Finding aid for the Minimal and Conceptual Art Documents, 1969-1989

Series I. Letters to Werner Lippert, 1972-1977

Physical Description: 7.0 folder(s)

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Series contains unpublished questionnaire responses from artists on the role of "chance" in art, 1972, and on "drawing," 1974 to German writer and critic, Werner Lippert (Mönchengladbach) in his capacity as editor of the publication Extra. Other letters to Lippert regard plans for exhibitions and projects, 1974-1977. There is extensive material from David Askevold and Salvo. Filed alphabetically by respondant.

Box 1, Folder 1

Questionnaire 1, 1972

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Lippert asked the following questions relating to chance in art: 1. What do you think "chance" is? 2. What value has chance in art? 3. What influence has chance on your work? Do you work with it or do you try to eliminate its influence? Respondants are: Otmar Alt, Carl Andre, Joseph Beuys, Max Bill, Chillida, Ruprecht Geiger, Jasper Johns, Edward Kienholz, Lowell Nesbitt, Posen, Nicolas Schöffer, Bernard Schultze, and Paul Wunderlich. Collected for an intended publication.

Box 1, Folder 2

Questionnaire 2, 1974

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Original questions unknown, however, they seem to relate to Lippert's request for information on the relationship of drawing to the artists' work and their philosophical influences. Respondants are: Carl Andre, Agnes Denes, Ulrich Erben, Hamish Fulton, Joseph Kosuth, Sol LeWitt, Giulio Paolini, Mel Ramsden, and Franz Erhard Walther.

Box 1, Folder 2

B - Letters of Conceptual artists to Lippert, 1974-1977

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Includes letters to Lippert in his capacity as editor of Extra, and others regarding concepts and plans of exhibitions and projects.

Box 1, Folder 3-7

A-Z, and unidentified

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Letters to Lippert about exhibition plans and projects.

Box 1, Folder 3

Vito Acconci

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three letters.

Box 1, Folder 3

Mac Adams

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one letter.

Box 1, Folder 3

Robert Adams

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one letter.

Box 1, Folder 3

Carl Andre

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two postcards.

Box 1, Folder 3

Arakawa

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one postcard.

Box 1, Folder 3

John M. Armleder

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two letters.

Box 1, Folder 3

Michael Asher

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one postcard.

Box 1, Folder 3

Terry Atkinson

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two postcard and two letters.

Box 1, Folder 3

John Baldessari

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one postcard.

Box 1, Folder 3

Michael Baldwin

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two letters.

Box 1, Folder 3

Lewis Baltz

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three letters.

Box 1, Folder 3

Gottfried Bechtold

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one letter.

Box 1, Folder 3

Lynda Benglis

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one letter.

Box 1, Folder 3

Joseph Beuys

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postcard.

Box 1, Folder 3

Mel Bochner

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two letters, one postcard.

Box 1, Folder 3

Daniel Buren

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one letter.

Box 1, Folder 3

Ian Burn

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two letters.

Box 1, Folder 4

David Askevold

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ca.30 items.

Box 1, Folder 5

Andre Cadéré

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one letter.

Box 1, Folder 5

James Collins

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four postcards and seven letters.

Box 1, Folder 5

Michael Corris

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one letter.

Box 1, Folder 5

Hanne Darboven

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five letters.

Box 1, Folder 5

Anges Denes

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one letter.

Box 1, Folder 5

Antonio Dias

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one letter.

Box 1, Folder 5

Ludwig Ettl

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two letters.

Box 1, Folder 5

H.P. Feldmann

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three postcards.

Box 1, Folder 5

Iole De Freitas

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one postcard and one letter.

Box 1, Folder 5

Ralph Gibson

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one postcard.

Box 1, Folder 5

Richard Hamilton

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one letter.

Box 1, Folder 5

Douglas Huebler

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two letters.

Box 1, Folder 5

Joseph Kosuth

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one letter.

Box 1, Folder 5

Darcy Lance

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one postcard.

Box 1, Folder 5

Jean Le Gac

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one letter.

Box 1, Folder 5

Sol LeWitt

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five postcards and one letter.

Box 1, Folder 5

Andrew Menard

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one postcard and two letters.

Box 1, Folder 5

Mario Merz?

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one letter.

Box 1, Folder 5

Roman Opalka

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one letter.

Box 1, Folder 6

Salvo

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ca. 20 items.

Box 1, Folder 7

Giulio Paolini

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one letter.

Box 1, Folder 7

Irving Penn

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one letter.

Box 1, Folder 7

Giuseppe Penone

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one postcard, three letters.

Box 1, Folder 7

Anne and Patrick Poirier

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three letters.

Box 1, Folder 7

Lucio Pozzi

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four letters.

Box 1, Folder 7

Mel Ramsden

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one postcard.

Box 1, Folder 7

Marcia Resnick

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one postcard and two letters.

Box 1, Folder 7

Gerhard Richter

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one postcard.

Box 1, Folder 7

Italo Scanga

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two postcards.

Box 1, Folder 7

Niele Toroni

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2 letters.

Box 1, Folder 7

Bernard Venet

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one letter.

