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Personal papers, Series I. 1949-1997, undated

Physical Description: 7.5 Linear Feet(25 boxes)
Language of Material: English.

Scope and contents

Series I. Personal papers includes correspondence from 1970 to 1997, photographs mainly of trips, parties and other social gatherings, and different groupings of personal files, bearing no clear distinction between strictly private matters and the professional activities Tuchman was conducting outside of LACMA. A few family and childhood souvenirs are also present in the series.

Arrangement

This series is arranged in three subseries: Series I.A. Correspondence, 1970-1997, undated; Series I.B. Photographs, 1952, 1966-1996, undated; Series I.C. Miscellaneous, 1949-1950, 1957-1995, undated.
 

Correspondence, Series I.A. 1970-1997, undated

Physical Description: 0.8 Linear Feet(2 boxes)

Scope and contents

Series I.A. Correspondence includes correspondence that was found loose throughout the archive, and has been consolidated by the archivist. Most of the messages are of a formal nature such as holiday or birthday wishes. All the correspondence is received, if not otherwise noted.

Arrangement

Arranged alphabetically.
box 1, folder 1

Abbott, Maggie, 1977

box 1, folder 2

Alexander, Don and Margaret, undated

box 1, folder 3

Arikha, Avigdor, 1971, 1980, 1993, undated

box 1, folder 4

Bachardy, Don, undated

box 1, folder 5

Belloli, Jay, 1994

box 1, folder 6

Best, Owen, 1993

box 1, folder 7

Bond, Vivian, 1980

box 1, folder 8

Bordoni, Vári, 1980

box 1, folder 9

Bunkin, Jane Ilsa, 1981

box 1, folder 10

Carhartt, Elaine, 1979

box 1, folder 11

Christo and Jeanne-Claude, undated

box 1, folder 12

Christy, George, 1980

box 1, folder 13

Clark, Candy, 1981

box 1, folder 14

Corbally Stourton, Patrick, 1993

box 1, folder 15

Drabbe-Seemann, Virginia H., 1993

box 1, folder 16

Dyer, Christine Adrian, 1993, undated

box 1, folder 17

Edelstein, Abe, 1994

box 1, folder 18

Edelstein, Mark and Jacqueney, Stephanie, 1994

box 1, folder 19

Eshleman, Clayton, 1994

box 1, folder 20

Faust, [?], 1993

Scope and Contents

Letter sent.
box 1, folder 21

Fraser, Robert, 1993

box 1, folder 22

French, Sherry, 1980

box 1, folder 23

Freudenheim, Tom L., 1992

box 1, folder 24

Ganz, Jo Ann and Julian, 1976

box 1, folder 25

Georgescu, Chris, 1976

box 1, folder 26

Gilson, Candiece, 1979

box 1, folder 27

Gottlieb, Jane, undated

box 1, folder 28

Graham, Robert, 1980

box 1, folder 29

Hammersley, Frederick, undated

box 1, folder 30

Hanke, Lynn, 1988

box 1, folder 31

Helander, Natalie G., 1981

box 1, folder 32

Hennear, Claudia, 1980

box 1, folder 33

Hershman-Leeson, Lynn, 1976

box 1, folder 34

Hoffmann, Judith von, 1994

box 1, folder 35

Hudson, Ann and Ed, undated

box 1, folder 36

Hurt, Jan, 1982

box 1, folder 37

Inggenheim, Barbara, undated

box 1, folder 38

Kienholz, Ed [Edward] and Lyn, undated

box 1, folder 39

Kitaj, R. B., 1976, 1980, 1992, undated

box 1, folder 40

Kjellstroim, Louise, 1981

box 60, folder 1

Kluge, Patricia, 1994

box 1, folder 41

Kutten, Ellen, 1979

box 1, folder 42

Jordan, Bill, 1981

box 1, folder 43

Lair, Tiger, 1980

Scope and Contents

Empty envelope.
box 1, folder 44

Lassus, Christine de, 1976

Scope and Contents

Empty envelope.
box 1, folder 45

Lazarus, Edward, undated

box 60, folder 2

Lindstrom, Brent and Candiece, 1987

box 1, folder 46

Livingstone, S., undated

box 1, folder 47

Lovelace, Charles E. Junior, 1993

box 1, folder 48

Mallory, Ronald, 1976, undated

box 1, folder 49

McClain, Connie, undated

box 1, folder 50

McConnick, Hank, undated

box 1, folder 51

Mitchell, Tommy, undated

box 1, folder 52

Morgan, Edith, 1976

box 1, folder 53

Morrill, Alexa, undated

box 1, folder 54

Mouris, Caroline and Frank, 1979-1980

box 1, folder 55

Nasi von Zeitschel, Barbara, 1980

box 1, folder 56

Nedd, Priscilla, 1978

box 1, folder 57

Ray, Tracy, 1994, undated

box 1, folder 58

Resnick, Marcia, undated

box 1, folder 59

Rubaloff, Noel K., 1970?

