Martin Diamond papers
name: label: Creator
content: Diamond, Martin
label: Names
content: Martin Diamond Fine Arts (Gallery)
label: Names
content: Diamond, Harriette
topic: label: Occupation
content: Art dealers -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Occupation
content: Authors -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Occupation
content: Gallery owners -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Topic
content: Art, Abstract
label: Topic
content: Art, Modern -- 20th century
label: Topic
content: Art, American -- 20th century
label: Topic
content: Transcendentalism in art
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: The papers were donated to the Archives of American Art in 1993 and 2014 by Martin Diamond.
creator: label: Creator
content: Diamond, Martin
setName: label: See more items in
content: Martin Diamond papers
abstract: label: Summary
content: The papers of New York art dealer, writer and teacher Martin Diamond measure 3.2 linear feet and date from 1928 to 2013. The materials involve to a limited degree Diamond's wife, Harriette Diamond, co-owner and co-operator of Martin Diamond Fine Arts, Inc.  Their gallery work and relationships with artists they represented are documented by writings, subject and artist files, and photographic materials. Subject files concern American abstract art, particularly the 20th century Transcendental abstract painters, and include printed materials, correspondence and photographic materials. Artists' files include similar materials and some writings by artists. Photographic materials are of artworks and exhibition installations.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Art dealer and writer, Martin Diamond (b. 1924) owned Martin Diamond Fine Arts, Inc. with his wife, Harriette. The gallery was established in January 1976 and operated until 1986, specializing in pre-world War II American modern and Abstract Art. It then became a private gallery operating until 1996, when the couple retired. Martin Diamond was particularly interested in Transcendental Art, an area of Abstract Art focused on the artwork's spiritual qualities. His writings include Who Were They? My Personal Contact with 35 American Modernists Your Art Hisory Course Never Mentioned (1995) and his memoirs of his years as a New York City art dealer (1975-1985). Martin and Harriette Diamond presently reside in New Rochelle, New York. Artists represented by the gallery included Vaclav Vytlacil, Blanche Lazzell, and Marguerite and William Zorach.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 3.2 Linear Feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1928-2013
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.diammart2
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Photographs
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: The collection is arranged in 4 series. Materials are generally arranged by record type and chronologically thereafter.

Series 1: Writings, 1995 (Box 1; 1 folder)

Series 2: Subject Files, 1940-2008 (Box 1; 0.3 linear feet)

Series 3: Artists' Files, 1928-2013 (Boxes 1-3; 2.5 linear feet)

Series 4: Photographic Materials, 1988 (Boxes 3-4; 0.4 linear feet)
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: The collection was processed to a minimal level and a finding aid prepared in 2015 by Harriet E. Shapiro.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Photographs
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The papers of New York art dealer, writer and teacher, Martin Diamond measure 3.2 linear feet and date from 1928 to 2013. The materials involve to a limited degree Diamond's wife, Harriette Diamond, co-owner and co-operator of Martin Diamond Fine Arts, Inc.  Their gallery work and relationships with artists they represented are documented by writings, subject and artist files, and photographic materials. Subject files concern American abstract art, particularly the 20th century Transcendental abstract painters, and include printed materials, correspondence and photographic materials. Artists' files include similar materials and some writings by artists. Photographic materials are of artworks and exhibition installations.
relatedmaterial: label: Related Materials
content: The Rutgers University Art Library in New Brunswick, New Jersey holds the "Martin and Harriet Diamond Vertical Files of American Art," which consists of 300 cubic feet of art exhibition catalogs dating from the late nineteenth century through the first half of the twentieth century.