Finding Aid for the Sandra Fisher papers, 1957-2007 (bulk 1970-1994)
Processed by Norma Williamson, 2011; machine-readable finding aid created by Caroline Cubé.
UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections
Manuscripts Division
Room A1713, Charles E. Young Research Library
Box 951575
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575
Email: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu
URL: http://www.library.ucla.edu/libraries/special/scweb/
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The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
Descriptive Summary
Title: Sandra Fisher papers
Date (inclusive): 1957-2007 (bulk 1970-1994)
Collection number: 1870
Creator:
Fisher, Sandra
Extent:
17 boxes (8.5 linear ft.)
3 oversize boxes
Abstract: Sandra Maureen Fisher was an American artist born on May 6, 1947 in New York City to Ethel and Gene Fisher. She received her
art degree from the Chouinard Art School, California Institute of the Arts, Los Angeles in 1968. In 1970, Fisher worked for
director and printmaker Kenneth Tyler at Gemini G.E.L. in Los Angeles. Shortly after moving to London in 1971, Fisher began
a long-term relationship with her future husband, Jewish-American artist R.B. Kitaj. Sandra Fisher's work was featured in
a number of group exhibitions and four solo exhibitions at London galleries: Coracle Press Gallery, 1982; Victoria Miro, 1987;
Odette Gilbert, 1989; and Lefevre Gallery, 1993. Sandra Fisher also enjoyed a great deal of success for her paintings commissioned
by London Transport and Heineken brewers. Her collaborations with the poet Thomas Meyer produced three publications: Sappho
(1982), Sonnets & Tableaux (1987), Monotypes & Tracings (1994). The work of Sandra Fisher is included in several private and
public collections including the British Museum, London; London Transport Museum; National Academy of Design, New York; Metropolitan
Museum of Art, New York. In 1994, Sandra Fisher died unexpectedly of a brain aneurysm.
Language: Finding aid is written in
English.
Repository:
University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections.
Los Angeles, California 90095-1575
Physical location: Stored off-site at SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact the UCLA Library, Department
of Special Collections Reference Desk for paging information.
Administrative Information
Restrictions on Access
COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF: Open for research. Advance notice required for access. Contact the UCLA Library, Department
of Special Collections Reference Desk for paging information.
Restrictions on Use and Reproduction
Property rights to the physical object belong to the UCLA Library,
Department of Special Collections. Literary rights, including copyright,
are retained by the creators and their heirs. It is the responsibility of
the researcher to determine who holds the copyright and pursue the
copyright owner or his or her heir for permission to publish where The UC
Regents do not hold the copyright.
Provenance/Source of Acquisition
Gift of Ethel Fisher, 2010.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Sandra Fisher papers (Collection 1870). Department of Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research
Library, UCLA.
UCLA Catalog Record ID
Biography
Sandra Maureen Fisher was an American artist born in New York City on May 6, 1947, to Ethel and Gene Fisher. Her early life
was spent primarily in Florida and California. In 1968, Fisher received her Bachelor of Fine Arts from the Chouinard Art School
at the California Institute of the Arts, Los Angeles. She lived in Canada briefly with her first husband, Garry Gregson, before
returning to Los Angeles in 1970. In Los Angeles, Fisher worked at Gemini G.E.L. as an assistant to printmaker Kenneth Tyler.
In 1971, Sandra moved to London in order to pursue her artistic career abroad. Shortly after her arrival, she befriended fellow
artist, and future husband, R.B. Kitaj. She and Kitaj were married in 1983 at Bevis Marks synagogue in London.
Fisher was known for her portrayal of a range of subjects including images drawn from opera and literature. She was also highly
praised for her nudes and portraits. Like others artists in London at the time, she insisted on drawing from the human form.
Sandra often liked to paint other artists, sitting for them in exchange. Several well known artists were painted by Fisher
over the years, including: Maurice Cockrill, Christopher Cook, Stephen Finer, Maggi Hambling, Lino Mannocci, Susannah Phillips
and R.B. Kitaj.
Throughout her artistic career, Sandra was included in several group exhibitions. In 1982, Sandra staged her first solo exhibition
at Coracle Press Gallery. Three subsequent solo exhibitions were held at Victoria Miro, 1987; Odette Gilbert, 1989; and Lefevre
Gallery, 1993. In 1989, Sandra was one of various artists commissioned by London Transport to create original artwork for
a poster series called
Art on the Underground. Due to the success of Sandra's first commission
Boating on Regent's Park, Fisher was asked to do a second poster, the only artist to be given that honor. Sandra also enjoyed public success for her
art works commissioned by Heineken Brewers. At the time of her unexpected death in 1994, Fisher had been working on a series
of paintings commissioned for the Shakespeare Globe Theater in London.
Scope and Content
The contents of the Sandra Fisher Papers provide insight into the artist's life and career. The collection includes works
by Sandra Fisher, correspondence, publicity materials, writings about Fisher, exhibition catalogues, materials related to
specific projects and exhibitions, photographs and other collected mementos and ephemera. Of particular interest are original
art works by Sandra Fisher, exhibition catalogues and photographs.
Organization and Arrangement
Arranged in the following series:
- Art Works by Sandra Fisher, 1954-1990 (3 boxes)
- Catalogues, 1976-2007 (1.5 boxes)
- Correspondence, 1960-1994 (10 boxes)
- Memorabilia, 1952-2008 (2 boxes)
- Personal Documents, 1968-1995 (1 box)
- Projects and Exhibitions, 1976-1994 (1.5)
- Publicity, 1969-2007 (11 folders)
- Writings about Sandra Fisher, 1982-1995 (14 folders)
- Writings by Sandra Fisher, 1983-1995 (6 folders)
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Subjects
Fisher, Sandra---Archives.
