Galerie Schmela records - Calisphere
Galerie Schmela records - Calisphere
Galerie Schmela records - Calisphere
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Series I.Correspondence, 1951-2006, undated<br />
Series I.C.Clients, 1951-1996, undated<br />
INVENTORY OF THE GALERIE<br />
SCHMELA RECORDS, 1923-2006, bulk<br />
1957-1992 ...<br />
Series I.C. Clients, 1951-1996, undated<br />
Physical Description: 7.51 linear feet(18 boxes)<br />
Scope and Content Note<br />
This subseries is comprised of sales <strong>records</strong> and other business correspondence with private and<br />
corporate art collectors, including banks and industrial companies, museum curators, publishing<br />
houses, and various other cultural institutions in Europe and in United States. Nearly all major German<br />
art museums are represented, especially from the Rhine-Ruhr region. The letters provide insight into<br />
the collecting interests of many of the gallery's clients, and Alfred <strong>Schmela</strong>'s professional activities as<br />
an art dealer, particularly his ways of attracting buyers, his opinion about the artists he represented,<br />
and current art market trends. The letters show <strong>Schmela</strong> advising curators about new art movements<br />
and thus influencing the shape of German art museums' collections and exhibiting programs.<br />
Frequently included are details regarding particular artworks, such as title, dimensions, technique,<br />
year of creation, and sales price. Occasionally present are shipping invoices, insurance documents,<br />
bank statements, and other financial <strong>records</strong>. Interfiled with this subseries are documents concerning<br />
maintenance, repair, utility expenses, and insurance <strong>records</strong> of the gallery spaces, and the <strong>Schmela</strong><br />
family's various personal and business expenses.<br />
Arrangement<br />
The original arrangement maintained at <strong>Galerie</strong> <strong>Schmela</strong> is preserved. The files are divided<br />
chronologically into two groups: correspondence from the 1950s and 1960s and from the 1970s until<br />
the 1990s. Each group is arranged alphabetically. Unidentified clients are filed at the end of each letter<br />
sequence. Each group includes a few items from an earlier or later date, as originally filed at the<br />
gallery.<br />
Box 10-15, 21A*, 29 1950s to 1960s, 1951-1971, undated<br />
Scope and Content Note<br />
Box 10, Folder 1 Akademie der Künste, Berlin, 1964-1966<br />
This group contains correspondence with clients dating from the 1950s to the 1960s.<br />
Physical Description:<br />
Scope and Content Note<br />
Regarding artwork by Otto Piene, Heinz Mack, Arman.<br />
Box 10, Folder 2 Aktionsgemeinschaft Zeitgenössische Kunst für das Düsseldorfer Museum, 1968-1969<br />
Physical Description:<br />
Box 10, Folder 3 Amtsgericht Düsseldorf, 1966-1967<br />
Physical Description:<br />
Box 10, Folder 4 Archivio storico d'arte contemporanea della Biennale, Venice 1964-1966, undated<br />
Physical Description:<br />
Box 10, Folder 5 Arquian, Maurice d', 1962-1967<br />
Physical Description:<br />
Box 10, Folder 6 Art actuel international, 1959<br />
Physical Description:<br />
Box 10, Folder 7 Art and artists, 1967, undated<br />
Physical Description:<br />
Box 10, Folder 8 Art and literature, 1965<br />
Physical Description:<br />
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