Niel Lovisco papers
name: label: Creator
content: Lovisco, Niel, 1900-1981
topic: label: Occupation
content: Art dealers -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Occupation
content: Art dealers -- Massachusetts -- Rockport
label: Occupation
content: Art dealers -- Massachusetts -- Gloucester
label: Occupation
content: Gallery owners -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Occupation
content: Gallery owners -- Massachusetts -- Rockport
label: Occupation
content: Gallery owners -- Massachusetts -- Gloucester
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: The Niel Lovisco papers were donated in 1989 by Sophie Lovisco, widow of Niel Lovisco.
creator: label: Creator
content: Lovisco, Niel, 1900-1981
setName: label: See more items in
content: Niel Lovisco papers
abstract: label: Summary
content: The papers of art dealer and gallerist Niel Lovisco measure 0.2 linear feet and date from 1942 to 1989. The collection contains material relating to art galleries owned or directed by Niel Lovisco, including the Lovisco Gallery, the Bearskin Neck Gallery, and the Art Center Gallery, and consists of printed material, gallery records, Art Inview records, and a subject file on William Meyerowitz and Theresa Bernstein.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Niel Lovisco (1900-1981) was an art dealer and gallerist active in Rockport and Gloucester, Massachusetts and New York, New York. In the 1920s, Lovisco ran "The Catacombs," a combination art gallery-tea room in New York City's Greenwich Village. He later operated the Bearskin Neck Art Gallery in Rockport, Massachusetts (1946-1949), the Art Center Gallery in New York, New York (1950s), and the Lovisco Gallery, located in New York, New York (1957-1973), and later, Gloucester, Massachusetts (1973-1979).
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.2 Linear Feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1942-1989
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.loviniel
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: Due to the small size of this collection the papers are arranged as one series.
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: The collection was processed by Barbara Dawson Aikens in 1993. A finding aid was written by Caroline Donadio in 2018.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The papers of art dealer and gallerist Niel Lovisco measure 0.2 linear feet and date from 1942 to 1989. The collection contains material relating to art galleries owned or directed by Niel Lovisco, including the Lovisco Gallery, the Bearskin Neck Gallery, and the Art Center Gallery in New York, and consists of printed material, gallery records, Art Interview records, and a subject file on William Meyerowitz and Theresa Bernstein.

Printed material includes clippings regarding Niel Lovisco. Gallery records contain correspondence, checklists, announcements, publicity releases, clippings, and a few snapshots (1946-1978) of material related to galleries owned and/or operated by Lovisco. The Art Inview records consist of a carbon copy of the organization's constitution. The subject file on William and Theresa Bernstein Meyerowitz contains exhibition checklists, clippings, publicity information, and a letter to Lovisco's wife Sophie from Theresa (1983).