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Archives related to: Mizuno Gallery
| title | Mizuno Gallery records, 1955-2005, 1967-1981. | repository | The Getty Research Institute |
| description | The Mizuno Gallery records contain correspondence, photographs, and printed ephemera, among other materials that document the operation of the gallery from its founding in 1967 until 1984. Of approximately 90 exhibitions that took place at the gallery, two-thirds are represented in some way in this collection. There are also materials for artists whose work was never shown at the gallery. The collection is rich in materials from Billy Al Bengston, Vija Celmins and Henry Miller. There is original artwork by Billy Al Bengston, Vija Celmins, Raymond Saunders, Russell Tamblyn and H.C. Westermann. The ephemera in Series I dates from 1967 to 1983 and includes invitations, postcards and posters from exhibitions held at Gallery 669 and Mizuno Gallery. The records in Series II date from 1967 to 2005 and include a sales log and guest book as well as installation photographs. The artist files in Series III date from 1955 to 1988 and include postcards and letters to Riko Mizuno from the artists, newspaper and journal clippings, invoices for works of art, ephemera for shows not at Mizuno Gallery, correspondence and slides, color and black-and-white photographs, transparencies and photograph negatives of openings, installations, and artists. Biographical and Historical Note The Mizuno Gallery was operated by Riko Mizuno from 1967-1984. The gallery occupies an important place in the history of art in postwar Los Angeles as a venue for contemporary artists such as Chris Burden, Mike Kelley and Billy Al Bengston. |
| extent | 2.9 linear ft. |
| formats | Business Papers Ephemera Artist Files Financial Records Photographs |
| access | Open for use by qualified researchers. |
| record link | http://archives2.getty.edu:8082/xtf/view?docId=ead/2010.M.84/2010.M.84.xml |
| record source | http://primo.getty.edu/primo_library/libweb/action/dlDisplay.do?vid=GRI&afterPDS=true&institution=01GRI&docId=GETTY_ALMA21120176530001551 |
| acquisition information | Gift of Riko Mizuno. |
| updated | 03/16/2023 10:30:07 |
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