Finding Aid for the Sam Erenberg papers, 1965-2012 2012.M.52

Sheila Prospero
Special Collections
2015
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Los Angeles 90049-1688
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Contributing Institution: Special Collections
Title: Sam Erenberg papers
Creator: Erenberg, Sam
Identifier/Call Number: 2012.M.52
Physical Description: 17 Linear Feet (24 boxes, 2 flatfile folders) and computer media (676 GB [109 files])
Date (inclusive): 1965-2012
Physical Location: Request access to the physical materials described in this inventory through the catalog record  for this collection. Click here for the access policy .
Abstract: The papers highlight Erenberg's career as a painter, bookmaker, filmmaker, and installation and performance artist. The archive includes correspondence, photographs, and project files documenting Erenberg's exhibition history; relations with artists, curators, and gallerists; and the development of various projects including experimental films, installations, and artists' books.
Language of Material: Collection material is in English.

Processing History

Processed by Sheila Prospero under the supervision of Kit Messick in July 2014 and from January to June 2015.
One videotape was added to the collection in 2018; audiovisual materials are unavailable until reformatted.
Digital materials were processed by Laura Schroffel in 2017. Files require further processing and can be requested by contacting reference.

Acquisition Information

Gift of Sam Erenberg. Acquired in 2012.

Access

Open for use by qualified researchers, except audiovisual materials, which are unavailable until reformatted, and materials in Box 24, which are sealed until 2066.

Publication Rights

Preferred Citation

Sam Erenberg papers, 1965-2012, The Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles, Accession no. 2012.M.52.
http://hdl.handle.net/10020/cifa2012m52

Arrangement

Arranged in four series: Series I. Correspondence, 1965-2010; Series II. Project files, 1967-2009; Series III. Works by other artists, 1977-2012, undated; Series IV. Miscellaneous, 1979-2007, undated.

Separated Materials

Fifty-three monographs and two serials were transferred to the library. These publications may be found by searching the library catalog for the Sam Erenberg Collection.

Scope and Content of Collection

The Sam Erenberg papers highlight the artist's career as a painter, bookmaker, filmmaker, and installation and performance artist. The collection includes correspondence and project files documenting Erenberg's exhibition history; relations with artists, curators, and gallerists; and the development of several large-scale installation projects. Also featured are films he created between 1967 and 1977, and works of art by other artists.
Series I contains both personal and business correspondence from 1965 to 2010. It includes personal letters from Erenberg's family, as well as letters from artists such as Ciel Bergman and Stephen Westfall, and mail art from James Lee Byars. The majority of the business correspondence relates to applications for fellowships, grants, residency programs, and teaching positions, as well as art submissions and exhibition proposals. Also included are papers documenting gallery consignments, artists' book projects, and other miscellaneous business papers.
The project files in Series II form the bulk of the archive and document Erenberg's artistic career. Included are papers related to various projects such as exhibitions, installations, artists' books, performances, lectures, and fellowships. The papers comprise correspondence, clippings, project notes, drafts, invoices, and ephemera. Some files include photographs and audiovisual material. Additionally, this series contains original works by Erenberg including raw footage of his experimental films between 1967 and 1977. Photographic documentation of artworks and notebooks are filed at the end of the series.
The archive also contains Erenberg's collection of works and ephemera by artists in Series III. Works include prints, drawings, and photographs by artists such as Byars and Karen Atkinson.
Series IV contains miscellaneous or unidentified papers, personal photographs, and audiovisual material. Of particular note is an audio recording of Marcel Duchamp speaking at The Art of Assemblage at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art in 1961.