Related Material
1. Art Works by Sandra Fisher
Box 11, Folder 13
Early works (1 of 4)
1968 - 1971
Scope and Content Note
Photographs, sketches and drawings
Box 11, Folder 14
Early works (2 of 4)
undated
Scope and Content Note
Childhood painting of a ballerina on canvas
Box 11, Folder 15
Early works (3 of 4)
Scope and Content Note
Crayon drawing; poem with childhood photograph
Box 11, Folder 16
Early works (4 of 4)
undated
Scope and Content Note
Unidentified print of two people embracing
Box 17, Folder 20
Photograph of mixed-media sculpture
Scope and Content Note
Work by Sandra Gregson [Fisher]
Box 17, Folder 23
Sketchbook
Scope and Content Note
Inscribed, "Sandra Gregson / July 1969 / Paris - Amsterdam"
Box 18, Folder 1
Etching plate -- “Saleem”
undated
Scope and Content Note
3 × 4 ¼ inches
Box 18, Folder 2
Etching plate -- Male nude
undated
Scope and Content Note
7 × 6 ¾ inches
Box 18, Folder 3
Etching plate -- “Ami in Redcliffe Square”
Scope and Content Note
7 × 8 inches
Box 18, Folder 4
Etching plate -- Nursing baby
Scope and Content Note
6 ¾ × 7 inches
Box 18, Folder 5
Etching plate -- “Ami + Press”
Scope and Content Note
5 × 6 inches
Box 18, Folder 6
Etching plate -- Blank copper plate
Scope and Content Note
9 ¾ × 7 ½ inches
Box 18, Folder 7
Etching plate -- “Charlotte”
Scope and Content Note
9 × 8 ¼ inches
Box 18, Folder 8
Etching plate -- "Mark”
Scope and Content Note
9 × 8 ¼ inches
Box 18, Folder 9
Etching plate -- Profile of a woman
Scope and Content Note
7 × 6 ¾ inches
Box 18, Folder 10
Etching plate -- Female nude
Scope and Content Note
8 ¼ × 8 ¼ inches
Box 18, Folder 11
Etching plate -- Nude couple sleeping
Scope and Content Note
10 × 8 inches
Box 19, Folder 1
Collage imitation of “The Venetian Girl” by Frank Duveneck
1963
Box 19, Folder 2
“Jackie the Donkey”
Scope and Content Note
Sketch
Box 19, Folder 3
"Three Artists and a Painting”
Scope and Content Note
Signed, Sandra Gregson
Box 19, Folder 4
Untitled charcoal sketch of a woman
Box 19, Folder 5
Handmade card and silhouette
1954
Scope and Content Note
Inscribed by young Sandra Fisher, "I Love You, Mother”
Box 19, Folder 6
"Sunset over Tombstone territory"
Box 19, Folder 7
Pencil drawing of a tree and house
undated
Box 20, Folder 17
Days on the Water -- London Transport poster
Box 14, Folder 12
Frabauftrag/Made in Hamburg
1993
Scope and Content Note
Catalogue for an exhibition held at Kunsthaus Hamburg. Includes flagged article on Christoph Kramer by Martin
Deppner
Box 15, Folder 2
As Is When: A Boom in British Printmaking, 1961-1972
2007
Physical Description: 1 item.
Scope and Content Note
An exhibition held at Tank Loft, Chongqing Contemporary Arts Centre
Box 15, Folder 3
Days on the Water & Other Pictures
Physical Description: 2 items.
Scope and Content Note
An exhibition held at Odette Gilbert Gallery, London
Box 15, Folder 4
Die Spur des Anderen/Traces of Another Self
Physical Description: 1 item.
Scope and Content Note
An exhibition held at Heine Haus, Hamburg
Box 15, Folder 5
The Discerning Eye
Physical Description: 2 items.
Scope and Content Note
An exhibition selected by Odette Gilbert and held at the Mall Galleries, London
Box 15, Folder 6
Friends and Contemporaries: Inaugural Exhibition
Physical Description: 2 items.
Scope and Content Note
An exhibition held at The Gallery at John Jones Frames Ltd, London
Box 15, Folder 7
The Human Clay
Physical Description: 3 items.
Scope and Content Note
Catalogue text for an exhibition selected by R.B. Kitaj for the Arts Council of Great Britain
Box 15, Folder 8
Impressionist and Modern Art: Bloomsbury Auctions
2005
Physical Description: 1 item.
Scope and Content Note
Auction catalogue including property from the Collection of Jean-Yves Mock
Box 15, Folder 9
London Lighthouse: Charity Auction
Physical Description: 1 item.
Scope and Content Note
Sponsored by Christie's London
Box 15, Folder 10
Mother and Child
1988
Physical Description: 1 item.
Scope and Content Note
Exhibition held at The Lefevre Gallery in aid of Birthright
Box 15, Folder 11
New Hall Art Collection
Physical Description: 2 items.
Scope and Content Note
Catalogue of the Women's Art at New Hall, University of Cambridge. Includes letter to Margaret Fisher regarding
gift of "Portrait of Jake Auerbach"
Box 15, Folder 12
New Hall Art Collection
Physical Description: 2 items.
Scope and Content Note
Catalogue of the Women's Art at New Hall, University of Cambridge. Includes letter to Margaret Fisher regarding
gift of "Portrait of Jake Auerbach"
Box 15, Folder 13
Nudes
1981
Physical Description: 2 items.
Scope and Content Note
An exhibition held at Angela Flowers Gallery, London
Box 15, Folder 14
The Pastel in America
1979
Physical Description: 1 item.
