Archives of American Art
B. C. Holland Gallery records
B.C. Holland Gallery
Holland, B. C. (Bud C.), 1922-1994
AAA.bcholl
Archival Resource Key
2.1 Linear feet
1942-1991
bulk 1959-1965
The records of the B. C. Holland Gallery measure 2.1 linear feet and date from 1942-1991 (bulk dates 1959-1965). Founded in Chicago, Illinois by Bud C. Holland and Noah Goldowsky, the collection documents over 98 artists associated with the gallery. Documentation includes invoices, correspondence between artists and gallery owners, price lists, exhibition catalogs and print materials, magazine and newspaper clippings, photographs, and slides, and some business records of the gallery.
Collection is in English.
Arrangement
The collection is arranged as 2 series.
Missing Title
- Series 1: Artist files, 1942-1991 (2.1 linear feet; Boxes 1-2, OV 3)
- Series 2: Business records, 1961-1963 (1 folder; Box 2)
Biographical / Historical
B. C. Holland Gallery (1957-1994) was founded by Bud C. Holland and Noah Goldowsky, and was initially known as the Holland-Goldowsky Gallery. It held exhibitions and sold artwork for Chicago artists and many artists of the New York School. Holland bought out his partner and renamed the gallery the B. C. Holland Gallery in August 1961. The gallery closed upon Holland's death in 1994.
Bud C. Holland entered the jewelry business, after serving in WWII as a bomber pilot, where he began collecting artwork. He opened his first art gallery in 1957. During the 1960s pop trend, Holland was drawn towards abstract expressionism and other art forms, which he focused on in his gallery. He began selling his collection when he was diagnosed with cancer, and died at 72 in Chicago, Illinois, 29 December 1994.
Scope and Contents
The records of the B. C. Holland Gallery measure 2.1 linear feet and date from 1942-1991 (bulk dates 1959-1965). Founded in Chicago, Illinois by Bud C. Holland and Noah Goldowsky, the collection documents over 98 artists associated with the gallery. Documentation includes invoices, correspondence between artists and gallery owners, price lists, exhibition catalogues and print materials, magazine and newspaper clippings, photographs, and slides, and some business records of the gallery.
Artists of note include: Harry Bouras, Paul Burlin, Mary Callery, Elaine de Kooning, Willem de Kooning, Jean Dubuffet, Edward Dugmore, Roland Ginzel (including 2 ink drawings), Michael Goldberg, Robert Goodnough, Joseph Goto, Philip Guston, Julius Hatofsky, Richard Hunt (includes 18 files and a landscape plan of John J. Madden Clinic sculpture installation), Lester Johnson, Ellen Lanyon, Alfred Leslie, Jacques Lipchitz, Michael Loew, Knox Martin, Dennis Oppenheim, Stephen Pace, Milton Resnick, Larry Rivers, Aaron Siskind, George Spaventa, Saul Steinberg, Jack Tworkov, and Estaban Vicente.
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Use of original papers requires an appointment.
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Immediate Source of Acquisition
The B. C. Holland Gallery records were donated to the Archives of American Art by Bud C. Holland's widow, Claire Y. Holland, in 1995.
Processing Information
The collection was processed to a minimal level and a finding aid prepared by Anna Rimel in 2014. The Archives of American Art has implemented minimal processing tactics when possible in order to increase information about and access to more of our collections. Minimal processing included arrangement to the series, subseries, and folder levels. Generally, items within folders were simply verified with folder titles, but not arranged further. Folders within boxes may not be numbered. The collection was rehoused in archival containers and folders, but not all staples and clips were removed.
