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Creator:

Waisler, Lee, 1938-  Search this

Subject:

Herzmark, Michael  Search this

Perlich, Martin  Search this

Type:

Video recordings

Interviews

Citation:

Citizen artist: Lee Waisler [videorecording] / produced by Martin Perlich ; director, editor, Michael Herzmark, undated. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Theme:

Lives of artists  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA_CollID)7220

(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)209358

AAA_collcode_waislee

Theme:

Lives of artists

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_coll_209358

Creator:

Waisler, Lee, 1938-  Search this

Names:

Herzmark, Michael  Search this

Perlich, Martin  Search this

Extent:

1 Videocassettes (U-matic) ((30 min.), sd., col., 3/4 in.)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Videocassettes (u-matic)

Video recordings

Interviews

Date:

undated

Scope and Contents:

A 30 minute documentary about a public art installation and protest action of artist Lee Waisler created in downtown Los Angeles, May, 1982. Waisler explores the responsibilities of the individual as citizen and artist. He creates artworks which are intended as political statements to be viewed on the streets by a wide public audience. He addresses in his work the destructive effect of the atomic bomb and his belief in the need for reduction of nuclear weapons.

Biographical / Historical:

Painter, printmaker.

Provenance:

Donated 1984 by Lee Waisler.

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:

Authorization to quote or reproduce for the purposes of publication requires written permission from Lee Waisler. Contact Reference Services for more information.

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.

Genre/Form:

Video recordings

Interviews

Identifier:

AAA.waislee

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw942229773-3f93-4dfd-bb2d-7b57ba334636

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-waislee

Creator:

Neff, Tom, 1953-  Search this

Names:

Clark, Garth, 1947-  Search this

D'Harnoncourt, Anne, 1943-2008  Search this

Del Vecchio, Mark  Search this

Huglin, Hugh, 1915-  Search this

Naumann, Francis M.  Search this

Perreault, John, 1937-2015  Search this

Pole, Rupert  Search this

Singh, R.P.  Search this

Waisler, Lee, 1938-  Search this

Watson, Steve  Search this

Wood, Beatrice  Search this

Extent:

11 Linear feet

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Interviews

Sound recordings

Transcripts

Video recordings

Date:

1990-1993

Summary:

Audiovisual materials relating to the documentary Beatrice Wood: Mama of Dada measure 11 linear feet and date from 1990 to 1993. Records include sound recordings, motion picture film outtakes, transcripts, production notes, lab records of the film production, and video recordings of the completed documentary.

Scope and Contents:

Audiovisual materials relating to the documentary Beatrice Wood: Mama of Dada measure 11 linear feet and date from 1990 to 1993. Records include sound recordings, motion picture film outtakes, transcripts, production notes, lab records, and video recordings of the completed documentary.

Original sound recordings and transcripts include two recorded public appearances by Wood, as well as multiple interviews with Beatrice Wood and with others about Wood; interviewed are Francis Nauman, John Perrault, Garth Clark, Mark Del Vecchio, Anne D'Harnoncourt, Steve Watson, Rupert Pole, R.P. Singh, Henry Huglin, and Lee Waisler. Partial transcripts are found for most recordings. Records created by the sound recordist, referred to in this finding aid as sound roll logs, are found with several of the sound reels and document general content and the camera roll numbers of corresponding film footage.

Production notes and lab records include script notes, shot lists, editing notes, detailed editing logs, camera reports, and lab records including work orders for dailies, effects such as titles and superimpositions, and documentation of the final print. Many of the sound recordings were shot synchronously with the motion picture film found in the collection, and while the documentation does not always make the link between picture and soundtrack explicit, the link can be investigated via sound roll logs, camera reports, negative logs, and shot lists.

Moving images include three video copies of the finished documentary and 153 rolls of 16mm motion picture film negative, which are outtakes from 166 original camera negative rolls. The content of outtakes consists of three general types: film shot during several of the interviews and one of Wood's public appearances found in Series 1; silent footage of locations and Wood working in her studio; and footage of historical photographs and artworks. All of the film found in the collection consists of outtakes; footage that was used in the documentary was not donated, although complete sound recordings exist in series 1.

