Finding aid for the William and Noma Copley foundation and collection records, 1954-1980 880403
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Title: William and Noma Copley foundation and collection records
Creator:
Chryssa, 1933-2013
Creator:
De Maria, Walter, 1935-2013
Creator:
Delvaux, Paul
Creator:
Glanville-Hicks, Peggy
Creator:
Flavin, Dan, 1933-1996
Creator:
Kelkel, Manfred
Creator:
Jones, Charles, 1910-1997
Creator:
Mason, Raymond, 1922-2010
Creator:
Lam, Wifredo
Creator:
Baj, Enrico, 1924-2003
Creator:
Matta, 1912-2002
Creator:
Bellmer, Hans, 1902-1975
Creator:
Metcalf, James, 1925-
Creator:
Milhaud, Darius, 1892-1974
Creator:
Arp, Jean, 1887-1966
Creator:
Petlin, Irving, 1934-2018
Creator:
Pfriem, Bernard
Creator:
Sage, Kay
Creator:
Tajiri, Shinkichi, 1923-2009
Creator:
Tanning, Dorothea, 1910-2012
Creator:
Turner, Charles, 1921-2003
Creator:
Hamilton, Richard, 1922-2011
Creator:
Waldberg, Patrick
Creator:
Hérold, Jacques, 1910-1987
Creator:
Westermann, H. C. (Horace Clifford), 1922-1981
Creator:
William and Noma Copley Foundation
Creator:
Copley, William Nelson, 1919-1996
Creator:
Celmins, Vija, 1938-
Creator:
Cage, John
Creator:
Man Ray, 1890-1976
Identifier/Call Number: 880403
Physical Description:
4.5 Linear Feet
(10 boxes)
Date (inclusive): 1954-1980
Abstract: Records document the William and Noma Copley Foundation's grant program for composers and artists, 1954-1966. Richard Hamilton's
correspondence, 1960-1966, largely concerns the Foundation's monograph series, which he edited. Other papers, including correspondence
with artists, files regarding exhibitions and insurance, and photographs, document the Copleys' personal art collection, known
for its large number of Surrealist works. Files dated after 1966 primarily contain Noma Copley's correspondence with artists.
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Language of Material:
English
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Biographical/Historical Note
William Nelson Copley (1919-1996) was a Surrealist painter, art collector, and philanthropist. He was born in New York and
attended Yale University before being drafted into the army and serving in Europe during World War II. After the war, Copley
began painting and partnered with John Ployardt, his brother-in-law from his first marriage with Doris Wead, to run the short-lived
Copley Galleries in Beverly Hills, California, specializing in Surrealist art. When the business failed, Copley was obligated
to buy most of the art, which formed the basis of his private collection. He then moved to Paris around 1949, where he met
his second wife, Noma (born Norma) Ratner.
Noma Ratner Copley (1916-2006) was a fine art jewelry designer and art collector. She was born in Minnesota and worked as
a translator with the United States Office of War Information during World War II. Afterwards, she worked in the film industry
in Los Angeles before moving to Paris. She was introduced to William Copley by their mutual friend Man Ray in 1951. They married
in 1953 and resided in France until 1962, when they moved to New York.
In 1954, they began the William and Noma Copley Foundation (renamed the Cassandra Foundation in 1966), which was incorporated
in Chicago as a nonprofit organization. Its mission was to aid and encourage emerging artists in the fields of painting, sculpture
and music composition. Grants were awarded by a board of directors based on nominations made by advisers, including Jean Arp,
Alfred Barr, Jr., Matta Echaurren, Max Ernst, Julien Levy, William Lieberman, Man Ray, Roland Penrose and Sir Herbert Read.
The officers and directors were William Copley, Noma Copley, Marcel Duchamp, Barnet Hodes, Eleanor Hodes and Darius Milhaud.
Music and art award responsibilities were divided between husband and wife. Noma Copley was chiefly responsible for music
grants and collaborated with Milhaud, while William Copley generally made the final decisions on the visual art grants.
The Foundation also published a series of monographs from 1960 to 1966 to highlight their grantees. The British Pop artist
Richard Hamilton was chosen as editor, not only for his well-known talents in layout and design, but also for the respect
given him by the international art community as one of Duchamp's protégés. A total of 10 monographs were published on Hans
Bellmer, Richard Lindner, Bernard Pfriem, René Magritte, Thomas Albert Sills, Eduardo Paolozzi, James Metcalf, Serge Charchoune,
Jacques Hérold and Dieter Roth.
In addition to their philanthropy, the Copleys assembled an important private collection of Surrealist art, including works
by Hans Bellmer, Marcel Duchamp, Max Ernst, René Magritte and Man Ray. The collection included Magritte's
La trahison des images (Ceci n'est pas une pipe) and
Chambre d'Ecoute, Ernst's
Le Surréalisme et la Peinture, Man Ray's
A l'Heure de l'Observatoire: les Amoureux and Richard Hamilton's
$he. From 1964 to 1966, Marcia Tucker worked as collection curator, overseeing exhibition loans and the care and maintenance
of the collection.
After William Copley decided to distance himself from philanthropy and focus his activities back on his own art, Barnet Hodes
assumed his responsibilities at the Foundation in 1966. William and Noma Copley divorced in 1967, and William Copley continued
his career as a Surrealist artist. He sold much of the art collection at auctions in 1979 and 1993 and died in Florida in
1996. Noma Copley pursued a career in goldsmithing and fine art jewelry after their divorce. She died in New York in 2006.
Sources consulted:
"Biography." William N. Copley. William N. Copley Estate. Accessed 6 April 2020. http://williamncopley.com/about/biography-page/.
"Foundation." William N. Copley. William N. Copley Estate. Accessed 6 April 2020. http://williamncopley.com/programs/william-and-noma-copley-foundation/.
"Noma Copley." Wikipedia. Accessed 6 April 2020. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noma_Copley#cite_ref-18.
Scope and Content of Collection
The William and Noma Copley Foundation and Collection Records document the couple's philanthropic and collecting activities,
which along with their personal relationships with Surrealist artists would profoundly affect the exhibition and evaluation
of the Surrealist movement in the United States. The archive dates from 1954-1980, the bulk dating from 1954-1966, when the
Copleys directed the Foundation. Correspondence after 1966 is primarily from Noma Copley's personal files.
The collection contains correspondence with the Foundation's advisors, and with composers and artists who were awarded grants,
in effect demonstrating the Foundation's award process. Letters also were exchanged with artist friends about personal matters
and the Copley art collection. Additionally, there is personal and business correspondence with Richard Hamilton from the
time when he was editor of the Copley Foundation's monograph series. One series contains personal correspondence, with many
drawings and handmade cards, collected by Noma Copley. There is much material, including correspondence and photographs of
art works, relating specifically to the Copley collection, covering topics such as exhibition loans, appraisals, conservation
of the collection, financial and insurance documents.
