Holly Solomon Gallery records, circa 1948-2003

The alphabetical files span from 1991-2000 and contain miscellaneous incoming and outgoing gallery correspondence with clients, galleries, and museums regarding loans, inquiries, sales, exhibitions, and travel plans. Some of the correspondence includes printed materials, slides, and other related documents. These files were maintained separately from the gallery's subject and artists' files for any correspondence that did not have enough bulk to warrant its own file. There may also be some overlap with Series 3: Subject Files and Series 4: Artists' Files for items that were accidentally filed in these general files instead of into the proper subject or artist file. Additional correspondence can also be found within the dealer files, administrative records, and financial and legal records.

Items are filed alphabetically by company name or last name. Within each letter of the alphabet, items were also filed by year.

The dealer files contain gallery correspondence to and from art dealers regarding inquiries on works and artists. These files are sparse and particular to the early 1980s. For more dealer files researchers should review Series 3: Subject Files.

Files are maintained in the original gallery arrangement, alphabetically by location of dealer (i.e., state, country, or region). Folder titles have been transcribed from the existing folder labels.

The subject files are mainly comprised of correspondence but also include printed materials, slides, and other related documents. The files span the life of the gallery from 1975 to 2002. Subjects include dealers, organizations, museums, clients, art fairs, travel, and projects that the gallery or Holly Solomon worked with. Researchers should note that some artists' information is contained within this series, and these files should be consulted along with files in Series 4: Artists' Files. There is significant coverage on Holly Solomon's work with the Art Dealer's Association of America, as well as the gallery's participation in events like FIAC (International Contemporary Art Fair), and the gallery's relationship with Museum of Modern Art (MOMA.)

Folders are arranged in alphabetical order by subject. Folder titles in this listing have been transcribed from the existing folder labels. For folders missing labels, titles were given based on the material in the file. Folder titles assigned by the archivist are indicated by brackets.

The artists' files include correspondence to and from the gallery about the artist in regards to their works, in particular the sales and payment information of works, shipping records and any insurance claims. Any correspondence between the gallery and the artist is also included in these files. Additional materials found here include printed materials, slides, photographs, clippings, and scattered inventory cards. There is substantial documentation on artists Kim MacConnel, Nam June Paik, Izhar Patkin, William Wegman, and Joe Zucker. Researchers should note that additional documentation on artists may also be found throughout this collection, especially within Series 3: Subject Files, Series 5: Inventory Records, Series 9: Printed Material, and Series 10: Photographic Materials.

Files are in alphabetical order by artists' last name.

This series contains various inventory lists created by Holly Solomon Gallery as well as an art inventory card file. Inventory cards note the title, date, and size of the work as well as the dates and movements of the work. Some cards also include a Polaroid of the work of art. Researchers should note that scattered inventory cards may also be housed in Series 4: Artists' Files. The inventory cards span the life of the gallery, from 1975 to 2000. Inventory lists include print outs of the gallery inventory, logs kept to track works by artist, gallery checklists and stocklists, inventory lists for Holly Solomon Editions as well as inventories of Holly Solomon's personal collection.

The inventory cards are arranged alphabetical by artist's last name. Within an artist grouping the cards are in order by accession number.