Scope and Content Note
An exhibition held at Odyssia Gallery and Grand Rapids Art Museum
Box 15, Folder 15
Reclaiming the Madonna: Artists as Mothers
Physical Description: 3 items.
Scope and Content Note
An exhibition held at Usher Gallery. Also includes review of show by Libby Anson for Contemporary Art
magazine
Box 16, Folder 1
Revealing and Concealing: Portraits and Identity
Physical Description: 1 item.
Scope and Content Note
An exhibition held at Skirball Cultural Center
Box 16, Folder 2
Rubies and Rebels: Jewish Female Identity in Contemporary British Art
1996
Physical Description: 1 item.
Scope and Content Note
Edited by Monica Bohm-Duchen and Vera Grodzinski. Includes essay, "Sandra" by R.B. Kitaj
Box 16, Folder 3
Shades of Gray
Physical Description: 2 items.
Scope and Content Note
A drawing survey organized by guest curator Audrey Sanders. Held at Malone Art Gallery, Loyola Marymount
University
Box 16, Folder 4
Stroke, Line and Figure
Physical Description: 1 item.
Scope and Content Note
Paperworks by sixteen artists selected for Gimpel Fils Ltd by Caryn Faure Walker
Box 16, Folder 19
Representation Abroad: Joe Shannon
1985
Physical Description: 1 item.
Scope and Content Note
Catalogue published for the Hirshhorn Museum by the Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington D.C.
Box 1, Folder 1
Letters from Los Angeles and Canada (1 of 5)
Scope and Content Note
Includes correspondence from Mark Benjamin, Tullio Brunt, Ethel Fisher. Sorted alphabetically by last name: A-
F
Box 1, Folder 2
Letters from Los Angeles and Canada (2 of 5)
1966 - 1971
Scope and Content Note
Includes correspondence from Garry Gregson. Sorted alphabetically by last name: G-M
Box 1, Folder 3
Letters from Los Angeles and Canada (3 of 5)
Scope and Content Note
Includes correspondence from Ruth and Mark Phillips. Sorted alphabetically by last name: P
Box 1, Folder 4
Letters from Los Angeles and Canada (4 of 5)
1966 - 1971
Scope and Content Note
Sorted alphabetically by last name: R-S
Box 1, Folder 5
Letters from Los Angeles and Canada (5 of 5)
Scope and Content Note
First name only
Box 1, Folder 6
1971 - 1972 (1 of 2)
Scope and Content Note
Sorted alphabetically by last name: A-Z
Box 1, Folder 7
1971 - 1972 (2 of 2)
Scope and Content Note
First name only
Box 1, Folder 8
1972 - 1976 (1 of 4)
Scope and Content Note
Sorted alphabetically by last name: A-J
Box 1, Folder 9
1972 - 1976 (2 of 4)
Scope and Content Note
Sorted alphabetically by last name: K-L
Box 1, Folder 10
1972 - 1976 (3 of 4)
Scope and Content Note
Sorted alphabetically by last name: M-Z
Box 1, Folder 11
1972 - 1976 (4 of 4)
Scope and Content Note
First name only
Box 1, Folder 12
1977 (1 of 2)
Scope and Content Note
Sorted alphabetically by last name: A-Z
Box 1, Folder 13
1977 (2 of 2)
Scope and Content Note
First name only
Box 1, Folder 14
1978 - 1979 (1 of 3)
Scope and Content Note
Sorted alphabetically by last name: A-Z
Box 1, Folder 15
1978 - 1979 (2 of 3)
Scope and Content Note
First name only
Box 2, Folder 1
1978 - 1979 (3 of 3)
Scope and Content Note
First name only
Box 2, Folder 2
1979 (1 of 2)
Scope and Content Note
Sorted alphabetically by last name: A-Z
Box 2, Folder 3
1979 (2 of 2)
Scope and Content Note
First name only
Box 2, Folder 4
1980 (1 of 4)
Scope and Content Note
Sorted alphabetically by last name: A-J
Box 2, Folder 5
1980 (2 of 4)
Scope and Content Note
Sorted alphabetically by last name: K-Z
Box 2, Folder 6
1980 (3 of 4)
Scope and Content Note
First name only
Box 2, Folder 7
1980 (4 of 4)
Scope and Content Note
First name only
Box 2, Folder 8
1981 (1 of 2)
Scope and Content Note
Sorted alphabetically by last name: A-Z
Box 2, Folder 9
1981 (2 of 2)
Scope and Content Note
First name only
Box 2, Folder 10
1982 (1 of 3)
Scope and Content Note
Sorted alphabetically by last name: A-Z
Box 2, Folder 11
1982 (2 of 3)
Scope and Content Note
First name only
Box 2, Folder 12
1982 (3 of 3)
Scope and Content Note
Announcements, invitations, clipping
Box 2, Folder 13
1983 - 1984 (1 of 4)
Scope and Content Note
Sorted alphabetically by last name: A-H
Box 2, Folder 14
