Finding aid for the Jerry McMillan photographs of the Los Angeles art scene in
the 1960s and 1970s
Jade M. Finlinson
Descriptive Summary
Title: Jerry McMillan photographs of the Los Angeles art scene in the 1960s and
1970s
Date (inclusive): 1957-2014
Number: 2015.M.10
Creator/Collector:
McMillan, Jerry,
1936-
Physical Description:
30.3 Linear Feet
(50 boxes)
Repository:
The Getty Research Institute
Special Collections
1200 Getty Center Drive, Suite 1100
Los Angeles 90049-1688
reference@getty.edu
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10020/askref
(310) 440-7390
Abstract: The collection contains a near complete archive of Jerry McMillan's
artistic output including approximately 7,000 negatives, 150 contact sheets, and 375 prints,
as well as magazine articles, exhibition announcements, and other ephemera. There is also a
small selection of McMillan's mixed media artworks, including two of McMillan's photo-bag
sculptures and a multimedia collage.
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Biographical / Historical
Jerry McMillan (born 1936) is a Los Angeles photographer who moved to California from
Oklahoma City in 1957 to study at Chouinard Art Institute (now the California Institute of
the Arts). McMillan played a vital role as a documenter of the mid-century Los Angeles art
scene. Collaborating closely with artists, including fellow Oklahomans Ed Ruscha and Joe
Goode, he helped them craft their own brands by posing them in ways that reflected their
personas. Ruscha, Judy Chicago, and Barbara T. Smith are among the artists whose public
images came to be widely recognized, thanks to the often whimsically staged role-playing he
captured them performing. While McMillan is known primarily as a photographer and designer
of catalogues for other artists' exhibitions, he also developed his own artistic expression
using photography as an experimental medium integrated with other media and techniques. He
is one of the pioneers of photo-sculpture, and was a dedicated creator of photographic
three-dimensional objects throughout his career. Ten of McMillan's photo-sculptures,
including the sculptures known as "paper bags" that are included in the GRI holdings, were
included in the landmark 1970 exhibition
Photography into Sculpture, curated by
Peter C. Bunnell at the Museum of Modern Art in New York, which also traveled to several
venues in the United States and Canada. They were also included in a re-created
Photography into Sculpture exhibition at Cherry and Martin Gallery in Los
Angeles in 2011-2012, and a restaged version called
The Photographic Object,
organized by Hauser + Wirth Gallery in New York in July 2014.
Sources consulted: Peckman, Steven.
Jerry McMillan: Exhibition at California State
University, Northridge, Art Galleries, February 11-March 31, 2012.
Northridge:
California State University, Northridge, 2012.
Isotta Poggi, Acquisition Approval Form for the Jerry McMillan photographs of the Los
Angeles art scene in the 1960s and 1970s, accession no. 2015.M.10, January 16, 2015.
Administrative Information
Conditions Governing Access
Open for use by qualified researchers, with the exception of sculptures which require
curatorial approval. Born-digital material unavailable until reformatted.
Publication Rights
Preferred Citation
Jerry McMillan photographs of the Los Angeles art scene in the 1960s and 1970s, 1957-2014,
Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles, Accession no. 2015.M.10.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Acquired in 2015.
Processing Information
The collection was processed by Jade M. Finlinson in 2018.
Related Materials
Related materials held by the GRI: Edward Ruscha photographs of Sunset Boulevard and
Hollywood Boulevard, 1965-2010, Accesssion no. 2012.M.1; Edward Ruscha photographs of Los
Angeles streets, 1974-2010, Accesion no. 2012.M.2; Barbara T. Smith papers, 1927-2012,
Accession no. 2014.M.14; Rolf Nelson Gallery records, 1953-1973, 2012.M.2.
Separated Materials
Approximately 80 art books and catalogues designed by McMillan and/or illustrated with his
photographs have been transferred to the library's general collection and may be found by
searching the
Library Catalog for Jerry McMillan.
Scope and Content of Collection
The collection comprises approximately 375 black-and-white and color photographic prints;
7,000 negatives; 150 contact sheets; several multimedia collages using McMillan's
photographs; advertisement posters and postcards related to exhibitions by McMillan and
other Los Angeles artists; two of McMillan's photo-sculptures; 90 exhibition catalogues
designed by McMillan and featuring his photographs; a United States flag used by McMillan in
several photography projects; two paper bag photo-sculptures; and papers related to
McMillan's career as a photographer and designer. The art world documented in McMillan's
photographs features several projects with Ed Ruscha, often posing with his family or in the
process of creating art. Other artists and gallerists represented in the images include
Larry Bell; Billy Al Bengston; Ed Bereal; Natalie Bieser; Paul Brach and Miriam Schapiro;
Judy Chicago; Ronald Davis; Fred Eversley; Joe Goode; Robert Graham; Maren Hassinger; George
Herms; Walter Hopps; Robert Irwin; Hoon Kwak; Ron Miyashiro; Clark Murray; Rolf Nelson; Ken
Price; Ed Ruscha; Paul Sarkisian; Barbara T. Smith; James Turrell; Diana Vitale; Doug
Wheeler; Charles E. White III; Nicholas Wilder; Mason Williams; and Maurice Yanez. In
addition to the original photographic materials, the collection contains 90 art books and
catalogues McMillan designed and illustrated with his photographs, including for exhibitions
at the Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery at Barnsdall Park; the Armory Center for the Arts;
ARCO Center for the Visual Arts; the Newport Harbor Art Museum; Baxter Art Gallery at
California Institute of Technology, and other Los Angeles area museums and galleries. The
collection also includes two of McMillan's paper bag sculptures, significant to the history
of the photo-sculpture movement for having been exhibited with other McMillan items in the
seminal 1970 exhibition
Photography into Sculpture at the Museum of Modern
Art.
Arrangement
The collection is arranged in three series:
Series I.
Photographs, 1957-2012 (bulk 1960-1976);
Series II. Other artworks,
1959-1968;
Series III. Papers and ephemera,
1960-2014.
Material was originally grouped together in envelopes by McMillan and labeled by subject or
project name, in some cases with film format as a secondary category, and these original
groupings have been maintained and arranged in alphabetical order by project title or
surnames for individuals. Projects with multiple individual artists are arranged
alphabetically by the surname of the first-listed subject.
Indexing Terms
Subjects - Names
Ruscha, Edward
McMillan, Jerry,
1936-
Goode, Joe, 1937-
Subjects - Topics
Art, American -- California -- Los Angeles -- 20th century
Art, American -- California -- Los Angeles -- 20th century --
Exhibitions
Art galleries, Commercial -- California -- Los Angeles
Artists -- Portraits
Photographers -- United States -- 20th century
Portrait photography -- United States -- 20th century
Book design
Art -- Catalogs
Genres and Forms of Material
Black-and-white photographs -- 20th century
Printed ephemera -- California
Chromogenic color prints
Color prints (photographs)
Color transparencies
Black-and-white negatives
Contact sheets
Gelatin silver prints
Photographs, Original
Contributors
McMillan, Jerry,
1936-
Series I. Photographs,
1957-2012
(bulk 1960-1976)
Physical Description:
23.84 Linear
Feet
(44 boxes).
Scope and Content Note
Series I comprises black-and-white gelatin silver prints, contact sheets, and
black-and-white negatives, with some chromogenic color prints and color transparencies.
In his earliest work as a photographer, McMillan often used his good friends and art
school colleagues as models, including Ed Ruscha, Joe Goode, Robert Irwin, Patrick
Blackwell, and also provided portraits and other images to fellow artists for their
exhibition announcements and catalogues. McMillan's 1957 photographs of Ed Ruscha and
the house they shared in Hollywood are among the earliest photographs in the collection,
and photographs of the friends together and with their families and acquaintances in the
Los Angeles art scene make up a major part of the series. All prints described are
black-and-white unless otherwise noted, and are unmounted unless noted. McMillan's
handwritten notes have been reproduced in the file-level Scope and Contents notes, and
portions of the original envelopes from which the data was taken are stored in archival
binders with the corresponding project negatives and contact sheets. The measurements
listed in McMillan's handwritten notes nearly always reflect actual image size, and do
not match the sizes into which they have been sorted by the cataloger for long-term
housing, which was determined by the format and size of the substrate or mount. Dates
are taken directly from the verso of prints when present, or from contact sheets and
negative envelopes, though the dates listed by the artist on original materials are
inconsistent across the collection and should be considered approximate. Additionally,
reprints produced by Craig Krull Gallery for retrospective exhibitions have been
integrated into McMillan's existing project arrangement, making the item counts in
McMillan's notes different than the actual number of prints in the collection.
Arrangement
Negatives have been arranged to visually reflect the arrangement of developed film as
it appears on the nearest corresponding contact sheet (the numbering of shots is
inconsistent throughout the collection). Prints have been separated and stored flat in
boxes according to size, and folders are arranged alphabetically under surname of
individual subjects, with project title second, or by project name in cases of group
photographs. Projects represented by fewer than three prints are combined together into
one folder and arranged alphabetically according to individual subject or project.
Projects for which multiple envelopes were nested together in one larger envelope are
arranged with the outer envelope first, followed by those inside, which are themselves
arranged in alphabetical order by subject or name in cases where two or more separate
subjects with the same surname were grouped together (as with relatives or married
couples). Projects that contain photographs of two or more separate subjects who do not
share surnames have been kept together under the project title or surname of the subject
listed first on the envelope, and placed in alphabetical order, unless noted. Negatives
sleeves that feature identical metadata in McMillan's writing have been grouped together
at the end of project sections in the negatives binders. Negatives sleeves that have
unique marks or added data have been placed directly behind the corresponding negatives.
Contact sheets and negatives were placed in the original numerical order indicated on
the negative sleeves if numbers were present, or in the order of their original stack
placement inside the envelope if no other order was indicated.
1818 - Home of 'Students 5',
1957-1960
Scope and Content Note
McMillan's handwritten notes on the envelope read, "1818 – home of 'students 5.' 1818
N. New Hampshire Ave, Hollywood, CA. Ed Ruscha Joe Goode Jerry McMillan 'Students 5.'
Pat Blackwell Don Moore Later: Bud Luckey moved in. Note: Wall Batterton was one of
the original 'Students 5.' He got married, moved out and Joe Goode came out from
Oklahoma and moved in, taking his place. - Original 'Students 5' – 1 photo, 8 x 10", 1
copy - Ed Ruscha's 'Car on a Stick' photo prints 13 3/8 x 10 ½" - Color print of 1818,
1960."