Arrangement note
The archive is arranged in 5 series: Series I. Foundation documents, 1954-1967; Series II. Richard Hamilton correspondence,
1960-1966; Series III. Personal correspondence, 1957-1980; Series IV: Collection documents, 1954-1967; Series V. Collection
photographs, n.d.
Separated Material
Vivaldi, Cesare.
Pietro Cascella. Milan: Edizioni del milione, ca. 1962.
Processing History
Monika Wiessmeyer unpacked the archive in 1988. Lynda Bunting processed and cataloged the collection June-July, 1995. The
Richard Hamilton correspondence (former accn. no. 920052) was moved to the William and Noma Copley Foundation and Collection
Records at this time. Bunting revised the finding aid in August 1997 to add a Hans Bellmer document (960054) and in January
1998, to add ca. 40 letters and postcards from other two separate acquisitions (960074, 980002). The biographical note was
updated in 2020 by Rachel Poutasse.
Acquisition Information
The Research Library acquired the bulk of the archive in 1988. Additional material was acquired in 1995, 1996, and 1998.
Preferred Citation
William and Norma Copley foundation and collection records, 1954-1980, Research Library, The Getty Research Institute, Accession
no. 880403
http://hdl.handle.net/10020/cifa880403
Publication Rights
Access
Open for use by qualified researchers.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Photographic prints
Photographs, Original
New Year cards
Christmas cards
Collages
Publishers and publishing
Surrealism
Art -- Collectors and collecting
Art, Modern -- 20th century
Art -- Scholarships, fellowships, etc.
Art -- Private collections
Drawings (visual works)
Charchoune, Serge, 1888-1975
Copley, William Nelson, 1919-1996
Copley, Noma, 1916-2006
Ernst, Max, 1891-1976
Hérold, Jacques, 1910-1987
Hamilton, Richard, 1922-2011
Roth, Dieter, 1930-1998
Tanguy, Yves, 1900-1955
Man Ray, 1890-1976
Tanning, Dorothea, 1910-2012
William and Noma Copley Foundation
Bellmer, Hans, 1902-1975
Baj, Enrico, 1924-2003
Arp, Jean, 1887-1966
Foundation documents, Series I.
1954-1967
Physical Description:
1.25 Linear Feet
2.5 boxes
Scope and Contents note
Foundation documents comprise material primarily pertaining to the foundation's grant program, 1954-1966. Items include statutes and by-laws, award recommendations by Darius Milhaud and others for prominent composers and promising
students (many of whom attended the Aspen Music Festival), and recommendations by Roberto Matta Echaurren and others for artists'
grants. Correspondence with awardees includes award letters, thank-you notes, biographies, descriptions of current work, and
letters about personal matters. Awardees include, among others, the composers Charles Jones, Manfred Kelkel, Charles Turner,
Peggy Glanville-Hicks, Shinkichi Tajiri and Bernard Pfriem, and the artists Jean Arp, Hans Bellmer, Dan Flavin, Wifredo Lam,
and Dorothea Tanning. Letters from the writer Patrick Waldberg provide art world gossip and personal views on art events.
Some letters discuss the monographs published by the Foundation. Series II contains much more correspondence about the Foundation's
publishing program.
box 1, folder 1
Official documents,
1954-1955
Container Summary: ca. 13 items
Scope and Contents note
By-laws in English and French; articles of incorporation; correspondence with the law firm of Arvey, Hodes & Mantynband; correspondence
with IRS about tax exempt status.
box 1, folder 2
Darius Milhaud recommendations,
1961-1966
Container Summary: ca. 38 items
Scope and Contents note
Correspondence with Milhaud regarding music award recommendations reveals selection process; with personal correspondence
interspersed.
box 1, folder 3
Other recommendations,
1960-1966
Container Summary: ca. 20 items
Scope and Contents note
Correspondence recommending artists and composers, with Ernst Roth, Pierre Boulez, and Roberto Matta Echaurren (also personal
letters and small drawings); notes from Man Ray, Marguerite Arp, Sam Hunter, Julien Levy, Dan Flavin, and Alfred Barr, Jr.
box 1, folder 4-5
Music biographies,
1954-1966
Container Summary: ca. 100 items
Scope and Contents note
Typed curricula vitae, some in letter format, a few with cover letters, from students and established awardees.
box 1, folder 6
Art biographies, ca.
1960-1966, 1964-1966
Container Summary: ca. 35 items
Scope and Contents note
Curricula vitae, most typed and some in letter format, a few with cover letters, from artists Lucas Samaras, Mark di Suvero
(handwritten letter about his childhood), Dan Flavin, and Maria Papa, among others; 9 photographs.
box 1, folder 7-8
Music awardee correspondence,
1954-1960 1962-1966
Container Summary: ca. 150 items
Scope and Contents note
Most are letters of award to grant recipients and thank-you letters from them, but also some bios, descriptions of current
work and personal correspondence. Represented are, among others, Jacques Bondon (6 items), Harris Danziger (6 items), Manfred
Kelkel (14 items), Charles Jones (17 items), Jean-Louis Martinet (2 items), Benjamin Lees (3 items), Charles Turner (21 items),
Claude Prey (4 items), Leland Smith (3 items), Gilbert Amy (3 items), Howard Swanson (1 item), Edgard Varèse (4 items), Morton
Subotnick (1 item), Antoine Tisne (4 items), Mikis Theodorakis (8 items), Peter Schickele (1 item), Peggy Glanville-Hicks
(ca. 24 items, most about separate grants awarded to aid production of "Transposed Heads," 1959, and "Nausicaa," 1962), William Bolcom (1 item), Bruce Mather (3 items), Jean-Claude Eloy (2 items), Henry Brant (6 items), John Downey (6 items),
Luciano Berio (1 item), Paul Mefano (1 item), John Cage (3 items).
box 1, folder 9
Miscellaneous music correspondence,
1953-1965
Container Summary: ca. 10 items
Scope and Contents note
Includes letters from and to F. Charles Adler ( 1956), and letter to Erich Leinsdorf ( 1961).
box 2, folder 1-2
Art awardee correspondence,
1956-1959, 1961-1966
Container Summary: ca. 42 items
Scope and Contents note
Letters of award to grant recipients and thank-you letters from them; also some bios, descriptions of current work and personal
correspondence. Awardees include Serge Charchoune (4 items), Arturo Estrada (1 item), Jacques Hérold (1 item), Hans Bellmer
(4 items), Richard Lindner (8 items), Shinkichi Tajiri (8 items), Bernard Pfriem (3 items: long description of childhood,
letter to and letter from Maxime), Richard Hamilton (2 items), Ruth Francken (2 items), Caroline Lee (1 item), Gene Beery
(2 items), David Packard (3 items), Dan Flavin (1 item), Mark di Suvero (3 items).
box 2, folder 3
Other awardee correspondence,
1959-1960
Container Summary: 3 items
box 2, folder 4
Artist corresp. A,
1954-1966
box 2, folder 4
Altoon, John,
1966
Container Summary: 2 items
Scope and Contents note
Thank-you letter from Altoon mentions dissatisfaction with a drawing he gave WC; letter to Altoon from WC.
box 2, folder 4
Arakawa, Shusaku,
1965, n.d.
