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Collection Creator:

Bojórquez, Chaz  Search this

Extent:

2.39 Gigabytes (267 computer files)

Container:

Folder ER04

Type:

Archival materials

Gigabytes

Date:

2002-2013

Collection Restrictions:

Use of original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C., Research Center. Use of archival born-digital records with no duplicate copies requires advance notice.

Collection Citation:

Charles "Chaz" Bojórquez papers, 1956-2017. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Sponsor:

The processing of this collection received Federal support from the Latino Initiatives Pool, administered by the Smithsonian Latino Center.

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Chaz Bojórquez papers

Chaz Bojórquez papers / Series 1: Professional Files

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw929d553fc-1016-42d3-a317-177fbd4313bf

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-aaa-bojochaz-ref110

Collection Creator:

Bojórquez, Chaz  Search this

Extent:

2.87 Gigabytes (357 computer files)

Container:

Folder ER13

Type:

Archival materials

Gigabytes

Date:

2014

Collection Restrictions:

Use of original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C., Research Center. Use of archival born-digital records with no duplicate copies requires advance notice.

Collection Citation:

Charles "Chaz" Bojórquez papers, 1956-2017. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Sponsor:

The processing of this collection received Federal support from the Latino Initiatives Pool, administered by the Smithsonian Latino Center.

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Chaz Bojórquez papers

Chaz Bojórquez papers / Series 3: Project Books

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9dad133e0-e293-4700-bf00-cdec45ed5141

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-aaa-bojochaz-ref119

Collection Creator:

Bojórquez, Chaz  Search this

Extent:

0.49 Gigabytes (127 computer files)

Container:

Folder ER45

Type:

Archival materials

Gigabytes

Date:

2012

Collection Restrictions:

Use of original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C., Research Center. Use of archival born-digital records with no duplicate copies requires advance notice.

Collection Citation:

Charles "Chaz" Bojórquez papers, 1956-2017. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Sponsor:

The processing of this collection received Federal support from the Latino Initiatives Pool, administered by the Smithsonian Latino Center.

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Chaz Bojórquez papers

Chaz Bojórquez papers / Series 3: Project Books

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9e595818c-1734-4056-9c06-00f9a74035a7

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-aaa-bojochaz-ref151

Collection Creator:

Bojórquez, Chaz  Search this

Extent:

0.379 Gigabytes (114 computer files)

Container:

Folder ER51

Type:

Archival materials

Gigabytes

Date:

2010-2014

Collection Restrictions:

Use of original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C., Research Center. Use of archival born-digital records with no duplicate copies requires advance notice.

Collection Citation:

Charles "Chaz" Bojórquez papers, 1956-2017. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Sponsor:

The processing of this collection received Federal support from the Latino Initiatives Pool, administered by the Smithsonian Latino Center.

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Chaz Bojórquez papers

Chaz Bojórquez papers / Series 3: Project Books

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9f7119f5d-c8b4-4881-b187-8cda67336f2b

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-aaa-bojochaz-ref157

Collection Creator:

Bojórquez, Chaz  Search this

Extent:

0.219 Gigabytes (182 computer files)

Container:

Folder ER55

Type:

Archival materials

Gigabytes

Date:

2010

Collection Restrictions:

Use of original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C., Research Center. Use of archival born-digital records with no duplicate copies requires advance notice.

Collection Citation:

Charles "Chaz" Bojórquez papers, 1956-2017. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Sponsor:

The processing of this collection received Federal support from the Latino Initiatives Pool, administered by the Smithsonian Latino Center.

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Chaz Bojórquez papers

Chaz Bojórquez papers / Series 3: Project Books

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw930db90ac-1973-4d1f-9901-2a09dc11a2be

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-aaa-bojochaz-ref161

Collection Creator:

Bojórquez, Chaz  Search this

Extent:

0.317 Gigabytes (78 computer files)

Container:

Folder ER76

Type:

Archival materials

Gigabytes

Date:

2011

Collection Restrictions:

Use of original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C., Research Center. Use of archival born-digital records with no duplicate copies requires advance notice.

Collection Citation:

Charles "Chaz" Bojórquez papers, 1956-2017. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Sponsor:

The processing of this collection received Federal support from the Latino Initiatives Pool, administered by the Smithsonian Latino Center.

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Chaz Bojórquez papers

Chaz Bojórquez papers / Series 3: Project Books

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw990e6a348-4014-450a-b882-2cd4746482bf

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-aaa-bojochaz-ref182

Collection Creator:

Bojórquez, Chaz  Search this

Extent:

0.226 Gigabytes (49 computer files)

Container:

Folder ER81

Type:

Archival materials

Gigabytes

Date:

2013-2014

Collection Restrictions:

Use of original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C., Research Center. Use of archival born-digital records with no duplicate copies requires advance notice.

Collection Citation:

Charles "Chaz" Bojórquez papers, 1956-2017. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Sponsor:

The processing of this collection received Federal support from the Latino Initiatives Pool, administered by the Smithsonian Latino Center.

