Subseries 3.2 | A Finding Aid to the Emilio Cruz papers, 1961-2008 | Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution | Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution

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Alien, undated	2 3	Select: Alien, undated
Anatomy 1-13—Original and Harpoon—Original, undated	2 4	Select: Anatomy 1-13—Original and Harpoon—Original, undated
Blind Harry, 1995	2 5	Select: Blind Harry, 1995
Can Frankenstein Possess Moral Integrity, undated	2 6	Select: Can Frankenstein Possess Moral Integrity, undated
Carlos Linares, Imitation of the Beast, The Human Body, and The Silent Body and the Aesthetics of Passion, 1992, undated	2 7	Select: Carlos Linares, Imitation of the Beast, The Human Body, and The Silent Body and the Aesthetics of Passion, 1992, undated
Discretion, 1976	2 8	Select: Discretion, 1976
Earthenware for Sun Ra, 1995	2 9	Select: Earthenware for Sun Ra, 1995
Homeo Stasis: What We Are Now and Homeostasis Poems, 1978	2 10	Select: Homeo Stasis: What We Are Now and Homeostasis Poems, 1978
Inter Planetary Slaver— Originals, 1969-1970	2 11	Select: Inter Planetary Slaver— Originals, 1969-1970
Images From a Dark Room, undated	2 12-13	Select: Images From a Dark Room, undated
Luminous Journey, undated	2 14-18	Select: Luminous Journey, undated
Night of Latex and Crumpled Cloth and Prologue on Calvary, undated	2 19	Select: Night of Latex and Crumpled Cloth and Prologue on Calvary, undated
Plum: A Novel Chapters 1-11, undated	2 20	Select: Plum: A Novel Chapters 1-11, undated
Plum, undated	2 21-25	Select: Plum, undated
Rites of Plum Concept Statement and Chapters 1-14, undated	2 26	Select: Rites of Plum Concept Statement and Chapters 1-14, undated
Ugly Head and the Goddess God He She, undated	2 27	Select: Ugly Head and the Goddess God He She, undated
Untitled and Assorted Poetry, 1986-1988, undated	2 28	Select: Untitled and Assorted Poetry, 1986-1988, undated
When This War Is Over, You're Going to Get It George, 1975	2 29	Select: When This War Is Over, You're Going to Get It George, 1975
Zero, undated	2 30	Select: Zero, undated
Musical Homage to Ants and Other Symbiotic Creatures, 1976	3 1	Select: Musical Homage to Ants and Other Symbiotic Creatures, 1976
Materials Related to The Absence Held Fast to Its Presence, 1976, 1981-1982	3 2	Select: Materials Related to The Absence Held Fast to Its Presence, 1976, 1981-1982
Materials Related to Homeostasis: Once More the Scorpion, 1978, 1982	3 3	Select: Materials Related to Homeostasis: Once More the Scorpion, 1978, 1982
Cage, performed at BACA Downtown/Center for the Arts, 1986-1987	3 4	Select: Cage, performed at BACA Downtown/Center for the Arts, 1986-1987
Get Down Perfume (1990), performed at Anita Shapolsky Gallery, 1989-1990	3 5	Select: Get Down Perfume (1990), performed at Anita Shapolsky Gallery, 1989-1990
Trilogy for a Distant God— Mirror/Cage/Gun performance at the Studio Museum in Harlem, 1993	3 6	Select: Trilogy for a Distant God— Mirror/Cage/Gun performance at the Studio Museum in Harlem, 1993
Earthenware: A Poem for Sun Ra and Other Distant Planets Performance at Knitting Factory, 1989, 1995	3 7	Select: Earthenware: A Poem for Sun Ra and Other Distant Planets Performance at Knitting Factory, 1989, 1995
Compassion Spirit of Influence Performed at Knitting Factory, 1978, 1985, 1995-1996	3 8	Select: Compassion Spirit of Influence Performed at Knitting Factory, 1978, 1985, 1995-1996
Zero Performed at Steinbaum/Krauss Gallery, 1995, 1997	3 9	Select: Zero Performed at Steinbaum/Krauss Gallery, 1995, 1997
Earthenware, Homo Sapiens Poems Performed at the Museum of American Art of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, 1975, 1995-1997	3 10	Select: Earthenware, Homo Sapiens Poems Performed at the Museum of American Art of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, 1975, 1995-1997
Prints from Goya's The Disasters of War, 1978 1 Film reel 16mm Color footage of still prints from Francisco de Goya's The Disasters of War. Includes soundtrack.	FC 5	Select: Prints from Goya's The Disasters of War, 19781 Film reel16mmScope and ContentsColor footage of still prints from Francisco de Goya's The Disasters of War. Includes soundtrack.
Homeostasis, 1977 1 Film reel 16 mm Black and white footage likely accompanied a performance of Homeostasis.	FC 6	Select: Homeostasis, 19771 Film reel16 mmScope and ContentsBlack and white footage likely accompanied a performance of Homeostasis.
Homeostasis Theme Sound Reel 1, 1980 1 Sound tape reel 2 inch Reel 1 has 9 tracks identified.	7	Select: Homeostasis Theme Sound Reel 1, 19801 Sound tape reel2 inchScope and ContentsReel 1 has 9 tracks identified.
Homeostasis Theme Sound Reel 2, 1980 1 Sound tape reel 2 inch Reel 2 has 4 tracks identified (5 numbered).	8	Select: Homeostasis Theme Sound Reel 2, 19801 Sound tape reel2 inchReel 2 has 4 tracks identified (5 numbered).
The Absence Held Fast to Its Presence Performance Recording, 1982 November 27 1 Videocassettes (U-matic)	9 1	Select: The Absence Held Fast to Its Presence Performance Recording, 1982 November 271 Videocassettes (U-matic)
Sound Recording of The Absence at Randolph St. Gallery, 1981 April 1 Sound tape reel	9 2	Select: Sound Recording of The Absence at Randolph St. Gallery, 1981 April1 Sound tape reel
Sound Recording of Homeostasis: Once More the Scorpion, circa 1981 1 Sound tape reel	9 3	Select: Sound Recording of Homeostasis: Once More the Scorpion, circa 19811 Sound tape reel
Dub of Master Edit of Moming Recording, undated 1 Videocassettes (U-matic)	9 4	Select: Dub of Master Edit of Moming Recording, undated1 Videocassettes (U-matic)
Recording of The Rites of Plum, undated 1 Videocassettes (VHS)	9 5	Select: Recording of The Rites of Plum, undated1 Videocassettes (VHS)
Sound Recording—Git Down Perfume, undated 2 Sound tape reels 1/2 inch #6 has five identified tracks. #7 has six identified tracks.	9 6-7	Select: Sound Recording—Git Down Perfume, undated2 Sound tape reels1/2 inchScope and Contents#6 has five identified tracks. #7 has six identified tracks.

