Marian Locks Gallery records
name: label: Creator
content: Marian Locks Gallery
label: Names
content: Bateman, Ronald C., 1947-
label: Names
content: Locks, Marian, 1914-2010
label: Names
content: Pinto, Salvatore, 1905-1966
label: Names
content: Pogach, Gerald
topic: label: Topic
content: Women art dealers
label: Topic
content: Optical art
label: Topic
content: Abstract expressionism
label: Topic
content: Symbolism
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Donated 1991 by Marian Locks.
creator: label: Creator
content: Marian Locks Gallery
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content: Marian Locks Gallery records
abstract: label: Summary
content: The records of the Marian Locks Gallery measure 0.6 linear feet and date from 1932 and 1968 to 1991. The records document the history of the Philadelphia gallery through exhibition schedules; price lists for one person and group shows; artists' files on Ronald Bateman, Salvatore Pinto, and Gerald Pogach; press releases; and printed material, including 3 issues of ML Newsletter, 1984, exhibition announcements, exhibition catalogs, and newspaper clippings of reviews of shows at the gallery. Among the artists represented are Edna Andrade, Tom Chimes, Ray Metzker, Elizabeth Osborne, and Warren Rohrer.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Marian Locks Gallery was founded in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1968. It was one of the first galleries in Philadelphia to focus exclusively on contemporary art. Gallery founder Marian Locks retired in 1990 and her daughter-in-law, Sueyun Locks, became director of the newly-renamed Locks Gallery. 

Marian Locks (1914-2010) was born in the Queen Village neighborhood of Philadelphia. As a gallerist, Locks provided support and guidance to emerging artists from the Philadelphia area. She cultivated a core group of local artists that regularly exhibited work at her gallery; this group included Edna Andrade, Thomas Chimes, Warren Rohrer, Diane Burko, John Moore, and Elizabeth Osborne. Locks received numerous accolades for her advocacy in the Philadelphia art world, including an honorary doctorate from Moore College of Art and Design in 1990 and the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Distinguished Service Award in 1995.
function: label: Function
content: Art galleries, Commercial -- Pennsylvania
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.6 Linear Feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1932, 1968-1991
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.marilock
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: The collection is arranged into one series.

Series 1: Marian Locks Gallery, 1932, 1968-1991 (0.6 linear feet; Boxes 1-2)
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: The collection was processed, and a finding aid prepared by Ricky Gomez in 2021.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The records of the Marian Locks Gallery measure 0.6 linear feet and date from 1932 and 1968 to 1991. The records document the history of the Philadelphia gallery through exhibition schedules; price lists for one person and group shows; artists' files on Ronald Bateman, Salvatore Pinto, and Gerald Pogach; press releases; and printed material, including 3 issues of ML Newsletter, 1984, exhibition announcements, exhibition catalogs, and newspaper clippings of reviews of shows at the gallery. Among the artists represented are Edna Andrade, Tom Chimes, Ray Metzker, Elizabeth Osborne, and Warren Rohrer.