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Chaz Bojórquez papers

Chaz Bojórquez papers / Series 3: Project Books

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw998b4d4d9-a587-4e84-ab9c-d5b3d9624493

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-aaa-bojochaz-ref187

Collection Creator:

Bojórquez, Chaz  Search this

Extent:

10.09 Gigabytes (865 computer files)

Container:

Folder ER97

Type:

Archival materials

Gigabytes

Date:

2002-2011

Collection Restrictions:

Use of original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C., Research Center. Use of archival born-digital records with no duplicate copies requires advance notice.

Collection Citation:

Charles "Chaz" Bojórquez papers, 1956-2017. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Sponsor:

The processing of this collection received Federal support from the Latino Initiatives Pool, administered by the Smithsonian Latino Center.

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Chaz Bojórquez papers

Chaz Bojórquez papers / Series 2: Writings and Notes

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9c3cd592b-b30d-48c0-9b38-b24a946a1ac8

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-aaa-bojochaz-ref203

Collection Creator:

Bojórquez, Chaz  Search this

Extent:

2.43 Gigabytes (30 computer files)

Container:

Folder ER100

Type:

Archival materials

Gigabytes

Date:

2012-2013

Collection Restrictions:

Use of original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C., Research Center. Use of archival born-digital records with no duplicate copies requires advance notice.

Collection Citation:

Charles "Chaz" Bojórquez papers, 1956-2017. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Sponsor:

The processing of this collection received Federal support from the Latino Initiatives Pool, administered by the Smithsonian Latino Center.

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Chaz Bojórquez papers

Chaz Bojórquez papers / Series 2: Writings and Notes

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9bc9609e2-ceaa-48ba-b45d-bbecba706788

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-aaa-bojochaz-ref206

Collection Creator:

Bojórquez, Chaz  Search this

Extent:

0.028 Gigabytes (Four computer files)

Container:

Folder ER119

Type:

Archival materials

Gigabytes

Date:

2016

Collection Restrictions:

Use of original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C., Research Center. Use of archival born-digital records with no duplicate copies requires advance notice.

Collection Citation:

Charles "Chaz" Bojórquez papers, 1956-2017. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Sponsor:

The processing of this collection received Federal support from the Latino Initiatives Pool, administered by the Smithsonian Latino Center.

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Chaz Bojórquez papers

Chaz Bojórquez papers / Series 5: Artwork

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9d0f8cd00-6664-4142-aa0e-fdd34338a8e4

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-aaa-bojochaz-ref225

Collection Creator:

Bojórquez, Chaz  Search this

Extent:

0.309 Gigabytes (71 computer files)

Container:

Folder ER122

Type:

Archival materials

Gigabytes

Date:

2005-2015

Collection Restrictions:

Use of original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C., Research Center. Use of archival born-digital records with no duplicate copies requires advance notice.

Collection Citation:

Charles "Chaz" Bojórquez papers, 1956-2017. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Sponsor:

The processing of this collection received Federal support from the Latino Initiatives Pool, administered by the Smithsonian Latino Center.

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Chaz Bojórquez papers

Chaz Bojórquez papers / Series 5: Artwork

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw92b91051e-90e2-4be9-8619-0dd48273ced2

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-aaa-bojochaz-ref228

Collection Creator:

Bojórquez, Chaz  Search this

Extent:

1.52 Gigabytes (180 computer files)

Container:

Folder ER139

Type:

Archival materials

Gigabytes

Date:

2007-2008

Collection Restrictions:

Use of original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C., Research Center. Use of archival born-digital records with no duplicate copies requires advance notice.

Collection Citation:

Charles "Chaz" Bojórquez papers, 1956-2017. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Sponsor:

The processing of this collection received Federal support from the Latino Initiatives Pool, administered by the Smithsonian Latino Center.

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Chaz Bojórquez papers / Series 6: Photographic Materials

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9a1f4da6a-f117-4820-a44a-f9ceecd6bbe3

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-aaa-bojochaz-ref245

Collection Creator:

Bojórquez, Chaz  Search this

Extent:

4.24 Gigabytes (15 computer files)

Container:

Folder ER141

Type:

Archival materials

Gigabytes

Date:

2009-2017

Collection Restrictions:

Use of original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C., Research Center. Use of archival born-digital records with no duplicate copies requires advance notice.

Collection Citation:

Charles "Chaz" Bojórquez papers, 1956-2017. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Sponsor:

The processing of this collection received Federal support from the Latino Initiatives Pool, administered by the Smithsonian Latino Center.

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Chaz Bojórquez papers

Chaz Bojórquez papers / Series 6: Photographic Materials

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw929ace3e4-db2f-4f24-a175-15ae8d66b8d3

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-aaa-bojochaz-ref247

Collection Creator:

Bojórquez, Chaz  Search this

Extent:

0.111 Gigabytes (27 computer files)

Container:

Folder ER142

Type:

Archival materials

Gigabytes

Date:

2011-2016

Collection Restrictions:

Use of original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C., Research Center. Use of archival born-digital records with no duplicate copies requires advance notice.

