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Merle Schipper interviews

Creator:
Schipper, Merle  Search this
Names:
Anderson, John S., 1928-  Search this
Card, Greg S., 1945-  Search this
Cutler-Shaw, Joyce, 1932-  Search this
DeLap, Tony, 1927-2019  Search this
Graham, Robert, 1938-  Search this
Hammersley, Frederick, 1919-2009  Search this
Harden, Marvin, 1935-  Search this
Kauffman, Craig, 1932-2010  Search this
Kent, Claude, 1945-  Search this
Kessler, Charles, 1943-  Search this
Kipper, Harry  Search this
Onslow-Ford, Gordon  Search this
Pashgian, Helen, 1934-  Search this
Phillips, Jay, 1954-1987  Search this
Seliger, Charles, 1926-2009  Search this
Shelton, Peter, 1951-  Search this
Simonian, Judith, 1945-  Search this
Trowbridge, David, 1945-  Search this
Valentine, DeWain, 1936-  Search this
Van Hamersveld, John  Search this
Wight, Frederick Stallknecht, 1902-  Search this
Yokoi, Rita, 1938-  Search this
Extent:
21 Sound cassettes (Sound recording)
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Sound cassettes
Date:
1978-1987
Scope and Contents:
A lecture and interviews of twenty-two Southern California painters and sculptors, conducted and recorded by Los Angeles art critic Merle Schipper.
Interview tapes and Schipper's fragmentary notes are available for Greg S. Card, Tony Delap, Robert Graham, Frederick Hammersley, Marvin Harden, Craig Kauffman, Claude Kent, Charles Kessler, Harry Kipper, Jay Phillips, Charles Seliger, Peter T. Shelton, Judith Simonian, David Trowbridge, and John Van Hamersveld.
Only tapes are available for John Anderson, Joyce Cutler-Shaw, Gordon Onslow-Ford, Helen Pashgian, Frederick Stallknecht Wight and Rita Yokoi. Only Schipper's fragmentary notes are available for the DeWain Valentine interview. A tape of Craig Kauffman's May 9, 1979 lecture at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art is also included.
Arrangement:
John Anderson interview is on the Gordon Onslow-Ford tape.
John Van Hamersveld interview is on the Harry Kipper tape.
Frederick Stallknecht Wight interview is on the Joyce Cutler-Shaw tape.
Rita Yokoi interview is on the Helen Pashgian tape.
Biographical / Historical:
California art critic and curator of the Fine Arts Gallery, California State University; b. in 1922.
Provenance:
Donated 1988 by Merle Schipper.
Restrictions:
Untranscribed interviews; use requires an appointment and is limited to AAA's Washington, D.C. office.
Occupation:
Conceptual artists -- California -- Interviews  Search this
Topic:
Art, Modern -- California  Search this
Painters -- California -- Interviews  Search this
Sculptors -- California -- Interviews  Search this
Identifier:
AAA.schimerl2
Archival Repository:
Archives of American Art
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw95ec6a57c-5584-428e-b534-e1f33f11d56b
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-aaa-schimerl2

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
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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:

Peter Shelton : waxworks

Author:
Shelton, Peter 1951-  Search this
Butler, Cornelia H  Search this
Des Moines Art Center  Search this
La Jolla Museum of Contemporary Art  Search this
Subject:
Shelton, Peter 1951-  Search this
Physical description:
[50] p., 15 leaves of col. plates : ill. ; 26 cm
Type:
Books
Exhibitions
Date:
1988
C1988
Call number:
N40.1.S567 B9 1988
N40.1.S567B9 1988
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_386440

Peter Shelton, drawings and sculpture : November 16 through January 2 1993, the Arts Club of Chicago

Author:
Shelton, Peter 1951-  Search this
Eliel, Carol S. 1955-  Search this
Arts Club of Chicago  Search this
Subject:
Shelton, Peter 1951-  Search this
Physical description:
[12] p. : ill. ; 26 cm
Type:
Books
Exhibitions
Date:
1993
Call number:
N6537.S5243 A4 1993
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_901016

Peter Shelton / introduction by Christopher Knight ; interview by Barbara Fischer

Author:
Shelton, Peter 1951-  Search this
Knight, Christopher  Search this
Fischer, Barbara 1956-  Search this
Open Space Gallery  Search this
Subject:
Shelton, Peter 1951-  Search this
Physical description:
17 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 18 x 22 cm
Type:
Books
Exhibitions
Date:
1982
Call number:
NB237.S49 A4 1982
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_716810

Peter Shelton : godspipes : blackelephanthouse / [catalogue text written by Christopher Knight]

Title:
Godspipes
Blackelephanthouse
Author:
Shelton, Peter 1951-  Search this
Irish Museum of Modern Art (Kilmainham, Dublin, Ireland)  Search this
Henry Moore Sculpture Trust Studio  Search this
Subject:
Shelton, Peter 1951-  Search this
Shelton, Peter 1951-  Search this
Physical description:
30 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 30 cm
Type:
Exhibitions
Date:
1998
[1998]
20th century
Topic:
Art, Modern  Search this
Call number:
NB237.S49 A4 1998
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_907397

Peter Shelton : sixtyslippers

Title:
Sixtyslippers
Author:
Shelton, Peter 1951-  Search this
Contemporary Arts Museum  Search this
Subject:
Shelton, Peter 1951-  Search this
Physical description:
1 v. (unpaged) : ill. ; 22 cm
Type:
Books
Exhibitions
Date:
1999
C1999
Call number:
N6537.S5243 A4 1999
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_907393

Peter Shelton : bottlesbonesandthingsgetwet / Carol S. Eliel

Title:
Bottlesbonesandthingsgetwet
Bottles bones and things get wet
Author:
Eliel, Carol S. 1955-  Search this
Shelton, Peter 1951-  Search this
Los Angeles County Museum of Art  Search this
Subject:
Shelton, Peter 1951-  Search this
Physical description:
71 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 27 cm
Type:
Books
Exhibitions
Date:
1994
C1994
Call number:
N40.1.S567 E4 1994
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_498813

Peter Shelton

Author:
Shelton, Peter 1951-  Search this
Faith and Charity in Hope Gallery (Hope, Idaho)  Search this
Subject:
Shelton, Peter 1951-  Search this
Physical description:
[24] p. : ill ; 26 cm
Type:
Books
Exhibitions
Date:
1992
Call number:
NB237.S49 A4 1992
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_959909

floatinghouseDEADMAN and related work by Peter Shelton : with selected notes and chronology : February 3-March 8, 1987

Author:
Shelton, Peter 1951-  Search this
Frederick S. Wight Art Gallery  Search this
Subject:
Shelton, Peter 1951-  Search this
Physical description:
[32] p. : ill. (some col.) ; 26 cm
Type:
Books
Exhibitions
Date:
1987
C1987
Call number:
NB237.S49 A4 1987
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_652682

Peter Shelton : sixtyslippers / essay, Jacquelynn Baas ; interview, Constance Lewallen

Title:
Sixtyslippers
Author:
Shelton, Peter 1951-  Search this
Baas, Jacquelynn 1948-  Search this
Lewallen, Constance  Search this
Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive  Search this
Madison Art Center  Search this
Contemporary Arts Museum  Search this
Subject:
Shelton, Peter 1951-  Search this
Shelton, Peter 1951-  Search this
Physical description:
56, [3] p. : ill. (some col.) ; 22 cm
Type:
Books
Exhibitions
Interviews
Date:
1998
C1998
Call number:
N6537.S5243 A4 1998
N40.1.S567 B23 1998
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_625071

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