Use of original papers requires an appointment. Use of archival audiovisual recordings with no duplicate access copy requires advance notice.
The Contemporary Study Wing of the Finch College Museum of Art, later called simply the "Contemporary Wing," was established in 1964 by the president of Finch College, Roland De Marco, as an extension the Finch College Museum of Art in New York City.
Its mission was to educate art history students at the Manhattan women's college who were interested in working with contemporary art. DeMarco, himself an art collector, hired Elayne Varian as director and curator of the contemporary wing. DeMarco met Varian in the New York office of the prominent international art dealership Duveen Brothers, where she had worked since the mid-1940s, most recently as an art dealer. Varian received her art education in Chicago, where she studied art history and education at the University of Chicago, and took classes in film at the Bauhaus and in fine art the Art Institute of Chicago. Sensitive to emerging art movements in galleries and studios around the city of New York, as the contemporary wing's curator, Varian quickly established a reputation for thoughtfully conceived, cutting-edge exhibitions which were consistently well-received by the press.
Under Varian, the Contemporary Wing carried out a dual mission of showing work of living artists and educating students and the public about the artwork and museum work in general. Varian used the galleries to provide practical training to students interested in a gallery or museum career throughout its existence. For several years, she also maintained an assistantship position for post-graduate museum professionals to gain experience in the field, many of whom went on to careers in museums across New York State.
The Contemporary Wing's best-known exhibitions formed a series of six shows called
Other popular exhibitions at the Contemporary Wing included shows on
Hundreds of contemporary artists were shown at the Contemporary Wing in the eleven years of its existence, including many who came to be leading figures in contemporary art, and some who already were, including Andy Warhol, Roy Lichtenstein, Mel Bochner, Eva Hesse, Lynda Benglis, Bruce Nauman, Robert Morris, Lawrence Weiner, Robert Smithson, Sol Le Witt, Dan Flavin, Philip Pearlstein, and Yayoi Kusama, to name just a few.
The Contemporary Wing and the entire Finch College Museum of Art shut its doors in 1975, when Finch College closed due to lack of funds. The permanent collection was sold at that time, and the proceeds were used to pay Finch College employee salaries. Elayne Varian went on to the position of curator of contemporary art at the John and Mabel Ringling Museum in Sarasota, Florida. She died in 1987.
The exhibition records of the Contemporary Study Wing of the Finch College Museum of Art measure 20.9 linear feet and date from 1943 to 1975, with the bulk of records dating from the period its galleries were in operation, from 1964 to 1975. Over two-thirds of the collection consists of exhibition files, which contain a wide range of documentation including artist files, checklists, correspondence, writings, photographs, interviews, numerous films and videos, artist statements, printed materials, and other records. Also found within the collection are administrative records of the museum, artist files, and papers of the Contemporary Wing's director and curator, Elayne Varian, which were produced outside of her work at Finch College.
Administrative records include records relating to the general operation of the Contemporary Wing concerning fundraising, professional associations, budget, contact information for artists, donors, and lenders to exhibitions. Also found are records of the permanent collection of artworks acquired by the museum between 1964 and 1975 from contemporary artists and collectors of contemporary art.
Artist files contain basic biographical information on over 150 contemporary artists, with scattered correspondence, photographs, technical information about artworks, artist statements, and other writings. Artist files also include an incomplete run of artist questionnaires gathered by the New York Arts Calendar Annual for 1964.
Elayne Varian's personal papers include curatorial records, a course schedule and syllabus related to her teaching activities, and various writings. Curatorial projects documented in Varian's papers include three programs produced outside of Finch College, including a juried show at the New York State Fair in 1967, a film series at Everson Museum of Syracuse University, and an exhibition at Guild Hall in East Hampton in 1973. Several of Varian's writing projects involved interviews, which are also found in this series in the form of sound recordings and transcripts. Interview-based writing projects include individual profiles on Brian O'Doherty and Babette Newberger, and interviews conducted for an article on the artist-dealer relationship published in
Exhibition files, comprising the bulk of the collection, document exhibitions held in the Contemporary Wing during its existence from 1964 to 1975. Types of records found in the series include exhibition catalogs, correspondence, loan agreements, lists, contact information, insurance valuations of artworks, photographs, biographical information on artists, clippings, posters, press releases, and other publicity materials. In addition to the rich textual and photographic records found for exhibitions, numerous audiovisual recordings are also found, some of which were made in preparation for an exhibition, some document mounted exhibitions, and others are artworks themselves or components of artworks exhibited in the galleries. Interviews with artists, dealers, and others involved in exhibitions include Alan Sonfist, Mel Bochner, Hans Richter, Ruth Richards, James Brooks and Janet Katz, Margaret Benyon, Irwin Hollander (transcript only), David Anderson, Doris Chase, Will Insley, Michael Kirby, Les Levine, Ursula Meyer, Brian O'Doherty, Charles Ross, Tony Smith, Douglas Davis, Jane Davis, Russ Connor, Les Levine, Michael Mazur, Paul Gedeohn, and physicists Lloyd G. Cross, Allyn Z. Lite, and Gerald Thomas Bern Pethick. Video artworks, recordings of performances, or components of multimedia artworks are found by artists Vito Acconci, Kathy Dillon, Douglas Davis, Dan Graham, Les Levine, Bruce Nauman, Michael Netter, Eric Siegel, and Robert Whitman. A film of the
The Archives of American Art makes its archival collections available for non-commercial, educational and personal use unless restricted by copyright and/or donor restrictions, including but not limited to access and publication restrictions. AAA makes no representations concerning such rights and restrictions and it is the user's responsibility to determine whether rights or restrictions exist and to obtain any necessary permission to access, use, reproduce and publish the collections. Please refer to the
Exhibition records of the Contemporary Study Wing of the Finch College Museum of Art, 1943-1975. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
All of the sound and video recordings in this collection, and two of the motion picture films, were digitized for research access in 2013 and are available at the Archives of American Art offices. The rest of the collection was digitized in 2018 and is available on the Archives of American Art's website. Materials which have not been digitized include blank pages, blank versos of photographs, and duplicates. In some cases, exhibition catalogs and other publications have had their covers, title pages, and relevant pages digitized.