Collection Citation:

Charles "Chaz" Bojórquez papers, 1956-2017. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Sponsor:

The processing of this collection received Federal support from the Latino Initiatives Pool, administered by the Smithsonian Latino Center.

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Chaz Bojórquez papers

Chaz Bojórquez papers / Series 6: Photographic Materials

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw96534e8fd-5592-42c8-8110-413de0ad69d9

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-aaa-bojochaz-ref248

Collection Creator:

Bojórquez, Chaz  Search this

Extent:

0.9 Linear feet (Boxes 4-5)

11.32 Gigabytes (ER135-ER145)

Type:

Archival materials

Gigabytes

Date:

1968-2017

Scope and Contents:

The series consists of photographs and videos of Bojórquez with friends and family, travels, photograph albums, and works of art. Photographs, slides, and negatives of works of art include images of artworks in progress, clear plastic affixed to Polaroids by the artist in order to experiment with the paintings. Many of the photographs and video recordings are in digital format.

Collection Restrictions:

Use of original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C., Research Center. Use of archival born-digital records with no duplicate copies requires advance notice.

Collection Citation:

Charles "Chaz" Bojórquez papers, 1956-2017. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Sponsor:

The processing of this collection received Federal support from the Latino Initiatives Pool, administered by the Smithsonian Latino Center.

Identifier:

AAA.bojochaz, Series 6

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Chaz Bojórquez papers

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw917981a20-9e02-4693-90ac-556903d80de7

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-aaa-bojochaz-ref6

Creator:

Flack, Audrey  Search this

Names:

Arizona State University  Search this

Atlantic Center for the Arts (New Smyrna Beach, Fla.)  Search this

Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art  Search this

Guild Hall of East Hampton  Search this

Louis K. Meisel Gallery  Search this

Museum of Modern Art (New York, N.Y.)  Search this

Janson, Anthony F.  Search this

Extent:

34.6 Linear feet

0.897 Gigabytes

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Gigabytes

Scrapbooks

Photographs

Motion pictures (visual works)

Video recordings

Sound recordings

Date:

1950-2022

Summary:

The papers of painter Audrey Flack measure 34.6 linear feet and 0.897 GB and date from 1950-2022. The collection documents Flack's career as an artist through biographical material, correspondence, extensive project files, writings and notes by Flack and others, exhibition catalogs, news and magazine clippings, other printed and digital material, and scrapbooks. Also found are photographs by Audrey Flack as well as photographs of the artist and works of art.

There is an 18.8 unprocessed addition to this collection donated in 2022 that includes project files; correspondence; photographs, slides and negatives of works of art, exhibition installations, events, Flack and others; teaching notes; biographical information including resumes, awards, calendars, address books and identification cards; writings, notes and diaries by Flack; scrapbooks; sketches; financial records; commission applications; contracts; audio visual material including mini-DVs, VHS , DVDs and Super 8 film of interviews and lectures by Flack; and printed material including newspaper clippings, articles and posters. Materials date from circa 1950-2022.

Scope and Contents:

The papers of painter Audrey Flack measure 34.6 linear feet and 0.897 GB and date from 1950-2022. The collection documents Flack's career as an artist through biographical material, correspondence, extensive project files, writings and notes by Flack and others, exhibition catalogs, news and magazine clippings, other printed and digital material, and scrapbooks. Also found are photographs by Audrey Flack as well as photographs of the artist and works of art.

Biographical material includes curricula vitae, diplomas, an award certificate, and bibliographies of monographs and articles by and about Audrey Flack. Flack's correspondence documents her professional activities and business dealings.

There is correspondence with galleries, museums, arts organizations; architects and foundries; and academic institutions. Included are letters from Arizona State University, Atlantic Center for the Arts, Cooper Union, Guild Hall, Louis K. Meisel Gallery, and the Museum of Modern Art. There are letters from art historians and critics, including Flack's correspondence with Anthony Janson. Letters from publishers and agents pertain to book projects, proposals for articles, and requests to reproduce artwork in monographs or catalogs.

Interviews with Flack from the 1970s through the 1990s are found, recorded on sound and video. Writings and notes include manuscript versions for a book, typescripts of speeches, and a notebook. Also found are audio and video recordings of lectures and talks by Flack discussing her paintings and sculptures. The collection includes extensive project files on Flack's commissioned public works and exhibitions. The files also include correspondence concerning book projects, permission requests, and Flack's participation in art educational programs, and some projects are documented with recorded sound and moving images, two if which are in digital format.