1983 - 1984 (2 of 4)
Scope and Content Note
Sorted alphabetically by last name: J-Z
Box 2, Folder 15
1983 - 1984 (3 of 4)
Scope and Content Note
First name only
Box 2, Folder 16
1983 - 1984 (4 of 4)
Scope and Content Note
First name only
Box 2, Folder 17
1984 (1 of 3)
Scope and Content Note
Sorted alphabetically by last name
Box 2, Folder 18
1984 (2 of 3)
Scope and Content Note
Sorted alphabetically by last name
Box 2, Folder 19
1984 (3 of 3)
Scope and Content Note
First name only
Box 3, Folder 1
1985 (1 of 2)
Scope and Content Note
Sorted alphabetically by last name: A-Z. Also includes a photograph of Sandra with baby Max
Box 3, Folder 2
1985 (2 of 2)
Scope and Content Note
First name only
Box 3, Folder 4
1987 (1 of 2)
Scope and Content Note
Sorted alphabetically by last name: A-Z
Box 3, Folder 5
1987 (2 of 2)
Scope and Content Note
First name only
Box 3, Folder 7
1989 (1 of 3)
Scope and Content Note
Sorted alphabetically by last name: A-K
Box 3, Folder 8
1989 (2 of 3)
Scope and Content Note
Sorted alphabetically by last name: L-Z
Box 3, Folder 9
1989 (3 of 3)
Scope and Content Note
First name only
Box 3, Folder 10
1990 (1 of 3)
Scope and Content Note
Sorted alphabetically by last name: A-Z
Box 3, Folder 11
1990 (2 of 3)
Scope and Content Note
First name only
Box 3, Folder 12
1990 (3 of 3)
Scope and Content Note
Miscellaneous materials
Box 3, Folder 13
1991 (1 of 3)
Scope and Content Note
Sorted alphabetically by last name: A-Z
Box 3, Folder 14
1991 (2 of 3)
Scope and Content Note
First name only
Box 3, Folder 15
1991 (3 of 3)
Scope and Content Note
First name only
Box 3, Folder 16
1992 (1 of 3)
Scope and Content Note
Sorted alphabetically by last name: A-Z
Box 3, Folder 17
1992 (2 of 3)
Scope and Content Note
First name only
Box 4, Folder 1
1992 (3 of 3)
Scope and Content Note
First name only
Box 4, Folder 2
1993 (1 of 4)
Scope and Content Note
Sorted alphabetically by last name: A-C
Box 4, Folder 3
1993 (2 of 4)
Scope and Content Note
Sorted alphabetically by last name: F-K
Box 4, Folder 4
1993 (3 of 4)
Scope and Content Note
Sorted alphabetically by last name: L-W
Box 4, Folder 5
1993 (4 of 4)
Scope and Content Note
First name only
Box 4, Folder 6
1993 - 1994 (1 of 4)
Scope and Content Note
Sorted alphabetically by last name: A-J
Box 4, Folder 7
1993 - 1994 (2 of 4)
Scope and Content Note
Sorted alphabetically by last name: K-Z
Box 4, Folder 8
1993 - 1994 (3 of 4)
Scope and Content Note
First name only
Box 4, Folder 9
1993 - 1994 (4 of 4)
Scope and Content Note
Miscellaneous business cards, receipts, photographs and handwritten notes
Box 4, Folder 11
Auerbach, Frank and Julia
1977 - 1993
Box 4, Folder 13
Barlow, Gillian (2 of 2)
1985 - 1991
Box 4, Folder 15
Beer, Mark (2 of 2)
1990 - 1994
Box 5, Folder 1
Blankfield, Ada (1 of 4)
1969 - 1978
Box 5, Folder 3
Blankfield, Ada (3 of 4)
1984 - 1985
Box 5, Folder 5
Bogdanovich, Josef
1972 - 1973
Box 5, Folder 6
Browning, John
1980 - 1994
Box 5, Folder 8
Burns, Maurice
1975 - 1991
Box 5, Folder 9
Cloddiau, Charlotte (1 of 2)
Box 5, Folder 10
Cloddiau, Charlotte (2 of 2)
1990 - 1994
Box 5, Folder 11
Clute, Judith
1980 - 1992
Box 5, Folder 13
Cohen, Becky (2 of 2)
1984 - 1994
Box 5, Folder 18
Dufort, Anthony
1977 - 1980
Box 5, Folder 20
Finer, Stephen (2 of 2)
1982 - 1994
Box 6, Folder 1
Fisher, Gene (1 of 2)
1971
Box 6, Folder 3
Fisher, Margaret
1984 - 1991
Box 6, Folder 5
Fisher, Sandra (2 of 3)
1983 - 1994
Scope and Content Note
Letters to Jeanne Kitaj
Box 6, Folder 6
Fisher, Sandra (3 of 3)
Scope and Content Note
Letters to Fisher's grandmother Ada Blankfield
Box 6, Folder 7
Friedlander, Lee and Marie
1985 - 1989
Box 6, Folder 9
Hart, Faith Brabenec (1 of 2)
1980 - 1989
Box 6, Folder 10
Hart, Faith Brabenec (2 of 2)
Box 6, Folder 11
Haworth-Booth, Mark and Rosie
1977 - 1984
Box 6, Folder 13
Hyman, Judith
1983 - 1991
Box 6, Folder 14
Hyman, Timothy
1980 - 1993
Box 6, Folder 16
Josipovici, Gabriel
1981 - 1987
Box 6, Folder 17
Kitaj children
Scope and Content Note
Letters to and from Lem, Dominie and Max Kitaj
Box 6, Folder 18
Kitaj, Jeanne Brooks
1982 - 1993
Box 6, Folder 19
Kitaj, R.B.