Container Summary: 3 items
Scope and Contents note
Letter and postcard from Arakawa; letter to him from WC.
box 2, folder 4
Arman,
1964-1967
Container Summary: 6 items
Scope and Contents note
Letters from Arman about personal matters, his work progress, and upcoming exhibitions, ca. 1965; 2 New Year's cards, 1964, 1967.
box 2, folder 4
Arp, Jean and Marguerite,
1957-1966
Container Summary: 32 items
Scope and Contents note
Extensive personal correspondence, written between Marguerite and Noma with one letter from Arp. Subjects include Arp's health,
financial matters, how Arp feels about the works Sophie left him, exhibitions, the works by Arp in the Copley collection,
purchases, loans, description corrections, and damage to "Concrétion humaine sur coupe A".
box 2, folder 5
Artist correspondence, B-CH,
1954-1966
box 2, folder 5
Baj, Enrico,
1960-1962
Container Summary: 12 items
Scope and Contents note
About loans from the collection; the measurement of "Miroir"; Baj's health.
box 2, folder 5
Bell, Larry,
1965
Container Summary: 2 items
Scope and Contents note
Chatty letter from Bell regarding a work for the "optical show"; WC reply.
box 2, folder 5
Bellmer, Hans, ca.
1950-1965
Container Summary: 20 items
Scope and Contents note
Letters about production of the Foundation's book on Bellmer and photograph requests for a book of Bellmer's drawings (see
also Series II); personal matters; the health of Unica Zürn, 1961-1962, 1964-1965; handwritten page "Fonctionnement du rêve" with drawings and quotations from Freud, Schopenhauer, Spitta, et. al., ca. 1950.
box 2, folder 5
Brancusi, Constantin,
1955-1956
Container Summary: 7 items
Scope and Contents note
Copies of 6 letters from Hodes, Sidney Janis, and Brancusi; a 5 pp. report about "Endless Column".
box 2, folder 5
Carrington, Leonora,
1957
Container Summary: 2 items
Scope and Contents note
Letter from Carrington in which she uses choice words about Murray Greenbaum, who cheated them and other artists out of money;
a reply from Noma.
box 2, folder 5
Charchoune, Serge,
1961-1964
Container Summary: 5 items
Scope and Contents note
Personal letters; 2 cards, photograph and small printed text "Dolgolikov de Serge Charchoune" by Georges Adamovitch.
box 2, folder 5
Christo, postcard from,
1966
Container Summary: 1 item
box 2, folder 6
Artist correspondence, CO-L,
1954-1966
box 2, folder 6
Consagra, Pietro,
1956
Container Summary: 1 item
box 2, folder 6
Crippa, Roberto,
1960
Container Summary: 5 items
Scope and Contents note
Letters about the purchase of a work.
box 2, folder 6
Delvaux, Paul,
1956-1957
Container Summary: 16 items
Scope and Contents note
Letters, notes, and import documents regard purchase of a work.
box 2, folder 6
Ernst, Max,
1961
Container Summary: 1 item
Scope and Contents note
Handwritten note on a copied [photostat?] typescript.
box 2, folder 6
Flavin, Dan,
1965-1966
Container Summary: ca. 13 items
Scope and Contents note
References for the Guggenheim Foundation; a 3 pp. letter in which Flavin discusses himself, Walter Hopps's notion of an "East
Coast-West dichotomy on art," and the comportment of the artist in the face of commercial galleries; letters regarding Flavin
drawings; copy of 7 pp. bio. written for the Guggenheim Foundation.
box 2, folder 6
Francis, Sam,
1965
Container Summary: 1 item
box 2, folder 6
Francken, Ruth,
1965-1966
Container Summary: 6 items
Scope and Contents note
Letters about recent productivity; requests for help finding New York representation.
box 2, folder 6
Herms, George,
1962
Container Summary: 1 item
box 2, folder 6
Johnson, Ray,
n.d.
Container Summary: 1 item
Scope and Contents note
Illustrated thank-you note.
box 2, folder 6
Lam, Wifredo,
1956-1957, 1959-1961
Container Summary: 22 items
Scope and Contents note
Letters about payment for a work; travel arrangements; some letters include drawings; includes 1 drawing on cardboard, 1 clipping.
box 2, folder 6
Lebel, Jean-Jacques,
1962
Container Summary: 1 item
Scope and Contents note
Letter about money he owes WC.
box 2, folder 6
Lee, Caroline,
1962, 1966
Container Summary: 4 items
Scope and Contents note
1 p., 5 pp., 6 pp. and 2 pp. letters about problems with her studio; her new foundry; the current French art scene and why
the French cannot understand Pop Art; the civil rights movement; her busy schedule.
box 2, folder 7
Artist correspondence, M-R,
1954-1966
box 2, folder 7
Mason, Raymond,
1961, 1963
Container Summary: 10 items
Scope and Contents note
Letters about the casting and purchase of two sculptures.
box 2, folder 7
Mesens, E.L.T.,
1960
Container Summary: 5 items
Scope and Contents note
Mesens asks WC's help with Magritte exhibit at ICA, London; 3 pp. handwritten copy of letter from Mesens to Roland Penrose
expressing his dislike of the idea of a retrospective at the ICA and problems with their personal relationship; a tactful
letter from WC expressing his feeling that they cannot all work together on the show.
box 2, folder 7
Metcalf, James and Pilar, ca.
