CCS Bard Archives Phone: 845.758.7567 Center for Curatorial Studies Fax: 845.758.2442 Bard College Email: [email protected] Annandale-on-Hudson, NY 12504 Guide to the Colin de Land and Pat Hearn Library Collection MSS.012 Hannah Mandel; Collection processed by Ann Butler, Ryan Evans and Hannah Mandel. This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on February 06, 2019 . Describing Archives: A Content Standard Guide to the Colin de Land and Pat Hearn Library Collection MSS.012 Table of Contents Summary Information ................................................................................................................................................ 3 Biographical / Historical ............................................................................................................................................. 5 Scope and Contents ................................................................................................................................................. 6 Arrangement .............................................................................................................................................................. 6 Administrative Information ......................................................................................................................................... 7 Related Materials ...................................................................................................................................................... 7 Controlled Access Headings ..................................................................................................................................... 7 Collection Inventory ................................................................................................................................................. 10 Series I: Published Material ............................................................................................................................. 10 Series II: Manuscript Material and Fragments ............................................................................................... 361 Oversize Series I: Published Material ............................................................................................................ 363 Oversize Series II: Manuscript Material and Fragments ................................................................................ 376 - Page 2 - Guide to the Colin de Land and Pat Hearn Library Collection MSS.012 Summary Information Repository Center for Curatorial Studies Library & Archives Creator De Land, Colin, 1955-2003 Creator Hearn, Pat, 1955-2000 Creator American Fine Arts, Co. Creator Pat Hearn Gallery Source Schröder, Alexander, 1968- Title Colin de Land and Pat Hearn Library Collection Date [inclusive] 1942-2007 Date [bulk] 1984-1999 Extent 85 Linear Feet Language English Abstract The Colin de Land and Pat Hearn Library Collection consists of the libraries built by American Fine Arts and Pat Hearn Gallery as well as the personal libraries of Colin de Land and Pat Hearn. The contents of the collection veer from high to low, from the obscure to the mass produced, reflecting not only the history of both galleries and their relationships to print and publishing, but also the shared and personal interests of Pat Hearn and Colin de Land. A selection of collection material directly relates to exhibitions held at American Fine Arts and Pat Hearn Gallery, including gallery publications as well as catalogues and monographs of affiliated artists. The collection also functions as a record of Hearn and de Land's extensive orbit, and includes publications submitted by artists soliciting the - Page 3 - Guide to the Colin de Land and Pat Hearn Library Collection MSS.012 galleries as well as complimentary copies of catalogues from peer institutions. De Land's strong involvement in the Cologne art scene of the 1990s is well reflected in the collection, which features many unique German artist's books and periodicals. Magazines and periodicals factor heavily into the collection, which includes complete or nearly complete runs of a variety of culture and art related publications, including Texte Zur Kunst, Purple and Zing. The collection is also a repository for small-run artist's periodicals and multiples distributed through underground and unconventional channels; these include PIG magazine, Made in USA, and The Netletter. Preferred Citation Published citations should take the following form: Identification of item, date (if known); Colin de Land and Pat Hearn Library Collection; MSS.012; [box number]; [folder number], Center for Curatorial Studies Library and Archives, Bard College. - Page 4 - Guide to the Colin de Land and Pat Hearn Library Collection