Biographical / Historical Note

American artist Sam Erenberg is a painter, bookmaker, filmmaker, and installation and performance artist. Born in 1943, he grew up in the Baldwin Hills neighborhood of Los Angeles, California. His interest in art began after being inspired by exhibitions of Salvador Dali and hard-edge painting during the early 1960s. He enrolled in the Chouinard Art Institute (now known as the California Institute of the Arts) to study painting in 1965, and it was there that he met his wife, Elena Mary Siff. In 1969, they moved to the artistic community of Topanga Canyon, where Erenberg socialized with musicians and artists including Wallace Berman and George Herms. Inspired by a creative community, Erenberg worked on several films with local artist friends and reinforced his interest in filmmaking.
Erenberg received his BA in Art from California State University, Northridge in 1974 and an MFA from the University of California Santa Barbara two years later. In Santa Barbara, Erenberg became more involved with performance art and started making artists' books for his first performance piece. After graduate school, Erenberg became part of the exhibition committee for the Santa Barbara Contemporary Arts Forum and curated exhibitions for artists such as Chris Burden and Laurie Anderson. Erenberg was actively involved in the art community in Santa Barbara, where he also had several solo and group exhibitions. He continued to live in Santa Barbara with his family until 1993 and moved back to Los Angeles the following year.
Erenberg's films, installations, books, and paintings have been exhibited throughout the United States, Europe, Asia and Central America and are included in collections worldwide including the Kunstmuseum Bern (Switzerland), Wexford Arts Centre (Ireland), and the UCLA Armand Hammer Museum. He currently lives and works in Santa Monica.

Appraisal

Leopard test volume backup digital files were not retained in this collection according to the Library's digital preservation and privacy policies.

Digitized material

Selected recordings were digitized and are available online: http://hdl.handle.net/10020/2012m52av

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Art, American -- California -- 20th century
Black-and-white negatives -- 20th century
Photographs, Original
Video art -- United States -- 20th century
Color photographs
Color negatives
Black-and-white photographs -- 20th century
Video recordings -- United States -- 20th century
Sound recordings -- United States -- 20th century
Performance art
Installations (Art)
Artists' books
Public art -- California
Gelatin silver prints -- 20th century
Chromogenic color prints -- United States -- 20th century
Dye difussion transfer prints -- United States -- 20th century
Printed ephemera

 

Correspondence, Series I. 1965-2010

Physical Description: 2.5 Linear Feet(6.5 boxes)

Arrangement

Personal correspondence arranged alphabetically. Business correspondence arranged by subject.

Scope and Contents

Series I contains both personal and business correspondence from 1965 to 2010. It includes personal letters from Erenberg's family, as well as letters from artists such as Ciel Bergman and Stephen Westfall, and mail art from James Lee Byars. The majority of the business correspondence relates to applications for fellowships, grants, residency programs, and teaching positions, as well as art submissions and exhibition proposals. Also included are papers related to gallery consignments, artists' book projects, and other miscellaneous business correspondence. Some files also contain invoices and ephemera.
 

Personal, 1965-2010

Scope and Contents

Some files contain personal photographs accompanying letters. Color materials have been separated for conservation purposes.
box 1, folder 1-5

A-F, 1978-2007

 

G, 2001, undated

box 2, folder 1

Letters, 2001

box 17, folder 1

Color slide, undated

Scope and Contents

Image of work by Michael Graham.
box 2, folder 2-5

H-L, 1979-2008

 

M, 1977-2006

box 2, folder 6

Letters, 1977-2006

box 17, folder 2

Color photograph, 1996

Scope and Contents

Photo of Stansbury Island, Utah. Part of letter from F. McIntyre.
box 2, folder 7-9

N-R, 1978-2005

box 3, folder 1-5

S-Y, 1978-2009

box 3, folder 13-14

Various, 1979-2008

Scope and Contents

Unidentified correspondence.
box 1, folder 6

Armijo, Richard R., 1978-1979

 

Bergman, Ciel, 1995-2002

Scope and Contents

Also known as Cheryl Bowers.
box 1, folder 7

Letters, 1995-2002

Scope and Contents

Contains black-and-white photographs.
box 17, folder 3

Color photographs, 1995-1996

box 1, folder 8

Bijvoet, Marga, 1982, 1984

 

