Sidney Janis Gallery exhibition catalogs
name: label: Creator
content: Sidney Janis Gallery
label: Creator
content: Janis, Sidney, 1896-1989
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: The collection was donated in 1999 by Carroll Janis, son of Sidney Janis.
creator: label: Creator
content: Sidney Janis Gallery
label: Creator
content: Janis, Sidney, 1896-1989
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content: Sidney Janis Gallery exhibition catalogs
abstract: label: Summary
content: The Sidney Janis Gallery exhibition catalogs measure 2.8 linear feet and date from 1951 to 1998.  Found here is a complete set of catalogs published by the New York gallery.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Sidney Janis Gallery (est. 1948-1999) was an art gallery in New York, N.Y., specializing in contemporary avant-garde art.  Sidney Janis opened the gallery with his wife Harriet at 15 E. 57th Street in Manhattan.  The gallery became a leading exhibitor of Pop art after the groundbreaking exhibition New Realists in 1962.  The gallery moved to 110 W. 57th Street in the 1980s, and after Janis's death in 1989 the gallery was directed by his son, Carroll Janis.
function: label: Function
content: Art galleries, Commercial -- New York (State)
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 2.8 Linear Feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1951-1998
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.sidnjani
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Exhibition catalogs
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: This collection has been arranged into one series.

Series 1: Exhibition Catalogs, 1951-1998 (Boxes 1-7; 2.8 linear feet)
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: The collection was fully processed by intern Lindsay Alderman in 2013.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Exhibition catalogs
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The Sidney Janis Gallery exhibition catalogs measure 2.8 linear feet and date from 1951 to 1998.  Found here is a complete set of catalogs published by the New York gallery. 

Researchers should note that this collection only includes published catalogs and not related exhibition documentation.  The gallery did not publish a catalog for every exhibition, especially during the early years of the gallery's operation.
relatedmaterial: label: Related Materials
content: Also found at the Archives of American Art are two oral history interviews with Sidney Janis.  One interview conducted March 21-September 26, 1972, by Paul Cummings, and one interview conducted on October 15 and November 18, 1981, by Avis Berman.