G.R.D. Studio records
name: label: Creator
content: G.R.D. Studio (New York, N.Y.)
label: Names
content: G.R.D. Collection
label: Names
content: Dick, Gladys Roosevelt, 1889-1926
label: Names
content: Nicolaïdes, Kimon, 1892-1938
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Donated 1972 by Jean Roosevelt and Mamie Harmon, a student of Nicolaides.
creator: label: Creator
content: G.R.D. Studio (New York, N.Y.)
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Non-profit art gallery, New York City. Founded by Jean S. Roosevelt in honor of her sister Gladys Roosevelt Dick, an artist. Kimon Nicolaides was art director.
function: label: Function
content: Art galleries -- New York (State) -- New York
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 2 Linear Feet ((on 3 microfilm reels))
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1921-1970
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.grdstudi
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: 35mm microfilm reels 4015-4017 available at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
otherfindaid: label: Other Finding Aids
content: Microfilm reels 4015-4017 microfilm inventory available at Archives of American Art offices.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Letters, writings, business records, sketches, printed matter and photographs relating to the gallery and Kimon Nicolaides.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Gallery correspondence, 1928-1934; lists of expenses, 1928-1932; lists of exhibitions, 1928-1933; clippings, 1928-1970; a brochure for the 10th anniversary of the Art Center; a press release for a lecture by Laurence Sickman at the Art Institute of Chicago, 1939; photographs of works of art by Guy Bertin, Gladys R. Dick, Elsie Driggs, Boris Grigorev, Stephen Haweis, Anne Kutka, Helen McAuslan, Albert Moreau, and Carl Sprinchorn; and 3 prints by Carlos Camara;
label: Scope and Contents
content: Kimon Nicolaides material includes correspondence of Jean S. Roosevelt, Anne Kutka, Lester Burbank Bridaham, Mamie Harmon, William L. Taylor, Fred S. Hynd, and others. Most letters are dated after Nicolaides' death and pertain to efforts to build his reputation by having a memorial exhibition in 1939, traveling exhibitions, the publication of his book on drawing (THE NATURAL WAY TO DRAW), and preparation of a biography about him.