Printed material consists of catalogs of Flack's shows, invitations and announcements to openings, press releases, reproductions of artwork, exhibition posters, clippings, periodicals, and books reflecting Flack's professional activities from the 1950s-2008. Photographs are of portraits by Flack, Flack by herself and with colleagues and students, as well as of the artist's studio. Also found are photographs of artwork.

There is an 18.8 unprocessed addition to this collection donated in 2022 that includes project files; correspondence; photographs, slides and negatives of works of art, exhibition installations, events, Flack and others; teaching notes; biographical information including resumes, awards, calendars, address books and identification cards; writings, notes and diaries by Flack; scrapbooks; sketches; financial records; commission applications; contracts; audio visual material including mini-DVs, VHS , DVDs and Super 8 film of interviews and lectures by Flack; and printed material including newspaper clippings, articles and posters. Materials date from circa 1950-2022.

Arrangement:

The collection is arranged as 9 series.

Series 1: Biographical Material, 1951-2006 (Box 1; 0.25 linear feet)

Series 2: Correspondence, 1950-2009 (Boxes 1-3; 2.4 linear feet)

Series 3: Interviews, circa 1970-1998 (Boxes 3-4; 0.8 linear feet)

Series 4: Writings and Notes, circa 1970-2007 (Boxes 4-6; 2.15 linear feet)

Series 5: Project Files, 1966-circa 2007 (Boxes 6-11, FC 18-21; 5.6 linear feet, ER01-ER02, 0.897 GB)

Series 6: Printed Material, 1950-2008 (Boxes 11-16, OV 17; 4.1 linear feet)

Series 7: Scrapbooks, 1977-2008 (Box 15; 2 folders)

Series 8: Photographs, 1966-2009 (Boxes 15-16; 0.5 linear feet)

Series 9: Unprocessed Addition, circa 1950-2022 (Boxes 22-41, OV 42-43; 18.8 linear feet)

Biographical / Historical:

Audrey Flack (1931-) is a painter and sculptor in New York City and in Long Island, New York. She earned a Bachelor of Arts from Cooper Union in 1951 and received a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Yale University in 1952. In the 1950s, she was part of the New York School that included the Abstract Expressionist painters Franz Kline and Jackson Pollock. By the 1960s, Flack had turned to painting in a realistic manner. She pioneered the technique of incorporating photographic images from contemporary sources such as magazines and newspapers; the art form became known as Photorealism. Her subjects have included families, celebrities, and public figures. An early work, The Kennedy Motorcade captured President John Kennedy moments before he was assassinated. Flack's paintings have also centered on the varied experiences of women as depicted in her Vanitas series done in the 1970s. Flack was the first Photorealist painter to have a work acquired by the Museum of Modern Art. By the 1980s, Flack was creating sculptures, goddess figures and other mythological deities of various cultures. The sculptures, many of monumental proportions were executed as commissioned works for public spaces. Flack's commissions have included Civitas: Four Visions, South Carolina, Galatea Fountain, South Pasadena, Florida, Islandia, New York City Technical College, and The Art Muse, Tampa, Florida. Further, Audrey Flack has also worked in other media such as photography and printmaking.

Audrey Flack has taught and lectured at colleges and universities in the United States and abroad, including Cooper Union, Pratt Institute of New York, and the Studio Art School International, Florence, Italy. She has been a Visiting Professor at a number of universities, including the University of North Dakota, University of Tennessee, and the University of Pennsylvania. Her paintings, watercolors, and sculptures have been featured in solo and group exhibitions in major museums and galleries. Flack's artwork has also been shown in a number of traveling exhibitions including "Saints and Other Angels: The Religious Paintings of Audrey Flack" sponsored by Cooper Union and "Breaking the Rules: Audrey Flack, A Retrospective, 1950-1990" organized by the J.B. Speed Museum. Flack has been represented by the Louis K. Meisel Gallery, the Vered Gallery, and the Gary Snyder Gallery. Among the many awards and honors she has received are the Honorary Ziegfeld Award, National Art Education Association, an Honorary Doctorate, Lyme Academy of Art, and the U.S. Government National Design for Transportation Award. Audrey Flack has also written two books and numerous articles. Audrey Flack lives and works in New York and in East Hampton, New York.

Related Materials:

Also found in the Archives of American Art is an oral history interview with Audrey Flack conducted by Robert C. Morgan, February 16, 2009.

Provenance:

The collection was donated by Audrey Flack in 2009 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.

