Finding aid for the Eleanor Antin papers, 1953-2010 2012.M.5
Annette Leddy and Emmabeth Nanol
Special Collections
2012
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Contributing Institution:
Special Collections
Title: Eleanor Antin papers
Creator:
Acker, Kathy, 1948-1997
Creator:
Antin, David
Creator:
O'Doherty, Brian
Creator:
Lippard, Lucy R.
Creator:
Antin, Eleanor
Identifier/Call Number: 2012.M.5
Physical Description:
36.73 Linear Feet
(64 boxes, 2 film reels, 1 flat-file folder)
Date (inclusive): 1953-2010
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Abstract: The papers of artist Eleanor Antin contain comprehensive documentation of her work and work processes throughout her career
as a pioneer in the fields of conceptual, feminist, and performance art. Included are extensive correspondence, notebooks
and sketchbooks, ephemera, thousands of photographs and negatives, and master recordings of video, film, and audio works.
Language of Material: Collection material is in English.
Access
Open for use by qualified researchers except for audiovisual material that needs reformatting.
Publication Rights
Preferred Citation
Eleanor Antin papers, 1953-2010, The Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles, Accession no. 2012.M.5
http://hdl.handle.net/10020/cifa2012m5
Scope and Content of Collection
The Eleanor Antin papers document the artist's professional career, beginning with audio cassettes of her performances as
an actress in the 1950s. Series I includes professional correspondence with art critics, curators, and artist-colleagues,
such as Lucy Lippard or Brian O'Doherty. The notebooks in Series II span three decades and include notes, drafts, and sketches
of all of Antin's works, offering insight into her composition process and her source material. Series III contains these
same materials in a more developed or finished state, including completed screenplays, shooting scripts, and exhibition installation
plans. It also includes a number of unpublished works, including early poetry and experimental text works from the 1960s,
and unpublished plays and performance plans from the 1970s and 80s. These projects are also documented by a very complete
set of announcements in Series VI, and reviews and press releases in Series VII. Several thousand photographs In Series VIII
(approximately 1100 prints, 1000 slides, and several thousand negatives) document most of Antin's artistic output, including
many destroyed and lost works from the 1950s and 1960s, rejected works from the
100 Boots series, and works that Antin pulled from circulation in the 1970s. Audiovisual materials in Series IX bring these materials
more vividly to life and includes the master copies of Antin's video, film, and audio works, many of which are not available
elsewhere. Series V contains work by others, including poetry, artist books, and many manuscripts of essays about Antin. Series
IV contains personal and other miscellaneous items.
Biographical/Historical Note
A key figure in the development of conceptual, feminist, and performance art, Eleanor Antin has created an influential body
of work in an impressive range of media, including photography, improvised and theatrical performance, installation, film
and video, drawing, writing, and sculpture. Often imbued with a tone of deadpan humor, her projects deal nonetheless with
issues as serious and complex as gender, race, culture, and identity.
Eleanor Antin was born in 1935 in the Bronx, New York, to Polish immigrant parents. Her mother was an actress in Yiddish theater,
and her father worked in the garment industry; both were active in leftist politics. Antin was educated in New York at the
Art and Music high school, City College, and the New School for Social Research. She also studied acting. After a brief stint
as an actress, she returned to City College to complete her degree; there she met poet-critic David Antin, whom she married
in 1961.
Eleanor Antin shifted her focus in the 1960s from acting to conceptual object-text artworks when she was part of a circle
of artists that included members of Fluxus. One such work of this phase is
Blood of a Poet Box, consisting of an unassuming container that houses one hundred microscope slides
bearing a drop of blood from a writer; each author's name—including Allen Ginsberg, John Ashbery, and John Cage—is methodically
listed on the inside of the box's lid.
The Antins moved permanently to San Diego in 1968, and the phase of Antin's work that involved conceptual photography and
installation culminated in her signature piece
100 Boots (1971). Modeled on the literary formats of picaresque and serial novels,
100 Boots took the form of fifty-one picture postcards, mailed out periodically to members of the art world, that illustrate the epic
tale of one-hundred rubber boots marching from Southern California to New York. Each postcard presents a snapshot of their
trek as they walk through a farm, past oil rigs, visit a cemetery, or ride the Staten Island Ferry on their way into Manhattan.
Beginning in 1972, Antin began to draw on her theatrical background in a series of works in which she performed as personas
she had invented and written narratives for; soon she filmed these performances as well. The explicit leftist-feminist turn
of works such as
The Adventures of a Nurse (1976) and
Before the Revolution (1979) together with their layered humor and exuberant innovation, established her as a pivotal figure in feminist film.