Box 1, Folder 1
1818, Ed Ruscha's Car on a Stick in our Side Yard
Box 1, folder 1
8 x 10
Scope and Content Note
Four prints including three showing a photograph of Ed Ruscha's car mounted to
a stick, which is stuck into the ground near a tree, and one of Ed Ruscha
attaching the photograph to the stick.
Box 8, Folder 1
11 x 14
Scope and Content Note
Two prints, both featuring a photograph of Ed Ruscha's car mounted on a stick
that is stuck into the ground near a tree. One print is mounted on cardboard and
one is unmounted.
Box 43*, Folder 1
Color images of the house at 1818 N. New Hampshire
Scope and Content Note
Three prints including one 15x19 color print and two 8x10 color prints featuring
the façade of house at 1818 N. New Hampshire Ave., and one color transparency of
the image.
Box 1, Folder 1
'Students 5' at Chouinard Costume Ball
Scope and Content Note
Three 8x10 prints of a 1957 photograph by an unknown photographer, showing Jerry
McMillan, Ed Ruscha, Wall Batterton, Don Moore, and Patrick Blackwell dressed in
beggar costumes at a party. Notes on the original envelope confirm that there are
no negatives for this image in the collection.
box 14
Black-and-white negatives
24 Young Los Angeles Artists,
1971
Scope and Content Note
Three 11x14 prints showing exhibition participants sitting on LACMA stairs. Artists
include John Alberty; Michael Asher; James Bradley; Vija Celmins; Ron Cooper; Mary
Corse; Robert Cumming; David Deutsch; Guy Dill; Laddie John Dill; Fred Eversley; Jack
Goldstein; Scott Grieger; Patrick Hogan; Richard Jackson; Peter Lodato; Alan McCollum;
Barbara Munger; Peter Plagens; Joe Ray; Allen Ruppersberg; Wolfgang Stoerchle; William
Wegman; and John White. McMillan's handwritten notes on the envelope read, "35mm 64
negs, 2 proofs/catalogue designed by Jerry McMillan, 1 copy."
box 14
Black-and-white negatives
Wall Batterton and Cindy Batterton,
1963
Scope and Content Note
McMillan's handwritten notes on the envelope read, "Wall Batterton, One of the
original 'Students 5, artist"; 96 negs, 8 proofs, 1 vintage print, 13 ½ x 10 3/8",
1963. Cindy Batterton - 1963, 63 negs, 7 proofs, 2 vintage prints, 13 3/8 x 10 ½". 13
7/16 x 10 ½."
Box 44*, Folder 1
Cindy Batterton portrait
Scope and Content Note
One 16 x 20 print, mounted to board, showing Cindy Batterton looking over the top
of a wooden fence with one of her paintings hanging behind her.
Box 8, Folder 3
Wall and Cindy Batterton posing with paintings
Scope and Content Note
Two prints including one 11 x 14 mounted print of Wall Batterton posing with one
of his paintings, and one 11 x 14 unmounted print of Cindy Batterton posing with
one of her paintings.
box 14
Black-and-white negatives
Billy Al Bengston & Don Everly,
1970
Scope and Content Note
McMillan's handwritten notes on the envelope read, "Photos for Billy Al Bengston and
Don Everly record album cover, 1970. 160 2 ¼ negs, 14 proofs, 34 35mm negs, 2 proofs,
copies of album cover and song page. 4 photo prints of Billy Al Bengston, 6 ¾" x 8 ½",
2 photo prints of Don Everly, 9 13/16 x 9 7/8", 1970 – 1 photo print of Don, 9 x 8
7/8", 1970."
Box 1, Folder 4
Billy Al Bengston portraits
Scope and Content Note
Five 8 x 10 prints of Billy Al Bengston wearing a white t-shirt and
sunglasses.
Box 8, Folder 5
Don Everly portraits
Scope and Content Note
Three prints including one 11 x 14 and two 10 1/2 x 11 prints of Don Everly
posing with his guitar for an album cover. The folder is arranged alphabetically
under "Everly."
box 15
Black-and-white negatives
Billy Al Bengston and Peter Alexander in bed,
1971
Scope and Content Note
McMillan's handwritten notes on the envelope read, "Billy Al Bengston and Peter
Alexander in bed," 1971, 36 negs, 1 proof."
box 15
Black-and-white negatives
box 15
Contact sheets
Scope and Content Note
The contact sheet originally had a purple sticky note with an arrow drawn onto it
pointing to frame number 26.
Larry Bell,
1961
Scope and Content Note
McMillan's handwritten notes on envelope read, "For Larry Bell – 12 negs, 1 proof, 1
copy print, 1 b+w print, 7 5/8 x 8."
Box 1, Folder 2
8 x 10 and smaller
Scope and Content Note
Three prints including one 8 x 10 print of Bell standing with his paintings in
his studio, and two different 8 x 8 prints of Bell posing with his paintings.
Box 8, Folder 4
11 x 12
Scope and Content Note
Three prints showing Bell sitting in front of a painting in his studio.
Box 16
Black-and-white negatives
Box 16
Contact sheets
Scope and Content Note
Includes two test strips.
Larry Bell and James Turrell,
1968
Scope and Content Note
McMillan's handwritten notes on the envelope read, "Larry Bell & Jim Turrell,
1968 - Larry Bell came to be photographed for L.A. Six catalogue, he brought James
(Jim) Turrell with him who I photographed also. 12 negs, 1 proof of Turrell alone,
1968, 12 negs, 1 proof total for two above = 24 negs."
Box 16
Black-and-white negatives
Ed Bereal,
1961
Scope and Content Note
McMillan's handwritten notes on the envelope read, "One of the War
Babies, 1961 – 32 negs, 3 proofs." McMillan originally combined the Bereal
material in a larger envelope together with the Ron Miyashiro material.
Box 1, Folder 3
8 x 10
Scope and Content Note
One 8 x 10 print of Bereal in front of his artwork, posing with one leg up on a
chair.
Box 8, Folder 3
11 x 14
Scope and Content Note
One 11 x 14 print of Bereal leaning on a chair, his artworks on the wall behind
him.
Box 16
Black-and-white negatives
Natalie Bieser,
circa 1977
Scope and Content Note
McMillan's handwritten notes on the envelope read, "Natalie Bieser Goode" (Joe
Goode's second wife), 1 bio page, two sides; 126 35mm negs, 4 proofs, 2 4 x 5" negs, 1
proof, 128 negs."
Box 16
Black-and-white negatives
Patrick, Garie, and Anastasia Blackwell,
1959-1963
Scope and Content Note
McMillan's handwritten notes on the envelope read, "1 photo of Patrick – too large to
fit in envelope. Image is 10 ½ x 10 ½" – photo 23" x 17 ½", 1962; 1 large photo print
of Pat making a face for me, 19 3/8" x 16", 1963; 3 printed promotional material
mailers of Pat, 13" x 10"; Garie and Ana, 13 11/16" x 10", 1962; 1 photo print of Pat
with his painting Norm – 10 ½" x 13 3/8", 1962; 1 printed Christmas
mailer 16 ¾" x 10 5/8", 1963; 1 photo print of Garie, 15" x 12" – image 10 ½ x 10 ½"
(mounted), 1962; 1 photo print, mounted, of Anastasia, 15 x 12" image 10 ½" x 10 ½".
Patrick Blackwell, 148 negs, 13 proofs, 1 print of Pat's dog, Cha Cha; Garie
Blackwell, 72 negs, 6 proofs, 1962; Anastasia Blackwell, 95 negs, 8 proofs, 1962 -
Total: 315 negs, 27 proofs."
Box 44*, Folder 2
Blackwell family members
Scope and Content Note
Four prints including one 16 x 20 mounted print of Patrick Blackwell sitting near
one of his paintings in an outdoor location strewn with debris; two 12 x 15 prints
of Garie and Anastasia Blackwell, mounted on board, and one unmounted close-up of
Patrick Blackwell's face, holding a flower between his teeth.
Box 6, Folder 1
Patrick Blackwell with his painting
#5
Scope and Content Note
One 10 x 12 print of Blackwell in front of a large painting featuring a stylized
woman's head in a circle.
Box 8, Folder 3
Patrick Blackwell with his painting
Norm
Scope and Content Note
One 11 x 14 print of Blackwell sitting near his painting Norm, in an
outdoor location strewn with wood and debris.
Box 1, Folder 3
Pat's dog Cha Cha
Scope and Content Note
One 8 x 10 mounted print of Blackwell's dog Cha Cha, originally in envelope with
Blackwell contact sheets and negatives.
Box 17-18
Black-and-white negatives
Scope and Content Note
Anastasia and Garie Blackwell material is in box 17, Patrick Blackwell material in
box 18.
Irving Blum,
circa 1970
Scope and Content Note
McMillan's handwritten notes on the envelope read, "Irving Blum for a Christmas card,
c.1970s, 24 negs, 2 proofs."
Box 18
Black-and-white negatives
Boxing Match,
1972
Scope and Content Note
McMillan's handwritten notes on the envelope read, "'Boxing Match', Billy Al
Bengston, Ed Ruscha, Ken Price, Joe Goode, at "Indian Red Lopez" Boxing match. 52 35mm
negs, 2 proofs, 3 b&w prints 8 x 10" each; - Billy Al Bengston, Ed Ruscha, Ken
Price, Joe Goode, 1972 - 1 photo print 9 1/2 x 7 1/4"; - Ken Price, 1972, 1 photo
print, 6 3/16 x 9"; - Ed Ruscha, Ken Price, Joe Goode, 1972, 1 photo print 6 1/2 x 9
5/8"."
Box 6, Folder 1
Billy Al Bengston, Ed Ruscha, Ken Price, Joe Goode at the Boxing
Match
Scope and Content Note
One 10 x 12 digital print showing the artists in profile, watching a boxing
match.
Box 1, Folder 5
Ed Ruscha, Ken Price, Joe Goode at the Boxing Match, Billy Al Bengston
not shown
Scope and Content Note
Five prints including four 8 x 10 prints showing the artists watching a boxing
match, and one 8 x 10 portrait of Price on his way to the match.
Box 19
Black-and-white negatives
Box 19
Contact sheets
Scope and Content Note
A sticky note with a handwritten arrow was originally on the contact sheet pointing
toward frame number 2, which is also outlined in gray pencil.
Paul Brach and Miriam Schapiro,
1969
Scope and Content Note
McMillan's handwritten notes on the envelope read, "Paul Brach/Miriam Schapiro/Tom
Garver/Phyllis Lutjeans - Tom Garver, Director of the Newport Harbor Museum, 3 negs,
Phyllis Lutjeans as assistant? 94 negs, 4 proofs, 1 catalogue that I designed, my
photo on page 2."
