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David Ireland Papers

Artist:
Ireland, David, 1930-2009  Search this
Names:
American Academy in Rome  Search this
Arts Club of Chicago  Search this
California College of Arts and Crafts (San Francisco, Calif.)  Search this
Center for the Arts at Yerba Buena Gardens  Search this
Gallery Paule Anglim  Search this
Helmhaus Zürich  Search this
Mattress Factory  Search this
New Museum of Contemporary Art (New York, N.Y.)  Search this
Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts  Search this
San Francisco Art Institute  Search this
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art  Search this
Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture  Search this
Stanford University  Search this
Walker Art Center  Search this
Washington State Arts Commission  Search this
Western Washington University  Search this
Coppola, Eleanor  Search this
Grobart, Jeffrey  Search this
Lee, Margie  Search this
Lienhard, Marie-Louise  Search this
Marion, Paul  Search this
Tingle, Alta  Search this
Extent:
24.8 Linear feet
8.39 Gigabytes
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Gigabytes
Video recordings
Sketches
Interviews
Prints
Sound recordings
Drawings
Photographs
Date:
circa 1910s-circa 2009
bulk 1960-2005
Summary:
The papers of California conceptual artist and sculptor David Ireland measure 24.8 linear feet and 8.39 GB and date from circa 1910s to circa 2009, with the bulk of the material dating from 1960 to 2005. The papers include biographical material, correspondence, notes and notebooks, installation projects and exhibition files, teaching files, travel files, personal business records, printed and digital material and commercial recordings, photographic materials, artwork, and video and sound recordings.
Scope and Contents:
The papers of California conceptual artist and sculptor David Ireland measure 24.8 linear feet and 8.39 GB and date from circa 1910s to circa 2009, with the bulk of the material dating from 1960 to 2005. The papers include biographical material, correspondence, notes and notebooks, installation projects and exhibition files, teaching files, travel files, personal business records, printed and digital material and commercial sound recordings, photographic materials, artwork, and video and sound recordings.

Biographical material includes awards and certificates, address books and appointment books, artist's statements, resumes, chronologies, student university materials, passports, and sound and video recordings of interviews with Ireland. Correspondence is with friends, peers, universities, galleries, and museums, including Jeffrey Grobart, Eleanor Coppola, Margie Lee, Marie-Louise Lienhard, Paul Marion, and Alta Tingle, among others. Notes and notebooks contain incoming phone messages, notes to self, regarding projects and ideas, as well as various other notes and plans.

Installation projects and exhibition files constitute the bulk of the collection and document David Ireland's extensive projects and exhibitions around the world. Files are found for his Capp Street house project and Pacific Enterprises project in San Francisco; Boott Mills project in Lowell, Massachusetts; IKEA Emeryville Public Art Project in Emeryville, California; and several Washington State Arts Commission and Western Washington University projects. Other exhibition and installation locations found within the files include the American Academy in Rome; Yerba Buena Arts Center in California; Perth Institute of Contemporary Art in Australia; Helmhaus in Zurich, Switzerland; Arts Club of Chicago; SFMOMA; New Museum of Contemporary Art in New York; Walker Art Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota; and the Mattress Factory in Pittsburgh, among many others. The files contain a wide variety of materials, including sound and video recordings in various formats.

Teaching files document David Ireland's many roles as visiting artist, artist-in-residence, instructor, and conference and symposium panelist at the California College of Arts and Crafts, San Francisco Art Institute, Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, and Stanford University Department of Art, among others. Travel files document Ireland's trips abroad, both independent of and as a result of installation and project obligations.

Personal business records are comprised of financial materials and documentation relating to Ireland's two early South African import and safari businesses as well grants and project proposals, various loan agreements, representation through Gallery Paule Anglim, property sales and tax documentation, inventory materials, and various other business materials. Also found within the collection are printed material and four commercial sound recordings. Photographs are of the artist, friends and family, Ireland's Oakland studio, and works of art. There is artwork by Ireland, including sketches, drawings, and prints, and a few pieces of artwork by other artists. In addition to sound and video recordings arranged in other series, there is one video recording and six sound cassettes that are either unidentified or have no additional context within the collection.
Arrangement:
This collection is arranged as 11 series.

