Guide to the Records of the Holdsworth Galleries
MS 9153
National Library of Australia View Catalogue Record
Collection Summary
- Creator
- Holdsworth Galleries
- Title
- Records of the Holdsworth Galleries
- Date Range
- 1969-1996
- Collection Number
- MS 9153
- Extent
- 28.6 metres (185 ms boxes + 1 large folio box + 27 sound/av carriers)
- Language of Materials
- English
- Repository
- Special Collections (Manuscripts)
Introduction
Scope and Contents
The records cover the full 27-year history of the Galleries and document in detail its activities in dealing and promoting Australian art. There are some 7,000 files relating to the staging of exhibitions and the sale of art works. Separate files were created for each artist or exhibition. The files vary considerably in size, from one or two items to several files for an eminent artist. Each file can contain correspondence with the artist and with other galleries and clients, draft and published catalogues, invitations, guest lists, price lists (including marked-up catalogues of prices realised), sale documents, loan agreements, insurance arrangements, newspaper clippings and reviews, photographic prints and slides of artworks.
As well as the main run of titled files, there are miscellaneous files, numerous catalogues, invitations and press cuttings arranged mainly in dated files, and photographs
Conditions Governing Access
Please refer to the collection's catalogue record for the access conditions (http://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn460245).
Conditions Governing Use
Copying and publishing of unpublished manuscript material is subject to copyright restrictions. For such material, written permission to publish must be obtained from the copyright holder(s). Copying of unpublished material for research purposes is permissible 50 years after the death of the creator of the material.
Preferred Citation
Items from this collection should be cited as '[Title or description of manuscript item], Records of the Holdsworth Galleries, National Library of Australia, MS 9153, [box number and series and/or file number]'.
Arrangement
The detailed inventory for Boxes 1-164 comprising files on artists, exhibitions, galleries and other clients is based on one provided by Mrs Scheinberg. Her two sequences - current and non-current files - have been merged into one roughly alphabetical one. The resulting arrangement in not in strict alphabetical order, partly because of the need to vary large and small files to fit the boxes, and partly because in the original order the occasional file was out of sequence or files on the same artist were separated (perhaps under a different version of the name). See references have been provided to help readers locate files in widely separate boxes.
Boxes 164-172 contain miscellaneous files variously dated 'to 1977', 'to 1984' and '1995+', and arranged alphabetically within these dates. All files have now been merged into one alphabetical one, followed by files with distinct titles.
Boxes 173-176 contain unsorted catalogues, invitations, press clippings.
Boxes 177-183 contain sorted catalogues, invitations, press clippings. These have been taken out of lever arch files and placed in archival folders in their original chronological order. Some of the files overlap two boxes. Further catalogues and invitations are in Box 25.
There is one folio package of oversized items.
Administrative History
The Holdsworth Galleries were established in 1969 by the owner, Gisella Scheinberg and continued to operate in the same premises in Woollahra until 1996, when the business was sold. The building was sold for redevelopment and the last of the Galleries' stock was auctioned in January 1997.
Mrs Scheinberg was also the proprietor of the Holdsworth Contemporary Galleries which promoted unknown and emerging artists in separate premises from 1985 to 1989.