Box 19
Black-and-white negatives
Peter Bunnell, Museum of Modern Art
Photography into Sculpture
show,
1970
Scope and Content Note
McMillan's handwritten notes on the envelope read, "Peter Bunnell, Museum of Modern
Art, Photography into Sculpture show with my work, 1970. 1 neg, 1 proof,
1 print- 8 x 10."
Box 1, folder 3
Print
Scope and Content Note
One 8 x 10 print of Peter Bunnell holding McMillan's photo sculptures, preparing
for the exhibition Photography into Sculpture at the Museum of Modern
Art.
Box 19
Black-and-white negatives
Judy Chicago as a boxer
1966, 1970
Scope and Content Note
McMillan handwritten notes on envelope read, "48 2 ¼" negs, 4 proofs, 2 copies, 1
reproduction of
Artforum
ad. 1 print 10 ½" x 10 7/16", 1
invitation 6" x 8 ½". 104 negs, total. - "Judy Chicago," 5 pages about the photograph
from Gail Levin's book
Becoming Judy Chicago, pub.
2007."
Box 6, Folder 2
8 x 10
Scope and Content Note
Two prints including one 9 x 10 print showing Chicago standing in the corner of a
boxing ring with Hamilton-Cooke and Glenn, and one 7 1/2 x 11 print of the boxing
scene with Chicago sitting in corner, Hamilton-Cooke's hands on Chicago's
shoulders.
Box 8, Folder 3
11 x 14
Scope and Content Note
One print of Judy Chicago standing in the corner of a boxing ring, Alona
Hamilton-Cooke standing directly behind her and Jack Glenn wearing a bow tie
kneeling just outside the ring. All are looking at the camera.
Box 19
Black-and-white negatives
Ronald Davis and Susan Davis,
circa 1967
Scope and Content Note
McMillan's handwritten notes on the envelope read, "Susan and baby - 115 negs, 9
proofs, 2 announcements, 2 prints 19 5/8" x 16 ¾" + 16" x 20" - Susan Davis, 3 photos
9 ½" x 7 9/16", 7 3/8 x 5 ¾", 7 3/8 x 5 ¾"."
Box 44*, Folder 3
Ronald Davis
Scope and Content Note
Three prints including one 16 x 20 of Ronald Davis sitting on the floor; one 16 x
20 unmounted print of Davis sitting on a wooden crate, and one 16 x 20 mounted
print of Davis sitting on a wooden crate. The verso of the cardboard-mounted
portrait has an identical, but damaged, print torn from the backing.
Box 44*, Folder 3
Susan Davis, mounted on board
Scope and Content Note
Two 5 x 7 photographs of Davis's nude torso glued to cardboard backing, an
apparent printer's mock-up with hand-drawn measurements in pencil. Originally in
black paper folder with creased 8 x 10 photograph of Davis.
Box 1, Folder 3
Susan Davis, unmounted
Scope and Content Note
One 8 x 10 unmounted photograph of Davis's torso, creased in the center
lengthwise. Originally in black paper folder with two photographs mounted to
board.
Box 20
Black-and-white negatives
Peter Erskine,
1992
Scope and Content Note
McMillan's handwritten notes on the envelope read, "Peter Erskine, 23 negs, 1 proof,
1 catalogue I designed, 1 print of Peter 6 7/16 x 4 3/8". Christine Woelfle - 1
catalogue; Christine was Peter Erskine's wife's sister. They asked me to design a
catalogue in her memory."
Box 1, folder 3
Print
Scope and Content Note
One 5x7 print of Erskine's headshot portrait, originally housed in plastic with a
catalogue for Erskine's 1992 solar work Secrets of the Sun.
Box 20
Black-and-white negatives
Fred Eversley,
1969
Scope and Content Note
McMillan's handwritten notes on envelope read, "Photos made for
Life
magazine to match with Irwin and Wheeler photos I
had taken.
Life
mag. wanted to do a light and space
article, but never did."
Box 8, folder 6
Prints
Scope and Content Note
Four full-length portraits of Eversley seated on a crate and holding a cigar. Sizes
range from 11 x 11 to 11 x 14.
Box 20
Black-and-white negatives
Flag Series,
1962
Scope and Content Note
McMillan's handwritten notes on envelope read, "Flag series - 113 negs, 12 proofs, 1
announcement, 1962. Flag portfolio, negs, prints 11 ¼ x 8 ¾", 1962; - 1 mounted print
of apple and flag bag, 1962, 13 7/16 x 10 3/8"; - 2 extra prints not used, 7 13/16, 9
1/2 x 7 1/2", 1961; - 1 mounted bleed photo of my wife, Patty, and flag, 11 5/8" x 9
7/16", 1962; - One and only vintage flag portfolio, 13 prints, 11 ¼ x 8 ¾, 1962; -
Christmas card original art work, 1962; - Photo of Christmas tree inside bag. This was
mailed before Christmas, the crumpled-up bag was mailed between Christmas and New
Year. 12 negs, 1 proof, 1962." The envelope also contained a 5 x 7 exhibition
announcement for Picturing Ed: Jerry McMillan's photographs of Ed Ruscha,
1958-1970 featuring the McMillan image of Ed Ruscha with flag on the recto,
which has been moved to the Jerry McMillan announcements and ephemera file in Series
IV.
Box 44*, Folder 1
Flag images, mounted
Scope and Content Note
Two 5 1/2 x 7 1/2 prints mounted side-by-side on a 16 x 20 board, a mock-up for a
Christmas card designed by McMillan. The board was originally wrapped in black
paper.
Box 7, Folder 1
Flag portfolio with 15 prints (original)
Scope and Content Note
Original "Flag Series Portfolio" with 15 loose prints stacked on one another,
wrapped in three-fold black paper envelope with a single black paper cover with a
circular hole cut out of the lower left corner, through which a small flag image
showed through. Prints have been numbered (with the identifier FS for "Flag
Series") in the order in which they were stacked, beginning with the circular flag
image that was originally attached to the cover, and housed outside the black
paper envelope and single sheet cover, but in the same box. The circular flag
print that showed through the hole on the paper cover is stored with the other
prints. The prints are in fair condition, but the paper portfolio is in poor
condition: the circular flag image has a visible glue pattern but no longer sticks
to the paper envelope, on which a circle of glue is also visible where the image
was attached, and the paper envelope has distressed seams and some tears along the
folds. Prints numbered [2015.M.10-FS.13] and [2015.M.10-FS.14] are recent digital
prints, but all others appear to be originals.
Box 6, Folder 1
Patty McMillan with flag, mounted
Scope and Content Note
One 9 1/2 x 11 1/2 print mounted on board.
Box 21
Black-and-white negatives
Scope and Content Note
A negative strip from Flag Series portfolio photographs, featuring frames 9-12,
which has a bend on the right side near the top, and the contact strip for the same
frames originally had a sticky note attached with the words, "This photo is missing
from the portfolio, I need to make a new print," with an arrow pointed at frame 11
featuring Ed Ruscha wrapped in a flag.
Joe Goode,
1960-1970
Scope and Content Note
McMillan's handwritten notes on the envelope read, "#1: - 212 negs, 20 proofs, 1 copy
- Negs of Joe's first wife, Judy, and daughter, Stephanie - Negs for War
Babies show - Negs for Milk Bottle Painting Show and
announcement - Negs of 'girlfriends,' 2 prints of Joe and his daughter Stephanie, 7
5/8 x 9 ½". #2: envelope - Photo announcement printed, Paintings of
Houses show, 10 3/8 x 10 ¾" - Printed announcement, photo of Joe Goode, 1966,
18 15/16 x 14 5/8" - Photo of Joe in his studio on Western Ave, 9 x 6 3/16" - Photo of
Joe in his studio doorway, 'The Crossroad Church' on Western Ave, LA, 10 x 8" - Photo
of Joe with his car calendar pages, 1968, 8 x 10" - Photo of Joe and girls working on
his car calendar, 1968, 5 1/8" x 7 ½" and 6 1/8" x 8 7/8" - Photo of Joe on his
letterhead, envelope and business cards, printed - 2 photo prints of Joe and
girlfriend Julie Wheeler, 15 ¾ x 19 3/16" – 15 ¾ x 19 7/8"."
Box 44*, Folder 3
Joe Goode and Julie Wheeler
Scope and Content Note
Two 16 x 20 prints of Goode posing with girlfriend Julie Wheeler.
Box 6, Folder 1
Goode in the doorway of his studio
Scope and Content Note
One 10 x 12 print showing Goode standing in the doorway of his studio, a building
with a storefront church sign.
Box 44*, Folder 2
Joe Goode portraits
Scope and Content Note
Three 16 x 20 prints.
Box 9, Folder 1
Joe Goode posing with his paintings
Scope and Content Note
Two prints including one 11 x 14 print of Goode in his studio, looking at a
painting, mounted on cardboard, and one unmounted 11 x 14 print of Goode with one
of his milk bottle paintings.
Box 1, Folder 6
Joe Goode studio shots
Scope and Content Note
Six prints including one 8 x 10 and one 7 x 8 print showing Goode and women
assistants working in his studio; one portrait of Goode holding a cup with
calendars on the wall behind him; one 8 x 10 print of Goode posing next to a
painting created for War Babies exhibition, and two 8 x 10 prints of
Goode with his daughter Stephanie.
Box 22-23
Black-and-white negatives
Joe Goode and Robert Graham, Jerry McMillan and Bob Graham,
circa 1960s
Scope and Content Note
McMillan's handwritten notes on the envelope read, "Joe Goode & Bob Graham, Jerry
McMillan & Bob Graham - Bob Graham & Joe Goode at Mayer's Deli, then going
down the street to Jerry McMillan's studio, goofing off. 17 negs, 2 proofs. Several
photographs were made by Joe Goode."
Box 24
Black-and-white negatives
Joe Goode and Jerry McMillan in McMillan's studio,
circa 1960s
Scope and Content Note
McMillan's handwritten notes on the envelope read, "Joe Goode and Jerry McMillan in
Jerry's studio" - 26 negs, 22 neg proofs, 1 proof, 1 print 3 5/8 x 5 1/2"."
Box 1, folder 6
Print
Scope and Content Note
One 4 x 6 print of McMillan with his arm around Goode's shoulder, Goode making a
face and looking sideways at McMillan.
