Anneberg Gallery records
name: label: Creator
content: Anneberg Gallery
label: Names
content: Nanette L. Laitman Documentation Project for Craft and Decorative Arts in America
label: Names
content: Anneberg, Margery, 1921-2003
label: Names
content: Forkner, Edgar, 1867-1945
topic: label: Topic
content: Folk art
label: Topic
content: Textile crafts
label: Topic
content: Decorative arts
label: Topic
content: Folk art -- Collectors and collecting
label: Topic
content: Folk art -- Mexico
label: Topic
content: Women art dealers
label: Topic
content: American studio craft movement
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: The collection was donated in 2004 by Craig T. Anneberg, brother of gallery owner Margery Anneberg, as part of the Nanette L. Laitman Documentation Project for Craft and Decorative Arts in America.
creator: label: Creator
content: Anneberg Gallery
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content: Anneberg Gallery records
abstract: label: Summary
content: The Anneberg Gallery records measure 4.4 linear feet and date from 1945 to 1992, with the bulk of the records dating from 1966 to 1981. The collection sheds light on the San Francisco gallery's operations, specializing in local crafts and international folk art, through administrative records, artist files, exhibition files, and photographic material.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: The Anneberg Gallery was founded in San Francisco, California, in 1966 by Margery Anneberg. The gallery's original name was The Jewelry Shop and Gallery, but it changed to Anneberg Gallery in 1967. The gallery exhibited local artists and crafts; however, it specialized in the exhibition and sale of international folk art. Anneberg gathered textiles, masks, fabrics, baskets, sculptures, and much more from collectors and importers around the world. The gallery showcased items from the Middle East, China, Japan, Africa, South America, Mexico, and others. Although mostly involved in displaying contemporary crafts, the gallery did exhibit some historical artifacts as well.

Margery Channing Anneberg (1921-2003) was a jeweler, gallery owner, and museum curator who worked primarily in the San Francisco Bay Area. Prior to opening her gallery, Anneburg studied jewelry making in New York City and Chinese language and literature at the University of Washington. Anneberg was the founding curator of the Museum of Craft and Folk Art (est. 1982, closed 2012) and received accolades from the American Craft Council and the San Francisco Art Commission.
function: label: Function
content: Art galleries, Commercial -- California
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 4.4 Linear Feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1945-1992
label: Date
content: bulk 1966-1981
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.annegall
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: This collection is arranged as four series.

Series 1: Administrative Records, 1945-1990 (Box 1; 0.9 linear feet)

Series 2: Artist Files, 1967-1981 (Box 1-2; 1 linear foot)

Series 3: Exhibition Files, 1966-1992 (Box 2-4; 2.2 linear feet)

Series 4: Photographic Material, circa 1966-1981 (Box 5; 0.4 linear feet)
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: The collection was processed and a finding aid prepared by Christopher DeMairo in 2021.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The Anneberg Gallery records measure 4.4 linear feet and date from 1945 to 1992, with the bulk of the records dating from 1966 to 1981. The collection sheds light on the gallery's operations through administrative records, artist files, exhibition files, and photographic material.

Administrative records include financial papers such as sales invoices, expenses, consignment records; notes, writings, and reference cards pertaining to international and Native folk art, particularly ceremonial and non-ceremonial masks; and scant printed material. Administrative records also include a ledger that belonged to the painter James Edgar Forkner. Artist files consist of correspondence, biographical material, printed material, price lists, sales invoices, and some photographic material. Exhibition files consist of correspondence with importers of the exhibited material, price lists, announcements, some shipping and delivery documents, newspaper clippings, and notes. This series also includes a scrapbook consisting of the gallery's exhibition announcements and posters. Photographic material includes negatives, slides, snapshots, and contact sheets of textiles, fabrics, sculptures and figurines, international artists and artisans, as well as some personal images taken in San Francisco, California and Seattle, Washington.