box 1, folder 60

Ryder, Susanne, undated

box 1, folder 61

Serger, Helen, undated

box 1, folder 62

Sherman, Ron and Graciela, 1993

Scope and Contents

Empty envelope.
box 1, folder 63

Shirai, Masato, 1993

box 1, folder 64

Soldini, Simone, 1994

box 1, folder 65

Solomon, Mike, undated

box 1, folder 66

Stassari, Andree, undated

box 2, folder 1

Thomas, Morgan, 1976

box 2, folder 2

Valera, Jennifer de, 1976

box 2, folder 3

Vallier, Nathalie, 1976

box 2, folder 4

Vecsey, Esther de, 1980

box 2, folder 5

Viatte, Germaine, 1994

box 2, folder 6

Wegman, Gayle, undated

box 2, folder 7

Weil, Wendy, undated

Scope and Contents

Letter sent.
box 2, folder 8

Weiss, Jan, 1993

box 2, folder 9

Wilson, Robert M., undated

box 2, folder 10-13, box 60

Unidentified, 1976-1982, 1992-1997, undated

 

Photographs, Series I.B. 1952-1996, undated

Physical Description: 2.3 Linear Feet(12 boxes)

Scope and contents

Series I.B. Photographs includes photographs of a personal nature, such as documentation of trips, parties and other social gatherings, the demolition of Tuchman's house and the building of a new residence on his lot in the Hollywood Hills.

Arrangement

The photographs were for the most part found together with their corresponding negatives in the paper folders of the photo shop where they had been developed. These groupings have been retained, and the archivist has named them with general titles such as "parties" and "travels," ordered alphabetically. Photos that were found loose in the boxes have been grouped together under "loose unidentified;" for the most part, those are portraits of Tuchman with other individuals.
box 3, folder 1

Cactus, undated

box 3, folder 2

Carole, 1994

box 3, folder 3

City view and office space, undated

box 60, folder 4

Dinner, 1996?

box 3, box 14

Family photographs, 1952, undated

Scope and Contents

Box 14, folder 4 includes photographs of a drawing by Tuchman.
box 3, folder 5-8

House, approximately 1992-1994, undated

box 3, box 4

Kluge, John Werner, undated

box 4, folder 5

Malik, Ijaz, 1993

box 4, folder 6

McCrum, Lindsay, 1994, undated

box 4, box 5, box 6, box 7, box 8, box 9, box 14

Parties, 1975, 1987-1996, undated

box 60, folder 5

Photograph album, 1972, 1981, undated

Scope and Contents

Includes one photograph of Ed Kienholz and one of Joseph Beuys, both dated 1972.
 

Portraits, 1971-1980, 1992-1994, undated

box 10, box 14, box 60

Tuchman, Maurice, 1975-1980, 1993, undated

box 10, box 14

Unidentified, 1971-1980, 1992-1994, undated

Scope and Contents

Box 10, folder 2 includes two photographs of Tuchman with Roy Lichtenstein and two unidentified individuals believed to be Larry Rivers and Dorothy Lichtenstein.
 

Travels, 1966-1979, 1989-1996, undated

box 11, box 14

General, 1970, 1979, 1992, undated

box 12, folder 1

Argentina, 1992-1993, undated

box 12, folder 2

Bahamas, 1996

box 14, folder 8

Bomarzo, 1966

box 12, folder 3

Brazil, undated

box 12, folder 4

England, undated

box 12, folder 5

"Kienholz hunting trip," 1967

box 12, folder 6-7

Morocco, 1994-1995?

box 60, folder 7

Roadtrip, 1989?

box 12, folder 8-10

Thailand, undated

box 12, folder 11

Venezuela?, 1975?

box 13, box 14, box 60, box 65*

Loose unidentified, 1968-1994, undated

 

Miscellaneous, Series I.C. 1949-1950, 1957-1995, undated

Physical Description: 4.4 Linear Feet(11 boxes)
Language of Material: English.

Scope and contents

Series I.C. Miscellaneous includes three separate series of material originally arranged by Tuchman in folders, and some loose material. The "Mommele" folders include family souvenirs and material regarding Tuchman's parents, whereas the other two are characterized by an overlapping of strictly personal material, together with some professional correspondence, and material on Tuchman's own art collection and documents related to other professional activities Tuchman was carrying on outside of the museum. The grouping A to M is clearly the first half of an alphabetical group, and all the N to Z material is missing. Some loose material is present at the end of the series.

Arrangement

Arranged in two groupings: personal files, and loose material.
 

Personal files, 1949, 1957-1995, undated

 

General, 1962-1989, undated

box 15, box 16, box 59, box 60

General, 1962-1982, 1989, undated

Scope and Contents

Box 15, folder 1 includes correspondence with Avigdor Arikha. Box 15, folder 2 includes correspondence with Arikha and R. B. Kitaj. Box 15, folder 3 includes correspondence with Arikha, Kitaj, Billy Kluver, Nancy Rubin and Susan Sontag. Box 15, folder 5 includes correspondence with Philip Guston and Lucy R. Lippard.Box 16, folder 1 includes correspondence with John Baldessari and Meyer Shapiro.Box 59, folder 1 includes the cover of the catalog of the exhibition Man Ray (LACMA 1966) signed to Tuchman by the artist.Due to privacy issues, some documents have been removed from these folders and are SEALED for Tuchman's lifetime in box 63.
box 16, folder 2

"1970," 1966-1970, undated

box 16, folder 2

Friends, 1966-1970, undated

Scope and Contents

Includes correspondence with Avigdor Arikha, R. B. Kitaj and Piotr Kowalski.
box 16, box 59

Personal Correspondence, 1966-1970, undated

Scope and Contents

Folder 3 includes correspondence with Avigdor Arikha, Eugenia Butler, Lyn Kienholz, Pierre Restany, Holly Solomon.
 

