Betty Turnbull interviews with Southern California artists and related ephemera, 1960-1988

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Summary

Creators:
Turnbull, Betty, 1924-2010, Henderson, Victor, 1939-, and Lutjeans, Phyllis
Abstract:
The collection consists of interviews with leading Southern California artists conducted by Betty Turnbull, in preparation for her 1976 exhibition The Last Time I Saw Ferus, which documented the circle of artists and art figures surrounding the Ferus Gallery. Also included are ephemera, photographs and correspondence relating to the exhibition and other projects.
Extent:
2.6 Linear Feet (4 boxes)
Language:
Collection material is in English.
Preferred citation:

Betty Turnbull interviews with Southern California artists and related ephemera, 1960-1988, The Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles, Accession no. 2015.M.28.

http://hdl.handle.net/10020/cifa2015m28

Background

Scope and content:

The collection comprises interviews, photographs, and ephemera related to southern California artists, art dealers and curators in the mid 1970s and 1980s, including Robert Irwin, Ed Ruscha and Ed Kienholz. The bulk of the collection relates to the organization of Turnbull's 1976 exhibition at the Newport Harbor Art Museum, The Last Time I Saw Ferus, which was focused on the legacy of Los Angeles' recently closed Ferus Gallery (1957-1966) and the artists affiliated with it. Also present are materials relating to other projects by Turnbull, such as the TLK Gallery, which Turnbull operated jointly with Phyllis Lutjeans and Victoria Kogan from 1982 to 1985, and articles written by and about Turnbull from the late 1970s and 1980s.

Biographical / historical:

Betty Turnbull (1924-2010) was the first curator of exhibitions for the Newport Harbor Art Museum (now the Orange County Museum of Art), serving from 1968 to 1981. She also served as acting director of the museum from 1972 to 1973. She operated the TLK Gallery with Phyllis Lutjeans and Victoria Kogan from 1982 to 1985.

Acquisition information:
Gift of Glenda Winterbotham in memory of Betty Turnbull.
Processing information:

Processed and described in March 2017 by Hannah Mandel and Ellen Colvin under the supervision of Kit Messick.

Arrangement:

The collection is arranged in two series:

Series I. Interviews, 1975-1988; and

Series II. Papers and ephemera, 1960-1985.

Physical location:
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Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Access and use

Restrictions:

Open for use by qualified researchers. Audiovisual materials unvailable until reformatted.

Terms of access:

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Preferred citation:

Betty Turnbull interviews with Southern California artists and related ephemera, 1960-1988, The Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles, Accession no. 2015.M.28.

http://hdl.handle.net/10020/cifa2015m28

Location of this collection:
1200 Getty Center Drive, Suite 1100
Los Angeles, CA 90049-1688, US
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(310) 440-7390
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