Oscar Collier papers
name: label: Creator
content: Collier, Oscar, 1924-
label: Names
content: Carl Ashby Gallery
label: Names
content: Galerie Neuf (New York, N.Y.)
topic: label: Occupation
content: Painters -- New York (State) -- New York
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: The Oscar Collier papers printed materials were donated to the Archives of American Art in 1995 by Oscar Collier; he lent the photographs for microfilming at the same time.
creator: label: Creator
content: Collier, Oscar, 1924-
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content: Oscar Collier papers
abstract: label: Summary
content: The papers of New York painter Oscar Collier consists of printed materials relating to Collier and his circle of "Indian Space" painters and dates from 1945 to 1947. Included are exhibition catalogs of Collier shows, including a joint show of Collier and Howard Daum at (Carl) Ashby Gallery (1946), the show 8 and a Totempole at Gallery Neuf (1946), and Collier's first one man show at Galerie Neuf (1947); The League (winter 1946), the bulletin of the Art Students League containing an article by Collier "Art and Commercial America"; 4 issues of the art and literature quarterly Iconograph with Kenneth Beaudoin as editor and Collier as associate editor, and its supplement The Iconography Quarterly Supplement of Prejudice and Opinion (1946-1947).
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Oscar Collier (1924-1998) was a New York painter, associated with the movement from the 1940s and 1950s known as "Indian Space Painting" which drew inspiration from Pre-Columbian Art and Abstract Expressionism. This group of artists studied or taught at The Art Students League and were heavily influenced by Native American and Indigenous art.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.01 Linear Feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1945-1947
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.collosca
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.

Series 1: Oscar Collier papers, 1945-1947 (Folder 1; 10 items)
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: The collection was processed and a finding aid prepared by Rihoko Ueno in 2023.
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: Portions of the collection, including material loaned for microfilming, is available on 35mm microfilm reel 5051 at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The papers of New York painter Oscar Collier consists of printed materials relating to Collier and his circle of "Indian Space" painters and dates from 1945 to 1947. Included are exhibition catalogs of Collier shows, including a joint show of Collier and Howard Daum at (Carl) Ashby Gallery (1946), the show 8 and a Totempole at Gallery Neuf (1946), and Collier's first one man show at Galerie Neuf (1947); The League (winter 1946), the bulletin of the Art Students League containing an article by Collier "Art and Commercial America"; 4 issues of the art and literature quarterly Iconograph with Kenneth Beaudoin as editor and Collier as associate editor, and its supplement The Iconography Quarterly Supplement of Prejudice and Opinion (1946-1947).
separatedmaterial: label: Separated Materials
content: The Archives of American Art also holds microfilm of material lent for microfilming (reel 5051). Loaned material consists of 6 photographs (5 photographs taken by Mildred Tolbert of artists Gertrude Barrer, Lloyd Barrell, Kenneth L. Beaudoin, and Carol Bundy and Alfred Russell; and 1 photograph of Jean Franklin, co-editor of the last issue of Iconograph, taken by Louis Stettner) were returned to the donor and are not described in the collection inventory.