Missing Title

Series 1: Biographical Material, circa 1950-circa 2009 (1.5 linear feet; Boxes 1-2)

Series 2: Correspondence, circa 1937-circa 2008 (4 linear feet; Boxes 2-6)

Series 3: Notes and Notebooks, circa 1965-circa 2008 (0.7 linear feet; Boxes 6-7)

Series 4: Installation Projects and Exhibition Files, circa 1960s-circa 2009 (11.6 linear feet; Boxes 7-18, OV26, OV27, 7.84 GB; ER01-ER15)

Series 5: Teaching Files, 1977-1998 (1.2 linear feet; Boxes 18-19)

Series 6: Travel Files, circa 1950s-circa 1994 (0.6 linear feet; Boxes 19-20)

Series 7: Personal Business Records, circa 1965-circa 2008 (1.1 linear feet; Boxes 20-21)

Series 8: Printed Material and Commercial Recordings, 1932-circa 2009 (2.3 linear feet; Boxes 21-23, 0.553 GB; ER16)

Series 9: Photographic Materials, circa 1910s-circa 2005 (1 linear foot; Boxes 23-24)

Series 10: Artwork, circa 1965-circa 2003 (0.2 linear feet; Box 24)

Series 11: Video and Sound Recordings, circa 1965-circa 1990s (0.4 linear feet; Box 25)
Biographical / Historical:
David Ireland (1930-2009) was a conceptual artist and sculptor who worked in San Francisco, California.

Ireland was born in Bellingham, Washington and attended Western Washington University. In 1953, he received a degree in industrial design and printmaking from the California College of Arts and Crafts (now California College of the Arts) in Oakland. He then served two years in the U. S. Army in Missouri, returning to live and work in Bellingham. For several years, Bellingham served as his launch point for extensive travels in Europe and Africa.

In the late 1950s, Ireland founded Hunter Africa, an artifacts import business. He moved the business to San Francisco in 1965 and also began a second business leading safaris in Africa. He married Bellingham native Joanne Westford and had two children, Ian Ireland and Shaughn Niland; they divorced in 1970.

Ireland attended the San Francisco Art Institute and received a graduate degree in 1974. There, he met other Bay Area artists involved in the conceptual movement there, including Tom Marioni, Paul Kos, Howard Fried, and Terry Fox.

Much of Ireland's artwork of the 1980s and 1990s centered on the transformation of his home at 500 Capp Street in San Francisco, where he dramatically physically and conceptually transformed the interior and exterior structure into a mix of architectural sculpture and environmental art piece. He bought a second home in 1979 to transform, and, in the 1980s, completed a renovation of the main building at the Headlands Center for Arts in Sausalito with artist Mark Thompson.

David Ireland's work has been presented in more than forty solo exhibitions at venues that included the Walker Art Center, Minneapolis; Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D. C.; The Museum of Modern Art and the New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York. He created major public projects and private commissions in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Philadelphia, Washington, D. C., and other cities. His work is included in the permanent collections of The Museum of Modern Art and the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Oakland Museum of California, and University of California, Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive, among others.
Provenance:
The David Ireland papers were donated in 2010 by the David Ireland Estate through Jock Reynolds, Special Trustee, The David Ireland Revocable Trust.
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. Use of archival audiovisual recordings with no duplicate access copy requires advance notice.
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:
Sculptors -- California -- San Francisco  Search this
Conceptual artists -- California -- San Francisco  Search this
Topic:
Artists' studios -- Photographs  Search this
Art -- Study and teaching  Search this
Installations (Art)  Search this
Public art  Search this
Genre/Form:
Video recordings
Sketches
Interviews
Prints
Sound recordings
Drawings
Photographs
Citation:
David Ireland papers, circa 1910s-circa 2009, bulk 1960-2005. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Identifier:
AAA.ireldavi
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David Ireland Papers
Archival Repository:
Archives of American Art
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw927567772-c71f-4f30-a427-adbd535e1009
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-aaa-ireldavi
Online Media:

Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture

Collection Creator:
André Emmerich Gallery  Search this
Container:
Box 302, Folder 37
Type:
Archival materials
Date:
1987-1995
Collection Restrictions:
Use of original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C. Research Center. Access of diaries and appointment books required written permission.
Collection 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.
Collection Citation:
André Emmerich Gallery records and André Emmerich papers, circa 1929-2009. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
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André Emmerich Gallery Records and André Emmerich Papers
André Emmerich Gallery Records and André Emmerich Papers / Series 18: André Emmerich Personal Papers and Records / 18.2: Personal Correspondence
Archival Repository:
Archives of American Art
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9b62f0161-582c-44b5-bff7-7a1ff531b62c
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-aaa-andremmg-ref10315

