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Diana Fuller papers and gallery records, 1958-2004

Creator:: Fuller, Diana Burgess, 1937- Search this

Subject:: Wiley, William T. Search this; De Forest, Roy Search this; Levine, Marilyn Search this; Holland, Tom Search this; Brown, Joan Search this; Fuller Goldeen Gallery Search this; Hansen Fuller Goldeen Gallery Search this; Hansen-Fuller Gallery Search this; Fuller Gross Gallery Search this; Hansen Galleries Search this

Citation:: Diana Fuller papers and gallery records, 1958-2004. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Topic:: Art, Modern -- 20th century -- California -- San Francisco Search this

Theme:: Art Gallery Records Search this; Art Market Search this

Record number:: (DSI-AAA_CollID)10403; (DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)213779; AAA_collcode_fulldian

Theme:: Art Gallery Records; Art Market

Data Source:: Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:: edanmdm:AAADCD_coll_213779

Susan Cummins Gallery records, 1984-2002

Creator:: Susan Cummins Gallery Search this

Subject:: Cummins, Susan Search this; Metcalf, Bruce Search this; Scott, Joyce Search this; Ebendorf, Robert Search this; Hu, Mary Lee Search this; Nanette L. Laitman Documentation Project for Craft and Decorative Arts in America Search this

Citation:: Susan Cummins Gallery records, 1984-2002. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Topic:: Jewelry -- Collectors and collecting Search this; American studio craft movement Search this

Theme:: Art Gallery Records Search this; Craft Search this; Art Market Search this

Record number:: (DSI-AAA_CollID)11577; (DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)248745; AAA_collcode_susacumg

Theme:: Art Gallery Records; Craft; Art Market

Data Source:: Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:: edanmdm:AAADCD_coll_248745

Diana Fuller papers and gallery records

Creator:: Fuller, Diana Burgess Search this

Names:: Fuller Goldeen Gallery Search this; Fuller Gross Gallery Search this; Hansen Fuller Goldeen Gallery Search this; Hansen Galleries Search this; Hansen-Fuller Gallery Search this; Brown, Joan, 1938-1990 Search this; De Forest, Roy, 1930-2007 Search this; Holland, Tom, 1936- Search this; Levine, Marilyn, 1935-2005 Search this; Wiley, William T., 1937-2021 Search this

Extent:: 67.9 Linear feet

Type:: Collection descriptions; Archival materials

Date:: 1958-2004

Summary:: The Diana Fuller papers and gallery records measure 67.9 linear feet and date from 1958 to 2004. The records shed light on the operations of Hansen-Fuller Gallery, Hansen-Fuller-Goldeen Gallery, Fuller-Goldeen Gallery, and Fuller-Gross Gallery through administrative files, correspondence files, artists' files, dealer and institution files, exhibition and event files, financial records, printed materials, photographic materials, as well as some audiovisual and born digital materials. Diana Fuller's papers concern her work with the Bay Area Consortium for the Visual Arts, her book, Art/Women/California, 1950-2000: Parallels and Intersections (2002), and include scattered project files, photographic materials, and more. Also present are correspondence files, artists' files, exhibition material, and financial records generated by Arts Unlimited and Hansen Galleries.

Scope and Contents:: The Diana Fuller papers and gallery records measure 67.9 linear feet and date from 1958 to 2004. The records shed light on the operations of Hansen-Fuller Gallery, Hansen-Fuller-Goldeen Gallery, Fuller-Goldeen Gallery, and Fuller-Gross Gallery through administrative files, correspondence files, artists' files, dealer and institution files, exhibition and event files, financial records, printed materials, photographic materials, as well as some audiovisual and born digital materials. Diana Fuller's papers concern her work with the Bay Area Consortium for the Visual Arts, her book, Art/Women/California, 1950-2000: Parallels and Intersections (2002), and include scattered project files, photographic materials, and more. Also present are correspondence files, artists' files, exhibition material, and financial records generated by Arts Unlimited and Hansen Galleries.

