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Archives related to: LeWitt, Sol, 1928-2007
| title | Sol Lewitt. 1978: Archives pamphlet file : miscellaneous uncataloged material. | repository | The Museum of Modern Art |
| description | Pamphlet file The folder may include announcements, clippings, press releases, brochures, reviews, invitations, and other ephemeral material about this exhibition. Location MoMA Manhattan Archives Pamphlet File Call Number MoMA 1197x |
| extent | 1 folder |
| formats | Ephemera |
| access | Contact repository for restrictions and policies. |
| record source | https://library.nyarc.org/permalink/01NYA_INST/ai54l4/alma991011503889707141 |
| updated | 03/16/2023 10:29:52 |
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| title | Artist file. LeWitt, Sol, 1928-2007. | repository | The Brooklyn Museum Libraries and Archives |
| description | The file may include any of the following materials: announcements, clippings, photographs, press releases, brochures, reviews, invitations, small exhibition catalogs, resumés, other ephemeral material. Cite as: Brooklyn Museum Library Collections. Schweitzer Gallery files. Location: Brooklyn Artist Files Call Number: AF Schweitzer L |
| extent | 1 folder. |
| formats | Ephemera |
| access | Contact repository for restrictions and policies. |
| record source | https://library.nyarc.org/permalink/01NYA_INST/ai54l4/alma991013275889707141 |
| acquisition information | Gift; M.R. Schweitzer; 1990. |
| updated | 11/29/2022 15:49:50 |
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| title | Sol Lewitt prints 1970-1995. 1996 : Archives pamphlet file : miscellaneous uncataloged material. | repository | The Museum of Modern Art |
| description | Pamphlet file The folder may include announcements, clippings, press releases, brochures, reviews, invitations, and other ephemeral material about this exhibition. Location MoMA Manhattan Archives Pamphlet File Call Number MoMA 1735x |
| extent | 1 folder |
| formats | Ephemera |
| access | Contact repository for restrictions and policies. |
| record source | https://library.nyarc.org/permalink/01NYA_INST/ai54l4/alma991011515369707141 |
| updated | 11/29/2022 15:49:50 |
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| title | Sol LeWitt Oral History, 1994. | repository | The Museum of Modern Art |
| description | LeWitt, an employee of the Museum in the early 1960s, discusses working at the Museum along with artists Dan Flavin, Robert Mangold, and Robert Ryman. LeWitt reminisces about the Museum's place in the New York art world and some of its personalities including Alfred H. Barr, Jr., Arthur Drexler, Alicia Legg, and Dorothy C. Miller, among others. LeWitt also places the development of his own career within the context of MoMA. Interview conducted by Sharon Zane for The Museum of Modern Art Oral History Project./ Funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities |
| extent | 1 transcript (35 p.) 1 sound cassette. |
| formats | Sound Recording Transcript |
| access | Transcripts with interviewee's notes housed at the Rockefeller Archive Center; not available to researchers. |
| record source | https://library.nyarc.org/permalink/01NYA_INST/ai54l4/alma991009763849707141 |
| finding aid | Name index available |
| acquisition information | Gift of Sol LeWitt, 1994. Original recordings stored at the Rockefeller Archive Center. |
| updated | 11/29/2022 15:49:50 |
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| title | Sol Lewitt interview, 1974 July 15. | repository | Archives of American Art |
| description | An interview of Sol Lewitt conducted by Paul Cummings for the Archives of American Art. Lewitt speaks of his studies at Syracuse University, the Tiffany Foundation award for his lithograph, odd jobs, his work for magazines and the graphics department of I. M. Pei's firm, travel in Europe, his army service, graphic design work, typography, and abstract expressionism. He discusses his job at the Museum of Modern Art, influences upon his work, his interest in film and the photographs of Eadward Muybridge, and exhibitions at the Dwan, Daniels and Kaymar Galleries. Lewitt comments on his change from metal to wood sculpture; conceptual, minimal and post-minimal art; series and systems; his wall drawings; torn paper and folded paper "drawings"; prints and etchings; music and books; and the exploitation of art and artists. He recalls Anthony Candido, Dan Flavin, Earl Kerkam and others. |
| extent | 1 sound tape reel ; 5 in. (75 p. transcript) |
| formats | Sound Recording Transcript |
| access | Contact repository for restrictions and policies. |
| record source | http://www.siris.si.edu/ |
| acquisition information | 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 others. |
| updated | 11/12/2014 11:29:52 |
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| title | Records, Exhibition negatives: installations. Pyramid: A Wall Drawing by Sol LeWitt. 1985. | repository | The Brooklyn Museum Libraries and Archives |
