Area X Gallery records
name: label: Creator
content: Area X Gallery (New York, N.Y.)
label: Names
content: Xuereb, Bobbie Sioux, 1951-
place: label: Place
content: East Village (New York, N.Y.)
topic: label: Topic
content: Art, Modern -- 20th century -- East Village (New York, N.Y.)
label: Topic
content: Art, Modern -- 20th century -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Topic
content: Artists -- East Village (New York, N.Y.)
label: Topic
content: Women art dealers
label: Topic
content: Mixed media (Art)
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: The records of the Area X Gallery were donated by Bobbie Sioux Xuereb, the gallery's founder and director, in 1998.
creator: label: Creator
content: Area X Gallery (New York, N.Y.)
setName: label: See more items in
content: Area X Gallery records
abstract: label: Summary
content: The East Village Area X Gallery records measure 2.4 linear feet and date from 1977-1988. The collection consists primarily of artists files for fifteen artists represented by or of interest to the gallery. The files are varied but may include biographical information, correspondence, financial and inventory records, printed materials, and photographs. Gallery records include scattered financial records, publicity files, and printed materials.
bioghist: label: Historical Note
content: The Area X Gallery was founded in New York City by Bobbie Sioux Xuereb (born 1951) in February 1984. Located at 200 E. 10th St., the gallery was part of the larger East Village art scene of the 1980s. Among the artists represented by gallery were Keith Achepohl, John Himmelfarb, Leon Johnson, Michael McCollum, and Louis Mueller. As with many of the East Village galleries, the Area X Gallery closed in 1987.
function: label: Function
content: Art galleries, Commercial -- New York (State)
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 2.4 Linear Feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1977-1988
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.areax
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Photographs
label: Type
content: Financial records
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: The collection is arranged as 4 series:

Series 1: Artists Files, 1977-1988 (Boxes 1-2; 1.5 linear feet)

Series 2: Finacial Records, 1984-1987 (Box 2; 0.5 linear feet)

Series 3: Publicity Files, 1980-1987 (Box 3; 0.3 linear feet)

Series 4: Printed Material, circa 1980-1987 (box 3; 3 folders)
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: The collection received a preliminary level of processing upon receipt in 1998 and was fully processed, arranged, and described by Jayna Hanson in 2011 with funding provided by the Terra Foundation for American Art.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Photographs
label: Genre/Form
content: Financial records
scopecontent: label: Scope and Content Note
content: The East Village Area X Gallery records measure 2.4 linear feet and date from 1977-1988. The collection consists primarily of artists files for fifteen artists represented by or of interest to the gallery. The files are varied but may include biographical information, correspondence, financial and inventory records, printed materials, and photographs. Gallery records include scattered financial records, publicity files, and printed materials.