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Place of publication, production, or execution:
United States
Physical Description:
1.4 Linear feet
Arrangement:
The collection is arranged as eight series. Series 1: Biographical Material, 1977-1991 (3 Folders: Box 1) Series 2: Correspondence, 1976-1991 (0.3 Linear feet: Box 1) Series 3: Writings, 1975-1987 (0.1 Linear feet: Box 1) Series 4: Exhibition Files, 1978-1994 (0.2 Linear feet: Box 1) Series 5: Professional Files, 1976-1994 (0.1 Linear feet: Box 1) Series 6: Teaching Files, 1977-1990 (0.4 Linear feet: Box 1) Series 7: Printed Material, 1973-1992 (0.3 Linear feet: Box 2) Series 8: Photographic Material, 1971-1987 (0.1 Linear feet: Box 2)
Access Note / Rights:
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 born-digital records or audiovisual recordings in this collection must use access copies. Contact Reference Services for more information.
Summary:
The Sylvia Lark papers measure 1.4 linear feet and date from 1971- 1994, documenting Lark's career as an abstract artist and college professor, particularly her tenure at the University of California, Berkeley. Included are biographical materials; correspondence with museums, galleries, universities, colleagues and other artists; writings by and about Lark's work; professional files such as gallery represented sale records, grant applications and inventory lists; exhibition files; teaching files; printed and photographic material.
Citation:
Sylvia Lark papers, 1971-1994. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Location of Originals:
Collection contains mostly photocopies.
Funding:
The processing of this collection received Federal support from the Smithsonian Collections Care and Preservation Fund, administered by the National Collections Program and the Smithsonian Collections Advisory Committee.
Use Note:
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Biography Note:
Sylvia Lark (1947-1990) was a Seneca abstract expressionist painter, printmaker and educator from Buffalo, New York. Lark received her M.F.A from University of Wisconsin, Madision in 1972 before moving to California where she began teaching printmaking at California State University, Sacramento. In 1977 she received a Fulbright grant to travel and study in Korea and Japan. She also began teaching at the University of California, Berkeley that same year where she remained a professor for the rest of her life. She was awarded the Distinguished Teaching Award for teaching art by the College Art Association posthumously in 1991.
In addition to her professorial career, Lark was a widely exhibited artist who collaborated on a number of Native American exhibitions, and served as a member of a different women in the arts organizations. Her work can be found in numerous collections including that of the Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Oakland Museum, and the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago.
Language Note:
English .
Provenance:
Donated 1998 by Christine Carter.
Location Note:
Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, 750 9th St. NW, Washington, D.C. 20001
