Maxwell Galleries records
name: label: Creator
content: Maxwell Galleries
topic: label: Topic
content: Art, American -- California
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: The collection was donated in 1981 by Marcus Hoffman, proprietor of the Gallery.
creator: label: Creator
content: Maxwell Galleries
setName: label: See more items in
content: Maxwell Galleries records
abstract: label: Summary
content: The Maxwell Galleries records measure 0.6 linear feet and date from 1943 to 1970. The collection contains exhibition announcements, catalogs, a membership card, newspaper clippings, and two scrapbooks.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Maxwell Galleries, Ltd. was started in San Francisco, California in 1940 by Fred Maxwell. The gallery specialized in 19th and 20th century American and European paintings as well as early California art. In 1973, Maxwell's nephew, Mark Hoffman, and his wife, Colleen, inherited Maxwell Galleries.
function: label: Function
content: Art galleries, Commercial -- California -- San Francisco
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.6 Linear Feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1943-1979
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.maxwgall
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Scrapbooks
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: Due to the small size of this collection the papers are arranged as one series.
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: The collection was processed and a finding aid prepared by Christopher DeMairo in 2021.
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: Portions of the collection are available on 35mm microfilm reel 3893 at the Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan. Researchers should note that the arrangement of material described in the container inventory does not reflect the arrangement of the collection on microfilm.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Scrapbooks
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The Maxwell Galleries records measure 0.6 linear feet and date from 1943 to 1970. The collection contains exhibition announcements, catalogs, a membership card, and newspaper clippings, most of which are advertisements for exhibitions at Maxwell Galleries. The collection includes two scrapbooks, one is comprised of clippings and the other contains photographs from exhibitions, invitations, catalogs, and newspaper clippings. Also found here is one copy of Jackson Pollock: Psychoanalytic Drawings, by C. L. Wysuph. Wysuph dedicated the book to Fred Maxwell.