Signa Gallery records
name: label: Creator
content: Signa Gallery
label: Names
content: Ossorio, Alfonso, 1916-1990
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Donated 1981 by Alfonso A. Ossorio, one of the initial founders and owners of the gallery.
creator: label: Creator
content: Signa Gallery
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content: Signa Gallery records
abstract: label: Summary
content: The records of the Signa Gallery measure 1.4 linear feet and date from 1957 to 1963. The records document the history of the gallery through administrative files; correspondence; guestbooks, artist biographies, and photographs of Franz Kline paintings and exhibition opening; exhibition files for exhibits at the gallery; insurance documents, ledgers, invoices, and other financial records; clippings, ehixibition announcements and catalogs, and other printed material.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: The Signa Gallery was founded in 1957 with the purpose of exhibiting the works of contemporary East Hampton, N.Y. artists. Alfonso Ossorio was one of the founding members and owners of the gallery.
function: label: Function
content: Art galleries, Commercial -- New York (State)
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1.4 Linear Feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1957-1963
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.signgall
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Sound recordings
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: The collection is arranged into four series.

Series 1: Administrative Files, 1957-1963 (0.4 linear feet; Box 1)

Series 2: Exhibition Files, 1957-1960 (0.3 linear feet; Box 1)

Series 3: Financial Records, 1957-1963 (0.6 linear feet; Boxes 1-2)

Series 4: Printed Material, 1957-1960 (0.1 linear feet; Box 2)
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: The collection was processed, and a finding aid prepared by Ricky Gomez in 2021.
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: Portions of the collection are available on 35mm microfilm reels 3983-3984 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: Sound recordings
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The records of the Signa Gallery measure 1.4 linear feet and date from 1957 to 1963. The records document the history of the gallery through administrative files; correspondence; guestbooks, artist biographies, and photographs of Franz Kline paintings and exhibition opening; exhibition files for exhibitions at the gallery; insurance documents, ledgers, invoices, and other financial records; clippings, ehixibition announcements and catalogs, and other printed material.

Administrative files are comprised of a lease for the gallery and a certificate of incorporation for the gallery. Correspondence is between gallery managers Alfonso Ossorio, Elizabeth Parker, and John Little and other galleries, business associates, and artists, including Fritz Bultman, Philip Guston, and Jack Tworkov. Guestbooks and notes include a guestbook and an address book for the gallery, various artist biographies, and some miscellaneous notes. Also included are a file of photographs of exhibition openings, and a file of photographs of Franz Kline paintings.

Exhibitions and Lecture files are comprised of photographs, press material, and correspondence related to exhibitions at the gallery. Also included are a series of lectures and two untranscribed audio tape reels that accompany one of the lectures.

Financial material includes insurance documents, bank records such as checking accounts, invoices, consignments, and some ledgers.

Printed material is made up of newspaper clippings, exhibition announcements, and exhibition catalogs.