The Archives of American Art acquired these records from the Finch College Museum of Art after it closed permanently in June 1975.
This collection was fully processed and a finding aid prepared by Megan McShea in 2013 with funding provided by the Council on Library and Information Resources' "Hidden Collections" grant program. Motion picture film reel inspected and re-housed in 2016-2017 with funding provided by the Smithsonian Collections Care and Preservation Fund. The collection was prepared for digitization and the finding aid updated by Rihoko Ueno in 2018 with funding provided by The Walton Family Foundation.
Also found in the Archives of American Art is an oral history interview with curator Elayne Varian conducted by Paul Cummings, May 2, 1975.
The collection is arranged as 4 series.
Correspondence, photographs, research, and printed material related to specific exhibitions is found in Series 4, Exhibition Files. A number of the artists represented in the museum's permanent collection are also documented in Series 2, Artist Files.
Series includes records relating to the operations of the Contemporary Study Wing of the Finch College Museum, including correspondence, pamphlets, brochures, flyers, notes, clippings, contact information, records related to grant applications and grant projects, records relating to the museum's permanent collection, photographs, and research files on a variety of subjects. Also found is a radio interview from 1968 on one sound tape reel with the Director of the Contemporary Study Wing, Elayne Varian, about the mission of the gallery and its exhibition program.
Permanent collection records include letters of acknowledgement to artists and other donors for donations of artworks spanning the life of the gallery, lists of acquisitions, and photographs of artworks, many of which are negatives. Note that the list of permanent collection artworks listed by artist only lists works acquired between 1964 and 1966.
The bulk of this series has been digitized. Materials which have not been digitized include blank pages, blank versos of photographs, and duplicates. In some cases, exhibition catalogs and other publications have had their covers, title pages, and relevant pages digitzed.
Annual Report
Associations, American Association of Museums
Oversized material housed in Box 22, folder 1.
Associations, Artist-Tenants Association
Associations, Concerned Citizens for the Arts
Associations, Friends of the Finch College Museum
Associations, Gallery Association of New York State
Associations, Gallery Association of New York State
Associations, Gallery Association of New York State
Associations, International Council of Museums
Associations, New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, Artists Certification Committee
Associations, New York City Museums Council
Associations, Partnership for the Arts
Brochures
Budget Notes
Clippings
Contacts, Artists - A-J
Contacts, Artists - K-R
Contacts, Artists - S-Z
Contacts, Donors - A-L
Contacts, Donors - M-Z
Contacts, Lenders
Correspondence - Undated
Correspondence
Correspondence
Correspondence
Correspondence
Correspondence
Correspondence
Correspondence
Correspondence
Correspondence
Correspondence
Correspondence
Correspondence
Correspondence
Correspondence
Correspondence
Correspondence
Correspondence
Correspondence
Gifts
Records relate to non-artwork gifts.
Grants, National Endowment for the Arts
Grants, National Endowment for the Arts
Grants, National Endowment for the Arts
Grants, National Endowment for the Arts
Grants, National Endowment for the Arts
Grants, National Endowment for the Arts
Grants, National Endowment for the Arts
Grants, New York State Council on the Arts
Grants, New York State Council on the Arts
Grants, New York State Council on the Arts
Oversized Item in OV 23, folder 1.
Grants, New York State Council on the Arts
Grants, New York State Council on the Arts
Grants, New York State Council on the Arts
Grants, New York State Council on the Arts
Grants, New York State Council on the Arts
Grants, New York State Council on the Arts
Insurance
Interview conducted by Bernard Murphy, broadcast by WNYC in New York, NY.
Invitations
Lists of Artworks and Lenders to Exhibitions
Museum Accreditation
Museum Membership
Notes
Acknowledgement Letters, Antonakos - Youngerman
Acknowledgement Letters, Antonakos - Youngerman
Correspondence
Correspondence
Correspondence
Lists of Acquisitions by Year
Lists of Acquisitions by Year
Lists of Acquisitions by Year
Lists of Acquisitions by Year
Lists of Drawings and Paintings by Artist
Paintings out of Museum
Photographs of Artworks
Photographs of Artworks
Photographs of Artworks
Photographs of Artworks
Photographs of Artworks
Photographs of Exhibition Installation
Problems
Photographs of Artworks (Not in Permanent Collection)
Photographs of Unidentified People
Possible Future Exhibitions
Possible Future Exhibitions
Possible Future Exhibitions
Possible Future Exhibitions
Art Collections
Art Collections
Art Collections
Art Collections
Kasser Foundation
Charles Gifford Dyer
Contains correspondence detailing provenance and insurance valuation for Dyer's series of paintings of the Acropolis, then held by Wesleyan Library.
Conceptual Art
Experiments in Art and Technology (E.A.T.)
Oversized material housed in Box 22, folder 1.
Tamarind Lithography Workshop
Sculpture Garden
Shipping Receipts
Tax Exempt Certification
Series is arranged in two sections, the general artist files, and the New York Arts Annual Calendar files. Varian's letters to galleries soliciting artist information are found in the 1964 correspondence of the Administrative Records in Series 1. Unsolicited letters with artist information enclosed can also be found in the correspondence files in that series. Additional records related to works in the permanent collection of the Finch College Museum are also found in series 1. Many of the exhibitions documented in series 4, Exhibition Files, also contain their own run of artist files specific to the exhibition, which tend to contain richer documentation than files in this series.
