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Interview about Frida Kahlo with Lesley Dill

Creator:
Dill, Lesley, 1950-  Search this
Herrera, Hayden  Search this
Subject:
Kahlo, Frida  Search this
Type:
Sound Recording
Date:
2006 June
Citation:
Lesley Dill and Hayden Herrera. Interview about Frida Kahlo with Lesley Dill, 2006 June. Hayden Herrera papers, 1926-2006. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Record number:
(DSI-AAA)25099
See more items in:
Hayden Herrera papers, 1926-2006, bulk 1984-1997
Data Source:
Archives of American Art
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:AAADCD_item_25099

Art Foundry and Art Foundry Editions Records

Creator:
Art Foundry  Search this
Art Foundry Editions  Search this
Names:
Allen, Terry, 1943-  Search this
Arnoldi, Charles, 1946-  Search this
Bell, Larry, 1939-  Search this
Benglis, Lynda, 1941-  Search this
Chicago, Judy, 1939-  Search this
Dill, Lesley, 1950-  Search this
Hackett, Dwight  Search this
Hanbury, Una, 1904-1990  Search this
Houser, Allan, 1914-1994  Search this
Jimenez, Luis, 1940-2006  Search this
Lin, Maya Ying  Search this
Lord, Andrew  Search this
Morris, Robert, 1931-2018  Search this
Nauman, Bruce, 1941-  Search this
Orozco, Gabriel, 1962-  Search this
Otterness, Tom, 1952-  Search this
Rees, Michael, 1958-  Search this
Scholder, Fritz, 1937-2005  Search this
Shelton, Peter, 1951-  Search this
Smith, Kiki, 1954-  Search this
Soares, Valeska  Search this
Tuttle, Richard, 1941-  Search this
Extent:
25.7 Linear feet
0.891 Gigabytes
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Gigabytes
Sketches
Photographs
Date:
circa 1975-circa 2007
Summary:
The Art Foundry and Art Foundry Editions records measure 25.7 linear feet and 0.891 GB and date from circa 1975 to circa 2007. Records include administrative files; correspondence with artists, collectors, dealers, galleries, and others; eight gallery appointment books and fourteen notebooks; exhibition files; extensive artists' files; financial and legal materials; sculpture production and inventory files; and photographic and digital materials.
Scope and Contents:
The Art Foundry and Art Foundry Editions records measure 25.7 linear feet and 0.891 GB and date from circa 1975 to circa 2007. Records include administrative files; correspondence with artists, collectors, dealers, galleries, and others; eight gallery appointment books and fourteen notebooks; exhibition files; extensive artists' files; financial and legal materials; sculpture production and inventory files; and photographic and digital materials.

Administrative records document the daily operations of the Art Foundry and AFE. Correspondence is with artists, galleries, art collectors and dealers, patrons, and others.

The appointment books and notebooks document daily operations within the Foundry administrative offices, including phone messages and daily appointments, and also include notes and conversations regarding various artists' ongoing sculptural plans and projects. Entries have been made by Dwight Hackett, artists, and other staff members.

The bulk of the collection is comprised of artists' files representing over 132 artists, which may include scattered correspondence and notes; scattered exhibition materials; financial materials; photographic materials; digital materials; and sketches and plans for various sculptural productions and projects. Artists include Terry Allen, Larry Bell, Lynda Benglis, Judy Chicago, Lesley Dill, Una Hanbury, Luis Jimenez, Allan Houser, Maya Lin, Andrew Lord, Robert Morris, Bruce Nauman, Gabriel Orozco, Tom Otterness, Michael Rees, Fritz Scholder, Peter Shelton, Kiki Smith, Valeska Soares, and Richard Tuttle, among many others. Seven CD-Rs contain material related to artists Terry Allen, Charles Arnoldi, Lesley Dill, and Michael Rees.

Financial and legal materials include invoices and financial statements, consignment agreements, and miscellaneous legal documents.

Sculpture production and inventory files document casting guidelines and costs incurred; casting logs and records; sculpture production records for various artists; and inventory cards and photographs and digital documentation for various projects and works.

The collection contains hundreds of snapshots and Polaroids that depict the collaborative atmosphere Hackett was able to create at Art Foundry. There are also slides, negatives and nine photograph albums.
Arrangement:
This collection is arranged as 8 series. Researchers should note that Art Foundry and Art Foundry Editions records were merged prior to processing.

Missing Title

Series 1: Administrative Files, circa 1980-circa 2004 (0.5 linear feet; Box 1)

Series 2: Correspondence, 1985-2000 (0.6 linear feet; Boxes 1-2)

Series 3: Gallery Appointment Books and Notebooks, 1985-2000 (1.0 linear feet; Boxes 2-3)

Series 4: Exhibition Files, 1986-1997 (0.2 linear feet; Box 3)

Series 5: Artists' Files, circa 1980-circa 2007 (16.8 linear feet; Boxes 3-19, OV 27-31, 0.891 GB; ER01-ER03)

Series 6: Financial and Legal Materials, 1991-circa 2001 (1.2 linear feet; Boxes 19-20)

Series 7: Sculpture Production and Inventory Files, circa 1975-circa 2002 (2.4 linear feet; Boxes 20-23, OV 31)

Series 8: Photographic Materials, circa 1977-circa 2002 (3.0 linear feet; Boxes 23-26)
Biographical / Historical:
Art Foundry (est.1980-closed 2000) and Art Foundry Editions (est. 1992-closed 2000) were organizations founded and operated by Dwight Hackett in Santa Fe, New Mexico.

