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Claire Zeisler papers, 1941-1992

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Series 1: Project Files, circa 1941-1991
0.8 Linear feet
Box 1

Found here are files for Zeisler's projects and commissions arranged chronologically. Material may include agreements, financial information, correspondence, and plans for specific projects, although the items are scattered. Also found are fiber samples and general ideas and sketches.
Description Container Select
Circle, 1967
1
1
Chuck II, 1967
1
2
Mellow Yellow, 1967
1
3
Red Forest, 1967
1
4
Red Wednesday, 1967
1
5
Untitled--Three Elements, 1967
1
6
Black Tuesday, 1968
1
7
Breakwater, 1968
1
8
Evening Presence, 1968
1
9
Rosemary, 1968
1
10
White Monday, 1968
1
11
Winter White, 1968
1
12
Black and White Hanging, 1969
1
13
Homage to Masae, 1969
1
14
Red Lace, 1969
1
15
Red Preview, 1969
1
16
See Thru, 1969
1
17
To Conrad, 1969
1
18
Red Forest II, 1970-1971
1
19
Red Line Raffia #5, 1971-1972
1
20
Red Slinky, 1971-1972
1
21
Black Madagascar, 1972
1
22
Buddy Balls, 1972
1
23
Multi-Color Slinky, 1972
1
24
Red Floor Slinky, 1972
1
25
Red Madagascar, 1972
1
26
Coil Series I, 1977
1
27
Hemp Three Elements, 1977
1
28
Madagascar, 1977
1
29
Small Rippled, 1977
1
30
The King, 1977
1
31
Stela I, 1977-1978
1
32
Stela II, 1977-1978
1
33
Coil Series II, 1978
1
34
Coil Series III, A Celebration, 1978
1
35
Coil Series IV, 1978
1
36
Public Affairs II, 1978
1
37
Silent Spring, 1978
1
38
Small Curved Line, 1978
1
39
Small Hemp Piece, 1978
1
40
Small Totem Sample, 1978
1
41
Totem I, 1978
1
42
Totem II, 1978
1
43
Totem III, 1978
1
44
Totem IV, 1978
1
45
Felt Samples, 1980
1
46
Fran's Piece, 1980
1
47
Horizontal Sample, 1980
1
48
Large Sewn Piece II, 1980
1
49
Piece Two with Macrame, 1980
1
50
Sewn Piece, 1980
1
51
Blue Vision, 1981
1
52
Brunswick Corporation, 1981
1
53
PBS Sample, 1981
1
54
Red Chevron, 1981
1
55
Sewn Sample I, 1981
1
56
Stela III, 1981
1
57
Stela IV, 1981
1
58
Untitled (Four Elements), 1981
1
59
Borg Warner Commission, 1982
1
60
Carbondale, SIU Commission, 1983
1
61
Red Arch, 1983-1984
1
62
Doublewall Triptych, 1984
1
63
Hi Rise, 1984
1
64
Tri Color Arch, 1984
1
65
Clove Lace, 1986
1
66
Private Affair I, 1986
1
67
Private Affair II, 1986
1
68
Private Affair III, 1986
1
69
Kapal, 1987
1
70
Nine Square, Disassembled, 1987
1
71
Library Project, 1988
1
72
Untitled, 1988
1
73
Cascade, 1988-1990
1
74
Flower Garden, 1989
1
75
Flower Garden/Tassel, 1991
1
76
Tassel Piece, 1991
1
77
Almost Christmas, circa 1970-circa 1990
1
78
Double Red II, circa 1970-circa 1990
1
79
Raffia Module II, circa 1970-circa 1990
1
80
Rug Sculptures, circa 1970-circa 1990
1
81
Sisal I, circa 1970-circa 1990
1
82
Three Lines--2 Red/1 Black, circa 1970-circa 1990
1
83
General, Sketches and Ideas, circa 1970-circa 1990
1
84
General, Fabric Samples, circa 1970-circa 1990
1
85-138
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Series 2: Printed Material, 1977-1987
0.2 Linear feet
Box 1

Found are three exhibition catalogs for group exhibitions featuring Zeisler's work. Catalogs are from the Cleveland Museum of Art, the American Craft Museum, and the University of Michigan Museum of Art.
Description Container Select
Exhibition Catalogs, 1977-1987
1
139-140
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Series 3: Scrapbooks, 1941-1992
2.5 Linear feet
Boxes 2-5

Twenty-two scrapbooks contain resumes and chronologies; an honorary degree; business correspondence with libraries, museums, and other institutions concerning exhibitions of Zeisler's work; exhibition lists and condition reports; loan records; printed materials including clippings, posters, and exhibition announcements and catalogs; hanging instructions, sketches, and fiber samples; and photographs of gallery openings, of works of art, and of Claire Zeisler with others. Also found are documents relating to Zeisler's personal art collection and the loan of those works.
Description Container Select
Scrapbook 1, 1941-1963
2
1-2
Scrapbook 2, 1964-1967
2
3-4
Scrapbook 3, 1968-1971
2
5-6
Scrapbook 4, 1971
2
7-8
Scrapbook 5, 1972
2
9
Scrapbook 6, 1973-1974
2
10-11
Scrapbook 7, 1976-1977
2
12-13
Scrapbook 8, 1978-1979
2
14-15
Scrapbook 9, Art Institute of Chicago Retrospective, 1978-1979
2
16-17
Scrapbook 10, 1980
2
18
Scrapbook 11, 1981-1982
3
1-3
Scrapbook 12, 1982-1983
3
4-5
Scrapbook 13, 1984
3
6-7
Scrapbook 14, 1985
3
8-9
Scrapbook 15, 1986
3
10-11
Scrapbook 16, 1986
3
12-13
Scrapbook 17, 1987
3
14-15
Scrapbook 18, 1988
3
16-17
Scrapbook 19, 1989
4
1-2
Scrapbook 20, 1990
4
3
Scrapbook 21, 1991-1992
4
4
Scrapbook 22, Chronologies, 1991
4
5
Oversized Material from Scrapbooks, 1960s-1991
5

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