Byars, James Lee, 1975, 1977

Scope and Contents

Contains mail art. For more works of art, see also Byars's file in "Works by other artists" (Series III).
box 1, folder 9

Various, 1975

box 22*, folder 3

Oversize, 1977

 

Contreras, Susan, 1995-1996

box 1, folder 10

Letters, 1995-1996

box 17, folder 4

Color photographs, 1995

box 1, folder 11

Coodley, Lauren, 2005, 2010

box 1, folder 12

De Voss, Judy, 1978-1999

box 1, folder 13

Ekstrom, Linda, 1988-1995

box 1, folder 14

Erenberg family, 1979-1996

box 1, folder 15

Erenberg, Adele, 1965, 1988

box 1, folder 16

Erenberg, Arthur, 1978

box 1, folder 17

Erenberg, Noah, 1987-2008

box 1, folder 18

Erenberg, Revelle, 1999-2009, undated

box 2, folder 10

Klausner, Betty, 1981, 1987, 2004

box 2, folder 11

Lentz, Daniel, 1979, 2004-2006

box 2, folder 12

Mark, Dara, 2003-2006

 

Nathan, Miriam Morsel, 2001-2003

box 2, folder 13

Letters, 2001-2003

box 17, folder 5

Color photographs, 2001

 

Petrunak, Karl, 1977-1996

box 2, folder 14

Letters, 1977-1996

box 17, folder 6

Color Polaroid, 1990

box 3, folder 6

Siff, Aida, 1979-1988

box 3, folder 7-8

Siff, Elena Mary, 1981-2003

Scope and Contents

Also known as Elena Erenberg.
box 3, folder 10

Slawson, Dunnieghe, 2003, undated

Scope and Contents

See Bruce Wallin's file.
box 3, folder 9

Tanner, Joan, 1990-1996

box 3, folder 10

Wallin, Bruce, 2003, undated

box 3, folder 11

Westfall, Stephen, 1980

box 3, folder 12

Zimmerman, Jerome and Salli, 1979-1999

 

Business, 1967-2006

 

Applications, 1978-2003

box 4, folder 1-5

Fellowships, grants, and residency programs, 1990-2003

box 24, folder 1

Adolph and Esther Gottlieb Foundation, Inc., 1991

Scope and Contents

SEALED until 2066.
box 4, folder 6

Teaching positions, 1978-1999

 

Submissions and proposals, 1977-1999

Scope and Contents

Contains letters from museums and galleries in response to Erenberg's submissions for review of his artwork. Includes proposals for exhibition and consignment requests. Also includes copies of Erenberg's letters.
box 5, folder 1-4

Domestic, 1977-1998

 

Europe, 1988-1999

box 5, folder 5

Papers, 1988-1999

box 17, folder 7

Color photographs, 1996

 

Gallery consignments, 1975-2006

Scope and Contents

Includes invoices.
box 6, folder 1

Various, 1975-1988, 2002

box 6, folder 2

Carol Craven Gallery, 2005-2006

box 6, folder 3

Richard Heller Gallery, Bergamot Station, 1995

box 6, folder 4

Slayter-Ralph, Anthony, 1993

 

Artists' books, 1984-2001

Scope and Contents

Includes sales invoices, ephemera, catalogs, and correspondence related to consignments and book fairs.
box 6, folder 5-7

Various, 1986-1995, 2001

box 6, folder 8

Califia Books, 1989-1996

box 6, folder 9

Contemporary Hand Press Printing Bartkowiak, 1990-1995

box 6, folder 10

Granary Books, 1984-1996

box 6, folder 11-12

Miscellaneous, 1977-2006

Scope and Contents

Includes ephemera.
box 6, folder 13

Invoices, 1967-1984

Scope and Contents

Papers related to purchases and exhibitions.
 

Project files, Series II. 1967-2009

Physical Description: 9.3 Linear Feet(10 boxes, 2 flatfile folders)

Arrangement

Arranged by subject.