Box 24
Black-and-white negatives
Robert Graham,
1967
Scope and Content Note
McMillan's handwritten notes on the envelope read, "Envelope #1: 1. Bob Graham, 1967,
at Nick Wilder Gallery. 2. Bob at home with first wife Joey and son Stephen. B+W 338
35 mm negs, 10 proofs, 5 color trans with Bob's car - Envelope #2: 1. B+W, 2 ¼ negs,
photos for announcement, 1967. 111 2 ¼ negs of Bob and family. 10 proofs. 2. B+W 35
mm, Bob and family at train station. Tom Holland, wife, and Nick Wilder saying goodbye
– 72 negs, 2 proofs 3. B+W 35 mm, 6 negs, Nick Wilder Gallery, 2 negs. Bob with model,
1 proof. 4. B+W 35 mm, 18 negs, model for Bob, 1 proof 5. 2,207 B+W, 14 proofs."
Box 43*, Folder 2
Color images of Robert Graham posing with his car
Scope and Content Note
One 8 x 10 digital color print of Graham sitting in the open door of his parked
car, and five color 35mm transparencies of Graham posing with his car.
Box 1, Folder 7
Robert Graham posing with artworks and with his wife
Scope and Content Note
Six prints including one 8 x 10 and four 6 x 10 prints of Graham with his
artworks on display in Nicholas Wilder Gallery, and one 8 x 10 print showing
Graham sitting on a bed with his wife Joey.
Box 45*, Folder 4
Robert Graham posing with his wife Joey, 16 x 20
Scope and Content Note
Two 16 x 20 prints of Graham posing with his wife Joey in a studio.
Box 9, Folder 2
Robert Graham with his family
Scope and Content Note
Two 11 x 12 prints of Graham with his wife Joey and son Steven, posing on a
grassy hill.
Box 24
Black-and-white negatives
Maren Hassinger and William Mahan, ARCO Center for Visual Art,
1976
Scope and Content Note
McMillan's handwritten notes on the envelope read, "ARCO Center for Visual Art"-
Maren Hassinger / William Mahan, 208 35mm negs, 7 proofs, 8 b&w prints 8 x 10"
each, 1 b&w print 8 x 4 15/26"."
Box 1, folder 8
Prints
Scope and Content Note
Twelve prints, including eleven 8 x 10 prints and one 5 x 8 print featuring the
artists posing together and separately.
Box 25
Black-and-white negatives
George Herms,
1992
Scope and Content Note
McMillan's handwritten notes on envelope read, "26 negs, 1 proof, 7 copies, photos of
George Herms - 1 booklet about George's show, 1
Artscene - 1
announcement, 10 post cards - 1 catalogue that was designed by Jerry McMillan, 1992,
The Secret Archives
."
Box 1, folder 9
Prints
Scope and Content Note
Four 8 x 10 bust portraits of Herms.
Box 25
Black-and-white negatives
Robert Irwin in his studio,
1962-1963
Scope and Content Note
McMillan's handwritten notes on envelope read, "Robert (Bob) Irwin - Bob in his
Studio, 35 negs, 3 proofs, 2 copies, 7 prints 7 5/8 x 7 13/16"."
Box 2, Folder 1
8 1/2 x 8 and smaller
Scope and Content Note
Thirteen prints including seven 8 1/2 x 8 and six 5 x 5 prints of Irwin posing in
his studio.
Box 9, Folder 3
11 x 14
Scope and Content Note
Two 11x14 prints of Robert Irwin sitting on a stool next to a work table in his
studio, his hands actively gesturing.
Box 25
Black-and-white negatives
Jan Series,
1963
Scope and Content Note
McMillan's handwritten notes on the envelope read, "Jan series, 1963- 44 negs, 9
proofs, 1963. Photos used for the "Jan" series. -163 negs, 18 proofs, 1963 photos not
used. -207 negs, 27 proofs, 1963 total. -8 14 x 11" prints, vintage; -1 13 x 10 3/8"
print, vintage; -1 13 15/16 x 10 9/16 print, vintage."
box 11, folder 1
Prints
Scope and Content Note
Ten 11 x 14 prints featuring model "Jan" posing clothed and nude, as well as images
arranged by McMillan into still lifes and photographed.
Box 26
Black-and-white negatives
Box 2, Folder 7
John F. Kennedy collage,
1963
Scope and Content Note
One 7 x 7 collage print showing a portrait of Kennedy in the middle ground propped
against a backdrop with the stenciled words "Dallas Nov. 22, 1963" in repeating rows,
and a shallow foreground featuring bunches of small flowers. No negatives relating to
this project are present in the collection.
Paul Klee,
1963
Scope and Content Note
McMillan's handwritten notes on the envelope read, "11 negs, [2] proofs, 1 copy
print, 1 photo print 6" x 6" mounted on 15" x 15". Paul Klee is one of the Prussian
soldiers in the found photo that Jerry used in his photo."
Box 43*, Folder 3
Color digital print of a rusty can on the ground
Scope and Content Note
One 5 x 6 color inkjet print on photo paper.
Box 6, Folder 1
Paul Klee photo collage
Scope and Content Note
One 10 x 10 black-and-white collage.
Box 44*, Folder 1
Paul Klee photo collage, mounted
Scope and Content Note
One 7 x 7 black-and-white collage on 16 x 16 board.
Box 27
Black-and-white negatives
Hoon Kwak,
1993
Scope and Content Note
McMillan's handwritten notes on the envelope read, "Hoon Kwak photos, '93 - photo for
a catalogue I designed of his art, 24 negs, 1 proof, 2 b&w prints 4 5/8 x 7"
each."
Box 1, folder 3
Prints
Scope and Content Note
Two 5 x 7 portraits of artist Hoon Kwak.
Box 27
Black-and-white negatives
Los Angeles Six,
1968
Scope and Content Note
McMillan's handwritten notes on the envelope read, "'L.A. Six,' all photographed in
Jerry's studio - Larry Bell, 36 negs, 3 proofs - Ron Davis, 36 negs, 3 proofs - Robert
Irwin, 36 negs, 3 proofs, 2 b&w prints 7 5/8 x 7 13/16" each - Craig Kauffman, 24
negs, 2 proofs - Edward Kienholz, 24 negs, 2 proofs - John McCracken, 12 negs, 1 proof
- 4 4 x 5" negs, 2 proofs - 1 Los Angeles 6 catalogue, The Vancouver Art
Gallery, 1968 - Total of all 172 negs, 16 proofs."
Box 9, Folder 4
Los Angeles Six exhibition artists' portraits
Scope and Content Note
Sixteen prints including two 10 x 12 portraits of Larry Bell blowing smoke from a
cigar; two 11 x 12 full portraits of Ron Davis standing with his dog at his feet;
one 12 x 12 print of Robert Irwin sitting on a crate; seven 11 x 12 prints of
Craig Kauffman; two 11 x 12 prints showing Edward Kienholz posing on a stool, and
two 11 x 12 prints of John McCracken sitting on a chair.
Box 2, Folder 2
Portraits of Larry Bell and Robert Irwin for
Los Angeles
Six
Scope and Content Note
Three prints including one 5 x 5 print of Bell standing and blowing smoke from a
cigar, and two 8 x 8 prints of Irwin sitting on a crate.
Box 27
Black-and-white negatives
Box 27
Contact sheets
Scope and Content Note
One contact sheet for the Bell images is damaged, with torn and missing material
along top and right edge.
William (Bud) Luckey,
1960-1961
Scope and Content Note
McMillan's handwritten notes on the envelope read, "William (Bud) Luckey, Animator.
Chouinard student that moved into 'Students 5' house after two had married. He I think
works for Pixar and was up for Academy Award for a short film, 2007 or '08."
Box 1, Folder 3
8 x 10
Scope and Content Note
One 8 x 10 print showing a close-up of Luckey's boots, shot from the
ground.
Box 10, folder 1
11 x 14
Scope and Content Note
One 11 x 14 print showing a close-up of Luckey's boots, shot from the
ground.
Box 44*, Folder 1
Luckey with banjo
Scope and Content Note
One 16 x 20 mounted print of Luckey posing with his artworks and holding a
banjo.
Box 28
Black-and-white negatives
Scope and Content Note
There is no negative for the prints of Luckey's boots included here, but similar
images are present among the negatives.
Mason, Ed, Jerry,
1968-1972
Scope and Content Note
McMillan's handwritten notes on the envelope read, "Mason, Ed, Jerry -2 1/4" negs, Ed
Ruscha, Mason Williams, Thelma Camacho and Me, 24 negs, 2 proofs - 2 prints. 1. Ed
Ruscha, Jerry McMillan & Mason Williams, 7 9/16 x 9 9/16" 2. Ed Ruscha and Mason
Williams, 9 9/16 x 7 9/16" - Mason Williams After Throwing Pie at CBS TV Station 32,
35mm negs, 1 proof."
Box 2, Folder 3
Mason Williams, Ed Ruscha, and Jerry McMillan in McMillan's
studio
Scope and Content Note
Four prints including two 8 x 10 images featuring Ruscha standing back-to-back with
Williams, and two 8 x 10 prints featuring Ruscha, McMillan, and Williams standing
abreast of each other.
Box 28
Black-and-white negatives
Jerry McMillan,
1963-1974
Scope and Content Note
McMillan's handwritten notes on the envelope read, "152 negs / 7 proofs / 1 print / 1
announcement - 1 print of Jerry by Ed Ruscha - 6 announcements - 6 articles about
Jerry's work - 1 copy of Jerry's catalogue for his first traveling exhibition, 1970 -
3 catalogues: 1980, 1989, 2012. 2 magazines, art ltd., 2011,
B+W, 2013 - 1 self-portrait, 20" x 16", made same time as 'Walter
Hopps, Jerry McMillan Wants to See You!', 1963." Another McMillan self-portrait, for
which there is no negative in the collection, is stored with Yanez materials in Box 2,
Folder 9.
Box 2, Folder 4
Jerry McMillan portraits
Scope and Content Note
Two prints including one 8 x 10 portrait of McMillan sitting in a restaurant
booth, taken by Ed Ruscha, and one image of a McMillan self-portrait pinned with
tacks to a piece of wood.
Box 46*, Folder 3
Jerry McMillan self-portrait
Scope and Content Note
One 16 x 20 self-portrait of McMillan holding his tilted head in his hand.
Box 28
Black-and-white negatives
Ron Miyashiro,
1961
Scope and Content Note
McMillan's handwritten notes on the envelope read, "One of the War
Babies, 1961 – 36 negs, 3 proofs." McMillan originally combined the Miyashiro
material in an envelope together with the Ed Bereal material.
