Series LA.SC156.S5 - Jack Pollock records

Identity area

Reference code

LA.SC156.S5

Title

Jack Pollock records

Date(s)

  • 1961–1982 (Creation)

Level of description

Series

Extent and medium

3 cm of textual records
22 photographs
3 postcards
1 watercolour

Context area

Name of creator

(1960-1981)

Administrative history

The Pollock Gallery (active 1960–1981), was a commercial art gallery in Toronto established by art dealer, author, art educator and painter Jack Pollock. First located at 205 Elizabeth St in downtown Toronto in 1960, the gallery initially represented Canadian artists, most notably Norval Morrisseau. In 1966, the gallery showed works by the Hungarian-Canadian painter Julius Marosan. Later, works by British and American and other artists were exhibited, including those by David Hockney, Willem de Kooning, Anni Albers and Dieter Roth.
Within a year, the gallery relocated to 201 Elizabeth St (1961–1963), then 599 Markham St (1963–1971, with another site at 604A King St West 1966–1968), 356 Dundas St West (1972–1975, with another site at the Toronto Dominion Centre 1972–1973), and lastly 122 Scollard St in the Yorkville area of Toronto (1975–1982, with another site, 209 Adelaide St East 1980–1983). During its years of activity, the gallery employed Brian A. Marshall Schieder, Philip Ottenbrite (assistant director), Eva Quan, Frank Costin, Laurie Payne (graphic director), Helen Boyd, Renya Onasick (advertising and publicity), Lawrence Hurst (gallery administrator), Stephen Long (librarian) and others. Within months after Jack Pollock became chronically ill, the main gallery officially closed in December, 1981; the Pollock Gallery went into bankruptcy in 1983.

Archival history

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Content and structure area

Scope and content

Series comprises photos of Jack Pollock while he was director of the Pollock Gallery, miscellaneous personal and professional material, and correspondence.

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling

Accruals

No further accruals are expected

System of arrangement

Conditions of access and use area

Conditions governing access

Open. Access to Special Collections is by appointment only. Please contact the reference desk for more information.

Conditions governing reproduction

Various copyright holders. It is the researcher’s responsibility to obtain permission to publish any part of the fonds.

Language of material

  • English
  • French

Script of material

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Allied materials area

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Existence and location of copies

Related units of description

Publications by Jack Pollock, including The Art of Norval Morrisseau, We all are all, Dear M, and his exhibition catalogues are in the collection of the library of the Art Gallery of Ontario.

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Notes area

Note

Source of title proper:
Title based on the contents of the series. (File titles are taken from container labels.)

Note

Statement of responsibility:
Photo credits are supplied for items in the file of photographs.

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Description identifier

Institution identifier

Edward P. Taylor Library and Archives, Art Gallery of Ontario

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Dates of creation revision deletion

Originally prepared in 2018

Language(s)

  • English
  • French

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