Series 1 : Mitzi Gallant Papers , 1946-1959
0.3 Linear feet
Box 1, OV 2
Biographical materials include resumes and an unsigned pencil sketch of a portrait. Scattered correspondence is from professional arts organizations.
Photographs depict Gallant, Gallant with others and painting, and Gallant's work. Also found is a portrait photograph of Stewart Klonis by Peter A. Juley and Son. A 1946 group photo of an Art Students League Masquerade shows Gallant in costume with two unidentified people. Other group photographs are of Artists Equity Association members including Samuel Adler, Maurice Beche, Henry Botkin, Lily Ente, Peter Fingesten, Chaim Gross, Nettie Horch, May Heiloms, Violet Sigismund, Bernard Simon, Alton Tobey, and others. Of note is a 1948 photograph of an Artists Equity Association testimonial dinner for Yasuo Kuniyoshi at Cafe Montparnasse, New York City, in honor of his retrospective exhibition at the Whitney Museum of American Art.
Printed materials include clippings, exhibition announcements and catalogs, and press releases for Gallant's exhibitions and events at the Artists Equity Association.
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Biographical Material, circa 1950
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Correspondence, 1952-1959
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Photographs, of Gallant and Others, 1946-circa 1959
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Photographs, of Gallant and Others, Oversized, 1948
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Photographs, of Works of Art, 1948-circa 1950
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Printed Material, 1948-1959
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