http://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/c86978bx No online items Harald Szeemann artist files Alexis Adkins, Heather Courtney, Judy Chou, Holly Deakyne, Maggie Hughes, B. Karenina Karyadi, Medria Martin, Emmabeth Nanol, Alice Poulalion, Pietro Rigolo, Elena Salza, Laura Schroffel, Lindsey Sommer, Melanie Tran, Sue Tyson, Xiaoda Wang, and Isabella Zuralski. Harald Szeemann artist files 2011.M.30.S2 1 Descriptive Summary Title: Harald Szeemann artist files Date (inclusive): 1836-2010, bulk 1957-2005 Number: 2011.M.30.S2 Creator/Collector: Szeemann, Harald Physical Description: 1400 Linear Feet Repository: The Getty Research Institute Special Collections 1200 Getty Center Drive, Suite 1100 Los Angeles 90049-1688 [email protected] URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10020/askref (310) 440-7390 Abstract: Series II of the Harald Szeemann papers contains artist files on more than 24,000 artists. In addition to fine arts artists, Harald Szeemann created artist files for architects, composers, musicians, film directors, authors and philosphers. The contents of the artist files vary widely from artist to artist, but may include artist statements; artist proposals; biographies; correspondence; exhibition announcements; news clippings; notes; photographs of works of art, exhibitions of the artist; posters; resumes; and original works of art. Due to its size, Series II is described in a separate finding aid. The main finding aid for the Harald Szeemann papers is available here: http://hdl.handle.net/10020/cifa2011m30 Request Materials: Request access to the physical materials described in this inventory through the catalog record for this collection. Click here for the access policy . Language: Collection material is primarily in German with some material in Italian, French, English and other languages. Access Open for use by qualified researchers with the following exceptions. Unreformatted audiovisual materials and computer files are unavailable. Contact repository to request reformatting. Due to privacy issues, boxes 81, 214, 224, 2409, 2418, RX and RX2 are sealed. Boxes 230-267 contain nitrate negatives and are restricted. Boxes 82, 215, and 1074B require special handling; contact the repository regarding access. Box 2885A is restricted due to fragility; contact the repository regarding access. Boxes 1074C and 1074D are restricted due to fragility; contact repository to request digital imaging. Boxes B-13**, B-16**, B-43**, B-48**, B-79**, B-81**, B-83**, B-84**, B-86**, 3741**-3743**, 3765*-3767* and TP-drawers are housed off-site and only open for use with the curator's permission. Contact repository regarding access. Boxes 320-321, 924, 2955-3028*, 2966**, 3716-3730, 3727*, 3748-3754, 3755*-3757*, TP59A-TP59B, TP77-TP78, and 3109* are currently only open for use with the curator's permission. Contact the repository regarding access. The digital files are accessible on a laptop in the Special Collections Reading Room. All files except emails are available as a mounted disk image in a Windows environment. The emails are on the laptop as imported PST files accessible through a Microsoft Outlook client. Digital files containing restricted personal information such as third-party bank account numbers or student records are restricted until 2081. Publication Rights Contact Library Reproductions and Permissions . Preferred Citation Harald Szeemann papers, 1800-2011, bulk 1949-2005, The Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles, Accession no. 2011.M.30 http://hdl.handle.net/10020/cifa2011m30 Harald Szeemann artist files 2011.M.30.S2 2 Series II.Artist files 1888-2010, bulk 1969-2005 1969-2005 Series II. Artist files 1888-2010, bulk 1969-2005 1969-2005 Physical Description: 678.8 Linear Feet(1290 boxes, 235 flatfiles) Scope and Content Note Series II contains artist files on more than 24,000 artists. In addition to fine arts artists, Harald Szeemann created artist files for architects, composers, musicians, film directors, authors and philosphers. There is also some overlap with the files in Series III when a person had more than one profession. For example, Dieter Bogner is mainly a curator and museum planner, but is also listed as an author and was found among the artist files. Without knowing if this was misfiling or intentional, these files have been left as found. All correspondence from Szeemann to his wife Ingeborg Lüscher found in the unfiled materials has been put into her artist file regardless of content. Because of Lüscher's profession, a large number of exhibition announcements and some correspondence in this collection were addressed to her instead of to Szeemann, or to both of them. The contents of the artist files vary widely from artist to artist, but may include artist statements; artist