondence with galleries, museums, and art-related institutions in the United States and abroad.