1965
Container Summary: 7 items
Scope and Contents note
Letters regarding Metcalf's problems with galleries and exhibitions; personal matters.
box 2, folder 7
Noguchi, Isamu,
1958
Container Summary: 4 items
Scope and Contents note
Letters about possible purchase of a stone table and Noguchi's recommendation of J.B. Blunk for a grant.
box 2, folder 7
Oppenheim, Meret,
1964-1966
Container Summary: 5 items
Scope and Contents note
Letters concern acquisition of an object and exchange of works between Oppenheim and WC; exhibition announcement; a New Year's
card with an original lithograph (no. 7/25).
box 2, folder 7
Packard, David,
1962-1963
Container Summary: 3 items
Scope and Contents note
Letters relate progress of his work; thoughts on WC's green book [Duchamp book?]; repair of "Monstrance Number One".
box 2, folder 7
Penrose, Roland and Lee Miller,
1965-1966
Scope and Contents note
5 items
box 2, folder 7
Petlin, Irving,
1962, 1965
Container Summary: 6 items
Scope and Contents note
Letters about life in Greece and recent work painted there ( 1962); photographs needed by Petlin of his work; an event the
Los Angeles Times refused to report on, in which the Copleys would have been proud of Larry Bell, John Altoon, John Weber, Maurice Tuchman,
et al. ( 1965 May 23); showing at Rolf Nelson's; personal matters.
box 2, folder 7
Pfriem, Bernard,
1961-1962
Container Summary: 9 items
Scope and Contents note
Letters about Pfriem's positive reaction to the Foundation's book about him; the possibility of purchasing an extra run (see
also Series II); works for consideration at MOMA; disappointment with his last show; personal matters.
box 2, folder 7
Ray, Man,
1965-1965
Container Summary: 7 items
Scope and Contents note
Letters about photographs from
ArtNews for books on Man Ray; exhibitions that might need loans from the Copley collection (especially the LACMA [Los Angeles County
Museum of Art] retrospective); Copley's feelings about top LACMA personnel; Man Ray's rheumatism.
box 2, folder 7
Reynal, Jeanne,
1960-1961
Container Summary: 8 items
Scope and Contents note
Letters regarding the repair of mosaics in the collection; shipping a Gorky work.
box 2, folder 7
Rivers, Larry,
1965
Container Summary: 2 items
Scope and Contents note
Letters regarding payments.
box 2, folder 8
Artist correspondence, SH-TIN,
1954-1966
box 2, folder 8
Tajiri, Shinkichi,
1956-1957, n.d.
Container Summary: 12 items
Scope and Contents note
Letters regarding payment and the loan of a sculpture to the Stedelijk Museum; personal letter contains a photograph collage.
box 2, folder 8
Tanguy, Kay Sage,
1957-1958, 1960-1961
Container Summary: 17 items
Scope and Contents note
Letters about compiling a catalog of Yves Tanquy's work and the difficulties in finding his earlier pieces; letter from Tanguy
recommending François Tuefferd for a grant; 2 pp. list of catalog needs.
box 2, folder 8
Tanning, Dorothea,
1959, 1966-1967, n.d.
Container Summary: 14 items
Scope and Contents note
Letters about a gift to the Tate Gallery of a Tanning work; a Foundation book on Ernst; news of Man Ray; the Copleys' tentative
plan to buy an apartment from Ernst; loans for a retrospective.
box 2, folder 8
Tinguely, Jean,
1961, 1966, n.d.
Container Summary: 7 items
Scope and Contents note
References for Pontus Hulten with mention that Tinguely forgot to leave the "petite chose" at Jimmy's [Metcalf?]; 3 postcards
with colored marker drawings on recto, titled "Peinture originale exécutée en collaboration avec métamatic no. 8 de Tinguely"
(edition Iris Clert), signed and dated 20 VII [year illegible]; 2 postcards dated 1961 and 1966.
box 2, folder 9
Artist correspondence TR-W,
1954-1966
box 2, folder 9
Trouille, Clovis,
1959, 1963
Container Summary: 4 items
Scope and Contents note
Letters of thank-you for the London catalog; possible purchase of "Mes Funérailles"; praise for WC's work.
box 2, folder 9
Waldberg, Patrick and Isabelle,
1957-1958
Container Summary: 5 items
Scope and Contents note
Letter from Noma about life in Mexico; gossipy 4 pp. letter from Waldberg about his opinion of the Duchamp book production;
the failure of Jacques Hérold's recent exhibition; the bickering of the "old guard" at the Dada retrospective at the Galerie
de l'Institute; a raid of the show by a commando of "jarrivistes"; his research and thoughts on Dada for a possible publication.
box 3, folder 1
Form letters,
1960-1966
Container Summary: 30 items
Scope and Contents note
Carbon copies of form letters to award recipients and advisors, many with annotations; list of awardees for 1961-1962, 1965.
box 3, folder 2
General correspondence
1962-1966
Container Summary: ca. 23 items
Scope and Contents note
Correspondence with Fondation de la Cité Internationale des Arts about activities; letters about Diter Rot [i.e. Dieter Roth]
monograph; with Porter McCray of JDR III Fund regarding money for the New York Studio School; with Roland Penrose about funds
for ICA (London); letter to A. James Speyer about loaning Ernst's "Surrealisme et la peinture" to the Art Institute of Chicago;
with Lucy Lippard concerning money for her Max Ernst catalogue raisonné project; outline for the
Modern Legal Handbook for Artists and Collectors.
box 3, folder 3
Thank-you letters for foundation monographs,
1962, 1965
Container Summary: 4 items
box 3, folder 4
Press releases,
1955, 1958, 1960-1962
Container Summary: ca. 12 items
Scope and Contents note
Includes awardee announcements and cover letters.
box 3, folder 5
Mailing lists,
n.d., 1960
Container Summary: ca. 100 pp.
Scope and Contents note
Addresses, mostly of libraries and educational institutions, for sending foundation books; letter from Diter Rot [i.e., Dieter
Roth], 1960.
box 3, folder 6
International Institute of Contemporary Art,
1957, n.d.
Container Summary: 12 items
Scope and Contents note
Blank stationery; brochures; proceedings of the city council of Chicago ( Dec 23, 1957) with resolution of IICA's organization [WC was vice-president]; carbon copy of IICA charter; membership card.
Richard Hamilton correspondence, Series II.
1960-1966
Physical Description:
1 Linear Feet
2 boxes
Scope and Contents note
Correspondence comprises 189 items, arranged in chronological order, between William and Noma Copley and the British Pop artist
Richard Hamilton, in his capacity as editor of the Copley Foundation Monograph series. Some letters are written to and from
Hamilton's wife Terry. One letter (1965) is from Hamilton's companion Rita. Hamilton includes copies of letters to and from
other correspondents in his letters to the Copleys. The files include a small number of original letters from others: Hans
Bellmer, Barnet Hodes, Kenneth Rowntree, Alfred Barr, Jr., Marcia Tucker, Yale University Library, and Diter Rot [i.e., Dieter
Roth]. Most of Hamilton's letters are addressed to Bill and Noma, most of the replies (pink carbon copies) are from Noma.
The few letters between Bill Copley and Hamilton attest to their difficult relationship. The Copleys write from Europe, New
York, and Los Angeles. The long, detailed letters concern production for the Bellmer, Charchoune, Hérold, Duchamp, Rot [i.e
Roth] books, negotiations with the artists, distribution processes and personal matters. After 1962 there are references to
art world news and gossip, Copley's and Hamilton's gallery and museum exhibitions, collecting interests, censorship, Hamilton's
own art work ($he, Pin-up), and his interest in artists' books. Most of the letters are typed (the Copleys' letters in carbon
copy), but several letters are handwritten.
box 3
Correspondence,
1960-1966
box 3, folder 7
1960-1962
Container Summary: 90 items
box 3, folder 7
1960
Container Summary: 8 items
Scope and Contents note
Fifteen letters between Pfriem and Hamilton, Oct 1960-Nov 1961, summarized on 9 typed pages.