Throughout the 1980s and 1990s, her work often dealt with Jewish and Russian history, in addition to the plight of women in
society. In the past decade, the setting for her work has moved further back in time, to ancient Rome.
The significance of Antin's work has been recognized by publications and exhibitions since the late 1960s and early 1970s,
and over the last four decades it has continued to shape the direction of subsequent generations of artists.
Related Archival Materials
Processing History
Annette Leddy and Emmabeth Nanol processed and cataloged the collection in 2012, retaining Antin's original groupings as series.
Selected audiovisual material has been digitized and is
available online . Access is available only to on-site readers and Getty staff.
Acquisition Information
Acquired from Eleanor Antin in 2012.
Arrangement
The papers are arranged in nine series: Series I. Correspondence, 1965-2009, undated; Series II. Notebooks, 1970-2001, undated;
Series III. Projects, circa 1965-2009; Series IV. Personal/Miscellaneous, 1973-2008, undated; Series V. Work by others, 1962-2010,
undated; Series VI. Ephemera, 1960-2010, undated; Series VII. Reviews and Press Releases, 1965-2009; Series VIII. Photographs,
1965-2007, undated; Series IX. Audiovisual and digital materials, 1953-2010.
Digital Material
Subjects and Indexing Terms
CD-Rs
Conceptual Art
Performance art -- United States
Audiocassettes
Acetate film
Videodiscs (video recording disks)
Videocassettes
Feminism and art -- United States
Audiotapes
Women artists -- Archives
Correspondence, Series I.
1965-2009, undated
Physical Description:
2.92 Linear Feet
(7 boxes)
Arrangement
Arranged by decade, and within each decade in alphabetical order by the correspondents' last names and may include letters
sent and received. Cards are arranged by date only, as the correspondents are generally not identifiable.
Scope and Contents
Correspondence regards primarily the production, presentation, and reception of Antin's work. Antin's letters are characterized
by detailed descriptions of situations and people and a boisterous insistence on recognition. A memorable missive berates
and threatens the faculty of the University of California, San Diego, for being reluctant to hire her. Where letters from
the 1970s reflect Antin's struggle to gain acceptance and acclaim for her work, letters from the later decades are more concerned
with organizing exhibitions and screenings.
box 1, folder 5
Art in America,
1971-1973
box 1, folder 12
CAYC (Centro de Arte y Comunicacion),
1972-1973
box 1, folder 15
Constable, Rosalind,
1970
box 1, folder 16
Cunningham Dance Company,
1971
box 1, folder 36
Kostelanetz, Richard,
undated
box 1, folder 38
LACMA (Los Angeles County Museum of Art),
1972-1973
box 2, folder 8
O'Doherty, Brian,
undated
box 2, folder 9
Oliverso, Pauline,
undated
box 2, folder 15
Reese Palley (Gallery),
1971
box 2, folder 19
Rothenberg, Jerome,
undated
box 2, folder 23
Spectrum Gallery,
1969, undated
box 2, folder 26
Tucker, Marcia,
1970, undated
box 2, folder 31
Whitney Museum,
1971-1972
box 2, folder 33
First names or illegible names,
circa 1970-1979
box 2, folder 34
Post event (unidenitifed) congratulations,
undated
box 2, folder 35
Receipts and envelopes,
1971-1975
box 3, folder 12
Instituto de Estudios norteamericanos,
1989
box 3, folder 14
Kohler, Michael,
1988-1989
box 3, folder 15
Kurcfeld, Michael,
undated
box 3, folder 23
Pacific Film Archive,
1989
box 3, folder 24
Pincus-Witten, Robert,
1983
box 3, folder 27
Tupitsyn, Margarita,
1983
box 3, folder 30
Whitney Museum of American Art,
1988-1989
box 3, folder 31
Wilson, Martha,
1988-1989
box 3, folder 33
Unidentified or first names,
1980-1989
box 4, folder 2
American Federation of Arts,
undated
box 4, folder 13
Cleveland Center for Contemporary Art,
1992-1994
box 4, folder 15
Cottingham, Laura,
1995-1997
box 4, folder 21
Garner, Gretchen,
1992-1998
box 4, folder 30
Independent Curators Incorporated,
1991-1996
box 4, folder 31
Jewish Film Festival,
1991-1993
box 5, folder 1
LACE (Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions),
1993-1995
box 5, folder 4
Lartigue, Pierre,
1994-1995
box 5, folder 11
Moore, Barbara,
1990-1991
box 5, folder 20
Ronald Feldman,
1994-1995
box 5, folder 23
Saidye Bronfman Centre,
1994
box 5, folder 24
Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art,
1994
box 5, folder 28
Santa Monica Museum of Art,
1994-1995
box 5, folder 31
University of California, Los Angeles,
1991-1999
box 5, folder 32
University of California, San Diego,
1990-1999
box 5, folder 33
University of Nevada,
1992-1993
box 5, folder 38
Whitney Museum of American Art,
1999
box 5, folder 42
Assorted material found in correspondence,
1990-1993
box 6, folder 16
Franklin Furnace,
2006-2007
box 6, folder 21
Independent Curators Incorporated,
2005-2008
box 6, folder 30
Murray-Wassink,
2000-2001
box 6, folder 31
National Gallery of Canada,
2001-2008
box 6, folder 36
Ronald Feldman Gallery,
2002
box 6, folder 39
Santa Monica Museum of Art,
2002-2009
box 6, folder 43
University of California, San Diego,
2001
box 6, folder 48
Whitney Museum of American Art,
2000-2005
box 6, folder 48
Material found in correspondence,
undated
box 6, folder 51
Letters in foreign scripts,
undated
Cards,
1965-2003, undated
box 7, folder 1-10
Postcards received,
1965-2003, undated
box 7, folder 11
Collected postcards,
undated
Notebooks, Series II.
