Finding aid for the Minimal and Conceptual Art Documents, 1969-1989
Finding aid prepared by Lynda Bunting.
Descriptive Summary
Title: Minimal and Conceptual Art Documents
Date (inclusive): 1969-1989
Number: 920025
Physical Description:
1.5 linear feet
(3 boxes)
Repository:
The Getty Research Institute
Special Collections
1200 Getty Center Drive, Suite 1100
Los Angeles, California, 90049-1688
(310) 440-7390
Abstract: An assembled collection of visual and written documentation, including correspondence and artists' statements, and photographs
and drawings relating to gallery installations, sculptural pieces, conceptual pieces, land art, and performances. Includes
artists' letters to German critic and editor Werner Lippert and Galleria Toselli in Milan, and materials pertaining to the
exhibition Prospect 69 (Dusseldorf, 1969). Includes letters from artists and gallery owners to Konrad Fischer, and some Fluxus
printed ephemera.
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Minimal and Conceptual Art Documents,1969-1989, Getty Research Institute, Research Library, Accession no. 920025.
http://hdl.handle.net/10020/cifa920025
Acquisition Information
Acquired by the repository in 1992.
Scope and Content of Collection
Visual and written documentation of Minimal and Conceptual art, including miscellaneous correspondence and artists' statements,
photographs and drawings relating to gallery installations, sculptural pieces, conceptual pieces, land art and performances.
Highlights are: artists' correspondence to German critic and editor Werner Lippert and Milanese gallery owner Franco Toselli,
and materials collected regarding the exhibition "Prospect 69" (Düsseldorf, 1969), which includes letters from artists and
gallery owners to Konrad Fischer and some Fluxus printed ephemera. The collection also contains miscellaneous drawings, typescripts
and photographs of Minimal and Conceptual works, and performances.
Arrangement note
The collection is organized into five series:
Series I. Letters to Werner Lippert, 1972-1977;
Series II. Letters to Franco Toselli (Galleria Toselli), 1917-1989;
Series III. "Prospect 69" 1968-1978;
Series IV. Miscellaneous Drawings and Typescripts, 1975;
Series V. Miscellaneous Photographs, 1969-1981
Indexing Terms
Subjects - Topics
Art, Modern--20th century
Conceptual Art
Earthworks (Art)
Fluxus (Group of artists)
Minimal art
Performance art
Genres and Forms of Material
Drawings (visual works)
Photographic prints
Photographs, Original
Contributors
Askevold, David
Fischer, Konrad
Galleria Toselli (Mila, Italy)
Graham, Dan, 1942-
Lippert, Werner, 1950-
Prospect 69 (1969 : Düsseldorf, Germany)
Salvo, 1947-
Wilson, Ian, 1940-
Series I.
Letters to Werner Lippert,
1972-1977
Physical Description:
7.0 folder(s)
Scope and Content Note
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
Scope and Content Note
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
Scope and Content Note
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
Scope and Content Note
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
Scope and Content Note
Letters to Lippert about exhibition plans and projects.
Box 1, Folder 3
Vito Acconci
Scope and Content Note
three letters.
Box 1, Folder 3
Mac Adams
Scope and Content Note
one letter.
Box 1, Folder 3
Robert Adams
Scope and Content Note
one letter.
Box 1, Folder 3
Carl Andre
Scope and Content Note
two postcards.
Box 1, Folder 3
Arakawa
Scope and Content Note
one postcard.
Box 1, Folder 3
John M. Armleder
Scope and Content Note
two letters.
Box 1, Folder 3
Michael Asher
Scope and Content Note
one postcard.
Box 1, Folder 3
Terry Atkinson
Scope and Content Note
two postcard and two letters.
Box 1, Folder 3
John Baldessari
Scope and Content Note
one postcard.
Box 1, Folder 3
Michael Baldwin
Scope and Content Note
two letters.
Box 1, Folder 3
Lewis Baltz
Scope and Content Note
three letters.
Box 1, Folder 3
Gottfried Bechtold
Scope and Content Note
one letter.
Box 1, Folder 3
Lynda Benglis
Scope and Content Note
one letter.
Box 1, Folder 3
Joseph Beuys
Scope and Content Note
postcard.
Box 1, Folder 3
Mel Bochner
Scope and Content Note
two letters, one postcard.
Box 1, Folder 3
Daniel Buren
Scope and Content Note
one letter.
Box 1, Folder 3
Ian Burn
Scope and Content Note
two letters.
Box 1, Folder 4
David Askevold
Scope and Content Note
ca.30 items.
