Archives Directory for the History of Collecting in America

Archives related to: Bykert Gallery

titleOral history interview with Chuck Close, 1987 May 14-Sept. 30.
repositoryArchives of American Art
descriptionAn interview of Chuck Close conducted 1987 May 14-Sept. 30, by Judd Tully, for the Archives of American Art.

Close speaks of his childhood; his art education in the Pacific Northwest and at Yale; the art scene in SoHo in the 1960s; his work methods; his work in portraiture.

He recalls Al Held, Richard Serra, Klaus Kertess, Arnold Glimcher, and his affiliations with the Bykert Gallery and the Pace Gallery.

Biographical/Historical Note:
Chuck Close (1940- ) is a painter from New York, N.Y.

extent5 sound cassettes; Transcript: 212 p.
formatsSound Recording Online Sound Clip Transcript Online Transcript Interview
accessTranscript and sound clip available in the repository (Archives of American Art) and on the repository's website.
record linkhttps://www.aaa.si.edu/download_pdf_transcript/ajax?record_id=edanmdm-AAADCD_oh_212371
record sourcehttps://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/interviews/oral-history-interview-chuck-close-13141
acquisition informationThese interviews are part of the Archives' 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 others. Funding for the digital preservation of this interview was provided by a grant from the Save America's Treasures Program of the National Park Service.
updated06/08/2023 16:42:19
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titleInstitutional file. (Bykert Gallery)
repositoryThe Brooklyn Museum Libraries and Archives
descriptionfound In BMA institutional files

The file may include any of the following materials: announcements, clippings, photographs, press releases, brochures, reviews, invitations, small exhibition catalogs and checklists under 50 pages, other ephemeral material./ Files compiled by BMA library staff from circa 1917 to the present.

Cite as Brooklyn Museum of Art Library Collections. BMA institutional files.

Location
Brooklyn Institutional Files
extent1 folder
accessContact the Brooklyn Museum Libraries and Archives for access restrictions.
record sourcehttps://library.nyarc.org/permalink/01NYA_INST/ai54l4/alma991006777919707141
updated11/29/2022 15:49:51
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titleSubject file : BYKERT GALLERY (NEW YORK, N.Y.): miscellaneous uncataloged material.
repositoryThe Museum of Modern Art
descriptionThe folder may include announcements, clippings, press releases, brochures, reviews, invitations, and other ephemeral material.

Location: MoMA Queens Subject Files

Call number: BYKERT GALLERY (NEW YORK, N.Y.)
extent1 folder
accessContact the owning institution for access details.
record sourcehttps://library.nyarc.org/permalink/01NYA_INST/ai54l4/alma991010186979707141
updated11/29/2022 15:49:51
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titleCorrespondence to Edward F. Fry, 1971.
repositoryUniversity of Pennsylvania
descriptionContained in: Edward F. Fry Papers. Folder 726

Response to the Hans Haacke exhibition cancellation at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, 1971. (See Ms. Coll. 651, Box 13).

Contributor:
Bykert Gallery.
Messer, Thomas M. recipient.
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, recipient.

Location: Rare Book & Manuscript Library - Manuscripts
Call no.: Ms. Coll. 651

extent1 item (2 leaves)
accessContact owning institution for access details.
record sourcehttp://www.library.upenn.edu/
updated03/25/2016 12:25:17
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titleAllan Kaprow papers, ca. 1940-1997
repositoryThe Getty Research Institute
descriptionThe Allan Kaprow Papers offer comprehensive documentation of an artistic career that spanned the latter half of the 20th century and continues into the 21st.

Arranged chronologically so as to demonstrate the artist's passage from student of art and art history to practicing artist, art theorist and art educator, the collection contains drawings, term papers and notebooks from Kaprow's student days, including a paper on Jackson Pollock and a Master's thesis on Piet Mondrian that he wrote as a student of Meyer Schapiro's, and scores he composed while studying with John Cage.

The ca. 250 project files, comprising the complete extant documentation of Kaprow's Environments, Happenings, and Activities, demonstrate the evolution of Kaprow's Happening from a relatively scripted, grand, social event (Chicken; Household) to an austere, inter-subjective experience (Time Pieces; Rates of Exchange).

They contain the artist's notes and drafts of his casually poetic scores, along with correspondence and photo-documentation by Peter Moore, Robert McElroy, and Julian Wasser, among other photographers.

Files for Activities created between 1970 and 1979 often contain activity booklets, that is, booklets made to look like training manuals that document a piece with photographs and text and may also serve as a score for reinventions.

A variety of printed matter, including scrapbooks, clippings and posters, document the work's presentation and reception in the art world. There are also film, video and audio recordings of many Happenings and Activities. Kaprow's writings, arranged chronologically by year, represent the artist's consistent production of articles, essays, books and lectures about the practice of contemporary art and issues in art education.

Teaching Files contain correspondence with university officials and colleagues; together with Professional Correspondence they portray the financial difficulties attendant on an unconventional art career that has taken place outside the usual venues and generated few objects that could be sold for profit. Artists' Files contain texts, objects or photographs sent to Kaprow, and evoke the international community of avant-garde artists to which Kaprow belongs.