Alien, undated

2

3

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Anatomy 1-13—Original and Harpoon—Original, undated

2

4

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Blind Harry, 1995

2

5

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Can Frankenstein Possess Moral Integrity, undated

2

6

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Carlos Linares, Imitation of the Beast, The Human Body, and The Silent Body and the Aesthetics of Passion, 1992, undated

2

7

Select: Carlos Linares, Imitation of the Beast, The Human Body, and The Silent Body and the Aesthetics of Passion, 1992, undated

Discretion, 1976

2

8

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Earthenware for Sun Ra, 1995

2

9

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Homeo Stasis: What We Are Now and Homeostasis Poems, 1978

2

10

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Inter Planetary Slaver— Originals, 1969-1970

2

11

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Images From a Dark Room, undated

2

12-13

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Luminous Journey, undated

2

14-18

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Night of Latex and Crumpled Cloth and Prologue on Calvary, undated

2

19

Select: Night of Latex and Crumpled Cloth and Prologue on Calvary, undated

Plum: A Novel Chapters 1-11, undated

2

20

Select: Plum: A Novel Chapters 1-11, undated

Plum, undated

2

21-25

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Rites of Plum Concept Statement and Chapters 1-14, undated

2

26

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Ugly Head and the Goddess God He She, undated

2

27

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Untitled and Assorted Poetry, 1986-1988, undated

2

28

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When This War Is Over, You're Going to Get It George, 1975

