Christine Burgin Gallery records
name: label: Creator
content: Christine Burgin Gallery
label: Names
content: Burgin, Christine
label: Names
content: Finlay, Ian Hamilton
label: Names
content: Graham, Rodney, 1949-
label: Names
content: Ruppersberg, Allen, 1944-
label: Names
content: Smith, Michael
topic: label: Topic
content: Women art dealers
label: Topic
content: Conceptual art
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Donated to the Archives of American Art in 2017 by Christine Burgin.
creator: label: Creator
content: Christine Burgin Gallery
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content: Christine Burgin Gallery records
abstract: label: Summary
content: The records of Christine Burgin Gallery, a New York City gallery representing conceptual artists from the United States and Europe, measure 18 linear feet and 52.28 GB, and date from 1980-2016. The collection documents the gallery's activities, projects, and relationships with artists through administrative files and business records, artist files, exhibition files, and client files. Artist files comprise nearly half of the collection and contain correspondence with artists and project files for numerous publications and editions the gallery produced in collaboration with artists. Some material is in born-digital form, including images of artwork and installations, slide shows, document files, as well as audiovisual recordings. The collection also contains two analog video recordings. Files dating from after the gallery's closure include additional correspondence, invoices, and project files.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: The Christine Burgin Gallery (established 1986; closed 2007), owned and operated by Christine Burgin, was a gallery in New York City that represented conceptual artists from the United States and Europe. The gallery operated from 1986-1992 and from 1999-2007. Gallery artists included Zoe Beloff, Victor Burgin, Ian Hamilton Finlay, Harrell Fletcher, Rodney Graham, Fariba Hajamadi, Paul Lincoln, Max Neuhaus, Richard Nonas, Hermann Pitz, Allen Ruppersberg, Victoria Sambunaris, Alan Saret, Jeanne Silverthorne, Michael Smith, and many others. In addition to staging solo and group exhibitions, the gallery produced numerous publications and editions in collaboration with artists.

Christine Burgin graduated from Yale University in 1982. She continues to publish books, often in collaboration with artists from her former gallery, with her imprint at New Directions.
function: label: Function
content: Art galleries, Commercial -- New York (State)
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 18 Linear Feet
label: Extent
content: 52.28 Gigabytes
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1980-2016
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.chriburg
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Gigabytes
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: The collection is arranged as four series

Series 1: Administrative Files and Business Records, 1985-2012 (1.1 linear feet; Boxes 1-2)

Series 2: Artist Files, 1980-2016 (8.4 linear feet, Boxes 2-10; 35.75 GB, ER01-ER29)

Series 3: Exhibition Files, 1986-2015 (5 linear feet, Boxes 10-15; 16.53 GB, ER30-ER43)

Series 4: Client Files, 1983-2013 (3.5 linear feet; Boxes 15-18)
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: The collection was processed and a finding aid prepared by Hilary Price and Caroline Donadio in 2018.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The records of Christine Burgin Gallery, a New York City gallery representing conceptual artists from the United States and Europe, measure 18 linear feet and 52.28 GB, and date from 1980-2016. The collection documents the gallery's activities, projects, and relationships with artists through administrative files and business records, artist files, exhibition files, and client files. Administrative files and business records document the operations and daily activities of the gallery. Artist files comprise nearly half of the collection and contain correspondence with artists, consignment and loan forms for exhibitions at other venues, inventories and sales invoices, photographic material, exhibitions announcements and catalogs, clippings, research and source material, as well as project files for numerous publications and editions the gallery produced in collaboration with artists. Exhibition files document the dozens of exhibitions at the gallery during their two periods of operation, 1986-1992 and 1999-2007, and include correspondence, price lists, installation documentation, photographic material, press releases, artist biographies, exhibition announcements, and clippings. Client files predominantly contain correspondence and invoices to clients. Some material is in born-digital form, including images of artwork and installations, slide shows, document files, as well as audiovisual recordings. The collection also contains two analog video recordings.