Archives of American Art
Gertrude Kasle Gallery records
Gertrude Kasle Gallery (Detroit, Mich.)
AAA.gertkasl
Archival Resource Key
8.1 Linear feet
1949-1999
bulk 1964-1983
The records of the Gertrude Kasle Gallery of Detroit measure 8.1 linear feet and date from 1949-1999, with the bulk of records dating from 1964-1983. The collection documents the establishment and operations of this contemporary American art gallery and consists of artists files, business and administrative files, exhibition files, photographic materials, and interviews and lectures in the form of sound recordings.
English
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Provenance
The collection was donated to the Archives of American Art in 1976 and 1982 by Mrs. Gertrude Kasle. A third accession was donated by the Cincinnati Art Museum in 2002.
Related Material
Also available at the Archives of American Art is an oral history interview with Gertrude Kasle conducted by Dennis Barrie on July 24, 1975.
Alternative Forms Available
Portions of the collection are available on 35 mm microfilm reels 5003-5005 at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan. Researchers should note that the arrangement of the material described in the container inventory does not reflect the arrangement of the collection on microfilm.
Processing Information
Material from the 1976 and 1982 accessions was microfilmed on reels 5003-5005. The 2002 accession was merged with the previously microfilmed records and the entire collection was processed by Kim L. Dixon in 2007.
Preferred Citation
The Gertrude Kasle Gallery records, 1949-1999 (bulk 1964-1983). Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Restrictions on Access
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Historical Note
Gertrude Kasle was born in New York City on December 2, 1917, and began her life-long career in the art world very early, taking art classes in high school and Saturday classes at the Art Students League. She began her formal studies in art education at New York University (NYU) and later transfered to the University of Michigan. Kasle interrupted her studies during World War II to devote herself to family work while her husband served as a military chaplain. The family returned to Detroit in 1947 and she began classes at the Society of Arts and Crafts. After raising her three children, she enrolled in Wayne State University in 1955, completing her degree in 1962.
While a student in Detroit, Kasle was active in the Friends of Modern Art group at the Detroit Institute of Art, and became Vice President. In 1962, she was approached by Detroit businessman Franklin Siden to help him open a gallery where she would have a one-third partnership. During the first year of Siden Gallery's operations, Kasle introduced Detroit to the work of many notable contemporay American artists, such as Larry Rivers, Grace Hartigan, Robert Goodnough, and Robert Natkin.
Her tenure with the Siden Gallery was short-lived and by 1964 she left and began to contemplate her next move. Several of the artists she had represented at Siden Gallery encouraged her to open her own gallery. Local art critic Joy Hakanson Colby who worked for the Detroit News interviewed Kasle and claimed that Kasle was "looking for gallery space". Responding to the article, the Fischer Building offered Kasle a very attractive lease in the "New Center" area of downtown Detroit that would later become known as the city's gallery center, housing several prominent galleries.
With the help of her husband and son, she opened the doors of the Gertrude Kasle Gallery on April 10, 1965. The opening exhibition featured Larry Rivers, Grace Hartigan, Robert Goodnough, Irving Kreisberg, and Manousher Yektai. Kasle's goal was to introduce the city of Detroit to the foremost contemporary artists in the country, some already well-established such as Wilhelm De Kooning, Helen Frankenthaler, Philip Guston, Grace Hartigan, Robert Motherwell, Lowell Nesbitt, Claes Oldenburg, Charles Pollock, Larry Rivers, and Jack Tworkov, as well as others just becoming known, such as Jim Dine. Through group and one-man shows, the Gertrude Kasle Gallery represented contemporary painting, mixed media, and sculpture, focusing primarily on the Abstract Expressionist movement. The gallery also fostered many local Detroit artists, giving them their first shows, including Al Loving and Brenda Goodman.
