B. C. Holland Gallery records
name: label: Creator
content: B.C. Holland Gallery
label: Creator
content: Holland, B. C. (Bud C.), 1922-1994
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content: Holland-Goldowsky Gallery
label: Names
content: Bouras, Harry
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content: Burlin, Paul, 1886-1969
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content: Callery, Mary, 1903-1977
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content: De Kooning, Elaine
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content: De Kooning, Willem, 1904-1997
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content: Dubuffet, Jean, 1901-
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content: Dugmore, Edward, 1915-
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content: Ginzel, Roland, 1921-
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content: Goldberg, Michael, 1924-2007
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content: Goldowsky, Noah
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content: Goodnough, Robert, 1917-
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content: Goto, Joseph, 1920-
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content: Guston, Philip, 1913-1980
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content: Hatofsky, Jerry, 1922-
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content: Hunt, Richard (1935-2023)
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content: Johnson, Lester, 1919-2010
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content: Lanyon, Ellen
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content: Leslie, Alfred, 1927-
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content: Lipchitz, Jacques, 1891-1973
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content: Loew, Michael, 1907-1985
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content: Oppenheim, Dennis, 1938-2011
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content: Pace, Stephen, 1918-2010
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content: Resnick, Milton, 1917-2004
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content: Rivers, Larry, 1925-2002
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content: Siskind, Aaron
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content: Spaventa, George, 1918-
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content: Steinberg, Saul
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content: Tworkov, Jack
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content: Vicente, Esteban, 1903-2001
topic: label: Topic
content: Artists -- New York (State) -- New York
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content: Artists -- Illinois -- Chicago
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content: Art, Modern -- 20th century -- United States
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: The B. C. Holland Gallery records were donated to the Archives of American Art by Bud C. Holland's widow, Claire Y. Holland, in 1995.
creator: label: Creator
content: B.C. Holland Gallery
label: Creator
content: Holland, B. C. (Bud C.), 1922-1994
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content: B. C. Holland Gallery records
abstract: label: Summary
content: The records of the B. C. Holland Gallery measure 2.1 linear feet and date from 1942-1991 (bulk dates 1959-1965). Founded in Chicago, Illinois by Bud C. Holland and Noah Goldowsky, the collection documents over 98 artists associated with the gallery. Documentation includes invoices, correspondence between artists and gallery owners, price lists, exhibition catalogs and print materials, magazine and newspaper clippings, photographs, and slides, and some business records of the gallery.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: B. C. Holland Gallery (1957-1994) was founded by Bud C. Holland and Noah Goldowsky, and was initially known as the Holland-Goldowsky Gallery. It held exhibitions and sold artwork for Chicago artists and many artists of the New York School. Holland bought out his partner and renamed the gallery the B. C. Holland Gallery in August 1961. The gallery closed upon Holland's death in 1994. 

Bud C. Holland entered the jewelry business, after serving in WWII as a bomber pilot, where he began collecting artwork. He opened his first art gallery in 1957. During the 1960s pop trend, Holland was drawn towards abstract expressionism and other art forms, which he focused on in his gallery. He began selling his collection when he was diagnosed with cancer, and died at 72 in Chicago, Illinois, 29 December 1994.
function: label: Function
content: Art galleries, Commercial -- Illinois
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 2.1 Linear Feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1942-1991
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content: bulk 1959-1965
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.bcholl
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
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content: Photographs
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: The collection is arranged as 2 series.

Series 1: Artist files, 1942-1991 (2.1 linear feet; Boxes 1-2, OV 3)

Series 2: Business records, 1961-1963 (1 folder; Box 2)
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: The collection was processed to a minimal level and a finding aid prepared by Anna Rimel in 2014. The Archives of American Art has implemented minimal processing tactics when possible in order to increase information about and access to more of our collections. Minimal processing included arrangement to the series, subseries, and folder levels. Generally, items within folders were simply verified with folder titles, but not arranged further. Folders within boxes may not be numbered. The collection was rehoused in archival containers and folders, but not all staples and clips were removed.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Photographs
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The records of the B. C. Holland Gallery measure 2.1 linear feet and date from 1942-1991 (bulk dates 1959-1965). Founded in Chicago, Illinois by Bud C. Holland and Noah Goldowsky, the collection documents over 98 artists associated with the gallery. Documentation includes invoices, correspondence between artists and gallery owners, price lists, exhibition catalogues and print materials, magazine and newspaper clippings, photographs, and slides, and some business records of the gallery. 

Artists of note include: Harry Bouras, Paul Burlin, Mary Callery, Elaine de Kooning, Willem de Kooning, Jean Dubuffet, Edward Dugmore, Roland Ginzel (including 2 ink drawings), Michael Goldberg, Robert Goodnough, Joseph Goto, Philip Guston, Julius Hatofsky, Richard Hunt (includes 18 files and a landscape plan of John J. Madden Clinic sculpture installation), Lester Johnson, Ellen Lanyon, Alfred Leslie, Jacques Lipchitz, Michael Loew, Knox Martin, Dennis Oppenheim, Stephen Pace, Milton Resnick, Larry Rivers, Aaron Siskind, George Spaventa, Saul Steinberg, Jack Tworkov, and Estaban Vicente.