Gross McCleaf Gallery selected artists' files
name: label: Creator
content: Gross McCleaf Gallery
label: Names
content: Broderson, Morris, 1928-2011
label: Names
content: Carles, Arthur B., 1882-1952
label: Names
content: Day, Larry, 1921-
label: Names
content: Emerson, Edith, 1888-1981
label: Names
content: Gross, Estelle Shane, 1929-1992
label: Names
content: Howard, Humbert, 1905-1990
label: Names
content: Lueders, Jimmy C., 1927-1994
label: Names
content: McCleaf, Marlin
label: Names
content: Oakley, Violet, 1874-1961
label: Names
content: Piper, Jane, 1916-1991
label: Names
content: Pittman, Hobson Lafayette, 1899 or 1900-1972
label: Names
content: Porter, Fairfield
label: Names
content: Tyson, Carroll Sargent, 1878-1956
label: Names
content: Weidner, Roswell, 1911-1999
label: Names
content: Welliver, Neil
topic: label: Topic
content: Women art dealers
label: Topic
content: Expressionism (Art)
label: Topic
content: Figurative art
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: The collection was donated by Estelle and Jay Gross in 1988.
creator: label: Creator
content: Gross McCleaf Gallery
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content: Gross McCleaf Gallery selected artists' files
abstract: label: Summary
content: The Gross McCleaf Gallery selected artists' files measure 0.8 linear feet and date from 1947 to 1986. The files consist of price lists, printed material, correspondence, exhibition catalogs and announcements, biographical summaries, newspaper clippings, and some photographs. Artists include Neil Welliver, Hobson Pittman, Edith Emerson, Humbert Howard, Jane Piper, and Fairfield Porter among others.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Estelle Shane Gross (1929-1992) was born and raised in New York City, and studied art at Penn State and Parsons School of Design. After moving to Philadelphia, she worked as a tour guide at the Philadelphia Art Museum and studied under painter and teacher Hobson Lafayette Pittman. Pittman told Gross that if she were to open a gallery, he would exhibit work with her.

In 1969, Gross and Marlin McCleaf opened the Marlin McCleaf Gallery in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. After McCleaf departed from the gallery due to issues in his personal life, Gross became sole owner of the gallery and renamed it Gross McCleaf Gallery. Early artists exhibited at the gallery include Pittman, Fairfield Porter, Neil Welliver, Rackstraw Downes, Red Grooms and his wife Mimi Gross, Jane Piper, and Larry Day. After Estelle Gross' death in 1992, Sharon Ewing became the gallery owner and director. Ewing retired in 2020 and Rebecca Segall took over as the gallery's owner and director.
function: label: Function
content: Art galleries, Commercial -- Pennsylvania
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.8 Linear Feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1947-1986
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.grosmccl
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 arranged and a finding aid prepared by Christopher DeMairo in 2022.
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: Portions of the collection are available on 35mm microfilm reels 4155-4156 available for use at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan. Researchers should note that the arrangement of material described in the container inventory does not reflect the arrangement of the collection on microfilm.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The Gross McCleaf Gallery selected artists' files measure 0.8 linear feet and date from 1947 to 1986. The files consist of price lists, printed material, correspondence, exhibition catalogs and announcements, biographical summaries, and clippings. Some of the files include photos of the artist, works of art, and exhibition installations. Artists represented in the collection are Arthur B. Carles, Larry Day, Edith Emerson, Humbert Howard, Jimmy Lueders, Violet Oakley, Jane Piper, Hobson Pittman, Fairfield Porter, Carroll S. Tyson, Roswell Weidner, Neil Welliver, and Harold Weston.