Box 10, Folder 1
Ron Miyashiro portrait print
Scope and Content Note
One 11 x 14 mounted print portrait of Miyashiro posing with his artwork.
Box 29
Black-and-white negatives
Box 46*, folder 1
Clark Murray,
1967
Scope and Content Note
One 16 x 20 print of Murray reclining on a mattress, holding a cigarette. McMillan's
handwritten notes on the envelope read, "78 2 ¼ negs, 7 proofs, 1 print 18 ¾" x 15
15/16," invitation. Vintage."
Box 29
Black-and-white negatives
Rolf Nelson,
1965
Scope and Content Note
McMillan's handwritten notes on the envelope read, "Photos of Rolf, his wife, and
Susan Davis who worked for him and was married to Ron Davis, the artist. Susan modeled
for me, her photos are in "Ron Davis" envelope, 72 negs, 7 proofs, test print, 1 copy,
1 large print of Rolf and his new wife, 20 x 16" print, vintage."
Box 1, Folder 3
Facade of Rolf Nelson Gallery
Scope and Content Note
One 8 x 10 print of the Rolf Nelson Gallery facade with a sign reading
"Open."
Box 46*, Folder 1
Rolf Nelson posing with his wife
Scope and Content Note
One 16 x 20 print of gallerist Nelson and his wife posing on the floor, captured
at floor level.
Box 29
Black-and-white negatives
Pasadena Art Museum being built,
1969
Scope and Content Note
McMillan's handwritten notes on the envelope read, "Pasadena Museum of Art being
built- in the rain, 5 negs, 2 proofs, 1 copy."
Box 30
Black-and-white negatives
Pasadena Art Museum (PAM) openings and workshops,
1969-1970
Scope and Content Note
McMillan's handwritten notes on the envelope read, "The Pasadena Art Museum - 13
photographic prints - joe3 negs, 14 proofs, 1 copy - 220 negs, 10 proofs - 36 negs, 1
proof, 1 copy – 1 11 x 14" contact print of 24 negs, 1 copy, 1970 - 12 window posters
of 4 images, 4 copies - 3 copies of one calendar of events, 1973 - 9 printed works
designed and shot by Jerry McMillan - 144 negs, 4 proofs, of Tom Terbell's (director)
40th birthday party."
Box 10, Folder 1
Enlarged contact sheet
Scope and Content Note
One 11 x 14 print of an enlarged contact sheet featuring museum opening events
and Richard Serra images.
Box 6, Folder 1
Event at Pasadena Art Museum
Scope and Content Note
One 10 x 12 print showing museum guests mingling and looking at art.
Box 2, Folder 5
Pasadena Art Museum openings and workshops
Scope and Content Note
Fourteen prints including one 3 x 5 snapshot and thirteen 8x10 prints of crowds
attending museum events. Persons featured in the photographs include Robert
Rauschenberg, DeWain Valentine, Andy Warhol, Barbara Haskell, and John Cage. The
negative for the John Cage print was not among the negatives marked "Cage" in the
original project folder.
Box 30-31
Black-and-white negatives
Pasadena's Choice,
1991
Scope and Content Note
McMillan's handwritten notes on the envelope read, "Pasadena's Choice, The Armory
Center for the Arts '91, 50 negs, 2 proofs, 3 b&w prints, 8 x 10 each, 2
invitations."
Box 2, folder 6
Prints
Scope and Content Note
Three 8 x 10 prints featuring exhibition artists Gifford Myers; Linda Nishio;
Richard Bunkall; Sally Storch; Philip Cornelius; Elaine Carhartt; and Walter
Askin.
Box 31
Black-and-white negatives
Ken Price and collector Joan Harrell in his studio,
1967-1968
Scope and Content Note
McMillan's handwritten notes on the envelope read, "Ken Price & collector Joan
Harrell in his studio, 17 negs, 1 proof, 2 b&w prints 8 x 10 each."
Box 1, folder 3
Prints
Scope and Content Note
Two 8 x 10 prints of Price sitting in a chair in his studio.
Box 31
Black-and-white negatives
Ed Ruscha,
1959-1969
Scope and Content Note
McMillan's handwritten notes on the envelope read, "47 negs, 6 Proofs, 3 Prints. 1.
Truck Across the Street From Our Studios, 1967, 7 1/2 x 9 1/2". 2. Head Photo, 1959, 7
1/2 x 7 1/2". 3. Ed First Studio, 8 9/16 x 8 9/16"."
Box 12, Folder 1
Ed Ruscha at his first studio
Scope and Content Note
Six 11 x 14 prints showing Ruscha standing in the doorway of his first
studio.
Box 3, Folder 2
Ed Ruscha portraits
Scope and Content Note
Nine prints include one 8 x 8 print of Ruscha in check-patterned shirt looking at
the camera; two 8 x 8 prints of Ruscha laying in the grass; one 8 x 10 and one 8 x
8 portrait of Ruscha in white T-shirt with pencil behind his right ear; two 8 x 8
prints of Ruscha laying out images for his book
Every
Building on the Sunset Strip,
and two 8 x 10 prints of Ruscha standing
on Western Ave. in front of a moving truck painted with the words "Oklahoma
Furniture Manufacturing Co."
Box 36
Black-and-white negatives
Ed Ruscha 35mm prints,
circa
1967-1972
Scope and Content Note
McMillan's handwritten notes on the envelope read, "Ed and Jerry at Mayer's Deli on
Western Ave & Ed Walking Back to his Studio on Western Ave. 7/68; 36 negs, 1
proof, 1 print of Jerry McMillan - Ed in his Studio on Western Ave, 1967 or '68; 36
negs, 1 proof - Ed in his Studio Library, #21, and Leon Bing, 7/68, 54 negs, 2 proofs;
- Ed in his Studio, 1968, 37 negs, 2 two of the same, one dark, one light; - Ed with
his Porsche in our Studio's Courtyard, 34 negs, 1 proof - Ed at the Mayer's Deli up
the street on Western, 36 negs, 1 proof - all photographed with L.A. book of artists
in mind- made to be used for a book showing the relationship between L.A. artists and
the kind of life they lived. Everything was shot with a specific idea in mind. Book
was not made." 31 prints, mostly 8 x 10.
Box 36
Black-and-white negatives
Ed Ruscha signing prints at Tamarind,
1969
Scope and Content Note
McMillan's handwritten notes on the envelope read, "Ed Ruscha, 35mm - Ed Ruscha
Signing Prints at Tamarind, 1969; Ed & June Wayne, 1969, negs #27, 28, 29 Pasadena
Art Museum, 1969, #14, 15, total for three above = 95 negs, 3 proofs; - Ed at Cirrus
Talking with Artists, friend Jerry Anderson and Others 23 negs, 1 proof - Total negs,
118 negs, 4 proofs."
Box 3, Folder 1
8 x 10
Scope and Content Note
Five prints including four 8 x 10 prints showing Ed Ruscha signing his art and
one 8 x 10 print showing Ed Ruscha sitting with June Wayne; both have pencils
clenched in their teeth.
Box 6, Folder 3
10 1/2 x 6 and smaller
Scope and Content Note
Two prints including one 10 1/2 x 5 print showing Ruscha signing his art, and one
10 1/2 x 6 that shows Ruscha crossing his eyes.
Box 32
Black-and-white negatives
Ed Ruscha and Danna, 35mm,
1966-1970
Scope and Content Note
McMillan's handwritten notes on the envelope read, "Ed Ruscha & Danna" 35mm negs
- Ed and Danna/ Ed Looking at his Sunset book and checking his
Artforum cover, 38 negs, 1 proof, 1 print 6" x 9" - Danna Ruscha/ Ed
with books on his head and books piled on him, 36 negs, 1 proof, 1 copy, 2
announcements 6 x 4 1/4", 1 announcement 8 x 8" - "Danna Ruscha / Ed with his books,
36 negs, 1 proof, 1 copy - Total negs, 110 negs, 3 proofs, 2 copies."
Box 5, Folder 2
Ed Ruscha posing alone and with his wife
Scope and Content Note
Thirteen prints including four 8 x 10 prints showing different views of Ruscha
looking at his press proofs; one 8 x 10 print of Ruscha with a phone to his ear,
holding his art work; one 8 x 10 print of Ruscha in front of his painting
Los Angeles County Museum of Art on Fire; one 8 x 10 print showing
Ruscha with several of his published books perched on his head; one 6 x 8 print
showing Ruscha holding his book
Real Estate
Opportunities
; two 8 x 10 prints showing Ruscha unfolding his book
Every Building on the Sunset Strip; one 8 x 10 print
showing Ruscha posing with bow and arrow; one 8 x 10 print of close-up headshot
showing Danna Ruscha looking at Ed Ruscha in profile; one 8 x 10 print showing Ed
Ruscha and Danna Ruscha posing in a phone booth.
Box 12, Folder 3
Ed Ruscha posing with his books
Scope and Content Note
Two prints including one 11 x 14 print showing Ruscha lifting his books above his
head, and one 11 x 14 print showing Ruscha on the floor with his books spread
around him.
Box 32
Black-and-white negatives
Ed Ruscha and Danna, Ed with shirt off, 2 1/4 negatives,
1971
Scope and Content Note
McMillan's handwritten notes on the envelope read, "Ed Ruscha & Danna, Ed with
shirt off, 2 1/4" negs - 108 negs, 9 proofs."
Box 5, Folder 1
8 x 10 and smaller
Scope and Content Note
Thirteen prints include seven 8 x 8 prints and one 8 x 10 print showing a
shirtless Ruscha in different poses; one 8 x 10 print showing a shirtless Ruscha
with his wife Danna Ruscha standing behind him, her hands on his shoulders; one 8
x 10 print showing Ruscha in a suit and Danna Ruscha in a lace dress; one 8 x 10
print of Ruscha wearing a suit and hat, holding a cigarillo; one 8 x 8 print of
Ruscha wearing a suit, holding a cigarillo and tipping his hat, and one 8 x 8
print of Ruscha wearing a suit, exhaling smoke.
Box 12, Folder 2
11 x 14
Scope and Content Note
Three prints including one of Ruscha posing shirtless wearing a black hat, and
two of Ruscha posing shirtless with his wife Danna Ruscha.