Administrative files include job descriptions, inventories of artwork, addresses, and contact lists; papers relating to foundries, photographers, framers, and printers; advertising records, property records, travel files, and one gallery guestbook. Correspondence files document the galleries' relationship with collectors, clients, art organizations, and consultants. The files include some sales records, agreements, printed material, and photos of artwork as well. Artists' files include biographical information, artist statements, correspondence, client lists, exhibition materials, loan and consignment records, and more. Among the artists featured extensively is Beth Van Hosen, William T. Wiley, Roy DeForest, Robert Arneson, Tom Holland, Robert Hudson, Marilyn Levine, and Joan Brown.

Exhibition and event files shed light on solo and group shows held at Fuller galleries, Art Unlimited and Hansen Gallery, and outside galleries, museums, and institutions; art fairs held in the U.S. and abroad, and auctions. Files related to film screenings, tours, luncheons, and other special events held at Fuller galleries are also present. Dealer and institution files consist of correspondence, loan and consignments records, bills of sale, commission agreements and contracts, printed material, price lists, and some photographic materials. Financial records contain account ledgers, invoices and receipts, gallery checks, and sales records. Also present are donation records, appraisal reports, and some financial records from Arts Unlimited and Hansen Gallery.

Diana Fuller's papers include project files, appraisal records, membership records, correspondence, and photographic materials. Records related to the Bay Area Consortium for the Visual Arts consist of administrative records, project files, grant applications, 1989 earthquake disaster relief material, and organization finances. Files relating toParallels and Intersections and its accompanying exhibition contain artist files, author files, correspondence, publishing agreements, drafts, cassette tapes, DVDs, and more.

Arrangement:: The collection is arranged as 7 series.

Series 1: Administrative Records, 1969-1992 (Box 1-3; 2.2 linear feet)

Series 2: Correspondence Files, 1963-1993 (Box 3-8; 5.5 linear feet)

Series 3: Artists' Files, 1959-1993 (Box 8-37; 28.5 linear feet)

Series 4: Exhibition and Event Files, 1967-1993, 2001 (Box 37-45; 8.3 linear feet)

Series 5: Dealer and Institution Files, 1965-1992 (Box 45-51; 6.3 linear feet)

Series 6: Financial Records, 1958-1990 (Box 51-58, 68-70; 7.9 linear feet)

Series 7: Diana Fuller Personal and Professional Papers, 1970s-2004 (Box 58-67; 9.2 linear feet)

Biographical / Historical:: The Diana Fuller galleries were contemporary art galleries in San Francisco, California, from 1969 to 1990. During this period, the gallery changed name and ownership on several occasions: Hansen-Fuller Gallery (1969-1979), Hansen-Fuller-Goldeen Gallery (1979-1982), Fuller-Goldeen Gallery (1982-1986), and Fuller-Gross Gallery (1987-1990). The three gallerists who partnered with Fuller were Wanda Hansen, Dorothy Goldeen, and Brian Gross. Among the artists represented by Fuller galleries were Beth Van Hosen, William T. Wiley, Roy DeForest, Robert Arneson, Tom Holland, Robert Hudson, Marilyn Levine, and Joan Brown. Fuller galleries held performance and conceptual art exhibitions, music performances, screened films, and rented its space out for luncheons and other special events. The gallery also exhibited at art fairs in the U.S. and Europe.

Diana Burgess Fuller is a curator, editor, and filmmaker who was previously a gallerist and art dealer. Diana Burgess worked at Saks Fifth Avenue when she married author Blair Fuller in 1965. Around 1967, she began working for Wanda Hansen's contemporary art gallery, which changed names from Art Unlimited to Hansen Galleries (sometimes Gallery). In 1969, Fuller and Hansen opened the Hansen-Fuller Gallery. That same year, Blair Fuller and novelist Oakley Hall started the Community of Writers at Squaw Valley. Diana Fuller has been involved with Squaw Valley since its inception, and currently serves as director of its screenwriting program. Fuller continued in the retail art business for a short period after closing the gallerey in 1990. In the late 1990s, Fuller began working on the seminal exhibition and book catalog, Art/Women/California, 1950-2000: Parallels and Intersections (2002), documenting more than 90 women artists working in California in the second half of the twentieth century. Fuller was the former president of the Film Arts Foundation and former chair of the Roxie Theater; she currently serves on the board of Artists in Residence Program at Recology.

