Mell Daniel papers
name: label: Creator
content: Daniel, Mell, 1899-1975
label: Names
content: Fischbach Gallery
label: Names
content: Independent's Studio (Art gallery : New York, N.Y.)
label: Names
content: Modern Gallery (New York, N.Y.)
label: Names
content: Society of Independent Artists (New York, N.Y.)
label: Names
content: Weed, Clive R., 1884-1936
topic: label: Occupation
content: Painters -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Topic
content: Painting, Modern -- 20th century -- New York (State) -- New York
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Donated 1978 and 1991 by Mina Daniel, widow of Mell Daniel.
creator: label: Creator
content: Daniel, Mell, 1899-1975
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Painter; New York, N.Y.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 38 Items
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1916-1976
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.danimell
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: 35mm microfilm reel 4909 (fr. 1031-1081) available at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Membership card for the Society of Independent Artists, 1920; a letter, undated, from newspaper cartoonist Clive Weed and his wife Helen Torr Weed (later Helen Torr Dove), encouraging Daniel to continue his painting, and offering to take Daniel's drawings to show them in Philadelphia; fragment from a sheet of cartoon drawings regarding war bonds; a photocopy of an unidentified pencil portrait; exhibition announcements, including Daniel's first show at the Modern Gallery, 1917, Independents' Studio exhibitions, 1917-18, Fischbach Gallery, 1970, and a catalog of Fischbach's memorial exhibition, 1976; 6 color photographs of paintings, 1972; clippings regarding the Independents' shows, 1916-1921, his exhibitions at Fischbach Gallery, 1970-1973, his memorial exhibition, and his obituary; and 4 typewritten sheets summarizing press clippings and listing his exhibits.