David Ireland Papers, circa 1910s-circa 2009, bulk 1960-2005

Creator:
Ireland, David Kenneth, 1930-2009  Search this
Subject:
Tingle, Alta  Search this
Marion, Paul  Search this
Lienhard, Marie-Louise  Search this
Lee, Margie  Search this
Grobart, Jeffrey  Search this
Coppola, Eleanor  Search this
Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture  Search this
Mattress Factory  Search this
Washington State Arts Commission  Search this
Gallery Paule Anglim  Search this
Center for the Arts at Yerba Buena Gardens  Search this
California College of Arts and Crafts (San Francisco, Calif.)  Search this
Arts Club of Chicago  Search this
American Academy in Rome  Search this
Stanford University  Search this
Walker Art Center  Search this
Helmhaus Zürich  Search this
San Francisco Art Institute  Search this
Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts  Search this
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art  Search this
Western Washington University  Search this
New Museum of Contemporary Art (New York, N.Y.)  Search this
Type:
Video recordings
Sketches
Interviews
Prints
Sound recordings
Drawings
Photographs
Citation:
David Ireland Papers, circa 1910s-circa 2009, bulk 1960-2005. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Topic:
Artists' studios -- Photographs  Search this
Art -- Study and teaching  Search this
Installations (Art)  Search this
Public art  Search this
Theme:
Lives of artists  Search this
Record number:
(DSI-AAA_CollID)15853
(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)292739
AAA_collcode_ireldavi
Theme:
Lives of artists
Data Source:
Archives of American Art
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:AAADCD_coll_292739
Online Media:

Skowhegan School film by Karl Fortess

Creator:
Fortess, Karl E. (Karl Eugene), 1907-1993  Search this
Type:
Motion Picture Film
Date:
circa 1956
Citation:
Karl E. (Karl Eugene) Fortess. Skowhegan School film by Karl Fortess, circa 1956. Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture records, 1945-2013. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Record number:
(DSI-AAA)22035
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Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture records, 1945-2013
Data Source:
Archives of American Art
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:AAADCD_item_22035

Reuben Tam papers, 1931-2006

Creator:
Tam, Reuben  Search this
Subject:
Andrews, Dorothy  Search this
Nesjar, Carl  Search this
Kienbusch, William  Search this
Solomon, Hyde  Search this
Alan Gallery (Charles Alan)  Search this
Coe Kerr Gallery  Search this
Brooklyn Museum of Art  Search this
John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation  Search this
Downtown Gallery (New York, N.Y.)  Search this
Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture  Search this
Type:
Sketchbooks
Sound recordings
Poems
Diaries
Scrapbooks
Watercolors
Drawings
Citation:
Reuben Tam papers, 1931-2006. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Topic:
Painters -- New York (State) -- New York  Search this
Educators -- Hawaii  Search this
Educators -- Maine  Search this
Educators -- New York (State)  Search this
Asian American artists  Search this
Theme:
Asian American  Search this
Sketches & Sketchbooks  Search this
Lives of artists  Search this
Record number:
(DSI-AAA_CollID)8481
(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)210657
AAA_collcode_tamreub
Theme:
Asian American
Sketches & Sketchbooks
Lives of artists
Data Source:
Archives of American Art
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:AAADCD_coll_210657
Online Media:

Skowhegan School film by Karl Fortess

Creator:
Fortess, Karl E. (Karl Eugene), 1907-1993  Search this
Type:
Motion Picture Film
Date:
circa 1956
Citation:
Karl E. (Karl Eugene) Fortess. Skowhegan School film by Karl Fortess, circa 1956. Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture records, 1945-2013. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Record number:
(DSI-AAA)21782
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Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture records, 1945-2013
Data Source:
Archives of American Art
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:AAADCD_item_21782

Outtakes from Skowhegan School film by Karl Fortess

Creator:
Fortess, Karl E. (Karl Eugene), 1907-1993  Search this
Type:
Motion Picture Film
Date:
1950-1956
Citation:
Karl E. (Karl Eugene) Fortess. Outtakes from Skowhegan School film by Karl Fortess, 1950-1956. Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture records, 1945-2013. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Record number:
(DSI-AAA)21783
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Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture records, 1945-2013
Data Source:
Archives of American Art
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:AAADCD_item_21783

Skowhegan School home movies by Karl Fortess

Creator:
Fortess, Karl E. (Karl Eugene), 1907-1993  Search this
Type:
Motion Picture Film
Date:
circa 1952
Citation:
Karl E. (Karl Eugene) Fortess. Skowhegan School home movies by Karl Fortess, circa 1952. Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture records, 1945-2013. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Record number:
(DSI-AAA)21784
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Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture records, 1945-2013
Data Source:
Archives of American Art
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:AAADCD_item_21784

Skowhegan School home movies by Karl Fortess

Creator:
Fortess, Karl E. (Karl Eugene), 1907-1993  Search this
Type:
Motion Picture Film
Date:
circa 1955
Citation:
Karl E. (Karl Eugene) Fortess. Skowhegan School home movies by Karl Fortess, circa 1955. Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture records, 1945-2013. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Record number:
(DSI-AAA)21785
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Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture records, 1945-2013
Data Source:
Archives of American Art
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:AAADCD_item_21785

