Carolyn Alper (1927-2020) was an artist who co-founded and exhibited at the Foundry Gallery, a cooperative gallery for women artists established in Washington, D.C. in 1971.
The collection is arranged into one series.
The Carolyn Alper papers relating to the Foundry Gallery measure 0.4 linear feet and date form 1970 to 1977. The papers document Alper's participation as an artist and co-founder of the gallery through correspondence, agreement and insurance material for the gallery, gallery members, clippings, exhibition announcements, price lists, and photographs of artwork and exhibitions. There is also material regarding the Conference for Women in the Visual Arts, held at the Corcoran Gallery of Art in 1972.
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Donated 2016 by Carolyn Alper.
Carolyn Alper Papers Relating to the Foundry Gallery, 1970-1977. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
The collection was processed, and a finding aid prepared by Ricky Gomez in 2021.
The Carolyn Alper papers relating to the Foundry Gallery measure 0.4 linear feet and date form 1970 to 1977. The papers document Alper's participation at the gallery and the gallery in general through correspondence, agreement and insurance material for the gallery, gallery members, clippings, exhibition announcements, price lists, and photographs of artwork and exhibitions. Artists include Carolyn Alper, Molly Bogounoff, Fran Chapman, Corrine Davidov, Edith Hollyday, Virginia Jannotta, Lou Jones, Barbara Kerne, Virginia Greenleaf Koch, Shirley Koller, Margaret McBride, Lala Schnee, Myrna Smernoff, Nancy Stratton, and Nancy Werlich.There is also material regarding the Conference for Women in the Visual Arts, held at the Corcoran Gallery of Art in 1972.