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This document describes a Manuscript Collection held by the
Special Collections DepartmentSeries VI - Contextual Material
Box 34
Material on Art, Artists and Writers
A. Circa 430 pieces, including:
Roy Adzak. Circa 70 pieces, including: 9 photographs of Adzak (1 from 1966 with holograph note by LP) [Other photographs of Adzak are in Box 7.]; 17 photographs and 14 negatives of art works; Iris Time, numbers 19 (2 copies) and 34, Paris, Mai 1965 and De’cembre 1968
Shuzaku Arakawa. 5 pieces, including 2 posters
Architectural League of New York. Catalogue of the exhibition, “Your Worst Work”, October 30 -- December 5, 1969, organized by Les Levine. [folded, with tears at folds.]
Arman. 3 pieces
Artists Space, NYC. 19 pieces
“Art Strike/Against/Racism/Sexism/Repression/War”: white paint stenciled on black fabric. circa 1970
Art Workers Coalition, NYC. 8 pieces, including: “Q. And babies?/A. And babies” poster (2 copies); envelope marked “MOMA dust”
Avant Garde Festival of New York. 20 pieces
Ay-O. “Rainbow Event No. 1-6/Rainbow Environment No. 1-3,” Smolin Gallery, NYC, September 22 -- October 10, 1964: set of 4 announcements on paper of different colors
B. Circa 550 pieces
(continues in Box 35)
Box 35 Material on Art, Artists and Writers, cont.
Ephemera, cont.
B. Circa 550 pieces, cont., including:
Backworks, NYC. 14 pieces, including 3 catalogues (1 duplicate)
Lynda Benglis. 2 pieces
Joseph Beuys. 21 pieces, including 6 small black and white photographs of sand drawings and new School for Social Research, NYC, January 11, 1974 poster
Biennale Internationale D’Arte DiI Venezia. 9 tracts (1 duplicate) calling for the boycott of the 1968 Biennale
Edition Rene Block/Galerie Rene Block, Berlin. 15 pieces
Bloomsday, Galerie loeh, Frankfurtam-Main, 26.Juni 1964: poster, and cut and stapled poster
George Brecht/Robert Watts. Yam Festival Newspaper, NYC, 1963
Bronx Museum of the Arts, Bronx, New York
Marcel Broodthaers. “Dear Beuys…,” 3-page facsimile, 1972
Brooklyn Academy of Music, Brooklyn, NY. 8 pieces
Brooklyn College/Museum of the Borough of Brooklyn, Brooklyn, NY. 11 pieces
The Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, New York. 48 pieces
Robert Delford Brown. 9 pieces
Buecker/Bucker & White Cembalo Company, NYC/Buecker and Harpsichords, NYC. 11 pieces
The Brooklyn Museum
C. Circa 420 pieces, including
Christo. 9 pieces, including “Christo Wraps the Museum,” Museum of Modern Art, NYC, June 5 -- 25, 1968 poster
Committee for Artistic Freedom, NYC. 1 piece
(continues in Box 36)
Box 36 Material on Art, Artists and Writers, cont.
Ephemera, cont.
C. Circa 420 pieces, cont., including
Jackie Curtis. 9 pieces
D. Circa 185 pieces, including
Hanne Darboven. 4 pieces
Marcel Duchamp. 5 pieces, including Sidney Janis Gallery, NYC, April 6 -- May 2, 1959 folding exhibition announcement
Annick Du Charme. 3 pieces
E. Circa 95 pieces, including
Earthworks, Duan Gallery, NYC, 5 October 1968 exhibition announcement
East Village Other, NYC. 8 pieces (6 duplicates)
Eccentric Abstraction, Fischbach Gallery, NYC, September 20 -- October 8, 1966 exhibition announcement
Ronnie Elliott. 1 piece
F. Circa 245 pieces, including
Hubert Fichte. 10 pieces (2 duplicates)
Charles Henri Ford. 4 pieces
G. Circa 430 pieces
(continues in Box 37)
Box 37 Material on Art, Artists and Writers, cont.
Ephemera, cont.
