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Maynard Walker Gallery records, 1923-1975

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Series 1: Correspondence , 1929-1975
1.5 Linear feet
Boxes 1-2

Correspondence is with buyers, sellers, artists, and business and personal contacts such as Burt Lancaster, Paul Mellon, and Nelson Rockefeller regarding exhibitions, loans, sales, artworks, and general business dealings.
The series begins with general correspondence arranged in chronological order and continues alphabetically starting with the letter C.
Description Container Select
General, 1929-1972
1
1-20
General, undated
1
21
C-G, 1946-1972
2
1
Haverstick, Iola, 1961-1966
2
2
Henry Varnum Poor Memorial Scholarship, Regarding, 1968-1975
2
3
Hirschl and Adler Galleries, 1967
2
4
Identity of Artist of Painting of Woman, Regarding, 1956-1957
2
5
K-L, 1952-1971
2
6
LaFarge, Margaret, 1946-1974
2
7
Mc, 1945-1956
2
8
Mellon, Paul, 1960-1966
2
9
Nebraska Art Association, 1974
2
10
Rockefeller, Nelson, 1951
2
11
Rogers, Millicent, circa 1946
2
12
S, 1946-1974
2
13
Santa Barbara Museum of Art, 1948
2
14
T, 1966-1973
2
15
W, 1954-1966
2
16
Watson-Gandy, Anthony, 1946-1959
2
17
The White House, 1961-1964
2
18
Wood, Sara Bard Field, 1946-1957
2
19
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Series 2: Artist's Files , 1928-1970
2.8 Linear feet
Boxes 2-5, 7

The series contains contracts, correspondence, insurance and shipping records, photographs of artwork, printed material, inventories, scrapbooks, and price lists for Thomas Hart Benton, John Chumley, John Singleton Copley, John Steuart Curry, Lily Cushing, Madeline Hewes, Winslow Homer, Walt Kuhn, Wayne Williams, and Grant Wood. See Series 4 for additional material on artists.
Description Container Select
Aitken, 1939
Folder contains photocopies.
2
20
Albright, Ivan Le Lorraine, 1927-circa 1960
2
21
Allston, Washington, 1962-1964
2
22
Benton, Thomas Hart, 1935-1939
2
23
Benton, Thomas Hart - Scrapbook, 1930s
7
3
Benton, Thomas Hart - Scrapbook, circa 1940
2
24
Blakelock, Ralph, 1963-1968
2
25
Boudin, Eugene, 1965
2
26
Bunting, J.D., 1951-1964
2
27
Callahan, Kenneth, 1946-1968
2
28-29
Carlsen, Emil, 1940-1961
2
30
Chase, William Merritt, 1959-1964
2
31
Chumley, John, 1957-1972
2
32-35
Chumley, John - Scrapbook, 1961-1962
2
36
Copley, John Singleton, 1931-1967
2
37-38
Cropsey, Jasper F., circa 1964
2
39
Cummings, Willard W., 1955-1967
2
40
Curry, John Steuart - General, 1930-1967
2
41
Curry, John Steuart - Disassembled Press Scrapbook, 1937-1940
3
1
Curry, John Steuart - Artwork Photograph Scrapbook, circa 1940s
3
2
Curry, John Steuart, 1937-1957
3
3
Curry, John Steuart - Scrapbook, 1930s
7
4
Cushing, Lily, 1953-1972
3
4-5
Dadd, Richard, 1965
3
6
Dasburg, Andrew, 1947-1956
3
7
Davies, Arthur B., 1962-1967
3
8
Dickinson, Preston, 1937-1940
3
9
DuJardin, Karel, 1955-1958
3
10
Eakins, Thomas, 1937-1958
3
11
Epstein, Jacob, 1946-1958
3
12
Feke, Robert, 1947-1958
3
13
Gage, Merrell, 1956-1970
3
14
Glasier, Marshall, circa 1936
3
15
Grosz, George, 1939-1945
Folder contains photocopies.
3
16
Heliker, John, circa 1955-1969
3
17
Henri, Robert, 1931-1965
3
18
Hewes, Madeline, 1948-1967
3
19-20
Hill, Derek, 1963-1968
3
21
Hollander, Richard, 1965-1967
3
22
Homer, Winslow, 1940-1968
3
23-24
Ingres, Jean Auguste Dominique, 1929-1954
3
25
Iselin, Lewis, 1957-1963
3
26
Jackson, Jean Jones, 1965-1967
3
27
James, Alexander R., 1936-1971
3
28
Jamieson, Mitchell, 1949
3
29
John, Gwen, 1959-1966
3
30
Kane, John, circa 1947
3
31
Kuhn, Walt, 1938-1967
3
32-34
Kuhn, Walt, 1946-1970
4
1-9
LaFarge, John, 1930-1948
4
10
Lawson, Ernest, 1963-1964
4
11
McBey, James, 1959-1960
4
12
McBride, Henry, 1949-1962
4
13
Petty, Mary, 1948-1949
4
14
Pittman, Hobson, 1941
4
15
Quidor, James, 1947-1954
4
16
Raymer, Lester, 1963-1964
4
17
Renoir, Pierre-Auguste, 1952-1965
4
18
Rousett, Robert, 1951-1967
4
19
Steumpfig, Walter, 1962-1964
4
20
Taylor, Richard, 1941-1952
4
21
Toulouse-Lautrec, 1948-1951
4
22
Truex, Van Day, 1963-1966
4
23
Trumbull, John, 1952-1955
4
24
Twachtman, Godfrey, 1960-1971
4
25
Vuillard, Edouard, 1945-1954
4
26
Watts, Jean, 1955-1961
4
27
Weir, J. Alden, 1960-1967
4
28
Whistler, Rex, 1941-1959
4
29
Williams, Wayne, 1957-1968
4
30-31
Wolfe, Tom, 1964-1966
4
32
Wood, Grant, 1935-1972
4
33
Wood, Grant - Scrapbook, circa 1940
5
1
Wood, Grant - Scrapbook, 1930s
7
5
Various Artists, Scrapbook, 1940s-1950s
7
6
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Series 3: Exhibition and Gallery Files , 1928-1970
0.7 Linear feet
Boxes 5, 7

