Louis Alexander Gallery records
name: label: Creator
content: Louis Alexander Gallery (New York, N.Y.)
label: Names
content: Coates, Ross
label: Names
content: Copley, Alfred L.
label: Names
content: DuBack, Charles S., 1926-
label: Names
content: Packard, David, 1928-1968
label: Names
content: Rabkin, Leo
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: The collection was donated by Paul Cummings, former co-director of Louis Alexander Gallery, in 1971.
creator: label: Creator
content: Louis Alexander Gallery (New York, N.Y.)
setName: label: See more items in
content: Louis Alexander Gallery records
abstract: label: Summary
content: The Louis Alexander Gallery records measure 0.4 linear feet and date from 1953 to 1965. The collection contains one exhibition file and artist files for Alfred Copley, Ross Coates, Charles S. DuBack, William Giles, David Packard, Leo Rabkin, and Athos Zagharias. Materials include correspondence, printed material, biographical summaries, photographs of artwork, and some exhibition ephemera.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: The Louis Alexander Gallery was founded by Louis Alexander Cohn in the Lenox Hill neighborhood of New York, New York. Paul Cummings served as the gallery's co-director in the early 1960s. The dates of the gallery's existence are unknown. In 1962 the gallery held a large exhibition, Recent American Drawings, which included artwork from Willem de Kooning, Milton Avery, Roy Lichtenstein, Andy Warhol, and many others. Additionally, the gallery held solo shows for Leo Rabkin (1962), Alfred Copley (1962), Charles DuBack (1962), Ross Coates (1963), Athos Zacharias (1963), and William Giles (1962).
function: label: Function
content: Art galleries, Commercial -- New York (State) -- New York
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.4 Linear Feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1953-1963
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.louialex
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 collection was processed and a finding aid prepared by Christopher DeMairo
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: Portions of the collection are available on 35mm microfilm reel 136 (frames 572-972) available for use 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.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The Louis Alexander Gallery records measure 0.4 linear feet and date from 1953 to 1965. The collection contains one exhibition file and several artist files. 

The exhibition file consists of correspondence, lists, and printed material. Artist files contain biographical material, scant correspondence, clippings, images of artwork and artists, and more on artists Alfred Copley, Ross Coates, Charles S. DuBack, William Giles, David Packard, Leo Rabkin, and Athos Zagharias.