Papers of Gisella Scheinberg, 1969-1994 [manuscript]
- Bib ID:
- 1501956
- Format:
- Manuscript
- Author:
- Scheinberg, Gisella, 1921-2018
- Related Online Resources:
- Finding aid at National Library of Australia
- Access Conditions:
- Permission required for research. Not for loan.
- Description:
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- [1969-1994]
- 0.60 m. (4 boxes) + 1 folder.
- Summary:
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MS 9305 comprises the personal papers of art dealer Gisella Scheinberg relating to the artist Donald Friend. The papers include correspondence, exhibition catalogues, press cuttings, price lists and business papers. The correspondence includes over 50 letters from Friend to Scheinberg. Also included in the papers is an unpublished manuscript by Friend, and papers relating to the art critic and artist Paul Haefliger (4 boxes).
The Acc05.100 instalment comprises letters of Donald Friend, 1969, 1974-1975 and 1977, and a photocopy of changes made by Friend to his will, as dictated by him to Scheinberg on 20 June 1989 (1 folder).
- Biography/History:
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Art dealer and gallery director. Gisella Scheinberg was born in Hungary in 1921 and came to Australia as a Jewish refugee in 1948. She founded the Holdsworth Galleries in Woollahra, Sydney, in 1969, and ran it successfully for 28 years. Scheinberg was closely associated with Donald Friend as a dealer and a friend, from 1969 until his death in 1989. In 1985, Scheinberg was awarded a Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) for service to the arts.
- Notes:
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- Manuscript reference no.: MS 9305, MS Acc05.100.
- Associated materials: Records of the Holdsworth Galleries, 1969-1996 MS 9153.
- Related Material:
- Interview with Gisella Scheinberg, gallery owner and Director of Holdsworth Gallery, Sydney; Located at; National Library of Australia Oral History collection ORAL TRC 3547.
- Reproduction:
- Some photocopies.
- Index/Finding Aid Note:
- Finding aid available in the Special Collections Reading Room and on the Internet at: http://nla.gov.au/nla.ms-ms9305
- Subject:
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- Scheinberg, Gisella, 1921-2018 -- Archives
- Scheinberg, Gisella, 1921-2018 -- Correspondence
- Friend, Donald, 1915-1989 -- Correspondence
- Haefliger, Paul, 1914-1982
- Art dealers -- Australia -- Archives
- Women art dealers -- Australia -- Archives
- Art museum directors -- Australia -- Archives
- Hungarians -- Australia -- Archives
- Artists -- Australia -- Correspondence
- Time Coverage:
- 1969-1994
- Occupation:
- Other authors/contributors:
- Friend, Donald, 1915-1989
- Copyright:
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- Material type:
- Literary Dramatic Musical
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