| description | Installation views of an exhibition held from 05/16/1985 to 09/02/1985 at the Brooklyn Museum. Biographical/historical note The role of the Department of Photography at the Brooklyn Museum is to record accessions, furnish illustrative material for Museum publications, make photographs of objects and installations for use in publicity, research and permanent documentation, and to provide photographs for technical study. Cite as Brooklyn Museum Archives, Records of the Department of Photography, Exhibition negatives: installations. Location: Brooklyn Archives Call Number: PHO_E 1985 LeWitt |
| extent | 4 b&w photonegatives 4.75 x 4" |
| formats | Photographs |
| access | Contact repository for restrictions and policies. |
| record link | http://library.brooklynmuseum.org/voyimage/htmlfiles/PHO_E/PHO_E1985_lewitt_thumb.htm |
| record source | https://library.nyarc.org/permalink/01NYA_INST/ai54l4/alma991013314469707141 |
| finding aid | Finding aid and database access in repository. |
| acquisition information | Found In: Records of the Department of Photography. Exhibition negatives: installations. |
| updated | 11/29/2022 15:49:50 |
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| title | Records, Exhibition views: installations. Pyramid: A Wall Drawing by Sol LeWitt. 1985. | repository | The Brooklyn Museum Libraries and Archives |
| description | Installation views of an exhibition held from 05/16/1985 to 09/02/1985 at the Brooklyn Museum. Biographical/Historical Note: The records of the Department of Painting and Sculpture at the Brooklyn Museum document the administrative and curatorial activities of the department from soon after its inception in 1897 up through the present day. They reveal the history of the department by providing information on development of the object collection, exhibitions since 1911, and the department's associations to other art institutions and the local community. Found in: Records of the Department of Painting and Sculpture. Exhibition views: installations. Location: Archives Call Number: P&S_E 1985 Lewitt |
| extent | 4 color slides & b/w photographs 1 x 1.5" & 8 x 10" |
| formats | Photographs |
| access | Permission of Archivist/Librarian required. |
| record link | http://library.brooklynmuseum.org/voyimage/htmlfiles/P&S_E/P&S_E1985_lewitt_thumb.htm |
| record source | https://library.nyarc.org/permalink/01NYA_INST/ai54l4/alma991000002909707141 |
| finding aid | Finding aid and database access in repository. |
| updated | 11/29/2022 15:49:50 |
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| title | Records, Exhibition views: installations. Sol LeWitt Graphics, 1970-1975. 1978. | repository | The Brooklyn Museum Libraries and Archives |
| description | Installation views of an exhibition held from 02/04/1978 to 03/04/1978 at the Brooklyn Museum. Biographical/Historical Note: The records of the Department of Prints, Drawings, and Photographs at the Brooklyn Museum document the administrative and curatorial activities of the department from soon after its inception in 1915 up through the present day. They reveal the history of the department by providing information on development of the object collection, exhibitions since 1937, and the department's associations to other art institutions and the local community. Found in: Records of the Department of Prints, Drawings, and Photographs. Exhibition views: installations. Cite as: Brooklyn Museum Archives, Records of the Department of Prints, Drawings, and Photographs, Exhibition views: installations. Location: Archives Call Number: PDP_E 1978 Lewitt |
| extent | 32 b/w photographs 1 x 1.5" |
| formats | Photographs |
| access | Permission of Archivist/Librarian required. |
| record link | http://library.brooklynmuseum.org/voyimage/htmlfiles/PDP_E/PDP_E1978_lewitt_thumb.htm |
| record source | https://library.nyarc.org/permalink/01NYA_INST/ai54l4/alma991013321029707141 |
| finding aid | Finding aid and database access in repository |
| updated | 11/29/2022 15:49:50 |
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| title | Artist file. LeWitt, Sol, 1928-2007. | repository | The Brooklyn Museum Libraries and Archives |
| description | The file may include any of the following materials: announcements, clippings, photographs, press releases, brochures, reviews, invitations, small exhibition catalogs, resumés, other ephemeral material. Cite as: Brooklyn Museum Library Collections. Schweitzer Gallery files. Location: Brooklyn Artist Files Call Number: AF BMA L |
| extent | 1 folder. |
| formats | Ephemera |
| access | Contact repository for restrictions and policies. |
| record source | https://library.nyarc.org/permalink/01NYA_INST/ai54l4/alma991013236749707141 |
| acquisition information | Files compiled by BMA library staff from 1917 to the present. |
| updated | 11/29/2022 15:49:51 |
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| title | Franklin Furnace artist file: LeWitt, Sol, 1928-2007; miscellaneous uncataloged material. | repository | The Museum of Modern Art |
| description | The folder may include resumes, artist's statements, slides, photographs, correspondence, announcements, clippings, press releases, brochures, reviews, invitations, portraits, and other ephemeral material from the period 1976-1996. Location MoMA Queens Franklin Furnance Artist File Call Number LEWITT, SOL, 1928- |
| extent | 1 folder |