"1971," 1969-1971, 1982, undated

box 16, folder 5

General, 1969-1971, undated

Scope and Contents

Includes correspondence with Avigdor Arikha, John Baldessari, Ed and Lyn Kienholz, Sol LeWitt, Claes Oldenburg, Bob Rafelson.
box 16, folder 6

Letters, 1971, 1982, undated

Scope and Contents

Includes correspondence with Avigdor Arikha.
box 16, box 66*

"1972," 1971-1972, undated

Scope and Contents

Includes correspondence with Avigdor Arikha, and Claes Oldenburg. Due to privacy issues, some documents have been removed and are SEALED for Tuchman's lifetime in box 63.
box 17, folder 1

"1973," 1972-1973, undated

box 17, box 60

1975-1979 personal and miscellaneous mail, 1974-1978, undated

Scope and Contents

Due to privacy issues, some documents have been removed from this folder and are SEALED for Tuchman's lifetime in box 63.
box 17, box 60

"1980," 1973-1980, undated

box 17, folder 8

"1982," 1967, 1976-1982, undated

Scope and Contents

Includes correspondence with Avigdor Arikha and R. B. Kitaj.Due to privacy issues, some documents have been removed from this folder and are SEALED until 2057 in box 63.
box 17, box 60

"1984," 1983-1984, undated

Scope and Contents

Includes correspondence with Avigdor Arikha, Jim Dine, and R. B. Kitaj.
box 18, folder 1

Auto DMV insurance etc., 1969-1982, undated

Scope and Contents

Due to privacy issues, some documents have been removed from this folder and are SEALED for Tuchman's lifetime in box 63.
box 18, folder 2

Divorce, 1969-1978, undated

box 63, folder 8

Income tax return, 1964-1980, undated

Scope and Contents

Due to privacy issues, this folder is SEALED for Tuchman's lifetime.
box 18, folder 3-4

MT/BT [Maurice Tuchman/Blossom Plumb Tuchman], 1972-1974

box 18, folder 5

October 4, undated

box 18, folder 6

PhD, 1973

box 18, folder 7-8

Pinyon Crest, 1972-1973, undated

 

Publicity, 1974-1979, undated

box 27, item C11

1 audiocassette: analog; 3 7/8 x 2 1/2 in., 1/8 in. tape., 1975

Scope and Contents

Papers in box 28, folder 1. Unavailable until reformatted.
box 18, box 60

Papers, 1974-1979, undated

box 18, folder 10

Sandra/MT, undated

Scope and Contents

Includes Tuchman's curriculum vitae.
box 18, box 60

Stella P.T.G.; Oldenburg L.C. [ Lingerie Counter], 1971-1973, undated

 

A-M folders, 1957, 1964-1969, 1975-1995, undated

box 19, box 60

Aboriginal art: offerings, misc., 1982, 1990-1991, undated

box 19, folder 2

Adler, Warren, 1991, undated

box 19, folder 3

Allstate [insurance company], 1995, undated

box 19, folder 4-5

Art and ecology, 1957, 1964-1967, 1975-1981, undated

box 19, folder 6

Art newsletter, 1991-1992

 

Astral Drive, 1991, 1994

box 19, folder 7

Annual tax bill, 1991

box 19, folder 8

Property deed, 1994

box 19, box 60

Austral Gallery, 1989-1991, undated

box 19, folder 10

BMW, 1991-1992, undated

box 19, folder 11

Bridgestone [empty folder]

box 19, folder 12

California Fair Plan Association, 1994

box 19, folder 13

Catalogs and receipts, 1994-1995, undated

box 20, folder 1

Chase Manhattan: property loan, 1995

box 20, box 60

Christmas card list, 1990-1991, undated

Scope and Contents

Includes a multiple by Lawrence Weiner.
 

Collection, 1983-1992, undated

box 20, box 60, box 66*

1990-1992, 1989-1991, undated

box 20, box 60

Acquisitions 1989-1990: repairs, 1983-1992, undated

box 20, box 61

Info, 1983-1991

box 20, folder 6

Loans, 1990-1991

 

Conflicts, 1978-1992, undated

box 20, folder 7

General, 1990, 1992

box 20, folder 8

On interest statements, 1978-1989

box 20, box 61

Correspondence, 1991-1992, undated

box 20, folder 10

De Ganay, Thierry [empty folder]

box 20, box 61

Diggins, Lauraine, 1990-1991

 

Divorce, 1990-1995

box 21, folder 1

General, 1990

box 21, folder 2

Divorce decree, 1990

box 21, folder 3

Pay offs, Astral Drive deed of trust, 1990-1995

box 21, box 61

Guggenheim [Barbara Guggenheim Associates Inc.], 1990-1991

box 21, folder 6

Harrisons, 1991-1995

box 21, folder 7

Illusionism, 1969, 1977, 1985-1991, undated

 

