General
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Richard York Gallery
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content: Richard York Gallery records
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content: Richard York Gallery records / Series 2: Artists' Artwork Files
unitdate: label: Date
content: circa 1865-2004
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.richyorg, Subseries 2.1
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents note
content: Originally known as the "paintings files" by the Richard York Gallery, this subseries provides comprehensive documentation for the gallery's artwork. Found are sales, consignment, and loan records; correspondence related to transactions; research materials; and photographs, slides, and transparencies. Folders include many photocopies of original documents. Artists for which there are significant quantities of materials (over 50 folders) include Joseph Goldyne, Ellen Day Hale, John Henry Hill, John William Hill, Lester George Hornby, Louis Lozowick, Luigi Lucioni, Emma Fordyce MacRae, John Marin, Joseph Stella, William Henry Stevens, and Steve Wheeler.

The bulk of the materials in this subseries are dated from 1981 to 2004, and includes active files from the gallery's closing in April 2004, documenting the disposition of artwork. Materials dated prior to 1981 are typically artwork artifacts such as back labels, or research materials. Researchers should also consult Client Files regarding particular artists. Additional related records may also be found in the Artbase CDs found in Business and Financial Records.

Folder titles are described and arranged according to the gallery's filing system: first by artists' last name, then numerically by the inventory number. A placeholder found in this series has been left in its original location upon accession; however, it is unknown if the location of the placeholder remained relevant to the filing order of the records.