Researchers interested in accessing audiovisual recordings in this collection must use access copies. Contact References 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 -- New York (State) -- New York  Search this

Sculptors -- New York (State) -- New York  Search this

Topic:

Art -- Study and teaching  Search this

Art -- Economic aspects  Search this

Artists' studios -- Photographs  Search this

Women artists  Search this

Women painters  Search this

Women sculptors  Search this

Genre/Form:

Scrapbooks

Photographs

Motion pictures (visual works)

Video recordings

Sound recordings

Citation:

Audrey Flack papers, 1950-2022. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Identifier:

AAA.flacaudr

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Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9c12179ce-d722-47e1-b806-32a27e29d8f3

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-flacaudr

Creator:

Holt, Nancy, 1938-2014  Search this

Names:

James Cohan Gallery  Search this

John Weber Gallery  Search this

Smithson, Robert  Search this

Extent:

circa 42 Linear feet

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Interviews

Diaries

Sound recordings

Video recordings

Drawings

Date:

circa 1900-2014

Summary:

The Nancy Holt Estate records measure circa 42 linear feet and date from circa 1900-2014, with the bulk of the material dating from 1960-2000. The records include financial records, notebooks, project files including unrealized proposals, correspondence, calendars, and 9 linear feet of Holt's annotated library. Also included are the John Weber Gallery records concerning Robert Smithson that consist of the gallery's inventory and slide records of Robert Smithson's drawings and sculptures, including earthworks, and incorporate some slides from the James Cohan Gallery. James Cohan worked for John Weber before establishing his own gallery in 2001.

Scope and Contents:

The Nancy Holt Estate records measure circa 42 linear feet and date from circa 1900-2014, with the bulk of the material dating from 1960-2000. The records include financial records, notebooks, project files including unrealized proposals, correspondence, calendars, and 9 linear feet of Holt's annotated library. Also included are the John Weber Gallery records concerning Robert Smithson that consist of the gallery's inventory and slide records of Robert Smithson's drawings and sculptures, including earthworks. The records incorporate some slides from the James Cohan Gallery (1999-), an art gallery in Manhattan, New York, which represents the estate of Robert Smithson.

Arrangement:

The Nancy Holt Estate records are arranged as 4 series.

Series 1: Project Files, circa 1900-2014, bulk 1970-2000 (12.8 linear feet; Boxes 3-10, OVs 11-31, RDs 32-39)

Series 2: Calendars and Notebooks, circa 1970s-2013 (2 linear feet; Boxes 40-42, OVs 43-44)

Series 3: John Weber Gallery Records Concerning Robert Smithson, circa 1960-circa 2001 (2 linear feet; Boxes 1-2)

Series 4: Unprocessed Papers, circa 1960s-circa 2014 (25.2 linear feet; Boxes 45-69, OVs 70-71)

Biographical / Historical:

Nancy Holt (1938-2014) was an environmental and installation artist, sculptor, filmmaker, and photographer, based in New York, New York. She was best known for her large-scale public land art installations including her seminal work Sun Tunnels (1973-1976) located in the Great Basin Desert, Utah. Her work engaged with the natural environment and the celestial realm, tracing the rotation of the earth and the movement of the sun and stars. Holt was also fascinated by mechanical systems such as those used for heating, drainage, and ventilation, and her functional sculptural installations explored the relationship between architecture and the built environment.

Holt was born in Worcester, Massachusetts, grew up in New Jersey, and graduated from Tufts University in 1960 with a degree in biology. She moved to New York City later that year where she met the artist Robert Smithson, to whom she was married from 1963 until Smithson's death in 1973.

Holt's landmark work Sun Tunnels was executed in 1973-1976 in Utah's Great Basin Desert, where Holt and Smithson had purchased surrounding land specifically to ensure an unimpeded view of the horizon. Holt went on to produce many site-specific outdoor works including 30 Below (1980), Dark Star Park (1984), Solar Rotary (1995), and Up and Under (1998). Her exploration of what she termed Systems Works included Catch Basin (1982), Flow Ace Heating (1985), and Spinwinder (1991).

Holt's photography was essential in the development of her ideas. In Missouri Ranch Locators: Vision Encompassed (1972) she used photography in her development of "seeing devices," creating eye-level steel pipes to direct viewers to a specific site in the surrounding landscape, and developing a concept that was central to Sun Tunnels and other works. Her book Ransacked, Aunt Ethel: An Ending (1980) documented through text and photographs the abuse and theft her aunt was subjected to at the end of her life. In Time Outs (1985) Holt used photographs of football games taken from a television screen to create a book born out of her childhood love of TV sporting events.

Holt's work can be found in the collections of major institutions including the Museum of Modern Art and the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York, the Utah Museum of Fine Arts, and the Museum für Gegenswartkunst, Germany. Her permanent installations can be found at public institutions including Miami University Art Museum, Southern Connecticut State University, University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth, Western Washington University, and University of South Florida.

In 2012 Nancy Holt was made a Chevalier of the of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres by the French Government. In 2013 she was presented with a Lifetime Achievement Award by the International Sculpture Center in New York. Holt received five National Endowment for the Arts Fellowships, two New York Creative Artist Fellowships, a Guggenheim Fellowship, and an Honorary Doctorate from the University of South Florida, Tampa.

Holt lived in Galisteo, New Mexico, from 1995-2013. She died in New York City in 2014.

Related Materials:

The Archives of American Art also holds the Robert Smithson and Nancy Holt papers, an interview with Nancy Holt conducted 1992 July 6 by Scott Gutterman for the Archives of American Art, and an interview with Nancy Holt conducted 1993 August 3 by Joyce Pomeroy Schwartz for the Archives of American Art.