Scope and Contents

The project files in this series form the bulk of the archive and document Erenberg's artistic career. This includes papers and photographs related to exhibitions, installations, artists' books, performances, lectures, and fellowships. The papers comprise correspondence, clippings, project notes, drafts, invoices, and ephemera. Photographs include both black-and-white and color prints (including Polaroid prints), contact sheets, and negatives. Some files also contain audiovisual materials such as audiotape reels, audiocassettes, and videocassettes. Additionally, this series contains original work by Erenberg, particularly raw footage of his experimental films between 1967 and 1977. Photographic documentation of artworks and notebooks are filed at the end of the series.
 

Exhibitions and installations, 1979-2009

box 6, folder 14

Santa Barbara Artists Invitational: Part I, Santa Barbara Museum of Art, 1979

 

The Actual Symposium, Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History, 1981

Scope and Contents

Papers relating to the symposium, as well as an audio recording of Marcel Duchamp, Richard Huelsenbeck, Roger Shattuck, Lawrence Alloway, and Robert Rauschenberg on a panel discussing the Museum of Modern Art New York's 1961 exhibition "The Art of Assemblage," which then traveled to San Francisco Museum of Modern Art in 1962. William Seitz introduces and moderates the panel.
box 20, folder 1

Papers

Scope and Contents

Papers related to audiovisual materials.
 

Audiocassettes

box 20, item C1

Michael Moerman

Scope and Contents

1 audiocassette : analog, 1 5/16 ips ; 3 7/8 x 2 1/2 in., 1/8 in. tape.
box 20, item C2

Gene Youngblood

Gene Youngblood (digitized version available on-site only)

Scope and Contents

1 audiocassette : analog, 1 5/16 ips ; 3 7/8 x 2 1/2 in., 1/8 in. tape.
 

Audiotape reel

box 20, item R1

#1

Scope and Contents

1 audiotape reel : analog, 7 1/2 ips, mono. ; 7 in., 1/2 in. tape.
box 20, item R2

#2

Scope and Contents

1 audiotape reel : analog, 7 1/2 ips, mono. ; 7 in., 1/2 in. tape.
 

Los Angeles Urban Renewal: 1982-1965, The American Dream: Mediated, LACE, 1982

box 6, folder 15-16

Papers

Scope and Contents

Contains material related to the death of Fred Hendricks.
box 6, folder 17

Black-and-white photographs and contact sheet

box 17, folder 8

Black-and-white negatives and color transparencies

box 7, folder 1

Of This Time, Of That Place, Open Space Gallery, 1983

box 7, folder 2

California Bookworks: The Last Five Years, The Otis Art Institute of Parsons School of Design, 1983-1984

box 7, folder 3

Masks, Masquerades, Megillot, Hebrew Union College Skirball Museum, 1983-1984

box 7, folder 4

Solo exhibition, Santa Barbara Contemporary Arts Forum, 1984

 

Tabernacle: A Contemporary Sukkah, Skirball Museum, 1985, 1996

box 7, folder 5

Papers, 1985, 1996

flatfile 1**

Working drawings, circa 1985

 

Focus: Systems, Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery, Barsndall Art Park, 1988-1990

box 7, folder 6

Papers 1988-1990

box 7, folder 7

Black-and-white photographs 1988-1990

box 17, folder 9

Black-and-white negatives 1988-1990

box 23*, folder 1

Proposal drawings, 1990

 

Currents, Santa Barbara Museum of Art, 1989

box 7, folder 8

Papers

box 21, item V1

Videocassette

Scope and Contents

1 videocassette (VHS) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in. Group exhibition at Santa Barbara Museum of Art.
 