During her earlier tenure with the Siden Gallery Kasle had worked with Tatyana Grosman of Universal Limited Art Editions which produced original prints of contemporary artists including Jasper Johns, Robert Rauschenberg, and Jim Dine. In her own gallery, Kasle continued her business relationship with Grosman and fine art print publishers, allowing the gallery access to many artists that were previously unattainable.
For eleven years the Gertrude Kasle Gallery operated as a thriving contemporary art gallery, forming the nucleus for the growing Detroit modern and avant garde art scene during the sixties and seventies. Although financially the gallery was not as successful as hoped, it provided a cultural forum for artists and Detroit art enthusiasts to convene, learn, and celebrate. In April, 1976 the gallery closed. When asked why she was closing the gallery, Gertrude Kasle said, "Because the need for a gallery like mine isn't as great as it was in the 1960's. Today the public respects and understands more about creative innovation in contemporary art." (Hakanson Colby, March, 1976) Although the gallery formally closed, Kasle continues to work as a art consultant and live in Detroit.
This historical note relies heavily on the essays written by Gertrude Kasle's son, Stephen available on the Gertrude Kasle Gallery website.
Scope and Content Note
The records of the Gertrude Kasle Gallery of Detroit measure 8.1 linear feet and date from 1949-1999, with the bulk of the records dating from 1964-1983. The collection documents the establishment and operations of this contemporary American art gallery and consists of artists files, business and administrative files, exhibition files, photographic materials, and interviews and lectures in the form of sound recordings.
The bulk of the records consist of Artists' Files that document the professional and personal relationships Kasle fostered with the artists represented by the gallery, including sales and exhibitions. The files contain a wide variety of materials and the amount of documentation for each artist also varies. Typically the files contain personal and business correspondence, sales documentation, exhibition photographs, photographs of works of art, family photographs, photographs of the artist, exhibition announcements and catalogs, other printed materials, greeting cards, and other documents. Some of the artists well-represented in the files include Lee Bontecou, Wilhem De Kooning, Jim Dine, Helen Frankenthaler, Brenda Goodman, Robert Goodnaugh, John Goodyear, Adolph Gottlieb, Philip Guston, Grace Hartigan, Ray Johnson, Robert Motherwell, Robert Natkin, Lowell Nesbitt, Claes Oldenburg, Charles Pollock, Robert Rauschenberg, Julius Schmidt, Babe Shapiro, Michael Todd, and Jack Tworkov. Additional general information about exhibitions is found in Series 3, Exhibition Files and additional photographs are filed in Series 4, Photographic Material.
Gallery and personal business and administrative files house documents relating to the founding and incorporation of the gallery and general operations, as well as some of Gertrude Kasle personal business files. Also found in this series are files related to fine art prints and the gallery's business relationship with Universal Limited Art Editions.
Scattered exhibition files are found for a few of the gallery's exhibitions and also include general exhibition related files, such as clippings, announcements, guest lists, and schedules. Most of the information about the gallery's exhibitions is found in the Artists Files. Photographs and slides are found throughout the collection, particularly in the Artists Files, but Series 4, Photographic Materials houses an extensive collection of slides documenting art work by artists represented by the gallery. There is also an autographed photograph portrait of Lowell Nesbitt.
Sound recordings are of interviews and lectures. Interviews are with Tatyana Grosman, Lowell Nesbitt, Paul Jenkins, and Bill Tall. There are recorded lectures by Paul Jenkins and Jack Tworkov. The sound recordings are on both audio cassette reel to reel tapes. Transcripts are not available.
Arrangement
The collection is arranged into 5 series:
Missing Title
- Series 1: Artists Files, 1949-1999 (Boxes 1-5, OV 11; 5.1 linear feet)
- Series 2: Gallery and Personal Business and Administrative Files, 1961-1995 (Boxes 6-7, OV 12; 1.2 linear feet)
- Series 3: Exhibition Files, 1963-1976 (Box 7; 7 folders)
- Series 4: Photographic Materials, 1953-1985 (Boxes 7, 10; 18 folders)
- Series 5: Sound Recordings, 1966-1971 (Boxes 7-9; 7 folders)
Interviews
Photographs
Sound recordings
Art, Modern -- 20th century
Art galleries, Commercial -- Michigan
Bontecou, Lee, 1931-
Frankenthaler, Helen, 1928-2011
Shapiro, Babe
Tall, Bill
Rauschenberg, Robert, 1925-2008
Schmidt, Julius, 1923-
Oldenburg, Claes, 1929-
Pollock, Charles C.