While working for another foundry in New Mexico, Dwight Hackett met Una Hanbury and began casting her work at his home, using a relatively new technique called cold casting. The process produced work that lighter than bronze and less expensive to produce. Una Hanbury helped Hackett travel to Washington, D. C. to study with Harvey Moore at his foundry. He formally established his studio, Art Foundry, in New Mexico, in 1980 with a loan from Hanbury and subsequent investment from the Apache sculptor Allan Houser. According to Hackett, Art Foundry's mission was to "collaborate with artists, not just work for them, and to challenge the limits of traditional casting technique."

In 1990, Hackett extended the operation by establishing Art Foundry Editions (AFE) through which he invited artists to come to Santa Fe for a residency and produce multiples of their work. AFE would acquire half of each artists' edition, and then market the works to galleries and collectors. One of AFE's first artists was Lynda Benglis, who purportedly came for a two-week residency and stayed for nine months.

Hackett sold Art Foundry and Art Foundry Editions in 2000.

(Much of the biographical note was taken from collecting specialist Jason Stieber's acquisition report published in the Archives of American Art Journal, Volume Number 54, 2016.)
Provenance:
The Art Foundry and Art Foundry Editions records were donated by Dwight Hackett in 2014.
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.
Topic:
Publishers and publishing  Search this
Sculpture  Search this
Function:
Foundries
Genre/Form:
Sketches
Photographs
Citation:
Art Foundry and Art Foundry Editions records, circa 1975-circa 2007. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Identifier:
AAA.artfoued
See more items in:
Art Foundry and Art Foundry Editions Records
Archival Repository:
Archives of American Art
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw909b27ecf-2d35-4327-a0d3-beffe4acb13e
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-aaa-artfoued
Online Media:

Lesley Dill : the poetic body : March 16-June 2, 1996, Orlando Museum of Art

Title:
Poetic body
Author:
Dill, Lesley 1950-  Search this
Scott, Sue (Sue A.)  Search this
Orlando Museum of Art  Search this
Subject:
Dill, Lesley 1950-  Search this
Physical description:
1 folded sheet ([6] p.) : col. ill. ; 21 x 26 cm
Type:
Exhibitions
Date:
1996
[1996]
Topic:
Conceptual art  Search this
Literature in art  Search this
Call number:
N6537.D463 A4 1996
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_714581

Lesley Dill : performance as art / René Paul Barilleaux, Jody Blake

Author:
Barilleaux, René Paul  Search this
Blake, Jody 1953-  Search this
Dill, Lesley 1950- Works Selections  Search this
McNay Art Museum  Search this
Subject:
Dill, Lesley 1950-  Search this
Physical description:
pages cm
Type:
Exhibitions
Place:
United States
Date:
2015
Topic:
Performance art  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1046230

Lesley Dill : performance as art / René Paul Barilleaux, Jody Blake

Author:
Barilleaux, René Paul  Search this
Blake, Jody 1953-  Search this
Author:
Dill, Lesley 1950- Works Selections  Search this
Publisher:
McNay Art Museum  Search this
Subject:
Dill, Lesley 1950-  Search this
Physical description:
67 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 23 cm
Type:
Exhibitions
Exhibition catalogs
Place:
United States
Date:
2015
Topic:
Performance art  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1046231

A mouthful of words / Lesley Dill

Title:
Lesley Dill : a mouthful of words
Author:
Dill, Lesley 1950-  Search this
University of Memphis Art Museum  Search this
Subject:
Dill, Lesley 1950-  Search this
Physical description:
[21] p. : ill. ; 19 cm
Type:
Books
Exhibitions
Date:
1997
Call number:
N6537.D463 A4 1997
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_767515

Lesley Dill : in black & white, April 8 - May 10, 1997

Title:
In black & white
In black and white
Author:
Dill, Lesley 1950-  Search this
George Adams Gallery  Search this
Subject:
Dill, Lesley 1950-  Search this
Physical description:
[16] p. : ill. ; 26 cm
Type:
Books
Exhibitions
Date:
1997
[1997]
Call number:
N6537.D463 A4 1997b
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_792085

Tongues on fire : visions and ecstasy / Lesley Dill. writings by David J. Brown...[et al.]

Title:
Visions ecstasy
Author:
Dill, Lesley 1950-  Search this
Brown, David J  Search this
Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art  Search this
Subject:
Dill, Lesley 1950-  Search this
Physical description:
48 p. : ill. ; 28 cm
Type:
Books
Exhibitions
Date:
2001
[2001]
Call number:
N6537.D463 A4 2001
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_763291

Lesley Dill : May 1-May 29, 2004, Arthur Roger Gallery

Author:
Dill, Lesley 1950-  Search this
Arthur Roger Gallery  Search this
Subject:
Dill, Lesley 1950-  Search this
Physical description:
[12] p. : col. ill. ; 16 cm
Type:
Books
Exhibitions
Date:
2004
Call number:
NB237.D587 A4 2004
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_792086

Work in progress--Lesley Dill : "I have an interior."