Insurance, 1989-1992, undated

box 21, folder 8

General, 1989-1992, undated

box 21, folder 9

House services, 1991, undated

box 21, folder 10

Metlife, 1989, 1991

box 21, folder 11

Janos Group, 1995, undated

 

Japan, 1991

box 21, folder 12

Business card [empty folder]

box 21, folder 13

Soutine, 1991

 

Kluge, John [John Werner], 1988-1995, undated

box 21, box 61

Aboriginal art, 1989-1995

 

Invoices, 1989-1993

box 21, folder 15

Paid (1990), 1989-1993

box 21, folder 16

Pending, 1993

box 21, folder 17

MMT [Metromedia Technologies], 1988-1990, undated

box 21, folder 18

Mundine [Mundine, Djon], 1990-1991

box 61, folder 6

Private collection: Dufy, Graham, Storrs, undated

 

Kluge, Pat [Patricia], 1984-1991

box 21, folder 19

General, 1990-1991

box 22, box 61

American [art], 1984-1990

box 22, folder 3

LACERA [Los Angeles County Employees Retirement Association], 1994-1995, undated

Scope and Contents

Due to privacy issues, some documents have been removed from this folder and are SEALED for Tuchman's lifetime in box 63.
box 22, folder 4

Landscape images, 1995

box 22, folder 5

Lebon, Baudoin, 1990-1991, undated

box 22, folder 6

Lexus, 1991-1995, undated

box 22, folder 7

Loudmer, Guy, 1987-1991

box 61, folder 9

Loveridge, Helen, 1990-1991, undated

 

Maillol [Maillol, Aristide], 1989-1994, undated

box 22, box 61

Dina [Vierny, Dina], 1990-1994, undated

box 22, box 61

Kluge, John [John Werner], 1989-1992, undated

box 22, box 61

Museum Art International: Cossey [Cossey, David], 1990-1992, undated

 

"Mommele," 1949, 1965-1985, undated

box 23, box 61

General, 1949, 1967-1969, 1975, 1984-1985, undated

box 23, folder 3-4

Correspondence with parents, 1971-1984, undated

box 23, folder 5

Passports, 1966, 1976, 1981

box 46, folder 3-7

Press clippings on Tuchman, 1965-1982, undated

 

Loose material, 1950, 1960, 1969, 1976-1986, 1990-1994, undated

Language of Material: English.
box 23, box 23A, box 65*

Loose miscellaneous papers, 1950, 1969, 1976-1980, 1990-1994, undated

Language of Material: English.

Scope and Contents

Includes drawings realized by Tuchman when a teenager.
flatfile 1**

Birthday card, undated

box 23, folder 9

Holiday cards, 1992, undated

box 24, folder 1-2

Postcards, 1986, undated

box 24, folder 3

Tarot cards, undated

box 24, folder 4-5

Travel souvenirs, 1960, 1976, 1985, 1992, undated

 

Professional files, Series II. 1964-1998, undated

Physical Description: 24.9 Linear Feet(40 boxes and 7 flatfiles)

Scope and contents

Series II. Professional files includes the complete collection of Tuchman's appointment books from 1965 to 1994; miscellaneous material on artists and other professionals such as posters and other ephemera, photographs and artworks; press clippings mostly documenting Tuchman's lawsuit against LACMA; a fragmentary collection of project and research files comprising mostly photographs and ephemera.

Arrangement

The series is arranged in four subseries: Series II.A. Appointment books, 1965-1990, undated; Series II.B. Artist and museum professional files, 1966-1997, undated; Series II.C. Press clippings, 1965-1994, undated; Series II.D. Project and research files, 1964-1998, undated.
 

Appointment books, Series II.A. 1965-1994, undated

Physical Description: 4.2 Linear Feet(10 boxes)

Scope and contents

Series II.A. Appointment books includes the complete collection of Tuchman's appointment books from 1965 to 1994.

Arrangement

Arranged chronologically.
box 29, folder 1-5

1965-1969

box 30, folder 1-5

1970-1973

box 31, folder 1-5

1974-1976

box 32, folder 1-5

1977-1979

box 33, folder 1-5

1980-1982

box 33, box 34

1983

box 34, folder 2-6

1984-1985

box 34, box 35

1986

box 35, folder 1-6

1987-1988

box 35, box 36

1989

box 36, folder 2-3

1990

box 67, folder 1-6

1991-1992

box 67, box 68

1993

box 68, folder 1-3

1994

box 36, box 68

undated

Scope and Contents

Includes address books.
 

Artist and museum professional files, Series II.B. 1966-1997, undated

Physical Description: 8 Linear Feet(8 boxes and 2 flatfiles)

Arrangement

Arranged alphabetically.

