Archives of American Art
Audrey Flack papers
Flack, Audrey
AAA.flacaudr
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34.6 Linear feet
0.897 Gigabytes
1950-2022
The papers of painter Audrey Flack measure 34.6 linear feet and 0.897 GB and date from 1950-2022. The collection documents Flack's career as an artist through biographical material, correspondence, extensive project files, writings and notes by Flack and others, exhibition catalogs, news and magazine clippings, other printed and digital material, and scrapbooks. Also found are photographs by Audrey Flack as well as photographs of the artist and works of art.
There is an 18.8 unprocessed addition to this collection donated in 2022 that includes project files; correspondence; photographs, slides and negatives of works of art, exhibition installations, events, Flack and others; teaching notes; biographical information including resumes, awards, calendars, address books and identification cards; writings, notes and diaries by Flack; scrapbooks; sketches; financial records; commission applications; contracts; audio visual material including mini-DVs, VHS , DVDs and Super 8 film of interviews and lectures by Flack; and printed material including newspaper clippings, articles and posters. Materials date from circa 1950-2022.
Collection is in English.
Arrangement
The collection is arranged as 9 series.
- Series 1: Biographical Material, 1951-2006 (Box 1; 0.25 linear feet)
- Series 2: Correspondence, 1950-2009 (Boxes 1-3; 2.4 linear feet)
- Series 3: Interviews, circa 1970-1998 (Boxes 3-4; 0.8 linear feet)
- Series 4: Writings and Notes, circa 1970-2007 (Boxes 4-6; 2.15 linear feet)
- Series 5: Project Files, 1966-circa 2007 (Boxes 6-11, FC 18-21; 5.6 linear feet, ER01-ER02, 0.897 GB)
- Series 6: Printed Material, 1950-2008 (Boxes 11-16, OV 17; 4.1 linear feet)
- Series 7: Scrapbooks, 1977-2008 (Box 15; 2 folders)
- Series 8: Photographs, 1966-2009 (Boxes 15-16; 0.5 linear feet)
- Series 9: Unprocessed Addition, circa 1950-2022 (Boxes 22-41, OV 42-43; 18.8 linear feet)
Scope and Contents
The papers of painter Audrey Flack measure 34.6 linear feet and 0.897 GB and date from 1950-2022. The collection documents Flack's career as an artist through biographical material, correspondence, extensive project files, writings and notes by Flack and others, exhibition catalogs, news and magazine clippings, other printed and digital material, and scrapbooks. Also found are photographs by Audrey Flack as well as photographs of the artist and works of art.
Biographical material includes curricula vitae, diplomas, an award certificate, and bibliographies of monographs and articles by and about Audrey Flack. Flack's correspondence documents her professional activities and business dealings.
There is correspondence with galleries, museums, arts organizations; architects and foundries; and academic institutions. Included are letters from Arizona State University, Atlantic Center for the Arts, Cooper Union, Guild Hall, Louis K. Meisel Gallery, and the Museum of Modern Art. There are letters from art historians and critics, including Flack's correspondence with Anthony Janson. Letters from publishers and agents pertain to book projects, proposals for articles, and requests to reproduce artwork in monographs or catalogs.
Interviews with Flack from the 1970s through the 1990s are found, recorded on sound and video. Writings and notes include manuscript versions for a book, typescripts of speeches, and a notebook. Also found are audio and video recordings of lectures and talks by Flack discussing her paintings and sculptures. The collection includes extensive project files on Flack's commissioned public works and exhibitions. The files also include correspondence concerning book projects, permission requests, and Flack's participation in art educational programs, and some projects are documented with recorded sound and moving images, two if which are in digital format.
Printed material consists of catalogs of Flack's shows, invitations and announcements to openings, press releases, reproductions of artwork, exhibition posters, clippings, periodicals, and books reflecting Flack's professional activities from the 1950s-2008. Photographs are of portraits by Flack, Flack by herself and with colleagues and students, as well as of the artist's studio. Also found are photographs of artwork.
