Archives of American Art
Kootz Gallery records
Kootz Gallery
AAA.kootgall
Archival Resource Key
7.1 Linear feet
1923-1966
The records of modernist New York City Kootz Gallery measure 7.1 linear feet and date from 1923-1966. They consist of scattered correspondence and exhibition files; photograph files of artists, including ones for Picasso, William Baziotes, and Hans Hofmann, among many others; 23 scrapbooks; photographs and slides of the gallery and exhibitions; and scattered personal papers of Samuel M. Kootz.
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Immediate Source of Acquisition note
Samuel M. Kootz donated the gallery records in two increments in 1971. Nearly all of the same records had been loaned in 1965 for microfilming.
Separated Materials note
Records loaned for microfilming in 1965 included eight articles from the publication Modern Artists in America (1951) which were not included in the later donation and are now available on microfilm reel NY65-1.
Related Archival Materials note
Also found among the holdings of the Archives of American Art are oral history interviews with Samuel M. Kootz by John Morse on March 2, 1960 and by Dorothy Seckler on April 13, 1964. Records of Kootz Gallery are also interspersed among the records of Nathan Halper's galleries.
Processing Information note
Portions of the records were initially microfilmed on reels 1318-1320, 1322-1323, and 3090; reel 3090 is no longer in circulation. Loaned materials were filmed on reel NY65-1 and returned. All later gift portions were integrated and fully processed by Judy Ng in 2011, and five scrapbooks were scanned for preservation in 2011 with funding provided by the Terra Foundation for American Art.
Preferred Citation note
Kootz Gallery records, 1923-1966. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Conditions Governing Access note
This collection is temporarily closed to researchers due to archival processing and digitization. Contact Reference Services for more information.
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Biographical/Historical note
Samuel M. Kootz officially opened the Kootz Gallery in 1945 in New York City. In 1953, he opened a satellite gallery in Provincetown, Massachusetts that closed one year later.
Samuel M. Kootz (1898-1982) received his law degree from the University of Virginia in 1921 and practiced law briefly before moving to New York City to accept a job as an advertising account executive. While still in law school, he began visiting New York art galleries and was particularly drawn to works by modern artists that were showing at the Stieglitz Gallery and the Charles Daniel Gallery. In 1930, he independently published his first book, Modern American Painters and began to regularly contribute articles on painting and photography to various periodicals, including The Times. In 1942, he curated an abstract expressionist showcase for Macy's and published New Frontiers in American Painting one year later. Kootz's second book was one of the first to examine the emerging abstract expressionist movement and marked the beginning of his full transition into the art world.
In 1944, Kootz resigned from his advertising job to represent Robert Motherwell and William Baziotes as a professional art dealer. He officially opened the Kootz Gallery opened in 1945 and showcased the work of both American and European abstract expressionists, including Hans Hofmann and Adolph Gottlieb. In 1946, during the Kootz Gallery's preparation for Pablo Picasso's first one man exhibition in America, Picasso became quite friendly with Kootz and his wife Jane. Upon the artist's suggestion, Kootz agreed to close his gallery and represent Picasso and his other artists as a private dealer. Although this was a successful venture, Kootz missed the structure of an office and decided to reopen his gallery on Madison Avenue in 1949. The gallery's first show at the new location was "The Intrasubjectives," a term Kootz had coined for abstract expressionists. The exhibition included four artists from his stable, William Baziotes, Robert Motherwell, Adolph Gottlieb, and Hans Hofmann, along with Jackson Pollock, Arshile Gorky, Willem de Kooning, Mark Rothko, Ad Reinhardt, Morris Graves, Mark Tobey, and Bradley Walker Tomlin.
In 1953, Kootz opened a satellite gallery in Provincetown, Massachusetts that was managed and operated by gallerist Nathan Halper. In 1954, they mutually agreed to dissolve their partnership and Kootz focused his energies on his New York gallery, which grew to include Herbert Ferber, David Hare, Philippe Hosiasson, Ibram Lassaw, Conrad Marca-Relli, Georges Mathieu, Raymond Parker, William Ronald, Gerard Schneider, Emil Schumacher, and Pierre Soulages.