Hamilton letter to Pfriem.
Six letters between Hamilton and Bill and Noma Copley, and between Terry Hamilton and the Copleys.
box 3, folder 7
1961
Container Summary: 49 items
Scope and Contents note
Forty-two letters between Hamilton and Bill and Noma Copley, including some between Terry and the Copleys.
One letter, with separate accounting of book production costs, from Hamilton to Barnet Hodes.
One letter from Hamilton to Jacques Hérold.
Two letters from Hamilton to Hans Bellmer; 1 letter from Bill Copley to Bellmer; 1 letter from Bellmer.
box 3, folder 7
1962
Container Summary: 33 items
Scope and Contents note
Twenty-six letters between Hamilton and Bill and Noma Copley, including some between Terry and the Copleys. One of Terry's
letters is handwritten. Hamilton's anguished letter of Nov. 7 tells them of Terry's death.
One letter from Hamilton to Serge Charchoune (with a list of Charchoune's book illustrations); 1 to Barnet Hodes.
Two letters from Barnet Hodes to Hamilton, letter from Tony Bell to Bradford, and a letter from Bradford to Hamilton, all
regarding production errors or distribution.
box 3, folder 8
1963-1966
Container Summary: 66 items
box 3, folder 8
1963
Container Summary: 10 items
Scope and Contents note
Eight letters between Hamilton and Bill and Noma Copley.
Two letters between Bill Copley and Prof. Kenneth Rowntree regarding Senior Lectureship for Hamilton at University of Durham.
box 3, folder 8
1964
Container Summary: 22 items
Scope and Contents note
Twenty-one letters between Hamilton and Bill and Noma Copley; 1 Hamilton letter to Barnet Hodes.
box 3, folder 8
1965
Container Summary: 24 items
Scope and Contents note
Eleven letters between Hamilton and Bill and Noma Copley (most of them between Hamilton and Noma); 1 letter from Rita to Noma.
One letter from Hamilton to Michael Greenwood, Hanover Gallery, London; 1 to G.R. Martin of Lund Humphries; 1 to Barnet Hodes.
One letter from Alfred Barr, Jr. to Noma regarding Diter Rot [i.e. Dieter Roth].
Five letters between Marcia Tucker, Noma Copley and Yale University Library about acquiring the Foundation's monographs; 2
letters from Marcia Tucker to Hamilton.
William and Noma Copley Foundation letterhead sample, with annotations about design.
box 3, folder 8
1966
Container Summary: 10 items
Scope and Contents note
Five letters between Hamilton and Bill and Noma Copley; 1 handmade postcard from Hamilton and Rita to the Copleys.
Two letters from Diter Rot [i.e. Dieter Roth] and 1 typed page of text from his book, over which there are censorship concerns
("Ich kache...").
compose (to john cage) - an artist postcard by Hamilton.
Personal correspondence, Series III.
1957-1980
Physical Description:
0.5 Linear Feet
1 box
Scope and Contents note
This series contains letters, drawings and cards from artists and musicians, sent to Noma Copley. The letters are from 1957-1980, most dating after the end of the Foundation's activities in 1966, and are arranged alphabetically. One file contains letters, drawings, and ephemera from William and Noma. The Copleys separated
in 1968 but Noma remained friendly with many of the artists. The letters are generally personal, but also include descriptions of
working interests from artists Vija Celmins, Chryssa, Walter De Maria, Richard Hamilton, Man Ray, Roberto Matta Echaurren,
Irving Petlin, Cliff Westermann, and others. This series also holds some handmade cards and drawings by artists prior to 1966.
box 4, folder 1
Arp, Jean,
1964, 1967
Container Summary: 2 items
Scope and Contents note
New Year's cards.
box 4, folder 1
Assadour, ca.
1972
Container Summary: 1 item
Scope and Contents note
Etched card.
box 4, folder 1
Unidentified A,
n.d.
Container Summary: 1 item
Scope and Contents note
Drawing of napkin with silverware, "Strategic Food Command" and other lettering.
box 4, folder 2
Beery, Gene,
n.d.
Container Summary: 1 item
Scope and Contents note
Transparent Christmas card.
box 4, folder 2
Brant, Henry,
1967
Container Summary: 1 item
Scope and Contents note
printed sheet music with New Year's greeting.
box 4, folder 2
Buonagurio, Toby,
ca. 1970
Container Summary: 1 item
Scope and Contents note
Handmade thank-you note.
box 4, folder 2
Unidentified B,
n.d.
Container Summary: 1 item
Scope and Contents note
Ink drawing, signed Aaron.
box 4, folder 3
Cage, John,
1968
Container Summary: 1 item
Scope and Contents note
Note-o-gram describing recent electronic work.
box 4, folder 3
Cartier-Bresson, Henri,
1968, 1973, 1975
Container Summary: 3 items
Scope and Contents note
Letter, note, and invitation.
box 4, folder 3
Celmins, Vija,
1970-1975, 1980, 1985, n.d.
Container Summary: ca. 25 items
Scope and Contents note
Personal letters about her art production; her studio; drawings sales; her health; the Los Angeles art scene; a women's artist
group in Los Angeles; her exhibition in London.
box 4, folder 3
Chase-Riboud, Barbara,
1967, 1970, n.d.
Container Summary: 7 items
Scope and Contents note
One letter mentions Angela Davis and Malcolm X; statement of purpose with drawing for Guggenheim; 2 New Year's cards; 1 clipping.
box 4, folder 4
Christo,
1969
Container Summary: 1 item
box 4, folder 4
Chryssa,
1970, 1973, 1975-1976
Container Summary: 8 items
Scope and Contents note
One angry letter expressing recent frustrations; photocopy of a very long letter; small colored drawing.
box 4, folder 4
Crippa, Roberto,
1957-1958
Container Summary: 1 item
Scope and Contents note
Hand-colored card.
box 4, folder 4
Unidentified C,
n.d.
Container Summary: 5 items
Scope and Contents note
Five intricately folded squares with colored drawings.
box 4, folder 5
Copley, William and Noma,
1956-1983, n.d.