| formats | Ephemera |
| access | Contact repository for restrictions and policies |
| record source | https://library.nyarc.org/permalink/01NYA_INST/ai54l4/alma991010359749707141 |
| acquisition information | MoMA: Franklin Furnace Collection. |
| updated | 11/29/2022 15:49:51 |
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| title | Artist file: LeWitt, Sol, 1928-2007; miscellaneous uncataloged material. | repository | The Museum of Modern Art |
| description | The folder may include announcements, clippings, press releases, brochures, reviews, invitations, small exhibition catalogs, and other ephemeral material. Includes catalogs for exhibitions held at:--10 West Jackson Building, Chicago, 1985 Location MoMA Queens Artist Files Call Number Lewitt, Sol |
| extent | 1 folder |
| formats | Ephemera |
| access | Contact repository for restrictions and policies |
| record source | https://library.nyarc.org/permalink/01NYA_INST/ai54l4/alma991010930179707141 |
| updated | 11/29/2022 15:49:51 |
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| title | Artist File: LeWitt, Sol , 1928-2007 | repository | Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden Library |
| description | Folder(s) may include exhibition announcements, newspaper and/or magazine clippings, press releases, brochures, reviews, invitations, illustrations, resumes, artist's statements, exhibition catalogs. |
| extent | 1+ folders (check with repository) |
| formats | Ephemera |
| access | Folder(s) do not circulate. Folder(s) available for use only at the holding library |
| record source | http://www.sil.si.edu/DigitalCollections/Art-Design/artandartistfiles/ |
| updated | 11/12/2014 11:30:05 |
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| title | Artist File: LeWitt, Sol , 1928-2007 | repository | National Portrait Gallery Library |
| description | Folder(s) may include exhibition announcements, newspaper and/or magazine clippings, press releases, brochures, reviews, invitations, illustrations, resumes, artist's statements, exhibition catalogs. |
| extent | 1+ folders (check with repository) |
| formats | Ephemera |
| access | Folder(s) do not circulate. Folder(s) available for use only at the holding library |
| record source | http://www.sil.si.edu/DigitalCollections/Art-Design/artandartistfiles/ |
| updated | 11/12/2014 11:30:05 |
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| title | Oral history interview with Anne Rorimer, 2010 Nov. 15-16. | repository | Archives of American Art |
| description | Anne Rorimer (1944-) is a curator and art historian in Chicago, Ill. Judith Olch Richards (1947-) is a former executive director of iCI in New York, NY. An interview of Anne Rorimer conducted 2010 Nov. 15-16, by Judith Olch Richards, for the Archives of American Art's Elizabeth Murray Oral History of Women in the Visual Arts project, at Rorimer's home, in Chicago, Ill. Rorimer speaks of her family background; her early life and education in New York City; her father, James Rorimer, and his influence as director of the Metropolitan Museum of Art; college life at Bryn Mawr; how she became interested in modern art; her internship at the Victoria & Albert Museum in London after college; her master's degree thesis on Tony Smith; her job as a curator at the Albright-Knox Gallery and then at the Art Institute of Chicago;memorable exhibitions at the AIC throughout the 1970s and early 1980s, including the annual "American Exhibition," "Europe in the Seventies: Aspects of Recent Art," (1977), and "Idea and Image in Recent Art" (1974); her close relationship with Anne D’Harnoncourt; how she left the AIC in 1984 to write, "New Art in the ‘60s and 70s: Redefining Reality," (2001); her role in acquisitions of contemporary art at the AIC; her thoughts on art education; her work with collectors; the process of getting her book published and reactions to it; her curatorial projects in the 1980s and early 1990s that focused on conceptual art; her relationship with artists like Michael Asher and Daniel Buren; her extensive book collection; her thoughts on being a freelance curator and writer. She recalls Whitney Stoddard, Robert Beverly Hale, Theodoros Stamos, Leo Castelli, Henry Geldzahler, Anne D'Harnoncourt, Renee Marcuse, Bates Lowry, Tony Smith, Marcia Tucker, A. James Speyer, Bruce Nauman, Lawrence Weiner, Vito Acconci, William Wegman, Robert Morris, Lucy R. Lippard, Katharine Kuh, Sol Lewitt, John Maxon, Eva Hesse, Muriel Newman, Judith Kirschner, Dan Graham, Benjamin Buchloh, and Marcel Broodthaers. |
| extent | Sound recording, master: 4 memory cards (5 hr., 35 min.) secure digital; 1.25 in. |
| formats | Sound Recording Interview |
| access | Scheduled for transcription. |
| record link | http://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/interviews/oral-history-interview-anne-rorimer-15880 |
| record source | http://www.siris.si.edu/ |
| acquisition information | 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. This interview is part of the Elizabeth Murray Oral History of Women in the Visual Arts Project, funded by a grant from the A G Foundation. |
| updated | 11/12/2014 11:30:15 |
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