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Colette Roberts Papers and Interviews with Artists, 1918-1971

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Series 4: Grand Central Moderns Gallery Records , 1952-1970
(Box 2-3, 11; 0.7 linear feet)

This series contains records related to Roberts' work as the Gallery Director of the Grand Central Moderns Gallery, which represented and exhibited contemporary artists in New York City 1952 and 1968, when the gallery was closed. Records in this series include reference files such as curricula vitae, biographies, and résumés of artists and a card file for artworks noting loan, sale, price, exhibition, and sometimes creation date and dimensions of artworks. This series also contains exhibition catalogs and announcements, published exhibition listings, and press releases for Grand Central Moderns Exhibitions. Exhibition checklists are mainly annotated typescript lists of artworks for a few of the exhibitions of 1967 and 1968. Other business records in this series include loan agreements for both French and American artists involved in the 1953 exhibition exchange held by Grand Central Moderns Gallery and Galerie Jeanne Bucher in Paris. Also found are receipts for loans, membership lists, price quotes, and sales records. An open letter of support for the Gallery, written when it closed and signed by ten artists, is also found.
Announcements, catalogs, and press releases for exhibitions at other galleries are found in Series 5: Printed Materials. For correspondence with artists and Grand Central Galleries Manager Erwin Barrie, see Series 1: Correspondence. See Series 4: Personal Records for records from Roberts' work with A.M. Sachs Gallery and the Argent Gallery of the National Association of Women Artists.
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Artist Biographies and Résumés
Adler - Ray Johnson, circa 1960-1970
2
24
Kortlander - Murch, circa 1960-1970
2
25
Nevelson - Yunkers, circa 1960-1970
2
26
Card File of Artworks
Banks - Caldwell, 1953-1968
2
27
Conway - Durfee, 1953-1968
2
28
Elliott - Lam, 1953-1968
2
29
Madrigal - Moy, 1953-1968
2
30
Niewald - Shahly, 1953-1968
2
31
Taplitz - Zuka, 1953-1968
2
32
Exhibition Announcements, 1952-1958
2
33
Exhibition Announcements, 1960-1963
2
34
Exhibition Announcements, 1964-1966
2
35
Exhibition Announcements, 1967-1968
2
36
Exhibition Announcements, circa 1952-1968
2
37
Exhibition Catalogs, 1955-1959
2
38
Exhibition Catalogs, 1960-1964
2
39
Exhibition Catalogs, 1965-1966
2
40
Exhibition Catalogs, 1967-1968
2
41
Exhibition Listings, circa 1952-1967
2
42
Letter of Support, circa 1968
3
1
Loan Agreements, 1953
3
2
Loan and Shipping Receipts, 1962-1968
3
3
Membership Lists, 1962-1965
3
4
Posters, 1960-1968
(Oversized material housed in OV 11)
3
5
Press Releases, 1953-1968
3
6
Publicity, 1963-1967
3
7
Price Quotations for Artwork, 1962-1970
3
8
Receipts from Sales of Artwork, 1958-1969
(2 folders)
3
9-10
Sales Lists, 1958-1959
3
11
Oversized Posters
(Oversized material from Box 3, folder 5)
11

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