Natkin, Robert, 1930-
Universal Limited Art Editions (Firm)
Guston, Philip, 1913-1980
Todd, Mike, 1935-
Tworkov, Jack
Goodyear, John L., 1930-
Goodnough, Robert, 1917-
Nesbitt, Lowell, 1933-1993
Goodman, Brenda Joyce, 1943-
Dine, Jim, 1935-
De Kooning, Willem, 1904-1997
Motherwell, Robert
Kasle, Gertrude, 1917-
Johnson, Ray, 1927-
Jenkins, Paul, 1923-2012
Hartigan, Grace
Grosman, Tatyana, 1904-1982
Gottlieb, Adolph, 1903-1974
Artist Files
Series 1
Archival Resource Key
1949-1999
(Boxes 1-5, OV 11; 5.1 linear feet)
Scope and Contents note
Artists Files document the gallery's representation of many contemporary artists, including Lee Bontecou, Wilhem De Kooning, Jim Dine, Helen Frankenthaler, Brenda Goodman, Robert Goodnaugh, John Goodyear, Adolph Gottlieb, Philip Guston, Grace Hartigan, Ray Johnson, Robert Motherwell, Robert Natkin, Lowell Nesbitt, Claes Oldenburg, Charles Pollock, Robert Rauschenberg, Julius Schmidt, Babe Shapiro, Michael Todd, Jack Tworkov, and many others. Typically, the files contain personal and business correspondence, sales information, exhibition catalogs and announcements, photographs and slides of the artist and artwork, and printed materials. Files are arranged in alphabetical order according to artists' name. Artists for which only a few scattered documents are found are filed in the general alphabetized files in the front of the series. Artists for which numerous documents are found are further divided by type of material.
Artists: A-B
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1949-1978
1
1
Artists: C
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1958-1972
1
2
Artists: D-F
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1954-1973
1
3
Artists: G-J
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1965-1969
1
4
Artists: K-L
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1955-1973
1
5
Artists: M
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1954-1971
1
6
Artists: N-R
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1964-1972
1
7
Artists: S-T
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1964-1982
1
8
Artists: U-Z (See Also OV 11)
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1962-1987
1
9
Artists: Unidentified
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1977, 1999
1
10
Albers, Josef
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1949-1974
1
11
Anuszkiewicz, Richard
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1970s
1
12
Ashley, Mary
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1974-1975
1
13
Avery, Milton
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1956-1962
1
14
Barber, John
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1973-1976
1
15
Basen, Dan
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1964-1969
1
16
Basen, Dan
Berns, Ben
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1966-1972
1
17
Bontecou, Lee
Archival Resource Key
1960s
1
18
Borofsky, Jonathan
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1981-1983
1
19
Burnham, Jack
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1965-1966
1
20
Butor, Mel
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1965-1966
1
21
Calcagno, Lawrence
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1964-1976
1
22
Calder, Alexander
Archival Resource Key
1971
1
23
Clemins, Vija
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1970s
1
24
Davis, Gene
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1973-1979
1
25
Davis, Ronald
Archival Resource Key
1983
1
26
De Kooning, Wilhem-Correspondence
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1972-1973
1
27
De Kooning, Wilhem-Exhibition Material
Archival Resource Key
1972-1973
1
28
De Kooning, Wilhem-Printed Material
Archival Resource Key
1965-1979
1
29
Dine, Jim-Correspondence
Archival Resource Key
1968-1971
1
30
Dine, Jim-Correspondence
Archival Resource Key
1972-1976
1
31
Dine, Jim-Exhibition Material
Archival Resource Key
1960s
1
32
Dine, Jim-Printed Material
Archival Resource Key
1966-1983
1
33
Duchamp, Marcel
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1970-1973
1
34
Flack, Audrey
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1983
1
35
Francis, Sam
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1964-1983
