Frank Lloyd Gallery records
name: label: Creator
content: Frank Lloyd Gallery
label: Names
content: Nanette L. Laitman Documentation Project for Craft and Decorative Arts in America
label: Names
content: Chihuly, Dale, 1941-
label: Names
content: Lloyd, Frank, 1951-
label: Names
content: Wood, Beatrice
topic: label: Topic
content: Ceramics
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: The collection was donated in 2004 by Frank Lloyd, gallery owner, as part of the Nanette L. Laitman Documentation Project for Craft and Decorative Arts in America. A majortiy of the collection was donated in 2025 by Frank Lloyd.
creator: label: Creator
content: Frank Lloyd Gallery
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content: Frank Lloyd Gallery records
abstract: label: Summary
content: The Frank Lloyd Gallery records measure 7.4 linear feet and date from 1940 to 2024. The records include  correspondence, exhibition announcements and catalogs, magazine and newspaper clippings, mailers, press releases, and files on artists represented by the gallery.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Frank Lloyd Gallery was established in 1996 in Santa Monica, California. The gallery exhibited contemporary ceramics, showing established U.S. artists as well as ceramicists from England, France, Holland, Mexico and Japan. Artists shown at the gallery include Peter Shire, Otto and Vivika Heino, Roseline Delisle, John Mason, Anna Silver, Wouter Dam, and many more. The gallery closed its public exhibition program in 2015, but continues to work with private collectors, museums, and commercial galleries; and represents the estates of Craig Kauffman and Peter Voulkos.
function: label: Function
content: Art galleries, Commercial -- California
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 7.4 Linear Feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1940-2024
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.franllog
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: This collection is arranged into three series.

Series 1: Administrative records, 1986-2012 (Box 1; 0.5 linear feet)

Series 2: Artist Files, 1940-2024 (Boxes 1-7; 6.0 linear feet)

Series 3: Printed Material, 1983-2014 (0.9 linear feet; Boxes 7-8)
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: The collection was processed and a finding aid prepared by Christopher DeMairo in 2022. The 2024 addition was processed, and finding aid updated by Ricky Gomez in 2025.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The Frank Lloyd Gallery records measure 7.4 linear feet and date from 1940-2024. The records include exhibition announcements and catalogs, magazine and newspaper clippings, mailers, press releases, and files on artists represented by the gallery.

Administrative material consists of gallery correspondence, exhibition lists, and photographs. Also included are materials related to exhibitions at the Long Beach Museum of Art and for the Los Angeles International Biennial.

Artist files consist of materials on artists represented by the gallery. Materials include articles and clippings, artist resumes and statements, price lists, correspondence, and photographic material of artwork. Some of the artists represented by the gallery include: Beatrice Wood, Dale Chihuly, Larry Bell, Peter Shire, Ralph Bacerra, Goro Suzuki,and Betty Woodman.

Printed material consists of clippings and articles on exhibitions at the gallery, exhibition annoucements, press releases, and catalogs.