Box 33
Black-and-white negatives
Ed Ruscha and Danna and Eddie Jr.,
1971
Scope and Content Note
McMillan's handwritten notes on the envelope read, "Ed Ruscha & Danna and Eddie,
Jr.; Ed and Danna Ruscha with Eddie Jr, (Frenchie)- Ed Dressed as a Rabbit. 25 negs, 1
proof, 34 negs, 1 proof 6 negs, 2 proofs - Ed and Danna Ruscha, Ed with wet face, Ed
with Penny Little who dropped by, 36 negs, 1 proof, 2 test strip prints - Ed and Danna
Ruscha, 36 negs, 1 proof, 1 copy - Ed and Danna Ruscha, Ed with shirt off and cowboy
hat, 37 negs, 1 proof - Ed with his truck and plants in the back of his truck, 5 negs,
1 proof - Total negs- 179 negs, 8 proofs." Two contact sheets and two prints found in
this envelope were moved to the corresponding project negatives and contact sheets:
the contact sheets to Box 33, and the 8 x 10 prints to Box 5, Folder 1.
Box 5, folder 3
Prints
Scope and Content Note
Twelve prints including four 5 x 7 and eight 8 x 10 prints of Ruscha posing with
his wife Danna and son Eddie, Jr.
Box 33
Black-and-white negatives
Ed Ruscha and Joe Goode,
1969-1970
Scope and Content Note
McMillan's handwritten notes on the envelope read, "Ed Ruscha & Joe Goode, 21
negs, 1 proof - At Ann's Hamburger Stand on Santa Monica Blvd, 21 negs, 1 proof, 1 b
& w print, 4 11/16 x 6 7/8"; - Ed & Blair Sabol, a friend of Ed's, 8 negs, 1
proof; - Joe Goode, Ed Ruscha on our way to Nickodell's Restaurant 2 negs, 1 proof; -
Ed Ruscha, Joe Goode, & Valerie Cummings in Jerry's Studio, 1969, 35 negs, 1
proof; - 35 + 21 +8 + 2 = 66 negs in all."
Box 3, folder 3
Prints
Scope and Content Note
Twelve prints including five 6 x 8 prints showing Goode and Ruscha sitting at an
outdoor restaurant called Ann's Hamburger stand; two 6 x 8 prints showing Goode and
Ruscha walking on the sidewalk, with Nickodell Restaurant in the background; one 6 x
8 print of Ruscha and Goode standing next to each other in half-length portrait,
smiling; two 6 x 8 prints of Ruscha in close-up portraits, wearing a decorated
shirt, and two 8 x 10 half-length portraits of Ruscha sitting in a diner wearing
sunglasses.
Box 33
Black-and-white negatives
Box 43*, folder 4
Ed Ruscha and Joe Goode - Newport Harbor Exhibition,
1968
Scope and Content Note
Five 12 x 12 color prints of Ruscha and Goode on horseback, used as the catalogue
cover image for their 1968 joint exhibition at the Newport Harbor Art Museum. No
negatives are present in the collection. McMillan's handwritten notes on the envelope
read, "Exhibition presented at Newport Harbor at the Pavilion, 1968 - 1 catalogue
cover picture; No color – transparency - 1 B+W announcement, no negs."
Ed Ruscha and Walter Hopps at Walter's house,
1963
Scope and Content Note
McMillan's handwritten notes on the envelope read, "Ed Ruscha & Walter Hopps at
Hopps' House, and unknown woman, about 1963, 18 negs, 2 proofs, 2 prints, 7 3/8" x 7
3/4", Christmas Tree, 7 7/16" x 7 7/18"."
Box 3, folder 4
Prints
Scope and Content Note
Six 8 x 8 prints of Ruscha and Hopps sitting in chairs in Hopps's house, smoking
and talking.
Box 33
Black-and-white negatives
Ed Ruscha color - Ed and his books,
2012
Scope and Content Note
McMillan's handwritten notes on the envelope read, "Proof sheet, disc, invitation, 1
print image, 11 3/8" x 9 5/8", paper size 19" x 13"."
Box 43*, folder 5
Print
Scope and Content Note
One 16 x 20 digital color print and two 8 1/2 x 11 color digital contact sheets of
photographs of Ruscha taken by McMillan for the Gagosian Gallery exhibition Ed
Ruscha - Books & Co. The image is an update of McMillan's photograph of
Ruscha on the floor covered with his own books.
box 42, item CM2
Computer disc with image files
2012
Ed Ruscha with his Books, digital image files
Physical Description:
.06
GB
(38 files)
Scope and Content Note
1 computer disc (DVD-R) : digital ; 4 3/4 in. Disc is titled: Ed Rusha with his
Books / 2012 Photos-Jerry McMillan. CM2 contains: 17 Canon RAW (.cr2); 2 Adobe
Photoshop (.psd); 2 Tagged Image File Format (.tif); 17 Extensible Metadata Platform
Format (.xmp) side car files.
Ed Ruscha, Joe Goode and Jerry McMillan on Ed's car, on stairs and hand over
eyes,
1970
Scope and Content Note
McMillan's handwritten notes on the envelope read, "Ed Ruscha, Joe Goode and Jerry
McMillan on Ed's car, on stairs and hands over eyes, 11 negs, 1 proof, 1 b&w print
6 1/2 x 9 1/2", 1 invitation 5 x 7 1/2"."
Box 3, folder 5
Prints
Scope and Content Note
Seven prints including three 8 x 10 prints featuring McMillan, Ruscha, and Goode
sitting on the back of Ruscha's 1939 Chevrolet; one 7 x 10 print and one 8 x 10
print showing the three artists standing abreast of each other in two different
poses with hands up shading their eyes, and one 8 x 10 print of the artists posing
on an outdoor staircase.
Box 33
Contact sheets
Scope and Content Note
Negatives are not present, contact sheets only.
Ed Ruscha Says Goodbye to College Joys,
1967
Scope and Content Note
McMillan's handwritten notes on the envelope read, "Ed Ruscha says goodbye to college
joys" - 1 printed magazine work, 1967, 72 negs, 6 proofs, 1 photo of Nancy Ames whose
bed we used for photo. I also shot the photo of Nancy for Nancy." An 11 x 14 print of
Nancy Ames originally from this envelope has been rehoused in Box 8 Folder 3 under the
Mason Williams and Nancy Ames project file folder to correspond with the project
arrangement of the negatives and contact sheets for this photograph, which themselves
are housed in Box 42.
Box 46*, Folder 2
Ed Ruscha posing in a bed with several women
Scope and Content Note
Three prints including two 16 x 20 prints of an enlarged contact sheet from the
project, showing Ruscha in bed with two women, and one 16 x 16 print of Ruscha with
two women.
Box 34
Black-and-white negatives
Box 3, Folder 6
Ed Ruscha - Unidentified project or no negatives,
circa 1960s
Scope and Content Note
Three 8 x 10 black-and-white prints of Ruscha from unidentified projects, with no
negatives present in the collection. Two prints show Ruscha posing holding his baby,
and one is a close-up portrait of Ruscha's head and shoulders.
Ed with Hollywood sign, color photos for
Life,
1972
Scope and Content Note
McMillan's handwritten notes on the envelope read, "Ed with Hollywood sign -
color/photos for Life '72 (shot for Life, but not used by
the magazine), 28 Wide Lux Color transparencies, 1 color print 4 x 10", 1 color print
4 x 10", 1 b&w print 4 x 10"."
Box 43*, Folder 6
Color
Scope and Content Note
Seven prints including six 8 x 10 color prints and one 10 x 12 print showing
Ruscha with the Hollywood sign in the background, with twenty-eight color
transparencies in the same folder.
Box 6, Folder 3
Black-and-white
Scope and Content Note
One 8 x1 0 black-and-white digital print of Ruscha standing in front of the
Hollywood sign, wearing a hat.
Ed Ruscha with "Su" painting,
1961-1962
Scope and Content Note
McMillan's handwritten notes on the envelope read, "Ed Ruscha with Su
painting, 1967- Ed with Painting Su, 28 negs, 3 proofs, 2 Beach Towels by
Ed, 4 negs total for two above = 32 negs, 3 proofs - One photo print of Su Hall, Ed's
girlfriend at Chouinard, 6 11/16 x 4 11/16", 8 negs, 2 proofs."
Box 6, Folder 3
Ed Ruscha dressed in his naval uniform with his painting,
Su
Scope and Content Note
One 8 1/2 x 11 digital print of Ruscha standing in front of a painting with his
naval uniform hat on the floor in front of him, a cigarette in his mouth.
Box 3, Folder 7
Ed Ruscha posing in his Naval Reserve uniform
Scope and Content Note
Four prints including one 8 x 10 print of Ruscha standing in front of a painting
with his naval uniform hat on the floor in front of him, cigarette in his mouth;
one 8 x 10 print of Ed Ruscha standing with a flag tied around his torso; one 8 x
10 print of Ed Ruscha wrapped in an American flag and wearing a naval hat; and one
5x7 print of Su Hall seated in front of a small painting.
Box 34
Black-and-white negatives
Paul Sarkisian,
1968
Scope and Content Note
McMillan's handwritten notes on the envelope read, "Paul Sarkisian, 1968, 73 negs, 3
proofs, 1 catalogue with my photo on the cover."
Box 34
Black-and-white negatives
Box 34
Contact sheets
Scope and Content Note
A paper window was originally taped to a contact sheet test strip highlighting
frame 13. A handwritten note in pencil by McMillan states, "Used for Paul's
catalogue, Pasadena Art Museum. I designed it."
Barbara T. Smith,
Scope and Content Note
McMillan's handwritten notes on the envelope read, "Barbara T. Smith - 50 negs, 6
proofs, 3 digital color prints to show how some of these photos were used."
Box 10, Folder 1
Portrait of Barbara T. Smith seated with paper bag covering her
torso
Scope and Content Note
One 10 1/2 x 10 1/2 print of a nude Smith seated on floor with paper bag covering
the upper half of her body. Some tape damage on top edge.
Box 43*, Folder 7
Color digital print of McMillan boxes featuring Smith
photographs
Scope and Content Note
Present are two color 6 x 6 digital prints, although the envelope says there
should be three.
Box 35
Black-and-white negatives
James Turrell,
1969
Scope and Content Note
McMillan's handwritten notes on the envelope read, "James Turrell, 1969, and three
negs of Nick Wilder - Photos made for
Life
magazine to
match up with Robert Irwin and Doug Wheeler photos made for Fort Worth Art Center
Museum - James Turrell, 45 negs, 4 proofs, 1 copy, 2 photo prints 11 3/9" x 10 " / 11
3/8 x 10"; - Nick Wilder, 3 negs, total 48 negs." This project was originally arranged
by McMillan in an envelope together with the Fred Eversley material.
