Est. 1960 · Madison Avenue · New York
Available Works
A curated selection of secondary-market holdings from the Terry Dintenfass Gallery program — historically significant works in American modernism, offered by appointment for private viewing and institutional acquisition.
Current Holdings · MMXXV
Works presently offered from the secondary market
The following four works are presently available for private viewing at 50 West 57th Street. Each is offered with documented provenance, condition history, and exhibition record on file. Inquiries are handled in confidence by the gallery director.
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Milton Avery
Pink Sky and Blue Sea
- Date
- 1956
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 30 × 40 in.
- Provenance
- Estate of the artist; private collection, Connecticut; acquired from the artist by the present owner, 1957
- Exhibited
- Terry Dintenfass Gallery, New York, 1957; "Milton Avery: A Centennial Exhibition," Whitney Museum of American Art, 1985 (illustrated)
- Literature
- Barbara Haskell, Milton Avery, Whitney Museum / Abrams, 1982, related plate
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Arthur Dove
Weather: Fog
- Date
- 1942
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 18 × 22 in.
- Provenance
- Estate of Arthur Dove; Terry Dintenfass Gallery, New York, by descent; private collection, New York, acquired 1964
- Exhibited
- "Arthur Dove: A Retrospective," Terry Dintenfass Gallery, 1964; "The Nature of Abstraction," Hirshhorn Museum, 1973
- Literature
- Ann Lee Morgan, Arthur Dove: Life and Work, University of Delaware Press, 1984, no. 42-08
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Hans Hofmann
Push and Pull — Red and Blue
- Date
- 1958
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 48 × 36 in.
- Provenance
- Hans Hofmann Estate; Terry Dintenfass Gallery, New York, estate representation; private foundation, Zurich, acquired 1968
- Exhibited
- "Hans Hofmann: A Retrospective," Whitney Museum of American Art, 1957 (related work); "Hans Hofmann," Tate Gallery, London, 1964
- Literature
- Clement Greenberg, "Hans Hofmann," Arts Magazine, vol. 34, March 1960, pp. 38–41
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Ralston Crawford
Shipyard at Provincetown
- Date
- 1962
- Medium
- Gouache on paper
- Dimensions
- 22 × 30 in. (sheet)
- Provenance
- Ralston Crawford Estate; Terry Dintenfass Gallery, New York, estate representation; private collection, Pennsylvania, acquired 1971
- Exhibited
- "Ralston Crawford," Terry Dintenfass Gallery, 1968; "American Precisionism," Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, 1979
- Literature
- Edmund Penney, Ralston Crawford, American Artists Series, 1974, fig. 62
Additional works are held off-catalogue pending institutional deaccession, estate settlement, or private consignment. Inquiries regarding specific artists, periods, or media are welcome in confidence.
By Period & Medium
The breadth of a six-decade program
Holdings are organized, as a curator would arrange a viewing-room wall, by the principal movements and media of twentieth-century American modernism.
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I
Color-Field & Lyrical Abstraction
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II
Abstract Expressionism
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III
Early Modernist Landscape
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IV
Works on Paper & Sculpture
A Note from the Director
On the present holdings, and on how an inquiry is answered.
Every work offered through the Terry Dintenfass Gallery program reaches the market through one of three channels: an estate we have represented for decades; an institutional deaccession undertaken under the highest curatorial standards; or a private collector who acquired the work, in many cases, from this house originally. In each case, the file that accompanies the work is not a sales document — it is a dossier, and it predates any commercial intent.
The condition history is documented. The exhibition record is reconstructed. The provenance chain is verified against the gallery's own archive, which has been in the keeping of the Archives of American Art at the Smithsonian Institution since 2018. When a curator at the Museum of Modern Art acquires a work, they receive the same file our private collectors receive — and they expect the same answer to the same question.
An inquiry, in turn, is answered in person. Catherine Dintenfass directs the secondary-market program and meets with collectors and curators in the Madison Avenue viewing room by appointment. She is also available to travel for institutional visits and to accommodate specific collection interests that may not appear in the present catalogue.
Catherine Dintenfass
Director, Secondary-Market Program
Terry Dintenfass Gallery, New York
By the Numbers
A documented path into the permanent collections of others.
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140+
Institutional collections
Holding works that have passed through this gallery — MoMA, the Whitney, the Met, and others worldwide.
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220+
Solo exhibitions hosted
Across the gallery's three Madison Avenue locations, between 1960 and 2015.
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64
Years on Madison Avenue
Continuous operation since the gallery's founding in 1960 — the founder's daughter now directs the program.
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4,800+
Archived correspondences
With collectors, museums, and estates, acquired by the Archives of American Art (Smithsonian), 2018.
Terry Dintenfass Gallery is a member of the Art Dealers Association of America (ADAA) since 1962.
To Schedule a Viewing
A private appointment in the Madison Avenue viewing room.
The gallery operates by appointment only. A viewing may be arranged for a single work, a focused collection interest, or a broader survey of the present holdings. Initial inquiries are answered in writing within two business days.
- Director Catherine Dintenfass
- Location 50 West 57th Street, 8th Floor, New York
- Hours By appointment, Tuesday through Friday
- Telephone +1 (212) 581-2268
- Correspondence [email protected]
For institutional curators, please direct inquiries to the attention of the director.