Scope and contents

Series II.B. Artist and museum professionals includes material that was originally loose throughout the archive, mostly museum and gallery ephemera, photographs, and a few artworks and multiples.
box 37, folder 1

Anderson, Sue Ellen, undated

flatfile 2**

Arakawa, Shūsaku, 1972

Scope and Contents

Poster.
box 37, folder 2

Arikha, Avigdor, 1979

flatfile 2**

Arroyo, Eduardo, 1974

Scope and Contents

Poster.
box 36, folder 6

Bell, Larry, 1975

box 37, folder 3

Bill, Max, 1975-1976

flatfile 2**

Bury, Pol, 1972

Scope and Contents

Poster.
flatfile 2**

Byars, James Lee, undated

Scope and Contents

Artwork.
flatfile 1**

Carlotta [?], 1997

Scope and Contents

Artwork signed to Tuchman.
box 36, folder 7

Celender, Don, 1971

Scope and Contents

Artball set 1-5, multiple.
box 37, folder 4

Chodos, Ethan, undated

box 65*, folder 2

Cohen, Harold, 1971

Scope and Contents

Computer drawing signed to Tuchman.
box 61, folder 14

Cotton, Paul, 1972

box 69

Cumming [?], 1970-1971?

Scope and Contents

Artwork.
box 36, box 61

Dalí, Salvador, 1990-1993, undated

box 37, folder 5

De Kooning, Willem, 1970

box 39, folder 1

Diebenkorn, Richard, 1977

Scope and Contents

Article by Tuchman.
box 65*, folder 2

Dillo, Paul, 1977

box 37, folder 6

Di Suvero, Mark?, 1974

box 39, folder 2

Donahve, Kenneth, undated

box 65*, folder 2

Edlich, Stephen, 1971

box 66*, folder 2

Ewing, Lauren, 1978, undated

box 61, folder 16

FeBland, Harriet, undated

box 66*, folder 2

Graham, Robert, 1989

 

Harrison, Helen and Newton, 1977, 1985, undated

box 59, folder 2

General, undated

flatfile 2**

Posters, 1977, 1985

box 66*, folder 2

Heizer, Michael, undated

flatfile 2**

Hélion, Jean, 1975

Scope and Contents

Poster.
box 37, folder 7

Hendler, Maxwell, undated

box 39, folder 3

Hockney, David and Ruscha, Ed [Edward], undated

Scope and Contents

Match box from Mr. Chow restaurant in Beverly Hills, each artist designed one side of the box.
box 39, folder 4

Holland, Diane, 1979-1980, 1992-1994, undated

box 40

Johns, Jasper, 1971

Scope and Contents

Target 1970, multiple produced by Gemini G.E.L. Incomplete and damaged.
box 66*, folder 3

Jordan, Bill, undated

box 39, folder 5

Kawai, Choyoshi, undated

box 37, box 39, box 61, box 65*

Kienholz, Edward, 1966, 1977, 1994, undated

Scope and Contents

Box 65* contains a poster.
flatfile 3**

Kitaj, R. B., 1969

Scope and Contents

Artwork signed to Tuchman.
box 65*, folder 2

Kupferman, 1978

box 37, box 39

Levi, Josef, 1970-1995, undaedt

oversize 38**, box 39

Lichtenstein, Roy, 1969, 1976, 1992

Scope and Contents

Box 38** contains a poster.
box 37, box 39

Lukin, Sven, 1977, undated

box 37, box 39

Mallory, Ronald, 1978, 1981

box 41

Martins, Sylvia, 1992

Scope and Contents

Artwork.
box 66*, folder 3

Mason, Pamela, undated

box 39, folder 11

Morrison, Lester and Rita, undated

box 65*, folder 3

Noguchi, Isamu, 1983

flatfile 3**

Oginz, Ric, 1987?

Scope and Contents

Poster.
box 37, folder 12

O'Keeffe, Georgia, undated

box 39, folder 11a

Oldenburg, Claes, undated

box 65*, folder 3

Orr, Erich, 1970, 1984

flatfile 3**

Paris, Harold, 1969-1972

Scope and Contents

Posters.
box 37, folder 13

Pfannerstill, Thomas Anthony, 1994

box 65*, folder 3

Picasso, Pablo, undated

 

Raffaele, Joe, 1966-1967

box 39, folder 12

General, 1967

flatfile 3**

Artwork, 1966

Scope and Contents

Signed to Tuchman.
flatfile 3**

Raysse, Martial, 1969

Scope and Contents

Poster.
box 66*, folder 3

Robbins, Vincent, undated

box 59, folder 2

Saint-Phalle, Niki de, 1971

box 59, folder 2

Syrop, Mitchell, undated

flatfile 3**

Thiebaud, Wayne, 1976

Scope and Contents

Poster.
box 65*, folder 3

Tinguely, Jean, undated

Scope and Contents

Lithograph signed to Tuchman.
box 66*, folder 3

Wiley, William T., undated

box 39, folder 13-13a

Unidentified, 1969-1970, undated

Scope and Contents

Box 39, folder 13 includes a photograph of a portrait of Tuchman.
 

Press clippings, Series II.C. 1965-1994, undated

Physical Description: 3.3 Linear Feet(8 boxes)

Scope and contents

Series II.C. Press clippings offers a fragmentary and incomplete account of Tuchman's work at LACMA through the press, focusing in particular on the lawsuit following Michael Schapiro's attempt to downgrade Tuchman to the position of curator of twentieth century drawings in 1993. The 1981 controversy around Art in Los Angeles: Seventeen Artists in the Sixties and the reception of the exhibition The Spiritual in Art (1986) are particularly well documented.