Box 10, Folder 2
James Turrell portrait prints for
Life
magazine
Scope and Content Note
Five prints including four 11 x 14 prints and one 11 x 12 print of James Turrell
posing with a wooden crate for a Life magazine project. The verso of
one print reads, "Photo was to work with Irwin and Wheeler photos I took."
Box 35
Black-and-white negatives
John Vidnic,
1962
Scope and Content Note
McMillan's handwritten notes on the envelope read,"60 negs, 5 proofs, 2 vintage
prints, 1962/3, 13 7/16" x 10 ½", 11 1/8 x 10 ½". John was a commercial
artist/designer and excellent watercolorist."
Box 10, folder 1
Prints
Scope and Content Note
Two 11 x 14 portraits of John Vidnic sitting at a drawing desk.
Box 35
Black-and-white negatives
Diana Vitale,
1959-1962
Scope and Content Note
McMillan's handwritten notes on the envelope read, "Painter, fashion illustrator,
artist, Chouinard grad, 117 2 ¼ negs, 10 proofs, 2 2 ¼ x 3 3/16 negs, 2 proofs, total:
119 negs, 12 proofs - 4 mounted vintage prints of Diana, 13 ¾ x 10 13/16", 13 1/8" x
10 7/8", 13 13/16" x 10 ¾", 13 5/8" x 10 3/8" - 1 unmounted vintage print, 13 3/8" x
10 ½", 2 announcements - 1 mounted art work for Diana's announcement with printing
bill, 1962."
Box 47*, Folder 1
Diana Vitale posing
Scope and Content Note
Five prints including four 16 x 20 mounted prints of Vitale in different poses,
and one 16 x 20 advertisement poster mock-up.
Box 10, Folder 1
Diana Vitale in a dark doorway
Scope and Content Note
One 11 x 14 print of Vitale standing in a dark stone doorway, dimly lit by
overhead moonlight.
Box 36
Black-and-white negatives
Walter Hopps, Jerry McMillan Wants to See You!,
1963-1964
Scope and Content Note
McMillan's handwritten notes on the envelope read, "(contacts and negs) #12 toaster -
story of this photo and its meaning is inside, copied from Photographing the
L.A. Art Scene, 1958-75, 22 2 1/4" negs, 2 proofs sheets, 1 copy."
Box 46*, folder 3
Prints
Scope and Content Note
One 16 x 20 print of McMillan's reflection in a toaster along with a message
addressed to Walter Hopps.
Box 36
Black-and-white negatives
War Babies, 1939-1961,
1961
Scope and Content Note
Images from the 1961 exhibition at Huysman Gallery, which included artists Larry
Bell, Ed Bereal, Joe Goode, and Ron Miyashiro. McMillan's handwritten notes on the
envelope read, "
War Babies, 1961 - 48 stars cloth flag,
53" x 91", 1961 - 18 negs, 2 proofs, in the Huysman Gallery - 3 prints, 8 x 8, never
seen before - 24 negs, 2 proofs, photos of some art works - 1 8 x 10 neg of total
announcement, 1 copy print, 1 CD of
War Babies - 2 real
War Babies announcements, 1961 - 1
X-tra magazine,
War Babies
image on pg. 67."
Box 6, Folder 4
Exhibition images
Scope and Content Note
Three 9 1/2 x 11 prints taken at the War Babies exhibition at
Huysman Gallery in Los Angeles. One of the images features Goode alone, one shows
Goode and Henry Hopkins, and one is of Hopkins alone.
Poster images
Scope and Content Note
Prints of the War Babies image used on the advertisement poster,
featuring Bell, Bereal, Goode, and Miyashiro sitting around a table.
Box 10, Folder 1
8 1/2 x 11
Scope and Content Note
One 8 1/2 x 11 digital print of the War Babies exhibition
advertisement poster image featuring Bell, Bereal, Goode and Miyashiro sitting
around a table.
Box 36
Black-and-white negatives
box 42, item CM1
Computer disc with image files,
2010
Scope and Content Note
Born-digital material unavailable until reformatted; access to original media
restricted. Contact Reference for information regarding reformatting.
West Coast, 1945-1969 exhibition catalogue cover,
1969
Scope and Content Note
McMillan's handwritten notes on the envelope read, "Pasadena Art Museum catalogue -
30 negs, 2 proofs - 1 black-and-white print - 1 West Coast catalogue with
Jerry McMillan photos of 8 artists inside - Jerry also designed the catalogue."
Box 10, folder 1
Print
Scope and Content Note
One 11 x 11 print of ocean surf scene used on the cover of the catalogue for the
West Coast, 1945-1969
exhibition.
Box 36
Black-and-white negatives
Scope and Content Note
A handwritten note by McMillan reads, "Also with friend Ed Angell who was my chrome
plater in Santa Monica."
Doug Wheeler and Robert Irwin - Fort Worth Art Center Catalogue,
1968-1969
Scope and Content Note
McMillan's handwritten notes on the envelope read, "Doug Wheeler, 55 negs, 5 proofs,
Fort Worth Art Museum Catalogue designed by Jerry McMillan, photo request MCAX6D -
Robert (Bob) Irwin, 99 negs, 8 proofs, 1 print, 7 5/8" x 7 ½". Total: 154 negs, 13
proofs, 1 catalogue, 2 copies."
Box 10, Folder 3
Doug Wheeler and Robert Irwin portraits
Scope and Content Note
Five prints including one 11 x 14 portrait of Wheeler astride a chair, and one 11
x 14 print and three 11 x 12 prints of Irwin posing and gesturing.
Box 2, Folder 1
Robert Irwin seated
Scope and Content Note
One 8 x 10 image of Irwin, arranged with other Irwin material under "I."
Box 37
Black-and-white negatives
Charles E. White III,
1964-1965
Scope and Content Note
McMillan's handwritten notes on the envelope read, "1 printed 'moving' announcement,
1964, 19 2/8" x 16", 1964 - 1 photographic print of Charles and model, 1964, 19 2/8" x
16", 1964 - 1 photographic print of just the model, 19 7/8 x 16", 1964; 57 negs, 5
proofs, 1965; 94 negs, 10 proofs, 1964; - 'Get to Know This Face,' 1964; – 1 copy of
printed mailer - 'Get to Know This Face,' 27 x 4"."
Box 46*, folder 4
Prints
Scope and Content Note
Two 16 x 20 prints including one showing White posing clothed with a nude female
model, and one showing the model posing alone.
Box 37
Black-and-white negatives
Mason Williams and Nancy Ames,
1962, 1967
Scope and Content Note
McMillan's handwritten notes on the envelope read, "Mason – 163 negs, 15 proofs, 2
photo prints 9 ½ x 7 3/8", 1 photo print 7 5/8 x 7 5/8" (1962-63), 2 digital prints, 7
¾ x 7 5/8" (2013); - Nancy – 85 negs, 3 proofs, 1 print 14 x 9 ¾"; - Mason – Mason's
book cover for book Boneless Roast, 24 negs."
Mason Williams with banjo
Box 8, Folder 3
Nancy Ames, 1967
Scope and Content Note
One 11 x 14 full portrait of Ames wearing black, arranged alphabetically under
"Ames."
Box 38
Black-and-white negatives
Maurice Yanez,
1963
Scope and Content Note
McMillan's handwritten notes on the envelope read, "1963- 96 negs, 8 proofs, 1 print
10 7/16 x 11 9/16", vintage."
Box 10, Folder 1
Close-up of Maurice Yanez
Scope and Content Note
One 11 x 14 print of Yanez's face in close-up.
Box 46*, Folder 1
Maurice Yanez standing behind a camera
Scope and Content Note
One 16 x 20 print of Yanez standing behind a tripod, mounted to board.
Box 2, Folder 9
Portrait of Jerry McMillan by Maurice Yanez
Scope and Content Note
One portrait of McMillan standing behind a tripod, created during Yanez shoot. No
negative is present in the collection.
Box 39
Black-and-white negatives
Series II. Other Artworks,
1959-1968
Physical Description:
1 Linear
Feet
(one box, one folder).
Scope and Content Note
Series II is comprised of two paper bag sculptures and one mixed media collage.
Box 46*, Folder 1
Ed Ruscha mixed media collage,
1959
Scope and Content Note
McMillan's handwritten notes on the envelope read, "Mixed media art piece using
black-and-white photo of Ed Ruscha, designed by Jerry McMillan." The photograph used
in the art piece shows a 1959 photograph of Ed Ruscha in the grass, negatives for
which are in the "1818" project file in box 18.
box 50
Paper bag sculptures,
1965, 1968
Scope and Content Note
The two photo sculptures include
Untitled (Wrinkled Bag) from 1965,
and
Untitled (Photo on Studio Wall) from 1968. Restricted access;
curatorial approval required.
Box 13
United States flag,
circa 1959
Scope and Content Note
Unavailable pending conservation. One United States fabric flag with 48 stars. There
are multiple holes and frayed edges, and the cloth is threadbare and delicate. The
flag was used in McMillan's Flag Series, War Babies
advertisement photographs, and images of Ruscha in which he wears a Navy uniform and
poses with the flag wrapped around him.
Series III. Papers and ephemera,
1960-2014
Physical Description:
5.46 Linear
Feet
(six boxes).
Scope and Content Note
Series III contains papers and ephemera relating to McMillan's exhibitions, to
exhibitions of fellow artists featuring his photography, including postcards,
announcements, posters, and drafts of panel text. The series also contains several
catalogues McMillan designed and illustrated with his photographs. Also present are
personal notes and correspondence, and photocopies of contact sheets and prints on which
McMillan has made notes or added his signature. See scope and contents notes for
individual projects in Series I for McMillan's handwritten notes about corresponding
collection materials. Additional catalogs designed or illustrated by McMillan have been
transferred to the Library and will be available after cataloging.
Arrangement
Material is arranged alphabetically.
Box 40, Folder 1
24 Young Los Angeles Artists,
1971
Scope and Content Note
Original LACMA exhibition announcement using McMillan's photograph of the 24
participating artists sitting on the LACMA stairs.
box 41, folder 1-2
Artweek and
Artforum magazines,
1979-1984
Scope and Content Note
Includes
Artforum
v. 18 n. 3, November, 1979;
Artweek
v. 10 n. 31, September 29, 1979;
Artweek
v. 10 n. 38, November 17, 1979;
Artweek
v. 11 n. 1, January 12, 1980;
Artweek
v. 11 n. 3, January 26, 1980;
Artweek
v. 11 n. 21, May 31, 1980;
Artweek
v. 11 n. 25, July 19, 1980;
Artweek
v. 12 n. 7, February 21, 1981;
Artweek
v. 12 n. 10, March 14, 1981;
Artweek
v. 12 n. 14, April 11, 1981;
Artweek
v. 12 n. 22, June 20, 1981;
Artweek
v. 12, n. 33, October 10, 1981;
Artweek
v. 15 n. 2, January 14, 1984; and
Artweek
v. 15 n. 9, March 3, 1984.