1970-2001, undated
Physical Description:
3.75 Linear Feet
(9 boxes)
Arrangement
Arranged by decade and, where possible, in chronological order within the decade.
Scope and Contents
Notebooks span three decades and contain notes, sketches, bits of dialogue, and planning for various Antin works, mixed in
with personal reflections, art world gossip, lists of tasks, drafts of letters, and other quotidian material. They often
chronicle works throughout their process of development. Sketchbooks show her thought process as she develops works, including
some early drawings blocking out compositions for
100 Boots, and extensive drawings for projects such as
Angel of Mercy and
Man Without a World. Drawings of female figures with abundant, messy hair occur throughout the notebooks.
box 8, box 9, box 10, box 11
1970-1979
Scope and Contents
Including sketches, notes, and planning for
100 Boots,
Angel of Mercy,
The Nurse and the Hijackers,
Before the Revolution, and
Antinova.
box 12, box 13
1980-1989
Scope and Contents
Including sketches, notes, and planning for
Being Antinova,
El Desdichado, and
Man Without a World.
box 14
1990-2001
Scope and Contents
Including notes, sketches, and planning for
Man Without a World and notes from
Roman Outtakes.
box 15, box 16
Undated
Arrangement
Box 16 contains seventeen very small notebooks in which accession, box, and item numbers have been written in pencil on the
inside of the front covers.
Projects, Series III.
circa 1965-2009
Physical Description:
5.5 Linear Feet
(6 boxes, 1 flat file)
Arrangement
Arranged in chronological order by year, using the first year the project was shown or performed.
Scope and Contents
This series includes Antin's notes, writings, and related items for all of her projects, including poetry, films, performances,
installations, and exhibitions. It includes all of Antin's scripts in multiple states of revision, along with a number of
unpublished works, including early poetry and experimental text works from the 1960s, and unpublished plays and performance
pieces from the 1970s and 80s. Also included is correspondence related to specific projects, such as an interesting exchange
between Antin and the writer Kathy Acker, whose story "Miss Garland's School for Girls," Antin had hoped to make into a film.
box 17, folder 1-5
Poetry,
circa 1965-circa 1970
box 17, folder 7-8
Portraits of Eight New York Women,
1969
box 17, folder 14
The King of Solana Beach,
1972
Scope and Contents
See Binder 45 for slides and negatives.
box 17, folder 17-18
Battle of the Bluffs,
1975
box 18, folder 5-7
The Nurse and the Hijackers,
1977
box 18, folder 9-11
Before the Revolution,
1979
box 19, folder 1-9
Recollections of My Life with Diagelev,
1980
box 19, folder 10
Help! I'm in Seattle,
1986
box 19, folder 11-13
Who Cares About a Ballerina?
1987
box 19, folder 14-17
The Nights of Rasputin,
1989
box 20, box 21
Man Without a World,
1991
box 21, folder 4
"Miss Garland's School for Girls,"
1992
Scope and Contents
Plans for a film based on a story by Kathy Acker, with correspondence between Antin and Acker.
box 21, folder 13
Group show, Museum of Contemporary Art. Los Angeles (
Reconsidering the Object of Art),
1995
box 21, folder 14
Retrospective, Los Angeles County Museum of Art,
1999
box 22, folder 1
Retrospective, Washington University,
2000
box 22, folder 9
Group show (Centre Pompidou),
2006
box 22, folder 10
Group show, Santa Monica Museum of Art (
Identity Theft),
2007
box 22, folder 11
Group show, Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles (
Wack!),
2007
box 22, folder 12
Group show, Getty Museum (
California Video),
2008
box 22, folder 13
Papers
Scope and Contents
Contains ephemera, press, and loans forms.
box 22, folder 16
Group show, Cardwell Jimmerson Gallery (
San Diego and the Origins of Conceptual Art),
2009
box 64*
Introduction panels,
1975-2008
Scope and Contents
The King of Solana, 1975,
Recollections of My Life with Diaghilev, 1980,
Angel of Mercy, 1981,
The Last Day of Pompeii, 2002,
Historical Takes, 2008.
