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Collection Summary

Biographical Sketch

Scope and Content

Index Terms

Administrative Information

Processing Information

Preferred Citation

Contact Information

Box List

Montreal Print Collectors Society fonds:

Finding Aid

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Administrative History

The Montreal Print Collectors Society was formed in 1983, when A. MacKenzie Brockman and Joe King, print enthusiasts and collectors, met through a shared interest in the etchings of the Canadian artist Frank Armington (1876-1941). Brockman and King were subsequently joined by Jan Johnson, who had recently returned from London to teach a class on prints in Montreal. The three regularly met as a study group at King's home, and in late 1983, after attracting several other collectors, formed the Montreal Print Collectors Society, with a mandate to "foster the collection, preservation, study and exhibition of original prints." The first meeting of the society was held on October 25th at Kellert Hall, 5500 Westbury Avenue, Montreal, and featured a talk by Jan Johnson entitled "The Joy of Print Collecting: An Overview." As well as regular meetings, first at the Saidye Bronfman Centre, later at the Canadian Centre for Architecture, and more recently at the Unitarian Church of Montreal, the group organized visits to museums, exhibitions, and artists' studios. Beginning in 1984 they produced a monthly newsletter from October to May, and the following year published a study of Carol and Frank Armington by A. MacKenzie Brockman. During the 1990s, the society organized five Montreal Print Fairs, as well as several exhibitions featuring prints owned by group members. The society also held an annual Members' Show from 1993 to 1995, culminating in an exhibition, with a catalogue, at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts in 1995. In 1997 they organized a show of forty-nine prints by thirty-two member artists at the Krasdale Galleries, New York, entitled Contemporary Prints of Members/Artists. Subsequent exhibitions of works from members' collections and by member artists were held at the Biblioth�que et Archives nationales du Qu�bec in 2002 and the Galerie du Complexe du Canal Lachine in 2006. As of 2011 the society continued to publish a newsletter and hold monthly talks from October to May.

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Scope and Content

The series includes minutes of meetings, publicity, newsletters (1984-2011), correspondence, and documents related to the Society's annual print fair (1992-1996) and various member exhibitions, including shows at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts and Krasdale Galleries, New York. Files pertaining to the annual print fairs organized by the Society include publicity, along with information regarding finances, participants, and advertising. The newsletters mainly report on Society events.

Source of title proper: Title based on contents of fonds.

Physical description: Photographs include 5 b&w and 8 colour photographs.

Immediate source of acquisition: Donated to the National Gallery of Canada by the Montreal Print Collectors Society in 2011.

Terms governing use and reproduction: Permission to reproduce or publish material from the Montreal Print Collectors Society fonds must be obtained from the National Gallery of Canada Library and Archives.

Finding aids: Box list available.

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Administrative Information

Processing Information

Collection processed and finding aid developed by Philip Dombowsky in 2011.

Preferred Citation

[Title of item], Montreal Print Collectors Society, National Gallery of Canada Library and Archives.

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Contact Information

Reference Services
Library and Archives 
National Gallery of Canada 
380 Sussex Drive 
Ottawa, Ontario 
K1N 9N4 

T 613-714-6000 ext. 6323 

[email protected]

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