1
36
Frankenthaler, Helen-Correspondence
Archival Resource Key
1965-1970
1
37
Frankenthaler, Helen-Correspondence
Archival Resource Key
1971-1973, 1975-1977
1
38
Frankenthaler, Helen-Exhibition Material
Archival Resource Key
1965-1977
1
39
Frankenthaler, Helen-Printed Material
Archival Resource Key
1960-1975
1
40
Garner, Fritz
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1962-1971
1
41
Gilliam, Sam
Archival Resource Key
1982
1
42
Giobbi, Edward
Archival Resource Key
1957-1975
1
43
Goodman, Brenda-Correspondence
Archival Resource Key
1974-1979
1
44
Goodman, Brenda-Exhibition Material
Archival Resource Key
1974-1977
2
1
Goodman, Brenda-Printed Material
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1974-1986
2
2
Goodnough, Robert-Correspondence
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1965-1969
2
3
Goodnough, Robert-Correspondence
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1970-1975
2
4
Goodnough, Robert-Exhibition Material
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1965-1970
2
5
Goodnough, Robert-Printed Material
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1964-1975
2
6
Goodnough, Robert-Printed Material
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1975-1985
2
7
Goodyear, John-Correspondence
Archival Resource Key
1967-1972
2
8
Goodyear, John-Exhibition Material
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1971
2
9
Goodyear, John-Prined Material
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1968-1972
2
10
Gordin, Sidney
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1969-1975
2
11
Gottlieb, Adolph-Correspondence
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1968-1980
2
12
Gottlieb, Adolph-Exhibition Material
Archival Resource Key
1968-1974
2
13
Gottlieb, Adolph-Exhibition Material
Gottlieb, Adolph-Printed Material
Archival Resource Key
1970-1974
2
14
Guston, Philip-Correspondence
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1969-1972
2
15
Guston, Philip-Correspondence
Archival Resource Key
1973
2
16
Guston, Philip-Correspondence
Archival Resource Key
1974
2
17
Guston, Philip-Correspondence
Archival Resource Key
1975-1982
2
18
Guston, Philip-Exhibition Material
Archival Resource Key
1969-1981
(See Also OV 11)
2
19
Guston, Philip-Printed Material
Archival Resource Key
1956-1980
2
20
Hamilton, Richard
Archival Resource Key
1968-1973
2
21
Hartigan, Grace-Correspondence
Archival Resource Key
1964-1965
2
22
Hartigan, Grace-Correspondence
Archival Resource Key
1965-1968
2
23
Hartigan, Grace-Correspondence
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1969-1971
2
24
Hartigan, Grace-Correspondence
Archival Resource Key
1972-1981
2
25
Hartigan, Grace-Correspondence
Archival Resource Key
1981-1986
2
26
Hartigan, Grace-Correspondence
Archival Resource Key
1987-1989
2
27
Hartigan, Grace-Correspondence
Archival Resource Key
1990-1995
2
28
Hartigan, Grace-Exhibition Material
Archival Resource Key
1968-1981
2
29
Hartigan, Grace-Images
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1966-1990
2
30
Hartigan, Grace-Printed Material
Archival Resource Key
1968-1981
2
31
Hartigan, Grace-Printed Material
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1968-1981
2
32
Harvey, James
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1960-1969
2
33
Hockney, David
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1968-1974
2
34
Hornak, Ian
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1973-1984
3
1
Hultberg, John
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1983-1985
3
2
Indiana, Robert
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1969-1975
3
3
Johns, Jasper
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1975-1990
3
4
Johnson, Ray-Correspondence
Archival Resource Key
1966-1976
3
5
Johnson, Ray-Exhibition Material
Archival Resource Key
1975
3
6
Johnson, Ray-Printed Material
Archival Resource Key
1970-1984
3
7
Kelly, Ellsworth
Archival Resource Key
1976-1984
3
8
Kohn, Gabriel
Archival Resource Key
1963-1971
3
9
Kriesberg, Irving
Archival Resource Key
1953, 1964-1965
(See Also OV 11)
3
10
Lassaw, Ibram-Correspondence
Archival Resource Key
1968-1971
3
11
Lassaw, Ibram-Printed Material
Archival Resource Key
1960-1968
3
12
Levi, Joseph