Series includes a group of files created at the Contemporary Study Wing to be both a study collection for students of museum practice and a resource for exhibition planning, which are filed under the general artist files heading. The general artist files also contain documents related to contemporary artists whose works were in the Finch College Museum's permanent collection, and printed material on artists who were of interest to Elayne Varian. Many of the general artist files contain only one or two items, usually a résumé, exhibition announcement, and/or photograph of an artwork. A few of the files contain more substantial documentation, including multiple images of artworks, photographs of artists, correspondence, instructions regarding complex artworks, posters, publications by the artist, or artist's statements. Files for Jeff Dell contain 3 motion picture film reels (16 mm), two of which also have two videocassette access copies each (VHS and Digital Betacam). Where present, significant materials in the general artist files are noted in the folder listing.
Also found is an incomplete run of questionnaires for the 1964 New York Arts Calendar Annual, which were completed by artists and often accompanied with printed material relating to exhibitions scheduled for that year. A letter explaining the donation of these records to the Contemporary Study Wing for their research value is filed with this set of records. Questionnaires are found for artists with surnames beginning with A through E, and M through S. The rest of the Arts Calendar questionnaires are not found in the collection. Occasionally artists represented in this part of the series also have a file in the general artist files.
The bulk of this series has been digitized. Materials which have not been digitized include blank pages, blank versos of photographs, and duplicates, In some cases, exhibition catalogs and other publications have had their covers, title pages, and relevant paged digitized.
The motion picture film "Happy Birthday Felisa" (1968), found in the file for artist Jeff Dell, has been digitized for reference use.
Cecile Abish
Vito Acconci
Includes several photographs of performance works, including a typescript entitled "Private Piece for Elayne Varian" (1969).
Lee Adler
Josef Albers
Eleanor Antin
Includes multiple postcards from Antin's "100 Boots" piece, as well as photographs and printed material related to other works.
Maggy Aldrich
Oversized item housed in box 22, folder 2.
Marit Guiness Aschan
Mary Ascher
Elise Asher
Edward Avedisian
Will Barnet
Jack Beal
Siri Berg
Henryk Berlewi
Oversized item in box 22, folder 2
Nell Blaine
Seymour Boardman
Mel Bochner
Joe Brainard
Contains a copy of
Warren Brandt
Selma Brody
Robert Bucker
Sylvia Carewe
Oversized material housed in OV 23, folder 2
Claudia Carrel
Enrique Castro-Cid
Oversized item housed in box 22, folder 2
Doris Chase
Contains extensive correspondence between Chase and Elayne Varian. Oversized clippings housed in box 22, folder 2
Doris Chase
Contains extensive correspondence between Chase and Elayne Varian.
Minna Citron
Ross Coates
Adele Cohen
George Cohen
Oversized poster moved to box 22, folder 2
Rosalind G. Cohen
Joseph Cornell
Contains correspondence with the Estate of Joseph Cornell following Cornell's death.
Hanne Darboven
Jaime Davidovich
Oversized poster with handwritten note housed in OV 23, folder 3
Videocassettes are duplicate access copies of original motion picture film.
Agnes Denes
Contains letters, descriptions of artworks, photocopied typescript theoretical writings, clippings, and press releases.
Jim Dine
Pat Diska
Contains letters and a sketch by the artist
Seena Donneson
Oversized poster housed in OV 23, folder 4.
Jacob Drachler
Josef Drapell
Jean Dubuffet
Dale Eldred
Ahron Elvaiah
Jules Engel
Frances Field
Helen Frankenthaler
Charles Frazier
Contains photocopied typescript, "Excerpts from a work journal on flying sculpture"
Sue Fuller
Paul Gedeohn
Paul Georges
Robert Goodnough
Adolph Gottlieb
Gertrude Greene
Stephen Greene
Dorothy Greene-Pepper
Contains correspondence and typescript entitled "Instructions for the care of molded cloth sculptures."
Nancy Grossman
Group of Six
Contains slides, photos, resumes, and published material from Stephen Greene, Phoebe Helman, Richard Stankiewicz, Richard Miller, Anthonyh Padovano, Charles Cajori, and Lennart Anderson, as well as a letter proposing an exhibition
Group of Six
Group of Six
Aaronel De Roy Gruber
Contains correspondence, clippings, slides, photographs, printed material, and a reference statement written by Elayne Varian
Lee Hall
Irene Hamar
Hiroshi Hattori
Eva Hesse
Oversized magazine article housed in box 22, folder 2
Dick Higgins
Contains "Something Else Newsletter," 1968 April
Charles Hinman
Theo Hios
Raymond Hitchcock
Contains correspondence and photographs of artwork; also a letter and photographs from Harry Weisburd
Frederic Hobbs
Gerrit Hondius
Budd Hopkins
Nelson Howe
Contains letters
Ralph Humphrey
Richard Hunt
Neil Jenney
Ray Johnson
Contains mail art, clippings, letters, and photocopied writings
Allen Jones
George Bobby Jones
Judith Kamen
Jacques Kaplan
Contains correspondence and clippings regarding "Fur Show"
Fredric Karoly
Lila Katzen
Contains clippings, press releases, photographs, and slides
Emily Kenas
Elena Kepalas
Justin Knowles
Sacha Kolin
Contains correspondence regarding gifts and works on loan to the museum
Joseph Kosuth
Contains photographs of artworks
Kristen Kraa
Yayoi Kusama
Contains a letter from the artist
Gerald Laing
Ellen Lanyon
Charles Lassiter
Leonid
Josef Levi
Les Levine
Contains clippings, press releases, photographs, printed material, and poster. Oversized poster and magazine housed in OV 23, folder 5.
John Loring
Sven Lukin
Howard Mehring
Carlos Merida
D.M. Merrick
Michael Metz
Evelyn Metzger
Ursula Meyer
Toto Meylon
Jay Milder
Guido Molinari
Molla
Symcho Moszkowicz
Contains photographs of the artist
Bruce Nauman
Don Nice
Isamu Noguchi
Earl Olsen
George Ortman
Alfonso Ossorio
Anthony Padovano
Contains photographs of the artist
Barbara Phillips Perle
William Pettet
Bernard Pfriem
Oversized poster housed in OV 23, folder 6.
Lil Picard
Contains letters and photocopied writings
Pablo Picasso
Roberto Pignataro
Contains slides.