MSS.012 Biographical / Historical The Colin de Land and Pat Hearn Library Collection is comprised of the libraries for Pat Hearn Gallery and American Fine Arts, Co., and the personal library of the gallerists Pat Hearn and Colin de Land. Pat Hearn Gallery opened in 1983 at its first location at 94 Avenue B in the East Village of Manhattan. In 1985, the gallery expanded to another East Village location, at 735 East Ninth Street. In 1988 Hearn moved the gallery again to Soho, at 39 Wooster Street. In 1995, the gallery relocated to the its final location at 530 West 22nd Street in Chelsea, where it remained until its closing in 2002. Over its nineteen years of existence, Pat Hearn Gallery's program featured a diverse selection of artists working in a variety of mediums, including painting, performance, photography, conceptual art, and video. Pat Hearn Gallery artists included Philip Taaffe, Milan Kunc, Peter Schuyff, Jimmy de Sana, Jutta Koether, Monique Prieto, Julia Scher, Susan Hiller, Renee Green, Simon Leung, George Condo, Jack Pierson and Mark Morrisroe, Joan Jonas, and Lutz Bacher, and others. Colin de Land's gallery, American Fine Arts Co. was founded in 1982 as a storefront space on Clinton and Stanton streets in the East Village, operating under the name American Fine Art, which soon changed to Vox Populi. In 1986, Vox Populi moved to 511 East Sixth Street and changed names to American Fine Arts, Co., Colin de Land Fine Art (A.F.A). In 1988, A.F.A relocated to 40 Wooster Street in Soho. In 1993, the gallery moved down the street to a larger location at 22 Wooster Street. In 2000, following Pat Hearn's death, Colin de Land took over activities at Hearn's gallery at 530 West 22nd Street as American Fine Arts, Co.—Colin de Land Fine Art at PHAG, Inc. For a period of around two years de Land dually operated this location and his gallery at 20 Wooster Street. In 2002, de Land ceased activities at the Wooster Street location and operated solely out of Chelsea. After de Land's death in 2003, exhibitions organized by de Land's contemporaries continued at this location until November 2004. A.F.A. was notable in its subversion of the conventional commercial gallery model. Recurring artists in the A.F.A. program included Cady Noland, Mark Dion, Peter Fend, Andrea Fraser, John Waters, Jessica Stockholder, Christian Philipp Müller, Tom Burr, John Knight, and Silvia Kolbowski, among others. Pat Hearn and Colin de Land were both born in 1955. The pair began a relationship in the mid-1980s, and married in 1999. In 1994, Hearn and de Land helped to establish the Gramercy International Art Fair, which was renamed in 1999 as The Armory Show. Hearn passed away in 2000 after a battle with liver cancer. Colin de Land also lost his life to cancer in 2003. After A.F.A.'s closing in 2004, the books and printed material in the The Colin de Land and Pat Hearn Library Collection were managed by Daniel McDonald and Christine Tsvetanov, former A.F.A. directors and managers of the estate. In 2006, the collection was purchased by Alexander Schröder, the Berlin-based art collector and co-founder of Galerie Neu. The collection was further organized at this point for exhibition at several European locations. In 2008, a portion of the collection was exhibited at Mehringdamm 72 Galerie in Berlin during the exhibition "Colin de Land: American Fine Arts." Also in 2008, parts of the collection were shown in the exhibition "Some Neighbors" at Kunstverein München. Items from the Library were displayed in the exhibition "Berlin–Paris" at the private apartment of Daniele Balice and Alexander Hertling in Paris in 2010. In 2011, the collection played a prominent role in the staging of "Dealing with—Some Books, Visuals and Works Related to American Fine Arts, Co." at Halle Für Kunst and Kunstraum at the Leuphana University of Lüneburg, Germany. In 2014, the Library was exhibited at Artists Space Books and Talks in New York, NY, as part of the exhibition "The Library Vaccine." In 2014, the Library and Archives at the Center for Curatorial Studies at Bard College acquired the collection from Alexander Schröder. To reflect the significant input and involvement of Pat Hearn and Pat Hearn Gallery in the development of the Library, the name of the collection was changed from "The Colin de Land Library" to "The Colin de Land and Pat Hearn Library Collection." - Page 5 - Guide to the Colin de Land and Pat Hearn Library Collection MSS.012 Scope and Contents The collection consists of the libraries built by American Fine Arts and Pat Hearn Gallery as well as the personal libraries of Colin de Land and Pat Hearn. The contents of the collection veer from high to low, from the obscure to the mass produced, reflecting not only the history of both galleries and their