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The 10th Street Galleries 1948 - 1965 10th Street Galleries from Wikipedia The 10th Street galleries was a collective term for the co-operative galleries that operated mainly in the East Village on the east side of Manhattan, in New York City in the 1950s and 1960s. The galleries were artist run and generally operated on very low budgets, often without any staff. Some artists became members of more than one gallery. The 10th Street galleries were an avant-garde alternative to the Madison Avenue and 57th Street galleries that were both conservative and highly selective. (continued below).
AEGIS GALLERY, 89 East 10th, 1963, (45 Christopher, 1959) THE CLUB, 4TH AVENUE and 10TH STREET, met at: Waldorf Cafeteria 6th and 8th 39 East 8th(1948), (1949- 6th ave and 12thm ibram Lassaw's B'way, 20 E.14th, 74 4th Ave at 10th, 144 2nd Ave ,20 St. Marks Place, 306 Mercer (THE GREENWICH VILLAGE GUIDE McDarrah leaves out Broadway) Club did in 1963 with close of Cedar St Tavern because of a fire, and death of Franz Klein. Map of 10th Street Galleries 
10th Street - Map - edited 
10th Street - Map (plain) 
Tamager and Camino 
South Side of 10th Street between 4th and 3rd Avenues. 
South Side of 10th Street between 4th and 3rd Avenues. 
5 story building in the middle is STRYKE Gallery. 
10th Street - March Gallery - 1962 
10th Street - March Gallery - 1962 (CLICK TO ENLARGE) 
10th Street - 1962 (CLICK TO ENLARGE) 
10th Street - April 5, 1959. Tanager Gallery left at 90 East 10th. (see description below) (Fred W. McDarrah photo) 1962 Phone book (below) says Anna Epp Restaurant in basement #90. Also lists NY Hotel Help Employment Agency at #86 and possible #88. #96 also has the Louis Berg employment agency in it. 
10th Street - Abstract Expressionist Galleries - 1962 Stanley Brodsky listed in phone book below at # 92. 
10th Street - Tanager Gallery 
10th Street - Tanager Gallery (click to ENLARGE) 
10th Street - Abstract Expressionist Galleries - 1962 Foreground, left is Grimaud Galerie (#96). Next is Camino Gallery (#92), Stairs is Tanager Gallery #90. 
10th Street - Abstract Expressionist Galleries - 1962 (photo by Fred W. McDarrah) Area is #80. 10th Street Coffee House Gallery is #78. 
10th Street / south east corner Fourth Avenue - 1962 (photo: Fred W. McDarrah) 
CLOSER VIEW : 10th Street / south east corner Fourth Avenue - 1962 (photo: Fred W. McDarrah) 
10th Street - Abstract Expressionist Galleries - 1962 
10th Street - Abstract Expressionist Galleries - 1962 - DaKooning loft in background on second floor above bus. Note similar windows.(click to ENLARGE) 
De Kooning in his 4th Avenue loft 
De Kooning in his 4th Avenue loft - larger. (via Alexander Gorlin Architects webpage) 
John Cohen's 2016 book on the Tenth Street artists: CHEAP RENTS; published by Steidl. (photos available from L. Parker Stevenson Gallery, New York City) 
John Cohen's book on the Tenth Street artists: CHEAP RENTS - larger. 
John Cohen: Tenth Street at Night. 
John Cohen: Tenth Street at Night. 
John Cohen photo: 
John Cohen photo.: 
John Cohen photo: Red Grooms crossing Third Avenue at 9th Street. (click to ENLARGE) 
John Cohen photo: Red Grooms. 
John Cohen photo: Red Grooms - cover of Grey Art Gallery Program (January 2017). 
John Cohen photo from Cheap Rents. 
John Cohen photo from Cheap Rents. 
John Cohen photo from Cheap Rents. 
10th Street - Present Day. 
10th Street - Present Day. 
Tanager Gallery - (photo by Fred W. McDarrah) (Click to ENLARGE) 
10th Street - Abstract Expressionist Galleries - 1962 
10th Street - Abstract Expressionist Galleries - 1962 
10th Street - Present Day. Site of March Gallery (1962) down steps. 