Paul Pollaro
Thomas Prentiss
Raquel Rabinovich
Edward Randel
Contains instructions and technical information about light/motion work "Hegira"
Antonio Recalcati
Odilon Redon
Philip Reisman
Jeanne Reynal
James Ridlon
Bridget Riley
Esther Rolick
Seymour Rosenthal
Oversized poster in OV 23, folder 7.
Stephen Rosenthal
Contains correspondence, photographs, and a typescript artist's statement
James Russell
Graham Redgrave Rust
Freida Savitz
Joseph Schillinger
Contains correspondence with Schillinger's widow, Frances Schillinger
Miriam Schapiro
Roslyn Schomer
Theresa Schwartz
Contains a letter, photographs, and a magazine article
James Seawright
Roger Selchow
Contains correspondence
Thomas Sills
Contains a letter from the artist
Arlie Sinaiko
Esther Forman Singer
Richard Smith
Tony Smith
Contains photographs of installation
Robert Smithson
Alan Sondheim
Jack Sonenberg
Harry Soviak
Norma Jeas Squires
Contains photographs
Sala Staw
Harold Stevenson
Risa (Rissa Sussman)
Contains correspondence, contact sheets and instructions for dismantling sculpture
Joan Tausik
Helen Thomas
George Tooker
Anthony Tortora
Cy Twombly
Stella Waitzkin
Judy Waterman
Jeanne Whorrall
John Wilde
John Willenbecher
Contains letter from the artist. Oversized poster housed in box 22, folder 2.
Neil Williams
Letter Describing Donation of Artist Files
Antonakos - Elliott
Also contains a form for the artist Leonid
McAfee - McNeill
Meigs - Mieczkowski
Miller - Mitchell
Model - Morang
Morera - Mueller
Muhl - Nagare
Nachumi - Nelson
Neujean - Noyer
Okada - Oxtoby
Parker - Pattison
Pereira - Phillips
Pickhardt - Pitigliani
Pollack - Quirt
Radulovic - Reder
Reed - Rodin
Rodriguez - Rosso
Rothbort - Ryman
Saleme - Sawyer
Schaeffer - Schneider
Schoener - Seley
Seliger - Schurr
Schwartz - Sheppard
Sherbeck - Snow
Solotaire - Spiro
Spoerri - Stefanelli
Stern - Streeter
Subirachs - Swinson
The bulk of the material in this series has been digitized, except for duplicates.
All of the sound recordings in this series have been digitized for research use.
Series consists of records related to curatorial, teaching, and writing projects of Elayne Varian that were not undertaken in her role at Finch College.
Curatorial projects include the exhibition
A single file of teaching materials consists of a syllabus and course schedule.
The bulk of writings in the series consist of recorded interviews, with corresponding transcripts, of art dealers and artists, which were conducted for a 1970 article Varian wrote for
New York State Fair, "Art Today" (1967)
Everson Museum Film Series
Everson Museum Film Series
Guild Hall, "21 Over 60" (1973)
Guild Hall, "21 Over 60" (1973)
Guild Hall, "21 Over 60" (1973)
Teaching
Book Review of
Interview with Brian O'Doherty for
Lecture for Wagner College
Museum Security
Museum Security
Correspondence
Interview with Leo Castelli
Edited Transcript of Castelli Interview for the Archives of American Art
Interview with Virginia Dwan
Interview with John Gibson
Interview with Richard Feigen
Interview with Arnold Glimcher and Fred Mueller of Pace Gallery
Interview with Adolph Gottlieb
Recording of Gottlieb interview is found on sound tape reel with Charles Ross interview
Interview with Martha Jackson
Interview with Sidney Janis
Interview with Roy Lichtenstein
Recording of Lichtenstein interview is found on sound tape reel with Charles Ross interview
Interview with Betty Parsons
Interview with Charles Ross
Sound tape reel also contains Gottlieb and Lichtenstein interviews, whose transcripts are filed under their names.
Interview with Seth Siegelaub
Interview with Howard Wise
Interview Notes
Handwritten Drafts
Typescript Drafts
Photographs and Captions
Contains a negative of a photograph of Virginia Dwan taken by Nancy Smithson, photographs of Martha Jackson with Claire Falkenstein, Paul Jenkins, and Antoni Tapies, and slides of Andy Warhol with Leo Castelli.
Research
Patented Art
Contains notes from an interview with Sue Fuller
"Plastics for Everyday Living: Babette Newberger" for
A published interview with Newberger conducted by Elaine Varian
Series is arranged alphabetically by exhibition title, with materials for each exhibition arranged by type. Selected exhibition catalogs are also arranged alphabetically at the beginning of the series. The records of each exhibition are arranged slightly differently, and what arrangement was found is retained, with folder headings sometimes changed for clarity. Additional exhibition files for shows curated by Elayne Varian outside of Finch College are found in series 3, Elayne Varian personal papers.
The bulk of this series has been digitized, except for duplicates and blank versos of photographs. The "selected exhibition catalogs" in folders 9-14 were not digitized because they are duplicates of catalogs that can be found in the folders arranged alphabetically by exhibition title. In some cases, catalogs for exhibitions that were not at Finch College and other publications have only had their covers, title pages, and relevant pages digitized.
All of the sound and video recordings found in this series have been digitized and are available for research use. The motion picture film documenting
Series contains records documenting the creation and public exhibition of shows at the Contemporary Wing galleries from its inception in 1964 to its close in 1975, as well as records for several exhibitions that were in development but not yet realized when the college closed. Documentation includes artist files, checklists, correspondence, writings, exhibition catalogs, photographs, interviews, films and videos documenting exhibitions or created for exhibition, artist statements, loan documentation, insurance documentation, and publicity in the form of press releases, exhibition announcements, clippings, and posters. A run of exhibition catalogs filed at the beginning of the series represent about half of the exhibitions held in the Contemporary Wing. Catalogs are also found filed under each exhibition's title for most of the exhibitions in the series, often annotated with insurance values or in various drafts.