Competition Diomede, Institute of Contemporary Art (Long Island, New York), 1989

box 7, folder 9

Papers

box 7, folder 10

Black-and-white photographs

box 7, folder 11

Solo exhibition, Toni Gerber Galerie, 1989

box 23*, folder 4

Window on AIDS, outdoor installation, Santa Barbara, circa 1988-1989

Scope and Contents

Posters and artist's proofs.
box 7, folder 12

Solo exhibition, Roy Boyd Gallery, 1989-1990

 

A.M.D.G., Terrain Gallery, Grace Cathedral, 1989-1991

box 7, folder 13-14

Papers

box 17, folder 10

Color photographs

 

Southwest '90, Museum of New Mexico, 1990-1991

box 7, folder 15

Papers

box 17, folder 11

Color photographs

box 7, folder 16

Cross-Currents: Bookworks from the Edge of the Pacific, Pacific Rim Bookworks Show, 1990-1993

box 7, folder 17

Boundless Vision: Contemporary Bookworks, The San Antonio Art Institute, 1991

box 7, folder 18

Santa Barbara Artists I, Santa Barbara Museum of Art, 1991

box 7, folder 19

California Artists' Books, The Armory Center for the Arts, 1991-1992

 

Dreams and Shields: Spiritual Dimensions in Contemporary Art, Salt Lake Art Center, 1991-1992, 1995

box 8, folder 1-2

Papers, 1991-1992

box 12

Clippings, 1995

box 17, folder 12

Color photographs, 1992

box 8, folder 3

Typographie et Art du Livre, Association des Imprimeurs Typographes et des Métiers d'Art du Livre, 1991-1992

box 8, folder 4

Breaking Barriers, Santa Monica Museum of Art, 1992

box 8, folder 5

Just a White Show, 1529 Wellesley, Los Angeles, 1993

box 8, folder 6

Shaped Structures: Bookworks in Form, Palos Verdes Art Center, 1993

box 8, folder 7-8

Sawtelle, Domestic Setting, Los Angeles, 1993-1994

box 8, folder 9

The Book Unbound, Ormond Memorial Art Museum, 1993-1995

Scope and Contents

Co-curated by Mary Ellen Long.
 

A Living Tradition: Biblical Themes in Contemporary Art, The University of Oklahoma, 1993-1995

box 8, folder 10

Papers 1993-1995

box 17, folder 13

Color photograph 1994

box 8, folder 11

California/2, Jerrold Burchman Contemporary Art, 1994

box 8, folder 12

Jewish Artists of Southern California III, Wilshire Boulevard Temple, 1994

box 8, folder 13

Eco Nation: Patriots of the Earth, Bedford Gallery, 1994-1995

box 8, folder 14

A Vital Matrix, Domestic Setting, Los Angeles, 1995

box 8, folder 15

A, Working Title, E-Space, 1995

box 8, folder 16

1st Wexford Artists' Book Exhibition, Wexford Arts Centre, 1995

box 8, folder 17

Books in the Living Room, The Living Room, 1996

box 8, folder 18

Detours '96, Side Street Projects, 1996

box 8, folder 19

Die Sammlung Toni Gerber, Museum of Fine Arts, Kunstmuseum Bern, 1992-1995

Scope and Contents

Includes personal letters to Erenberg from Toni Gerber.
box 8, folder 20

2nd Wexford Artists' Book Exhibition, Wexford Arts Centre, 1996

box 8, folder 21

Open Book, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, 1996

box 9, folder 1

Drawings, Gallery LASCA (Los Angeles Seoul Contemporary Arts), 1996-1997

box 9, folder 2

The Millenium Project, Kingston Artists' Association Incorporated, 1996-1999

 

118W/34N, Kulturzentrum bei den Minoriten, Graz, Austria, 1997-1998

box 9, folder 3

Papers

box 9, folder 4

Black-and-white photographs

 

Color photographs

box 17, folder 14-15

Prints

box 17, folder 16-17

Negatives

box 17, folder 18

Slides

Scope and Contents

Includes images of works by artist Chris Finley.
 