There is an 18.8 unprocessed addition to this collection donated in 2022 that includes project files; correspondence; photographs, slides and negatives of works of art, exhibition installations, events, Flack and others; teaching notes; biographical information including resumes, awards, calendars, address books and identification cards; writings, notes and diaries by Flack; scrapbooks; sketches; financial records; commission applications; contracts; audio visual material including mini-DVs, VHS , DVDs and Super 8 film of interviews and lectures by Flack; and printed material including newspaper clippings, articles and posters. Materials date from circa 1950-2022.
Biographical / Historical
Audrey Flack (1931-) is a painter and sculptor in New York City and in Long Island, New York. She earned a Bachelor of Arts from Cooper Union in 1951 and received a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Yale University in 1952. In the 1950s, she was part of the New York School that included the Abstract Expressionist painters Franz Kline and Jackson Pollock. By the 1960s, Flack had turned to painting in a realistic manner. She pioneered the technique of incorporating photographic images from contemporary sources such as magazines and newspapers; the art form became known as Photorealism.
Her subjects have included families, celebrities, and public figures. An early work, The Kennedy Motorcade captured President John Kennedy moments before he was assassinated. Flack's paintings have also centered on the varied experiences of women as depicted in her Vanitas series done in the 1970s. Flack was the first Photorealist painter to have a work acquired by the Museum of Modern Art. By the 1980s, Flack was creating sculptures, goddess figures and other mythological deities of various cultures. The sculptures, many of monumental proportions were executed as commissioned works for public spaces. Flack's commissions have included Civitas: Four Visions, South Carolina, Galatea Fountain, South Pasadena, Florida, Islandia, New York City Technical College, and The Art Muse, Tampa, Florida. Further, Audrey Flack has also worked in other media such as photography and printmaking.
Audrey Flack has taught and lectured at colleges and universities in the United States and abroad, including Cooper Union, Pratt Institute of New York, and the Studio Art School International, Florence, Italy. She has been a Visiting Professor at a number of universities, including the University of North Dakota, University of Tennessee, and the University of Pennsylvania. Her paintings, watercolors, and sculptures have been featured in solo and group exhibitions in major museums and galleries. Flack's artwork has also been shown in a number of traveling exhibitions including "Saints and Other Angels: The Religious Paintings of Audrey Flack" sponsored by Cooper Union and "Breaking the Rules: Audrey Flack, A Retrospective, 1950-1990" organized by the J.B. Speed Museum. Flack has been represented by the Louis K. Meisel Gallery, the Vered Gallery, and the Gary Snyder Gallery. Among the many awards and honors she has received are the Honorary Ziegfeld Award, National Art Education Association, an Honorary Doctorate, Lyme Academy of Art, and the U.S. Government National Design for Transportation Award. Audrey Flack has also written two books and numerous articles.
Audrey Flack lives and works in New York and in East Hampton, New York.
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is open for research. Access to original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C. Research Center.
Researchers interested in accessing audiovisual recordings in this collection must use access copies. Contact References Services for more information.
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Immediate Source of Acquisition
The collection was donated by Audrey Flack in 2009 and 2022.
Related Materials
Also found in the Archives of American Art is an oral history interview with Audrey Flack conducted by Robert C. Morgan, February 16, 2009.
Processing Information
This collection was processed to a minimal level and a finding aid prepared in 2013 by Joy Goodwin. Born-digital materials were processed by Kirsi Ritosalmi-Kisner in 2019 with funding provided by Smithsonian Collection Care and Preservation Fund.
Preferred Citation
Audrey Flack papers, 1950-2022. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Painters -- New York (State) -- New York
Sculptors -- New York (State) -- New York
Art -- Study and teaching
Art -- Economic aspects
Artists' studios -- Photographs
Women artists
Women painters
Women sculptors
Scrapbooks
Photographs
Motion pictures (visual works)
Video recordings
Sound recordings
Arizona State University
Atlantic Center for the Arts (New Smyrna Beach, Fla.)
Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art
Guild Hall of East Hampton
Janson, Anthony F.
Museum of Modern Art (New York, N.Y.)
Louis K. Meisel Gallery
Biographical Material
Series 1
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0.25 Linear feet
Box 1
1951-2006
Scope and Contents
This series includes curricula vitae, diplomas, bibliographies of monographs and articles by and about Audrey Flack. Included are abbreviated biographical accounts and the artist's philosophical statement on her work. Found is a Merit Award from the U.S. Department of Transportation presented to Flack for her design of Civitas: Four Visions.
Curriculum Vitae
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1990-2006
1
1
Diplomas
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2001
1951
1
2
Bibliographies
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1978-1980
1
3
Merit Award from U.S. Department of Transportation
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1995
1
4
Correspondence
Series 2
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2.4 Linear feet
Boxes 1-3
1950-2009
Scope and Contents
Correspondence is mainly of a professional nature and consists of letters, e-mails, drafts, telegrams/mailgrams, and postcards. Much of the correspondence relates to the scheduling of exhibitions, loans, sales, and donations of artwork. Many letters include attachments, e.g., loan forms, consignment agreements, contracts, invoices and receipts, sales reports, sketches, printed material, photographs and slides. Correspondents include the Atlantic Center for the Arts, Cooper Union, Guild Hall, Louis K. Meisel Gallery, Museum of Modern Art, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Sidney Janis Gallery, and the Terra Museum of Art, among others.
Flack's correspondence includes requests from academic institutions and arts organizations to teach and lecture, as well as letters from students seeking information about Flack's work. Correspondence from book publishers and university presses may include artists' questionnaires, contracts, invoices, and permission forms. Included are letters from critics, e.g., Arthur Danto and the New York Times. Flack's correspondence with art historian, Anthony Janson is of a professional and personal nature.
Notable correspondents include Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter, Agnes Gund, Joan Mondale, and Tom Wolfe. Also found is a brief exchange of letters between Flack and Anwar Sadat relating to Flack's portrait of Sadat that was reproduced on the cover of Time Magazine. There are single letters from Judy Chicago, Willem de Kooning, and William Lieberman.
Arrangement
Letters have been arranged in chronological order.
Undated Correspondence
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circa 1950-2009
1
5
Correspondence
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1950
1
6
Correspondence
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1964-1968
1
7
Correspondence
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1970
1
8
Correspondence
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1972
1
9
Correspondence
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1973-1975
1
10
Correspondence
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1974
1
11
Correspondence
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1975
1
12
Correspondence
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1976
1
13
Correspondence
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1977
1
14
Correspondence
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1978
1
15
Correspondence
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1979
1
16
Correspondence
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1980
1
17
Correspondence
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1981-1982
1
18
Correspondence
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1982
1
19
Correspondence
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1983
1
20
Correspondence - Bills and Brochures
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1983
1
21
Correspondence
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1984
1
22
Correspondence - Invoices and Printed Material
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1984
1
23
Correspondence
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1985
1
24
Correspondence - Invoices and Printed Material
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1985
1
25
Correspondence
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1986
1
26-27
Correspondence - Writings and Notes, Invoices, and Printed Material
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1986
1
28
Correspondence
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1987
1
29
Correspondence - Printed Material
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1987
1
30
Correspondence
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1988
2
1-2
Correspondence
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1989
2
3
Correspondence
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1990
2
4-5
Correspondence
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1991
2
6-7
Correspondence
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1992
2
8-10
Correspondence
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1993
2
11-12
Correspondence - Letters from Tom Wolfe
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1993-2007
2
13
Correspondence
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1994
2
14-15
Correspondence
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1995
2
16-17
Correspondence
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1996
2
18-19
Correspondence
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1997
2
20-21
Correspondence
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1998
3
1
Correspondence
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1999
3
2-3
Correspondence
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2000
3
4-5
Correspondence
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2001
3
6
Correspondence
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2002
3
7-8
Correspondence
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2003
3
9
Correspondence
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2004
3
10-11
Correspondence
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2005
3
12-13
Correspondence
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2006
3
14
Correspondence
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2007
3
15
Correspondence
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2008
3
16
Correspondence
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2009
3
17
Interviews
Series 3
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0.8 Linear feet
Boxes 3-4
circa 1970-1998
Scope and Contents
This series includes interviews with Audrey Flack discussing her work. Included is a transcript of an interview with Audrey Flack on "The New Civic Art" conducted by David R. Brigham. Other interviews are recorded on four videocassettes and eight sound cassettes.