proposals; biographies; correspondence; exhibition announcements; news clippings; notes; photographs of works of art, exhibitions of the artist; posters; resumes; and original works of art. Szeemann made a folder for every artist, even if it was just one exhibition announcement. Many of the artist files contain only a few items. When present, artist correspondence, works of art and other significant items are noted, as are any records relating to exhibitions curated by Szeemann. Any photographic material housed with the papers of this series have been retained in this series although the majority of photographic materials from the collection were separated out by Szeemann and are located in Series IV. Photographs. Szeemann also kept complete copies of books and periodicals with his artist files. These have been moved to the General Collections and can be found by searching the Library Catalog for the "Harald Szeemann Collection." The artist files organized by Szeemann were originally housed in large envelopes inside boxes in the Groundwork, Monograph, and Work in Progress rooms of the Fabbrica. One small box was titled "Anonym." These have been kept together at the end under Anonymous to preserve the original order, but the materials are identified when possible. Additional files for artists Szeemann worked with extensively or was interested in were found in the Knights, Monograph, and Work in Progress rooms and identified as Artist files by the curator. These include artists such as Joseph Beuys, Christian Boltanski, Johann Michael Bossard, Marcel Broodthaers, James Lee Byars, Francesco Clemente, François Clavel, Marcel Duchamp, Jörg Immendorf, Alfred Jarry, Sigmar Polke, Mario Merz, Paul Thek and Adolf Wolfli. Artist files found outside of the boxes organized by Szeemann are designated as [loose] or [unfiled.] Loose means the envelope was sitting out on a desk or that materials were found in what looked like intentional stacks of papers about that artist on shelves, desk tops or the floor or near the boxes of artist files. The majority of Byars material was found this way. Some of the materials were found in hanging folders similar to the project files original housing. These materials frequently related to exhibitions by Szeemann that the artist was in and were perhaps moved out of the project files by Szeemann during his rearrangement of the archive. Unfiled contains materials found in boxes titled "New mail," "Single artists," or were in stacks of unrelated papers on desk tops or the floor. These materials have been sorted and designated by the archivist. Mail addressed to Szeemann continued arriving after his death, and some of this mail was received as part of the archive and is found in the [unfiled] folders. Some large envelopes with artists' names were found empty and are indicated as such. Unpublished materials such as exhibition proposals or gallery press packets were removed from the library collection and integrated into the artist files. These items are indicated as such on the folders. Series II. forms part of the larger collection of Harald Szeemann's papers. Click here to view the finding aid for the complete collection. Arrangement note Arranged alphabetically by last name. Harald Szeemann artist files 2011.M.30.S2 3 Series II.Artist files 1888-2010, bulk 1969-2005 1969-2005 box 926, folder 1 2 Yous, 1980 Scope and Content Note Includes Paul Alexander. box 1944, 1975A A-1 53167, 2000, undated Scope and Content Note Includes color photographs. box 1810, folder 1 A. Titolo, 1998 box 926, folder Aaberg Kaern, Simone, 1998-2001, undated 2-4 Scope and Content Note Includes artist correspondence and records from the exhibition La Biennale di Venezia: dAPERTutto / APERTO overALL / APERTO parTOUT / APERTO überALL . box 926, folder 5 Aalders, Franklin, 1980-1981 box 926, folder 6 Aalders, Steven, 1995-2001 box 926, 1900* Aalto, Alvar, 1971, 1998 box 926, folder 8 Aas, Marte, 2004 box 926, folder 9 Aav, 1992 box 926, 1944 Abad, Antoni, 1991-2004 Scope and Content Note Includes records from the exhibitions La Biennale di Venezia: dAPERTutto / APERTO overALL / APERTO parTOUT / APERTO überALL and The Real Royal Trip . Color photographs are in box 1944. box 926, folder 13 Abad, Francesc, undated box 926, 1901*, Abakanowicz, Magdalena, 1973, 1977-2004 1944 Scope and Content Note Includes color photographs in box 1944. Aballéa, Martine, 1977-2002, undated box 927, 1900*, Papers and slides, 1977-2002 1970 Scope and Content Note Slides are in box 1970. box 945 Institut Liquéfiant bathrobe and towel, undated box 927, folder Aballí, Ignasi, 1993-2004 3-4 box 927, folder 5 Abanico, 1997 box 927, folder Abaroa, Eduardo, 1999-2004 6-7 box 927, folder 8 Abate, Alberto, 1986-1990 box 927, folder 9 Abate, Claudio, 2001 box 927, folder 10 Abbate, Adalberto,