Related Materials:: Also found in the Archives of American Art is the Dorothy Goldeen Gallery records.

Provenance:: The collection was donated by Diana Fuller, 1991-1995 and 2022.

Restrictions:: This collection is open for research. Access to original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C. Research Center.

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.

Topic:: Art, Modern -- 20th century -- California -- San Francisco Search this

Function:: Art galleries, Commercial -- California

Citation:: Diana Fuller Papers and Gallery Records, 1958-2004. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Sponsor:: 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.

Identifier:: AAA.fulldian

See more items in:: Diana Fuller papers and gallery records

Archival Repository:: Archives of American Art

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EDAN-URL:: ead_collection:sova-aaa-fulldian

Susan Cummins Gallery records

Creator:: Susan Cummins Gallery Search this

Names:: Nanette L. Laitman Documentation Project for Craft and Decorative Arts in America Search this; Cummins, Susan Search this; Ebendorf, Robert, 1938- Search this; Hu, Mary Lee, 1943- Search this; Metcalf, Bruce, 1949- Search this; Scott, Joyce J., 1948- Search this

Extent:: 6.4 Linear feet

Type:: Collection descriptions; Archival materials

Date:: 1984-2002

Summary:: The Susan Cummins Gallery records measure 6.4 linear feet and date from 1984 to 2002, with the bulk of the records dating from 1990 to 2001. The collection sheds light on the California gallery's artists and operations through administrative records, artists' files, printed materials, photographic materials, audiovisual recordings, correspondence, and more. Also included are two files relating to art panels and lectures given by Susan Cummins.

Scope and Contents:: The Susan Cummins Gallery records measure 6.4 linear feet and date from 1984 to 2002, with the bulk of the records dating from 1990 to 2001. The collection sheds light on the California gallery's artists and operations through administrative records and artists' files. Administrative records include group show exhibition files, gallery exhibition announcements, newspaper and magazine clippings, casette tapes, and papers from panels and lectures given by Cummins. Artists' files mainly consist of correspondence, resumes, exhibition announcements, articles about the artist, show reviews, and photographic materials. Some of the files include exhibition materials such as price lists, correspondence with other galleries and institutions, photos, and some sales records. Artists featured include Joyce Scott, June Schwarcz, Bruce Metcalf, Jamie Bennett, Dominic Di Mare, Thomas Mann, Keith Lewis, Bob Ebendorf, and Sandra Enterline.

Arrangement:: The collection is arranged as two series.

Series 1: Administrative Records, 1984-2001 (Box 1; 0.5 linear feet)

Series 2: Artists' Files, 1984-2002 (Box 2-7; 5.9 linear feet)

Biographical / Historical:: Susan Cummins Gallery was a contemporary art gallery established in 1984 in Mill Valley, California. The gallery was most well-known for its exhibition of American jewelry and other studio craft objects. In the 1990s, the gallery moved into a larger space and began exhibiting paintings and drawings as well. Most exhibitions held at the gallery were solo shows rotated monthly. Over the years, major artists shown at Cummins Gallery include Joyce Scott, June Schwarcz, Bruce Metcalf, Jamie Bennett, Dominic Di Mare, and Bob Ebendorf. The gallery closed in 2002. Group shows include Faceted Glass (1984)--the gallery's first show, Outcasts: Jewelry from Junk (1992), The Weight of Gold: Invitational Group Show (1993), and Jewelry as an Object of Installation (2001).

