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INVENTORY OF THE KASMIN LIMITED RECORDS, ca.
1960-1977
2001.M.1
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Title: Kasmin Limited
records
Dates: ca. 1960-1977
Collection number: 2001.M.1
Creator:
Kasmin
Limited
Extent:
circa 60 linear
feet
(134 boxes)
Repository:
Getty Research Institute
Research Library
Special Collections and Visual Resources
1200 Getty Center Drive, Suite 1100
Los Angeles, CA 90049-1688
Abstract: Complete records of Kasmin Limited, the London
gallery owned by John Kasmin. Records include correspondence, business records
(invoices, stockbooks, ledgers, artists' contracts, and office diaries),
scrapbooks of press clippings, visitors' books, printed matter (catalogs,
invitations, and ephemera), and photographic documentation (black and white
prints, slides, and transparencies of work handled by the gallery or on
exhibit). Among the artists represented by the gallery and in the records are
Anthony Caro, Ad Reinhardt, Kenneth Noland, Helen Frankenthaler, Jules Olitski,
Morris Louis, Larry Poons, Frank Stella, David Hockney, John Latham, and
Richard Smith. The files hold extensive photographic documentation of David
Hockney's drawings, prints, and paintings.
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Kasmin Limited records, circa 1960-1977, Research Library, The Getty
Research Institute, Accession no. 2001.M.1.
Acquired from John Kasmin in 2001.
Processed by Kelly Nipper. The archive is only partially processed and arranged.
London gallery, owned by John Kasmin.
Scope and Content of Collection
Complete records of the gallery Kasmin Limited run by John Kasmin
including correspondence (with artists, museum personnel, other galleries,
collectors and critics); business records (invoices, stockbooks, ledgers,
artists' contracts, and office diaries); scrapbooks of press clippings (for
general gallery activities and specific artists); visitors' books; printed
matter (catalogues, invitations and ephemera); photographic documentation
(black and white prints, slides, and transparencies of work handled by the
gallery or on exhibit); extensive photo documentation of David Hockney's
drawings, prints, and paintings (color transparencies, color prints, and black
and white prints) and a short unreleased documentary film on the gallery
(videocassette). Among the artists represented are: Anthony Caro, Ad Reinhardt,
Kenneth Noland, Helen Frankenthaler, Jules Olitski, Morris Louis, Larry Poons,
Frank Stella, David Hockney, John Latham, and Richard Smith. The archive has been only partially processed and arranged.
Arrangement
Arranged in 3 series:
Series I. Correspondence, 1960-1987, bulk 1961-1977
Series II. Visitor books, 1963-1966
Series III. Diaries and travel notebook, 1962-1977
Series IV. Press clippings, 1961-circa 1980
Series V. Gallery invitations, and mailing lists, 1963-circa
1977
Series VI. Stock ledgers, sales and purchases
Series VII. Printed matter, circa
1960-1977
Series VIII. Photographic documentation, 1960-circa
1981
Kasmin Limited
Caro, Anthony,
1924-
Frankenthaler, Helen,
1928-
Hockney, David
Kasmin, John
Latham, A. J.
H.
Louis, Morris,
1912-1962
Noland, Kenneth,
1924-
Olitski, Jules,
1922-
Poons, Larry
Reinhardt, Ad,
1913-1967
Smith, Richard,
1931-
Stella, Frank
Art--Collectors and
collecting
Art
dealers--London
Ephemera
Photographic
prints
Stock books