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Caroline Lerner Goldsmith papers relating to Allan Kaprow, 1963-1984

Catalog Data

Creator:
Goldsmith, Caroline Lerner, 1925-2004  Search this
Subject:
Segal, George  Search this
Kaprow, Allan  Search this
Place of publication, production, or execution:
United States
Physical Description:
0.2 Linear feet
Access Note / Rights:
Use of original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C., Research Center. Contact Reference Services for more information.
Summary:
Slides, writings, printed material, and letters from the early 1960s document Goldsmith's association with Allan Kaprow and his "Happenings." Included are slides of the Happening (part of the Yam Festival) at George Segal's farm, South Brunswick, N.J., held May 19, 1963, to which Goldsmith had been invited, including images of Kaprow, Jim Dine, Yvonne Rainer, Dick Higgins, and La Monte Young. Printed material consists of clippings on Happenings by Kaprow, directions to Segal's farm, a mimeographed explanation of Happenings by Kaprow, and a handbill for "Eat," a happening in the Bronx, January, 1963. Writings consist of a typescript of Kaprow's "Pop Art," 1963 given at the Jewish Museum, a handwritten manuscript of the talk, and a script for a Happening called "Calling" enacted by Kaprow in August, 1965. Correspondence is with Jean Lipman (then editor of Art in America) and Harvey Shapiro (of the Sunday New York Times), both of whom turned down Kaprow's lecture.
Citation:
Caroline Lerner Goldsmith papers relating to Allan Kaprow, 1963-1984. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Biography Note:
Publicist; New York, N.Y. Born 1925. Died 2004.
Language Note:
English .
Provenance:
Donated 2000 by Caroline Lerner Goldsmith.
Location Note:
Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, 750 9th St. NW, Washington, D.C. 20001
Topic:
Pop art  Search this
Happenings (Art)  Search this
Theme:
Lives of artists  Search this
Record number:
(DSI-AAA_CollID)6316
(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)224549
AAA_collcode_goldcaro
Theme:
Lives of artists
Data Source:
Archives of American Art
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:AAADCD_coll_224549