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Windsor Utley papers, 1927-1990
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- Utley, Windsor, 1920-1989
- Title
- Windsor Utley papers
- Dates
- 1927-1990 (inclusive)19271990
- Quantity
- .63 cubic feet (2 boxes)
- Collection Number
- 4219 (Accession No. 4219-003)
- Summary
- Papers of a Seattle painter, gallery owner, and friend of painter Mark Tobey.
- Repository
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University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections
Special Collections
University of Washington Libraries
Box 352900
Seattle, WA
98195-2900
Telephone: 2065431929
Fax: 2065431931
speccoll@uw.edu - Access Restrictions
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The papers are open to all users.
- Languages
- English
- Sponsor
- Funding for encoding this finding aid was partially provided through a grant awarded by the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Biographical NoteReturn to Top
Windsor Utley (1920-1989) was a Seattle painter, a gallery owner, and a friend of the painter Mark Tobey. He was born in Los Angeles in 1920 and spent his early years concentrating on his musical studies in California. He moved to Seattle during World War II. Although Windsor Utley has been celebrated as a Northwest artist, he lived at times in California, Washington, New York, Canada, and Italy. He exhibited his paintings extensively throughout the United States and Canada.
Windsor Utley opened Utley's Art Galleries, first in Seattle in 1966 and in Victoria, British Columbia, during the 1970s. He moved the galleries to Laguna Beach, California, in 1983 and re-opened Utley's Galleries in Seattle in 1987. Windsor Utley died in Seattle in 1989.
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
Utley's papers include correspondence, exhibit notices, exhibit lists and catalogs, publications, reviews and other clippings, photographs, legal documents, news releases, and lists and receipts, 1927-1990 (bulk 1945-1989).
Although Windsor Utley was an artist, musician, and teacher, most of the materials in these papers concern his work and exhibits as a painter. The only material concerning Windsor Utley's immediate family is a letter to his grandmother (1927). Utley was a friend of Mark Tobey and corresponded with him often. However, the Mark Tobey file consists primarily of clippings and does not contain personal documents.
Use of the CollectionReturn to Top
Restrictions on Use
The creator's literary rights have been transferred to the University of Washington Libraries.
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top
Incoming lettersReturn to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates |
---|---|---|
Box/Folder | ||
1/1 | Colescott, Robert and
Zdenka |
1957 |
1/2 | Duveen-Graham Gallery (New York
City) |
1955-1958 |
1/3 | Graham Gallery (New York
City) |
1958-1960 |
1/4 | Hallston, Pehr |
1957-1965 |
1/5 | Seattle Art Museum |
1951-1965 |
1/6 | Tobey, Mark |
1957-1965 |
1/7 | Allied Arts of
Seattle |
1988 |
1/7 | American Federation of
Arts |
1955 |
1/7 | Anderson, Frances |
1957 |
1/7 | Art Gallery of Greater Victoria
(British Columbia) |
1976 |
1/7 |
Art in America
|
1955 |
1/7 | British Columbia, Provincial
Coordinator of Art |
1974-1975 |
1/7 | Camosun College (Victoria,
British Columbia) |
1973 |
1/7 | Chi Omega Alumnae |
1956 |
1/7 | DuPen, Everett and
Charlotte |
1972 |
1/7 | Gilkey, Gordon W. |
1956 |
1/7 | Graham, Colin
See: Art Gallery of Greater Victoria.
|
|
1/8 | Hollesch, Carlo |
1959 |
1/8 | Los Angeles Art
Association |
1954 |
1/8 | Museum of Modern Art (New York
City) |
1955-1956 |
1/8 | Northwest Water Color
Society |
1956 |
1/8 | Oregon, Portland State
College |
1955 |
1/8 | Osver, Arthur |
1952 |
1/8 | Pike Place Farmers Market
Association |
1964 |
1/8 | Portland Art Museum |
1955 |
1/8 | Schneider, Joe |
1959-1960 |
1/8 | Seattle Municipal Art
Commission |
1964 |
1/8 | Seattle Public
Schools |
1964 |
1/8 | Tana, Emo |
1957 |
1/8 | University of Washington Henry
Gallery |
1956 |
Outgoing lettersReturn to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates |
---|---|---|
Box/Folder | ||
1/9 | To grandmother, age 6 |
1927 |
1/10 | Other |
1957-1958 |
General correspondence, 1988-1990Return to Top
Container(s): Box-folder 1/11
Regarding Utley's painting Tribute to Beethoven.
Exhibition notices, 1952-1989, undatedReturn to Top
Container(s): Box-folder 1/12
Exhibition lists and catalogs, 1945-1989, undatedReturn to Top
Container(s): Box-folder 1/13-14
Legal documents, 1960Return to Top
Container(s): Box-folder 1/15
Publications, 1955-1962Return to Top
Container(s): Box-folder 2/1
Poem, circa 1932Return to Top
Container(s): Box-folder 2/2
News releases, 1974-1990Return to Top
Container(s): Box-folder 2/3
ListsReturn to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates |
---|---|---|
Box/Folder | ||
2/4 | Artists Equity Association
membership list |
1956 |
2/4 | Auction from the private
collection of Mr. and Mrs. Windsor Utley |
undated |
Receipts, 1955Return to Top
Container(s): Box-folder 2/5
Clippings, 1940-1988, undatedReturn to Top
Container(s): Box-folder 2/6
PhotographsReturn to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates |
---|---|---|
Box/Folder | ||
2/7 | Children of Summit Art Class,
Bush School |
1953 |
2/8 | Miscellaneous |
1945-1985, undated |
Subject series: Mark TobeyReturn to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates |
---|---|---|
Box/Folder | ||
2/9 | Correspondence covers |
1957-1964, undated |
2/9 | Miscellaneous |
1951-1959, undated |
Ephemera, 1961, undatedReturn to Top
Container(s): Box-folder 2/10
Duplicates, undatedReturn to Top
Container(s): Box-folder 2/11
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Art galleries, Commercial----Washington (State)--Seattle
- Art galleries, Commercial--New York (State)--New York
- Art museums--Washington (State)--Seattle
- Art--Collectors and collecting--United States
- Painters--Washington (State)--Seattle--Archives
- Painting, American--20th century
Personal Names
- Hallsten, Pehr, d. 1965
- Tobey, Mark
- Utley, Windsor, 1920-1989--Archives
Corporate Names
- Duveen-Graham (Gallery)
- Graham Art Gallery (New York, N.Y.)
- Seattle Art Museum
Form or Genre Terms
- Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.)
- Legal documents
- Lists
- Photographs
- Press releases
- correspondence
- ephemera
- exhibition catalogs
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Personal Papers/Corporate Records (University of Washington)