A number of factors, including competition from new galleries, commoditization of art by investment collectors, and the public's interest in emerging pop art, influenced Kootz's decision to close his gallery in 1966.
Scope and Contents note
The records of modernist New York City Kootz Gallery measure 7.1 linear feet and date from 1923-1966. They consist of scattered correspondence and exhibition files; photograph files of artists, including ones for Picasso, William Baziotes, and Hans Hofmann, among many others; 23 scrapbooks, photographs and slides of the gallery and exhibitions; and scattered personal papers of Samuel M. Kootz.
There are two folders of scattered routine incoming letters. Three folders of exhibition files contain limited documentation of the 1952 Kootz Gallery exhibition "To South America," and printed material related to the 1951 exhibition "Art for a Synagogue" held at the Synagogue of Congregation B'nai Israel in Millburn, New Jersey.
Artists' Photograph Files contain mostly photographs of 52 artists, their artwork, and their exhibitions. In addition to photographs, there is one folder of artists' autographs. Pablo Picasso and Hans Hofmann's close friendship with Kootz is reflected in this series, as numerous informal personal photos are found in their respective files. A few folders also contain documents, such as transcript notes for a lecture and other writings by Hans Hofmann and a brief review of the work of Georges Braque and David Hare.
Printed Material consists of exhibition announcements and catalogs, advertisements, and newspaper and magazine clippings on the gallery and artists associated with the gallery. There are catalogs for Kootz Gallery exhibitions, including "The Intrasubjectives" show of 1949.
Twenty-three scrapbooks date from 1931 through 1966 and include exhibition announcements, catalogs, photographs, clippings, and miscellaneous printed material. Scrapbook 1, 1947-1948, focuses on Pablo Picasso. Scrapbooks 2-21 document approximately one year of Kootz Gallery events and press coverage from 1945 to 1966, and Scrapbooks 22-23, 1950-1958, focus on architectural models and exhibitions.
Photographic material includes photographs, transparencies, and slides of Kootz Gallery New York and Kootz Gallery Provincetown; interior design photographs showcasing Kootz Gallery artwork hanging in office and residential spaces; group and unidentified exhibitions; group and unidentified artists/artwork; and informal photographs of Samuel Kootz and of his wife, Jane.
Samuel Kootz Personal Papers consist of a cocktail party invitation and a copy of the 1923 Phi Epsilon Pi Quarterly, Vol. 6, No. 1.
Arrangement note
The collection is arranged as 7 series:
Missing Title
- Series 1: Correspondence, 1950-1962 (Box 1; 2 folders)
- Series 2: Exhibition Files, circa 1944-1966 (Box 1; 3 folders)
- Series 3: Artists Photographs Files, 1936-1966 (Boxes 1-2, 5; 1.5 linear feet)
- Series 4: Printed Material, circa 1944-1966 (Boxes 2, 5; 0.5 linear feet)
- Series 5: Scrapbooks, 1931-1966 (Box 3, BV 6-23; 4 linear feet)
- Series 6: Photographic Material, circa 1944-1966 (Boxes 4-5; 11 folders)
- Series 7: Samuel Kootz Personal Papers, circa 1923-1957 (Box 4; 2 folders)
Existence and Location of Copies
Scrapbooks 1-5 from 1939-1948 were digitized for preservation in 2011 and are available via the Archives of American Art's website. Blank pages and blank versos of photographs have not been scanned.
The bulk of the photographs and scrapbooks 6-23 are available on microfilm reels 1318-1320 and 1322-1323 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.
Scrapbooks
Photographs
Signatures (names)
Artists -- United States -- Exhibitions
Notes
Art galleries, Commercial -- New York (State)
Hofmann, Hans, 1880-1966 -- Photographs
Kootz, Samuel M., 1898-1982
Baziotes, William, 1912-1963 -- Photographs
Hare, David, 1917-1992
Braque, Georges, 1882-1963
Pierre Soulages, 1919- -- Photographs
Sugai, Kumi, 1919 -- Photographs
Picasso, Pablo, 1881-1973 -- Photographs
Mathieu, Georges, 1921- -- Photographs
Marca-Relli, Conrad, 1913-2000 -- Photographs
Ronald, William, 1926- -- Photographs
Correspondence
Series 1
Archival Resource Key
2 Folders
Box 1
1950-1962
Scope and Contents note
Correspondence consists of one folder of incoming letters and one folder of institutional newsletters and bulletins.