Journeys to Freedom: Exodus and Israel, Bellevue Art Museum, 1998

box 9, folder 5

Papers

box 17, folder 19

Color Polaroid

box 9, folder 6

Boundless: Liberating the Book Form, The San Francisco Center for the Book, 1998-1999

 

Susret Art Workshop, 1998-2000

box 9, folder 7-8

Papers, 1998-2000

box 9, folder 9

Fabrics, circa 1998-2000

box 17, folder 20

Color photographs, 1999

 

The Complete Works of Roland Barthes, 1999

box 9, folder 10

Lemon Sky Projects

box 9, folder 11

Sandroni Rey Gallery

box 9, folder 12

Projections: Intermission Images, Side Street Projects, 1999

Scope and Contents

See also Karen Atkinson file in Series III.
box 9, folder 13-14

The Changing Face of Portraiture, Chapman University, 2000

 

American Outpost, The Living Room, 2000-2005

box 9, folder 15

Papers, 2000-2005

box 9, folder 16

Black-and-white contact sheet, circa 2000-2001

Scope and Contents

Also contains images of another Erenberg work.
box 17, folder 21

Black-and-white negatives, circa 2000-2001

Scope and Contents

Also contains images of another Erenberg work.
box 17, folder 22

Color photographs and one negative, 2000-2001

 

Six Degrees: Art in the Libraries, Side Street Projects, 2001

box 10, folder 1-2

Papers

box 17, folder 23

Color photographs and negatives

box 23*, folder 5

Posters

box 10, folder 3

The Chai Show, University of Judaism, 2002-2003

box 10, folder 4

Religion, Spirituality and the Object, Indianapolis Art Center, 2002-2003

box 10, folder 5

Oceans, Craig Krull Gallery, 2003

box 10, folder 6

Small Works and Short Films, Space Gallery, 2008

 

The Book as Sculpture, Brandstater Gallery, 2008-2009

box 10, folder 7-8

Papers, 2008-2009

box 16, item CD1

CD of images, 2009

 

Lectures and symposia, 1993, 1999, undated

box 10, folder 9

College at Purchase, 1993

box 25, item V4

Collège de France footage, 1999 February 8

Collège de France footage (digitized version available on-site only)

Scope and Contents

1 videocassette (VHS) (60 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in. (From ADD4)
box 21, item V2-V3

Collège de France lecture, 1999 February 8

Scope and Contents

1 videocassette (VHS) (60 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in. (2 copies)
box 10, folder 10

Evening Forums, Santa Barbara Museum of Art, undated

Scope and Contents

Papers for Erenberg's presentation "Revelation in Santa Barbara: A Discourse."
 

Fellowships and residencies, 1991-1999

box 10, folder 11

Partners of the Americas (Buenos Aires), 1991

Scope and Contents

Artist-in-residency program.
box 10, folder 12

Dorland Mountain Arts Colony, 1992-1995

box 10, folder 13

1998-1999 Artist Fellowship, California Arts Council, 1998-1999

 

Other projects, 1990-1993, undated

 

The Legal Defense Center of Santa Barbara, Inc. postcard project, 1990-1992

box 10, folder 14

Papers and contact sheet

box 17, folder 24

Black-and-white negatives

box 10, folder 15

Interactive Computer Kiosk project, 1992-1993

box 23*, folder 2-3

Art park, undated

Scope and Contents

Proposal drawings for garden and sculpture. Drawings are possibly for different projects.
box 10, folder 16

Performances, circa 1975-1985

Scope and Contents

Includes papers related to performances: Inner-World Arrangement, Four Questions, and WOLF IS DEAD: Performances and Videotapes of Wolfgang Stoerchle.
 

Artists' books, 1977-1997

Scope and Contents

Papers related to book projects including notes, invoices, and correspondence.
box 11, folder 1

Art History, 1977

box 11, folder 2

The Killing of Nettie Love, circa 1983

box 11, folder 3-4

The Spirit Tower, 1988-1989

box 11, folder 5

Seven Abstract Paintings: 1986-1996, 1996-1997

 

Artworks, 1990-2008, undated

box 11, folder 6

Freedom of Expression, 1990

Scope and Contents

Two copies. An American Civil Liberties Union postcard project sponsored by the Santa Barbara Chapter of ACLU. Contains a series of postcards created by various artists including Erenberg.
 

