Raymond and Margaret Horowitz papers
name: label: Creator
content: Horowitz, Raymond J., 1916-2005
label: Names
content: Adelson Galleries
label: Names
content: Babcock Galleries
label: Names
content: Hirschl & Adler Galleries
label: Names
content: Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.)
label: Names
content: National Gallery of Art (U.S.)
label: Names
content: Fraad, Daniel
label: Names
content: Horowitz, Margaret, 1915-2005
label: Names
content: Magriel, Paul David, 1906-
label: Names
content: Spark, Victor D. (Victor David), 1898-1991
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: The papers of Raymond and Margaret Horowitz were donated in 2015 by Stephen L. Ingerman, the executor of the estate of Raymond and Margaret Horowitz.
creator: label: Creator
content: Horowitz, Raymond J., 1916-2005
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content: Raymond and Margaret Horowitz papers
abstract: label: Summary
content: The papers of collectors Raymond and Margaret Horowitz measure 5.4 linear feet and date from 1903-2007, with the bulk of the material dating from 1960- 2007. The collection documents the Horowitzes' activities as collectors through art collection files, including appraisals, sales information, printed material, and photographs of artwork; files of artwork sold or donated; accession records, including inventory lists of paintings and prints; and catalog information.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Raymond Horowitz (1916-2005), a lifelong resident of New York City, was a founding partner in the firm Graubard Miller, where he practiced corporate law for over fifty years.  Horowitz's interest in art history and art developed as an undergraduate student at Columbia College (1932-1936) where he attended lectures by the art historian, Meyer Schapiro.  In 1939, Horowitz earned his jurisprudence degree from Columbia University. Shortly thereafter, he found a position as assistant Corporation Counsel of the City of New York, where he remained until 1943 when he went into  private practice.    In 1940, Raymond married Margaret Goldenberg.

Raymond and Margaret shared an interest in art and began collecting in the 1940s.  Initially, the Horowitzes acquired drawings and pastels on a modest, informal basis.  In 1961, with the purchase of a painting by Robert Henri, Raymond and Margaret began to collect early twentieth century American artists, whose work they thought had been overshadowed by the French Impressionists and the Abstract Expressionists.   Raymond and Margaret Horowitz were credited as pioneers in the rediscovery and revaluation of  the work of Frank Benson, William Merritt Chase, Childe Hassam, Maurice Prendergast, Theodore Robinson, John H. Twachtman,  J. Alden Weir and other notable American Impressionist artists.   Raymond Horowitz also acquired the works of Social Realist artists, such as Thomas Anshutz, George Bellows, William Glackens, and John Sloan.  Many of the pieces from the Horowitzes' collection have been exhibited in museums and galleries in the United States and abroad.  Raymond and Margaret Horowitz donated works of art to the Brooklyn Museum, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Newark Museum of Art, and the Whitney Museum of American Art; in early 2000s, they made a major gift of 49 paintings, drawings, and watercolors to the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C.

In September, 2005, at the age of 90 years, Raymond Horowitz died in New York.

Born in New York City in 1915, Margaret Horowitz (1915-2005) received a Bachelor of Arts degree from New York University.  Encouraged by her parents to equip herself to earn a living, Margaret went on to receive a Master's Degree from Teacher's College at Fordham University in literature.  Raymond Horowitz referred to Margaret as an equal partner in their collecting endeavors.  At the time of her death in March, 2005, Margaret and Raymond had been married for sixty-five years.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 5.4 Linear Feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1903-2007
label: Date
content: bulk 1960-2007
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.hororaym
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: This collection is arranged as 4 series.

Series 1: Art Collection Files, 1943-2007 (Boxes 1-3; 2.5 linear feet)

Series 2: Artwork, Sold or Donated, 1903, 1950-2003 (Boxes 3-5; 2.0 linear feet)

Series 3: Accession Records, 1959-circa 1994 (Box 5; 0.4 linear feet)

Series 4: Catalog Information, circa 1960-1967 (Box 5; 3 Folders)
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: This collection was processed to a minimal level and a finding aid prepared in 2015 by Joy Goodwin.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The papers of collectors Raymond and Margaret Horowitz measure 5.4 linear feet and date from 1903-2007, with the bulk of the material dating from 1960- 2007. The collection documents the Horowitzes' activities as collectors through art collection files, including appraisals, sales information, printed material, and photographs of artwork; files of artwork sold or donated; accession records, including inventory lists of paintings and prints; and catalog information.  

The records document the acquisitions that formed the foundation for the Raymond and Margaret Horowitz collection.   Materials reflect Raymond Horowitz's long-standing relationships with dealers, galleries, and museums, including Adelson Galleries, Babcock Galleries,  Daniel Fraad, Hirschl & Adler, Paul Magriel, Metropolitan Museum of Art, National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., Victor Spark, and others.
relatedmaterial: label: Related Materials
content: Also found in the Archives of American Art are two oral history interviews with Raymond Horowitz, conducted 1973 January 17 by Paul Cummings and conducted 2004 October 20-November 5 by Avis Berman.