Personal/miscellaneous, Series IV.
1973-2008, undated
Physical Description:
0.42 Linear Feet
(1 box)
Arrangement
Arranged in chronological order by year within two groupings.
Scope and Contents
In addition to honors received, there are receipts, a partial resume, and miscellanous material.
box 23, folder 1-3
Awards and Guggenheim fellowship,
1992-1998
box 23, folder 4-8
Financial/fragmentary,
1973-2008
Work by others, Series V.
1962-2010, undated
Physical Description:
0.42 Linear Feet
(1 box)
Arrangement
Arranged in two sections, and within each section material is arranged in chronological order by year and, where possible,
identified by the name of the artist or author.
Scope and Contents
This series includes poetry, artist books, many manuscripts of essays about Antin, and assorted material. Among the more notable
artists represented are Diane Wakaowski, Suzanne Lacy, Les Levine, and Moria Roth.
Writing and artwork by others,
1962-2010
box 64*, folder 1
Diane Wakowski,
circa 1965
box 24, folder 2
Children's postcards for
100 Boots,
1973
box 24, folder 23
Denice Wilde,
1976 April 22
Ephemera, Series VI.
1960-2010, undated
Physical Description:
4.17 Linear Feet
(7 boxes)
Scope and Contents
Includes postcards, announcements, and posters for Antin's performances and exhibitions, including
Vilna Nights,
Man Without a World, and
El Desdichado.
Arrangement
Arranged in chronological order by year, with specific topical groupings at the end.
Dated material,
1960-2010
Scope and Contents
Includes a petition to censure Director Thomas Messer of the Guggenheim Museum for art censorship; Frantisek Deak, "The Use
of Character in Artistic Performance,"
The Dumb Ox, 1980; and a summary of an interview with Eleanor Antin in San Diego, April 29, 1980.
box 30, folder 1
Ballerina-based images,
1975-2010
Scope and Contents
Recollections of My Life with Diaghilev,
Feeling what no longer is,
Loves of a Ballerina,
Who cares about a ballerina?,
Help! I'm in Seattle,
Eleanor Antinova,
Traditional Art.
box 30, folder 2
Boots-based images,
1972-1999
box 30, folder 3
King-based images,
1972-2007
Scope and Contents
Includes postcards for
The Nurse and the Hijackers,
The Angel of Mercy,
El Desdichado,
Identity Theft,
The King
box 30, folder 5-7
Man Without a World,
1990-1991
box 30, folder 9
Movies and filmic installations,
1990-1996
Scope and Contents
The Last Night of Rasputin,
Minetta Lane,
The Man Without a World, and
Artist and The Community: Eleanor Antin- Ghosts.
Romans, Greeks, Pompeii,
2002-2008
box 30, folder 11
Miscellaneous images,
1978-2009
Reviews and press releases, Series VII.
1965-2009
Physical Description:
2.5 Linear Feet
(6 boxes)
Arrangement
Arranged in chronological order by year.
Scope and Contents
Includes reviews and press releases of Antin's work, offering a comprehensive overview of the critical reception of feminist-conceptual
art during the period. Of note are the somewhat bewildered early reviews and the numerous favorable articles about Antin's
retrospective at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art in 1999.
box 31, folder 3-9
1970-1974
Scope and Contents
Includes various clippings relating to
100 Boots; a review of
Carving: A Traditional Sculpture by Peter Plagens; and "The Pink Biennale and The Battle of the Bluffs," by Barbara Radice.
box 32, folder 1-5
1975-1977
Scope and Contents
Includes excerpt from
American Narrative/Story Art: 1967-1977.
box 33, folder 4-8
1980-1983
Scope and Contents
Includes "The Use of Character in Artists Performance," by Frantisek Deak; Linda Podheiser's conference presentation, "New
Video Soaps: 3 Feminist Variations;" and various clippings relating to
El Desdichado.
box 34, folder 7-9
1990-1992
Scope and Contents
Most clippings relating to
Man Without a World.
box 35, folder 1-8
1993-1999
Scope and Contents
Includes various articles about
Vilna Nights and the LACMA Retrospective exhibition; and "Ethic Notions and Feminist Strategies of the 1970's" from
Jewish Identity in Modern Art History, by Lisa Bloom.
box 36, folder 1-11
2000-2009
Scope and Contents
Includes various articles relating to
The Last Days of Pompeii; and "You Guys are Kind of Like Trekkies!?" by Annette Vowinckel.
