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  4. 1.2: Writings, 1965-2012

John Gruen and Jane Wilson papers, 1909-2016

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1.2: Writings, 1965-2012
11.6 Linear feet
Boxes 5-15, 26

Writings consist of draft manuscripts for articles published by Gruen for various magazines and newspapers and drafts and typescripts of, and digital photographs from books written by Gruen. Also included are interviews (audio reels and cassettes) and artist files containing transcripts and related materials such as photographs and printed material on specific artists that Gruen conducted and gathered for certain articles and books that he wrote. Some of the interviews only contain transcripts, and there are a number of audio-only interviews.
The sub-series is divided into two sub-sub-series.
  • 1.2.1: Draft Manuscripts
  • 1.2.2: Interviews and Artist Files

1.2.1

Draft Manuscripts, 1965-2012
Description Container
Archiworks, undated
5
15
"The Artist Observed" Interviews, undated
5
16
Art News 75th Anniversary, 1977
5
17-18
"Beauborg", 1977 July
5
19
"The Buildings of Sag Harbor", 2003-2006
5
20
"Close-Up" Manuscript, undated
5
21-27
"Berlin Art 1961-1987", 1987 May
6
1
Chateau Beychevelle, 1984 June
6
2
"Companions to Flowers", 1986 October
6
3
Daniel Spoerri, undated
6
4
Earth Sculpture/Sea Work, 1969
6
5
"Epidaurus", 1983 August
6
6
"Flowers & Fables", undated
6
7
Lucian Freud, circa 1977
6
8
Walter Gaudnek, "Polymorphism", undated
6
9
Peggy Guggenheim Foundation, 1977 August
6
10
Paul Harbutt, undated
6
11
Jill Johnston Article by Lil Picard, 1968
6
12
"Letters From Ben" Manuscript, 2007
6
13
Letter From New York, 1972
6
14
Les Levine "Iris" Project, 1968
6
15
LLIS, undated
6
16
The Louisiana Museum, Denmark, 1977 August
6
17
Museum of the Media, undated
6
18
New York Magazine, 1971
6
19
"The Party's Over Now" Manuscript, undated
6
20-31
Marisol for "The Party's Over Now" Book, undated
6
32
"The Party's Over Now" Photos and Captions, undated
6
33
Typescript, "The Party's Over Now", undated
6
34-36
Typescript, "The Party's Over Now", undated
7
1
"The Party's Over Now" Galleys Copy edited, 1971-1972
7
2-3
"Portraits in A Life" Article, 2001
7
4
"She Is One of Broadway's Most Designing Women", 1984
7
5
Szarkowski Book Review, 1978
7
6
Two Men, 2012
Includes born-digital materials, see ER01
7
7
Two Men, Digital Photographs, 2012
0.051 Gigabytes
67 computer files
ER01
"The New Bohemia", circa 1966
7
8
Martha Vivas, undated
7
9
Andy Warhol, circa 1965
7
12
Andy Warhol, 1968
7
13
Women Painters, 1980
7
14-15
Text Samples for "Young in the Hamptons" Book, undated
7
16
Miscellaneous Articles, undated
7
17