Box 1, Folder 5
Andre Cadéré
Scope and Content Note
one letter.
Box 1, Folder 5
James Collins
Scope and Content Note
four postcards and seven letters.
Box 1, Folder 5
Michael Corris
Scope and Content Note
one letter.
Box 1, Folder 5
Hanne Darboven
Scope and Content Note
five letters.
Box 1, Folder 5
Anges Denes
Scope and Content Note
one letter.
Box 1, Folder 5
Antonio Dias
Scope and Content Note
one letter.
Box 1, Folder 5
Ludwig Ettl
Scope and Content Note
two letters.
Box 1, Folder 5
H.P. Feldmann
Scope and Content Note
three postcards.
Box 1, Folder 5
Iole De Freitas
Scope and Content Note
one postcard and one letter.
Box 1, Folder 5
Ralph Gibson
Scope and Content Note
one postcard.
Box 1, Folder 5
Richard Hamilton
Scope and Content Note
one letter.
Box 1, Folder 5
Douglas Huebler
Scope and Content Note
two letters.
Box 1, Folder 5
Joseph Kosuth
Scope and Content Note
one letter.
Box 1, Folder 5
Darcy Lance
Scope and Content Note
one postcard.
Box 1, Folder 5
Jean Le Gac
Scope and Content Note
one letter.
Box 1, Folder 5
Sol LeWitt
Scope and Content Note
five postcards and one letter.
Box 1, Folder 5
Andrew Menard
Scope and Content Note
one postcard and two letters.
Box 1, Folder 5
Mario Merz?
Scope and Content Note
one letter.
Box 1, Folder 5
Roman Opalka
Scope and Content Note
one letter.
Box 1, Folder 6
Salvo
Scope and Content Note
ca. 20 items.
Box 1, Folder 7
Giulio Paolini
Scope and Content Note
one letter.
Box 1, Folder 7
Irving Penn
Scope and Content Note
one letter.
Box 1, Folder 7
Giuseppe Penone
Scope and Content Note
one postcard, three letters.
Box 1, Folder 7
Anne and Patrick Poirier
Scope and Content Note
three letters.
Box 1, Folder 7
Lucio Pozzi
Scope and Content Note
four letters.
Box 1, Folder 7
Mel Ramsden
Scope and Content Note
one postcard.
Box 1, Folder 7
Marcia Resnick
Scope and Content Note
one postcard and two letters.
Box 1, Folder 7
Gerhard Richter
Scope and Content Note
one postcard.
Box 1, Folder 7
Italo Scanga
Scope and Content Note
two postcards.
Box 1, Folder 7
Niele Toroni
Scope and Content Note
2 letters.
Box 1, Folder 7
Bernard Venet
Scope and Content Note
one letter.
Box 1, Folder 7
Franz Erhard Walther
Scope and Content Note
one letter.
Box 1, Folder 7
Lawrence Weiner
Scope and Content Note
one postcard and one letter.
Box 1, Folder 7
Gilberti Zorio
Scope and Content Note
two letters.
Box 1, Folder 7
Unidentified, (Schede et Alessandro)
Scope and Content Note
one letter.
Series II.
Letters to Franco Toselli (Galleria Toselli),
1917-1989
Physical Description:
4.0 folder(s)
Scope and Content Note
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
Scope and Content Note
one letter and folded pencil drawing for a project.
Box 1, Folder 8
John Baldessari,
1973-1974
Scope and Content Note
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
Scope and Content Note
two handwritten letters, one refering to Count Giuseppe Panza di Biumo, and four typescripted works.
Box 1, Folder 8
Mel Bochner,
1971
Scope and Content Note
two letters, with references to Panza.
Box 1, Folder 8
Daniel Buren,
1974
Scope and Content Note
one letter and a drawing for a room installation.
Box 1, Folder 8
Alan Charlton,
1971, 1974
Scope and Content Note
one letter, 1974 and a drawing for a painting Toselli purchased, 1971.
Box 1, Folder 8
Jan Dibbets,
1971
Scope and Content Note
one letter.
Box 1, Folder 8
Hamish Fulton,
1972-1974
Scope and Content Note
nine letters and drawings regarding book and exhibition projects, including "Mankinholes - On the Pennine Way.".
Box 1, Folder 8
Douglas Heubler,
1972
Scope and Content Note
four letters, one relating to the trading of "Viable Piece #44."
Box 1, Folder 9
Dan Graham,
1972-1975
Scope and Content Note
letters, manuscripts, including "Intention Intentionality Sequence," photographs, and drawings for various projects. ca.75
items.