Arrangement:

The collection is arranged as three series:

Series 1: Original Sound Recordings and Transcripts, 1990-1991 (1.6 linear feet; Boxes 1-2)

Series 2: Production Notes and Lab Reports, 1990-1992 (0.3 linear feet; Box 2)

Series 3: Moving Images, 1990-1993 (12.1 linear feet; Box 2, FC 3-122)

Biographical / Historical:

Beatrice Wood: Mama of Dada was written and directed by Tom Neff and released by Wild Wolf Productions in 1993 to correspond with Wood's 100th birthday. Tom Neff is a filmmaker, producer, and television executive who was born in 1953 in Chicago, Illinois and received his MFA from the University of Southern California in 1981. Neff founded the production company Wild Wolf Productions with Diandra Douglas in the early 1990s, and Mama of Dada was the company's first production and was written and directed by Neff, and produced by Neff, Diandra Douglas, and Amie Knox.

Neff has produced, written, and directed over a dozen documentaries on historical and cultural subjects since the mid-1980s. In addition to his work on Wood, Neff's filmography includes several documentaries about American artists, including Louise Dahl-Wolfe, Frederic Remington, and Red Grooms. His short documentary Red Grooms: Sunflower in a Hot House earned him an Oscar with Madeline Bell in 1987. He currently teaches at Middle Tennessee State University in Murfreesboro, Tennessee.

Related Materials:

The Archives of American Art holds multiple oral histories and collections of archival material related to Beatrice Wood, including the Beatrice Wood papers, the Beatrice Wood letters to Elizabeth Stein, and the Belle M. Deitch papers concerning Beatrice Wood.

Oral histories include two interviews with Wood conducted by Paul Karlstrom, one on August 26, 1976, and another on March 2, 1992.

The Center for Creative Photography at the University of Arizona holds a collection of material collected and created by Tom Neff for his 1999 documentary "Louise Dahl-Wolfe, Painting with Light."

Provenance:

Donated 1992 by Wild Wolf Productions via writer, director, and producer Tom Neff.

Restrictions:

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

Rights:

Outtakes, reels and transcripts: Authorization to quote or reproduce for purposes of publication requires written permission from WILD WOLF PRODUCTIONS via Tom Neff, producer. Contact Reference Services for more information.

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:

Ceramicists -- California  Search this

Topic:

Beatrice Wood: Mama of Dada -- motion picture  Search this

Dadaism  Search this

Women artists  Search this

Motion pictures (visual works)  Search this

Women ceramicists  Search this

Genre/Form:

Interviews

Sound recordings

Transcripts

Video recordings

Citation:

Audiovisual materials relating to the documentary Beatrice Wood: Mama of Dada, 1990-1993. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Identifier:

AAA.nefftom

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Audiovisual materials relating to the documentary Beatrice Wood: Mama of Dada

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw91900685d-5fd0-47ee-915f-0b7e0340c484

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-nefftom

Creator:

State of the Art Productions  Search this

Names:

Happy Valley Foundation (Ojai, Calif.)  Search this

Herzmark, Michael  Search this

Waisler, Lee, 1938-  Search this

Wood, Beatrice  Search this

Extent:

1 Videocassettes (VHS) (Reference copy (30 min.), sd., col., 1/2 in.)

1 Videocassettes (U-matic) (Master (30 min.), sd., col., 3/4 in.)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Videocassettes (vhs)

Videocassettes (u-matic)

Video recordings

Date:

c1983

Scope and Contents:

A documentary on the ceramist Beatrice Wood, showing her work as artist in residence at the Happy Valley Foundation, Ojai, California. Wood talks with Robert Henning, curator, Santa Barbara Museum of Art; Karyn Elizabeth Allen, curator of art, Happy Valley Foundation; Dr. June Halifax, director, Happy Valley Foundation; and others. Wood discusses her life and philosophy. Interspersed throughout are examples of her work.

Publication, Distribution, Etc. (Imprint):

[Los Angeles?] : State of the Art Productions, c1983.

Other Title:

Beatrice Wood

Provenance:

Donated 1983 by Lee Waisler.

Rights:

Authorization to quote or reproduce for purposes of publication requires written permission from Lee Waisler. Contact Reference Services for more information.

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:

Ceramicists -- California  Search this

Topic:

Women artists  Search this

Genre/Form:

Video recordings

Identifier:

AAA.statofta

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw960c99c40-3f48-4d12-81bd-1626a397e71a

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-statofta

Author:

Waisler, Lee 1938-  Search this

Hollander, John  Search this

Sundaram Tagore Gallery  Search this

Subject:

Waisler, Lee 1938-  Search this

Physical description:

132 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 29 cm

Type:

Books

Exhibitions

Date:

2002

Call number:

N40.1.W147 H65 2002

Data Source:

Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_sil_701031