Arrangement
Interviews have been arranged in chronological order.
Talk, Audrey Flack
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2 Videocassettes (U-matic)
undated
3
18
Audrey Flack Interviews with Cindy Nemser and "The Sunday Magazine"
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2 Sound cassettes
circa 1970
3
19
Audrey Flack Interviews
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2 Sound cassettes
1973-1985
3
20
Interview with Audrey Flack
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1978
3
21
Book Signing Interview, Hot Springs, Arkansas
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1 Videocassettes (VHS)
1991
3
22
Audrey Flack, The Greenroom
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1 Videocassettes (VHS)
1992
3
23
Transcript, "The New Civic Art, "An Interview with Audrey Flack"
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1992-1993
4
1
Talk, Audrey Flack, University of Louisville
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1 Sound cassette
1993
4
2
Audrey Flack with John Noonan
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1 Sound cassette
1998
4
3
Interview with Audrey Flack, The Ken Hamblin Show
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1 Sound cassette
1998
4
4
Writings and Notes
Series 4
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2.15 Linear feet
Boxes 4-6
circa 1970-2007
Scope and Contents
Writings and notes by Audrey Flack include artist's statements, drafts of a manuscript, and essays, including an account of her early years as a Photorealist artist. Included are typescripts and notes of Flack's speeches on public sculpture and her commencement address at the Boston Museum School of Fine Arts. A notebook contains Flack's notes on the creative process. Also included is an abbreviated autobiographical account.
Writings and notes by others include masters theses and doctoral dissertations on Audrey Flack's work. Found are several poems dedicated to Audrey Flack. The files also include scattered notes by Audrey Flack, printed material, and a book proposal.
Sound recordings are found of talks and lectures by Flack at museums, academic institutions, and arts organizations, including Cooper Union, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Studio School. Video recordings are found of her talks and panel discussions for Artists Alliance, Artists Talk on Art, St. John's Museum of Art, and other venues. Some of the sound cassettes and videocassettes are unidentified.
Arrangement
This series is arranged as three subseries.