Bio./Hist. Note:
Allan Kaprow, the American artist who invented the Happening, has created more than 250 ephemeral works in the course of his career and has also been active as a critic and educator.

Add'l Formats:
The following audiovisual material has been digitized: C52-C53, C67, C69-C72, C81-C82, C84-C86, R1-5, R7-R16, R19-R35, V68.

extent63.5 linear ft. (115 boxes; 16 flat file folders; 2 double oversize tubes). 2 sound discs of 1 (CD) (120 min.) : digital, mono; 4 3/4 in. use copy.
accessOpen for use by qualified researchers. All Video and selected audio are available on-site.
record linkhttp://archives2.getty.edu:8082/xtf/view?docId=ead/980063/980063.xml;query=;brand=default
record sourcehttp://primo.getty.edu/primo_library/libweb/action/dlDisplay.do?vid=GRI&search_scope=default_scope&docId=dedupmrg1032071815&fn=permalink
finding aidUnpublished finding aid; available in the repository; folder level control.
updated03/25/2016 12:25:44
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titleJean Brown papers, 1916-1995 (bulk 1958-1985)
repositoryThe Getty Research Institute
descriptionThe Jean Brown papers (1916-1995, bulk 1958-1995) form a significant ensemble of original works and printed matter, and document Brown's intent to build a study collection of avant-garde materials.

Dada and Surrealism provided the core inspiration for Brown's acquisitions, as well as for the later artists whose work she collected. In-depth holdings by artists participating in Fluxus, happenings, concrete, sound and visual poetry, new music, mail art, copy art, rubber stamp printing, and video and performance art underscore her range of interests.

The collection's broad scope presents a comprehensive account of alternative movements, distribution networks and exhibition venues of the 1960s and 1970s.

A significant portion of the archive consists of approximately 500 objects created by Fluxus artists and other contemporaries. Another large component documents Brown's interaction with the international network of mail artists and those distributing their work via post. Considerable printed matter records the exhibition and performance activities of artists and the alternative artists' spaces which sponsored them.

Also included are bibliographic notes written by Brown, audio cassettes, reel-to-reel tapes, and films. Publications received with the archive have been separated to the Getty Research Library.

The collection is arranged in 7 series:
Series I. Artists' files, 1916-1995, bulk 1958-1985
Series II. Announcements and invitations, ca. 1960-1989, bulk 1970-1985
Series III. Topical ephemera, 1917-1989, bulk 1965-1989
Series IV. Miscellaneous clippings, 1957-1987, bulk 1980-1985
Series V. Notes and personal, 1993, n.d.
Series VI. Art objects, 1958-1986, n.d.
Series VII. Audiovisual materials, 1965-1987, n.d.

Biographical or Historical Notes:
American collector and supporter of the avant-garde.

Preferred Citation
Jean Brown papers, 1916-1995 (bulk 1958-1985), Getty Research Institute, Research Library, Accession no. 890164.
extentca. 318.5 linear ft. (319 boxes, 8 rolls, 64 flat file folders)
formatsEphemera Artist Files Notes Sound Recording Artwork
accessOpen for use by qualified researchers, except for unreformatted sound recordings in boxes 249-255.
record linkhttp://hdl.handle.net/10020/cifa890164
record sourcehttps://primo.getty.edu/permalink/f/19q6gmb/GETTY_ALMA21116116330001551
finding aidIn the repository and on the repository's Web site.
acquisition informationAcquired from Jean Brown.
updated07/28/2023 16:33:45
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titleGiuseppe Panza papers, 1956-1990.
repositoryThe Getty Research Institute
descriptionCollection documents the Italian businessman's activities in collecting works by some of the seminal American artists involved with abstract expressionist, pop, minimal, conceptual, environmental, and light and space art.

The archive contains material dating from 1956, when Panza began collecting. up to the sale of the second part of his collection to the Guggenheim Museum in 1990.

Panza's art collection is documented by correspondence with artists and galleries, photographs, small drawings, invoices, loan requests, announcements, and invitations.

The archive also includes a substantial quantity of Panza's writings on art; papers and ephemera related to Panza's associations with museums, galleries, and cultural institutions; clippings and photocopies of articles about the collection; and an extensive group of architectural drawings of potential sites for the collection, many with Panza's installation designs.

Preferred Citation
Giuseppe Panza papers, 1956-1990, Getty Research Institute, Research Library, Accession no. 940004.

extent117 lin. ft. (310 boxes, 58 rolls, 3 flat file folders)
formatsCorrespondence Ephemera Writings Clippings Drawings
accessOpen for use by qualified researchers. To access physical materials on site, go to the library catalog record for this collection and click "Request an Item."
record linkhttp://hdl.handle.net/10020/cifa940004
record sourcehttps://primo.getty.edu/permalink/f/19q6gmb/GETTY_ALMA21136203300001551
finding aidonline and in repository
acquisition informationAcquired from Panza in 1994.
updated07/28/2023 16:33:45
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