Associated American Artists
History of AAA
Associated American Artists, one of the oldest
and most prestigious art galleries in New York, was founded in 1934
as a mail-order business offering original prints by American artists
such as Thomas Hart Benton, John Steuart, Curry and Grant Wood.
These prints were published in editions of 250 and initially sold
for $5 each. During its first 20 years, the gallery maintained this
highly successful publishing program while also presenting important
exhibitions of modern European and American painting and sculpture
During the 1950s and 1960s, the gallery steadily grew and expanded
to include museum-quality works by old masters and modern European
masters. In 1977 the business was restructured as a subsidiary of
American Communications Corporation (ACC). With Lillian Berkman
as chairman of the gallery's Board of Directors, ACC has provided
consistant and enthusiastic support for the gallery's growth and
expansion.
In 1984, the gallery moved to its current location on West 57th
Street and initiated a concentrated effort to include the best painter/printmakers
in its exhibitions and inventory. Today the gallery is the exculsive
New York representative for the prints of such renowned artists
as Robert Motherwell and Wolf Kahn, and has established significant
inventories of work by other prestigious artists such Sam Francis,
Richard Diebenkorn and Helen Frankenthaler.
At the same time AAA has maintained and strengthened its holding
of modern American work and can offer at any time impressive selections
of the icons of twentieth century printmaking.
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