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Collection Creator:
Ball, Fred Uhl, 1945-1985  Search this
Extent:
1.1 Linear feet (Boxes 1-2)
Type:
Archival materials
Date:
1945-1987, undated
Scope and Contents note:
This series contains photographs of Ball throughout his life, in addition to photographs of artwork and exhibitions. Photographs of Ball include portraits of the artist in his studio, and family photographs include baby, childhood, and high school pictures. There are also photographs of Ball demonstrating at the State Fair (1965); at an installation and in his studio; and with his mother and half-brother. One photograph of Ball as an infant is labeled "date unknown, photo possibly by Imogen Cunningham." Three photographs show Kathryn Ball and Bruce Beck working on Ball's Sutter Hospital Mural which they completed in 1986. Binder 1: Photographs #1 contains photographs of commissions in California, Nevada, and New Jersey arranged alphabetically by name of site; and material relating to the 1987 Fred Uhl Ball Retrospective at Crocker Art Museum in Sacramento, including a catalog of the exhibition, photographs of the installation and transparencies of works from the catalog. Binder 2: Photographs #2 contains miscellaneous color photographs of work completed between 1968 and 1985, with some photographs of undated work. Binder 3: Slides #1 contains slides of Ball, including shots of him in his studio, and slides of exhibitions and artwork including commissions. Binders 4 and 5 contain slides of artwork organized by type of work or media.
Arrangement note:
The photographs and slides in this series were donated to the Archives of American Art in archival binders. They have been removed from their original binders. The original arrangement has been maintained, and the content notes for slides are generally taken directly from the labels provided in the binders.
Collection Restrictions:
The collection is open for research. Use requires an appointment and is limited to the Washington, D.C. research facility.
Collection Rights:
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 Smithsonian's Terms of Use for additional information.
Collection Citation:
Fred Uhl Ball papers, 1936-2002. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Identifier:
AAA.ballfred, Series 2
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Fred Uhl Ball papers
Archival Repository:
Archives of American Art
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw988b5b87a-6452-4004-a3a4-ba6f497080ac
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-aaa-ballfred-ref28