Arrangement

Arranged chronologically.
box 39, folder 14-18

1965-1969, 1982

box 39, box 42

1986

box 42, folder 2-3

1987

box 42, folder 4

1989

box 42, box 43, box 44, box 45

1992-1993

box 45, box 46

1994

box 46, folder 2

undated

 

Project and research files, Series II.D. 1964-1998, undated

Physical Description: 9.8 Linear Feet(15 boxes and 5 flatfiles)

Arrangement

Project files arranged chronologically; research files and miscellaneous material arranged alphabetically.

Scope and contents

Series II.D. Project and research files offers a fragmentary and incomplete account of Tuchman's activities at LACMA, mostly through posters and other ephemera, and photographs. Most notably, a few prints and all of the negatives of the photographs Tuchman took during the installation of Art and Technology (1971), and the slide used for the catalog of The Spiritual in Art (1986) are to be found in the series. The research files includes a collection of research material on Chaim Soutine, the main research interest of Tuchman for more than twenty years; aboriginal art, of which Tuchman was a collector; and material assembled for an exhibition scheduled for 1996 at LACMA and subsequently cancelled, titled Hidden in Plain Sight. Ephemera from institutions and projects Tuchman was not involved with are found at the end of the series.
 

Project files, 1965-1998, undated

box 49, folder 1

LACMA dedication ceremonies, 1965

box 49, folder 2

Talk about Ed Kienholz at Southwestern College, Chula Vista, CA, 1966

box 49, folder 3

American Sculpture of the Sixties , 1967

box 66*, folder 4

Los Angeles 6 , 1968

box 49, folder 4

Expo '70, 1970

 

Art and Technology, 1971, undated

box 37, box 61

Kitaj, R. B., undated

box 37

Negatives, 1971, undated

box 49, Folder 6-7

Photographs by Tuchman, 1971

Scope and Contents

Original box lid in Folder 6 and black-and-white photographic prints in Folder 7.
box 65*

Posters, 1971

flatfile 5**

European Painting in the Seventies, 1975

Scope and Contents

Poster.
box 49, folder 8

Validating Modern Art: The Impact of Museums upon Modern Art History, 1975

box 49, folder 9

New Selections: New Talent Award Winners , 1976

flatfile 5**

Private Images: Photographs by Painters , 1977

Scope and Contents

Poster.
flatfile 5**

Private Images: Photographs by Sculptors , 1977

Scope and Contents

Poster.
box 49, folder 10

Robert Janz: Sculptures and Drawings , 1977

box 49, folder 11

Roland Reiss: The Dancing Lessons/Twelve Sculptures, 1977

box 66*, folder 4

George Grosz: Prints, Drawings, Illustrated Books, 1978

flatfile 5**

Ken Price Happy's Curios , 1978

Scope and Contents

Poster signed to Tuchman.
flatfile 6**

Seven Artists in Israel 1948-1978, 1978

Scope and Contents

Poster.
box 49, folder 12

Sven Lukin: New Work , 1978

box 47, folder 1-2

The Avant-Garde in Russia 1910-1930: New Perspectives, 1980

box 49, folder 13-15

General, 1980

box 47, folder 1-2

Photographs, 1980

flatfile 6**

Poster, 1980

flatfile 6**

Seventeen Artists in the Sixties and The Museum as a Site: Sixteen Projects , 1981

Scope and Contents

Poster.
box 50, folder 1

Andy Wilf, 1983

box 50, folder 2

Georg Baselitz , 1983

box 50, folder 3

Italo Scanga: Heads , 1983

box 50, folder 4

Jim Dine in Los Angeles, 1983

box 50, folder 5

Susan Ruthenberg, 1983

box 65*, folder 4

Young Talent Awards: 1963-1983 , 1983

box 50, folder 6

Olympian Gestures, 1984

flatfile 6**

Olympic Arts Festival , 1984

Scope and Contents

Poster.
box 50, folder 7-9

The Artist as Social Designer: Aspects of Urban Art Today (1985), 1984-1985

 

The Spiritual in Art : Abstract Painting 1890-1985 (1986), 1979-1987, undated

box 50, folder 10

General, 1987, undated

box 48, folder 1

Slides, 1979, 1986-1987, undated

flatfile 7**

Posters, 1986-1987

 

1986-1988 folders,

box 50, box 62

1986 June to September,

box 51, folder 1-7

1986 October to 1987 March,

box 51, box 52

1987 April,

box 52, folder 4-7

1987 May to July,

box 52, box 53

1987 August,

box 53, box 59

1987 September to 1988 February,

box 54, folder 1-3

1988 March to August,

box 47, folder 4

Parallel Visions: Modern Artists and Outsider Art (1992), undated

box 68, folder 6-7

William S. Paley collection exhibition (1993), 1993

box 47, folder 5

Picasso and the Weeping Women: The Years of Marie-Thérèse Water and Dora Maar (1994), 1994

box 54, box 62

Art and Ecology (unrealized), 1993, undated

box 54, folder 5

The Art World: A Proposal for Interactive Art Content (unrealized), 1997-1998

 