Provenance:

Bequest of Nancy Holt, 2014.

Restrictions:

Portions of the collection are open for research. Series 4: Unprocessed Papers is currently closed for processing. Financial files, and Nancy Holt's annotated library of books are currently closed to researchers.

Access to original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C. Research Center. Researchers interested in accessing born-digital records or audiovisual recordings in this collection must use access copies. Contact References 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.

Items created by Nancy Holt and Robert Smithson copyright held by Holt/Smithson Foundation / Licensed by VAGA at Artists Rights Society (ARS), NY. Requests for permission to reproduce should be submitted to ARS.

Occupation:

Sculptors -- New York (State) -- New York  Search this

Filmmakers -- New York (State) -- New York  Search this

Environmental artists -- New York (State) -- New York  Search this

Installation artists -- New York (State) -- New York  Search this

Photographers -- New York (State) -- New York  Search this

Sculptors -- New Mexico -- Galisteo  Search this

Installation artists -- New Mexico -- Galisteo  Search this

Environmental artists -- New Mexico -- Galisteo  Search this

Photographers -- New Mexico -- Galisteo  Search this

Filmmakers -- New Mexico -- Galisteo  Search this

Topic:

Women artists  Search this

Women sculptors  Search this

Earthworks (Art)  Search this

Women photographers  Search this

Women filmmakers  Search this

Genre/Form:

Interviews

Diaries

Sound recordings

Video recordings

Drawings

Citation:

Nancy Holt Estate records, circa 1900-2014. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Identifier:

AAA.holtnanc

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Nancy Holt Estate records

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw95e0b7a8b-3fdb-4cd3-91fb-a6bec00cc668

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-holtnanc

Interviewee:

Herrera, Cadex, 1975-  Search this

Interviewer:

Espinosa, Fernanda  Search this

Names:

Pandemic Oral History Project  Search this

Extent:

1 Item (video files (26 min.) VIdeo, digital, mp4)

7 Pages (Transcript)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Pages

Video recordings

Interviews

Date:

2020 August 11

Scope and Contents:

An interview with Cadex Herrera conducted 2020 August 11, by Fernanda Espinosa, for the Archives of American Art's Pandemic Oral History Project at Herrera's home in White Bear Lake, Minnesota.

Biographical / Historical:

Cadex Herrera (1975- ) is an artist, activist, and educator in White Bear Lake, Minnesota. Herrera was a lead artist in the creation of the George Floyd mural in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Provenance:

This interview is 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 administrators.

Restrictions:

This interview is open for research.

Rights:

The Archives of American Art makes its Oral History Program interviews available for non-commercial, educational and personal use unless restricted by donor restrictions, including but not limited to access and publication restrictions. Quotation, reproduction and publication of the audio is governed by restrictions. If an interview has been transcribed, researchers must quote from the transcript. If an interview has not been transcribed, researchers must quote from the audio recording. Please refer to the Smithsonian's Terms of Use for additional information.

Occupation:

Artists -- Minnesota  Search this

Educators -- Minnesota  Search this

Topic:

Latino and Latin American artists  Search this

Pandemics  Search this

COVID-19 (Disease)  Search this

Genre/Form:

Video recordings

Interviews

Sponsor:

This interview received Federal support from the Latino Initiatives Pool, administered by the Smithsonian Latino Center.

Identifier:

AAA.herrer20

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9d6c9f5e9-adf3-4379-bedc-1683cc1afb10

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-herrer20

Creator:

Carpenter, Edmund, 1922-2011  Search this

Names:

De Menil, Adelaide  Search this

Flaherty, Robert Joseph, 1884-1951  Search this

Heye, George G. (George Gustav), 1874-1957  Search this

McLuhan, Marshall, 1911-1980  Search this

Schuster, Carl, 1904-1969  Search this

Extent:

26.25 Linear feet

Culture:

Arctic peoples  Search this

Iglulingmiut Inuit (Iglulik/Iglulirmiut Eskimo)  Search this

Inuit  Search this

Inuit -- Canada  Search this

Inuit -- Greenland  Search this

Iroquois  Search this

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Place:

Canada

Greenland

New Guinea (Territory)

Papua New Guinea

Date:

circa 1938-2011

Summary:

Edmund Snow Carpenter (1922-2011) was an archaeologist and visual anthropologist who worked extensively with the indigenous peoples of the Canadian Arctic as well as Papua New Guinea. With his colleague and close collaborator Marshall McLuhan (1911-1980), he laid the groundwork for modern media theory. Carpenter is also known for his work as an ethnographic filmmaker and as a collector of Paleo-Eskimo art. The Papers of Edmund Carpenter, circa 1938-2011, document the research interests and projects undertaken by Carpenter in the fields of cultural anthropology, ethnographic filmmaking, media theory, archaeology, and indigenous art.

