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Otto Seligman Gallery photographs, 1920-1966
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- Otto Seligman Gallery (Seattle, Wash.)
- Title
- Otto Seligman Gallery photographs
- Dates
- 1920-1966 (inclusive)nodatenodate
1953-1966 (bulk)19531966 - Quantity
- 10.47 cubic feet (26 boxes; 71 photographs; 22 negatives; 406 slides; 4 prints)
- Collection Number
- 1901, 2431
- Summary
- Correspondence, artist files, customer files, sales records, exhibition records, clippings, photographs, slides and negatives of artists and their artwork
- 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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Some access restricted: For terms of access contact repository.
- Languages
- English
Historical NoteReturn to Top
Otto D. Seligman, born in 1890 at Vienna, emigrated to America in 1946. Settling in Seattle, Seligman opened an art gallery in the University District in December 1953. By the time of Seligman's death in 1966 his gallery had attained wide recognition for its sponsorship of such Northwest artists as Guy Anderson, Paul Bonifas, Jacob Elshin, Morris Graves, Pehr Hallsten, Paul Horiuchi, Lisel Salzer, Herbert Siebner, Arthur Hall Smith, Mark Tobey and Wesley Wehr.
Francine Seders (born 1932) was an assistant at the Otto Seligman Gallery in Seattle's University District. After Otto Seligman died in 1966, Seders took over the gallery. In approximately 1974 she changed the name to Francine Seders Gallery and later moved it from the University District to the Greenwood neighborhood. The gallery showed work of artists from the Pacific Northwest, California, and Europe.
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
Correspondence, artist files, customer files, sales records, exhibition records, clippings, press releases, photographs, slides and negatives, and color prints.
Use of the CollectionReturn to Top
Restrictions on Use
Creator's literary rights not transferred to the University of Washington Libraries.
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Arrangement
Organized into 4 accessions.
- Accession No. 1901-001, Otto Seligman Gallery records, 1953-1966
- Accession No. 1901-003, Otto Seligman Gallery photographs, 1953-1960
- Accession No. 2431-001, Otto Seligman Gallery records, 1927-1972
- Accession No. 2431-002, Otto Seligman Gallery records, 1940-1961
Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top
Accession No. 1901-001: Otto Seligman Gallery records, 1953-1966Return to Top
Scope and Content: Correspondence, artist files, customer files, sales records, exhibition records, clippings, 1953-1966.
Restrictions on Access: Access restricted: For terms of access contact repository.
Restrictions on Use: Creator's literary rights transferred to the University of Washington Libraries.
Acquisition Info: Deposit From Ben Asia, 4/15/72; Dan and Michael Seligman (gift) 1987-88., 1972-04-15
Accession No. 1901-003: Otto Seligman Gallery photographs, 1953-1960Return to Top
Scope and Content: Photographs, slides and negatives of artists and their artwork; ca 1953-1960. Artists include Mark Tobey, Marika Abrams, Guy Anderson, Jacob Elshin, Pehr Hallsten, Carl Morris, Hilda Morris, Arthur Hall Smith.
Restrictions on Access: Open to all users.
Restrictions on Use: Some restrictions exist on copying, quotation or publication. Contact Repository for details.
Acquisition Info: Dan Seligman, 1998-05-01
Accession No. 2431-001: Otto Seligman Gallery records, 1927-1972Return to Top
Scope and Content: Correspondence, press releases, catalog, clipping, photographs, 1927-1972.
The collection contains catalogs and journals signed or annotated by Tobey, manuscripts, photographs of the Tobey retrospective, Seattle Art Museum, and clippings on Tobey from newspapers in the United States and Europe.
Restrictions on Access: Access restricted: For terms of access contact repository.
Restrictions on Use: Creator's literary rights not transferred to the University of Washington Libraries.
Acquisition Info: Archives of Northwest Art (Henry Gallery) Originally F. Seders, 1972, 1972-01-01
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Box/Folder | Accession | ||
| 1/1-2 | 2431-001 | Tobey Catalogs, Exhibition Notices |
1927-1972 |
| 1/3 | 2431-001 | Catalogs, Art Journals |
1951-1960 |
| 1/4 | 2431-001 | Tobey Biography |
1965-1966 |
| 2/1 | 2431-001 | Correspondence by Seligman |
1960-1965 |
| 2/2 | 2431-001 | Manuscripts by Seligman |
1955-1962 |
| 2/3 | 2431-001 | Manuscript by Tobey |
undated |
| 2/4 | 2431-001 | Manuscripts by Others |
1955-1965 |
| 2/5 | 2431-001 | Transcript: International Association of Plastic
Arts |
1960-1961 |
| 2/6 | 2431-001 | Press Releases for Tobey Shows |
1955-1962 |
| 2/7 | 2431-001 | Photographs, SAM Retrospective |
1959 |
| 2/8 | 2431-001 | Photographs, Miscellaneous |
1942-1951 |
| 2/9 | 2431-001 | Reproductions, Program, Covers |
1947 |
| 3/1-3/4 | 2431-001 | Northwest Newspapers |
1945-1968 |
| 3/5 | 2431-001 | United States Newspapers |
1945-1962 |
| 3/6 | 2431-001 | California Newspapers |
1949-1968 |
| 3/7 | 2431-001 | New York Newspapers |
1950-1965 |
| 3/8 | 2431-001 | England, Australia Newspapers |
1956-1962 |
| 3/9 | 2431-001 | French Newspapers |
1954-1960 |
| 3/10 | 2431-001 | German, European Newspapers |
1954-1963 |
| 4/1 | 2431-001 | Seligman Gallery |
1955-1957 |
| 4/2 | 2431-001 | Galleries and Shows |
1952-1963 |
| 4/3 | 2431-001 | Miscellaneous Art Subjects, Northwest |
1955-1963 |
| 4/4 | 2431-001 | Miscellaneous Art Subjects, Non-Northwest |
1954-1963 |
| 4/5 | 2431-001 | Non-art Subjects, Miscellaneous |
1954-1959 |
Accession No. 2431-002: Otto Seligman Gallery records, 1940-1961Return to Top
Scope and Content: Color slides of paintings, 1940-1961; color prints, 1958 and undated.
Otto Seligman took these slides of Tobey painting while they were at the gallery for sale.
Restrictions on Access: Access restricted: For terms of access contact repository.
Restrictions on Use: Creator's literary rights not transferred to the University of Washington Libraries.
Acquisition Info: No source given, 1981-01-01
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
Corporate Names
Other Creators
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Personal Names
- Abrams, Maria Frank (creator)
- Anderson, Guy, 1906-1998 (creator)
- Bonifas, Paul (creator)
- Elshin, Jacob (creator)
- Graves, Morris, 1910-2001 (creator)
- Hallsten, Pehr, 1897-1965 (creator)
- Horiuchi, Paul, 1906-1999 (creator)
- Morris, Carl, 1911-1993 (creator)
- Morris, Hilda (creator)
- Roberts, Colette, 1910-1971 (creator)
- Salzer, Lisel (creator)
- Siebner, Herbert, 1925- (creator)
- Smith, Arthur Hall, 1929- (creator)
- Tobey, Mark (creator)
- Wehr, Wesley, 1929-2004 (creator)