Box 48*, Folder 1
Patrick, Garie, Anastasia Blackwell promotional material,
1963
Scope and Content Note
Three 11 x 13 promotional posters designed by McMillan and featuring his photographs
of individual Blackwell family members.
Box 40, Folder 6
Announcement for McMillan show at Craig Krull Gallery,
2012
Scope and Content Note
Announcement for 2012 Jerry McMillan exhibition using one of his photos of Judy
Chicago in the boxing ring. Originally placed by McMillan with the Judy Chicago
material, relocated to the Jerry McMillan press and announcements file.
Box 48*, folder 2
Posters for Judy Chicago exhibitions,
1970,
2014
Scope and Content Note
Two posters for Judy Chicago exhibitions using McMillan's photographs of Judy
Chicago posing as a boxer. A 13 x 13 poster is for a 1970 exhibition at California
State University, Fullerton, and a 11 x 17 poster is for a 2012 Judy Chicago
exhibition at Penn State University Libraries.
Box 48*, Folder 3
Ronald Davis exhibition poster,
1967
Scope and Content Note
One 12 x 18 advertisement poster for a Ron Davis exhibition at Tibor de Nagy Gallery
in New York, October 11-29, 1967.
Box 48*, Folder 4
Don Everly album photocopy,
1970
Scope and Content Note
Color photocopies of a Don Everly album cover, recto and verso, and album insert, all
featuring McMillan photographs of Everly. The papers were originally stapled together
at the corners to replicate a 12" record album sleeve.
Box 40, Folder 2
Fred Eversley,
2011
Scope and Content Note
Announcement for the exhibition Now Dig This! Art & Black Los Angeles
1960-1980 featuring a McMillan portrait of Eversley.
Box 40, Folder 3
Joe Goode exhibition at Dilexi Gallery announcement and
ephemera
Scope and Content Note
Two identical 9 x 12 announcements for a Goode exhibition at Dilexi Gallery, May 13
- June 1, 1963, as well as letterhead, envelope, and business card with a portrait
of Goode printed on them.
Box 48*, Folder 5
Joe Goode exhibition at Nicholas Wilder Gallery announcement
posters
Scope and Content Note
Two 15 x 19 announcement posters for Goode's 1966 exhibition at Nicholas Wilder
Gallery, with a full-body portrait of Goode standing against a dark backdrop with
exhibition information at the bottom.
Box 48*, Folder 6
Joe Goode exhibition at Rolf Nelson Gallery announcement
posters
Scope and Content Note
Three 12 x 14 announcement posters for a 1963 Goode exhibition at Rolf Nelson
Gallery showing the image of a white house with handwritten information about the
exhibition in the top left corner.
Robert (Bob) Graham,
1967, 1985
Box 48*, Folder 7
Robert Graham exhibition at Nicholas Wilder Gallery announcement
poster
Scope and Content Note
One 15 x 15 announcement poster for a Graham exhibition at Nicholas Wilder Gallery,
January 24 - February 11, 1967.
box 1**
Robert Graham
Fragments exhibition poster
1985
Scope and Content Note
One 20 x 38 nnouncement poster for the Fragments exhibition at 48
Market Street, Venice, CA.
Box 40, Folder 4
Handwritten notes
Scope and Content Note
One page of handwritten notes found in Graham envelope #1 with negatives and
contact sheets.
Box 40, Folder 5
George Herms,
1992
Scope and Content Note
Announcement, booklet, and postcards for Herms's exhibition The Secret
Archives, September 8 - November 1, 1992 at Barnsdall Art Park, as well as
photocopies of contact sheets and prints.
Box 40, Folder 6
Jerry McMillan,
1981,
2011-2013
Scope and Content Note
Press items on McMillan and announcements for McMillan exhibitions. Two full
magazines include
Art Ltd. from 2011 in which pages 31
and 66-69 feature photographs by McMillan, marked by a sticky note. A
Black & White magazine from 2013 has a feature on
McMillan on pages 76-85. There are also three photocopies of short articles in which
McMillan was mentioned or featured.
Box 40, folder 20
Miscellaneous ephemera
1973-1991
Box 48*, Folder 8
Clark Murray exhibition at Nicholas Wilder Gallery announcement
poster,
1967
Scope and Content Note
One 16 x 18 poster announcement for a Clark Murray exhibition at Nicholas Wilder
Gallery, February 21 - March 11, 1967.
Box 40, Folder 7
Oklahoma Art Center,
1960
Scope and Content Note
McMillan's handwritten notes on envelope read, "Opening announcement, our first show,
1960, Patrick Blackwell, Joe Goode, Jerry McMillan, Ed Ruscha."
Pasadena Art Museum announcements and ephemera
1970-2005
Box 48*, Folder 9
Pasadena Art Museum advertisement posters
Scope and Content Note
Twelve advertising posters for the Pasadena Art Museum featuring photographs by
McMillan.
Box 40, folder 8-9
Pasadena Art Museum ephemera
Scope and Content Note
Papers and ephemera collected by McMillan relating to the Pasadena Art Museum
activities, including schedules and other material for art classes and workshops,
membership appeals, and photocopies of his photographic contact sheets with
McMillan's handwritten labels identifying persons and exhibitions. Also included is
a letter from the Armory Center of the Arts thanking McMillan for a loan.
Box 40, Folder 10
Pasadena's Choice,
1991
Scope and Content Note
Two announcements with a photograph by McMillan for group exhibition at the Armory
Center for the Arts.
Box 40, Folder 11
Photocopies of envelopes with metadata,
2015
Scope and Content Note
Black-and-white photocopies of the original collection envelopes featuring McMillan's
handwritten notes. These are the same envelopes as those preserved with the negatives
and contact sheets.
Box 40, Folder 12
Ed Ruscha and Danna,
1969-2012
Scope and Content Note
Photocopies of black-and-white contact sheets showing Ed Ruscha posing with his
family, and several postcard announcements featuring McMillan photographs of Ruscha,
including for Picturing Ed: Jerry McMillan's Photographs of Ed Ruscha,
1957-1970 at Craig Krull Gallery, 2004; Ed Ruscha: Reading Ed
Ruscha, 2012; and the group show Stand Still Like the
Hummingbird, 2012.
Box 48*, Folder 10
Ed Ruscha and Joe Goode Newport Harbor exhibition announcement,
1968
Scope and Content Note
One 11 x 14 black-and-white announcement poster featuring McMillan's photograph of Ed
Ruscha and Goode on horseback. The exhibition was presented at Newport Harbor at the
Balboa Pavilion, March 27 - April 21, 1968. A photocopy of the announcement is also
included.
Box 40, Folder 13
Ed Ruscha Color -
Ed Ruscha: Books & Co. exhibition
announcement,
2012
Box 48*, Folder 11
Ed Ruscha Says Goodbye to College Joys,
1967
Scope and Content Note
One 10 1/2 x 10 1/2 black-and-white print magazine image of Ruscha in bed with two
women, with title along the bottom, published in
Artforum magazine.
Business advertisements are on the verso. One of the women's arms has been outlined
and cut with a razor, a detail more visible on the verso. An 11 x 16 piece of
cardboard with McMillan's handwritten title, which originally held the magazine page
is also included. Another advertisement featuring Nancy Ames singing at the Plaza
Hotel in New York, originally placed in
Ed Ruscha Says Goodbye to College
Joys
project envelope, has been moved to the Mason Williams and Nancy Ames
project file, Box 40, Folder 19. A handwritten note in pencil on the Ames
advertisement states, "This was Nancy Ames's bed we used [for College Joys" photo
shoot], I made this photo of Nancy also." Negatives for McMillan's photograph of Nancy
Ames is stored with the Mason Williams and Nancy Ames project material in Box 38.
Box 40, Folder 14
Ed Ruscha with Hollywood sign, color photos for Life,
1972
Scope and Content Note
One envelope from
Life magazine that held color 35mm transparencies of
McMillan's photographs of Ruscha posing with the Hollywood sign.
Box 40, Folder 15
Paul Sarkisian at Pasadena Art Museum,
1968
Scope and Content Note
One foldout information catalogue about a Paul Sarkisian exhibition at Pasadena Art
Museum, featuring a photograph of the artist by McMillan.
Box 40, Folder 16
Diana Vitale exhibition announcement,
1962
Scope and Content Note
Two advertising announcements for Vitale featuring a McMillan portrait of the artist,
and a printing receipt and envelope from K & L Litho in Los Angeles.
Box 49*, Folder 1
War Babies original announcement posters
Scope and Content Note
Two original 17 x 22 announcement posters for the War Babies
exhibition at Huysman Gallery, May 29 - June 17, 1961. One poster has damaged,
brittle edges and one corner torn off, and also has light surface damage. The other
poster is in relatively good condition, and was originally housed in a glassine
envelope with the other War Babies material.
Box 40, Folder 17
War Babies ephemera
Scope and Content Note
One copy of
X-tra magazine, in which the War
Babies exhibition poster appears on page 67. Also included is a printer
receipt from Stat House-Colortone House printer.
Box 40, Folder 18
Doug Wheeler and Robert Irwin, Fort Worth Art Center,
1969
Scope and Content Note
One envelope and one letter from the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego. The letter
is a request for a Doug Wheeler image.
Box 48*, Folder 12
Charles E. White III moving announcement,
1964
Scope and Content Note
One 16 x 20 poster announcing White's business relocation to another address in Los
Angeles, featuring White and a nude female model, and one foldout advertising card
with images of White and text describing his business and contact information, with
the headline "Get to Know This Face!"
Box 40, Folder 19
Mason Williams and Nancy Ames,
1967
Scope and Content Note
One paperback book cover for Williams' book
Boneless
Roast
, featuring a McMillan photograph of packaged meat. Also included is an
magazine advertisement for a singing engagement by Ames at the Plaza Hotel in New
York, featuring a portrait of Ames by McMillan. The advertisement has a handwritten
note that reads, "This was Nancy Ames's bed we used. I made this photo of Nancy also,"
referring to the bed pictured in Ed Ruscha Says Goodby to College Joys
project, where McMillan placed it originally.
