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Walker (John Alan) Art Catalog Collection
SPC.2007.007
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Contributing Institution:
California State University Dominguez Hills, Gerth Archives and Special Collections
Title: John Alan Walker Art Catalog Collection
Creator:
Walker, John Alan
Identifier/Call Number: SPC.2007.007
Physical Description:
186 boxes
Physical Description:
59 Linear Feet
Date (inclusive): 1882-2002
Date (bulk): 1919-2002
Abstract: This collection consists of art catalogs from museums, galleries, and other entities.
Physical Location: first floor storage
Language of Material:
English
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There are no access restrictions on this collection.
All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Director of Archives
and Special Collections. Permission for publication is given on behalf of Special Collections as the owner of the physical
materials and not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained.
For information about citing archival material, see the
Citations for Archival Material guide, or consult the appropriate style manual.
The John Alan Walker Art Catalog Collection (1882-2002; bulk 1919-2002) consists of exhibition catalogs for art galleries,
museums and other entities collected by John Alan Walker. Catalogs include individual and themed exhibitions of works by painters,
sculptors, photographers, and other artists. The collection consists of catalogs from nearly every year from the 20th century
with the bulk of the catalogs from exhibits from the 1960s-1990s. Catalogs include the following artists: Washington Allston,
Ivan Albright, Thomas Anshutz, Milton Avery, Leonard Baskin, George Bellows, Eugene Berman, Hyman Bloom, Peter Bruegel, Alberto
Burri, Alexander Calder, Mary Cassatt, Paul Cezanne, William Merrit Chase, Bruce Conner, Lovis Corinth, George Cruikshank,
Leonardo Da Vinci, Chester Dale, Arthur B. Davies, Willem de Kooning, Eugene Delacroix, Jean Dubuffet, Charles Dufresne, Walker
Evans, Thomas Gainsborough, Albert Eugene Gallatin, Paul Gauguin, Adolph Gottlieb, Colin Greenly, Philip Guston, Frans Hals,
Robert Henri, Joseph Hirsch, David Hockney, Wenceslaus Hollar, Winslow, Homer, Edward Hopper, George Inness, Donald Judd,
Rockwell Kent, Gustav Klimit, Kathe Kollowitz, Walt Kuhn, John La Farge, Edvard Munch, Roy Lichtenstein, Jacques Lipchitz,
Morris Louis, Moholy-Nagy, Henry Moore, Ben Nicholson, Georgia O'Keefe, Gudmar Olovson, Pablo Picasso, Camille Pissaro, Odilon
Redon, Rembrandt, Frederic Remington, Pierre Auguste Renoir, Larry Rivers, Norman Rockwell, Millard Sheets, J.M.W. Turner,
Vincent Van Gogh, Max Weber, Benjamin West, James McNeil Whistler, Worthington Whittredge, Andrew Wyeth and many others.
Galleries and museums include: Adelson Galleries, Inc, ACA Galleries, Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Allentown Art Museum, Amon
Carter Museum, Art Institute of Chicago, Baltimore Museum of Art, Bernard Danenberg Galleries, California Palace of the Legion
of Honor, Carnegie Institute, Chapellier Galleries, Cleveland Museum of Art, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Crocker Art Gallery,
Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, Dalzell Hatfield Galleries, Detroit Institute of Arts, Dixon Gallery and Gardens, Felix Landau
Gallery, Fine Arts Gallery of San Diego, Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco, Galarie Wolfgang Ketterer, Gallery of Modern Art,
New York, Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, High Museum of Art, Hirschl and Adler Galleries, Kennedy Galleries, La Jolla Museum
of Art, Long Beach Museum of Art, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Lowe Art Museum, M. Knoedler and Co., De Young Memorial
Museum, Marlborough Fine Art Limited, Marlborough Fine Art Limited, Mead Art Museum, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Mongerson
Wunderlich Galleries, Museum of Fine Arts Boston, Museum of Fine Arts of Houston, Museum of Modern Art New York, Museum of
New Mexico, National Gallery of Art, Newark Museum, North Carolina Museum of Art, Parke-Bernet Galleries Inc., Pasadena Art
Museum, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Phoenix Art Museum, San Francisco Museum of Art,
Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Santa Fe East Galleries, Schwarz and Son Philadelphia, Smithsonian Institution, Smithsonian Institution,
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, Sotheby Parke Bernet Inc., Spanierman Gallery, Spencer Museum of Art, Stedelijk Museum, Tate
Gallery, Victoria and Albert Museum, Whitney Museum of American Art, Wildenstein Inc., Yale University Art Gallery and many
others.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Donated by the Mammoth Lakes Foundation and Rev. Karen Moore through the offices of Garry Hart (former CSUDH Humanities Dean)
in 2007.
Please allow additional time for items in this collection to be paged.
John Alan Walker, art history consultant and bookseller, was born on April 26, 1942 in New York City. He lived in Big Pine,
California for 40 years. Among his publications are "Documents on the Life and Art of William Wendt, 1865-1946"; "Maynard
Dixon, 1875-1946 : an unauthorized contribution towards a catalogue raisonne, with the emphasis on bibliography"; "Documents
on the life and art of William Wendt, 1865-1946, California's painter laureate of the paysage moralisé"; "William Wendt's
pastoral visions and eternal platonic quests : a study of the artist's theory of beauty"; "Period-pieces : American art 1890's-1930's";
"A bibliography of 238 items relating to Rembrandt Harmensz van Rijn, 1606-1669"; "Accounts of early California art : a reprint
anthology; and Benjamin chambers brown : a chronological and descriptive bibliography". These were published by Walker in
Big Pine between 1988-1992. Walker died on July 3, 2003 in Bishop, CA. He is buried in Big Pine Cemetery.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Exhibitions
Arts
Drawings
Painting
Sculpture