Box 1, Folder 10
Barry Le Va,
ca. 1974
Scope and Content Note
three letters.
Box 1, Folder 10
Richard Long,
1975
Scope and Content Note
three letters regarding the artist's Cancer Congress poster.
Box 1, Folder 10
Robert Mangold,
1972
Scope and Content Note
three letters regarding a group exhibition.
Box 1, Folder 10
Giulio Paolini,
1969, 1989
Scope and Content Note
one letter, 1969, and one postcard, 1989.
Box 1, Folder 10
Richard Serra,
1973
Scope and Content Note
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
Scope and Content Note
one letter.
Box 1, Folder 10
Lawrence Weiner,
1971-1974
Scope and Content Note
four letters with drawings for installations.
Box 1, Folder 11
Ian Wilson Material,
ca. 1971-1972
Scope and Content Note
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)
Scope and Content Note
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
Scope and Content Note
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)
Scope and Content Note
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
Scope and Content Note
"Melopea," typescript, 2 pages, Milan.
Box 2, Folder 3
Robert Barry,
1967
Scope and Content Note
original work, "One Piece."
Box 2, Folder 3
James Lee Byars,
ca. 1987
Scope and Content Note
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
Scope and Content Note
original drawing for "Fossil Shadow Cast" and note.
Box 2, Folder 3
Barry Le Va,
ca. 1980
Scope and Content Note
drawing for Galerie Ricke, Cologne.
Box 2, Folder 3
Sol LeWitt,
n.d.
Scope and Content Note
four original drawings for a sculpture on one sheet.
Box 2, Folder 3
Mario Merz,
1973
Scope and Content Note
letter regarding Fibonacci work.
Box 2, Folder 3
Arduino Nardella,
1972
Scope and Content Note
biography.
Box 2, Folder 4
Jürgen Partenheimer,
1981
Scope and Content Note
clipping with annotations by the artist in ballpoint, signed and dated.
Box 2, Folder 4
David Rabinowitch,
1970s, n.d.
Scope and Content Note
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.
Scope and Content Note
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
Scope and Content Note
handwritten postcard with original photo on front.
Box 2, Folder 4
Unidentified,
n.d.
Scope and Content Note
two minimal prints of graphs by an artist with monogram W.M.
Series V.
Miscellaneous Photographs,
1969-1981
Physical Description:
ca. 115 items
Scope and Content Note
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
Scope and Content Note
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
Scope and Content Note
photo Ute Klophaus.
Box 2, Folder 5
Daniel Buren,
n.d.
Scope and Content Note
twelve color photographs from an installation.
Box 2, Folder 5
Pier Paolo Calzolari,
1969
Box 2, Folder 6
Hanne Darboven,
n.d.
Scope and Content Note
three photographs of an installation.
Box 2, Folder 6
Hamish Fulton,
late 1960s
Scope and Content Note
five photographs of earthworks.
Box 2, Folder 6
Dan Graham,
n.d.
Scope and Content Note
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
Scope and Content Note
three original photographs for an installation.
Box 2, Folder 6
Jannis Kounellis,
1969, 1981
Scope and Content Note
two photographs of artist.
Box 2, Folder 6
Robert Mangold,
1972
Scope and Content Note
six photographs of paintings.
Box 2, Folder 6
Marion Merz,
1968
Scope and Content Note
five photographs of works and installations, one with script by the artist.
Box 2, Folder 6
Robert Morris,
1973
Scope and Content Note
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.
Scope and Content Note
two photographs of "Forest Floor Removal-Transplant."
Box 2, Folder 7
Giuseppe Penone,
1969
Scope and Content Note
original photo for an earthwork with text/caption by artist.
Box 2, Folder 7
Emilio Prini
Scope and Content Note
5 photo works, signed on verso with thumbprint.
Box 2, Folder 7
Robert Ryman,
1971
Scope and Content Note
two photographs of an installation.
Box 2, Folder 7
Michael Sauer,
1978, 1987
Scope and Content Note
two photographs of installations, both signed by the artist.
Box 2, Folder 7
Robert Smithson,
1969
Scope and Content Note
"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
Wolf Vostell,
1976
Scope and Content Note
four photographs of installation of "Miss Vietnam," displayed with works by Chamberlain, Rauschenberg, Segal and Warhol.
Box 2, Folder 7
Lawrence Weiner,
1973
Scope and Content Note
photo of an Italian subway station with posters for Galleria Toselli exhibition.
Box 2, Folder 7
Unidentified
Scope and Content Note
three photographs of works.
