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Collage from the office walls of poet Thom Gunn.
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Collage from the office walls of poet Thom GunnCreator/Contributor:
Gunn, Thom., creatorAbstract:
A collage, created over many years, of material pinned to walls in the study of poet Thom Gunn at his San Francisco home on
Cole Street. The great majority of items are magazine clippings and postcards or greeting cards. Also present are newspaper
clippings, fliers, several objects, and some personal photographs. The few photographs present are of Gunn, his family members,
and friends. Individuals pictured include Mike Kitay, Ander Gunn, Ander Gunn's son (Thom Gunn's nephew), Bill Schuessler,
Bob Bair, Tony White, Tony Tanner and Marcia Tanner, Sheila Ballantyne, Allan Noseworthy, Norm Rathweg, Don Doody, Charlie
Hinkle, and Joe Mockus. Ephemera includes promotional items for San Francisco gay bars, clubs or events, material or images
relating to the leather scene, punk rock, male nudes, male celebrities, literary figures, etc. Some postcards contain personal
correspondence or notes. Some cards contain brief greetings or correspondence from friends. A significant number are from
Douglas Chambers (more than 6 postcards), one is from author Paul Bowles, and a brief greeting is from photographer Robert
Mapplethorpe.
Date:
ca. 1980-ca. 2000 (issued)Subject:
n-us-caGay men -- California -- San Francisco -- Pictorial works
Poets -- 20th century -- Pictorial works
Homosexuels masculins -- Californie -- San Francisco -- Ouvrages illustrés
Poètes -- 20e siècle -- Ouvrages illustrés
Gay men
Poets
California -- San Francisco
Gunn, Thom -- Pictorial works
Gunn, Thom -- Archives
Gunn, Thom
Note:
Assemblage by Thom Gunn.
Title devised by cataloger.
Collage disassembled in March 2012. Items foldered in groups according to wall position and filed, along with photographs
documenting original assemblage.
3 OBJECTS RESTRICTED. UNAVAILABLE FOR USE. Requests for use of original must be approved by the appropriate curator.
Received as an addition to the Thom Gunn papers and the Photographs from the Thom Gunn papers (BANC MSS 2006/235 and BANC
PIC 2008.063).
Gift ; Of Mike Kitay ; 2012.
Copies of items containing correspondence (chiefly postcards) have been added to the Thom Gunn papers (BANC MSS 2006/235).
Type:
graphicArchives.
Pictorial works.
Collages.
Ephemera-20th century.
Physical Description:
collage
photoprint
1 box, 6 oversize folders (prints, ephemera, postcards, photographic prints), 1 box (3 objects) assembled ca. 9 x 12 ft.
Language:
English
Origin:
CaliforniaCopyright Note:
3 OBJECTS RESTRICTED. UNAVAILABLE FOR USE. Requests for use of original must be approved by the appropriate curator.