Item Descriptions
Series [unnumbered]. Alphabetical artists' files
Series [unnumbered]. 'Miscellaneous' files
'Clients' (contains catgalogues, curricula vitae and invitations for a range of artists) (File) - Box 171
Series [unnumbered]. Miscellaneous, including interviews
Interviews conducted by Sophia Hendel, 1985-95(?) (File)
Includes interviews with S. Alapont, Joy Beardmore, Patrick (Staikov) Bernard, Charlotte Boyd, Archie Brown, Judy Cassab, R. Clark, Vivian Cohen, Errol Davis, Rachel Rouay, Margaret Earlych, Robert Hannaford, Peter Schiperhyn, Rafael Gurvica, Ross Davis, Margaret Earlich, Joy Engelman, Paul Evans, H. Finlay, Natalie Florean, Toni Francis-Johnson, G. Frawley, Ken Gailor, Peter Griffin, Raphael Gurvich, Mary Haganikitas, Robert Hannaford, J. Hildebrand, Murray Hilton, F. Hodgkinson, Diana Hunt, Marie Hutton, Anna-Liese Klettenberg, Michaela Kobor, Pam Mann, Craig Medson, George Molnar, G. Morant, Shona Noonan, Clifton Pugh, Leo Robba, Joe Rose, Rachel Rovay, Jim Olssen, Peter Schiperhyn, Ben Shearer, Peter Singer, Peter Smith, Geoff Todd , D. Redelman-Tourette, Andre Teleki, Percy Tresize, Ben Trupperbaumer, Chris Wadeworth, R. Waters, Anna-Lui Zaloga, R. Zusters, and addresses by Bill Hayden at Jim Edwards exhibition.
Interviews with Sophie Hendel. No 1, 1985, 1985 (Item NLA.MS-SAV009642) - Cassette-Box 482
1 item, C90, Compact cassette tapeSide A: Judy Cassab, Clifton Pugh. Side B Clifton Pugh, George Molnar, Michaela Robor, Ken Gailor, Paul Evans. Radio 89.7 FM.
Interviews with Sophie Hendel. No 2, 1988/99, 1988, 1989 (Item NLA.MS-SAV009643) - Cassette-Box 482
1 item, C90, Compact cassette tapeSide A: Paul Evans, Joe Rose, Joy Engleman, Excerpts from Xmas Party. Side B: Xmas Party (Continued), Anna-Liese Klettenberg, Peter Groffin, Rachel Rovay Radio 89.7 FM.
Interviews with Sophie Hendel. No 3. (Item NLA.MS-SAV009645) - Cassette-Box 482
1 item, C90, Compact cassette tapePam Mann, Percy Tresize, Joy Engelman, G. Todd, Natalie Florean
Interviews with Sophie Hendel. No 4. (Item NLA.MS-SAV009646) - Cassette-Box 482
1 item, C90, Compact cassette tapeSide A: Marie Hutton, Craig Medson(1), Craig Medson(2), Ross Davis, Joy Beardmore. Side B: Peter Smith
Interviews with Sophie Hendel. No 5. (Item NLA.MS-SAV009647) - Cassette-Box 482
1 item, Compact cassette tapeSide A: F. Hodgkinson, Percy Tresize, Mary Haganiktas. Side B Reinis Zusters(1), Reinis Zusters(2)
Interviews with Sophie Hendel. No 7 (Item NLA.MS-SAV009649) - Cassette-Box 482
1 item, Compact cassette tapeSide a: Ben Trupperbaumer, Ben Shearer, Toni Francis-Johnson. Side B: Jim Olsson, Peter Singer, Anna-Lui Zaloga, Charlotte Boyd.
Interviews with Sophie Hendel. No 8 (Item NLA.MS-SAV009650) - Cassette-Box 482
1 item, Compact cassette tapeSide A: Charlotte Boyd(Continued), Murray C. Hilton, Archie Brown, Shona Noonan. Side B: Chris Wasworth, Diana Hunt.
Interviews with Sophie Hendel. Tunbridge and Tyack, Vivian Cohen. (Item NLA.MS-SAV009653) - Cassette-Box 482
1 item, C90, Compact cassette tapeInterviews with Sophie Hendel. Doctor Y. Holcomb (Item NLA.MS-SAV009654) - Cassette-Box 482
1 item, C90, Compact cassette tape
Interviews with Sophie Hendel. Part Serena Ala Pont (Item NLA.MS-SAV009664) - Cassette-Box 483
1 item, C90, Compact cassette tapeSide A: R. Waters, G. Frawley, M. Finlay. Side BM. Hotton, Joe Rose.