Photographs, Series VIII.
1965-2007, undated
Container Summary: (16 boxes)
Arrangement
Materials are grouped under the title of the work to which they pertain and works are arranged in chronological order by year.
Scope and Contents
An extremely comprehensive photographic documentation of Antin's performances and exhibitions, including little known installations
from the 1970s, numerous film stills or set photography, and a small number of personal portraits.
Blood of a Poet,
1965-1968
box 37, folder 1
Black-and-white photographs
box 37, folder 2
Fragments of Roissy,
1966-1967
box 37, folder 3
Black-and-white photographs
box 37, folder 2
Black-and-white photographs
box 43
Color photographs, negatives, and slides
Portraits of Eight New York Women,
1969-1970
Scope and Contents
Includes some proofs of
California Lives.
box 37, folder 5
Black-and-white photographs
100 Boots and
100 Boots Go Fishing (St. Louis, Missouri)
1971-2000
Scope and Contents
Includes photos from LACMA's reinstallation.
box 38
Black-and-white photographs
Representational Painting,
1971
box 39, folder 1
Black-and-white photographs
Encounters/Withdrawals
Domestic Peace,
1971-1972
box 39, folder 2
Black-and-white photographs
box 39, folder 3
Black-and-white photographs
box 44
The Eight Temptations,
1972
box 39, folder 4-5
Black-and-white photographs
The Ballerina (Caught in the Act),
Little Match Girl Ballet, and
Ballerina and the Bum,
1973-1975
box 39, folder 6-8
Black-and-white photographs
The King's Meditations,
1974
box 39, folder 9
Black-and-white photographs
The King of Solana Beach,
1974-1975
box 39, folder 10
Black-and-white photographs
Scope and Contents
Includes two printouts of sketches from
Recollections of My Life with Diaghilev.
Battle of the Bluffs,
1975
box 39, folder 11
Black-and-white photographs
box 45
Color photograph and slides
box 45
The Little Match Girl Ballet,
1975
The Adventures of a Nurse,
1976
box 39, folder 12
Black-and-white photographs
Angel of Mercy,
1977-1981
box 40, folder 1-2
Black-and-white photographs
box 46
Color photographs, negatives, and slides
box 47, folder 1-4
The Nurse and the Hijackers,
1977
box 40, folder 3
Lost moment in dance
1978
Before the Revolution
1979
box 40, folder 4-6
Black-and-white photographs
Recollections of my life with Diaghilev,
1979-1981
box 40, folder 9
Performance at Ronald Feldman Fine Arts Gallery
box 41, folder 1-3
Being Antinova in New York
box 41, folder 4-5
Black-and-white photographs
Help! I'm in Seattle!,
1986
Loves of a Ballerina,
1986
box 41, folder 7
Black-and-white photographs
box 48
Who cares about a Ballerina?,
1987
The Last Night of Rasputin,
1989
box 41, folder 8-9
Black-and-white photographs
Man Without a World,
1991
box 42, folder 1
Black-and-white photographs
box 48
Color photographs, negatives, and slides
box 42, folder 2
Black-and-white photographs
Minetta Lane: A Ghost Story,
1995
box 42, folder 3-4
Black-and-white photographs
Photo murals (Little Romance),
1995
box 42, folder 5
Black-and-white photographs
box 42, folder 6-7
Black-and-white photographs
box 48
Waiting in the Wings,
1999
box 51
LACMA's retrospective exhibition,
1999
box 42, folder 8
Black-and-white photographs
box 48
Color photographs, negatives, and slides
box 49
The Last Days of Pompeii,
2001
box 42, folder 10
Portraits of Antin,
1991, undated
box 42, folder 11
Eleanor PR photo proofs,
undated
box 52
Text and Textiles,
undated
box 52
Personal and early show openings,
undated
Scope and Contents
Includes Allan Kaprow slides and David Antin negatives.
Audiovisual and digital materials, Series IX.
1953-2010
Selected Eleanor Antin audiovisual materials: 1953-2010
Physical Description:
11.42 Linear Feet
(11 boxes, 2 film reels)
Arrangement
Materials are arranged in chronological order by year.