Container Summary: ca. 45 items
Scope and Contents note
Copies of the Christmas postcards sent; WC exhibition announcements; notes from WC to NC; 2 WC drawings; letter (fragment?)
written by NC to unidentified correspondent about the breakup of the Copley marriage.
box 4, folder 6
De Maria, Walter,
1967-1970
Container Summary: 7 items
Scope and Contents note
Letters discuss politics; his feelings about California ( Apr 6 1968); his film "Hard Core" ( Aug 22 1969).
box 4, folder 6
Unidentified D,
1959
Container Summary: 4 items
Scope and Contents note
Three humorous drawings of soldiers; handmade Christmas card signed Max and Jane.
box 4, folder 7
Edmondson, Leonard,
1953
Container Summary: 1 item
Scope and Contents note
Small etching.
box 4, folder 7
Elde, Ansgar,
1965
Container Summary: 1 item
Scope and Contents note
Invitation with colored drawings.
box 4, folder 7
Ernst, Max,
1963
Container Summary: 2 items
Scope and Contents note
Postcard; Christmas card from Margaret Krebs with Ernst picture on front.
box 4, folder 7
Estrada, Arturo,
1958
Container Summary: 1 item
Scope and Contents note
Hand-colored New Year's card.
box 4, folder 7
Unidentified E,
n.d.
Container Summary: 1 item
Scope and Contents note
Drawing of waterfowl.
box 4, folder 8
Ford, Charles Henri,
1976
Container Summary: 1 item
box 4, folder 8
Fox,
n.d.
Container Summary: 1 item
Scope and Contents note
Christmas card.
box 4, folder 8
Frank, Mary,
1979
Container Summary: 1 item
Scope and Contents note
Exhibition announcement.
box 4, folder 8
Frumkin, Allan and Jean, ,
n.d. 1977
Container Summary: 2 items
Scope and Contents note
Handmade Christmas card; gallery newsletter.
box 4, folder 9
Granell, E.F.,
1964
Container Summary: 1 item
Scope and Contents note
Handmade Christmas card.
box 4, folder 9
Unidentified G,
n.d.
Container Summary: 2 items
Scope and Contents note
1 drawing of scarecrow (signed n.g.) and 1 drawing of cat on a bicycle, with French text
box 4, folder 10
Hamilton, Richard,
1968-1971
Container Summary: 10 items
Scope and Contents note
Personal letters, with some mention of his work.
box 4, folder 10
Hérold, Jacques, ,
1963 1965
Container Summary: 2 items
Scope and Contents note
Birth announcement with print (fragment); New Year's postcard.
box 4, folder 10
Hiquily, Philippe,
1967
Container Summary: 1 item
Scope and Contents note
Handmade New Year's card.
box 4, folder 11
Jacquet, Alain,
n.d.
Container Summary: 1 item
Scope and Contents note
Christmas card.
box 4, folder 12
King, Bill, , ,
1973 1975 1977
Container Summary: 8 items
Scope and Contents note
2 Christmas cards ( 1973, 1977); silver card with punched-out figures ( 1975); drawing "The test" with cut-out figures ( 1973); "Dad! (a bronze)" with painted envelope and bronze cut-outs; letter with metal can opener ring attached ( 1977).
box 4, folder 13
Lam, Wifredo,
1960
Container Summary: 1 item
Scope and Contents note
Christmas postcard with drawing.
box 4, folder 13
Lees, Benjamin, ,
1974 n.d.
Container Summary: 3 items
Scope and Contents note
Two Christmas cards; publicity brochure.
box 4, folder 13
Lepri, Stanislas, ,
1963 n.d.
Container Summary: 2 items
Scope and Contents note
Christmas card; New Year's card with drawings.
box 4, folder 14
Magritte, René (?),
n.d.
Container Summary: 1 item
Scope and Contents note
Thank-you note with ink drawings.
box 4, folder 14
Man Ray and Juliet, ,
1950-1980 n.d.
Container Summary: 16 items
Scope and Contents note
Personal letters describe how busy he is and his health; Christmas cards; announcements; painted get well card; photographs.
box 4, folder 14
Matta Echaurren, Roberto,
n.d.
Container Summary: 3 items
Scope and Contents note
Sheet with drawings of birthday wishes to WC; another sheet of drawings; Christmas card with drawings.
box 4, folder 15
Noailles, Marie-Laure de [i.e. Laure, Marie],
1962
Container Summary: 1 item
Scope and Contents note
Christmas card.
box 4, folder 15
Unidentified N,
n.d.
Container Summary: 5 items
Scope and Contents note
Five sheets with story text and colored drawings, signed Jerry.
box 4, folder 16
Oldenburg, Claes, ,
1970 n.d.
Container Summary: 2 items
Scope and Contents note
Signed announcement; New Year's card.
box 4, folder 16
Penrose, Roland, ,
1963 n.d.
Container Summary: 2 items
Scope and Contents note
Postcard; thank-you note.
box 4, folder 16
Petlin, Irving, , , ,
1973 1977 1980-1981 1983
Container Summary: 9 items
Scope and Contents note
Letters; announcements.
box 4, folder 16
Unidentified P,
1962
Container Summary: 1 item
Scope and Contents note
Hand-drawn thank-you note from Paris.
box 4, folder 17
Rozsda, Endre,
1965
Container Summary: 1 item
Scope and Contents note
Handmade New Year's card.
box 4, folder 17
Ruppersberg, Allen,
1974
Container Summary: 1 item
Scope and Contents note
Announcement from the Claire Copley Gallery.
box 4, folder 18
Sabol, Audrey, ,
1976-1980 n.d.
Container Summary: 14 items
Scope and Contents note
Postcards; letters.
box 4, folder 18
Stuart, David,
1982
Container Summary: 4 items
Scope and Contents note
Postcards; an invitation.
box 4, folder 19
Tajiri, Shinkichi, ,
1971-1972 1975
Container Summary: 4 items
Scope and Contents note
Letters; New Year's cards.
box 4, folder 19
Tanguy, Kay Sage,
n.d.
Container Summary: 2 items
Scope and Contents note
Christmas cards.
box 4, folder 20
Urvater, Gigi and Bertie,
1967
Container Summary: 1 item
Scope and Contents note
New Year's card with Hérold print.
box 4, folder 20
Waldberg, Patrick,
n.d.
Container Summary: 1 item
Scope and Contents note
Ink and pencil drawing.
box 4, folder 20
Westermann, Cliff [H.C.],
1964-1979
Container Summary: 17 items
Scope and Contents note
Personal letters with many drawings, some in color.
box 4, folder 20
Wheeler, Doug,
n.d.
Container Summary: 1 item
Collection documents, Series IV.
1954-1967
Physical Description:
1 Linear Feet
2 boxes
Scope and Contents note
Documents (bulk 1964-1966) comprise material relating to the exhibition and care of the Copley art collection. Contains correspondence with museum
and gallery directors and staff, loan forms, certificates of insurance, appraisals and insurance evaluations, condition and
treatment reports, shipping documents and photograph requests. Other documents include financial and insurance papers.
box 5, folder 1-9
Loans and evaluations, ,
1954 1957-1967
Container Summary: ca. 350 pp.
