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Title
Kootz Gallery, New York

Record
Kootz Gallery records 1931-1966
6 microfilm reels: reels NY65-1, 1318-1323, and 3090

Description
The gallery was founded by Samuel M. Kootz and managed by Nathan Halper (who later set up, in partnership with John Murray Cuddihy, the H.C. Gallery in 1956). The Kootz Gallery exhibited modern art. The record includes letters, writings, printed material relating to gallery activities, 48 photograph files of artists and their work, and exhibition catalogues, and an interview with Kootz, dated 13 April 1964.

Location of Record
Archives of American Art,
Smithsonian Institution
Washington DC Research Center Suite 2200
750 9th St. NW
Washington DC
Tel.: +1 202 275 2156 (General queries)
or: +1 202 275 1961 (Reference desk)
http://artarchives.si.edu/
Searchable catalogue: http://www.siris.si.edu/ 

Postal Address:
Reference Services/ILL
Archives of American Art
Smithsonian Institution
PO Box 37012
Victor Building, Room 2200, MRC 937
Washington, DC 20013-7012

Opening Hours:
Microfilm Reference Room: 9-5, Monday-Friday; no appointment necessary, but researchers are advised to contact the archive in advance.
Oral History Tapes and Transcripts: 9-5, Monday-Friday; by appointment only.
Manuscript Reading Room - for use of original papers: 9:30-12 and 1-4:30, Monday-Friday, by appointment only.

Source
Smithsonian Institution Research Information System
<http://www.siris.si.edu/>, accessed 3 January 2002.

N.H. Yeide, K. Akinsha, A.L. Walsh (eds.), AAM Guide to Provenance Research, Washington 2001, p.230.

"Interview with Samuel Kootz conducted by Dorothy Seckler in New York April 13, 1964", <http://artarchives.si.edu/oralhist/kootz64.htm>, accessed 15 January 2003.

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