Makler Gallery records
name: label: Creator
content: Makler Gallery
label: Names
content: Avery, Milton, 1885-1965
label: Names
content: Calder, Alexander, 1898-1976
label: Names
content: Makler, Hope Welsh, 1924-2013
label: Names
content: Makler, Paul Todd, 1920-
label: Names
content: Nevelson, Louise (1899-1988)
topic: label: Topic
content: Women art dealers
label: Topic
content: Modernism (Art)
label: Topic
content: Abstract expressionism
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: The Makler Gallery records were donated in 1990 by Paul and Hope Mackler.
creator: label: Creator
content: Makler Gallery
setName: label: See more items in
content: Makler Gallery records
abstract: label: Summary
content: The records of Philadelphia's Makler Gallery measure 2.1 linear feet and date from 1957 to 1989. The collection comprises business records containing some printed material, correspondence, and financial records; printed material that include issues of Prometheus, a newsletter published by the gallery; photographic materials documenting the gallery's exhibitions and events, as well as works of art by Louise Nevelson, Milton Avery, Camille Bombois, David Smith, and others; and three scrapbooks containing material regarding the gallery's activities and history from 1959 to 1973.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: The Makler Gallery (est. 1960, closed 1985) was an art gallery located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania that exhibited primarily pre-1960s paintings and contemporary sculptures. The gallery was founded in 1960 by Dr. Paul Todd Makler and his wife, Hope Welsh Makler. Among the artists represented by the gallery were Milton Avery, Alexander Calder, Mary Frank, Hans Hofmann, George Rickey, and Jyoti Swaroop.
function: label: Function
content: Art galleries, Commercial -- Pennsylvania
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 2.1 Linear Feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1957-1989
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.maklgall
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Scrapbooks
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: The collection is arranged as four series.

Series 1: Business Records, 1957-1989 (1.0 linear feet; Box 1)

Series 2: Printed Materials, 1960-1988 (0.2 linear feet; Box 2)

Series 3: Photographic Materials, circa 1960-circa 1975 (0.8 linear feet; Box 2)

Series 4: Scrapbooks, 1959-1973 (1.1 linear feet; Box 2, OV 3)
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: The collection was processed, and a finding aid prepared by Sarah Mundy in 2021.
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: The collection is available on 35mm microfilm reels 4362-4364 at the Archives of American Art offices, through interlibrary loan, and at the Free Library of Philadelphia.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Scrapbooks
originalsloc: label: Existence and Location of Originals
content: Originals of a sale book were lent for microfilming and returned to the Macklers after microfilming.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The records of Philadelphia's Makler Gallery measure 2.1 linear feet and date from 1957 to 1989. The collection comprises business records containing some printed material, correspondence, and financial records; printed material that include issues of Prometheus, a newsletter published by the gallery; photographic materials documenting the gallery's exhibitions and events, as well as works of art by Louise Nevelson, Milton Avery, Camille Bombois, David Smith, and others; and three scrapbooks containing material regarding the gallery's activities and history from 1959 to 1973.
relatedmaterial: label: Related Materials
content: Also found at the Archives of American Art is an interview of Hope Makler conducted on November 28, 1989 by Marina Pacini for the Archives of American Art Philadelphia Project.