Preferred Citation
B. C. Holland Gallery records, 1942-1991, bulk 1959-1965. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Photographs
Artists -- New York (State) -- New York
Artists -- Illinois -- Chicago
Art, Modern -- 20th century -- United States
Art galleries, Commercial -- Illinois
De Kooning, Willem, 1904-1997
Dubuffet, Jean, 1901-
Dugmore, Edward, 1915-
Ginzel, Roland, 1921-
Bouras, Harry
Burlin, Paul, 1886-1969
Callery, Mary, 1903-1977
De Kooning, Elaine
Holland-Goldowsky Gallery
Goldberg, Michael, 1924-2007
Goodnough, Robert, 1917-
Goto, Joseph, 1920-
Guston, Philip, 1913-1980
Hatofsky, Jerry, 1922-
Leslie, Alfred, 1927-
Oppenheim, Dennis, 1938-2011
Pace, Stephen, 1918-2010
Lipchitz, Jacques, 1891-1973
Loew, Michael, 1907-1985
Spaventa, George, 1918-
Siskind, Aaron
Resnick, Milton, 1917-2004
Rivers, Larry, 1925-2002
Vicente, Esteban, 1903-2001
Tworkov, Jack
Goldowsky, Noah
Johnson, Lester, 1919-2010
Lanyon, Ellen
Steinberg, Saul
Hunt, Richard, 1935-
Artist Files
Series 1
Archival Resource Key
2.1 Linear feet
Boxes 1-2, OV 3
1942-1991
bulk 1959-1965
Scope and Contents
Found here are invoices, correspondence between artists and gallery owners, price lists, exhibition catalogues and exhibition print materials, magazine and newspaper clippings, black and white and color photographs, slides, negatives, 2 pieces of artwork, and 1 landscape plan. There are two files containing letters of authenticity and invoices for Gandaharan sculptures, a style of Buddhist art from the Kushan period dating between 1st and 5th centuries A.D., and Haniwa, a style of Japanese sculpture made using the wasumi technique in the Kofun period between 4th and 6th centuries A.D. Correspondence during 1957 and 1961 may include Noah Goldowsky, co-owner of the Holland-Goldowsky Gallery until 1961. Also note that some artist files may contain a single item.
Agam, Yaacov
Archival Resource Key
1963-1970
1
1
Albers, Josef
Archival Resource Key
1963-1970
1
2
Arman, Armand Pierre
Archival Resource Key
circa 1990
1
3
Balthus Klossowski de Rola
Archival Resource Key
1966
1
4
Balthus Klossowski de Rola
Beal, Sondra
Archival Resource Key
1962-1965
1
5
Berlant, Anthony
Archival Resource Key
1962-1964
1
6
Berlet, Marc
Archival Resource Key
circa 1960s
1
7
Bluhm, Norman
Archival Resource Key
1961
1
8
Bouras, Harry
Archival Resource Key
1959-1971
1
9-14
Brandt, Warren
Archival Resource Key
1959-1960
1
15
Breland, Bruce
Archival Resource Key
1960
1
16
Burlin, Paul
Archival Resource Key
1960-1961
1
17-18
Callahan, Harry
Archival Resource Key
1960
1
19
Callery, Mary - Correspondence
Archival Resource Key
1968
1
20
Callery, Mary - Photographs, Catalog
Archival Resource Key
1965-1968
1
21
Caro, Anthony
Archival Resource Key
1961-1963
1
22
Corbett, Ed
Archival Resource Key
1961
1
23
Decker, Lindsey
Archival Resource Key
1959-1960
1
24
Decker, Lindsey
De Kooning, Elaine
Archival Resource Key
1959-1960
1
25
De Kooning, Elaine
De Kooning, Willem
Archival Resource Key
1961-1964
1
26
DeLap, Tony
Archival Resource Key
1963-1964
1
27
Dubuffet, Jean
Archival Resource Key
