Alan Gallery records
name: label: Creator
content: Alan Gallery (Charles Alan)
label: Creator
content: Felix Landau Gallery
label: Names
content: Downtown Gallery (New York, N.Y.)
label: Names
content: Landau-Alan Gallery (New York, N.Y.)
label: Names
content: Adkins, Paul, 1939-
label: Names
content: Alan, Charles, 1908?-1975
label: Names
content: Andrews, Oliver
label: Names
content: Boyce, Richard, 1920-
label: Names
content: Brice, William, 1921-2008
label: Names
content: Burlin, Paul, 1886-1969
label: Names
content: Cloar, Carroll
label: Names
content: Cohen, George Michael, 1931-
label: Names
content: Conner, Bruce, 1933-2008
label: Names
content: Cremean, Robert, 1932-
label: Names
content: D'Arista, Robert, 1929-
label: Names
content: Fredenthal, David, 1914-1958
label: Names
content: Guglielmi, Louis, 1906-1956
label: Names
content: Hunt, Richard (1935-2023)
label: Names
content: Katzman, Herbert, 1923-
label: Names
content: King, William, 1925-2015
label: Names
content: Kinigstein, Jonah, 1923-
label: Names
content: Knipschild, Robert L. (Robert Leon), 1927-
label: Names
content: Latham, John, 1921-2006
label: Names
content: Lawrence, Jacob, 1917-2000
label: Names
content: Lea, Wesley
label: Names
content: Levi, Julian E. (Julian Edwin), 1900-1982
label: Names
content: Levine, Jack, 1915-2010
label: Names
content: Lewandowski, Edmund, 1914-
label: Names
content: Malaval, Robert, 1937-1980
label: Names
content: Marcus, Marcia, 1928-
label: Names
content: Meigs, Walter, 1918-1988
label: Names
content: Millman, Edward, 1907-1964
label: Names
content: Morris, George L. K., 1905-1975
label: Names
content: Morris, Robert C., 1933-
label: Names
content: Moses, Ed, 1926-
label: Names
content: Novelli, Gastone, 1925-1968
label: Names
content: Ohashi, Yutaka, 1923-1989
label: Names
content: Oliveira, Nathan, 1928-2010
label: Names
content: Oscar, Charles, 1923-
label: Names
content: Pendergast, Eileen, 1937-
label: Names
content: Preusser, Robert O. (Robert Ormerod), 1919-1992
label: Names
content: Pribble, Easton, 1917-
label: Names
content: Siporin, Mitchell, 1910-1976
label: Names
content: Squier, Jack, 1927-
label: Names
content: Tam, Reuben
label: Names
content: Thomas, John, 1927-
label: Names
content: Titus, Robert S.
label: Names
content: Wilson, Bryan, 1927-
label: Names
content: Zerbe, Karl, 1903-1972
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Donated 1971 and in 1973 by Charles Alan the founder of the Alan Gallery.
creator: label: Creator
content: Alan Gallery (Charles Alan)
label: Creator
content: Felix Landau Gallery
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: The Alan Gallery was established by Charles Alan in 1952. In 1966, Felix Landau purchased the gallery and renamed it the Landau-Alan Gallery. After Alan left in 1969, the name was changed to the Felix Landau Gallery.
function: label: Function
content: Art galleries, Commercial -- New York (State)
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 15.1 Linear Feet
label: Extent
content: 1 Film reel (Motion picture film (400 ft.), sd., b&w, 16 mm.)
label: Extent
content: 1 Videocassettes (VHS) (Reference copy (12 min.) , sd., b&w, 1/2 in.)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1953-1970
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.alangall
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Film reels
label: Type
content: Videocassettes (vhs)
label: Type
content: Scrapbooks
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: Artist correspondence is arranged alphabetically; business correspondence is arranged chronologically.
label: Arrangement
content: The gallery stock card file is arranged alphabetically by artist; one of the two card files listing works purchased from the Alan Gallery is arranged alphabetically by artist; the other is arranged alphabetically by purchaser.
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: 35mm microfilm reels 1379-1391 and 1400 available at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Scrapbooks
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Correspondence with artists; general business correspondence, 1953-1969; legal documents (some pertaining to owner Charles Alan's separation from the Downtown Gallery and establishment of the Alan Gallery); business records, including price lists, inventories, loan agreements, purchase and consignment records, receipts for purchases, and general ledgers; a card file of gallery stock; two card files recording purchases; two scrapbooks of printed materials on gallery exhibitions; paid bills, statements, tax and insurance records; and photographs (reel 1400) of Landau-Alan Gallery stock, and of Alan Gallery artists.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Correspondents include: Paul Adkins, Oliver Andrews, Richard Boyce, William Brice, Paul Burlin, Carroll Cloar, George M. Cohen, Bruce Conner, Robert Cremean, Robert D'Arista, David Fredenthal, Louis Guglielmi, Richard Hunt, Herbert Katzman, William King, Jonah Kinigstein, Robert Knipschild, John Latham, Jacob Lawrence, Wesley Lea, Julian Levi, Jack Levine, Edmund Lewandowski, Robert Malaval, Marcia Marcus, Walter Meigs, Edward Millman, George L.K. Morris, Robert C. Morris, Edward Moses, Gastone Novelli, Yutaka Ohashi, Nathan Oliveira, Charles Oscar, Eileen Pendergast, Robert Preusser, Easton Pribble, Mitchell Siporin, Jack Squier, Reuben Tam, John Thomas, Robert S. Titus, Bryan Wilson, and Karl Zerbe.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Included in the collection are photographs of the following artists/and or works of art: Paul Adkins, Aubrey Beardsley, Richard Boyce, Robert Cremean, William Dole, Edwin Hewitt Collection, John Denman Collection, Paul Klee, Gustave Klimt, Jack Levine, E. L. T. Mesens, Elie Nadelman, Charles Oscar, Arnaldo Pomodoro, Eileen Prendergast, Joseph Stella, and Clara McDonald Williamson.
label: Scope and Contents
content: A print of the Bruce Conner film "A Movie" (1958) also available on videocassette (VHS), is also found in the collection.