Unlike the artist files in series 2, artist files specific to exhibitions tend to contain richer documentation, including writings and original correspondence with the artist, artist statements, photographs, or information about particular artworks.
Interviews are found on 9 sound cassettes and 14 sound tape reels scattered in the exhibition files, all conducted by Elayne Varian and relating to the exhibition at hand. They include Alan Sonfist ("Alan Sonfist: Time Landscape"), Mel Bochner ("Art in Process IV), Hans Richter ("Hans Richter Retrospective"), Ruth Richards on Hugo Weber ("Hugo Weber Retrospective), James Brooks and Janet Katz ("James Brooks Retrospective," transcript only), Physicists Lloyd G. Cross, Allyn Z. Lite, and Gerald Thomas Bern Pethick ("N-Dimensional Space), Margaret Benyon ("N-Dimensional Space"), Irwin Hollander (transcript only, "Prints from Hollander's Workshop"), David Anderson ("The Private Collection of Martha Jackson"), Doris Chase ("Projected Art: Artists at Work"), and Will Insley, Michael Kirby, Les Levine, Ursula Meyer, Brian O'Doherty, Charles Ross, and Tony Smith ("Schemata 7"); Douglas Davis, Jane Davis, and Russ Connor ("Talk-Out!"); Les Levine ("The Troubles"); Michael Mazur and Paul Gedeohn ("Two Aspects of An Illusion"). An additional sound recording describing the installation and content of the exhibition "Towers" is found on one sound tape reel.
In addition to the recorded interviews, a number of moving image recordings are found. The video in
Other artworks or components of artworks found include original writings by Dan Graham in
"Agnes Denes" (not realized)
Artist File
Correpondence
Interview with Sonfist
Project File
Catalog Drafts and Final Catalog
New York State Council on the Arts Grant
Photographs
Photographs
Photographs
Photographs
Photographs
Photographs
Oversized photographs housed in box 22, folder 3.
"Arshile Gorky Drawings" (not realized)
Bills and Receipts
Catalog Drafts and Final Catalog
Oversized galleys housed in box 22, folder 3
Correspondence
See also loan documentation for additional correspondence.
Correspondence
Correspondence
Insurance
Lists
Oversized lists in box 22, folder 3
Loan Forms, B
Loan Forms, B-C
Loan Forms, E-H
Loan Forms, I-K
Loan Forms, K-L
Loan Forms, M-N
Loan Forms, N-O
Loan Forms, P-S
Loan Forms, T-W
Outstanding Loan Forms
Small Lenders
Lender Lists
Anonymous
Peter Brant
Edward Lee Cave
Cooper-Hewitt Museum of Design
Galerie Sonnabend
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
Stanley Insler
Rockwell Kent / Larcada Gallery
Lillian Nassau, Ltd.
Richard Merkin
Metropolitan Museum
Metropolitan Museum
Museum of Modern Art
John Nicolas Streep
Barbara Streisand / Sybarites, Inc.
Andy Warhol
Louis Winter
Photographs
Press Release and Clippings
Oversized clippings housed in OV 23, folder 8.
Research
Research
Research
Slide Script by American Craft Council
Loan Agreements
Loan Agreements
Loan Agreements
Cranbrook Academy
Cranbrook Academy
Cranbrook Academy
Cranbrook Academy
Cranbrook Academy
Cranbrook Academy
Minneapolis Institute of Arts
Oversized clippings housed in OV 23, folder 9.
Correspondence
Correspondence
Lists
Printed Material and Photographs and Catalog
Receipts
Catalog and Clippings
Oversized clipping housed in box 22, folder 3
Correspondence
Correspondence
Correspondence
Correspondence
Correspondence
Insurance and Loan Forms
Photographs
Photographs
Photographs
Photographs
Photographs
Photographs
"Art from the Chase Manhattan Bank Collection" (1971)
Gordon Andrews
Friedrich Becker
Friedrich Becker
Georges Braque
Oversized clippings housed in OV 23, folder 10.
Maurice Brault
Roberto Burle-Marx
Salvador Dali
Bert Gore
Gubelin (Martha Widmer)
Gubelin (Martha Widmer)
Paula Haivaoja
Anne Kursmo
Octave Landuyt
Ole Lynggard
Bruno Martinazzi
Marianne Ostier
Marianne Ostier
Gillian Packard
Sigurd Persson
Antonio Pineda
Sepp Schmoelzer
Reiko Yamada
Biographies
Catalog and Press Release
Catalog Drafts
Clippings
Oversized clippings housed in OV 23, folder 11.
Correspondence
Correspondence
Correspondence
Correspondence
Customs
Customs
Lists
Photographs
Printers
Artist's Statements
Contains handwritten artist statements by Jim Dine, Grace Hartigan, George Ortman, Jack Sonenberg, Reva Urban, and Jack Youngerman.
Biographies
Catalog and Clippings
Correspondence
Insurance Evaluations
Lists
Loan Agreement Forms
Photographs and Source Material
Press Release and Announcement
Possibilities
Stephen Antonakos
Richard Artschwager
Richard Baringer
Mary Bauermeister
Chryssa
Dan Flavin
Paul Frazier
Charles Hinman
Will Insley
Donald Judd
Lyman Kipp
Sol Le Witt
Sven Lukin
Victor Millonzi
Robert Morris
Otto Piene
Robert Smithson
Robert Watts
John Willenbacher
Bills and Receipts
Catalog
Clippings
Correspondence
Loan Forms and Insurance
Photographs for Catalog
Photographs of Exhibition
Photographs of Exhibition
Press Release and Exhibition Announcement
Videocassettes are duplicate access copies of motion picture film.
Marcelo Bonevardi
Martha Bourdrez
Mario Ceroli
John Day
Perle Fine
Fitzia
Elias Friedensohn
Edward Giobbi
Oversized posters housed in OV 24
Sita Gomez de Kaneba
Oversized posters housed in OV 23, folder 12.
