Corbino Galleries records
name: label: Creator
content: Corbino Galleries
label: Names
content: Corbino, Marcia, 1927-2015
topic: label: Topic
content: Latino and Latin American artists
label: Topic
content: Women art dealers
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: The collection was donated in 2018 by Lee Corbino, daughter of Marcia and Jon Corbino.
creator: label: Creator
content: Corbino Galleries
setName: label: See more items in
content: Corbino Galleries records
abstract: label: Summary
content: The records of the Corbino Galleries, a Florida gallery representing American, Latin American, and other emerging artists, measure 5.3 linear feet and date from 1979-2007. The collection documents the gallery's activities through administrative files and business records, artist files, and printed materials.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Corbino Galleries (est. 1985, closed 2003) was a contemporary art gallery in Sarasota and Longboat Key, Florida. The gallery was established by Marcia and Michael Corbino, wife and son of the artist Jon Corbino (1905-1964). Corbino Galleries represented American, Latin American, and other emerging artists including Dorothy Gillespie, Eric and Jimmy Ernst, Popliteo (Luis Montoya and Leslie Ortiz), Humberto Calzada, and many others.

Along with being a gallery owner, Marcia Corbino (1927-2015) was a prolific writer. Her articles covering the past and present of visual arts in Sarasota County appeared in publications like Sarasota Magazine and the Sarasota Herald-Tribune. Marcia Corbino also co-wrote the book A History of Visual Art in Sarasota with Pat Ringling Buck and Kevin Dean.
function: label: Function
content: Art galleries, Commercial -- Florida
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 5.3 Linear Feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1979-2009
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.corbgall
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Video recordings
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: The collection is arranged as 3 series.

Series 1: Administrative Files and Business Records, 1980-2003 (Box 1-3; 2.1 linear feet)

Series 2: Artist Files, 1979-2009 (Box 3-5; 2.8 linear feet)

Series 3: Printed Material, 1981-2004 (Box 5-6; OV 7)
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: The collection was processed and a finding aid prepared by Christopher DeMairo in 2020.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Video recordings
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The records of the Corbino Galleries, a Florida gallery representing American, Latin American, and other emerging artists, measure 5.3 linear feet and date from 1979-2007. The collection documents the gallery's activities through administrative files and business records, artist files, and printed materials. The records include loan agreements, collector files, financial and sales records, correspondence, biographical information regarding artists, slides and negatives of works of art, several VHS video recordings as well as loose scrapbook pages with news clippings and additional printed material.