Six portfolios of miscellaneous loose items containing original works of art by 73 artists. Edited by William N. Copley. Artists include William Copley, Christo, Marcel Duchamp, Roy Lichtenstein, Joseph Kosuth, Walter de Maria, Yoko Ono, Lawrence Weiner, Richard Artschwager, and Man Ray among others. The portfolios are all kept in original display boxes.
Biographical / Historical:
Art publication, 1968. S.M.S. (Shit must stop) portfolios were conceived by William N. Copley with Dimitri Petrov as a form of protest against art galleries. Artwork in the portfolios is based on the traditions of Dada, Surrealism, and Pop Art. The portfolios are considered one complete work.
Other Title:
Also referred to as: Shit must stop
Publication, Distribution, Etc. (Imprint):
[New York] Letter Edged in Black Press [1968]
Provenance:
Donated in 2008 by Muriel Kaplan, an art collector, who purchased the portfolios.
Restrictions:
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Rights:
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Occupation:
Photographers -- New York (State) -- Great Neck Search this
An interview of Ivan C. Karp conducted 1969 March 12, by Paul Cummings, for the Archives of American Art at the Leo Castelli Gallery.
Karp discusses the invention of the names "OK Harris" and "Green Gallery"; his work for Leo Castelli including gallery exhibitions, expenses, collectors, critics and staff; the work of Richard Artschwager, Jasper Johns, Roy Lichtenstein, Robert Rauschenberg, James Rosenquist, Cy Twombly, Gerry Vanderweil, Andy Warhol, and others; The Club; "soft art"; and the art market. He recalls Richard Bellamy, Ileana Sonnabend, Robert C. Scull, and others. Karp speaks of growing up in the boroughs of New York City, his reading and writing interests, commercial film making, his work for the Hansa Gallery and Martha Jackson, summers in Provincetown, Massachusetts, and the art scene in New York City in the late 1950s.
Biographical / Historical:
Ivan C. Karp (1926- ) is an art dealer and director of the OK Harris Gallery in New York, New York.
Provenance:
This interview is part of the Archives' Oral History Program, started in 1958 to document the history of the visual arts in the United States, primarily through interviews with artists, historians, dealers, critics and others.
Restrictions:
Transcript available on the Archives of American Art website.
Occupation:
Art dealers -- New York (State) -- New York Search this
Gallery directors -- New York (State) -- New York Search this
Topic:
Art -- Collectors and collecting -- New York (State) -- New York Search this
An interview of Richard Artschwager conducted 1978 March 3-28, by Paul Cummings, for the Archives of American Art.
Biographical / Historical:
Richard Artschwager (1923- ) is a painter and sculptor from Charlotteville, New York.
General:
Originally recorded on 2 sound tape reels. Reformatted in 2010 as 4 digital wav files. Duration is 4 hr., 9 min.
Provenance:
These interviews are part of the Archives of American Art Oral History Program, started in 1958 to document the history of the visual arts in the United States, primarily through interviews with artists, historians, dealers, critics and others.
Restrictions:
Transcript available on the Archives of American Art website.
Richard Artschwager, Chuck Close, Joe Zucker : an exhibition organized by the Daniel Weinberg Gallery, September 14 through October 22, 1976, La Jolla Museum of Contemporary Art, November 5 through December 5, 1976, Memorial Union Art Gallery, University of California at Davis, January 5 through January 28, 1977
Amerikanische Zeichnungen der siebziger Jahre : Richard Artschwager ... [Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Dänemark, 15. August-20. September 1981, Kunsthalle Basel, Schweiz, 4. Oktober-18. November 1981, Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus, München, 16. Februar-11. April 1982, Wilhelm-Hack-Museum, Ludwigshafen, September-Oktober 1982 / Konzept und Organisation für Ausstellung und Katalog, Alfred ...
Richard Artschwager : Auf und Nieder, Kreuz und Quer = up and down, back and forth / Richard Artschwager ; katalog = catalogue, Ariane Grigoteit, Friedhelm Hütte
John M Armleder, Richard Artschwager, Ashley Bickerton, Jan Vercruysse : 28. Mars-24. Mai 1992 / [redaksjon, Åsmund Thorkildsen ; translation, Ruth Waaler]
Richard Artschwager : Zeichnungen, 1960-2002 / mit Beiträgen von Dieter Schwarz, Michael Semff = Richard Artschwager : drawings, 1960-2002 / with essays by Dieter Schwarz, Michael Semff ; [translations from the German by Fiona Elliott and John Williams]
