> Sending this out on behalf of Daniel Lipcan from the Watson Library at > the Met. Please contact him directly (daniel.lipcan at metmuseum.org) > with any questions. > > Koven > > --------------------------------------------------- > Please excuse cross-posting. > > # # # # # > > Macbeth Gallery digital collection launched by the Thomas J. Watson > Library and the Frick Art Reference Library. > > A collaborative project to digitize the exhibition checklists and > pamphlets of the Macbeth Gallery, held by the Thomas J. Watson Library > at The Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Frick Art Reference Library, > has just been completed. The combined collection, numbering over 450 > unique items published between 1895 and 1953, was digitized by > Northern Micrographics in La Crosse, Wisconsin. PDF files of the > catalogs are now available for download to researchers worldwide > through the Watson Library online catalog, WATSONLINE, and through > FRESCO (Frick Research Catalog Online). > > The Macbeth Gallery was the first New York gallery to specialize in > American art and is historically important for exhibiting work by many > American artists well-known to us today, including Winslow Homer, > Charles H. Davis, and Andrew Wyeth. In addition to solo exhibitions, > many group shows were held at the Macbeth Gallery in the early 20th > century-- several would have a profound impact on the development and > appreciation of American art. > > Consequently, the Macbeth Gallery materials have been frequently used > at Watson Library and the Frick, but they are also rapidly > deteriorating. It made sense from both service and preservation > perspectives to move forward with the project before the checklists > became damaged beyond repair. As a result, and beyond increased > accessibility and preservation, a major benefit to both libraries is > that each collection has been enriched with unique items from the > other. The project provides a more complete picture of Macbeth > Gallery exhibition activity and complements the Archives of American > Art's effort to catalog their collection of Macbeth Gallery records > and papers. > > You may browse a title list of the Macbeth Gallery digital collection > in WATSONLINE by following this link: > http://library.metmuseum.org/search~S26/tmacbeth+gallery > > Records for the collection in FRESCO may be viewed through this link: > http://fresco.frick.org/search/Xmacbeth+gallery+digital+project&SORT=A > X > > You may follow this link to the Archives of American Art finding aid > for the Macbeth Gallery records: > http://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/findingaids/macbgall.htm > > MARC records for the set are available upon request; please contact > Dan Lipcan at the Thomas J. Watson Library: > daniel.lipcan at metmuseum.org > > > Funding for this project was provided by the Lifchez-Stronach > Preservation Fund for the Thomas J. Watson Library, The Metropolitan > Museum of Art. > > > For more information, contact: > > Dan Lipcan > Assistant Manager for Systems and Special Projects Thomas J. Watson > Library The Metropolitan Museum of Art 1000 Fifth Avenue New York, NY > 10028 > 212-650-2982 > daniel.lipcan at metmuseum.org > > Deborah Kempe > Chief, Collections Management & Access > Frick Art Reference Library > 10 East 71st Street > New York, NY 10021 > tel. 212.547-0658 ; fax 212 547-0680 > kempe at frick.org > > > # # # # #