Kootz Gallery, Incoming Letters
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1950-1957
1
1
Kootz Gallery, Incoming Letters
Kootz Gallery, Incoming Newsletters and Bulletins
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1952-1962
1
2
Exhibition Files
Series 2
Archival Resource Key
3 Folders
Box 1
circa 1944-1966
Scope and Contents note
Exhibition Files include an artists' chart, a press release for the 1952 Kootz Gallery exhibition "To South America," and printed material related to the 1951 exhibition "Art for a Synagogue" held at the Synagogue of Congregation B'nai Israel in Millburn, New Jersey.
Artists' Chart
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circa 1944-1966
1
3
Press Release, "To South America"
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1952
1
4
Symbols and Inscriptions in the Synagogue of Congregation B'nai Israel
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1952
1
5
Artists Photograph Files
Series 3
Archival Resource Key
1.5 Linear feet
Boxes 1-2, 5
1936-1966
Scope and Contents note
Artists Photograph Files consist primarily of photographs of 52 artists associated with the gallery, their works, and their exhibitions. Pablo Picasso and Hans Hofmann's close friendship with Kootz is reflected in this series, as numerous informal and personal photos are found in their respective files. Transcript notes for a lecture and other writings by Hans Hofmann and a brief review of the work of Georges Braque and David Hare and can also be found in their files.
The following artists have particularly large artist files that include both photos of the artist and of their exhibitions: William Baziotes, Hans Hofmann, Philippe Hosiasson, Georges Mathieu, Pablo Picasso, Gerard Schneider, Pierre Soulages, and Zao Wou-ki.
The series also includes photos of Herbert Ferber, Ibram Lassaw, Conrad Marca-Relli, Raymond Parker, William Ronald, Emil Schumacher, Jesus Soto, Leo Steppat, and Kumi Sugai, and photos of gallery exhibitions/architectural models for Karel Appel, Arshile Gorky, Adolph Gottlieb, David Hare, Robert Jacobsen, Robert Motherwell, Abraham Rattner, and Jaroslav Serpan.
There is one file of artist's autographs, including those of William Baziotes, Romare Bearden, Georges Braque, Byron Browne, Adolphe Gottlieb, Carl Holty, Hans Hofmann, and Robert Motherwell.
Artist Autographs
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circa 1944-1966
1
6
Appel, Karel
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1953
1
7
Arp, Hans
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circa 1944-1966
1
8
Baziotes, William
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1950-1959
1
9
Braque, Georges
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circa 1944-1966
1
10
Brooks, James
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1960
1
11
Cavallon, Giorgio
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1960-1961
1
12
Cherry, Herman
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1950-1951
1
13
Davis, Stuart
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circa 1944-1966
1
14
de Niro, Robert
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circa 1944-1966
1
15
de Vlaminck, Maurice
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circa 1944-1966
1
16
Dubuffet, Jean
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1946-1961
1
17
Dubuffet, Jean
Ferber, Herbert
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1954-1959
1
18
Frankenthaler, Helen
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1956
1
19
Gorky, Arshile
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1950
1
20
Gorky, Arshile
Gottlieb, Adolph
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circa 1944-1966
1
21
Graves, Morris
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circa 1944-1966
1
22
Hanck, Frank
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1950
1
23
Hare, David
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1958
1
24
Hare, David
Hoflehner, Rudolf
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circa 1944-1966
1
25
Hofmann, Hans
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1940-1965
1
26
Scope and Contents note
Oversized material housed in Box 5, F1
Hofmann, Hans, slides
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circa 1944-1966
1
27
Hofmann, Hans, transparencies
Archival Resource Key
6 Folders
1936-1965
1
28-33
Hofmann, Hans, writings
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1950
1
34
Hosiasson, Philippe
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1955-1959
1
35
Jacobsen, Robert
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1961-1962
1
36
Lassaw, Ibram
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1958-1963
1
37
Leger, Fernand
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circa 1950s
1
38
Leger, Fernand
Leiter, Saul
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circa 1944-1966
1
39
Leiter, Saul
Machado, William
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circa 1944-1966