G. Circa 430 pieces, including
John Giorno/Giorno Poetry Systems, NYC. 13 pieces
Goethe House, NYC. 40 pieces
Sam Goodman. Gallery Gertrude Stein, NYC, May 12 -- 30, 1964 exhibition poster
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, NYC. Circa 90 pieces
H. Circa 210 pieces, including
Hans Haacke. 6 pieces (2 duplicates)
Al Hansen. 3 pieces
Jon Hendricks. See Committee for Artistic Freedom, NYC, and National Committee for John and Yoko, NYC
Dick Higgins. 3 pieces
Patricia Highsmith. 3 pieces
Hans Hofmann. 5 pieces
Box 38 Material on Art, Artists and Writers, cont.
Ephemera, cont.
L. Circa 250 piecesI. Circa 50 pieces
J. Circa 240 pieces, including
Alfred Jensen. Circa 90 pieces
Jasper Johns. 6 pieces (1 duplicate)
Ray Johnson. 10 pieces (2 duplicates)
Judson Memorial Church, NYC. 22 pieces
K. Circa 240 pieces, including
Allan Kaprow. 8 pieces
“Kolner Kunstmarkt, 1969/Bildende Künstler filmend und gefilmt, 14.-19. Oktober 1969”: carbon copy of 5-page list of artists and films
Arthur Koestler. 6 pieces
(continues in Box 39)
Box 39 Material on Art, Artists and Writers, cont.
Ephemera, cont.
L. Circa 250 pieces, cont., including
Les Levine. 10 pieces. [See also Architectural League of New York]
Roy Lichtenstein. 10 pieces
Boris Lurie. 3 pieces
M. Circa 480 pieces, including
Gerard Malanga. 5 pieces
March Gallery, NYC. 16 April 1961 “Involvement Show” poster. [Tears in lower edge with insignificant loss of text.]
Joan Miro. 6 pieces
Meredith Monk. 18 pieces (1 duplicate)
Museum; A Project for Living Artists, NYC. 3 pieces
Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago “Violence,” November 1968 (2 copies)
Museum of Modern Art, NYC. Circa 135 pieces
Box 40 Material on Art, Artists and Writers, cont.
Ephemera, cont.
M. Circa 480 pieces, cont.
N. Circa 165 pieces, including
National Committee for John and Yoko, NYC. 3 pieces
Louise Nevelson. 4 pieces
The New Museum of Contemporary Art, NYC. 23 pieces
Hermann Nitsch. 6 pieces
O. Circa 120 pieces, including
Claes Oldenburg. 7 pieces, including Sidney Janis Gallery, NYC, April 26 -- May 27, 1967 exhibition poster designed by Oldenburg
[Oriental spirituality]. 25 pieces
P. Circa 260 pieces, including
Nam June Paik. “N.J. Paik: Fluxus Island in Décollage Ocean,” 1963. [Advertisement for De-Coll/Age number 4]
Raymond Parker. 8 pieces
Galerie Parnass, Wuppertal. 4 pieces
Francis Picabia. 4 pieces
Pablo Picasso. 11 pieces
Edward M. Plunkett. 4 pieces (1 duplicate)
4 pieces
Box 41 Material on Art, Artists and Writers, cont.
Ephemera, cont.
R. Circa 210 pieces, including
Robert Rauschenberg. 10 pieces (1 duplicate)
Reuben Gallery, NYC. “New Happenings at the Reuben Gallery,” November/December [1960]
S. Circa 460 pieces, including
Lucas Samaras. 6 pieces
Carolee Schneemann. 10 pieces
Ha Schult. 4 pieces
The Soundart Foundation, Inc., NYC. 15 pieces
Gertrude Stein Gallery, NYC. “No Show”, October 8 -- November 2, 1963 exhibition poster
Mike Steiner/Studio Gallery M. Steiner, Berlin. 2 pieces
Box 42 Material on Art, Artists and Writers, cont.
Ephemera, cont.
T. Circa 150 pieces, including Jean Toche: 1 piece
U. 22 pieces
V. Circa 75 pieces
W. Circa 350 pieces, including
Andy Warhol. Circa 35 pieces
Robert Watts. See George Brecht
Whitney Museum Of American Art, NYC. Circa 125 pieces
Women in the Arts, NYC. 14 pieces
Y. 10 pieces
38 pieces
Untitled ephemera
18 buttons by Art Workers Coalition, Mark Brusse, Experiments in Art & Technology, Keith Haring, Dick Higgins, Yayoi Kusama, Les Levine, Marjorie Strider, and other (2 unidentified)
3 matchbooks: Robert Delford Brown, Marcel Duchamp [posthumous exhibition memorabilia], John Giorno
Box 43 Material on Art, Artists and Writers, cont.