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1982
3
13
Levinson, Mon
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1965-1981
3
14
Lichtenstein, Roy
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1962-1978
3
15
Lippold, Richard
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1975-1983
3
16
Loving, Alvin-Correspondence
Archival Resource Key
1969-1981
3
17
Loving, Alvin-Correspondence
Loving, Alvin-Printed Material
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1969-1980
3
18
Loving, Alvin-Printed Material
Marisol (Escobar)
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1964-1973
3
19
Marisol (Escobar)
Mitchell, Wallace
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1966-1968
3
20
Motherwell, Robert-Correspondence
Archival Resource Key
1972-1974
3
21
Motherwell, Robert-Correspondence
Archival Resource Key
1975-1985
3
22
Motherwell, Robert-Exhibition Material
Archival Resource Key
1972-1981
3
23
Motherwell, Robert-Printed Material
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1972-1985
3
24
Murray, Elizabeth
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1980s
3
25
Natkin, Robert-Correspondence
Archival Resource Key
1966-1977
3
26
Natkin, Robert-Exhibition Material
Archival Resource Key
1970-1975
(See Also OV 11)
3
27
Natkin, Robert-Printed Material
Archival Resource Key
1966-1978
3
28
Nesbitt, Lowell-Correspondence
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1965-1968
3
29
Nesbitt, Lowell-Correspondence
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1969-1974
3
30
Nesbitt, Lowell-Correspondence
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1976-1982
3
31
Nesbitt, Lowell-Exhibition Material, General
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1965-1975
4
1
Nesbitt, Lowell-Exhibition Material,"Robe Series,"
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1970s
4
2
Nesbitt, Lowell-Price Lists
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1970s
4
3
Nesbitt, Lowell-Exhibition Announcements
Archival Resource Key
1965-1971
4
4
Nesbitt, Lowell-Exhibition Announcements
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1971-1982
4
5
Nesbitt, Lowell-Clippings
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1966-1978
4
6
Newman, Barnett
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1965-1974
4
7
Oldenburg, Claes
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1972-1976
4
8
Ortman, George
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1964-1976
4
9
Pallas, Jim
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1974-1976
4
10
Parker, Ray-Correspondence
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1966-1972
4
11
Parker, Ray-Printed Material
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1966-1972
4
12
Pollock, Charles
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1963-1974
4
13
Posey, Ernest
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1966-1972
4
14
Price, Ken
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1970s
4
15
Rabkin, Leo
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1964-1980
4
16
Raffael, Joseph
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1968-1970
4
17
Ramsey, Ted
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1970-1976
4
18
Rauschenberg, Robert-Correspondence
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1970-1989
4
19
Rauschenberg, Robert-Exhibition Material
Archival Resource Key
1973-1984
4
20
Rauschenberg, Robert-Printed Material
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1962-1991
4
21
Reinhardt, Ad
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1965-1980
4
22
Rivers, Larry
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1956-1985
4
23
Rockburne, Dorothea
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1983
4
24
Rosenquist, James
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1964-1982
4
25
Rosenthal, Bernard
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1953-1980
4
26
Rothenberg, Susan
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1984-1986
5
1
Ruscha, Ed
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1982
5
2
Salt, John
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1969-1970
5
3
Schmidt, Julius-Correspondence
Archival Resource Key