Scope and Contents:

The papers of Edmund Carpenter, 1940-2011, document the research interests and projects undertaken by Carpenter in the fields of cultural anthropology, ethnographic filmmaking, media theory, archaeology, and indigenous art. Specific research projects and interests documented are: his 1950s fieldwork among the Aivilik Inuit in the Canadian Arctic as well as his studies into Inuit concepts of space, time, and geography; his partnership and collaboration with media theorist Marshall McLuhan and his ethnographic studies of Papua New Guinean tribal communities; his early-career archaeological digs at Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) burial mounds in Sugar Run, Pennsylvania, as well as later archaeological interest in Arctic peoples, Siberia, and the Norwegian artifact dubbed the "Norse Penny"; his reflections on the disciplines of anthropology and media studies; his editing and completion of the work of art historian Carl Schuster at the Museum der Kulturen (Museum of Ethnology) in Basel, Switzerland; his editing of The Story of Comock the Eskimo, as told to Robert Flaherty; and his museum exhibitions compiled on the topics of surrealist and tribal art. The collection also documents Carpenter's correspondence with fellow scholars, ethnographers, filmmakers, and colleagues; his published writings; and elements of his personal life, such as obituaries and personal photographs.

Materials in this collection include artifact and burial records; correspondence; drawings and illustrations; essays; interviews and oral histories; inventories and catalogues; manuscripts and drafts, and fragments of drafts; maps; memoranda and meeting minutes; notes, notebooks, and data analysis; obituaries and memorials; photographic prints, slides, and negatives, including personal photographs and portraits; proposals and plans for museum exhibits; reports; resumes and bibliographies; reviews; and sound recordings on CD-Rs and audio cassettes. Additional materials include books and book chapters; journal copies and journal excerpts; magazine, newspaper, and article clippings and excerpts; museum and gallery catalogues, brochures, and guides; pamphlets; and reprints. A portion of the material collected here consist of consolidated research into specific topics, gathered from archival repositories, museums, correspondence, and published works. This material consists of research reprints and archival reference photocopies and photographic prints from various repositories.

Items worthy of special mention in this collection include: annotated draft chapters from Marshall McLuhan's seminal work on media theory, Understanding Media: The Extensions of Man (Series 2); a 1957 letter from e. e. cummings to Carpenter, written in verse (Series 3); an undated thank-you note addressed to "Sadie" from Helen Keller (Series 3); and a transcript of an interview of Carpenter by his former student, Harald Prins (Series 2).

Arrangement:

The collection is organized into the following 6 series:

Series 1. Fieldwork and drafts, 1940-2011 (bulk 1940-1959)

Series 2. Research and project files, 1940-2011

Series 3. Correspondence, circa 1938-2011

Series 4. Publications and lectures, circa 1942-circa 2006

Series 5. Personal, 1942-2011

Series 6. Writings by others, 1960-2009, undated

Biographical Note:

Edmund Snow Carpenter (1922-2011) was an archaeologist and visual anthropologist who worked extensively with the indigenous peoples of the Canadian Arctic and Papua New Guinea. With his colleague and close collaborator Marshall McLuhan (1911-1980), he laid the groundwork for modern media theory. Carpenter is also known for his work as an ethnographic filmmaker and as a collector of Paleo-Eskimo art.

Born in 1922 in Rochester, New York, Edmund (nicknamed "Ted") Carpenter served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II before receiving his Ph.D. from the University of Pennsylvania in 1950 under Frank Speck for work on Iroquoian prehistoric archaeology. Carpenter began teaching at the University of Toronto in 1948 while simultaneously working as a programmer for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC). In the 1950s, he undertook fieldwork in the Canadian Arctic among the Aivilik (an Inuit Igloolik subgroup). This fieldwork resulted in several publications in the field of cultural anthropology, including Time/Space Concepts of the Aivilik (1955), Anerca (1959), and Eskimo (1959, republished as Eskimo Realities in 1973).

Also in the 1950s, Carpenter began a working relationship with media theorist Marshall McLuhan. Together, they received a Ford Foundation grant (1953-1955) for an interdisciplinary media research project into the impact of mass communications and mass media on culture change. Carpenter and McLuhan's partnership resulted in the Seminar on Culture and Communication (1953-1959) and the journal series Explorations. In 1957, Carpenter was the founding chair in the interdisciplinary program "Anthropology and Art" at San Fernando Valley State College (now California State University, Northridge). There, he collaborated with Bess Lomax Hawes and other colleagues in the production of several ethnographic films, including Georgia Sea Island Singers about Gullah (or Geechee) songs and dances. During this period, Carpenter worked with McLuhan on the latter's seminal book Understanding Media: The Extensions of Man (1964). The article published as "Fashion is Language" in Harper's Bazaar under McLuhan's name (1968) was actually written by Carpenter. It was later published in book form under Carpenter's name, with the title They Became What They Beheld (1970).