Al Hansen
Ray Johnson
Contains correspondence and mail art by Ray Johnson.
Roy Lichtenstein
Conrad Marca-Relli
Richard Merkin
Contains mail art by the artist.
Richard Miller
Armando Morales
Claes Oldenburg
George Ortman
Alfonso Ossorio
Oversized poster housed in OV 24
Paul Pollaro
David Porter
Joe Raffaele
Eduardo Ramirez
Robert Rauschenberg
Larry Rivers
Sebold
Harry Soviak
Theodoros Stamos
Paul Tschinkel
Oversized poster in OV 24.
Esteban Vicente
Linda Vi Vona
Paul Waldman
Catalog Drafts and Final Catalog
Correspondence
Correspondence
Lists
Photographs of Artists
Photographs of Artwork
Photographs of Exhibition
Traveling Exhibition, American Federation of Arts
Carl Andre
Lynda Benglis
Contains the poetry chapbook "Identikit" by Jim Brodey.
Mel Bochner
Contains an interview of Bochner conducted by Elayne Varian, found on one sound tape reel with accompanying transcript. Also contains photocopied writings on Bochner's measurement pieces, photographs of the artist with his work, and an open letter of complaint regarding the installation of a work at the New York Cultural Center.
Bill Bollinger
Rafael Ferrer
Barry Flanagan
Eva Hesse
Robert Morris
Contains installation instructions.
Bruce Nauman
Robert Ryman
Richard Serra
Richard Van Buren
Lawrence Weiner
Contains a copy of the artist's book,
Artist Statements
Catalog
Oversized galleys housed in OV 24.
Correspondence and Clippings
Loan Forms and Insurance
Photographs of Installation
Press Release
Research
Contains photocopy of typed transcript of a discussion involving Carl Andre, Dan Graham, Lawrence Wiener and others. Also contains a photocopy typescript draft of an essay by Dan Graham entitled "Subject Matter I."
Research
Wall Text
Clippings
Correspondence
Notes and Receipts
Press Release and Announcement
Photographs of Artwork, Sol LeWitt
Photographs of Installation, Contact Sheets
Photographs of Installation, Prints
Photographs of Installation, Prints
Photographs of Installation, Prints
Artist Résumés
Artist Statements
Clippings
Oversized clippings in OV 24.
Correspondence
Correspondence
Letters of Request for Loans
Loan Agreement Forms
Notes and Gallery Visitor Count
Photographs of Artwork
Press Release and Announcement
Writings, Photocopies
Contains a variety of unattributed writings including poetry, descriptions of work, and a photocopy typescript of an essay by Mel Bochner entitled "The Serial Attitude."
Writings, Original Works by Dan Graham
Contains three signed, typescript works including "Discrete Scheme without Memory," "Exclusion Principle," and "Poem."
Catalog and Inserts
Clippings
Correspondence, General
Correspondence, Thank Yous
Correspondence with Lenders
Correspondence with Lenders
Correspondence with Lenders
Lists
Loan Forms and Receipts
Loan Forms and Receipts
Loan Forms and Receipts
Loan Forms and Receipts
Loan Forms and Receipts
Loan Forms and Receipts
Loan Forms and Receipts
Loan Forms and Receipts
Photographs
Photographs
Photographs
Photographs for Catalog
Oversized photographs in OV 24.
Photographs for Catalog
Supper Dance Records
Leonard Baskin
Carlos Basq
Oversized poster in OV 24.
Joe Brainard
James Brooks
Paul Burlin
Joseph Cornell
Edwin Dickinson
L. Bock Dicosola
Herbert Ferber
Balcomb Greene
Adolph Gottlieb
Red Grooms
Chaim Gross
Philip Guston
Edward Hill
Ralph Humphrey
Oversized poster filed in OV 24.
Murray Israel
Gillian Jagger
Alfred Jensen
Eddie Johnson
Joe Jones
Yayoi Kusama
Ibram Lassaw
Richard Lindner
Richard Lippold
Seymour Lipton
Conrad Marca-Relli
David Milby
Robert Motherwell
Robert Murray
Louise Nevelson
Knud Nielsen
Barnett Newman
Alfonso Ossorio
Anthony Padovano
I. Rice Pereira
Ad Reinhardt
Larry Rivers
Theodore Roszak
Cornelius Ruhtenberg
Abby Shahn
Ben Shahn
Sewell Sillman
Raphael Soyer
Theodoros Stamos
Pat Steir
Joan Tausik
Philipp Weichberger
Charles Edward Wright
Andrew Wyeth
Paul Yakovenko
Biographies, Master Artists
Biographies, Young Artists
Biographies, Not in "Artists Select"
Catalog
General Correspondence
Lists
Photographs, Artists and Installation Views
Photographs of Artwork
Oversized photograph housed in OV 24.
Photographs of Artwork
Photographs of Artwork
Receipts
Budget and Invoices
Correspondence
Correspondence
Lists
Notes on Video Installation and Performance
See also correspondence for additional instructions from artists for the installation of their artworks. Oversized notes on Douglas Davis installation housed in OV 24
Contact Sheets
Negatives are duplicates of contact sheets in previous folder.
Prints and Transparencies
Prints and Transparencies
Press Releases and Publicity
Oversized Magazine housed in OV 24.
Research
Multi channel closed circuit video performance.
Recorded artifact of interactive video and sound installation.
Multi-channel closed circuit video performance.
Multi channel video and sound installation.
Recorded artifact of interactive multimedia installation.
Bills and Receipts
Catalog, Press Release, and Clippings
Correspondence
Photographs of Installation
Photograph of Parsons
Correspondence and Receipts
Loan Forms, Lists, and Insurance
Photographs and Notes
Press Release and Clippings
"Chance and Choice" (not realized), Correspondence
Correspondence
Grant Documentation
Insurance and Bills
Notes and Writings
Press Release and Announcement
Printed Material and Photographs
Correspondence
Loan Forms and Receipts
Photographs of Artwork
Press Release, Announcement, and Publicity
Correspondence
Correspondence
Lists and Insurance
Press Release, Clippings, and Research
Slides of Artwork
Biographies
Catalog Drafts and Galleys and Final Catalog
Oversized galleys housed in box 22, folder 4.
