Maynard Walker Gallery records
name: label: Creator
content: Maynard Walker Gallery
label: Names
content: Benton, Thomas Hart, 1889-1975
label: Names
content: Curry, John Steuart, 1897-1946
label: Names
content: Cushing, Lily Emmet, 1909-1969
label: Names
content: Henri, Robert, 1865-1929
label: Names
content: Kuhn, Walt, 1877-1949
topic: label: Topic
content: Regionalist (American Scene)
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: The Maynard Walker Gallery records were donated from 1974 to 1980 by Maynard Walker and in 1973 by the Frick Library on behalf of Maynard Walker. A portion of the collection was lent for microfilming and subsequently donated in 1976 by Maynard Walker.
creator: label: Creator
content: Maynard Walker Gallery
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content: Maynard Walker Gallery records
abstract: label: Summary
content: The records of New York City's Maynard Walker Gallery measure 6.3 linear feet and date from 1923 to 1975. The collection comprises personal and professional correspondence; artist's files for Thomas Hart Benton, John Chumley, John Steuart Curry, Lily Cushing, Madeline Hewes, Walt Kuhn, Wayne Williams, Grant Wood, and others; exhibition and gallery files consisting of printed materials, exhibition scrapbooks, a file on Spanish painting, and files for the exhibition Other Worlds (1945); financial and sales records containing files for artist accounts, non-artist accounts, bills of sale, and inventory; and photographic materials for exhibitions, works of art, and the writer Henry James.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: The Maynard Walker Gallery was an art gallery in New York, New York, founded by Maynard Walker in 1935. Walker previously worked for the Ferargil Gallery in New York where he began his professional relationship with the artists John Steuart Curry, Thomas Hart Benton, and Grant Wood. In 1938, Walker opened another gallery in Hollywood, California. Walker was a primary promoter of the Regionalists during the 1930s and 1940s. Walker retired in 1967 and died in 1985.
function: label: Function
content: Art galleries, Commercial -- New York (State)
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 6.3 Linear Feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1923-1975
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.maynwalk
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Scrapbooks
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: The collection is arranged as five series.

Series 1: Correspondence, 1929-1975 (1.5 linear feet; Boxes 1-2)

Series 2: Artist's Files, 1927-1972 (2.8 linear feet; Boxes 2-5, 7)

Series 3: Exhibition and Gallery Files, 1928-1970 (0.7 linear feet; Boxes 5, 7)

Series 4: Financial and Sales Records, 1923-1967 (0.8 linear feet; Boxes 5-6)

Series 5: Photographic Materials, circa 1950s-1960s (0.5 linear feet; Box 6)
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: The collection was processed, and a finding aid prepared by Sarah Mundy in 2021.
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: The collection is available on 35mm microfilm reels N697, 1603-1604, 2020-2025, 2159-2162, 2223, and 2424 at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan. Researchers should note that the arrangement of material described in the container inventory does not reflect the arrangement of the collection on microfilm.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Scrapbooks
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The records of New York City's Maynard Walker Gallery measure 6.3 linear feet and date from 1923 to 1975. The collection comprises personal and professional correspondence; artist's files for Thomas Hart Benton, John Chumley, John Steuart Curry, Lily Cushing, Madeline Hewes, Walt Kuhn, Wayne Williams, Grant Wood, and others; exhibition and gallery files consisting of printed materials, exhibition scrapbooks, a file on Spanish painting, and files for the exhibition Other Worlds (1945); financial and sales records containing files for artist accounts, non-artist accounts, bills of sale, and inventory; and photographic materials for exhibitions, works of art, and the writer Henry James.