Missing Title
- 4.1: Writings and Notes by Audrey Flack, circa 1970-2000
- 4.2: Writings by Others, 1970-2007
- 4.3: Lectures and Talks, 1976-2003
Writings and Notes by Audrey Flack
4.1
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circa 1970-2000
Book
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circa 1974
4
5
Book, Second Set
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circa 1974
4
6
Book, Duplicates
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circa 1974
4
7
My Early Years
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1983
4
8
Speeches
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circa 1970-2000
4
9
Notebook
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circa 1984
4
10
Guestbook, "Breaking the Rules: Audrey Flack, A Retrospective" (1992 September 29-December 17)
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1992
4
11
Writings and Notes by Others
4.2
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1970-2007
4
12-15
By Others
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1970-2007
4
12-15
Talks and Lectures
4.3
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1976-2003
Talk, "My Studio School"
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1 Sound cassette
1976
4
16
Talk, Crivelli and Audrey Flack
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1 Sound cassette
1977
4
17
Panel Discussion, "Current State of Realism"
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1 Sound cassette
circa 1980
4
18
Panel Discussion, School of Visual Arts
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1 Sound cassette
circa 1980
4
19
Flack Talks at Reynolds House
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1 Sound cassette
1980
4
20
Lecture at the University of South Florida
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1 Videocassettes (VHS)
1981
4
21
Lecture at the State University of New York, Plattsburgh
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1 Sound cassette
1983
4
22
Talk, Audrey Flack's Portraits
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1 Sound cassette
1984
5
1
Lecture, Metropolitan Museum and Long Island Art Teachers Association
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1 Sound cassette
1985
5
2
Panel Discussion, Cooper Union, New York (1986 November 4)
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1 Sound cassette
1986
5
3
Talk, "Artist Speaks"
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1 Sound cassette
1989
5
4
Talk, American Art Forum, "Art Promotion"
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1 Videocassettes (VHS)
1989
5
5
Talk, Artists Alliance
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1 Videocassettes (VHS)
circa 1990
5
6
Talk, Audrey Flack at Guild Hall
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1 Videocassettes (VHS)
circa 1990
5
7
Talk, "Humanist Tradition in Painting, A Woman in the Arts"
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1 Videocassettes (VHS)
circa 1990
5
8
Panel Discussion, "Tradition: Who Names It, Who Claims It?"
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1 Sound cassette
circa 1990
5
9
Panel Discussion, White Light Gallery
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1 Sound cassette
circa 1990
5
10
Panel Discussion, "What Are Artists Doing With Their Lives"
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1 Sound cassette
1990
5
11
Panel Discussion, "Sex, Love, and Romance," Art Show at the Vered Gallery
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1 Videocassettes (VHS)
Includes written summary of program and speakers
1991
5
12
Lecture and Interview, Wright Art Museum, University of California, Los Angeles
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1 Sound cassette
1 Videocassettes (VHS)
1992
5
13
Goddess Lecture, Women's Caucus for Art
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1 Videocassettes (VHS)
1992
5
14
Talk, Audrey Flack at the State University of Stony Brook
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1 Videocassettes (VHS)
1993
6
1
Audrey Flack Talk in Conjunction with Exhibition at the Borowsky Gallery
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1 Sound cassette
1993
6
2
Lecture, Cleveland Museum
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1 Sound cassette
1995
6
3
Talk, Sunday Today in New York
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1 Videocassettes (VHS)
1997
6
4
Lecture, Philadelphia Museum of Art
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1 Sound cassette
1998
6
5
Robin C. Morgan's Dialogue with Audrey Flack at Artists Talk on Art
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1 Videocassettes (VHS)
Includes letter from Robin C. Morgan
1998
6
6
Panel Discussion, "Art the Recording Angel: From Tragedy to Transformation" by Audrey Flack, St. John's Museum of Art
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2 Videocassettes (VHS)
Duplicates
2001
6
7
Talk at Middle Tennessee State University
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1 Videocassettes (VHS)
2003
6
8
Project Files
Series 5
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5.6 Linear feet
Boxes 6-11, FC 18-21
0.897 Gigabytes
ER01-ER02
1966-circa 2007
Scope and Contents
This series primarily includes files on Audrey Flack's public works and on exhibitions. Files documenting Flack's commissioned works chart the various stages of the project. Included are letters between Flack and public officials, foundries, architects, and colleagues as well as artist's statements, informational sheets, sketches and architectural renderings, contracts, invoices, and agreements, schedules of completion, insurance forms and certificates, legal filings, printed material, and photographs. Substantive documentation is found on major commissions, including Civitas, Rock Hill, South Carolina, Queen Catherine, Queens, New York, and Veritas, Tampa, Florida.