Scope and Contents
Includes audio and or audiovisual recordings of virtually every work by Antin, along with recordings of her appearances on
talk programs or of interviews, as well as outtakes of films and raw footage.
box 54, item C1
Ely,
1953
Scope and Contents
2 sound cassettes of 2 ; 1/8 in.
box 54, item C2
Eleanor,
1954
Scope and Contents
Performed Winter; 1 sound cassette of 1 (80 min.) ; 1/8 in.
box 54, item C3
Eleanor,
1954
Scope and Contents
1 sound cassette of 1 (80 min.) ; 1/8 in.
box 54, item C4
Eleanor,
1954
Scope and Contents
1 sound cassette of 1 (80 min.) ; 1/8 in.
box 56, item V1
Representational Painting,
1971
Scope and Contents
1 videocassette of 1 (DV) (38 min.) : si., black and white; 3/4 in.
box 56, item V2
The King,
1972
Scope and Contents
1 videocassette of 1 (DV) (51 min.) : si., black and white ; 3/4 in.
box 55, item R3
French version of TV commercial for [...King],
circa 1972-1975
Scope and Contents
1 sound tape reel of 1 ; 1/4 in.
box 56, item V3
Caught in the Act,
1973
Scope and Contents
1 videocassette of 1 (DV) (36 min.) : sd., black and white ; 3/4 in.
box 55, item R1
Eleanor,
1974
Scope and Contents
On label: 1/4 [tracks]; Channel 1- Side 1; Beginning [tomorrow] 1100; 3 3/4 play; Winter 1974- performed at Woman's Building,
L.A.; 1 sound tape reel of 1 ; 1/4 in.
box 56, item V4
The Ballerina and The Bum,
1974
Scope and Contents
1 videocassette of 1 (DV) (53 min.) : sd., black and white ; 3/4 in.
box 54, item C5
Fly,
circa 1974
Scope and Contents
On label: Tape for Ballerina [with] Bottle- you have to believe; 1 sound cassette of 1 ; 1/8 in.
box 63, item D1
The Turning Point from the Black Ballerina,
1975 May 12
Scope and Contents
1 CD-R of 1 ; 4 3/4 in. Still images only.
box 54, item C6
The King in Solana Beach,
1975 March
Scope and Contents
1 sound cassette of 1 ; 1/8 in.
box 55, item R2
The King's Meditations,
1975 May
Scope and Contents
1 sound tape reel of 1 ; 1/4 in. Restricted; request copy for use.
box 56, item V5
The Little Match Girl Ballet,
1975
Scope and Contents
1 videocassette of 1 (DV) (27 min.) : sd., col. ; 3/4 in.
box 56, item V6
The Adventures of a Nurse,
1976
Scope and Contents
2 videocassettes of 2 (DV) (66 min.) : sd., col. ; 3/4 in.
box 56, item V7
The Nurse and The Hijackers,
1977
Scope and Contents
2 videocassettes of 2 (DV) (75 min.) : sd., col. ; 3/4 in.
box 54, item C7
Before the Revolution,
1979 February 24
Scope and Contents
1 sound cassette of 1 ; 1/8 in.
box 54, item C8
"Battle of the Bluffs" in Montreal,
1981 March 29
Scope and Contents
1 sound cassette of 1 ; 1/8 in.
box 57, item V8
The Angel of Mercy,
1981
Scope and Contents
1 videocassette of 1 (DV) (66 min.) : sd., col.; 3/4 in.
box 54, item C9
Antinova Remembering,
circa 1981
Scope and Contents
Produced by Jeff Gordon, N.Y.; 1 sound cassette of 1 ; 1/8 in.
box 54, item C11
Elly performing Antinova (may be Student Days),
circa 1981-1982
Scope and Contents
1 sound cassette of 1 ; 1/8 in.
Student Days in Paris,
1982 February 2- March 12
box 55, item R4
Visual recording,
1982 February 26
Scope and Contents
On label: 1/4 tracks; engineer: PS; Producer: JG; side 1/side2; 1 sound tape reel of 1 ; 1/4 in.
box 54, item C10
Audio recording,
1982 March 12
Scope and Contents
1 sound cassette of 1 ; 1/8 in.
box 57, item V9
El Desdichado (The Unlucky One),
1983
Scope and Contents
1 videocassette of 1 (DV) (70 min.) : sd., col. ; 3/4 in.
box 55, item R5
"Dance Studio School,"
1985 November 10
Scope and Contents
5 sound tape reels of 5 ; 1/4 in.
box 54, item C12
The Great Chatrand,
1986 April 6
Scope and Contents
T. Amos for E. Antin; 1 sound cassette of 1; 1/8 in.
box 54, item C13-C14
It Ain't the Ballets Russes,
1986
box 54, item C13
Audio recording
1986
Scope and Contents
Antin and Amos; 1 sound cassette of 1 ; 1/8 in.
box 54, item C14
Background music (Tom Amos),
1986
Scope and Contents
1 sound cassette of 1 ; 1/8 in.
box 54, item C15
"Charm. " K88K/ High Performance,
1986
Scope and Contents
© Rachel Rosenthal. Producer: Jacki Apple; 1 sound cassette of 1 (47 min.) ; 1/8 in.
reel F7, reel F8, reel F9
Ballerina and the Gambler,
circa 1986
Scope and Contents
3 film reels ; 16mm.
