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Jay DeFeo papers, 1901-2005 (bulk 1970-1989).
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Title:
Jay DeFeo papers, 1901-2005 (bulk 1970-1989)Creator/Contributor:
DeFeo, Jay, 1929-1989, creator, creator.Abstract:
Correspondence, business, and personal records. While the collection focuses on Jay DeFeo's life after the completion of The
Rose, it also includes some materials from before she started The Rose. The collection contains her business and exhibition
correspondence and papers, her teaching records and correspondence, and correspondence with friends, family, and students,
as well as ephemera from her life in, and travels outside of, the Bay Area.
Date:
1970 (issued)Subject:
n-us-ca -- n-us---Abstract expressionism -- United States
Artists -- California -- San Francisco Bay Area -- 20th century
Women artists -- California -- San Francisco Bay Area -- 20th century
Beats (Persons)
Expressionnisme abstrait -- États-Unis
Artistes -- Californie -- San Francisco, Région de la baie de -- 20e siècle
Femmes artistes -- Californie -- San Francisco, Région de la baie de -- 20e siècle
Beatniks
Beat generation
Abstract expressionism
Artists
Beats (Persons)
Women artists
California -- San Francisco Bay Area
United States
Rose (DeFeo, Jay)
DeFeo, Jay -- 1929-1989 -- Archives
DeFeo, Jay -- 1929-1989
DeFeo, Jay -- 1929-1989
Note:
PARTIALLY RESTRICTED. Collection is open for research, with the following exceptions: Folders noted in the Finding Aid as
"RESTRICTED" are closed until 2032 per agreement with the Jay DeFeo Trust. In addition, certain individual letters have been
pulled from the collection with the same stipulation. All such materials are housed in Box 16. Requests for use of original
must be approved by the appropriate curator. CU-BANC
COLLECTION STORED, IN PART, OFF-SITE: Advance notice required for use.
Jay DeFeo photographs formerly deposited with the Bancroft Library have been returned to the DeFeo Trust, 2013.
All requests to publish and/or quote from collection materials must be submitted in writing to: Leah Levy, Director and Trustee,
The Jay DeFeo Trust, 1451 Lincoln Street, Berkeley, CA 94702 USA.
Gift of the Jay DeFeo Trust; 1997. CU-BANC
Jay DeFeo was born in 1929 in Hanover, New Hampshire, and grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area. She received a bachelor's
degree in 1950 and a master's in 1951, both in studio art, from the University of California, Berkeley. In the 1950s, DeFeo
became a pivotal figure in the historic San Francisco community of artists, poets, and jazz musicians subsequently known as
the Beat Generation. Her best known work is the iconic, monumental painting, The Rose. She died of cancer on November 11,
1989, at the age of 60.
Jay DeFeo papers, BANC MSS 98/56 c, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.
In English.
Type:
Archives.Physical Description:
print
15.4 (16 7 14
Language:
English
Origin:
CaliforniaCopyright Note:
PARTIALLY RESTRICTED. Collection is open for research, with the following exceptions: Folders noted in the Finding Aid as
"RESTRICTED" are closed until 2032 per agreement with the Jay DeFeo Trust. In addition, certain individual letters have been
pulled from the collection with the same stipulation. All such materials are housed in Box 16. Requests for use of original
must be approved by the appropriate curator. CU-BANC
COLLECTION STORED, IN PART, OFF-SITE: Advance notice required for use.
All requests to publish and/or quote from collection materials must be submitted in writing to: Leah Levy, Director and Trustee,
The Jay DeFeo Trust, 1451 Lincoln Street, Berkeley, CA 94702 USA.