Outtakes from Skowhegan School film by Karl Fortess

Creator:
Fortess, Karl E. (Karl Eugene), 1907-1993  Search this
Type:
Motion Picture Film
Date:
1950-1956
Citation:
Karl E. (Karl Eugene) Fortess. Outtakes from Skowhegan School film by Karl Fortess, 1950-1956. Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture records, 1945-2013. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Record number:
(DSI-AAA)22036
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Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture records, 1945-2013
Data Source:
Archives of American Art
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:AAADCD_item_22036

Skowhegan School home movies by Karl Fortess

Creator:
Fortess, Karl E. (Karl Eugene), 1907-1993  Search this
Type:
Motion Picture Film
Date:
circa 1952
Citation:
Karl E. (Karl Eugene) Fortess. Skowhegan School home movies by Karl Fortess, circa 1952. Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture records, 1945-2013. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Record number:
(DSI-AAA)22037
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Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture records, 1945-2013
Data Source:
Archives of American Art
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:AAADCD_item_22037

Skowhegan School home movies by Karl Fortess

Creator:
Fortess, Karl E. (Karl Eugene), 1907-1993  Search this
Type:
Motion Picture Film
Date:
circa 1955
Citation:
Karl E. (Karl Eugene) Fortess. Skowhegan School home movies by Karl Fortess, circa 1955. Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture records, 1945-2013. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Record number:
(DSI-AAA)22038
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Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture records, 1945-2013
Data Source:
Archives of American Art
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:AAADCD_item_22038

Outtakes from Skowhegan School painting section film by John Eastman

Creator:
Eastman, John  Search this
Type:
Motion Picture Film
Date:
1964
Citation:
John Eastman. Outtakes from Skowhegan School painting section film by John Eastman, 1964. Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture records, 1945-2013. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Record number:
(DSI-AAA)21789
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Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture records, 1945-2013
Data Source:
Archives of American Art
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:AAADCD_item_21789

Skowhegan School sculpture section film by John Eastman

Creator:
Eastman, John  Search this
Type:
Motion Picture Film
Date:
1964
Citation:
John Eastman. Skowhegan School sculpture section film by John Eastman, 1964. Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture records, 1945-2013. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Record number:
(DSI-AAA)21790
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Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture records, 1945-2013
Data Source:
Archives of American Art
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:AAADCD_item_21790

Skowhegan School home movies

Type:
Motion Picture Film
Date:
1966-1967
Citation:
Skowhegan School home movies, 1966-1967. Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture records, 1945-2013. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Record number:
(DSI-AAA)21795
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Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture records, 1945-2013
Data Source:
Archives of American Art
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:AAADCD_item_21795

Compilation of Skowhegan School home movies

Type:
Motion Picture Film
Date:
1968?
Citation:
Compilation of Skowhegan School home movies, 1968?. Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture records, 1945-2013. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Record number:
(DSI-AAA)21797
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Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture records, 1945-2013
Data Source:
Archives of American Art
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:AAADCD_item_21797

Skowhegan School painting section film by John Eastman

Creator:
Eastman, John  Search this
Type:
Motion Picture Film
Date:
1964
Citation:
John Eastman. Skowhegan School painting section film by John Eastman, 1964. Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture records, 1945-2013. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Record number:
(DSI-AAA)21788
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Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture records, 1945-2013
Data Source:
Archives of American Art
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:AAADCD_item_21788

Skowhegan School fresco and mosaic film by John Eastman

Creator:
Eastman, John  Search this
Type:
Motion Picture Film
Date:
1964
Citation:
John Eastman. Skowhegan School fresco and mosaic film by John Eastman, 1964. Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture records, 1945-2013. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Record number:
(DSI-AAA)21786
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Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture records, 1945-2013
Data Source:
Archives of American Art
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:AAADCD_item_21786

Outtakes from Skowhegan School fresco and mosaic film by John Eastman

Creator:
Eastman, John  Search this
Type:
Motion Picture Film
Date:
1964
Citation:
John Eastman. Outtakes from Skowhegan School fresco and mosaic film by John Eastman, 1964. Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture records, 1945-2013. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Record number:
(DSI-AAA)21787
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Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture records, 1945-2013
Data Source:
Archives of American Art
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:AAADCD_item_21787

Outtakes from Skowhegan School sculpture section film by John Eastman

Creator:
Eastman, John  Search this
Type:
Motion Picture Film
Date:
1964
Citation:
John Eastman. Outtakes from Skowhegan School sculpture section film by John Eastman, 1964. Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture records, 1945-2013. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Record number:
(DSI-AAA)21791
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Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture records, 1945-2013
Data Source:
Archives of American Art
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:AAADCD_item_21791

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