1968-1982
1
28
Dugmore, Edward
Archival Resource Key
1959-1961
1
29
Ellsworth, David
Archival Resource Key
1983-1988
1
30
Eversley, Frederick
Archival Resource Key
1975-1976
1
31
Gandharan
Archival Resource Key
1959
1
32
Gandharan
Ginzel, Roland
Archival Resource Key
1961-1967
1
33-34
Scope and Contents
(Oversized material housed in OV 3)
Goldberg, Elias
Archival Resource Key
circa 1958
1
35
Goldberg, Michael
Archival Resource Key
1959-1963
1
36
Goldberg, Michael
Goldberg, Michael
Archival Resource Key
1959-1963
1
37
Goldberg, Michael
Goodnough, Robert
Archival Resource Key
1961
1
38
Gore, Bert
Archival Resource Key
1971
1
39
Goto, Joseph
Archival Resource Key
1973-1977
1
40
Grillo, John
Archival Resource Key
1960-1961
1
41
Guston, Philip
Archival Resource Key
1958-1962
1
42
Haniwa
Archival Resource Key
1958-1961
1
43
Haniwa
Hatofsky, Julius
Archival Resource Key
1959-1961
1
44
Hedge, Gene
Archival Resource Key
1961-1991
1
45
Hedge, Gene
Herschler, David
Archival Resource Key
1974-1976
1
46
Howard, Al
Archival Resource Key
circa 1960s
1
47
Hubbard, Robert
Archival Resource Key
1965
1
48
Hunt, Richard - Correspondence
Archival Resource Key
1961-1983
1
49-57
Scope and Contents
(Oversized material housed in OV 3)
Hunt, Richard - Photographs of Hunt and his artwork
Archival Resource Key
1967-1976
1
58
Hunt, Richard - Resumes, Price Lists
Archival Resource Key
circa 1963-circa 1984
1
59
Hunt, Richard - Exhibition Catalogs
Archival Resource Key
1960-1980
1
60-61
Hunt, Richard - Clippings
Archival Resource Key
1961-1979
1
62-65
Hunt, Richard - Printed Material
Archival Resource Key
1961-1982
1
66
Ippolito, Angelo
Archival Resource Key
1962-1964
1
67
Jannes, Georgia
Archival Resource Key
1963-1967
1
68
Johnson, Lester
Archival Resource Key
1961-1965
1
69-72
Kadish, Reuben
Archival Resource Key
1959
1
73
Kerkam, Earl
Archival Resource Key
1960-1966
1
74
Kohn, Gabriel
Archival Resource Key
1963
1
75
Kohn, Misch
Archival Resource Key
1961
1
76
Kostka, Robert
Archival Resource Key
1964
1
77
Kusama, Yayoi
Archival Resource Key
1959-1960
1
78
Kuwayama, Tadaaki
Archival Resource Key
1960-1961
1
79
Lanyon, Ellen
Archival Resource Key
1963-1969
1
80-81
Leslie, Alfred - Correspondence
Archival Resource Key
1959-1976
1
82-84
Leslie, Alfred - Resumes
Archival Resource Key
circa 1987
1
85
Leslie, Alfred - Printed Material
Archival Resource Key
1961
1
86
Levee, John
Archival Resource Key
1960
1
87
Lewis, Golda
Archival Resource Key
1959-1961
1
88
Lince, Richard
Archival Resource Key
1960-1961
1
89
Lipchitz, Jacques
Archival Resource Key
1961
1
90
Loew, Michael
Archival Resource Key
1960-1964
2
1-2
Martin, Knox
Archival Resource Key
1957-1963
2
3
Miller, Richard
Archival Resource Key
1965-1966
2
4
Mischo, Ivan
Archival Resource Key
1960-1961
2
5
Miro, Juan
Archival Resource Key
circa 1960
2
6
Mitchell, Joan
Archival Resource Key
1961-1966
2
7
Monaghan, Brian
Archival Resource Key
circa 1977
2
8
Morandi, Giorgio
Archival Resource Key
circa 1966
2
9
Nakian, Reuben
Archival Resource Key
1965
2
10
Newbili, Al
Archival Resource Key
1960-1964
2
11
Nickle, Robert
