Dorothy Goldeen Gallery records
name: label: Creator
content: Dorothy Goldeen Gallery (Santa Monica, Calif.)
label: Names
content: Abakanowicz, Magdalena
label: Names
content: Altoon, John, 1925-
label: Names
content: Ben Tré, Howard, 1949-
label: Names
content: Benton, Fletcher, 1931-
label: Names
content: Bergman, Ciel, 1938-
label: Names
content: Carnwath, Squeak, 1947-
label: Names
content: Chihuly, Dale, 1941-
label: Names
content: Cho, Tŏk-hyŏn, 1957-
label: Names
content: De Forest, Roy, 1930-2007
label: Names
content: Fasnacht, Heide, 1951-
label: Names
content: Goldeen, Dorothy, 1948-
label: Names
content: Hudson, Robert, 1938-
label: Names
content: La Noue, Terence
label: Names
content: Lipski, Donald, 1947-
label: Names
content: Paik, Nam June, 1932-2006
label: Names
content: Paschke, Ed
label: Names
content: Rath, Alan, 1959-
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content: Raymond, Zizi, 1960-
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content: Reinoso, Pablo, 1955-
topic: label: Topic
content: Women art dealers
label: Topic
content: Conceptual art
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: The Dorothy Goldeen Gallery records were donated by Dorothy Goldeen to the Archives of American Art in 2003, 2014, and 2021.
creator: label: Creator
content: Dorothy Goldeen Gallery (Santa Monica, Calif.)
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content: Dorothy Goldeen Gallery records
abstract: label: Summary
content: The records of Dorothy Goldeen Gallery, based in Southern California, measure 18.9 linear feet and 2.52 GB and date from 1960 to circa 2014, with the bulk of the items dating from 1987 to 1996.  The Dorothy Goldeen Gallery, operated from 1986-1996 and featured the work of prominent contemporary artists, such as Magdalena Abakanowicz, John Altoon, Fletcher Benton, Howard Ben Tre, Ciel Bergman, Squeak Carnwatch, Dale Chihuly, Duck-Hyun Cho, Roy De Forest, Heidi Fasnacht, Robert Hudson, Terence La Noue, Donald Lipski, Nam June Paik, Ed Paschke, Alan Rath, Zizi Raymond, Pablo Reinoso, among many others.  The collection includes correspondence, scattered administration records, exhibition files, extensive artists' files that also include many video recordings, financial and legal records, printed and digital materials, and photographic materials.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: The Dorothy Goldeen Gallery (1987-1996) was an art gallery in Santa Monica, California, founded by Dorothy Goldeen.

Dorothy Goldeen (born 1948) graduated from the University of California, Berkeley, where she studied sculpture and textile design.  In 1973, Goldeen began her career in the arts working in San Francisco, California at the Hansen Fuller Gallery which later became Fuller Goldeen Gallery. In 1987, Goldeen moved to Los Angeles and founded the Dorothy Goldeen Gallery.  Historically significant artists such as Magdalena Abakanowicz and Nam June Paik were represented by her gallery as well as influential, emerging Los Angeles artists.  Other notable artists include Robert Arneson, Paul Kos, Ed Paschke, and Alan Rath. In 1996, Goldeen closed her gallery and launched the Dorothy Goldeen Art Advisory in Santa Monica.  Goldeen often travels internationally as an art consultant for private and institutional clients, advising them on the acquisition and resale of art.
function: label: Function
content: Art galleries, Commercial -- California
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 18.9 Linear Feet
label: Extent
content: 2.52 Gigabytes
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1960-circa 2014
label: Date
content: bulk 1987-1996
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.dorogolg
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
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content: Gigabytes
label: Type
content: Interviews
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content: Sound recordings
label: Type
content: Video recordings
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: This collection is arranged as 8 series.

Series 1: Correspondence, 1979-2012 (1.3 linear feet; Box 1-2, 19)

Series 2: Administration Records, circa 1987-circa 2010 (1.2 linear feet; Box 2, 19)

Series 3: Exhibition Files, 1987-1995 (0.4 linear feet; Boxes 2-3)

Series 4: Artists' Files, 1961-2007 (12.3 linear feet; Boxes 3-14, 19-20, OV 17-18, 2.52 GB; ER01-ER02)

Series 5: Financial and Legal Records, 1987-2005 (0.8 linear feet; Box 15)

Series 6: Printed Material, 1986-2014 (0.5 linear feet; Boxes 15-16, 20, 22)

Series 7: Photographic Material, 1960-2005 (0.8 linear feet; Box 16, 20)

Series 8: Dorothy Goldeen Papers, 1976-2013 (1 linear feet; Box 20-21)
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: Graduate intern Carol Park completed a preliminary finding aid to the collection before the second larger accretion was received in 2014.  In 2016, Rihoko Ueno merged the two accretions and created a new finding aid. Born-digital materials were processed by Kirsi Ritosalmi-Kisner in 2020 with funding provided by Smithsonian Collection Care and Preservation Fund. The 2021 addition was processed and added to the finding aid by Christopher DeMairo in 2022.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Interviews
label: Genre/Form
content: Sound recordings
label: Genre/Form
content: Video recordings
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The records of Dorothy Goldeen Gallery, based in Southern California, measure 18.9 linear feet and 2.52 GB and date from 1960 to circa 2014, with the bulk of the items dating from 1987 to 1996.  The Dorothy Goldeen Gallery, operated from 1986-1996 and featured the work of prominent contemporary artists, such as Magdalena Abakanowicz, John Altoon, Fletcher Benton, Howard Ben Tre, Ciel Bergman, Squeak Carnwatch, Dale Chihuly, Duck-Hyun Cho, Roy De Forest, Heidi Fasnacht, Robert Hudson, Terence La Noue, Donald Lipski, Nam June Paik, Ed Paschke, Alan Rath, Zizi Raymond, Pablo Reinoso, among many others.  The collection includes correspondence, scattered administration records, exhibition files, extensive artists' files that also include many video recordings, financial and legal records, printed and digital materials, and photographic materials. 

Correspondence is with artists, museums, galleries, and collectors regarding exhibitions, sales, and acquisitions of artwork.  Administration records include appraisals, mailing lists, materials related to gallery events, a rolodex, and a list of artist contracts.  Exhibition files are found for only a few of the gallery's exhibitions, including American Artists in Jewelry (1987), Private Reserve (1988), Fresh Visions 1 (1989), Fresh Visions 2 (1989), and Multiple Parts (1994).  

There are extensive artists' files containing correspondence, printed and digital material, resumes, slides, and photographs documenting the gallery's relationship with and exhibitions of many prominent artists.  These files also contain numerous audio and video recordings of interviews with artists, exhibitions, documentaries, and video art. 

Financial and legal records mostly consist of sales records of artwork by various artists, in addition to materials on a lawsuit, a sublease for exhibition space, and a few invoices.  

Printed materials include Dorothy Goldeen Gallery press releases, exhibition announcements, press reviews, newsletters, clippings, and one videocassette of a broadcast news program.  

Photographic materials mostly consist of slides and transparencies of artwork by artists represented by the gallery.  There are a few images of the gallery building.

Dorothy Goldeen papers include travel notebooks, itineraries, receipts, and other ephemera from domestic and international trips taken by Goldeen; lecture notes; personal correspondence with artists, associates, and others; and files for several exhibitions from after the Goldeen Gallery closed. Also present are blog posts and a contact list from the art advisory business Goldeen started after closing her gallery.
relatedmaterial: label: Related Materials
content: The Archives of American Art also has an oral history interview with Dorothy Goldeen conducted by Hunter Drohojowska-Philp in 2014.