Memorial Art Gallery exhibition catalogs, 1913-1962

Object Details

Place of publication, production, or execution: Other
Physical Description: 1 Linear foot
Arrangement: The collection is arranged into one series. Series 1: Memorial Art Gallery Exhibition Catalogs, 1913-1962 (1.0 linear feet; Box 1)
Access Note / Rights: This collection is open for research. Access to original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C. Research Center.
Summary: The exhibition catalogs of the Memorial Art Gallery measure 1.0 linear feet and date from 1913 to 1962. The catalogs are for exhibitions held at the Memorial Art Gallery, 1913-1962, including the Inaugural Exhibition. Incomplete runs of annual exhibitions of the Rochester International Salon of Photography, 1929-1958, the Rochester Camera Club, 1943-1950, the Rochester Finger Lakes Exhibitions, 1938-1958, and the National Ceramic Exhibition, 1938-1952, are also included, as is the publication MEMORIAL ART GALLERY IN ROCHESTER, published in 1924 to commemorate the enlargement of the Gallery. In addition, there are several catalogs with no apparent connection to the Memorial Art Gallery. The Gallery regularly exhibited the Rochester Art Club, and featured many modernist painters in its exhibitions.
Citation: Memorial Art Gallery exhibition catalogs, 1913-1962. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Funding: The processing of this collection received Federal support from the Smithsonian Collections Care and Preservation Fund, administered by the National Collections Program and the Smithsonian Collections Advisory Committee.
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Biography Note: The Memorial Art Gallery was founded in 1913 by Emily Sibley Watson as a memorial to her son, architect James Averell. The Gallery was given in trust to the University of Rochester.
Language Note: English .
Provenance: Donated by the University of Rochester, Memorial Art Gallery, 1987.
Location Note: Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, 750 9th St. NW, Washington, D.C. 20001

Data Source: Archives of American Art

Record number: (DSI-AAA_CollID)10408; (DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)213795; AAA_collcode_univroch

Creator: University of Rochester. Memorial Art Gallery

Theme: Photography; Art organizations

Topic: Prints -- 20th century -- Exhibitions
Theme: Photography; Art organizations

Record ID: AAADCD_coll_213795

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