Art Front
name: label: Creator
content: Artists' Union (New York, N.Y.)
label: Creator
content: Artists' Union (New York, N.Y.)
label: Names
content: Baron, Herman, 1892-1961
topic: label: Topic
content: Federal aid to the arts
label: Topic
content: Art and state
label: Topic
content: Federal aid to public welfare
label: Topic
content: Art publishing
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Donated by Dewey Albinson, an administrator for the WPA in Minnesota. Some issues of Art Front in the Archives' possession were combined with Albinson's gift to form a complete series.
creator: label: Creator
content: Artists' Union (New York, N.Y.)
label: Creator
content: Artists' Union (New York, N.Y.)
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Art Front was a magazine published by the Artists Union in New York in collaboration with the Artists Committee of Action. Twenty-five issues were published between November 1934 and December 1937. Herbert Baron, director of the American Contemporary Art (ACA) gallery was managing editor.The editorial committee was composed of sixteen people, eight from each of the partner groups. From the Artists Committee of Action were Hilda Abel, Harold Baumbach, Stuart Davis, Hugo Gellert, Abraham Harriton, Zoltan Hecht, Rosa Pringle and Jennings Tofel, and from the Artists' Union were Boris Gorelick, Katherine Gridley, Ethel Olenikov, Robert Jonas, Herbert Kruckman, Michael Loew, C. Mactarian and Max Spivak.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.8 Linear Feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1934-1937
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.artiunio2
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: 35mm microfilm reels NDA 28, LA 1, & LA 7 available at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
originalsloc: label: Existence and Location of Originals
content: Reel LA 1 & LA 7: Originals returned to lenders, Boris Gorelick and Leon Saulter, after microfilming.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The collection of Art Front magazines includes one bound volume containing the 25 issues of Art Front: November 1934 (vol. 1, no. 1), through December 1937 (vol. 3, no. 8). Also found are loose issues of Art Front including November 1934, January- February 1935, April- May 1935, July 1935, November 1935- June 1936, September/October 1936, December 1936- March 1937, June/July 1937, October 1937, and December 1937. Several loose issues have multiple copies.
relatedmaterial: label: Related Materials
content: Also in the Archives, on microfilm reel LA 1, are duplicate issues, December 1935, June 1936, and an incomplete issue, 1937 (reel LA 1) lent for microfilming by Leon Saulter, and on microfilm reel LA 7, duplicate issues for April 1936, and June 1936, lent by Boris Gorelick.