Anna Rimel
Scope and Contents
The Carin Drechsler-Marx "Soho" exhibition records, 1976-1978, measure 0.4 linear feet, and document the preparation for and reception of the exhibition, "SoHo – Downtown Manhattan" (Sept. 5-Oct. 17, 1976), at the Akademie der Kunst in Berlin, Germany. The records include commission contract with Rene Block for photo documentation of SoHo, correspondence and exhibition printed materials in German, newspaper press clippings, note and hand-drawn SoHo map with artists' studios, and photographs, slides, and negatives Drechsler-Marx took of SoHo galleries, artists' lofts, and general SoHo streets.
Galleries documented include A.I.R. Gallery, Andre Emmerich Gallery, Castelli Gallery, Holly Solomon Gallery, John Gibson Gallery, John Weber Gallery, O.K. Harris Gallery, Paula Cooper Gallery, and Sonnabend Gallery, among others. Artists' lofts include those of Camille Billops, Christo, Shigeko Kubota, Robert Kushner, Miriam Shapiro, Nora Speyer and Sideo Fromboluti, and Hannah Wilke, among others.
Language
English
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Donated in 2023 by Carin Drechsler-Marx.
Processing Information
The collection was processed, and a finding aid prepared by Anna Rimel in 2024.