Exhibition-related files contain curricula vitae, correspondence, business-related materials, lists of artwork, exhibition schedules, photographs, and slides. Among the printed materials are news clippings including interviews with Flack, coverage of openings, and reviews of her work. Included are files on a major travelling exhibition "Breaking the Rules: Audrey Flack, A Retrospective, 1950-1990" organized by the J.B. Speed Art Museum that include annotated drafts of an essay by Lowery Sims written for the catalog. Two film reels document an exhibition at the Louis K. Meisel Gallery. Additional sound and video recordings and motion picture film document several of Flack's commissions and exhibitions, including extensive recordings related to her Queen Catherine sculpture. A small portion of audiovisual material is unidentified. Also included are two videos in digital format.
Included are files pertaining to Flack's teaching appointments, speaking engagements, and her activities in arts organizations. Interspersed among the files are typescripts on Flack's artwork and printed material, including news and magazine clippings.
Arrangement
Files are arranged in alphabetical order; items within folder are arranged in rough chronological order.
Researchers should also note that correspondence relating to exhibitions and commissioned pieces can be found in Series 2: Correspondence.
Alloway, Lawrence
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1979-1980
6
9
"Art and Soul," Gauden House Studio
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1 Videocassettes (VHS)
circa 1990
6
10
"The Art of the Classical Watercolor"
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1985-1986
6
11
Art Museum of Western Virginia
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1995-1996
6
12
Athens Square Park
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1990
6
13
Atlantic Center for the Arts
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1985-1988
Includes 2 sound cassettes.
6
14-15
Beloved Woman of Justice, Knoxville, Tennessee Courthouse
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1993-2003
6
16-17
Beloved Woman of Justice, Knoxville, Tennessee Courthouse
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1993-2003
7
1
Bellonia Apollonia/The Art Muse Sculpture
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2001-2003
7
2-3
Center for Creative Imagery
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1991-1992
7
4
Daphne Opening (1996 July)
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1 Videocassettes (Hi8)
1996
7
5
Eastern Montana College (1982 February 9)
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1 Videocassettes (Betamax)
1982
7
6
Exhibition, "Breaking the Rules: Audrey Flack: A Retrospective, 1950-1990"
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1986-1992
7
7-8
Exhibition at Louis K. Meisel Gallery
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circa 1988
Flack, Audrey, Guild Hall Show (1996 July 25)
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1 Videocassettes (VHS)
1996
7
11
Flack, Audrey, "Breaking the Rules for 40 Years"
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1 Sound cassette
circa 2000
7
12
Galatea Sculpture, City of South Pasadena, Florida
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1995-2003
7
13
"Hot Springs, City of the Arts in the Making," (1991 April)
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1 Videocassettes (VHS)
1991
7
14
Invitations to Speak
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1972-1980
8
1
Islandia Sculpture, New York City Technical College
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1987-1988
8
2
Lebanon Valley College
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1966-1997
8
3
Lectures and Teaching Assignments
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1966-1980
8
4
Media/Images
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circa 1970-1993
8
5
Missy Foundry
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1 Videocassettes (Hi8)
1996
8
6
Nashville Symphony Association
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2003-2004
8
7
Nashville Symphony Association, Barbara Hoffman, Legal Bills
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2005-2006
8
8
National Endowment for the Arts
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1998
8
9
National Museum of Women in the Arts
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1986-1988
8
10
National Museum of Women in the Arts,
"Four Short Pieces"
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1 Videocassettes (VHS)
1992
8
11
Nuell, Lon
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2001-2004
8
12
Oracle Sculpture, Sarasota County Selby Library