Modernism: Paris, Mexico City, Los Angeles, Amsterdam, circa 1961, 1997-2007, undated

box 11, folder 7

Papers, circa 1997-2007

Scope and Contents

Photocopies of images.
flatfile 2**

Artist's proofs, undated

Scope and Contents

Also includes proofs that are possibly for other projects.
box 11, folder 8

Passport project for Your Documents, Please exhibition, 2008

 

Barthes's Tomb, circa 1995-1997

Scope and Contents

Unrealized installation.
box 22*, folder 1

Working drawings 1995, 1997

box 17, folder 25-26

Photographs circa 1995-1997

 

Films, 1967-1977

box 21, item F1

Elysian Park I, 1967

Elysian Park I (digital version available on-site only)

Scope and Contents

1 film reel : si., ; standard 8 mm. Raw footage.
box 21, item F2

Elysian Park II, 1967

Elysian Park II (digital version available on-site only)

Scope and Contents

1 film reel : si., ; standard 8 mm. Raw footage.
box 21, item F3

Marker, 1967

Marker (digital version available on-site only)

Scope and Contents

1 film reel : si., ; standard 8 mm. Raw footage.
box 21, item F4

Score, 1967

Score (digital version available on-site only)

Scope and Contents

1 film reel : si., ; standard 8 mm. Raw footage.
 

Time, 1968

Time (digital version available on-site only)

box 21, item F5

Raw footage

Scope and Contents

1 film reel : si., col. ; standard 8 mm.
box 21, item F6

Edited

Scope and Contents

1 film reel : si., col. ; standard 8 mm.
box 21, item F7

Willys, 1968

Willys (digital version available on-site only)

Scope and Contents

1 film reel : si., ; standard 8 mm. Raw footage.
box 21, item F8

The Last Statement of Painting I, 1970

The Last Statement of Painting I (digital version available on-site only)

Scope and Contents

1 film reel : si., col. ; standard 8 mm. Raw footage.
box 21, item F9

The Last Statement of Painting II, 1970

The Last Statement of Painting II (digital version available on-site only)

Scope and Contents

1 film reel : si., col. ; standard 8 mm. Raw footage.
box 21, item F10

The Silence, 1970

The Silence (digital version available on-site only)

Scope and Contents

1 film reel : si., ; standard 8 mm. Raw footage.
box 21, item F11

The Silence II, 1970

The Silence II (digital version available on-site only)

Scope and Contents

1 film reel : si., ; standard 8 mm. Raw footage.
 

Nivea Milk, 1972

Nivea Milk (digital version available on-site only)

box 21, item F12

Raw footage

Scope and Contents

1 film reel : si., col. ; standard 8 mm.
box 21, item F13

Outtakes

Scope and Contents

1 film reel : si., col. ; standard 8 mm.
box 21, item F14

Trajectory, 1977

Trajectory (digital version available on-site only)

Scope and Contents

1 film reel : si., ; standard 8 mm. Raw footage.
 

Photographs 1977-2000, undated

 

Works, 1977-2000

Scope and Contents

Contains images of Erenberg's artworks.
box 22*, folder 2

Painter's Dream, 1977

Scope and Contents

Photograph of glass box for Painter's Dream installation.
 

Paintings, 1971-1983

box 11, folder 9

Black-and-white print

box 17, folder 27-29

Color prints and transparency

 

Alder, 1984

box 11, folder 10

Black-and-white prints

box 17, folder 30

Black-and-white negatives

 

Untitled (Les Plasirs et Les Jours), 1993

box 11, folder 11

Black-and-white prints and contact sheet

box 17, folder 31

Black-and-white negatives

box 17, folder 32

Jewish images, 1996, 2000

Scope and Contents

Color prints. Includes images of Untitled, Stars and Big Kippah for LA.
 