From The Archives of Modern Art,
1986-1987
box 58, item F1-F6
Loves of a Ballerina,
1986
Scope and Contents
6 film reels ; 16mm.
box 58, item F3
2. The ballerina and the poet; love's shadow
box 58, item F4
3. 2nd half of ballerina and the poet; loves shadow (rips); swan lake (rips); "Love of a..." (main title); 1st half of ballerina
and the poet
box 58, item F5
4. 2nd half of love's shadow; swan lake (rips); "Loves of a... (main title); ballerina and the poet; 1st half of love's shadow
box 58, item F6
5. 2nd half ballerina and the poet; loves shadow; swan lake; "Loves of a..." (main title); 1st half of ballerina and the poet
box 57, item V10
Final version,
1987
Scope and Contents
1 videocassette of 1 (U-Matic) (19 min.) : sd., black and white ; 3/4 in.
box 55, item R5
Who cares about a Ballerina?,
1987
Scope and Contents
On label: 1/2 track stereo; 7.5 ips head out; ampex 456; odB 1K test tone; duB of raw studio session; 1 film reel of 1 ; 1/4
in.
The Last Night of Rasputin,
1989
box 53
Performance text
Scope and Contents
1 floppy disk ; 3.5 in.
box 54, item C16
Last Night...,
Scope and Contents
Side 1- 1st take; Side 2- 2nd take; Organ; 1 sound cassette of 1 ; 1/8 in.
box 54, item C17
Musical accompaniment: "organ"
Scope and Contents
Takes 1 and 2; 1 sound cassette of 1 ; 1/8 in.
The Man Without a World,
1991-1992
box 54, item C18
Musical accompaniment by Lee Erwin
Scope and Contents
2 sound cassettes of 2 ; 1/8 in.
box 54, item C19
Lee Erwin
Scope and Contents
1 sound cassette of 1 ; 1/8 in.
box 58, item F9
Complete version
Scope and Contents
On label: Print #2 JEA; 2 film reels of 2 : si., black and white ; 16 mm.
box 58, item F10-F19
Prologue
Scope and Contents
10 film reels : si., black and white ; 16 mm.
box 58, item F20-F39
"1A Market Day"
Scope and Contents
20 film reels : si., black and white ; 16 mm.
box 58, item F40-F46
"1B Butcher Shed"
Scope and Contents
7 film reels : si., black and white ; 16mm.
box 58, item F47-F70
"1C Troupe Arrives"
Scope and Contents
24 film reels : si., black and white ; 16 mm.
box 59, item F71-F83
"2 Sickbed Stories"
Scope and Contents
13 film reels : si., black and white ; 16 mm.
box 59, item F84-F121
"3 Good times at Moshes"
Scope and Contents
38 film reels : si., black and white ; 16 mm.
box 59, item F122-F139
"4 Deathbed"
Scope and Contents
18 film reels : si., black and white ; 16 mm.
box 59, item F140-F164
"5 Mother's Funeral"
Scope and Contents
25 film reels : si., black and white ; 16 mm.
box 60, item F165-F166
"6 Cemetary (sic) Gate"
Scope and Contents
2 film reels : si., black and white ; 16 mm.
box 60, item F167-F177
"7 Walk Through Town"
Scope and Contents
11 film reels : si., black and white ; 16 mm.
box 60, item F178-F197
"8 Dybbuk Story at Bridge"
Scope and Contents
20 film reels : si., black and white ; 16 mm.
box 60, item F198-F206
"9 Seduction"
Scope and Contents
9 film reels : si., black and white ; 16 mm.
box 60, item F207-F215
"10 Nightmare"
Scope and Contents
9 film reels : si., black and white ; 16 mm.
box 60, item F216
"Lifts SC11"
Scope and Contents
1 film reel : si., black and white ; 16 mm.
box 60, item F217-F221
"12 Making Bread"
Scope and Contents
4 film reels : si., black and white ; 16 mm.
box 60, item F222-227
"13 Chicken Chase"
Scope and Contents
5 film reels : si., black and white ; 16 mm.
box 60, item F228-F233
"14 Rukhele writes at grave"
Scope and Contents
6 film reels : si., black and white ; 16 mm.
box 60, item F234-F245
"15 Sooreleh's Abduction"
Scope and Contents
12 film reels : si., black and white ; 16 mm.
