Pierre Matisse Gallery printed material
name: label: Creator
content: Pierre Matisse Gallery (New York, N.Y.)
label: Names
content: Artigas, Francisco, 1916-
label: Names
content: Balthus, 1908-
label: Names
content: Butler, Reg, 1913-1981
label: Names
content: Chagall, Marc, 1887-1985
label: Names
content: Dubuffet, Jean, 1901-1985
label: Names
content: Giacometti, Alberto, 1901-1966
label: Names
content: Hantaï, Simon
label: Names
content: MacIver, Loren, 1909-1998
label: Names
content: Mason, Raymond, 1922-
label: Names
content: Matisse, Pierre, 1900-1989
label: Names
content: Millares, Manolo, 1926-1972
label: Names
content: Miró, Joan, 1893-
label: Names
content: Riopelle, Jean Paul
label: Names
content: Roszak, Theodore, 1907-1981
label: Names
content: Rouan, François, 1943-
label: Names
content: Saura, Antonio, 1930-
label: Names
content: Tanguy, Yves, 1900-1955
label: Names
content: Zao, Wou-ki, 1920-2013
topic: label: Topic
content: Art, Modern -- 20th century -- United States
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Records on reel NPM1 were lent for microfilming in 1967 by the Pierre Matisse Gallery. The unmicrofilmed materials were donated in 1996 by the Pierre Matisse Foundation.
creator: label: Creator
content: Pierre Matisse Gallery (New York, N.Y.)
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content: Pierre Matisse Gallery printed material
abstract: label: Summary
content: The Pierre Matisse Gallery printed material measures 1.2 linear feet and dates from 1936 to 1988. The collection consists of exhibition catalogs from group and solo shows held at the gallery, an offer for a limited edition Joan Miro album, and several books on artists.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: The Pierre Matisse Gallery was founded in New York, New York, in 1931 by Pierre Matisse, youngest son of the French painter Henri Matisse. The gallery was located on the corner of Madison Avenue and fifty-seventh street in the Fuller Building, which had recently been built in the Art Deco style a few years prior. Matisse exhibited primarily European painters and sculptors, including Joan Miro, Marc Chagall, Jean Dubuffet, Yves Tanguy, Balthus, and some U.S. artists Leonora Carrington, Alexander Calder, and many more. The gallery closed in 1989 upon Pierre Matisse's death.
function: label: Function
content: Art galleries, Commercial -- New York (State)
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1.2 Linear Feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1936-1988
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.piermati
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: Due to the small size of this collection the papers are arranged as one series.
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: This collection was processed and a finding aid prepared by Christopher DeMairo in 2021.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The Pierre Matisse Gallery printed material measures 1.2 linear feet and dates from 1936 to 1988. The collection consists of exhibition catalogs from group and solo shows held at the gallery, an offer for a limited edition Joan Miro album, and several books on artists that were completed in conjunction with the gallery. Catalogs of exhibiting solo artists include Reg Butler, March Chagal, Jean Dubuffet, Manolo Millares, Joan Miro, Jean-Paul Riopelle, Balthus, Yves Tanguy, and Francois Rouan. Group show catalogs include several from the duo Joan Miro and Jose Artigas (1956, 1963, 1985), Four Painters: Faucher, Hantai, Rouan, Viallat (1974), and Paintings from Paris (1946). Also present is a catalog from the gallery's exhibition of African sculptures, Sculpture of the Tallem and the Dogon (1960).
relatedmaterial: label: Related Materials
content: The Pierpont Morgan Library is the primary repository in possession of the Pierre Matisse Gallery records.
separatedmaterial: label: Separated Materials
content: The Archives of American Art also holds microfilm of material lent for microfilming on reel NPM1. Included are catalogs of Pierre Matisse Gallery exhibitions, 1931-1945; photographs of exhibitions interspersed among the catalogs; and a scrapbook containing clippings and reviews of shows at the gallery. This material was returned to the lender and is not described in the collection container inventory.