1964-1985
5
4
Schmidt, Julius-Exhibition Material
Archival Resource Key
1964-1976
5
5
Schmidt, Julius-Printed Material
Archival Resource Key
1964-1980
5
6
Schmidt, Julius-Images
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1970s
5
7
Schwedler, William
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1967-1972
5
8
Sellenraad, Johan
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1974-1976
5
9
Shapiro, Babe-Correspondence
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1971-1990
5
10
Shapiro, Babe-Exhibition Material
Archival Resource Key
1971-1975
5
11
Shapiro, David
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1969-1979
5
12
Sihvonen, Oli
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1964-1973
5
13
Silver, Doni
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1976-1978
5
14
Sloman, Steven
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1975-1980
5
15
Snelson, Ken
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1975
5
16
Steinberg, Saul
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1984
5
17
Staller, Eric
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1973-1984
5
18
Stella, Frank
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1972-1983
5
19
Sugarman, George
Archival Resource Key
1975
5
20
Taran, Irving
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1975
5
21
Tobey, Mark
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1972-1973
5
22
Todd, Michael-Correspondence
Archival Resource Key
1965-1981
5
23
Todd, Michael-Exhibition Material
Archival Resource Key
1968-1975
5
24
Todd, Michael-Printed Material
Archival Resource Key
1965-1983
5
25
Tworkov, Jack-Correspondence
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1965-1970
5
26
Tworkov, Jack-Correspondence
Archival Resource Key
1971-1976, 1983
5
27
Tworkov, Jack-Exhibition Material
Archival Resource Key
1965-1976
5
28
Tworkov, Jack-Printed Material
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1959-1985
5
29
Wilson, May
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1967-1972
5
30
Oversized Artist Files
Archival Resource Key
1966-1974
OV 11
Gallery and Personal Business and Administrative Files
Series 2
Archival Resource Key
1961-1995
(Boxes 6-7, OV 12; 1.2 linear feet)
Scope and Contents note
Gallery and Personal Business and Administrative files consist of documents relating to the founding and incorporation of the gallery and general operations, as well as some of Gertrude Kasle personal business files. Also found in this series are files related to fine art prints and the gallery's business relationship with Universal Limited Art Editions.
Arrangement note
The Gallery and Personal Business and Adminstrative Files series is arranged into 4 subseries:
- Subseries 1: Correspondence, 1964-1995
- Subseries 2: Gertrude Kasle Personal Business Files, 1961-1992
- Subseries 3: General Operations, 1965-1976
- Subseries 4: Publisher Files, 1964-1992
Correspondence
2.1
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1964-1995
Scope and Contents note
This subseries contains correspondence documenting business transactions between the Gertrude Kasle Gallery and galleries, individuals, museums, and arts organizations.
Andre Emmerich Gallery, Inc.
Archival Resource Key
1967-1978
6
1
Archives of American Art
Archival Resource Key
1995
6
2
Betty Parsons Gallery
Archival Resource Key
1965-1971
6
3
Bodman, Longley, Bogle and Dahling (See Also OV 12)
Archival Resource Key
1976-1978
6
4
Detroit Institute of Art
Archival Resource Key
1965-1976
6
5
Hunter, Sam
Archival Resource Key
1964-1976
6
6
Light: A Gallery for Contemporary Photography
Archival Resource Key
1975
6
7
Ringling Museum of Art
Archival Resource Key
1974-1976
6
8
Tibor DeNagy Gallery
Archival Resource Key
1964-1974
6
9
Vaughn, E.J.
Archival Resource Key
1975-1976
6
10
Wayne State University
Archival Resource Key
1968-1978
6
11
Oversized Gallery and Personal Business and Administrative Files
Archival Resource Key
1976
OV 12
Gertrude Kasle Personal Business Files
2.2
Archival Resource Key
1961-1992
Scope and Contents note
The Gertrude Kasle Personal Business Files contain speeches, notes, articles, and correspondence relating to her art interests and peronal contacts.