Box 1, Folder 7

Franz Erhard Walther

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one letter.

Box 1, Folder 7

Lawrence Weiner

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one postcard and one letter.

Box 1, Folder 7

Gilberti Zorio

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two letters.

Box 1, Folder 7

Unidentified, (Schede et Alessandro)

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one letter.

Series II. Letters to Franco Toselli (Galleria Toselli), 1917-1989

Physical Description: 4.0 folder(s)

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Series contains letters, drawings, and typescripts from artists concerning projects for installations, books and conceptual works sent to Franco Toselli at Galleria Toselli. Most date from 1971-1975. Notable are substantial materials from Ian Wilson regarding his "Discussion" series, purchased in part by Toselli, including correspondence, contracts, and three typescript versions of the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design "Discussion," October 1971. Also letters, annotated typescripts, and drawings from Dan Graham.

Box 1, Folder 8

Michael Asher, 1973

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one letter and folded pencil drawing for a project.

Box 1, Folder 8

John Baldessari, 1973-1974

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five letters, a book design for "Choosing: Green Beans," a certificate of authenticity for "Ingres and other Parables," and seven original photographs of old master painting details.

Box 1, Folder 8

Robert Barry, ca. 1971-1972

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two handwritten letters, one refering to Count Giuseppe Panza di Biumo, and four typescripted works.

Box 1, Folder 8

Mel Bochner, 1971

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two letters, with references to Panza.

Box 1, Folder 8

Daniel Buren, 1974

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one letter and a drawing for a room installation.

Box 1, Folder 8

Alan Charlton, 1971, 1974

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one letter, 1974 and a drawing for a painting Toselli purchased, 1971.

Box 1, Folder 8

Jan Dibbets, 1971

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one letter.

Box 1, Folder 8

Hamish Fulton, 1972-1974

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nine letters and drawings regarding book and exhibition projects, including "Mankinholes - On the Pennine Way.".

Box 1, Folder 8

Douglas Heubler, 1972

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four letters, one relating to the trading of "Viable Piece #44."

Box 1, Folder 9

Dan Graham, 1972-1975

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letters, manuscripts, including "Intention Intentionality Sequence," photographs, and drawings for various projects. ca.75 items.

Box 1, Folder 10

Barry Le Va, ca. 1974

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three letters.

Box 1, Folder 10

Richard Long, 1975

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three letters regarding the artist's Cancer Congress poster.

Box 1, Folder 10

Robert Mangold, 1972

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three letters regarding a group exhibition.

Box 1, Folder 10

Giulio Paolini, 1969, 1989

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one letter, 1969, and one postcard, 1989.

Box 1, Folder 10

Richard Serra, 1973

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three page letter, handwritten on Leo Castelli Stationary, and a blueprint for an unrealized "Tower Sculpture," planned for the city of Rome, 1973; letter regarding another project; typescripted conceptual text for "Television Delivers People," with annotations by the artist [Produced by Fay Schoolman March 20, 1973].

Box 1, Folder 10

Richard Tuttle, 1975

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one letter.

Box 1, Folder 10

Lawrence Weiner, 1971-1974

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four letters with drawings for installations.

Box 1, Folder 11

Ian Wilson Material, ca. 1971-1972

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concerning Ian Wilson's "Discussion" series conducted in Milan in 1972, subsequently purchased by Count Giuseppe Panza di Biumo and Franco Toselli. The folder contains correspondence, mostly from Wilson to Tosani, contracts and three manuscript versions of Wilsons' "Discussion" held at Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, October 1971 [one transcribed into Italian], ca.45 items.

Series III. "Prospect 69" 1968-1978

Physical Description: 2.0 folder(s)

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Series contains letters to Konrad Fischer, one of the organizers of the "Prospect 69" exhibition ("Internationale Vorschau auf die Kunst in den Galerien der Avantgarde," Herausgeber Städtische Kunsthalle Düsseldorf, 1969), from artists and gallery owners, primarily regarding catalog production. Other materials includes photographs, drawings, checklists and artist biographies, and a separate folder of Fluxus printed ephemera, 1968-1978.

Box 2, Folder 1-2

Letters, papers, drawings, photographs, 1968-1978

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Letters, photographs, drawings, checklists, biographies, other papers, relating to "Prospect 69" ("Internationale Vorschau auf die Kunst in den Galerien der Avantgarde," Herausgeber Städtische Kunsthalle Düsseldorf, 1969. Konzeption und Organisation: Konrad Fischer, Düsseldorf und Hans Strelow, New York). Correspondence is mainly from artists and gallery owners to Fischer and Strelow regarding the catalogue production, including Daniel Buren, Douglas Christmas, Nigel Greenwood, Gian Enzo Sperone, M.J. Martínez Seiquer, Marilyn Fischbach, Yvon Lambert and Ileana Sonnabend. Other material includes typescripted interviews with Douglas Huebler, Robert Barry, Joseph Kosuth and Lawrence Weiner. Folders also contain printed Fluxus ephemera, such as issues one and two of Le Petit Colosse de Simi, the Nothing Else Review. See oversize Box 3, folders 1-3 for more photographs, project and installation drawings and Fluxus ephemera (ca. 1965-79), such as 14 Daniel Spoerri "Eat Art" posters, 1970-1973, 5 pieces of felt "stationary" signed by Joseph Beuys and Jürg, and a "John Cage a Geneve" poster, 1978.