1
40
Marca-Relli, Conrad
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1959-1961
1
41
Mathieu, Georges
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1950s
1
42
Mathieu, Georges
Mathieu, Georges, Artwork
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1951-1955
1
43
Mathieu, Georges, Artwork
Mathieu, Georges, Artwork
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1956-1960
1
44
Mathieu, Georges, Artwork
Mathieu, Georges, Slides and Transparencies
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circa 1944-1966
1
45
Mathieu, Georges, Slides and Transparencies
Metzinger, Jean
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circa 1950s
1
46
Metzinger, Jean
Miro, Joan
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circa 1950s
1
47
Morris, Kyle
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undated
1960
1
48
Motherwell, Robert
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circa 1944-1966
1
49
Palozzi, Eduardo
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1956-1957
1
50
Parker, Raymond
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1959-1964
1
51
Picasso, Pablo
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circa 1947-1965
1
52
Picasso, Pablo
Picasso, Pablo
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1965 June
1
53
Picasso, Pablo
Picasso, Pablo
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1965
1
54
Picasso, Pablo
Picasso, Pablo, artwork
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circa 1940-1949
1
55
Picasso, Pablo, artwork
Picasso, Pablo, artwork
Archival Resource Key
1950-1965
1
56
Picasso, Pablo, artwork
Picasso, Pablo, slides and transparencies
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circa 1947-1965
1
57
Rattner, Abraham
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1956
2
1
Ronald, William
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circa 1944-1966
2
2
Ronald, William
Ronald, William, artwork
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1956-1960
2
3
Ronald, William, artwork
Ronald, William, artwork
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1960-1963
2
4
Ronald, William, artwork
Ronald, William, slides and transparencies
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circa 1956-1963
2
5
Ronald, William, slides and transparencies
Rosenthal, Bernard
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1961
2
6
Schnabel, Day
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1956-1957
2
7
Schneider, Gerard
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circa 1944-1966
2
8
Schneider, Gerard
Schneider, Gerard, artwork
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1955-1960
2
9
Schneider, Gerard, artwork
Schumacher, Emil
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circa 1944-1966
2
10
Schumacher, Emil, artwork
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1959-1960
2
11
Serpan, Jaroslav
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1956-1958
2
12
Soto, Jesus
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1951-1965
2
13
Soto, Jesus
Soulages, Pierre
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1955-1967
2
14
Soulages, Pierre
Soulages, Pierre, artwork
Archival Resource Key
1951-1967
2
15
Soulages, Pierre, slides and transparencies
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circa 1951-1967
2
16
Steppat, Leo
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circa 1944-1966
2
17
Sugai, Kumi
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1956-1963
2
18
Scope and Contents note
Oversized material housed in Box 5, F2
Sugai, Kumi, transparencies
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circa 1956-1963
2
19
Thomas, Jon
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circa 1944-1966
2
20
Twombly, Cy
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circa 1944-1966
2
21
Utrillo, Maurice
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circa 1950s
2
22
Vicente, Esteban
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circa 1944-1966
2
23
Wou-ki, Zao
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circa 1951-1965
2
24
Wou-ki, Zao
Wou-ki, Zao, transparencies
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circa 1958-1963
2
25
Wou-ki, Zao, transparencies
Hofmann, Hans
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1955
5
1
Scope and Contents note
Oversized material from Box 1, F26
Sugai, Kumi
Archival Resource Key
1957
5
2
Scope and Contents note
Oversized material from Box 2, F18
Printed Material
Series 4
Archival Resource Key
1.5 Linear feet
Boxes 2, 5
circa 1944-1966
Scope and Contents note
Printed Material consists of exhibition announcements and catalogs, advertisements and proofs, magazine and newspaper clippings, and miscellany.
There are catalogs for the individual artists Fritz Bultman, Jean Dubuffet, Conrad Marca-Relli, Pablo Picasso, Jaroslav Serpan, and Pierre Soulages, and for the Kootz Gallery group exhibitions, "The Intrasubjectives" (1949) and "Art for a Synagogue" (1951, 1953).
