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Creator:
Goldring, N. (Nancy), 1945-  Search this
Subject:
Steinberg, Leo  Search this
Lax, Robert  Search this
Alloway, Lawrence  Search this
Type:
Photographs
Scrapbooks
Place of publication, production, or execution:
United States
Physical Description:
5.1 Linear feet; 0.213 Gigabytes
Arrangement:
The collection is arranged as nine series Series 1: Biographical Material, 1957-2014 (0.2 linear feet; Box 1) Series 2: Correspondence, 1962-2015 (1.2 linear feet; Box 1-2) Series 3: Writings, circa 1955-2014 (0.3 linear feet; Box 2) Series 4: Project and Exhibition Files, 1970-2015 (0.5 linear feet; Box 2-3) Series 5: Printed Material, circa 1950-2015 (1.6 linear feet; Box 3-4, OV 6, 0.213 GB; ER01) Series 6: Scrapbooks, 1955-circa 1956 (0.3 linear feet; Box 4) Series 7: Artwork, circa 2006 (1 folder; OV 7) Series 8: Photographic Material, circa 1955-2015 (0.5 linear feet; Box 5, OV 8) Series 9: Unprocessed Addition, circa 1967-2020 (0.4 linear feet; Box 9)
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:
The papers of New York artist Nancy Goldring measure 5.1 linear feet and 0.213 GB and date from circa 1950-2020. Her career and personal life are documented through biographical material; personal and professional correspondence; writings; project and exhibition files; printed and digital material; scrapbooks; atwork; and photographic material. Notable correspondents include Lawrence Alloway, Robert Lax, and Leo Steinberg. There is a 0.4 linear foot unprocessed addition to this collection donated in 2020 that includes printed material, artwork, correspondence (emails, handmade cards), poetry, photographs of friends and family, and misc. Materials date from circa 1967-2020.
Citation:
Nancy Goldring papers, circa 1950-2020. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Use Note:
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Biography Note:
Nancy Goldring (1945- ) is an American artist working in New York. Raised in St. Louis, Missouri where her father was a professor of cardiology at Washington University, Goldring attended Smith College, receiving a BA in art history in 1967. She spent a year in Italy on a Fulbright fellowship and was later enrolled in the MFA program at New York University. She has been teaching at Montclair State University since the early 1970s. In 1994, Goldring traveled in India and Sri Lanka on another Fulbright fellowship.
Language Note:
English; Italian
Provenance:
Nancy Goldring donated her papers to the Archives of American Art in 2015 and 2021.
Location Note:
Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, 750 9th St. NW, Washington, D.C. 20001
Topic:
Women artists  Search this
Theme:
Women  Search this
Lives of artists  Search this
Record number:
(DSI-AAA_CollID)16284
(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)373512
AAA_collcode_goldnanc
Theme:
Women
Lives of artists
Data Source:
Archives of American Art
EDAN-URL:
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