In 1969, Carpenter took a research professorship at the University of Papua and New Guinea sponsored by the government of Australia. Alongside photographer Adelaide De Menil (whom he would later marry), he applied many of the ideas about media literacy and culture change to indigenous communities of Papua New Guinea. These activities led to developments in the field of media ecology, as well as the publication of Carpenter's best-known work, Oh, What a Blow the Phantom Gave Me! (1976).

Carpenter taught intermittently at various universities throughout his career, including Fordham University, the University of California-Santa Cruz, Adelphi University, Harvard University's Center for Visual Anthropology, the New School for Social Research, and New York University. He spent eight years associated with the Museum of Ethnology in Basel, Switzerland (1973-1981), editing art historian Carl Schuster's research.

In addition to his teaching and research, Carpenter, with his wife Adelaide De Menil, collected tribal art, eventually amassing the largest private collection of Paleo-Eskimo art in the United States. In the 1990s and early 2000s, Carpenter curated various exhibitions on art and visual culture, including the Menil Collection's Witness to a Surrealist Vision and the Musée du Quai Branly's Upside Down (later reconstructed at the Menil Collection). In later years, Carpenter resumed his archaeological interest in Arctic peoples, researching and collaborating on the Zhokhov Island Mesolithic site in the Russian Arctic with Russian scientists from the Institute for the History of Material Culture and archaeologists from the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of Natural History.

Carpenter died on July 1, 2011 at his home in New York.

Sources consulted:

"Edmund Snow Carpenter." https://edmundsnowcarpenter.com/about

Grimes, William. "Edmund Carpenter, Archaeologist and Anthropologist, Dies at 88." The New York Times. 2011 July 7. https://www.nytimes.com

Prins, Harald E. L. and John Bishop. "Edmund Carpenter: Explorations in Media and Anthropology." Visual Anthropology Review 17:2 (Fall-Winter 2001-2002): 110-140.

Chronology

1922 September 2 -- Born in Rochester, New York

circa 1940-1941 -- Archaeological field work, Sugar Run mounds, Pennsylvania

1942-1946 -- Served in the United States Marine Corps

1948-1957 -- Anthropology Department, University of Toronto

circa 1950 -- Began work for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC)

1950 -- Ph.D. University of Pennsylvania (Anthropology)

1950s -- Fieldwork among the Aivilik Inuit

1953-1959 -- Ran the Seminar on Culture and Communication with Marshall McLuhan

1957-1967 -- "Anthropology and Art" program at San Fernando Valley State College (California State University, Northridge)

1967-1968 -- Schweitzer Chair, Fordham University (with Marshall McLuhan)

1968-1969 -- Carnegie Chair in Anthropology, University of California, Santa Cruz

1969-1970 -- Research Professor, University of Papua and New Guinea

1973-1981 -- Associated with the Museum of Ethnology in Basel, Switzerland for Carl Schuster papers project

circa 1989-2005 -- Collaboration regarding Zhokov Island archaeological site

2011 July 1 -- Died in East Hampton, New York

Separated Materials:

Film and video recordings are retained by the Human Studies Film Archives (HSFA) as the Edmund Carpenter-Adelaide de Menil Collection (HSFA 2004-04).

Provenance:

The Edmund Snow Carpenter papers were donated to the National Anthropological Archives in 2017 by Adelaide de Menil on behalf of the Rock Foundation.

Restrictions:

The Edmund Snow Carpenter papers are open for research.

Use of archival audiovisual recordings with no duplicate access copy requires advance notice. Please contact the archives for information on availability of access copies of audiovisual recordings. Original audiovisual material in the Human Studies Film Archives may not be played.

Digital media in the collection is restricted for preservation reasons.

Access to the Edmund Snow Carpenter papers requires an appointment.

Rights:

Contact the repository for terms of use.

Topic:

Archaeology  Search this

Cartography  Search this

Ethnographic films  Search this

Indigenous art  Search this

Inuit art  Search this

Menil Collection (Houston, Tex.)  Search this

Museum exhibits  Search this

Paleo-Eskimos  Search this

Visual anthropology  Search this

Citation:

Edmund Snow Carpenter papers, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Sponsor:

Funding for the processing and digitization of this collection was provided by the Rock Foundation.

Identifier:

NAA.2017-27

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Edmund Snow Carpenter papers

Archival Repository:

National Anthropological Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw3d15a171a-af5d-4b66-914f-55bc819d7b76

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-naa-2017-27

Creator:

Smithsonian Magazine  Search this

Type:

Video recordings

Podcast

MIME Type:

video/mp4

Uploaded:

Fri, 15 Jan 2010 15:00:00 EST

Topic:

Inventions  Search this

Innovations  Search this

See more episodes:

Smithsonian magazine's Museum Day September 25th 2010

Data Source:

Smithsonian Magazine

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:podcasts_ca74c20f793947602a0c769b94b70a7a