2

29

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Zero, undated

2

30

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Musical Homage to Ants and Other Symbiotic Creatures, 1976

3

1

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Materials Related to The Absence Held Fast to Its Presence, 1976, 1981-1982

3

2

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Materials Related to Homeostasis: Once More the Scorpion, 1978, 1982

3

Select: Materials Related to Homeostasis: Once More the Scorpion, 1978, 1982

Cage, performed at BACA Downtown/Center for the Arts, 1986-1987

3

4

Select: Cage, performed at BACA Downtown/Center for the Arts, 1986-1987

Get Down Perfume (1990), performed at Anita Shapolsky Gallery, 1989-1990

3

5

Select: Get Down Perfume (1990), performed at Anita Shapolsky Gallery, 1989-1990

Trilogy for a Distant God— Mirror/Cage/Gun performance at the Studio Museum in Harlem, 1993

3

6

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Earthenware: A Poem for Sun Ra and Other Distant Planets Performance at Knitting Factory, 1989, 1995

3

7

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Compassion Spirit of Influence Performed at Knitting Factory, 1978, 1985, 1995-1996

3

8

Select: Compassion Spirit of Influence Performed at Knitting Factory, 1978, 1985, 1995-1996

Zero Performed at Steinbaum/Krauss Gallery, 1995, 1997

3

9

Select: Zero Performed at Steinbaum/Krauss Gallery, 1995, 1997

Earthenware, Homo Sapiens Poems Performed at the Museum of American Art of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, 1975, 1995-1997

3

10

Select: Earthenware, Homo Sapiens Poems Performed at the Museum of American Art of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, 1975, 1995-1997

Prints from Goya's The Disasters of War, 1978

1 Film reel

16mm

Color footage of still prints from Francisco de Goya's The Disasters of War. Includes soundtrack.

FC 5

Select: Prints from Goya's The Disasters of War, 19781 Film reel16mmScope and ContentsColor footage of still prints from Francisco de Goya's The Disasters of War. Includes soundtrack.

Homeostasis, 1977

1 Film reel

16 mm

Black and white footage likely accompanied a performance of Homeostasis.

FC 6

Select: Homeostasis, 19771 Film reel16 mmScope and ContentsBlack and white footage likely accompanied a performance of Homeostasis.

Homeostasis Theme Sound Reel 1, 1980

1 Sound tape reel

2 inch

Reel 1 has 9 tracks identified.

7

Select: Homeostasis Theme Sound Reel 1, 19801 Sound tape reel2 inchScope and ContentsReel 1 has 9 tracks identified.

Homeostasis Theme Sound Reel 2, 1980

1 Sound tape reel

2 inch

Reel 2 has 4 tracks identified (5 numbered).

8

Select: Homeostasis Theme Sound Reel 2, 19801 Sound tape reel2 inchReel 2 has 4 tracks identified (5 numbered).

The Absence Held Fast to Its Presence Performance Recording, 1982 November 27

1 Videocassettes (U-matic)

9

1

Select: The Absence Held Fast to Its Presence Performance Recording, 1982 November 271 Videocassettes (U-matic)

Sound Recording of The Absence at Randolph St. Gallery, 1981 April

1 Sound tape reel

9

2

Select: Sound Recording of The Absence at Randolph St. Gallery, 1981 April1 Sound tape reel

Sound Recording of Homeostasis: Once More the Scorpion, circa 1981

1 Sound tape reel

9

3

Select: Sound Recording of Homeostasis: Once More the Scorpion, circa 19811 Sound tape reel

Dub of Master Edit of Moming Recording, undated

1 Videocassettes (U-matic)

9

4

Select: Dub of Master Edit of Moming Recording, undated1 Videocassettes (U-matic)

Recording of The Rites of Plum, undated

1 Videocassettes (VHS)

9

5

Select: Recording of The Rites of Plum, undated1 Videocassettes (VHS)

Sound Recording—Git Down Perfume, undated

2 Sound tape reels

1/2 inch

#6 has five identified tracks. #7 has six identified tracks.

9

6-7

Select: Sound Recording—Git Down Perfume, undated2 Sound tape reels1/2 inchScope and Contents#6 has five identified tracks. #7 has six identified tracks.

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