Geoffrey Theodore Hellman papers relating to Albert Eugene Gallatin's Museum of Living Art
name: label: Creator
content: Hellman, Geoffrey, 1907-
label: Names
content: Gallery of Living Art
label: Names
content: Museum of Living Art
label: Names
content: Philadelphia Museum of Art
label: Names
content: Davis, Charles H. (Charles Harold), 1856-1933
label: Names
content: Gallatin, A. E. (Albert Eugene), 1881-1952
topic: label: Topic
content: Art -- Collectors and collecting
label: Topic
content: Art, Modern -- 20th century -- Collectors and collecting
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Donated 1976 by Geoffrey Hellman.
creator: label: Creator
content: Hellman, Geoffrey, 1907-
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Hellman, a writer, wrote about A. E. Gallatin on several occasions in the New Yorker magazine. Gallatin formed one of America's earliest modern art collections, and displayed it as Gallery of Living Art (later Museum of Living Art) at NYU. It moved to the Philadelphia Museum of Art in 1943.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 9 Items ((on partial microfilm reel))
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1934-1952
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.hellgeof
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: 35mm microfilm roll 2814 available at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Two letters, 1942 and 1943, from Albert Eugene Gallatin to Hellman concerning the relocation of Gallatin's art collection, the Museum of Living Art, from New York University to the Philadelphia Museum of Art; a press release from NYU about the move; and photocopies of 6 articles about Gallatin by Hellman in THE NEW YORKER, 1934-1952.