Scope and Content Note
Mostly notes. Includes a letter to Jeanne Kitaj with pictures of the family
Box 6, Folder 20
Kott, Ethel Fisher
1971 - 1990
Box 6, Folder 22
Leslie, Seaver (1 of 2)
1974 - 1976
Scope and Content Note
Includes photographs of Leslie, Sandra Fisher, Kitaj
Box 7, Folder 1
Leslie, Seaver (2 of 2)
Scope and Content Note
Announcement and catalogue for Seaver Leslie Exhibition Watercolors held at Tatistcheff & Co, New York
Box 7, Folder 6
Miro, Victoria
1988 - 1992
Box 7, Folder 8
Moerbeek, Toine
1991 - 1994
Box 7, Folder 9
Moffatt, Sandy (1 of 2)
1977 - 1980
Box 7, Folder 11
Phillips, Ruth (1 of 4)
1962 - 1972
Box 7, Folder 13
Phillips, Ruth (3 of 4)
1975 - 1978
Box 7, Folder 14
Phillips, Ruth (4 of 4)
1979 - 1991
Box 7, Folder 15
Radfox, Verena
Scope and Content Note
Includes photographs of Sandra Fisher dated 1972 - 1973
Box 7, Folder 16
Rothschild, Hannah
1992 - 1994
Box 7, Folder 18
Safdie, Moshe
1991
Scope and Content Note
Includes photographs of a design for the Stuttgart Museum Competition
Box 8, Folder 2
Sanders, Audrey (2 of 6)
1972
Box 8, Folder 4
Sanders, Audrey (4 of 6)
1974
Box 8, Folder 5
Sanders, Audrey (5 of 6)
1975 - 1979
Box 8, Folder 9
Stangos, Nikos
1980 - 1983
Scope and Content Note
Includes postcards with greetings from David Plante
Box 8, Folder 10
Tyler, Ken (1 of 3)
Scope and Content Note
Torn notes between Tyler and Sandra Fisher
Box 8, Folder 11
Tyler, Ken (2 of 3)
1971 - 1976
Box 8, Folder 12
Tyler, Ken (3 of 3)
Scope and Content Note
Materials sent on behalf of Tyler Graphics, Ltd
Box 8, Folder 13
Wardenburg, Charmian (1 of 2)
1987 - 1992
Box 8, Folder 14
Wardenburg, Charmian (2 of 2)
Box 8, Folder 15
Wasley, David
1976 - 1994
Box 9, Folder 1
Wilke, Richard
1976 - 1977
Scope and Content Note
Blank stationary with artwork by Wilke
Box 9, Folder 2
Williams, Jonathan (1 of 2)
Box 9, Folder 3
Williams, Jonathan (2 of 2)
1982 - 1992
Box 9, Folder 4
Williams, Philip (1 of 2)
Box 9, Folder 5
Williams, Philip (2 of 2)
1977 - 1985
Box 9, Folder 7
Wollheim, Mary Day and Richard
Box 9, Folder 8
Unidentified -- John
1974
Box 9, Folder 10
Unidentified -- John
1976
Box 9, Folder 11
Unidentified -- Martin
1973 - 1991
Box 9, Folder 12
Unidentified -- Marco and Matthew
Box 10, Folder 2
Condolence letters to R.B. Kitaj (1 of 15)
1994
Scope and Content Note
Sorted alphabetically by last name: A
Box 10, Folder 3
Condolence letters to R.B. Kitaj (2 of 15)
1994
Scope and Content Note
Sorted alphabetically by last name: B
Box 10, Folder 4
Condolence letters to R.B. Kitaj (3 of 15)
1994
Scope and Content Note
Sorted alphabetically by last name: C
Box 10, Folder 5
Condolence letters to R.B. Kitaj (4 of 15)
Scope and Content Note
Sorted alphabetically by last name: D-E
Box 10, Folder 6
Condolence letters to R.B. Kitaj (5 of 15)
Scope and Content Note
Sorted alphabetically by last name: F-G
Box 10, Folder 7
Condolence letters to R.B. Kitaj (6 of 15)
Scope and Content Note
Sorted alphabetically by last name: H-I
Box 10, Folder 8
Condolence letters to R.B. Kitaj (7 of 15)
Scope and Content Note
Sorted alphabetically by last name: J-K
Box 10, Folder 9
Condolence letters to R.B. Kitaj (8 of 15)
Scope and Content Note
Sorted alphabetically by last name: L
Box 10, Folder 10
Condolence letters to R.B. Kitaj (9 of 15)
Scope and Content Note
Sorted alphabetically by last name: M
Box 10, Folder 11
Condolence letters to R.B. Kitaj (10 of 15)
Scope and Content Note
Sorted alphabetically by last name: N-P
Box 10, Folder 12
Condolence letters to R.B. Kitaj (11 of 15)
Scope and Content Note
Sorted alphabetically by last name: R
Box 10, Folder 13
Condolence letters to R.B. Kitaj (12 of 15)
Scope and Content Note
Sorted alphabetically by last name: S
Box 10, Folder 14
Condolence letters to R.B. Kitaj (13 of 15)
Scope and Content Note
Sorted alphabetically by last name: T-V
Box 10, Folder 15
Condolence letters to R.B. Kitaj (14 of 15)
Scope and Content Note
Sorted alphabetically by last name: W-Z
Box 10, Folder 16
Condolence letters to R.B. Kitaj (15 of 15)
Scope and Content Note
First name only
Box 19, Folder 15
Haliburton, Jackie
Scope and Content Note
Includes a bracelet
Box 10, Folder 1
Fragment of Kitaj's painting palette
undated
Scope and Content Note
From Kitaj studio
Box 11, Folder 8
Barney's Beanery menu
1988
Scope and Content Note
Keepsake from a lunch with Kitaj, Jeanne Kitaj, Ethel Fisher and Seymour Kott
Box 11, Folder 9
Gemini G.E.L -- photograph
Scope and Content Note
Black and white print of Gemini staff. Includes Sandra's former boyfriend Charles Ritt
Box 11, Folder 10
Los Angeles Pictures -- blank postcards
2001
Box 11, Folder 11
Sandra Fisher in Nursery School -- clipping
Box 11, Folder 18
Gemini G.E.L -- photographs
1977
Scope and Content Note
Sent from Kenneth Tyler
Box 11, Folder 19
Miscellaneous cards and receipts
Box 11, Folder 20
Royal Academy of Arts Annual Dinner -- programme
1992
Box 11, Folder 22
Maurice Burns -- letter and catalogue
Scope and Content Note
For an exhibition New Work/New Mexico held at Arco Center for Visual Art,
Box 11, Folder 23
Margaret Fisher and Robert Hughes -- Projects (1 of 2)
1978 - 1983
Scope and Content Note
Publicity, programmes, photographs
Box 11, Folder 25
Max diving into a swimming pool -- photograph
Physical Description: 2 items.
