Joan Peterson Gallery records
name: label: Creator
content: Joan Peterson Gallery
label: Names
content: Berger, Jason, 1924-2010
label: Names
content: Filipowski, Richard, 1923-2008
label: Names
content: Peterson, Joan, 1933-
label: Names
content: Powers, Marilyn, 1925-1976
topic: label: Topic
content: Women art dealers
label: Topic
content: Modernism (Art)
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Donated in 1992 by Joan Peterson Klimann, former director of the Joan Peterson Gallery.
creator: label: Creator
content: Joan Peterson Gallery
setName: label: See more items in
content: Joan Peterson Gallery records
abstract: label: Summary
content: The records of the Joan Peterson Gallery measure 0.6 linear feet and date from 1958 to 1980. The records document the history of the gallery through artists' files relating to Richard E. Filipowski, Jason Berger and Marilyn Powers, including biographical information, correspondence, price lists, exhibition catalogs, announcements, clippings, and photographs of works.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: The Joan Peterson Gallery was an art gallery in Boston, Massachusetts. Joan Peterson Klimann (b. 1933) was one of Boston's most prominent art dealers from the late 1950s into the early 1980s. Her gallery showed the work of leading regional modernists. Initially located on Newbury Street, the gallery moved to a new location at 561 Boylston Street towards the end of the 1960s. Joan Peterson shared the new workspace with her husband, art restorer Gustav D. Klimann.  The Joan Peterson Gallery closed in 1981.
function: label: Function
content: Art galleries, Commercial -- Massachusetts -- Boston
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.6 Linear Feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1958-1980
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.joanpete
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: The collection is arranged into one series.

Series 1: Joan Peterson Gallery Records, 1958-1980 (0.6 linear feet; Boxes 1-2)
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: The collection was processed, and a finding aid prepared by Ricky Gomez in 2021.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The records of the Joan Peterson Gallery measure 0.6 linear feet and date from 1958 to 1980. The records document the history of the gallery through artists' files relating to Richard E. Filipowski, Jason Berger and Marilyn Powers, including biographical information, correspondence, price lists, exhibition catalogs, announcements, clippings, and photographs of works.
relatedmaterial: label: Related Materials
content: Also found in the Archives of American Art is an oral history interview with Richard Filipowski conducted by Robert Brown, September 25, 1989-March 14, 1990; an oral history interview with Jason Berger conducted by Robert Brown, January 12, 1979 and February 1, 1980; and the Jason Berger and Marilyn Powers papers, circa 1942-1993.