André Emmerich

André Emmerich (1924–2007) was a New York dealer whose gallery at 41 East 57th Street operated from 1954 to 1997, becoming one of the most significant commercial spaces for postwar American art and Pre-Columbian antiquities. Emmerich represented major figures including Helen Frankenthaler, Morris Louis, Kenneth Noland, Jules Olitski, and David Hockney, while simultaneously building a parallel programme of archaeological material from Mesoamerica and the Andes. His exhibition catalogues — produced with consistent rigour across both programmes — remain important documents of the period.

  • `Animals in Pre-Columbian Art — André Emmerich Gallery, New York — exhibition catalogue front cover. Black and white photograph of a Pre-Columbian ceramic effigy vessel: a squat, four-legged jar with a zoomorphic face — wide-set eyes, open mouth with teeth, and stubby limbs — on a grey ground. Yellow Strand Bookstore price sticker upper right ($15.00). Title in black sans-serif at foot: "ANIMALS IN PRE-COLUMBIAN ART".` `Animals in Pre-Columbian Art — André Emmerich Gallery — interior plate. Two catalogue entries. Top: Cat. no. 6, Owl, Mochica, North Coast of Peru, ca. 300 B.C.–A.D. 100. Cream and light brown pottery stirrup-spout vessel in the form of a seated owl with incised feather detail, 7" high. Bottom: Cat. no. 7, Female seal with cub, and mate, Mochica I, North Coast of Peru, ca. 500–200 B.C. Two dark grey pottery stirrup-spout vessels modelled as seals, 6½" and 7" high.`

    Animals in Pre-Columbian Art — André Emmerich Inc., New York, 1965

    Animals in Pre-Columbian Art — André Emmerich Inc., New York, 1965