Scope and Content Note
Possibly Max Kitaj
Box 11, Folder 29
Plaster cast of Sandra's hand -- 6 years old
undated
Box 14, Folder 1
Sandra's paint brush
Physical Description: 1 item.
Box 14, Folder 2
12 Rue Rollin, Paris
Scope and Content Note
Keys and other materials related to the use of studio space at this address
Box 14, Folder 3
Miscellaneous (1 of 2)
Scope and Content Note
Photographs, clippings, catalogue pages and concert announcement
Box 14, Folder 4
Miscellaneous (2 of 2)
1959 - 1965
Scope and Content Note
Sketch for Sunset Elementary School promotion program, High School commencement program and Phi Delta
Gamma materials
Box 14, Folder 13
Moving Letters Press , Volume 10
Physical Description: 1 item.
Scope and Content Note
Publication featuring poetry by Leslie Scalapino, Norma Cole, Tom Raworth and Tom Mandel
Box 14, Folder 14
Westminster Synagogue Newsletter
Box 17, Folder 6
Kitaj exhibition announcements and invitations (1 of 3)
Box 17, Folder 7
Kitaj exhibition announcements and invitations (2 of 3)
1980 - 1989
Box 17, Folder 8
Kitaj exhibition announcements and invitations (3 of 3)
Box 17, Folder 9
The Marlborough Gallery Re-Opening Exhibition
1991
Physical Description: 5 items.
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Invitations for private view
Box 17, Folder 10
R.B. Kitaj: A Retrospective
Physical Description: 1 item.
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Invitation for LACMA exhibition with reproduction of "The Wedding, 1989 - 1993"
Box 17, Folder 11
Kitaj: In the Aura of Cezanne and Other Masters
Scope and Content Note
An exhibition held at the National Gallery, London
Box 17, Folder 12
Los Angeles Pictures
2003
Scope and Content Note
For an exhibition of Kitaj's work held at LA Louver
Box 17, Folder 13
How to Reach 71 in Jewish Art
Scope and Content Note
Pamphlet for the Twenty-fourth Annual Jerome Nemer Lecture
Box 17, Folder 14
Royal Academy of Arts: Summer Exhibition
Physical Description: 6 items.
Scope and Content Note
Private view invitations
Box 17, Folder 15
R.B. Kitaj: Passion and Memory
2008
Scope and Content Note
An exhibition held at the Skirball Cultural Center
Box 17, Folder 16
Kitaj postcards
undated
Scope and Content Note
With reproductions of "Vernissage-Cocktail, 1967" printed for the Trustees of the Tate Gallery
Box 17, Folder 18
Stephen Finer -- publicity materials
1992 - 1994
Scope and Content Note
Includes copy of a letter from The South Bank Centre regarding change to title of a Sandra Fisher portrait by
Finer
Box 17, Folder 19
Photographs of unidentified sculptures
Scope and Content Note
Black and white images taken by Sandra Fisher in the 1960s. Possible art sources
Box 17, Folder 21
The embattled R.B. Kitaj evokes edgy poetry from the 20th century image-memory by Robert Hughes
1995
Scope and Content Note
Essay printed from Time, Inc.
Box 17, Folder 24
Sandra photographs -- 1960s
Physical Description: 10 items.
Scope and Content Note
Also includes photographs of Gene and Margaret Fisher
Box 17, Folder 25
Lem Kitaj -- childhood drawings
undated
Physical Description: 1 item.
Scope and Content Note
Handmade booklet of sketches
Box 17, Folder 29
Journal cover
Scope and Content Note
Marbled and blank
Box 17, Folder 30
Leon Kossoff -- prints
Physical Description: 24 items.
Box 19, Folder 10
Margaret Fisher and Robert Hughes -- Projects (2 of 2)
Scope and Content Note
Posters
Box 20, Folder 18
Chagall to Kitaj: Jewish Experience in 20th Century Art -- poster
1990
Box 11, Folder 2
Finances -- income and receipts
1993
Box 11, Folder 4
Sales, Income, Expenses
1993
Box 11, Folder 7
Passports
1971, 1975
Scope and Content Note
Photocopies
Box 11, Folder 12
Obituaries (1 of 2)
1994 - 1995
Box 11, Folder 17
Ashes on the Sea memorial certificates
Scope and Content Note
Photocopies
Box 11, Folder 21
Graduate school materials
Scope and Content Note
Also includes artwork by Albert Alter
Box 11, Folder 24
Los Angeles and Canada materials
Scope and Content Note
Employer recommendations, Chouinard Art School commencement programme, photographs
Box 11, Folder 26
Mailing Lists (1 of 3)
undated
Box 13, Folder 10
Nanny Applications
1991 - 1993
Scope and Content Note
Folder was inscribed with "Good for a film script?"
