The New Arts records, 1950-1979

Records include artwork authentification correspondence and appraisals, exhibition files, ephemera from exhibitions held elsewhere, and editions of the Contemporary Arts Council calendar. Correspondence found in this series is with museums, galleries, and private collectors, some sales and consignment records are also present. Andre Emmerich's correspondence mostly concerns the exhibition, sale, and research of pre-Columbian art. Exhibition files include correspondence, price lists, photographs of paintings by Gill Oliver, shipping documents, and newspaper clippings. Contemporary Arts Association records consist of reports, correspondence, clippings, and other printed ephemera; and the Contemporary Arts Museum printed material includes exhibition catalogs, invitations, and an annual report. Also present is one photograph of Jermayne MacAgy, obituary clippings, and a tribute letter to MacAgy written by Dominique de Menil.