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1999-2002
8
13-14
Panels
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1982-1986
8
15
Panels and Lectures, Papers Written By Others and Letters
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circa 1986-1991
8
16
Public Art Sculptures, Contracts
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1992-2004
8
17
Queen Catherine Sculpture, Queens, New York
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Queen Catherine Sculpture
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1992-2004
8
18-20
Queen Catherine Sculpture
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1992-2004
9
1-11
A.R.T. Letter
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1992-2004
9
12
Letters and Charlotte Klein Proposals
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1992-2004
9
13
Contracts and Legal Letters
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1992-2004
9
14
Friends of Queen Catherine
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1992-2004
9
15
Bills and Receipts
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1992-2004
9
16
Foundry Quotes
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1992-2004
9
17
Prices and Schedule
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1992-2004
9
18
Tallix
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1992-2004
9
19
Crown and Template for Jewels
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1992-2004
9
20
Xeroxes of Models
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1992-2004
9
21
Sketches
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1992-2004
9
22
Base Drawings, Enlargement Drawings
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1992-2004
9
23
Controversy
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1992-2004
9
24
Attacks and Audrey Flack's Letters
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1992-2004
10
1
Legal Files
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1991-2001
10
2-9
Queen Catherine Sculpture
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5 Videocassettes (VHS)
2 Videocassettes (Hi8)
3 Sound cassettes
1995-2007
undated
Includes born-digital records, see ER01
10
10-12
Queen Catherine of Braganza: A Sculpture That Meant Not to Be, Digital Video Recording
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0.605 Gigabytes
One computer file
2008
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Rock Hill Gateway, South Carolina
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1988-1990
10
13-14
Safety Center
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2003
10
15
Saint-Gaudens Lecture, Allentown Art Museum
Archival Resource Key
2003
10
16
Saints and Other Angels: The Religious Paintings of Audrey Flack , Lowery Sims
Archival Resource Key
1986-1999
10
17
Sarasota County Art in Public Places, Selby Library Project Jury Meeting (2000 November 16)
Archival Resource Key
1 Videocassettes (VHS)
2000
10
18
South Pasadena Stroll, Grand Opening Ceremonies of Galatea Garden (2000 November 3)
Archival Resource Key
1 Videocassettes (VHS)
2000
11
1
Studio Art Centers International
Archival Resource Key
2003
11
2
University of Georgia
Archival Resource Key
1974-1978
11
4
University of South Florida, "Audrey Flack: Works on Paper"
Archival Resource Key
1980-1981
11
5
Veritas Sculpture, Tampa, Florida
Archival Resource Key
2000-2007
11
6-9
Women's Organizations
Archival Resource Key
1984-1985
11
10
World War II
Archival Resource Key
1983
11
11
Miscellaneous Project Files
Archival Resource Key
2 Videocassettes (VHS)
circa 2007
undated
Includes born-digital records, see ER02
11
12
The Art Officials Band of Carolines Comedy Club, Digital Video Recording
Archival Resource Key
0.292 Gigabytes
One computer file
2008
ER02
Printed Material
Series 6
Archival Resource Key
4.1 Linear feet
Boxes 11-16, OV 17
1950-2008
Scope and Contents
Printed material includes exhibition catalogs for solo and group shows in the United States and abroad, invitations and announcements, press releases, and scattered monographs. Reproductions include postcards featuring Flack's paintings. Exhibition posters include Flack's solo exhibition at the Roko Gallery in 1963. News and magazine clippings document Flack's professional activities over a forty year period. Periodicals contain reviews of Flack's work and announcements of gallery and museum openings. Found is a 1981 review "On Carlo Crivelli" written by Audrey Flack. Miscellaneous printed material consists of scattered announcements, invitations, commencement program, brochures, a press packet, and clippings.
Arrangement
Materials are arranged by format. Items within each folder are arranged in rough chronological order.