Series IV. Miscellaneous drawings and typescripts, 1975

Physical Description: 2.0 folder(s)

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Series holds original drawings by artists of Minimal and Conceptual works and installations. With a small quantity of typescripts.

Box 2, Folder 3

Arcelli & Comini, 1975

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"Melopea," typescript, 2 pages, Milan.

Box 2, Folder 3

Robert Barry, 1967

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original work, "One Piece."

Box 2, Folder 3

James Lee Byars, ca. 1987

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two letters to Egidio Marzona with fancy gold crayon script on black paper, one with confetti.

Box 2, Folder 3

Nancy Graves, ca. early 1970s

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original drawing for "Fossil Shadow Cast" and note.

Box 2, Folder 3

Barry Le Va, ca. 1980

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drawing for Galerie Ricke, Cologne.

Box 2, Folder 3

Sol LeWitt, n.d.

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four original drawings for a sculpture on one sheet.

Box 2, Folder 3

Mario Merz, 1973

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letter regarding Fibonacci work.

Box 2, Folder 3

Arduino Nardella, 1972

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biography.

Box 2, Folder 4

Jürgen Partenheimer, 1981

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clipping with annotations by the artist in ballpoint, signed and dated.

Box 2, Folder 4

David Rabinowitch, 1970s, n.d.

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ballpoint-pen drawing of sculpture, 1970s; drawing for an installation, undated; original drawing for a sculpture on an invitation card, 1975.

Box 2, Folder 4

Keith Sonnier, early 1970s, 1989, n.d.

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two colored drawings for neon sculpture, ca. early 1970s; copy of an installation in Galerie Ricke, Cologne with handwritten remarks, undated; drawing for a light installation, 1989; two installation drawings for "Standing Spinx," 1989.

Box 2, Folder 4

Lawrence Weiner, 1972

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handwritten postcard with original photo on front.

Box 2, Folder 4

Unidentified, n.d.

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two minimal prints of graphs by an artist with monogram W.M.

Series V. Miscellaneous Photographs, 1969-1981

Physical Description: ca. 115 items

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Series contains three folders of photographs of Minimal and Conceptual art pieces and of performances, some signed and/or annotated. .

Box 2, Folder 5

Vito Acconci, ca. 1969-1970

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photographs of several performance works including, "Overtaking Piece," 1970 "Performance Test," 1969 "Rubbing Piece," 1970 "Room Piece," 1970, ca. 30 photographs.

Box 2, Folder 5

Joseph Beuys, 1969

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photo Ute Klophaus.

Box 2, Folder 5

Daniel Buren, n.d.

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twelve color photographs from an installation.

Box 2, Folder 5

Pier Paolo Calzolari, 1969

Box 2, Folder 6

Hanne Darboven, n.d.

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three photographs of an installation.

Box 2, Folder 6

Hamish Fulton, late 1960s

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five photographs of earthworks.

Box 2, Folder 6

Dan Graham, n.d.

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photo of a video installation.

Box 2, Folder 6

Dan Graham and Richard Tuttle, Zürich, 1979

Box 2, Folder 6

Gordon Matta-Clark, late 1960s

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three original photographs for an installation.

Box 2, Folder 6

Jannis Kounellis, 1969, 1981

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two photographs of artist.

Box 2, Folder 6

Robert Mangold, 1972

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six photographs of paintings.

Box 2, Folder 6

Marion Merz, 1968

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five photographs of works and installations, one with script by the artist.

Box 2, Folder 6

Robert Morris, 1973

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twelve images of an installation and exhibition of "Imaginary Extension of Copper Beam," one with Ileana Sonnabend.

Box 2, Folder 7

Dennis Oppenheim, n.d.

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two photographs of "Forest Floor Removal-Transplant."

Box 2, Folder 7

Giulio Paolini, 1980

Box 2, Folder 7

Giuseppe Penone, 1969

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original photo for an earthwork with text/caption by artist.

Box 2, Folder 7

Emilio Prini

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5 photo works, signed on verso with thumbprint.

Box 2, Folder 7

Robert Ryman, 1971

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two photographs of an installation.

Box 2, Folder 7

Michael Sauer, 1978, 1987

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two photographs of installations, both signed by the artist.

Box 2, Folder 7

Robert Smithson, 1969

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"Mirror Displacement," earthwork. Seven original photographs and a map with measurements on the back and notes by the artist on the front.

Box 2, Folder 7

Niele Toroni, 1969

Box 2, Folder 7

Wolf Vostell, 1976

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four photographs of installation of "Miss Vietnam," displayed with works by Chamberlain, Rauschenberg, Segal and Warhol.

Box 2, Folder 7

Lawrence Weiner, 1973

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photo of an Italian subway station with posters for Galleria Toselli exhibition.

Box 2, Folder 7

Unidentified

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three photographs of works.

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