Archival Resource Key
1963-1965
2
12
Oppenheim, Dennis
Archival Resource Key
1981-1982
2
13
Oppenheim, Dennis - Photographs of Artwork
Archival Resource Key
1979-1982
2
14
Pace, Stephen
Archival Resource Key
1954-1962
2
15-16
Pavia, Phillip
Archival Resource Key
1962
2
17
Pfriem, Bernard
Archival Resource Key
1961
2
18
Picasso, Pablo
Archival Resource Key
1966
2
19
Resnick, Milton - Correspondence
Archival Resource Key
1959-1961
2
20-22
Resnick, Milton - Correspondence, Biographical Material
Archival Resource Key
1961-1972
2
23
Rivers, Larry
Archival Resource Key
1960-1970
2
24-25
Rocklin, Ray
Archival Resource Key
1960-1961
2
26
Rosofsky, Seymour
Archival Resource Key
1965-1967
2
27
Schlemowitz, Abram
Archival Resource Key
1960-1961
2
28
Schueler, Jon
Archival Resource Key
1954-1962
2
29
Schueler, Jon
Seligmann, Kurt
Archival Resource Key
1942-1968
2
30
Sievan, Maurice - Correspondence
Archival Resource Key
1960-1961
2
31
Sievan, Maurice - Photographs of Sievan and his artwork
Archival Resource Key
circa 1960
2
32
Siskind, Aaron
Archival Resource Key
1959-1989
2
33-35
Smith, Leon Polk
Archival Resource Key
1964
2
36
Spaventa, George
Archival Resource Key
1960-1981
2
37-38
Steinberg, Saul
Archival Resource Key
1967-1976
2
39
Thompson, Bob
Archival Resource Key
1961-1966
2
40
Thompson, Bob
Tigerman, Stanley
Archival Resource Key
1964-1967
2
41
Travis, Peter
Archival Resource Key
1971
2
42
Tworkov, Jack
Archival Resource Key
1957-1991
2
43-49
Urry, Steven Jay
Archival Resource Key
1970-1971
2
50
Vergette, Nicholas
Archival Resource Key
1960
2
51
Vicente, Estaban
Archival Resource Key
1959-1960
2
52
Vicente, Estaban
Vincente, Estaban
Archival Resource Key
1961-1962
2
53
Vincente, Estaban
Vincente, Estaban
Archival Resource Key
1963-1991
2
54
Vincente, Estaban
Waite, George
Archival Resource Key
1961-1986
2
55
Weber, Hugo
Archival Resource Key
1961-1964
2
56
Woelffer, Emerson
Archival Resource Key
1991
2
57
Yampolsky, Phyllis
Archival Resource Key
1960-1961
2
58
Young, David
Archival Resource Key
1961-1971
2
59-60
Artists, Miscellaneous - Printed Material
Archival Resource Key
circa 1962-1973
2
61
Artists, Miscellaneous - A-C
Archival Resource Key
1961-1966
2
62
Artists, Miscellaneous - D-F
Archival Resource Key
1959-1965
2
63
Artists, Miscellaneous - G
Archival Resource Key
1958-1968
2
64
Artists, Miscellaneous - H-J
Archival Resource Key
1959-1976
2
65
Artists, Miscellaneous - K-L
Archival Resource Key
1960-1966
2
66
Artists, Miscellaneous - M-N
Archival Resource Key
1960-1966
2
67
Artists, Miscellaneous - P
Archival Resource Key
1961-1966
2
68
Artists, Miscellaneous - R-S
Archival Resource Key
1960-1975
2
69
Artists, Miscellaneous - T-W
Archival Resource Key
1959-1964
2
70
Oversized Ginzel, Roland from Box 1, Folder 34
Archival Resource Key
circa 1966
3
Oversized Hunt, Richard from Box 1, Folder 55
Archival Resource Key
1963
3
Business Records
Series 2
Archival Resource Key
1 Folder
Box 2
1961-1963
Scope and Contents
Found here are a few invoices, correspondence, and notes.
Business Records
Archival Resource Key
1961-1963
2
71