Exhibition Catalogs
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1952-1977
undated
11
13-18
Exhibition Catalogs
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1979-2007
12
1-16
Other Catalogs
Archival Resource Key
1991-1995
12
17
Exhibition Invitations and Announcements
Archival Resource Key
circa 1950-2005
13
1-4
Press Releases
Archival Resource Key
circa 1966-1988
13
5
Reproductions
Archival Resource Key
circa 1978-1993
13
6
Scope and Contents
Oversized material housed in Box 16
Posters
Archival Resource Key
circa 1963-2008
13
7
Scope and Contents
Oversized material housed in Box 16, OV 17
News Clippings
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circa 1964-2008
13
8-22
Magazine Clippings
Archival Resource Key
circa 1980-2005
13
23-26
Periodicals
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1965-1976
13
27-30
Scope and Contents
Oversized material housed in Box 16
Periodicals
Archival Resource Key
1977-2007
14
1-12
Scope and Contents
Oversized material housed in Box 16
Books
Archival Resource Key
1991-1996
undated
14
13-15
Miscellaneous Printed Material
Archival Resource Key
1973-2004
undated
14
16-21
Miscellaneous Printed Material
Archival Resource Key
2005-2007
15
1
Oversized Reproductions from Box 13, Folder 6
Archival Resource Key
1978-1993
16
Oversized Posters from Box 13, Folder 7
Archival Resource Key
circa 1981-2008
16
Oversized Periodical from Box 13, Folder 27
Archival Resource Key
1965
16
Oversized Periodicals from Box 14, Folders 3, 10
Archival Resource Key
1999
1983
16
Oversized Posters from Box 13, Folder 7
Archival Resource Key
circa 1963-1982
OV 17
Scrapbooks
Series 7
Archival Resource Key
2 Folders
Box 15
1977-2008
Scope and Contents
This series contains two scrapbooks. Scrapbook 1 includes scattered materials: a few letters, one from Flack to the
New York Times, an excerpt of a review, clippings used for art reference, a press release, an exhibition invitation, membership cards, and digital prints of the artist's sculptures. There is a 1969 press release for "Paintings from the Photo," at the Riverside Museum, one of the first shows devoted to Photorealism. Scrapbook
2 provides partial documentation on the making of the Queen Catherine sculpture and contains sketches and on-site installation photographs.
Scrapbook 1
Archival Resource Key
1977-2008
15
2
Scrapbook 2
Archival Resource Key
2000-2001
15
3
Photographs
Series 8
Archival Resource Key
0.5 Linear feet
Boxes 15-16
1966-2009
Scope and Contents
Photographs include black and white portraits of Mexican laborers taken by Audrey Flack in the mid-1960s, presumably used as source imagery. Also found are photographs of Audrey Flack, by herself, in her studio, and with colleagues and students. There is a photograph of Flack painting the portrait of Anwar Sadat and an inscribed photograph of Flack meeting President Jimmy Carter. Photographs of artwork include images of details from Flack's Photorealist paintings. Polaroid photos document the stages of the glazing and finishing processes in the casting of Civitas.
Arrangement
Photographs are arranged by subject.
By Audrey Flack
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circa 1966-circa 1971
15
4
Of Audrey Flack
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circa 1969-2009
15
5
Audrey Flack's Studio
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circa 2000
15
6
Artwork
Archival Resource Key
circa 1970-circa 1995
15
7
Scope and Contents
Oversized material in Box 16
Art Reference
Archival Resource Key
circa 1980-1988
15
8
Casting of Civitas
Archival Resource Key
1989-1991
15
9
Oversized Photographs of Artwork from Box 15, Folder 7
Archival Resource Key
circa 1970-circa 1995
16
Unprocessed Addition
Series 9
Archival Resource Key
18.8 Linear feet
circa 1950-2022
Unprocessed Papers
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22
Unprocessed Papers
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23
Unprocessed Papers
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24
Unprocessed Papers
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25
Unprocessed Papers
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26
Unprocessed Papers
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27
Unprocessed Papers
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28
Unprocessed Papers
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29
Unprocessed Papers
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30
Unprocessed Papers
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31
Unprocessed Papers
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32
Unprocessed Papers
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33
Unprocessed Papers
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34
Unprocessed Papers
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35
Unprocessed Papers
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36
Unprocessed Papers
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37
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38
Unprocessed Papers
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39
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40
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41
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42
Unprocessed Papers
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43