Box 13, Folder 11
Will and Estate papers
Scope and Content Note
Includes cause of death report and various materials regarding Fisher's financial affairs
Box 13, Folder 12
Sales
1992 - 1993
Scope and Content Note
Lists of works and other miscellaneous materials
Box 13, Folder 13
Miscellaneous
Scope and Content Note
Correspondence regarding various projects and exhibitions
Box 13, Folder 14
Miscellaneous
1970 - 1978
Scope and Content Note
Includes divorce papers, resume, and employment contract with Marlborough
Box 14, Folder 7
Miscellaneous
1977 - 1981
Scope and Content Note
Includes various mementos, clippings, photographs and some letters
Box 14, Folder 8
Miscellaneous
Scope and Content Note
Includes notes, addresses, articles, photographs and receipts
Box 14, Folder 9
Miscellaneous
1992 - 1993
Scope and Content Note
Tax information, voting forms, invitations
Box 14, Folder 10
Miscellaneous
1984 - 1994
Scope and Content Note
Receipts, booklets, addresses
Box 14, Folder 11
Coroner's report, death certificate, birth certificate
1994
Box 15, Folder 1
Memorial Service guest book
Physical Description: 1 item.
Box 17, Folder 17
Change of address cards
Scope and Content Note
For Kitaj's final residence in Los Angeles
Box 17, Folder 28
Names and Addresses -- Paris
undated
Scope and Content Note
An envelope of business cards and addresses
6. Projects and Exhibitions
Box 12, Folder 1
Shakespeare File (1 of 3)
1976 - 1994
Scope and Content Note
Includes postcards, programmes, brochures and museum guides
Box 12, Folder 2
Shakespeare File (2 of 3)
1994
Scope and Content Note
Includes two programmes for Royal Shakespeare Company productions at the Barbican Theater, "The Tempest"
and "King Lear"
Box 12, Folder 3
Shakespeare File (3 of 3)
Scope and Content Note
Clippings of reviews and articles
Box 12, Folder 4
Commissions
Scope and Content Note
Materials regarding commissions and use of reproductions for various entities including New York Graphic
Society, Valentines of Dundee Limited and Lefevre Gallery
Box 12, Folder 9
Sonnets and Tableaux exhibition
Scope and Content Note
Includes letters of congratulations and publicity materials for the exhibition at Victoria Miro Gallery, London
Box 12, Folder 10
Sonnets and Tableaux (1 of 2)
1987
Scope and Content Note
Correspondence from Simon Cutts, Thomas Meyer and Jonathan Williams regarding publication and exhibition.
Box 12, Folder 11
Sonnets and Tableaux (2 of 2)
Scope and Content Note
Proofs for the catalogue
Box 12, Folder 12
Rouge to Beak (1 of 2)
Scope and Content Note
Proof for publication
Box 12, Folder 13
Rouge to Beak (2 of 2)
Scope and Content Note
Includes correspondence regarding cover art by Fisher, samples of alternative covers, poetry by Joey Simas
Box 12, Folder 14
Coracle Press (1 of 3)
1982 - 1984
Scope and Content Note
Correspondence with Simon Cutts at Coracle Press regarding publication of Sappho translated by Thomas
Meyer and the accompanying exhibition, "Paintings, Pastels & Drawings." Also includes letters of support from various friends
Box 12, Folder 15
Coracle Press (2 of 3)
Scope and Content Note
Correspondence regarding preparation for "Paintings, Pastels & Drawings" exhibition. Also includes letters of
support from friends
Box 13, Folder 1
Coracle Press (3 of 3)
Scope and Content Note
Includes photocopies and original of Art and Artists review, "Sandra Fisher: A Painter's Progress" by Edward
Lucie-Smith
Box 13, Folder 2
Lefevre Gallery
1993
Scope and Content Note
Includes an invitation and photocopy of guest book for "Recent Works by Sandra Fisher"
Folder 3
Lefevre Gallery
Scope and Content Note
Formal letters, invitations and lists of works
Box 13, Folder 4
Lefevre Gallery (1 of 3)
Scope and Content Note
Publicity and correspondence
Box 13, Folder 5
Lefevre Gallery (2 of 3)
Scope and Content Note
Includes formal and personal correspondence regarding exhibition, photographs of Fisher's work in gallery, draft
of Fisher biography
Box 13, Folder 6
Lefevre Gallery (3 of 3)
Scope and Content Note
Includes personal correspondence from friends and supporters regarding exhibition
Box 13, Folder 7
Hirshhorn Museum (1 of 3)
Scope and Content Note
Includes personal and formal correspondence regarding Representation Abroad exhibition. Also includes
articles, reviews, slides and a large black and white photographic print of Fisher with friends and colleagues in gallery
Box 13, Folder 8
Hirshhorn Museum (2 of 3)
1985
Scope and Content Note
Includes invitations, art bulletins, announcements and reviews regarding Representation Abroad exhibition
Box 13, Folder 9
Hirshhorn Museum (3 of 3)
Scope and Content Note
Includes personal and formal correspondence regarding Representation Abroad exhibition, mostly with Joe
Shannon
Box 14, Folder 15
Anne Berthoud Gallery
1981 - 1984
Box 14, Folder 16
Victoria and Albert Museum
Box 14, Folder 17
Artists Market Association
1976 - 1979
Box 14, Folder 18
The Hayward Gallery -- "The Human Clay" exhibition
Box 14, Folder 19
Odyssia Gallery -- "The Pastel in America" exhibition
1979
Box 14, Folder 20
Angela Flowers -- "Nudes" exhibition
1980 - 1981
Box 14, Folder 21
Teaching
Scope and Content Note
Various schools, Ruskin, Norwich, Byam Shaw
Box 14, Folder 22
Gimpel Fils -- "The Male Nude" exhibition
1981 - 1983
Box 14, Folder 23
The British Museum
Scope and Content Note
Correspondence with Frances Carey
Box 17, Folder 22
Rouge to Beak Having Me by Gail Sher
Scope and Content Note
With cover art by Sandra Fisher. Published by Moving Letters Press, Paris
Box 17, Folder 31
Art slides
1976 - 1977
Physical Description: 19 items.