10th Street - March Gallery - 1962
10th Street - Abstract Expressionist Galleries - 1962 
10th Street - Abstract Expressionist Galleries - 1962 
10th Street Galleries history fromWikipedia (continued from above) From the early 1950s through the mid-1960s (and beyond) in New York City many galleries began as an outgrowth of an artistic community that had sprung up in a particular area of downtown Manhattan. The streets between 8th Street and 14th Street between Fifth and Third Avenues attracted many serious painters and sculptors where studio and living space could be found at a relatively inexpensive cost. Finding the audience for vanguard contemporary art to be small and the venues in which to show few artists began to band together to launch and maintain galleries as a solution to the lack of other showing opportunities. Thus began a neighborhood in which several (some now legendary) co-operative galleries were formed, and a few non co-operative galleries as well.Many of the artists who showed in these galleries, which are often referred to as the 10th Street Co-ops or the 10th Street Scene, have since become well known. Other artists who showed in these galleries are still under known, but in many cases have continued to work with zeal and dedication whether or not they are now famous. Some of the most well-known galleries that made the area what it was were: the Tanager Gallery, The March Gallery, The Hansa Gallery, The Brata Gallery, The James Gallery, The Phoenix Gallery, The Camino Gallery, and the Area Gallery. Although the 10th Street galleries have almost all closed The Phoenix Gallery remains albeit in a new location and with a new membership.[1] "Approximately 250 artists were dues-paying members of these co-operative galleries between 1952 and 1962. More than 500 artists and possibly close to 1000 artists exhibited on Tenth Street during those years."[2] Several older and more established artists such as Willem de Kooning, Franz Kline and Milton Resnick maintained studios nearby and often served a supporting role for the many younger artists who gravitated to this scene. During the most active years of the 10th Street cooperatives, sculptors William King, David Slivka, James Rosati, George Spaventa, Sidney Geist, Israel Levitan, Gabriel Kohn, and Raymond Rocklin, became known as representatives of the 10th Street style of sculpture, even though there was remarkable diversity in their works.[3] Other galleries associated with the area and the time were the Fleischman Gallery, the Nonagon Gallery, the Reuben Gallery, the Terrain Gallery and the gallery at the Judson Church, which were not co-operatives.[4] The galleries on and nearby 10th Street played a significant part in the growth of American art and in the diversification of styles that are evident in the art world of today. The 10th Street scene was also a social scene, and openings often happened simultaneously on common opening days. This afforded a way for many artists to mingle with each other and the writers, poets, curators and occasional collectors who gravitated to the scene. The artists and galleries that made up the 10th Street scene were a direct predecessor to the SoHo gallery scene and the more recent Chelsea galleries. Tanager Gallery, 1952 - 1962 Locations Fall 1953 - summer 1962 at 90 East 10th Street Summer 1952 - fall 1953 at 51 East 4th Street Hansa Gallery, 1952 - 1959 1952-1954 70 East 12th 1954-1959 210 central Park South James Gallery 1954 - 1962 1954-1962 70 est 12th Street Camino Gallery 1956-1963 56-60 92 East 10th Street 60-63 89 East 10th Street March Gallery 1957-1960 57-60 95 East 10th Street Phoenix Gallery 58-62 40 Third Avenue 63-77 939 MAdison Avenue Area Gallery 1958 -1965 58-62 80 East 10th 62-65 90 East 10th LIST OF GALLERIES FROM THREE BOOKS OF THAT ERA From: Greenwich Village: Text and Photographs by Fred W. McDarrah, Corinth Books, NYC, 1963) 
From: Where to Go In Greenwich Village by Rosetta Reitz & Joan Geisler ( Paperback Gallery, 27 Third Avenue, NYC, 1961) 
From: The New Guide to Greenwich Village by Corinth Books (NYC, 1959). (articles by William Barrett and Philip Campbell; photos by Fred W. McDarrah and Philip Campbell.) 
TELEPHONE - NYPL PHONE DIRECTORY BY ADDRESS - 1962 
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