Canaday, John
Archival Resource Key
1962
6
12
Clippings
Archival Resource Key
1961-1981
6
13
Gertrude Kasle Biographical Information
Archival Resource Key
1961
6
14
"The Print Collector's Newsletter,"
Archival Resource Key
1992
6
15
Smithsonian Institution
Archival Resource Key
1973-1974
6
16
Toledo Talk
Archival Resource Key
1975
6
17
University of Detroit Award
Archival Resource Key
1977
6
18
Wolfe, Tom
Archival Resource Key
1975
6
19
Women in the Arts Speech
Archival Resource Key
1973
6
20
General Operations
2.3
Archival Resource Key
1965-1976
Scope and Contents note
This subseries contains the gallery's incorporation and founding documents, the first staff meeting minutes, and the gallery's policy and procedure statements
Gertrude Kasle Gallery Closing
Archival Resource Key
1975-1976
6
21
Gertrude Kasle Gallery Opening
Archival Resource Key
1965
6
22
Operational Documents
Archival Resource Key
1960s-1970s
6
23
Publisher Files
2.4
Archival Resource Key
1964-1992
Scope and Contents note
The Publisher Files document the various publishers the gallery worked with on fine art prints and printing. The gallery's business concerns with the Universal Limited Art Editions are documented here.
Brooke Alexander, Inc.
Archival Resource Key
1969-1974
6
24
Contemporary Art Lithographers, Inc.
Archival Resource Key
circa 1967
6
25
Crown Point Press
Archival Resource Key
1978-1981
6
26
Edition Domberger Stuttgart
Archival Resource Key
1960s
6
27
Gemini G.E.L.
Archival Resource Key
1973-1981
6
28
Harry N. Abrams, Inc., Abrams Original Editions
Archival Resource Key
1982-1985
6
29
Ives-Sillman, Inc.
Archival Resource Key
1966-1977
6
30
Ives-Sillman, Inc.
Margo Leavin Gallery
Archival Resource Key
1983
6
31
Marlborough Graphics, Inc.
Archival Resource Key
1970-1975
6
32
Modern Master Tapestries, Inc.
Archival Resource Key
1970-1981
6
33
Multiples, Inc.
Archival Resource Key
1971-1981
6
34
Orion Editions
Archival Resource Key
1978-1982
6
35
Pace Editions, Inc.
Archival Resource Key
1973-1986
6
36
Petersburg Editions
Archival Resource Key
1974, 1986
6
37
Sidney Janis Gallery
Archival Resource Key
1971-1975
6
38
Transworld Art
Archival Resource Key
1976
6
39
Universal Limited Art Editions-Correspondence
Archival Resource Key
1963-1971
6
40
Universal Limited Art Editions-Correspondence
Archival Resource Key
1972-1990
6
41
Universal Limited Art Editions-Print Descriptions
Archival Resource Key
1964-1966
6
42
Universal Limited Art Editions-Print Descriptions
Archival Resource Key
1967-1968
6
43
Universal Limited Art Editions-Print Descriptions
Archival Resource Key
1968-1969
6
44
Universal Limited Art Editions-Print Descriptions
Archival Resource Key
1971-1974
6
45
Universal Limited Art Editions-Print Descriptions
Archival Resource Key
1975-1982
6
46
Universal Limited Art Editions-Print Descriptions
Archival Resource Key
1983-1988
6
47
Universal Limited Art Editions-Print Descriptions
Archival Resource Key
1989-1992
7
1
Universal Limited Art Editions-Printed Material
Archival Resource Key
1966-1972
7
2
Universal Limited Art Editions-Printed Material, (Clippings)
Archival Resource Key
1967-1982
7
3
Waddington, Graphics
Archival Resource Key
1982
7
4
Exhibition Files
Series 3
Archival Resource Key
1963-1976
(Box 7; 7 folders)
Scope and Contents note
Scattered exhibition files are found for a few exhibitions; most are filed in the Artists Files. General information about exhibitions, such as clippings, schedules, announcements, and financial statements are found here.