Miscellaneous, undated

Scope and Contents

Contains images of various works or projects by Erenberg.
box 11, folder 12-13

Black-and-white prints and contact sheets

box 17, folder 33-34

Black-and-white and color negatives

box 13, folder 1-3

Notebooks, undated

 

Works by other artists, Series III. 1977-2012, undated

Physical Description: 4.2 Linear Feet(5 boxes)

Arrangement

Organized alphabetically by artist.

Scope and Contents

This series contains Erenberg's collection of works and ephemera by other artists. Works include prints, drawings, and photographs by artists such as Byars and Karen Atkinson.
box 19

Atkinson, Karen, 1996

Scope and Contents

View-Master and reels for Projections: Intermission Images exhibition. See also exhibition file in box 9, folder 12.
 

Byars, James Lee,

box 13, folder 4-8

Various, circa 1978-1990, undated

Scope and Contents

Also includes exhibition ephemera. See Series I for mail art correspondence.
box 15

"Holy Ghost," undated

Scope and Contents

Possibly a work by Erenberg.
box 13, folder 9

Holzer, Jenny, undated

Scope and Contents

West of Rome Project.
box 22*, folder 4

Lattu, Brandon, 2001

box 13, folder 10-12

Mayerle, Manfred, 2001-2009

box 13, folder 13

McEntire, Frank, undated

Scope and Contents

9/11 Project.
box 13, folder 14

Mudfoot, Judyl, 1984, undated

box 22*, folder 5

Orr, Eric, 2012

Scope and Contents

Signed poster of Orr's Wall Shadow (1970) for Pacific Standard Time exhibition.
box 23*, folder 6

Perna, Luciano, 2007

Scope and Contents

Signed exhibition poster for National Geographic, Norma Desmond Productions.
box 13, folder 15

Radawec, Bill, undated

box 18

Raphael, Victor, undated

Scope and Contents

Altered Polaroid.
box 13, folder 16

Small, Rena, 1998

box 13, folder 17

Strode, Thaddeus, undated

box 13, folder 18

Unidentified, undated

 

Miscellaneous, Series IV. circa 1961, 1979-2011, undated

Physical Description: 1 Linear Feet(2.5 boxes)

Scope and Contents

The last series is comprises miscellaneous or unidentified papers, personal photographs, and audiovisual material. It includes ephemera, clippings, color portraits of Erenberg, and travel photographs in the form of black-and-white prints and negatives. Of particular note is an audio recording of Marcel Duchamp speaking at The Art of Assemblage at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art in 1961.

Arrangement

Arranged by subject.
box 14, folder 1-2

Papers, 1979-2007

Scope and Contents

Contains ephemera, clippings, and other miscellaneous papers.
box 16, item CD2

Ann Edge interview, undated

Scope and Contents

1 audio disc : digital ; 4 3/4 in. Contains an interview with, and reading by, author Anne Edge recorded by Erenberg. Edge reads from her book, A Slice of Wry (Turkey Press, 1981).
box 20, item R3

Marcel Duchamp Speaks, circa 1961

Marcel Duchamp Speaks (digitized version available on-site only)

Scope and Contents

1 audiotape reel (37 min.) : analog. ; 7 in., 1/2 in. tape. Audio recording of Duchamp speaking at The Art of Assemblage at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art in 1961.
 

Photographs, undated

box 17, folder 35

Portraits

 

Travel

Scope and Contents

Some photographs are possibly exhibition-related.
box 14, folder 3-5

Black-and-white contact sheets

box 17, folder 36-37

Black-and-white negatives

box ADD3, item DR1

Hard drive, 2010-2011

Scope and Contents

Unavailable until reformatted. Contact reference for reformatting. Click here for the access policy .
Dates taken from last modified dates. Contains .jpg, .mov, and .dv. files. See attached directory .