Clippings, DIAS London
Oversized clippings housed in OV 24.
Clippings, Finch College Museum of Art Exhibition
Oversized clippings housed in OV 24.
Correspondence, European Artists
Correspondence, European Artists
Correspondence, European Artists
Correspondence, New York
Destruction Films
Loan Forms and Insurance
Manifestos
Notes and Research
Photographs of Artists Performing
Oversized photograph in box 22, folder 4.
Photographs of Artwork
Press Releases, Announcements, and Flyers
Oversized flyer in box 22, folder 4.
Receipts and Deliveries
Symposium Information
Catalog Drafts and Galleys
Catalog Drafts, Galleys, and Final Catalog
Oversized galleys housed in box 22, folder 4.
Catalog Mechanicals
Catalog Photographs
Correspondence
Labels for Vitrines
Letters and Photographs Exhibited
Loan Forms
Loan Forms
Photographs
Photographs
Press Release, Announcement and Clipping
Research
Oversized clipping in box 22, folder 4.
Article by M. Citron and J. Gelb, "Venus Through the Ages"
Biographies
Oversized item in box 22, folder 5.
Catalog
Catalog Drafts and Galleys
Oversized galleys in box 22, folder 5.
Catalog Photographs
Clippings
Oversized clipping in box 22, folder 5.
Correspondence
See also under research for additional correspondence with prospective artists for the exhibition.
Correspondence
Lists
Loan Forms
Loan Forms
Photographs of Artists
Photographs of Artwork
Photographs of Artwork
Photographs of Opening
Press Release and Announcement
Receipts and Deliveries
Research, Correspondence and Photographs
Research, Correspondence and Photographs
Research, Correspondence and Photographs
Oversized clipping housed in box 22, folder 5.
Research, Notes and Writings
Research, Printed Material
Oversized posters in OV 23, folder 13.
"Drawings by New York Artists" (not realized at Finch College)
"Ellsworth Kelly" (not realized)
Catalog Text, Final Catalog, and Biographies
Clippings
Oversized clippings housed in box 22, folder 5.
Correspondence
Photographs
Press Release and Announcement
Correspondence
Lists and Writings
Contact Sheets of Opening and Installation
Catalog, Announcement, and Press Release
Catalog and Announcement Drafts
Clippings
Correspondence
Lists and Receipts
Loan Agreement Forms
Loan Agreement Forms
Loan Agreement Forms
Loan Agreement Forms
Photographs of Artwork
"Les Formes Vivantes: Alexander Archipenko" (1965)
Oversized catalog draft housed in OV 25.
Bills
Catalog
Correspondence
Correspondence
Installation
Insurance
Loan Forms and Correspondence
Loan Forms and Correspondence
Loan Forms and Correspondence
Loan Forms and Correspondence
Notes and Writings
Photographs of Artwork
Press Releases and Clippings
Oversized clippings in box 22, folder 5.
Research
Oversized clippings housed in box 22, folder 5.
General File
General File
General Files
Bank Presentation
"French Landscape Painters from Four Centuries" (1965-1966), Checklist
Catalog, Press Release, Announcement, and Clippings
Paul Magriel Correspondence
Photographs of Artwork
Checklist
Correspondence and Contracts
Photographs and Catalog Correspondence
Press Releases and Clippings
Catalog, Press Release and Clippings
Correspondence
Correspondence
Insurance
Notes and Photograph
Catalog Checklist
Catalog Drafts
Correspondence
Loan Correspondence
Loan Forms
Loan Forms
Loan Valuation
Photographs of Artwork
Press Releases, Announcements, and Clippings
Receipts
Announcement, Guest List, and Attendance Statistics
Bills and Receipts
Catalog and Price List
Clippings and Reviews
Correspondence, General
Correspondence, Hans Richter
Film Program
Lists of Artworks
Loan Forms
Photographs for Catalog
Photographs for Catalog
Photographs for Catalog
Photographs of Installation
Unidentified Sketch
Oversized sketch in box 22, folder 5.
Writings
Correspondence, Insurance
Printed Materials
Catalog
Catalog Drafts, Notes, and Receipts
Correspondence, General
Correspondence, Embassy of Switzerland
Correspondence, Embassy of Switzerland
Lenders
Photographs of Artwork
Photographs of Artwork
Photographs of Weber
Press Release and Announcement
Research
Contains a transcript and sound recoridng of an interview with Ruth Richards.
Swiss Society Party
"Images of an Era" (not realized)
"Irish Directions" (not realized)
Catalog
Correspondence and Loan Documentation
Correspondence and Loan Documentation
Insurance Valuation
Lists and Notes
Oversized list in OV 25.
Photographs of Installation
Press Release, Announcement, and Clippings
Printed Material
Proposal
"Jack Sonenberg" (not realized)
Catalog Drafts, Galleys, and Final Catalog
Oversized galleys housed in OV 25.
Letters and Receipts
Lists
Loan Forms
Loan Forms
Photographs
Press Release and Clippings
Oversized clipping in Box 22, folder 5.
Bills and Receipts
Catalog Drafts
Correspondence
See also research file for additional correspondence with Brooks.
Correspondence
Photographs of Artwork
Press Release, Announcement, and Clippings
Research
Research
Interview with Brooks and Janet Katz
Transcript only.
Catalog, Press Release, Announcement
Clippings
Correspondence
Correspondence
Correspondence
Correspondence
Jan Cybis
Henryk Stazewski
Jean Gorin
Notes and Writings
Photographs of Artwork
Photographs of Artwork
Photographs of Artwork
Photographs of Artwork
Photographs of Artwork
Photographs of Artwork
Photographs for Catalog
Photograph of Cybis and Warsaw Installation
Receipts
Catalog
Clippings
Correspondence and Loan Forms
Correspondence and Loan Forms
Lists
Press Release and Announcement
Photographs of Artwork
Photographs of Installation Views
"Lila Katzen: Rolled Steel Sculpture" (not realized)
Artist's Submission from Joel Stein
Oversized schematic drawings in OV 25.
