Elenore Lust papers
name: label: Creator
content: Lust, Elenore, 1909-1997
label: Names
content: Norlyst Gallery
label: Names
content: Mondrian, Piet, 1872-1944
topic: label: Occupation
content: Art dealers -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Occupation
content: Painters -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Occupation
content: Gallery owners -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Occupation
content: Gallery owners -- New Jersey -- Mount Holly
label: Occupation
content: Art dealers -- New Jersey -- Mount Holly
label: Occupation
content: Painters -- New Jersey -- Mount Holly
label: Topic
content: Women artists
label: Topic
content: Women art dealers
label: Topic
content: Women painters
label: Topic
content: Scrapbooks
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Elenore Lust donated her papers to the Archives of American Art in 1988 and 1991.
creator: label: Creator
content: Lust, Elenore, 1909-1997
setName: label: See more items in
content: Elenore Lust papers
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Elenore Lust (1909-1997) was an art dealer, gallery owner, and painter in New York City, New York and Mount Holly, New Jersey. Lust studied painting at the Art Students League and opened the Norlyst Gallery at 59 West 56th Street, New York, in partnership with Jimmy Ernst in March 1943. Ernst left the business after several years and Lust continued to operate the gallery until 1949, when she closed its doors to pursue other interests. Lust later opened the Norlist (new spelling) Art Studio in Mount Holly, New Jersey.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.9 Linear Feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: circa 1940-1991
label: Date
content: bulk 1943-1949
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.lustelen
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.
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: The papers were arranged upon receipt and microfilmed on reel 4706. The collection was processed, and a finding aid prepared by Jayna Josefson in 2022 with support from the Smithsonian American Women's History Initiative.
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: The collection is available on 35mm microfilm reel 4706 at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan. Researchers should note that the arrangement of the material described in the container inventory does not reflect the arrangement of the collection on microfilm.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The papers of painter and gallery owner Elenore Lust measure 0.9 linear feet and date from circa 1940 to 1991, with the bulk of the material dating from 1943-1949. Four scrapbooks containing letters, photographs and printed material, annotated by Lust, document her career as a painter, teacher, and owner of the Norlyst Gallery. Also found are items related to Piet Mondrian, including two letters from Mondrian to Lust.