Carus Gallery records
name: label: Creator
content: Carus Gallery
label: Names
content: Carus Isserstedt, Dorothea, 1914-2002
topic: label: Topic
content: Expressionism (Art)
label: Topic
content: Constructivism (Art)
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content: Art, Modern -- 20th century
label: Topic
content: Futurism (Art)
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content: Women art dealers
label: Topic
content: Cubism
label: Topic
content: Modernism (Art)
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: The records were donated to the Archives in 2004 by Dr. Gheorghe Costinescu and Mrs. Silvelin von Scanzoni Costinescu, the heirs and executors of Dorothy Carus Isserstedt's estate.
creator: label: Creator
content: Carus Gallery
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content: Carus Gallery records
abstract: label: Summary
content: The records of Carus Gallery measure 3.2 linear feet and date from 1967-2002. This collection documents Dorothea Carus Isserstedt's management of the New York gallery through a small amount of business and personal correspondence; business records regarding acquisitions, sales, and consignments; intentories of artwork and rare books; exhibition catalogs, press clippings, and other printed material; and photographs depicting artwork and exhibition installations.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: The Carus Gallery was founded by Dorothea (Dorothy) Carus Isserstedt (1914-2002). The gallery's primary interest was in European Graphic Arts, specifically German Expressionism, and Russian Constructivism. The gallery exhibited works by Alexander Archipenko, Ernst Barlach, Max Beckmann, Heinrich Campendonk, Otto Dix, Lyonel Feininger, Natalia Goncharova, George Grosz, Erich Heckel, Alexej Jawlensky, Wassily Kandinsky, Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, Paul Klee, Gustav Klimt, Max Klinger, Kathe Kollowitz, El Lissitzky, Kazimir Malevich, László Moholy-Nagy, Marlow Moss, Otto Mueller, Edvard Munch, Emil Nolde, Christian Rohlfs and Egon Schiele. 

In 1968, following the death of her parents, Isserstedt opened the Carus Gallery. The gallery was located on the ground level of Isserstedt's home at 243 E 82nd street in New York. The gallery was relocated to Madison Avenue in 1974 and finally to 1044 Madison Avenue where it remained until Isserstedt's retirement in 1996. 

Dorothea Carus Isserstedt was born in Elberfeld, Germany. She studied art history and archeology at the University of Freiburg, receiving a doctorate in 1944. Towards the end of World War II, Isserstedt moved to Hamburg and found work as a supervisor with the British Forces Network. In 1952 she immigrated to Yorkville, NY where she worked in her father's print and framing shop. Isserstedt became an American citizen in 1957.
function: label: Function
content: Art galleries, Commercial -- New York (State)
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 3.2 Linear Feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1967-2002
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.carugall
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Photographs
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: This collection is arranged as 5 series.

Series 1: Correspondence, 1974-2000 (4 folders; Box 1)

Series 2: Business Records, 1971-1996 (1.8 linear feet; Box 1-2)

Series 3: Inventories, 1973-2002 (0.6 linear feet; Box 2-3)

Series 4: Printed Material, 1967-1992 (0.6 linear feet; Box 3-4)

Series 5: Photographic Material, 1980s-1990s (4 folders; Box 4)
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: The collection was minimally processed by Justin Brancato in December 2007.  The Finding Aid for the collection was finalized by intern Dominique Luster in July 2014.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Photographs
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The records of Carus Gallery measure 3.2 linear feet and date from 1967-2002. This collection documents Dorothea Carus Isserstedt's management of the New York gallery through a small amount of business and personal correspondence; business records regarding acquisitions, sales, and consignments; intentories of artwork and rare books; exhibition catalogs, press clippings, and other printed material; and photographs depicting artwork and exhibition installations.