Catalog
Clippings
Oversized clippings in OV 25
Correspondence
Correspondence
Correspondence
Correspondence with Laser Lenders
Discussion of Holography
With Lloyd G. Cross, Allyn Z. Lite, and Gerald Thomas Bern Pethick
Loan Forms, Receipts, and Insurance
Photographs, Negatives and Contact Sheets
Photographs, Prints and Transparencies
Oversized photographs in box 22, folder 6
Press Release and Publicity
Proposals and Budget
Research
Technical Specifications and Floor Plans
Traveling Exhibition
Traveling Exhibition
Unidentified Sketches
Possibly by G. Pethick
"New Materials, Impossible Art" (not realized)
"New Materials, Impossible Art" (not realized)
"Patrick Ireland: 10 Years" (not realized)
Correspondence
Insurance, Shipping, and Receipts
Insurance Claim
Lists
Loan Forms
Press Release, Publicity, and Clippings
Clippings
Condition Reports
Correspondence
Correspondence
Lists
Lists
Lists
Notes and Writings
Photographs
Posters
Oversized poster in box 22, folder 6
Correspondence
Interview with Irwin Hollander
Lists
Loan Forms and Receipts
Photographs
Press Release and Clippings
Condition Reports and Catalog
Correspondence
Correspondence
Interview with David Anderson
Lists
Loan Forms and Receipts
Photographs of Installation
Press Release, Announcement, and Clippings
Theft of Arman Collage
Artist Biographies
Alexander Alexieff
Maurice Amar
Kenneth Anger
Bruce Baille
Paul Bartel
Ilya Bolotowsky
Stan Brakhage
Robert Breer
David Brooks
Peter Campus
Bruce Connor
James Davis
Carmen D'Avino
Ed Emshwiller
Jules Engel
Oversized poster in box 22, folder 6.
Richard Geredasy and Tom McDonough
Mordi Gerstein
Leonard Glasser
Red Grooms
Hilary Harris
Ian Hugo
George Kuchar
Dan McLaughlin
Jonas Mekas
Fred Mogubgub
Robert Nelson
Hans Richter
Stan Vanderbeek
Includes a floor plan for a proposed, untitled, multi-channel installation work
Andy Warhol
Jud Yalkut
Bills, Receipts, and Price List
Catalog Text
Clippings
Correspondence
Correspondence
Correspondence
Correspondence
Film Evaluations
Film Research
Film Research
Film Research
Film Research
Motion picture film stored separately in film can numbered FC 26
Lists of Films and Filmmakers
Lists of Films and Filmmakers
New York State Council on the Arts
New York State Council on the Arts
Photographs of Film Stills
Program Requests
Artist Biographies
Artist Biography Research
Oversized photocopied clippings housed in OV 25.
Artist Biography Research
Artist Biography Research
Artist Biography Research
Artist Biography Research
Artist Biography Research
Clippings
Oversized clippings housed in OV 25.
Correspondence
Correspondence
Correspondence
Correspondence
Corrrespondence
Correspondence
Film Procurement
Film Procurement
Film Procurement
Lists and Installation Instructions
New York State Council on the Arts Contracts
Notes and Research
Photographs
Photographs
Press Releases and Announcement
Bills and Receipts
Catalog, Writings and Research
Correspondence
Correspondence
Homages to René Bouché
Oversized handwritten statement signed "Matta" in box 22, folder 6.
Lists
Loan Agreements
Loan Agreements
Photographs of Artwork
Photographs of Artwork
Photographs of Installation Views and Opening
Press Release, Announcement, and Clippings
Oversized clippings in box 22, folder 6.
Announcement and Clippings
Catalog Drafts, Final Catalog, and Notes
Letter and Loan Form
Photographs of Artwork
Photographs of Installation
"Salvation Army Art Collection" (1968)
Announcement, Press Release, and Clippings
Oversized pamphlet in box 22, folder 6.
Artist Résumés
Catalog and Catalog Drafts
Correspondence and Notes
Interview Transcripts
Interview Transcripts
Loan Forms
Photographs for Catalog
Photographs of Artists and Artwork
Photographs of Artists and Artwork
Schematic Drawings or Michael Kirby Installation
"Selections from the Permanent Collection" (1971)
"Selections from the Permanent Collection" (1974)
"Seven Swedish Painters" (1965)
Catalog, Press Release, Announcement, and Clipping
Correspondence and Receipts
Correspondence and Receipts
Correspondence and Receipts
Customs
Lists
"The Story of Christmas" (1968)
Correspondence
Interview with Douglas Davis
Interview with Jane Davis
Interview with Russ Connor
Photographs from Broadcast
Press Releases and Douglas Davis Catalog and CV
General File
Interview with Les Levine
Press Release and Clippings
Clippings
Photographs
Press Releases, Flyers, and Lists
Catalog Drafts
Clippings
Correspondence
Lists
Photographs of Artwork
Photographs of Artwork
Photographs of Installation
Press Release, Catalog, and Announcement
Bills
Catalog
Clippings
Correspondence
Correspondence
Correspondence
Correspondence
Insurance
Loan Dispersal
Loan Forms and Receipts
Loan Forms and Receipts
Loan Forms and Receipts
Notes
Catalog Drafts and Final Catalog
Catalog Copyright Registration
Clippings, Press Release, and Announcement
Oversized clipping and poster in OV 25
Correspondence and Résumés
Insurance
Interview with Michael Mazur
Sound tape reel contains part 1 of interview, and sound cassette contains part 2.
Interview with Paul Gedeohn
Photographs
Artist Information
Oversized poster in OV 25
Clippings
Correspondence
Lists
Loan Forms, Receipts, and Insurance
Press Releases, Announcements, and Flyers