Exhibitions Announcements and Catalogs
Archival Resource Key
circa 1946-1961
2
26-31
Scope and Contents note
Oversized material housed in Box 5, F3
Kootz Gallery Publications, Advertising
Archival Resource Key
1947
2
32
Kootz Gallery, Advertising
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1948-1958
2
33
Kootz Gallery, Advertising Proofs
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1954-1958
2
34
Periodicals
Archival Resource Key
2 Folders
1946-1962
2
35-36
Articles
Archival Resource Key
6 Folders
circa 1944-1963
2
37-42
Clippings
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circa 1944-1963
2
43
Clippings
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5 Folders
1944-1953
2
44-48
Clippings
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5 Folders
1954-1963
2
49-53
Miscellaneous Furnishing Advertisements
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circa 1944-1966
2
54
Exhibitions Announcements and Catalogs
Archival Resource Key
1949
5
3
Scope and Contents note
Oversized material from Box 2, F28
Scrapbooks
Series 5
Archival Resource Key
4 Linear feet
Box 3, BV 6-23
1931-1966
Scope and Contents note
Twenty-three scrapbooks document Kootz Gallery artists, exhibitions, and press coverage from 1931 to 1966. The scrapbooks include exhibition announcements, catalogs, photographs, clippings, and miscellaneous printed material. Scrapbook 1 (1947-1948) focuses on Pablo Picasso and Scrapbooks 22-23 (1950-1958) focus on architectural models and exhibitions. Scrapbooks 2-21 each document approximately one year of Kootz Gallery events and press coverage from 1945 to 1966.
Arrangement note
The first five scrapbooks in this series (1931-1948) have been digitized for preservation. The remaining scrapbooks are fragile and are only available for use on microfilm.
Conditions Governing Access
All scrapbooks are restricted due to their fragile condition; #1-#5 have been digitized and are available on the Archives of American Art's website, and #6-#23 are only available for use on microfilm reels 1318-1320 and 1322-1323.
Scrapbook #1
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1947-1948
3
1
Scrapbook #1: 1947-1948
Scrapbook #1
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1947-1948
6
Scope and Contents
Digitized with Box 3, Folder 1
Scrapbook #1
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1947-1948
7
Scope and Contents
Digitized with Box 3, Folder 1
Scrapbook #2
Archival Resource Key
1931-1945
3
2
Scrapbook #2: 1931-1945
Scrapbook #2
Archival Resource Key
1931-1945
9
Scope and Contents
Digitized with Box 3, Folder 2
Scrapbook #2
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1931-1945
10
Scope and Contents
Digitized with Box 3, Folder 2
Scrapbook #3
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1945-1946
3
3
Scrapbook #3: 1945-1946
Scrapbook #3
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1945-1946
12
Scope and Contents
Digitized with Box 3, Folder 3
Scrapbook #3
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1945-1946
13
Scope and Contents
Digitized with Box 3, Folder 3
Scrapbook #4
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1946-1947
3
4
Scrapbook #4: 1946-1947
Scrapbook #4
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1946-1947
15
Scope and Contents
Digitized with Box 3, Folder 4
Scrapbook #4
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1946-1947
16
Scope and Contents
Digitized with Box 3, Folder 4
Scrapbook #5
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1947-1948
3
5
Scrapbook #5: 1947-1948
Scrapbook #5
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1947-1948
18
Scope and Contents
Digitized with Box 3, Folder 5
Scrapbook #5
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1947-1948
19
Scope and Contents
Digitized with Box 3, Folder 5
Scrapbook #6
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1949-1950
20
Scrapbook #6
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1949-1950
21
Scrapbook #6
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1949-1950
22
Scrapbook #7
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1950-1951
23
Scrapbook #7
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1950-1951
24
Scrapbook #7
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1950-1951
25
Scrapbook #8
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1951-1952
26
Scrapbook #8
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1951-1952
27
Scrapbook #9
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1952-1953
28
Scrapbook #9
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1952-1953
29
Scrapbook #9
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1952-1953
30
Scrapbook #10
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1953-1954
31
Scrapbook #10
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1953-1954
32
Scrapbook #10
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1953-1954
33
Scrapbook #11
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1954-1955
34
Scrapbook #11
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1954-1955
35
Scrapbook #11
