Cranmer Art Group records
name: label: Creator
content: Cranmer Art Group
label: Names
content: Cranmer, Dana, 1948-
label: Names
content: Kelly, Ellsworth, 1923-
label: Names
content: Marden, Brice, 1938-
topic: label: Occupation
content: Conservators -- New York (State) -- New York
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Donated in 2022 by Dana Cranmer.
creator: label: Creator
content: Cranmer Art Group
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content: Cranmer Art Group records
abstract: label: Summary
content: The Cranmer Art Group records, circa 1980-2021, measure 74 linear feet and document the professional activities of art conservator Dana Cranmer and her art conservation studio, the Cranmer Art Group (CAG). The earliest records date from 1980 to 1987, when Cranmer was conservator for the Mark Rothko Foundation. The bulk of the collection consists of client files that document the work of Cranmer and her studio from 1988 until its closure in 2021. CAG worked closely with artists and artists' estates, as well as foundations, galleries, museums, auction houses, and private collectors.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: The Cranmer Art Group was founded in New York City, New York in 1988 by Dana Cranmer, an art conservator who was professionally active in New York City from 1970 to 2021. Cranmer spent 11 years with the conservation staff at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York, seven years with the Mark Rothko Foundation, and then opened her private practice, the Cranmer Art Group (CAG) in 1988, which operated until 2021. The Cranmer Art Group specialized in contemporary and 20th century artwork, primarily paintings and works on paper.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 74.2 Linear Feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: circa 1980-2021
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.cranmart
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: The collection is arranged as two series.

Series 1: Client Files, 1980-2021 (55.2 linear feet; Box 1-56)

Series 2: Photographic Materials, circa 1980-2008 (18.8 linear feet; Box 56-75)
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: The collection was processed, and a finding aid prepared by Anna Rimel in 2023.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The Cranmer Art Group records, circa 1980-2021, measure 74 linear feet and document the professional activities of art conservator Dana Cranmer and her art conservation studio, the Cranmer Art Group (CAG). The earliest records date from 1980 to 1987, when Cranmer was conservator for the Mark Rothko Foundation. The bulk of the collection consists of client files that document the work of Cranmer and her studio from 1988 until its closure in 2021. CAG worked closely with artists and artists' estates, as well as foundations, galleries, museums, auction houses, and private collectors.

Client files include correspondence, condition reports, notes, analysis and treatment recommendations, documentation of treatments performed, and scattered slides, photographs, and digital photographs of artwork. Artists with whom Dana Cranmer had an extensive professional relationship have separately grouped client files from binders, which include Ellsworth Kelly, Brice Marden, and Christopher Wool artwork impacted by Hurricane Sandy in 2012. Photographic materials include slides, photographs, snapshots, and digital photographs of artwork in the conservation studio, as well as studio photographs of Dana Cranmer and CAG staff at work at various locations.