Hugh Stix papers
name: label: Creator
content: Stix, Hugh
label: Creator
content: Artists' Gallery (New York, N.Y)
label: Creator
content: Museum Purchase Fund
label: Names
content: Museum Purchase Fund
label: Names
content: Longchamp, Gaston
label: Names
content: Vanderbilt, Gloria, 1924-
topic: label: Occupation
content: Arts administrators -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Occupation
content: Gallery directors -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Topic
content: Art patronage -- New York (State) -- New York
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Donated by Hugh Stix, 1975 and 1979.
creator: label: Creator
content: Stix, Hugh
label: Creator
content: Artists' Gallery (New York, N.Y)
label: Creator
content: Museum Purchase Fund
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Gallery president and art administrator; New York, N.Y. Died 1992. Founded the the Artists' Gallery in 1936. Administrator for the Museum Purchase Fund. Gloria Vanderbilt annually contributed to the fund, which gave recognition to young artists by purchasing their work.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.4 Linear Feet ((on 1 partial microfilm reel))
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1947-1963
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.stixhugh
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: 35mm microfilm reel 3470 available at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: An exhibition announcement and catalog from the Artists' Gallery 20th anniversary exhibition, 1955; letters from artists responding to Stix's request for drawings for the exhibition, including Milton Avery, George Biddle, Isabel Bishop, Victor Candell, Philip Evergood, T. Lux Feininger, Ernest Fiene, Chaim Gross, Morris Kantor, James Lechay, Oronzio Maldarelli, Abraham Rattner, and Moses Soyer; a copy of ARTS DIGEST; six illustrated letters from Gaston Longchamp; material relating to the Museum Purchase Fund including correspondence with Gloria Vanderbilt, printed material, and photographs; and printed material on Gloria Vanderbilt.