Files in the series consist of catalogs and announcements, mainly for the Maynard Walker Gallery; clippings; correspondence, an annotated exhibition catalog, announcements, checklists, and clippings relating to the 1945 exhibition Other Worlds organized by Maynard Walker for the American British Art Center in New Britain, C.T.; and a file regarding Spanish painting.
Description Container Select
Catalogs and Announcements, 1928-1966
5
2
Clippings, 1931-1970
5
3
Exhibition, Other Worlds (1945), Clippings, 1945
5
4
Exhibition, Other Worlds (1945), Correspondence, 1945-1946
5
5
Exhibition, Other Worlds (1945), Promotional Material and Lists, 1945
5
6
Exhibition Scrapbook 1 (Parts 1,3,6, 7 of 7), 1930s
5
7-10
Exhibition Scrapbook 1 (Parts 2, 4, 5 of 7), 1930s
7
2
Exhibition Scrapbook 2, 1940s
7
1
Exhibition Scrapbook 3, 1936-1940
5
11
General, circa 1950s
Folder contains duplicates of material found in the collection.
5
12
Spanish Painting, 1948-1964
5
13
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Series 4: Financial and Sales Records , 1923-1967
0.8 Linear feet
Boxes 5-6

The series contains sales and financial records for artists such as Lewis Iselin, Jr., Lily Cushing, Van Day Truex, Willard Cummings, and a few others, as well as records for non-artists, bills of sale by buyer name, and inventories. Files in Series 2 may contain additional financial and sales records for artists.
Description Container Select
Artist Accounts, Jean Watts (Jean Jones Jackson), 1954-1967
5
14
Artist Accounts, Lewis Iselin, Jr., 1953-1962
5
15
Artist Accounts, Lily Cushing, 1948-1966
5
16
Artist Accounts, Tom Wolfe, 1965
5
17
Artist Accounts, Van Day Truex, 1963-1967
5
18
Artist Accounts, Walter Stuempfig, 1963-1964
5
19
Artist Accounts, Wayne Williams, 1958-1967
5
20
Artist Accounts, Willard Cummings, 1956-1965
5
21
Artist Accounts, General, 1947-1961
5
22
Non-Artist Accounts, 1946-1966
5
23
Bills of Sale, 1946-1963
5
24-28
Bills of Sale, 1963-1967
6
1-3
Inactive Inventory of Items Sold, 1923-1960
6
4
Regular Inventory, 1947-1964
6
5
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Series 5: Photographic Materials , circa 1950s-1960s
0.5 Linear feet
Box 6

The series contains photographs and negatives of a Kenneth Callahan exhibition in 1952 taken by Oliver Baker, works of art grouped by artist name, and photographic reproductions of Henry James and his signature.
Description Container Select
Exhibitions, circa 1952
6
6
Portrait and Signature of Henry James, circa 1960s
6
7
Works of Art, circa 1950s
6
8-20

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