box 60, item F246-F290
"16 Poetry, Dance, Chess at Moshes"
Scope and Contents
45 film reels : si., black and white ; 16 mm.
box 61, item F291-F311
"18A- 1st Exorcism Dance"
Scope and Contents
21 film reels : si., black and white ; 16 mm.
box 61, item F312-F335
"18B Excorcism (sic) and Death"
Scope and Contents
black and white
box 61, item F336-F338
"19 Mr. D Walks By"
Scope and Contents
3 film reels : si., black and white ; 16 mm.
box 61, item F339-F347
"20 Sooreleh's Funeral"
Scope and Contents
9 film reels : si., black and white ; 16 mm.
box 61, item F348-F357
"21 Parents Agree to Wedding"
Scope and Contents
10 film reels : si., black and white ; 16 mm.
box 61, item F358-F367
"21 A 22 Bookstore"
Scope and Contents
10 film reels : si., black and white ; 16 mm.
box 61, item F368-F376
"22 Dress Fitting"
Scope and Contents
9 film reels : si., black and white ; 16 mm.
box 61, item F377-F403
"23 Tailor Shop"
Scope and Contents
27 film reels : si., black and white ; 16 mm.
box 61, item F404-F411
"24 Butcher Drinks"
Scope and Contents
8 film reels : si., black and white ; 16 mm.
box 61, item F412-F431
"25 Mikva"
Scope and Contents
20 film reels : si., black and white ; 16 mm.
box 62, item F432-F437
"27C Future Visions"
Scope and Contents
6 film reels : si., black and white ; 16 mm.
box 62, item F438-F442
"28 Escape"
Scope and Contents
5 film reels : si., black and white ; 16 mm.
box 62, item F443
"1/23 Friends and Revolution"
Scope and Contents
1 film reel : si., black and white ; 16 mm.
box 62, item F444
"37, 38 #100779"
Scope and Contents
1 film reel : si., black and white ; 16 mm.
box 62, item F445
"39, 40, 41 #100817"
Scope and Contents
1 film reel : si., black and white ; 16 mm.
box 62, item F446
"23, 24 UCSD"
Scope and Contents
1 film reel : si., black and white ; 16 mm.
box 62, item F447
"27, 27 UCSD"
Scope and Contents
1 film reel : si., black and white ; 16 mm.
box 62, item F448
"Old Film [Ballerina] 62-625- 62/404"
Scope and Contents
1 film reel ; 16 mm.
box 62, item F449
"Old Film [Ballerina]"
Scope and Contents
1 film reel ; 16 mm.
box 62, item F450
"'Old" Rev. title"
Scope and Contents
1 film reel ; 16 mm.
box 62, item F451
"D11325. No Title, U.C.S.D at SJ"
Scope and Contents
1 film reel ; 16 mm.
box 54, item C20
Morning Edition,
1992 September 11
Scope and Contents
1 sound cassette of 1 ; 1/8 in.
box 57, item V11
Vilna Nights,
1993 March 11
Scope and Contents
1 videocassette of 1 (DV) ; 3/4 in.
box 54, item C21
Fresh Air,
1995 September 18
Scope and Contents
1 sound cassette of 1 ; 1/8 in.
box 57, item V12-V13
Minetta Lane: A Ghost Story,
1995
box 57, item V12
Video
Scope and Contents
1 videocassette of 1 (Betacam SP) ; 3/4 in.
box 57, item V13
Wrecking Ball
Scope and Contents
1 videocassette of 1 (VHS) ; 1/2 in.
box 57, item V14
Little Romances,
1995 October 1
Scope and Contents
1 videocassette of 1 (Video Tape) ; 1/2 in.
box 54, item C22
The Politics of Culture,
1999 May 18
Scope and Contents
1 sound cassette of 1 ; 1/8 in.
box 54, item C23
These Days,
1999 June 16
Scope and Contents
Eleanor Antin on KPBS Radio; 1 sound cassette of 1 ; 1/8 in.
box 54, item C24
Eleanor Antin and Howard Fox,
circa 1999-2001
Scope and Contents
3 sound cassettes of 3 ; 1/8 in.
box 57, item C27
Lesung,
2007 June 19
Scope and Contents
1 videocassette of 1 (DAT) ; 1/4 in.
box 63, item D2
Stalin,
2010
Scope and Contents
On label: 1-12; 11/08; 1 CD-R of 1 ; 4 3/4 in. Contains writings on art.
box 54, item C25
Ely practice tape sing,
undated
Scope and Contents
1 sound cassette of 1 ; 1/8 in.
box 54, item C26
E & D Antin,
undated
Scope and Contents
1 sound cassette of 1 ; 1/8 in.
