Santa Monica Art Gallery selected records
name: label: Creator
content: Santa Monica Art Gallery
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Donated 1993 by Richard Campbell, an artist who had been second Chairman of the Board of the Santa Monica Art Gallery.
creator: label: Creator
content: Santa Monica Art Gallery
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content: Santa Monica Art Gallery selected records
abstract: label: Summary
content: The small selection of records of the Santa Monica Art Gallery measure 0.4 linear feet and date from 1953 to 1967. The records document the history of the gallery through artist statements, correspondence with Round the World Tours, and photographs.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Established in 1947 as a commercial art gallery by librarians at the Santa Monica Library, the gallery exhibited abstract art from 1947 to 1965 when the building was torn down. The gallery exhibited mostly local and amatuer artists, with exceptions like Hans Burkhardt, Wayne Thiebaud, Helen Lundeberg, Stanton Macdanold-Wright, June Wayne, Rico Lebrun, Lorser Feitelson, Francis de Erdely, and Bill Brice.
function: label: Function
content: Art galleries, Commercial -- California
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.4 Linear Feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1953-1967
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.santmoni
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: The collection is arranged as one series.

Series 1: Santa Monica Art Gallery, 1953-1967(0.4 linear feet; Box 1)
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: The collection was processed, and a finding a id prepared by Ricky Gomez in 2022.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The small selection of records of the Santa Monica Art Gallery measure 0.4 linear feet and date from 1953 to 1967. The records document the history of the gallery through artist statements, correspondence with Round the World Tours, and photographs.