Scope and Contents note
Extensive material relating to exhibition loans. Some of the exhibitions mentioned include Daniel Cordier's Exposition Internationale
du Surréalisme ( 1959-1960); "Max Ernst" at MOMA ( 1961); "Picabia" at Musée Cantini, Marseille ( 1962); "Jean Arp" at Musée d'Art Moderne á Paris ( 1962); "New Realists" at Hague Museum ( 1964, Hamilton); "Marcel Duchamp" at the Pasadena Art Museum ( 1963); "Rene Magritte" at MOMA ( 1965); "Max Ernst: Recent Paintings and Sculpture" at the Jewish Museum ( 1966); "Marcel Duchamp" at the Arts Council of Great Britain ( 1966); "Man Ray" exhibition at LACMA.
box 5, folder 10
Loans - University of California, Santa Barbara,
1965-1966
Container Summary: ca. 40 items
Scope and Contents note
Material regarding loan of 12 works for "Surrealism -- A State of Mind" includes correspondence with Ala Story, certificates
of insurance, loan forms and receipts, sheet of paper with damage notes, and 6 installation photographs.
box 5, folder 11
Loans - Santa Barbara Museum of Art,
1965-1966
Container Summary: ca. 27 items
Scope and Contents note
Regarding works loaned to "Harbingers of Surrealism," including correspondence with Thomas Leavitt and William Hesthal about
checklist, shipping and damage to Ernst's work "Figure zoomorphique" with condition report, certificates of insurance, and
loan forms.
box 6, folder 1
Gifts and permanent loans, , ,
1951 1959-1961 1964-1966
Container Summary: ca. 65 items
Scope and Contents note
Correspondence with directors of various museums and institutions, including Henry Geldzahler, Walter Hopps, James Soby, Roland
Penrose; many letters with Sam Hunter; appraisals for Tamayo and Matta Echaurren gifts.
box 6, folder 2
Art purchases,
1965-1966
Container Summary: ca. 15 items
Scope and Contents note
Includes list of negative numbers for some works in the collection, 6 photographs of works by Joseph Cornell, Roy Lichtenstein,
and Agustin Cárdenas, and receipts.
box 6, folder 3
Sales, ,
1961 1963-1965
Container Summary: ca. 8 items
Scope and Contents note
Receipts and some correspondence.
box 6, folder 4
Consignment lists,
1963
Container Summary: 4 items
box 6, folder 5-6
Taxes and investments,
1961-1966
Container Summary: ca. 45 items
Scope and Contents note
WC correspondence with Hodes regarding taxes and legality of deductions (showing a concern for how the IRS viewed WC's status
as an artist); investments; charitable donations; sale of Copleys' chateau at Longpont, France; the report "Analysis of the
Portfolio of William Copley" ( 1961).
box 6, folder 7
Restoration,
1964-1967
Container Summary: ca. 35 items
Scope and Contents note
Some correspondence; bills; estimates; condition and treatment reports.
box 6, folder 8
Insurance,
1963-1967
Container Summary: ca. 35 items
Scope and Contents note
Correspondence with the Copleys' insurance agent about claims and policy updates (some not related to the collection); bills;
certificates of insurance; lists of artwork insurance revisions ( 1965).
box 6, folder 9
Shipping,
1963-1964
Container Summary: ca. 40 items
Scope and Contents note
Correspondence with shippers mostly about Copleys' personal effects being held up in French customs and their arrival in the
U.S.; bills; shipment arrival notices.
box 6, folder 10
Publicity, , bulk
1960-1966 1965-1966
Container Summary: ca. 60 items
Scope and Contents note
Correspondence about photograph permission requests, including some with Phil Leider of
Artforum concerning the Surrealist issue with the story of Barnet Hodes's collection ( Mar 4, 1966); checklist of works hung in the Copleys' New York apartment when it was in a MOMA sponsored tour ( 1965); clippings.
box 6, folder 11
Miscellaneous articles,
n.d.
Container Summary: 4 items
Collection photographs, Series V.
n.d.
Physical Description:
1.25 Linear Feet
4 boxes
Scope and Contents note
Over 350 b/w photographs, arranged roughly alphabetically by artist, of art works in the Copley collection. Titles, dimensions
and medium are listed on each photograph or on attached descriptive labels. In 2 instances, there is a label without a photograph.
The shots of Arp's "Concrétion humaine sur coupe A," and "Levres," and Dali's "Un Oeuf sur le Plat sans le Plat" are signed
by the artists with certification statements.
box 7
Aeppli, Eva
Container Summary: 1 photograph
box 7
Armand
Container Summary: 2 photographs
box 7
Arman
Container Summary: 4 photographs
box 7
Altoon, John
Container Summary: 2 photographs
box 7
Arp, Jean
Container Summary: 9 photographs
box 7
Asher, Michael
Container Summary: 1 photograph
box 7
Baj, Enrico
Container Summary: 2 photographs
box 7
Balthus
Container Summary: 1 photograph
box 7
Baruchello, Gianfranco
Container Summary: 4 photographs
box 7
Blow, Sandra
Container Summary: 2 photographs
box 7
Bellmer, Hans
Container Summary: 3 photographs
box 7
Brauner, Victor
Container Summary: 5 photographs
box 7
Beery, Gene
Container Summary: 1 photograph
box 7
Bell, Larry
Container Summary: 2 photographs
box 7
Blake, Peter
Container Summary: 1 photograph
box 7
Breton, André
Container Summary: 1 photograph
box 7
Cadavre Exquis: Victor Brauner and Yves Tanguy
Container Summary: 1 photograph
box 7
Cadavre Exquis: Victor Brauner, Jacques Hérold, Yves Tanguy
Container Summary: 1 photograph
box 7
Cárdenas, Agustin
Container Summary: 2 photographs + 1 descriptive label
Scope and Contents note
[1 photograph missing]
box 7
Calder, Alexander
Container Summary: 1 photograph
box 7
Carone, Nicholas
Container Summary: 1 photograph
box 7
Carrington, Leonora
Container Summary: 3 photographs
box 7
César [i.e. Baldaccini, César?]