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1954-1955
36
Scrapbook #12
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1955-1956
37
Scrapbook #12
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1955-1956
38
Scrapbook #12
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1955-1956
39
Scrapbook #13
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1956-1957
40
Scrapbook #13
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1956-1957
41
Scrapbook #13
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1956-1957
42
Scrapbook #14
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1958-1959
43
Scrapbook #14
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1958-1959
44
Scrapbook #14
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1958-1959
45
Scrapbook #15
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1959-1960
46
Scrapbook #15
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1959-1960
47
Scrapbook #15
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1959-1960
48
Scrapbook #16
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1960-1961
49
Scrapbook #16
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1960-1961
50
Scrapbook #16
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1960-1961
51
Scrapbook #17
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1961-1962
52
Scrapbook #17
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1961-1962
53
Scrapbook #18
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1962-1963
54
Scrapbook #18
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1962-1963
55
Scrapbook #19
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1963-1964
56
Scrapbook #19
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1963-1964
57
Scrapbook #20
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1964-1965
58
Scrapbook #20
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1964-1965
59
Scrapbook #21
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1965-1966
60
Scrapbook #21
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1965-1966
61
Scrapbook #22
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1950-1958
62
Scrapbook #22
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1950-1958
63
Scrapbook #23
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1958-1963
64
Photographic Material
Series 6
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11 Folders
Boxes 4-5
circa 1944-1966
Scope and Contents note
Photographic Material includes photographs, transparencies, and slides of Kootz Gallery New York and Kootz Gallery Provincetown; interior design photographs showcasing Kootz Gallery artwork hanging in office and residential spaces; group and unidentified exhibitions; group and unidentified artists and artwork; and informal photographs of Samuel Kootz and of his wife, Jane.
The group exhibitions include an architectural model exhibition by William Baziotes, Adolph Gottlieb, and David Hare, and an exhibition of three unidentified sculptors.
Photographs and Negatives of Kootz Gallery, New York, New York
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circa 1944-1966
4
1
Photographs and Negative of Kootz Gallery, Provincetown, Massachusetts
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circa 1953-1954
4
2
Photographs of Kootz Gallery, Interior Design and Artwork Samples
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circa 1944-1966
4
3
Scope and Contents note
Oversized material housed in Box 5, F4
Photographs of Kootz Gallery, Group Exhibition "Muralist and the Modern Architect"
Archival Resource Key
1950
4
4
Scope and Contents
Related photographs of this exhibition appear in the following artists' files in Series 3: Baziotes, Gottlieb, Hare, Hofmann, and Motherwell.
Slides of Kootz Gallery, Three Sculptors Exhibition
Archival Resource Key
circa 1944-1966
4
5
Photographs, Negatives, and Slides of Kootz Gallery, Unidentified Exhibitions
Archival Resource Key
circa 1944-1966
4
6
Photographs and Negative of Kootz Gallery, Artists
Archival Resource Key
circa 1944-1966
4
7
Photographs and Transparency of Kootz Gallery, Unidentified Artists and Artwork
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circa 1944-1966
4
8
Scope and Contents note
Oversized material housed in Box 5, F5
Photographs, Negative, and Transparencies of Samuel Kootz and Family
Archival Resource Key
circa 1944-1966
4
9
Photographs of Kootz Gallery, Interior Design and Artwork Samples
Archival Resource Key
circa 1944-1966
5
4
Scope and Contents note
Oversized material from Box 4, F3
Photograph of Kootz Gallery, Unidentified Artist
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circa 1944-1966
5
5
Scope and Contents note
Oversized material from Box 4, F8
Samuel Kootz Personal Papers
Series 7
Archival Resource Key
2 Folders
Box 4
circa 1923-1957
Scope and Contents note
Two folders of Samuel Kootz's personal papers include a cocktail party invitation and a copy of the 1923 Phi Epsilon Pi Quarterly, Vol. 6, No. 1.
Invitation
Archival Resource Key
circa 1950-1957
4
10
Phi Epsilon Pi Quarterly, Vol. 6, No. 1
Archival Resource Key
1923
4
11