Institution: Smithsonian American Art Museum
Collection Title: Peter A. Juley & Son Collection
Date (inclusive): ca. 1876-1975
Collection Identifier: SAAM.Photo.JUL
Repository (location info): Smithsonian American Art Museum, Research and Scholars Center, Washington, D.C.
Finding Aid link: https://sirismm.si.edu/EADpdfs/SAAM.Photo.JUL.pdf
Website link: https://americanart.si.edu/research
RBMVE Biographical Note: Martin Gambee was a watercolor artist who participated in the 1936, 1937, and 1938 RBMVE.
Scope and Content: From finding aid listed above: “The Peter A. Juley & Son Collection holds 127,000 photographic black-and-white negatives documenting the work of 11,000 American artists. Peter A. Juley & Son, one of the largest and most respected fine-arts photography firms in New York, served artists, galleries, museums, schools, and private collectors from 1896 to 1975. The collection, acquired by the Smithsonian American Art Museum in 1975, constitutes a unique photographic record of thousands of works of American art, sometimes providing the only visual documentation of a changed, damaged, or lost original. The Juley Collection also contains 3,500 portraits of artists, including formal poses as well as candid shots that depict artists working in their studios, teaching classes, and serving as jurors for exhibitions.”
Included in this collection are photographs of the work of Martin Gambee, an artist who participated in the RBMVE in 1936, 1937, and 1938.
Container List or Summary of RBMVE-related Material:
47 black and white photographs of works of watercolor by Martin Gambee. Additionally, a small amount of material about exhibits featuring Gambee’s work.