Container Summary: 1 photograph
box 7
Celmins, Vija
Container Summary: 1 photograph
box 7
Chadwick, Lynn
Container Summary: 1 photograph
box 7
Chagall, Marc
Container Summary: 1 photograph
box 7
Charchoune, Serge
Container Summary: 5 photographs
box 7
Christo
Container Summary: 4 photographs
box 7
Clough, Peter
Container Summary: 2 photographs
box 7
Cohen, George
Container Summary: 1 photograph
box 7
Conner, Bruce
Container Summary: 1 photograph
box 7
Consagra, Pietro
Container Summary: 2 photographs
box 7
Crippa, Roberto
Container Summary: 3 photographs
box 7
Dali, Salvador
Container Summary: 3 photographs
box 7
De Chirico, Giorgio
Container Summary: 3 photographs
box 8
Delvaux, Paul
Container Summary: 1 photograph
box 8
Dix, Otto
Container Summary: 3 photographs
box 8
Domínguez, Oscar
Container Summary: 3 photographs
box 8
De Maria, Walter
Container Summary: 1 photograph
box 8
Saint-Phalle, Niki de
Container Summary: 1 photograph
box 8
Duchamp, Marcel
Container Summary: 1 photograph
box 8
Effront, Nadine
Container Summary: 2 photographs
box 8
Eisenhower, Leslie
Container Summary: 1 photograph
box 8
Ensor, James
Container Summary: 2 photographs
box 8
Ernst, Max
Container Summary: 37 photographs
box 8
Estrada, Arturo
Container Summary: 1 photograph
box 8
Fini, Leonor
Container Summary: 3 photographs
box 8
Francis, Sam
Container Summary: 1 photograph
box 8
Francken, Ruth
Container Summary: 1 photograph
box 8
Fahlström, K.K.
Container Summary: 1 photograph
box 8
Giacometti, Alberto
Container Summary: 2 photographs
box 8
Greberek
Container Summary: 1 photograph
box 8
Granell, E.F. [i.e. Granell, Eugenio Fernández?]
Container Summary: 1 photograph
box 8
Gorky, Arshile
Container Summary: 3 photographs
box 9
Photographs of art works: H-O
box 9
Hayter, William
Container Summary: 1 photograph
box 9
Henry, Maurice
Container Summary: 2 photographs
box 9
Hérold, Jacques
Container Summary: 7 photographs
box 9
Hiquily, Philippe
Container Summary: 1 photograph
box 9
Herms, George
Container Summary: 2 photographs
box 9
Jacquet, Alain
Container Summary: 1 photograph
box 9
Julie, Henri
Container Summary: 1 photograph
box 9
Kelly, Leon
Container Summary: 2 photographs
box 9
Kienholz, Edward
Container Summary: 1 photograph
box 9
Kiki
Container Summary: 1 photograph
box 9
Klee, Paul
Container Summary: 1 photograph
box 9
Krizek
Container Summary: 1 photograph
box 9
Kukoc, Milda [i.e. Kukoc, Mislav?]
Container Summary: 1 photograph
box 9
Klein, Yves
Container Summary: 1 photograph
box 9
Kalinowski, Horst Egon
Container Summary: 1 photograph
box 9
Labisse, Felix
Container Summary: 2 photographs
box 9
Lam, Wifredo
Container Summary: 5 photographs
box 9
Lee, Caroline
Container Summary: 1 photograph
box 9
Lepri, Stanislas
Container Summary: 1 photograph
box 9
Lemeslie
Container Summary: 1 photograph
box 9
Lindner, Richard
Container Summary: 2 photographs
box 9
Lion, Claude
Container Summary: 1 photograph
box 9
Loy, Mina
Container Summary: 1 photograph
box 9
Lichtenstein, Roy
Container Summary: 3 photographs
box 9
Man Ray
Container Summary: 14 photographs
box 9
Mason, Raymond
Container Summary: 2 photographs + 1 descriptive label
Scope and Contents note
[1 photograph missing]
box 9
Masson, André
Container Summary: 2 photographs
box 9
Matta Echaurren, Roberto Sebastián
Container Summary: 5 photographs
box 9
Mesens, E.L.T. (Edouard Léon Théodore)
Container Summary: 1 photograph
box 9
Metcalf, James
Container Summary: 8 photographs
box 9
Michonze, Grégoire
Container Summary: 1 photograph
box 9
Miró, Joan
Container Summary: 1 photograph
box 9
Moses, Ed
Container Summary: 1 photograph
box 9
Noailles, Marie-Laure de [i.e. Laure, Marie]
Container Summary: 2 photographs
box 9
Oldenburg, Claes
Container Summary: 2 photographs
box 9
Oppenheim, Meret
Container Summary: 1 photograph
box 10
Packard, David
Container Summary: 2 photographs
box 10
Paolozzi, Eduardo
Container Summary: 1 photograph
box 10
Pegeen
Container Summary: 1 photograph
box 10
Penrose, Roland, Sir
Container Summary: 3 photographs
box 10
Petrov, Peter
Container Summary: 1 photograph
box 10
Petlin, Irving
Container Summary: 2 photographs
box 10
Penalba, [Alicia]
Container Summary: 1 photograph
box 10
Peverelli, [Cesare]
Container Summary: 1 photograph
box 10
Pfriem, Bernard
Container Summary: 2 photographs
box 10
Phillips, Helen
Container Summary: 1 photograph
box 10
Picabia, Francis
Container Summary: 6 photographs
box 10
Polak, Marcel
Container Summary: 1 photograph
box 10
Piqueras, Jorge
Container Summary: 1 photograph
box 10
Raysse, Martial
Container Summary: 5 photographs
box 10
Reynal, Jeanne
Container Summary: 1 photograph
box 10
Rivers, Larry
Container Summary: 1 photograph
box 10
Richier, Germaine
Container Summary: 1 photograph
box 10
Rodin, Auguste
Container Summary: 1 photograph
box 10
Ruscha, Edward
Container Summary: 1 photograph
box 10
Saby, Bernard
Container Summary: 4 photographs
box 10
Sage, Kay
Container Summary: 1 photograph
box 10
Schwitters, Kurt
Container Summary: 7 photographs
box 10
Sills, Thomas
Container Summary: 1 photograph
box 10
Steinberg, Saul
Container Summary: 2 photographs
box 10
Stevenson, Harold
Container Summary: 2 photographs
box 10
Saul, Peter
Container Summary: 1 photograph
box 10
Seitz, William Chapin
Container Summary: 1 photograph
box 10
Tajiri, Shinkichi
Container Summary: 3 photographs
box 10
Takis
Container Summary: 1 photograph
box 10
Tanguy, Yves
Container Summary: 6 photographs
box 10
Tanning, Dorothea
Container Summary: 8 photographs
box 10
Taeuber-Arp, Sophie
Container Summary: 1 photograph
box 10
Tinguely, Jean
Container Summary: 4 photographs
box 10
Todd, Mike
Container Summary: 2 photographs
box 10
Toyen
Container Summary: 1 photograph
box 10
Doesburg, Theo van
Container Summary: 1 photograph
box 10
Villon, Jacques
Container Summary: 3 photographs
box 10
Waldberg, Isabelle
Container Summary: 1 photograph
box 10
Warhol, Andy
Container Summary: 1 photograph
box 10
Westermann, H.C. (Horace Clifford)
Container Summary: 4 photographs
box 10
Wols
Container Summary: 1 photograph
box 10
Wolfers, [Marcel?]
Container Summary: 1 photograph
box 10
Zev
Container Summary: 1 photograph
box 10
Zürn, Unica
Container Summary: 1 photograph
