Nora Speyer and Sideo Fromboluti papers
name: label: Creator
content: Speyer, Nora
label: Creator
content: Fromboluti, Sideo, 1921-
label: Names
content: Long Point Gallery (Provincetown, Mass.)
label: Names
content: Speyer, A. James
label: Names
content: Speyer, Darthea, 1919-2014
topic: label: Occupation
content: Painters -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Occupation
content: Painters -- Massachusetts -- Provincetown
label: Topic
content: Women artists
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Donated in 2022 by Iona Fromboluti-Wirls, the artists' daughter.
creator: label: Creator
content: Speyer, Nora
label: Creator
content: Fromboluti, Sideo, 1921-
setName: label: See more items in
content: Nora Speyer and Sideo Fromboluti papers
abstract: label: Summary
content: The Nora Speyer and Sideo Fromboluti papers, 1927-2015, measure 2.4 linear feet and document the lives and work of the painters through biographical material, correspondence, writings, artworks and sketchbooks, personal business records, printed materials, photographic materials, and video recordings. Material related to the Speyer family, including sculptor Tillie Speyer, Paris gallerist Darthea Speyer, museum curator A. James Speyer, the Speyer family art collection, as well as material related to mosaicist Omero Fromboluti, are also found.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Nora Speyer (1923-2024) and Sideo Fromboluti (1921-2014) were painters active in New York City and Wellfleet, Massachusetts, and two of the founding members of Long Point Gallery in Provincetown, Massachusetts.

Nora Speyer was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and attended Tyler College of Art in Philadelphia, where she met her husband, Sideo Fromboluti. Sideo was born in Hershey, Pennsylvania, and was drafted to serve in WWII and completed service Kansas. They married in 1944 and moved to the East Village in New York City in 1948. Both were involved in the 10th Street art scene and the Abstract Expressionist movement. Both had solo and group shows around the New York galleries, including the Tanager, Stable, and Poindexter galleries, and showed regularly at the Galerie Darthea Speyer in Paris, France. They were founding members of the Landmark Gallery in SoHo, as well as Long Point Gallery in Provincetown, Massachusetts.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 2.4 Linear Feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1927-2015
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.speynora
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Sketchbooks
label: Type
content: Video recordings
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: The collection is arranged as 8 series.

Series 1: Biographical Material, 1938-circa 2005 (0.2 linear feet; Box 1)

Series 2: Correspondence, circa 1930s-2015 (0.1 linear feet; Box 1)

Series 3: Writings, circa 1940-2002 (0.2 linear feet; Box 1)

Series 4: Personal Business Records, 1966-circa 2007 (7 folders; Box 1)

Series 5: Printed Material, 1933-2015 (0.8 linear feet; Boxes 1-2)

Series 6: Artwork, 1927-circa 2001 (0.3 linear feet; Boxes 2-3, OV 4)

Series 7: Photographic Material, circa 1927-circa 2006 (0.6 linear feet; Boxes 2-3)

Series 8: Video Recordings, 1989-2002 (0.2 linear feet; Box 2)
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: The collection was processed, and a finding aid prepared by Anna Rimel in 2024.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Sketchbooks
label: Genre/Form
content: Video recordings
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The Nora Speyer and Sideo Fromboluti papers, 1927-2015, measure 2.4 linear feet and document the lives and work of the painters through biographical material, correspondence, writings, artworks and sketchbooks, personal business records, printed materials, photographic materials, and video recordings. Material related to the Speyer family, including sculptor Tillie Speyer, Paris gallerist Darthea Speyer, museum curator A. James Speyer, the Speyer family art collection, as well as material related to mosaicist Omero Fromboluti, are also found.
relatedmaterial: label: Related Materials
content: Also found in the Archives of American Art are the Long Point Gallery records, 1959-1999, bulk 1976-1998.