Title:
Lesley Dill : "I have an interior"
I have an interior
Author:
Dill, Lesley 1950-  Search this
Mississippi Museum of Art  Search this
Subject:
Dill, Lesley 1950-  Search this
Physical description:
[4] leaves : ill. ; 22 cm
Type:
Books
Exhibitions
Date:
1999
C1999
Call number:
N6537.D463 A4 1999
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_792088

Lesley Dill : tremendous world

Title:
Tremendous world
Author:
Dill, Lesley 1950-  Search this
Patterson, Tom 1952-  Search this
Young, Dede  Search this
Neuberger Museum of Art  Search this
Subject:
Dill, Lesley 1950-  Search this
Physical description:
28 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 27 cm
Type:
Books
Exhibitions
Date:
2007
Call number:
N6537.D463 A4 2007
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_826087

Reading meaning : word and symbolism in the art of Squeak Carnwath, Lesley Dill, Leslie Enders Lee, and Anne Siems : Ruth Chandler Williamson Gallery, Scripps College, October 30-December 19, 2004

Title:
Word and symbolism in the art of Squeak Carnwath, Lesley Dill, Leslie Enders Lee, and Anne Siems
Author:
Carnwath, Squeak 1947-  Search this
Mathews-Berenson, Margaret  Search this
Ruth Chandler Williamson Gallery  Search this
Subject:
Carnwath, Squeak 1947-  Search this
Dill, Lesley 1950-  Search this
Lee, Leslie Enders 1946-  Search this
Siems, Anne  Search this
Physical description:
55 p. : col. ill. ; 28 cm
Type:
Exhibitions
Date:
2004
C2004
Topic:
Conceptual art  Search this
Symbolism in art  Search this
Words in art  Search this
Call number:
N6494.C63 R43 2004
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_810429

Divide Light #2, (sculpture)

Sculptor:
Dill, Lesley 1950-  Search this
Medium:
Chiri paper, glue, thread, tea, and pins
Type:
Sculptures
Owner/Location:
Albright-Knox Art Gallery 1285 Elmwood Avenue Buffalo New York 14222
Date:
2002
Topic:
Abstract  Search this
Figure--Fragment--Hand  Search this
Control number:
IAS 33660181
Data Source:
Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_ari_467290

Poem Spill, (sculpture)

Sculptor:
Dill, Lesley 1950-  Search this
Medium:
Plaster, wire, wood, and paper, with acrylic paint
Type:
Sculptures
Owner/Location:
Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art 4420 Warwick Boulevard Kansas City Missouri 64111 Accession Number: 1995.75
Date:
1995
Topic:
Abstract  Search this
Figure--Fragment--Leg  Search this
Control number:
IAS 67690029
Data Source:
Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_ari_371957

I heard a voice : the art of Lesley Dill

Title:
Art of Lesley Dill
Author:
Dill, Lesley 1950-  Search this
Jestice, Nandini Makrandi  Search this
Goodeve, Thyrza Nichols  Search this
Hunter Museum of American Art  Search this
Smith College Museum of Art  Search this
Museum of Fine Arts (Saint Petersburg, Fla.)  Search this
Palmer Museum of Art (Pennsylvania State University)  Search this
Arkansas Arts Center  Search this
Columbia Museum of Art  Search this
Subject:
Dill, Lesley 1950-  Search this
Physical description:
70 p. : col. ill. ; 28 cm
Type:
Books
Exhibitions
Date:
2009
[2009]
Call number:
N6537.D463 A4 2009
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_931038

Lesley Dill's poetic visions : from Shimmer to Sister Gertrude Morgan / essay by Barbara Matilsky

Author:
Dill, Lesley 1950-  Search this
Matilsky, Barbara C  Search this
Whatcom Museum  Search this
Halsey Institute of Contemporary Art  Search this
Subject:
Dill, Lesley 1950-  Search this
Physical description:
48 p. : col. ill. ; 28 cm
Type:
Books
Exhibitions
Date:
2011
C2011
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_985399

A secret told : Lesley Dill :[exhibition] October 15-November 17, 1998

Title:
Lesley Dill
Author:
Dill, Lesley 1950-  Search this
George Adams Gallery  Search this
Subject:
Dill, Lesley 1950-  Search this
Physical description:
[5] p. : ill. ; 14 x 21 cm
Type:
Books
Exhibitions
Date:
1998
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_623557

Lesley Dill : sculpture 1994-2018

Author:
Dill, Lesley 1950-  Search this
Nohra Haime Gallery (New York, N.Y.)  Search this
Subject:
Dill, Lesley 1950-  Search this
Physical description:
1 volume (unpaged) : illustrations ; 28 cm
Type:
Books
Exhibitions
Exhibition catalogs
Date:
2019
Call number:
N40.1.D5686 N64 2019
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1107890

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