Harry Gottlieb papers
name: label: Creator
content: Gottlieb, Harry, 1895-
label: Creator
content: Summit Gallery (New York, N.Y.)
label: Names
content: American Artists' Congress
label: Names
content: American Society of Painters, Sculptors and Gravers
label: Names
content: Artists Equity Association
label: Names
content: Artists League of America
label: Names
content: Artists' Union (New York, N.Y.)
label: Names
content: New York WPA Artists, Inc.
label: Names
content: Kent, Rockwell, 1882-1971
label: Names
content: Kuniyoshi, Yasuo, 1889-1953
label: Names
content: Solman, Joseph, 1909-2008
title: label: Topic
content: Art front
topic: label: Occupation
content: Serigraphers -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Occupation
content: Painters
label: Topic
content: Art, Modern -- 20th century -- United States -- Political aspects
label: Topic
content: Screen process printing
label: Topic
content: Serigraphy -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Topic
content: Trade-unions and the arts -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Topic
content: Prints -- Technique
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Material donated by Harry Gottlieb, 1968 and 1982 and in 2025 by Maureen FitzGerald, partner of Amy Gottlieb, Harry Gottlieb's daughter.
creator: label: Creator
content: Gottlieb, Harry, 1895-
label: Creator
content: Summit Gallery (New York, N.Y.)
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Harry Gottlieb (1895-1992) was a painter and printmaker in New York. Born in Bucharest, Romania. Gottlieb was a member of the N.Y. Artists' Union, American Society of Painters, Sculptors and Gravers, and the American Artists Congress. He served as a WPA artist and was pioneer in the development of silk screen process as a fine art form.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 3.9 Linear Feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1910-2016
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.gottharr
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: 35mm microfilm reels D343 and 3889-3890 available at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: Portions of the collection including some biographical material, correspondence, including letters from Rockwell Kent; records of the Summit Gallery; business records and price lists for art work; 5 works of art on paper and silk screen prints and an sutobiographical sketch; notes, layouts and a contract for Gottlieb's book, THE ART OF HARRY GOTTLIEB; notebooks; material on the Artists Equity Association, the Artists Union, N.Y., Public Art Preservation Committee, and New York WPA Artists, Inc.; exhibition announcements, catalogs, clippings and press releases; and photographs, 1935-1953, of Gottlieb, Gottlieb and Joseph Solomon, and Gottlieb's work, the 1931 Carnegie Institute International exhibition and and a group photograph of the Artists Equity Testimonial Dinner honoring Yasuo Kuniyoshi, 1948; files kept by Gottlieb on the Works Progress Administration, 3rd Woodstock Art Conference, American Artists' Congress, American Society of Painters, Sculptors and Gravers and the Artists Union, N.Y.; newsletters, correspondence and minutes from Artists Equity Association; issues of "Art Front", "Art Project Reporter" and "ALA News" of the Artists League of America microfilmed on 35mm reels D343 and 3889-3890.  .
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The papers of painter and printmaker Harry Gottlieb measure 3.9 linear feet and date from circa 1910-2016. Included is biographical material; personal and professional correpsondence, including letters from Rockwell Kent, correspondence between Harry and Sara Tytell (Gottlieb); records of the Summit Gallery; business records, price lists and records of sales for art work; works of art on paper and silk screen prints and an autobiographical sketch; notes, layouts and a contract for Gottlieb's book, THE ART OF HARRY GOTTLIEB; notebooks; material on the Artists Equity Association, the Artists Union, N.Y., Public Art Preservation Committee, and New York WPA Artists, Inc.; printed material including exhibition announcements, catalogs, clippings and press releases, issues of "Art Front", "Art Project Reporter" and "ALA News" of the Artists League of America; photographs, 1935-1953, of Gottlieb, Gottlieb and Joseph Solomon, and Gottlieb's work, the 1931 Carnegie Institute International exhibition and and a group photograph of the Artists Equity Testimonial Dinner honoring Yasuo Kuniyoshi, 1948; files kept by Gottlieb on the Works Progress Administration, 3rd Woodstock Art Conference, American Artists' Congress, American Society of Painters, Sculptors and Gravers and the Artists Union, N.Y.; records regarding the Artists Equity Association; teaching material; and writings by Gottlieb and others. Also included is one interview transcript of an interview with Gottlieb and one sound recording of an interview with Gottlieb and Denis Lukas, 1975, and 16 mm film reel "Zimmerti Art, Silk Screen Process" of Gottlieb demonstrating the silk screen process, undated.