Miscellaneous, 1990-1994, undated

box 54, folder 6-7

General, 1992-1994, undated

Scope and Contents

Material found loose, mostly dealing with Tuchman's lawsuit against LACMA.
box 54, folder 8-9

LACMA license plates, 1990, undated

box 63, folder 1

"Manu 1 / Tuch 2 / (MS Word 5.0) / 12-15-92," 1992

Scope and Contents

1 computer disc (floppy disk): 3 1/2 in. Unavailable until reformatted.
box 47, box 54

Loose and unidentified, 1975-1979, undated

 

Research files, 1967-1994, undated

 

Aboriginal art, 1989-1992, undated

box 55, box 59, box 62, box 65*

General, 1992, undated

flatfile 1**

Posters, 1989, undated

box 55, box 62

The Australia Gallery, 1991-1992, undated

box 55, box 56, box 62

Hidden in Plain Sight, undated

 

Soutine, Chaim, 1968-1994, undated

box 47, box 56, box 57, box 62, box 68

General, 1968-1994, undated

flatfile 4**

Posters, 1973, 1982, undated

box 58, folder 1-2

Miscellaneous, 1967-1990, undated

 

Miscellaneous, 1964-1995, undated

Scope and Contents

This section includes a small collection of museum and gallery ephemera, not related with Tuchman's projects.
box 58, folder 3

Australia: Aboriginal Memorial, undated

box 58, folder 4

London: Barbican Centre, 1985

 

Los Angeles, 1977-1992, undated

box 58, folder 5

Frederick S. Wight Art Gallery, 1986

box 58, folder 6

LACMA, 1977, 1986, 1992

box 65*, folder 6

Martyrs Memorial and Museum of the Holocaust, undated

box 58, folder 7

Museum of Contemporary Art (Los Angeles, Calif.), 1986

box 58, folder 8

Southern California First National Bank, undated

box 58, folder 9

München: Aktionsforum Praterinsel, 1994

box 65*, folder 6

Newport Beach: Newport Harbor Art Museum, 1977

 

New York, 1964-1994, undated

box 58, folder 10

Art Directors Club (New York, N.Y.), 1966

box 58, folder 11

Asia Society, 1988

box 58, folder 12

D'Arcy Galleries (New York, N.Y.), 1964

box 58, folder 13

Galerie St. Etienne, undated

box 58, folder 14

Matthew Marks Gallery, undated

box 58, folder 15

Museum of Modern Art (New York, N.Y.), 1994

 

Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, 1964

box 47, folder 7

Slides, 1964

box 64

Original slide container, 1964

box 58, folder 16

Thread Waxing Space (Gallery), 1995

box 58, folder 17

Oakland: Oakland Museum, 1977

box 58, folder 18

Osaka: Naniwa University, undated

box 58, folder 19, box 62

Pittsburgh: Andy Warhol Museum, 1994, undated

box 58, folder 20

Zürich [museum guide], 1986

 

Audiovisual materials, Series III. 1964, 1969, 1978, 1984-1993, undated

Selected digitized audio recordings (available on-site only)

Physical Description: 1.8 Linear Feet(4 boxes)

Scope and contents

Series III. Audiovisual material includes a small amount of audiovisual materials such as videos by artists, documentaries on artists and exhibitions, recordings of Tuchman's conversations and lectures. Audio visual materials in this series are unavailable until reformatted. Original containers are to be found at the end of the series.

Arrangement

Audiovisual related to Tuchman's projects are arranged chronologically; the ones related to artists and the miscellaneous section at the end of the series are arranged alphabetically.
 

Personal, 1984

box 27, item C1-C2

"M.T. Europe trip," 1984

Scope and Contents

2 audiocassettes of 2: analog; 3 7/8 x 2 1/2 in., 1/8 in. tape. C1 labeled " M.T. Europe trip / first hour 1-23-84," C2 labeled "MT 25 January 84 trip #2."
 

Professional, 1964, 1969, 1978, 1985-1992, undated

 

Artists, 1964, 1985, 1992, undated

box 27, item C3-C4

Bayer, Herbert, 1984

Scope and Contents

2 audiocassettes of 2: analog; 3 7/8 x 2 1/2 in., 1/8 in. tape. C3 labeled " Herbert Bayer - 13 July 84 / Montecito, Maurice Tuchman / Maria de Herrera Adrian Biddell," C4 labeled "Herbert Bayer - 13 July 84 / Small recorder, Montecito / Maurice Tuchman, Maria de Herrera Adrian Biddell."
box 26, item V15

Erskine, Peter: Breathing Light: The Making of a Sculpture, undated

Scope and Contents

1 videocassette (VHS) (30 min.): 1/2 in. Barnard Productions; opened by the archive. Papers in box 28, folder 5.
box 25, item V1

"D. H. @ Art Institute of Chicago / A video by David Hockney 1.17.92 / 44 min. / copy 2 from Hi-8," 1992

Scope and Contents

1 videocassette (VHS) (44 min.): sound; 1/2 in. papers in box 28, folder 3.
box 25, item V2

Robert Irwin: In Response. A Work in Progress, 1992

Scope and Contents

1 videocassette (VHS) (8 min.): 1/2 in. Original container in box 28.
box 25, item R1

"Ed Kienholz / Death as a Way of Life / Nov 2/65," 1965

Scope and Contents

1 audiotape reel: analog; 7 in., 1/4 in. tape. Original container in box 28.
box 26, item V10

" J B [John Bunion] Murray water tape," undated

Scope and Contents

1 videocassette (VHS): 1/2 in.
 