Susan Cummins was born December 27, 1946, in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Growing up, her family moved around to several states but mostly settled in the west coast. After high school, Cummins went on an American Field Service trip to Europe, and it was during her trip that she decided to study art in college. She attended Scripps College, studied under Arthur Stevens, and wrote her thesis on Rodin's relationship to dance. After college, Cummins moved to Washington, D.C. and struggled to find work in her field. She briefly volunteered at the National Museum of American Art and had worked for the Black Man's Development Center and a government lab before moving back to the west coast. She moved to Mill Valley and began running The Fireworks, a ceramics shop owned by a former college friend, Beth Changstrom. In 1983, Cummins and Changstrom took over the Horizon Gallery's space in Mill Valley and founded Beth Changstrom Ceramics and Susan Cummins Gallery. Throughout her tenure running the gallery, Cummins was close friends with some of her artists, especially Bruce Metcalf, Dominic Di Mare, and Bob Ebendorf. Cummins helped found Art Jewelry Forum in 1997 to promote and educate the collecting public about jewelry. She has served on the boards of the American Craft Council (2018 Honorary Fellow) and the Headlands Center for the Arts; she is the current director of the Rotasa Foundation.

Related Materials:: Also found in the Archives of American Art is an oral history interview with Susan Cummins conducted by Jo Lauria, October 22, 2009

Provenance:: The collection was donated in 2003 by Susan Cummins, gallery founder and owner, as part of the Nanette L. Laitman Documentation Project for Craft and Decorative Arts in America.

Restrictions:: Use of original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C., Research Center. Contact Reference Services for more information.

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.

Occupation:: Painters -- California Search this

Topic:: Jewelry -- Collectors and collecting Search this; American studio craft movement Search this

Function:: Art galleries, Commercial -- California

Citation:: Susan Cummins Gallery records, 1984-2002. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Sponsor:: 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.

Identifier:: AAA.susacumg

See more items in:: Susan Cummins Gallery records

Archival Repository:: Archives of American Art

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EDAN-URL:: ead_collection:sova-aaa-susacumg

Douglas Cramer papers, circa 1970-2014

Creator:: Cramer, Douglas S. Search this

Subject:: Ruscha, Edward Search this; Boone, Mary Search this; Kelly, Ellsworth Search this; Castelli, Leo Search this

Type:: Visitors' books; Photographs

Citation:: Douglas Cramer papers, circa 1970-2014. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Topic:: Art -- Collectors and collecting -- New York (State) -- New York Search this; Art -- Collectors and collecting -- Florida -- Miami Search this; Television producers and directors -- Florida -- Miami Search this; Television producers and directors -- New York -- New York Search this

Theme:: Sketches & Sketchbooks Search this; Patronage Search this

Record number:: (DSI-AAA_CollID)17350; (DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)380682; AAA_collcode_cramdoug

Theme:: Sketches & Sketchbooks; Patronage

Data Source:: Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:: edanmdm:AAADCD_coll_380682

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Irving Petlin papers, 1952-2014, bulk 1970-1990

Creator:: Petlin, Irving, 1934-2018 Search this

Subject:: Golub, Leon Search this; Kitaj, R. B. Search this; Selz, Peter Howard Search this

Type:: Drawings; Sketchbooks

Citation:: Irving Petlin papers, 1952-2014, bulk 1970-1990. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Topic:: Art and war Search this; Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Protest Movements -- United States Search this

Theme:: Lives of artists Search this

Record number:: (DSI-AAA_CollID)21701; (DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)398508; AAA_collcode_peltirvi

Theme:: Lives of artists

Data Source:: Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:: edanmdm:AAADCD_coll_398508

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Oral history interview with Douglas S. Cramer, 2013 October 23-December 13

Interviewee:: Cramer, Douglas S. Search this

Interviewer:: Berman, Avis, 1949- Search this

Type:: Sound recordings; Interviews

Citation:: Quotes and excerpts must be cited as follows: Oral history interview with Douglas S. Cramer, 2013 October 23-December 13. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.