Jock Truman papers
name: label: Creator
content: Truman, Jock, 1920-2011
label: Names
content: Betty Parsons Gallery
label: Names
content: Truman Gallery
label: Names
content: Green, Eric
topic: label: Topic
content: Art dealers -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Topic
content: Gallery directors -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Topic
content: Art -- Collectors and collecting -- New York (State) -- New York
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: The collection was donated in 1982 and 2005-2006 by Jock Truman and 2011 by Truman via Eric Kane, Executor.
creator: label: Creator
content: Truman, Jock, 1920-2011
setName: label: See more items in
content: Jock Truman papers
abstract: label: Summary
content: The papers of gallery director and art collector Jock Truman measure 4.0 linear feet and date from 1852 to 2011.  Found within the collection are biographical material; correspondence with friends, family, artists, and others; records of the short-lived Truman Gallery; a few writings by Truman; printed material; artwork by Truman and others; and photographs of Truman, his partner Eric Green, friends, family, and the Truman-Green collection of artwork.  A small amount of material documents his work at the Betty Parsons Gallery.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Jock Truman (1920-2011) was an art collector, dealer, and gallery owner in New York, New York.  Truman was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, the son of Curtis Truman and Athelyn Amundsen Truman.  He attended the University of Cincinnati from 1938 to 1941 and served in the U.S. Armed Forces in Brazil from 1942 to 1946.  From 1946 to 1950 he attended the Harvard Graduate School of Design where he studied with Josef Albers, Gyorgy Kepes, and Hyman Bloom.   During the 1950s he owned Thirty-Five River St. Inc., a Boston firm specializing in architectural and interior design.  

Truman worked at Robert Isaacson Gallery for four years before moving to Betty Parsons Gallery, where he worked from 1961 to 1974. There he gained specialist knowledge regarding the work of Ad Reinhardt and assisted Reinhardt's widow in the evaluation of artworks after the artist's death.  In 1974 he served as director of Parsons Gallery and he and Betty Parsons opened the Parsons-Truman Gallery, which operated as a joint venture from 1975 to 1976.  In 1976 he opened Truman Gallery at 38 East 57th St.  The gallery closed in 1979.  

In 1989 Truman and his companion of over 30 years, Eric Green, moved to Miami.  Truman and Green had a large collection of art which they donated to various museums including the Bass Museum of Art and the Museum of Contemporary Art in North Miami.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 4 Linear Feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1852-2011
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.trumjock
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Photographs
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: This collection is arranged as 7 series.

Series 1: Biographical Material, circa 1914-2006 (0.4 linear feet; Box 1)

Series 2: Correspondence, 1929-2011 (0.6 linear feet; Box 1)

Series 3: Truman Gallery Records, 1975-1979 (9 folders; Boxes 2, 6)

Series 4: Writings, circa 1970s-2005 (1 folder; Box 2)

Series 5: Printed Material, 1852, 1940s-2010 (0.5 linear feet; Boxes 2, 6, OV 7)

Series 6: Artwork, 1860-1995 (0.3 linear feet; Boxes 2, 6, OV 7)

Series 7: Photographs, circa 1860s-2009 (1.9 linear feet; Boxes 2-6, OV 7)
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: The collection was processed to a minimal level and a finding aid prepared by Erin Kinhart in 2014. The collection has been minimally rearranged and retains the existing/original folder titles when possible. All materials have been rehoused in archival folders and boxes for long-term stability, but often staples and other fasteners have not been removed. Materials within folders have not been rearranged.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Photographs
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The papers of gallery director and art collector Jock Truman measure 4.0 linear feet and date from 1852 to 2011.  Found within the collection are biographical material; correspondence with friends, family, artists, and others; records of the short-lived Truman Gallery; a few writings by Truman; printed material; artwork by Truman and others; and photographs of Truman, his partner Eric Green, friends, family, and the Truman-Green collection of artwork.  A small amount of material documents his work at the Betty Parsons Gallery.