Projects, 1969, 1978, 1987-1991

box 27, item R2

Art and Technology, 1969 Sept 6

Art and Technology (digitized version available on-site only): 1969 Sept 6

Scope and Contents

1 audiotape reel: analog; 5 in., 1/4 in. tape. Original container in box 28.On label: Side 1: A and T session, 9/6/69, MT, GS, BA, JL, HG; partially transcribed, speed 1 7/8. Side [2]: A and T session with JL, MT, GS, John Forkner (Philco-Ford); not transcribed, speed 3 3/4.
box 25, item V9

7 Artists in Israel, 1978

Scope and Contents

1 videocassette (U-matic) (30 min.): 3/4 in., labeled "KCET-TV 11/20/78."
box 27, item C5-C6

The Spiritual in Art: Abstract Painting 1890-1985, undated

The Spiritual in Art: Abstract Painting 1890-1985 (digitized version available on-site only)

box 27, item C5

"Blotkamp" [Blotkamp, Carel?]

Scope and Contents

1 audiocassette: analog; 3 7/8 x 2 1/2 in., 1/8 in. tape.
box 27, item C6

"R Welsh/MT" [Welsh, Robert P. (Robert Paul)]

Scope and Contents

1 audiocassette: analog; 3 7/8 x 2 1/2 in., 1/8 in. tape.
box 25, item V3-V8

"Los Angeles County Museum of Art," 1987, undated

Scope and Contents

6 videocassettes of 6 (Betacam): 1/2 in. V3 labeled "ROll #1 LACM," V4 labeled "Roll #2 LCMA / 3/9/87," V5 labeled "Roll #3 LACMA," V6 labeled "Roll #4 LACMA," V7 labeled "Roll #5 LACMA," V8 labeled "Roll #6 LACMA."
box 26, item V11-V12

"L.A. County Museum of Art symposium The Marketing of Art. June 2, 1990," 1990?

Scope and Contents

2 videocassettes of 2 (VHS): 1/2 in. V12 labeled "Beverly Bernstein's edited version 45 min," papers and original containers in box 28.
box 26, item V13

"Mr. Maurice Tuchman's lecture on "Corporate Philatropy" 10-15-1991 at Yuraku-Cho Marion, Tokyo," 1991?

"Mr. Maurice Tuchman's lecture on "Corporate Philatropy" 10-15-1991 at Yuraku-Cho Marion, Tokyo," (digitized version available on-site only): 1991?

Scope and Contents

1 videocassette (VHS): 1/2 in.
box 26, item V14

"LACMA's 25th ann.," undated

Scope and Contents

1 videocassette (VHS): sound; 1/2 in. Labeled "Dub / Abridged+Condensed for 20th Century Art."
 

Miscellaneous and unidentified, 1984-1985, 1992-1993, undated

box 27, item C12-C14

[1985, June], 1985

Scope and Contents

3 audiocassettes of 3: analog, 2.4 cps; 2 x 1 1/4 in., 1/8 in. tape. C12 labeled "6/13/85 tape 1," C13 labeled "tape 2 6/13/85," C14 labeled "tape 2 6/20."
box 27, item C15

"Dec 16: on Michael Shapiro + Joel Shapiro," approximately 1992

Scope and Contents

1 audiocassette: analog, 2.4 cps; 2 x 1 1/4 in., 1/8 in. tape. Papers in box 28, folder 2.
box 27, item C7

Edward Goldman "Art talk" / 4/12/93; KCRW (89.9 FM), 1993

Scope and Contents

1 audiocassette: analog; 3 7/8 x 2 1/2 in., 1/8 in. tape.
 

Kramer Entertainment Agency, Inc., undated

Scope and Contents

Papers in box 28, folder 6.
box 26, item V17

The Alpha Experience,

Scope and Contents

1 videocassette (VHS): 1/2 in.
box 26, item V18

Virtuality tape #1,

Scope and Contents

1 videocassette (VHS): 1/2 in.
box 26, item V16

"Possum Trot," undated

Scope and Contents

1 videocassette (VHS) (25 min.): 1/2 in.
box 27, item C8

"R. Duncan / II, Aug. 3, '84," 1984

Scope and Contents

1 audiocassette: analog; 3 7/8 x 2 1/2 in., 1/8 in. tape.
box 27, item C9-C10

Unlabeled audiocassettes, undated

Scope and Contents

2 audiocassettes of 2: analog; 3 7/8 x 2 1/2 in., 1/8 in. tape.
box 27, item C16-C18

Unlabeled dictaphone tapes, undated

Scope and Contents

3 audiocassettes of 3: analog, 2.4 cps; 2 x 1 1/4 in., 1/8 in. tape.
box 28

Original containers and papers, 1992, undated