American Folk Art
Archival Resource Key
1972
7
5
Clippings
Archival Resource Key
1965
7
6
Collage
Archival Resource Key
1967
7
7
Exhibition Announcements
Archival Resource Key
1963-1976
7
8
Exhibition Schedules
Archival Resource Key
1966-1974
7
9
"Science in Art" Exhibition
Archival Resource Key
1967-1968
7
10
Universal Limited Art Editions
Archival Resource Key
1971-1974
7
11
Photographic Material
Series 4
Archival Resource Key
1953-1985
(Boxes 7, 10; 18 folders)
Scope and Contents note
Found here are color transparencies, black and white photographs, and slides. The majority of the photographic material consists of images of artwork by individual artists and is arranged alphabetically by artists'last name. There are also two photo portraits of artists, however, the majority of photographs of artists are located in the Artist Files.
Artists' Portraits
Archival Resource Key
1960s
(See Box 10)
7
12
Chryssa's Studio
Archival Resource Key
1960s
(See Box 10)
7
13
Slides-Artists: A-N
Archival Resource Key
1966-1983
7
14
Slides-Artists: O-Z
Archival Resource Key
1967-1983
7
15
Slides: DeKooning-Goodman
Archival Resource Key
1967-1974
7
16
Slides: Goodnough-Guston
Archival Resource Key
1966-1974
7
17
Slides: Hartigan-Indiana
Archival Resource Key
1966-1976
7
18
Slides: Jenkins-Loving
Archival Resource Key
1965-1981
7
19
Slides: Motherwell-Nesbitt
Archival Resource Key
1966-1974
7
20
Slides: Nesbitt-Rivers
Archival Resource Key
1966-1982
7
21
Slides: Rosenthal-Shapiro, B.
Archival Resource Key
1967-1975
7
22
Slides: Shapiro, B.-Yektai
Archival Resource Key
1966-1971
7
23
Slides: Subject Files
Archival Resource Key
1966-1985
7
24
Transparencies-Goodnough, Motherwell, Natkin, Nesbitt, Schwedler, Shapiro, Unidentified
Archival Resource Key
1966-1975
7
25
Transparencies-Nesbitt, Reinhardt, Rivers, Tworkov
Archival Resource Key
1953-1966
7
26
Transparencies-Pollock, C.
Archival Resource Key
1966-1967
7
27
Unidentified Artist
Archival Resource Key
1960s-1970s
7
28
Various Unidentified Artwork
Archival Resource Key
1960s-1970s
7
29
Artists' Portraits
Archival Resource Key
1960s
10
Chryssa's Studio
Archival Resource Key
1960s
10
Sound Recordings
Series 5
Archival Resource Key
1966-1971
(Boxes 7-9; 7 folders)
Scope and Contents note
Found here are recorded interviews and speeches of artists and art historians. The recording formats include audio cassette and reel to reel tapes. There are at least two separate interviews with Tatyana Grosman and Lowell Nesbitt. Transcripts are not available.
Interview with Tatyana Grosman
Archival Resource Key
1960s
7
30
Interview with Lowell Nesbitt
Archival Resource Key
1966
8
1
Interviews with Tatyana Grosman, Paul Jenkins, Lowell Nesbitt
Archival Resource Key
1960s
8
2
Interviews with Tatyana Grosman and Bill Tall
Archival Resource Key
1971
8
3
Jack Tworkov Lecture
Archival Resource Key
1960s-1970s
8
4
Paul Jenkins Lecture, Detroit Institute of Arts
Archival Resource Key
1965
9
1
Unidentified
Archival Resource Key
no date
9
2