There are approximately 1000 photographs, color transparencies and slides, negatives and postcards of art works and performances other than LP’s. They are arranged in a single alphabet by artist or group and event.
A. 18 pieces, including
Marina Abramovic and Ulay. 1 black and white photograph in unidentified performance, inscribed by both artists on verso
Richard Avedon: 4 pieces
B. 53 pieces, including
Joseph Beuys. 18 pieces, including a set of fifteen 4 7/8” x 3 7/16” snapshots, presumably by LP, of the performance, “Coyote,” René Block Gallery, NYC, May 1974
Barry Bryant. 2 pieces
Bernard Buffet. 4 pieces
C. 27 pieces, including Christo: 20 pieces, including 4 color postcards signed by the artist
D. 26 pieces, including Jean Dubuffet: 11 pieces
E. 5 pieces
F. 11 pieces, including Dieter Froese: 6 pieces
G. 29 pieces, including
Walter Gaudnek. 4 pieces
Guerrilla Art Action Group. 6 black and white photograph by Jan van Raay
H. 27 pieces, including
Al Hansen. 1 piece
Harlem on My Mind exhibition, Metropolitan Museum of Art, NYC, January 18 -- April 6, 1969. 9 pieces
I. 16 pieces
Robert Indiana. 3 pieces, including two 1971 photographs by Steve Balkin inscribed to LP by Indiana
Italy: The New Domestic Landscape exhibition, Museum of Modern Art, NYC, May 26-September 11, 1972. 13 pieces
J. 230 pieces, including
Alfred Jensen. 168 black and white photographs, 34 color negatives
Jasper Johns. 17 pieces
K. 27 pieces, including E. de Kermadec: 1 piece
[Rotraut Klein. See Rotraut]
L. 38 pieces, including
Les Levine. 4 pieces
Roy Lichtenstein. 17 pieces
Carla Liss. 2 black and white photographs of works, both identified on verso, 1 inscribed to LP, n.d.
M. 37 pieces
N. 25 pieces, including
Alice Neel. 3 pieces
Hermann Nitsch. 6 pieces
O. 55 pieces, including
Claes Oldenburg. 3 pieces
Ralph Ortiz. 26 black and white photographs by John Prosser and Neil B. Greenberg; 11 black and white photographs (with their negatives) by LP
P. 42 pieces, including
Nam June Paik. 2 black and white photographs by Peter Moore
Carmen Oho Paeffgen. 7 pieces
Pablo Picasso. 22 pieces
R. 96 pieces, including
Faith Ringgold. 2 black and white photographs, fifty 35mm color slides
Rotraut [i.e. Rotraut Klein, known as]. 13 black and white photographs by Shunk-Kender
S. 59 pieces, including Friedrich Schroder-Sonnenstern: 6 black and white photographs and 9 color transparencies
T. 9 pieces
U-V. 18 pieces, including Wolf Vostell: 2 black and white photographs; 10 color transparencies by LP, April 1964
W. 118 pieces, including
Charmion von Wiegand. 6 pieces
[Women artists]. Eighty-seven 35mm color slides of works by women artists
Andrew Wyeth. 9 pieces
Photographs of miscellaneous and unidentified art works. 56 pieces
Photograph of a 1913 portrait painting by an unidentified artist of an unidentified sitter, with a poem in an unidentified hand dated 1938 glued to verso (Oversized – Box 60)
Two photographs of unidentified art works (Oversized – Box 60)
Box 44 Material on Art, Artists, and Writers, cont.