Scope and Content Note
Color slides of American painters possibly used for teaching material
Box 17, Folder 32
Rottardam photographs (1 of 2)
ca. 1992-1994
Physical Description: 26 items.
Scope and Content Note
Color photographs documenting an event held in honor of Sandra's painting commission for Heineken
Box 17, Folder 33
Rottardam photographs (2 of 2)
Physical Description: 26 items.
Scope and Content Note
Color photographs documenting an event held in honor of Sandra's painting commission for Heineken
Box 17, Folder 1
Recent Works by Sandra Fisher -- announcements
1993
Scope and Content Note
For an exhibition held at Lefevre Gallery, London
Box 17, Folder 2
Sandra Fisher: In Memoriam, 1947 - 1994
Box 17, Folder 3
Sandra Fisher, 1947 - 1994: Commemorative Exhibition & Studio Sale
2004
Scope and Content Note
Brochure and price list sent to Margaret Fisher by Kitaj
Box 17, Folder 4
An American Abroad: Sandra Fisher and her School of London Friends -- announcements
2006
Scope and Content Note
For an exhibition held at the New York Studio School. Also includes press release regarding exhibition
Box 17, Folder 5
Announcements and invitations
Scope and Content Note
For various exhibitions and projects including work by Sandra Fisher
Box 19, Folder 8
Hirshhorn Museum materials
Scope and Content Note
Newspaper clippings regarding exhibition, "Representation Abroad"
Box 19, Folder 9
David Hockney interview
1995
Scope and Content Note
Los Angeles Times interview with mention of Sandra Fisher
Box 19, Folder 11
The Sunday Times magazine
Scope and Content Note
Cover and article, Art and the Act of Creation, featuring the work of Sandra Fisher and others
Box 19, Folder 13
Toronto Daily Star -- clipping
1969
Scope and Content Note
Article regarding exhibition of Bonnard etchings with mention of Sandra Gregson [Fisher]
Box 19, Folder 14
Royal Academy Summer Exhibition
Scope and Content Note
Clippings sent to Ethel Fisher regarding "Sandra Three" by R.B. Kitaj
8. Writings about Sandra Fisher
Box 16, Folder 5
Art & Artists
May 1982, 1993
Physical Description: 1 item.
Scope and Content Note
"Sandra Fisher: A Painter's Progress" by Edward Lucie-Smith. Also includes correspondence regarding Max's
admission to Westminster Under School
Box 16, Folder 6
Art & Artists
November 1983
Physical Description: 1 item.
Scope and Content Note
Includes catalogue to the exhibition at Homeworks, "The Male Nude: A Classic Concept a Modern View"
Includes work by Fisher
Box 16, Folder 7
Art Review
Physical Description: 1 item.
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"Critic's Diary: Edward Lucie-Smith ventures forth" includes mention of Fisher's death
Box 16, Folder 8
Cambridge Alumni Magazine
Physical Description: 1 item.
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"Art of our time" by Martin Thompson includes reproduction of work by Fisher
Box 16, Folder 9
The Independent Magazine
8 May 1993
Physical Description: 2 items.
Scope and Content Note
"Friends in the flesh" by John McEwen
Box 16, Folder 10
The Jewish Quarterly
Physical Description: 1 item.
Scope and Content Note
"Sandra Fisher, 1947 - 1994" by Noga Arikha. Sent by the editor to Kitaj
Box 16, Folder 11
London Magazine
Physical Description: 1 item.
Scope and Content Note
Features Sandra Fisher Monotypes from the Lefevre Gallery exhibition
Box 16, Folder 12
Modern Paintings
Winter 1994
Physical Description: 1 item.
Scope and Content Note
Obituary by Thomas Meyer
Box 16, Folder 13
The New Yorker
Physical Description: 1 item.
Scope and Content Note
"Annals of Art" by Dungeon Masters
Box 16, Folder 14
The New Yorker
13 March 1995
Physical Description: 1 item.
Scope and Content Note
"American Diasporist" by Anthony Lane
Box 16, Folder 15
Vogue Magazine
May 1993
Physical Description: 1 item.
Scope and Content Note
Courtesy copy sent by Jed Perl with article "Fisher's Tale" by Candida Lycett Green
Box 16, Folder 16
Vogue Magazine
Physical Description: 1 item.
Scope and Content Note
Includes article "Fisher's Tale" by Candida Lycett Green
Box 16, Folder 17
The New York Times Magazine
Physical Description: 1 item.
Scope and Content Note
Includes an article on R.B. Kitaj with significant mention of Fisher, "The Painter's Life is Cracking" by Arthur
Lubow
Box 16, Folder 18
The New York Times Magazine
13 November 1994
Physical Description: 1 item.
Scope and Content Note
Includes an article on R.B. Kitaj with significant mention of Fisher, "The Painter's Life is Cracking" by Arthur
Lubow
9. Writings by Sandra Fisher
Box 12, Folder 5
Notes on Venetian Art (Michael Gill)
Scope and Content Note
Materials collected by Fisher, includes correspondence from Raymond Foye and Simon Cutts
Box 12, Folder 6
Victoria & Albert Lecture; Vogue magazine article
1992 - 1993
Scope and Content Note
Draft of lecture and materials related to magazine article
Box 12, Folder 7
Marriage of Figaro - Zanira Benthal (Writings on art works)
1991 - 1993
Box 12, Folder 8
Tate Gallery Talk (Blake and Turner)
1983 - 1993
Box 14, Folder 5
Notes on paintings
Scope and Content Note
Various works
Box 17, Folder 26
Notebook
Physical Description: 1 item.
Scope and Content Note
Inscribed, "Paula Modersohn - Becker and Käthe Kollwitz"