Commercial Postcards and Slides
Approximately 750 postcards and 80 color slides: art reproductions, cityscapes and monuments, landscapes
Judy Chicago. 1 commercial audio cassette, “The Dinner Party” [1980]
Ralph Ortiz. 1 reel-to-reel aural tape, “D.I.A.S. [i.e. Destruction In Art Symposium] 1966, Duncan Terrace, London.” Inscribed to LP by Ortiz on the bottom of the box
34 audio cassettes: classical music, cabaret, jazz, rock and roll, eastern and alternative music, spoken word
5 reel-to-reel aural tapes; Compact discs
TV and Radio News, April 4, Dr. Martin Luther King assassination
April 5, 4 a.m. WBAI, memorial for Dr. Martin Luther King
Speech of Bobby Kennedy, June 6 on TV, Ch. 4
Robert Kennedy shot, May [June?] 5, 4:30 1968, TV 5. Also on CD
News TV Foreign Rel. (something I think stands for Committee); Fulbright and Rusk; Hell’s Angles
Box 45 Material on Art, Artists, and Writer, cont.
Aural Material, cont.
15 audio cassettes: U.S. Senate Watergate hearings, impeachment and resignation of Richard Nixon, Henry Kissinger, Gerald Ford, Spiro Agnew
1 audio cassette: “Women Liberation/Feb 12/Germaine/Greer”
1 unidentified audio cassette (also copied on to DVD -- see Box 1)
This category contains whole issues of periodicals; theater, concert and film programs; and a group of film stills.
Cosmopolitan. Volume 146/#2, NYC, February 1959
Drummer. Number 66, San Francisco, July 1983
Elegante Welt. Year 44/#10, Düsseldorf, Oktober 1955. [Front cover loose]
Esquire
Volume 54/#6 [whole no. 325], NYC, December 1960
Volume 58/#1 [whole no. 344], NYC, July 1962
Volume 63/#2 [whole no. 375], NYC, February 1965
Volume 71/#5 [whole no. 426], NYC, May 1969 [Lacks front cover]
Volume 80/#1 [whole no. 476], NYC, July 1973
Heavy Metal. NYC, May 1977
Kiss. Volume 1/#1, NYC, April 28, 1969
Konkret. Year 1979/#12. Hamburg, 29. November 1979
Ms. NYC, October 1973
Newsweek. Volume 67/#19. NYC, May 9, 1966
New York. Volume 5/#7. NYC, February 14, 1972
New York Free Press. Volume 1/#15, NYC, April 4, 1968
New York Times Magazine
October 11, 1981
November 20, 1983
April 15, 1984
Paris Match. Number 998, Paris, 15-22 juin 1968
Playboy. Volume 10/#11, Chicago, November 1963
Saturday Review. Volume 46/#10. NYC, March 9, 1963
Sculptors International. Volume 2/#3, Washington, D.C., November/December 1983
Der Spiegel
Year 23/#24, Hamburg, 9.Juni 1969
Year 34/#47, Hamburg, 17.November 1980
True Police Yearbook. Volume 1/#29, NYC, n.d.
40 theater programs
2 concert programs
8 film programs
30 film stills: Jean-Luc Godard’s “La Chinoise,” Norman Mailer’s “Maidstone,” Wim Wenders’ “Paris Texas”
Box 46
This category consists primarily of press clippings and photographs, mostly from American and German sources. They are organized in 5 groups: art and cultural issues, political and social issues, fashion and lifestyles, health and food, and miscellanea.
Circa 300 pieces, 1950s -- 1980s, in 5 folders
Clippings. Circa 200 pieces, 1960s -- 1980s
Box 47 Topical Clippings and Images, cont.
Political and social issues, cont.
Press photographs and film stills: Circa 480 pieces, 1930s -- 1970s
“Armed Forces.” 38 pieces
“Crime-Prisons.” 40 pieces
“Hitler.” Circa 150 pieces
“Race Violence.” 15 pieces
“Spies.” 44 pieces
“War and Revolution”
“ Africa.” Circa 100 pieces
“Latin and South America.” 22 pieces
“World War II/Europe, Nazis.” Circa 70 pieces
“Screen Monsters”
Circa 90 pieces: film stills, show business personalities
Circa 135 pieces, 1920s -- 1980s, and circa 200 fashion press photographs, 1960s -- 1970s
Circa 100 pieces
Box 48 Topical Clippings and Images, cont.
Circa 370 pieces: miscellaneous clippings, travel brochures, maps, 1960s -- 1980s, in 6 folders