1.2.2

Interviews and Artist Files, 1969-2008
A majority of the interview files contain audio interviews and transcripts or transcript-only interviews conducted by Gruen for articles he wrote. There are also a number of audio-only cassette and reel interviews. There are also draft manuscripts of the articles written by Gruen and supporting materials such as photographs and printed material.
Artist files consist of drafts of articles written by Gruen and materials such as photographs and printed material gathered by Gruen while conducting research for the articles
Description Container
Pierre Alechinsky, 1977 October
1 Sound cassette
7
18-19
Theoni Aldreedge, 1983 October
7
20
Thomas Allardyce and Ellya Hendrix, 1986 January 16
1 Sound cassette
No transcript
26
1
Wallis Annenberg, 1986 January
7
21
Richard Anuzkiewicz, 1979 March
2 Sound cassettes
7
22-23
Richard Aredon, 1975
7
24
Francis Bacon, 1971 October
7
25
William Bailey, 1979 February
2 Sound cassettes
7
26-27
Jeffrey Banks, 1989 April
7
28
Kathleen Battle, 1987
7
29
Geoffrey Beene, 1983 August
1 Sound cassette
7
30
Bill Berkson, 1969 April 14
7
31
Joseph Braswell, 1988 February
1 Sound cassette
7
32
Alfred Brendel, undated
7
33
John Button, 1971 January 14
1 Sound cassette
7
34
Brenta Canal, 1984 February
7
35
Leo Castelli, 1968 September
1 Sound cassette
No transcript
26
2
Christo, 1978 March 11
1 Sound cassette
8
1
George Clarkson, 1984 March
1 Sound cassette
8
2
Nassos Daphnis, 1984 December
8
3
Deauville, 1984
8
4-5
Nelly Arrieta de Blaquier, 1989 March
8
6
Paul Deutz, 1987 January
1 Sound cassette
8
7
Richard Diebenkorn, 1986 January
1 Sound cassette
8
8
Richard Diebenkorn, 1985 November
1 Sound cassette
8
9-11
Enrico Donati, 1975 December
1 Sound cassette
8
12
Melvin Dwork, 1987 March
1 Sound cassette
8
13
Tom and Marilyn Fogarty, Francis Fleetwood, 1989
1 Sound cassette
8
14
Nicholas Forstmann, Kalef Alaton, and Marjorie Shushan, 1988 August
8
15
Amalita de Fortabat, 1988 May
1 Sound cassette
8
16
Marie Genevieve Achille-Fould, 1984 May 26
1 Sound cassette
No transcript
26
4
Helen Frankenthaler, 1969 June
1 Sound cassette
8
17
Charles Fry, 1986 October
1 Sound cassette
8
18
F. William Free, 1988 December
1 Sound cassette
9
1
William Flanagan, 1969 May 2
1 Sound cassette
9
2
Giorgio de Chirico, 1972 January
1 Sound cassette
9
3
Jim Dine, 1977 January
1 Sound cassette
9
4-5
Gregory Gillespie, 1975 November
1 Sound cassette
9
6-7
Adolph Gottlieb, 1969 September 29
1 Sound cassette
9
8
Ted Graber, 1986 January 17
1 Sound cassette
No transcript
26
5
Clement Greenberg, 1969 April 18
1 Sound cassette
9
9
Richard Haas, 1978 September
1 Sound cassette
9
10-11
David Hare, 1980
2 Sound cassettes
9
12-13
Michael Heizer, 1977 May
1 Sound cassette
9
14
Tom Holland, 1986 May
1 Sound cassette
9
15
Ian Hornak, 1976
9
16
Gail Jacobs and Jonathan Scheffer, 1988 July
9
17
Sidney Janis, 1969 November 7
1 Sound cassette
9
18
Robert Joffrey, 1984 October
9
19
Morton Kaish, 1983 September
9
20
Lawrence Kraines, 1986 January
1 Sound cassette
9
21
Roy Lichtenstein, 1976 January
1 Sound cassette
10
1
Roy Lichtenstein, 1984 November
1 Sound cassette
10
2
Roy Lichtenstein, 1985 July
10
3
Scott and Alika Lindbergh, 1987 July
1 Sound cassette
10
4
Richard Linder, 1978 April
1 Sound cassette
10
5
Mary Lissone, 1986 January 14
1 Sound cassette
No transcript
26
6
The Lowell, 1986 January
10
6
Lar Lubovitch, 1995
10
7
Julie Andrews, 1995
10
8
Adam Cooper, 1994
10
9
Steven Greenberg, 1987 June
1 Sound cassette
10
10
Francine Scialom Greenblatt, 1984
10
11
Cynthia Gregory, 1989 May
10
12
Harry Gremillion, 1986 May
1 Sound cassette
10
13
Guggenheim Museum, Venice, 1982 August
10
14
Francoise Gilot, 1988
10
15
Richard Haas, 1986 May
1 Sound cassette
10
16-17
Cathy Hardwick, 1984 March
1 Sound cassette
10
18
Al Held, 1985 October
1 Sound cassette
10
19
Steven Herman and Nina Hughes, 1988 July
10
20
Timothy and Karen MacDonald, 1990 May
10
21
Martin and Toni Sosnoff and Tim MacDonald, 1988 August
1 Sound cassette
10
22
Robert Mangold, 1986
1 Sound cassette
10
23-24
Sylvia Plimack Mangold, 1986 January
11
1
Anita Manschell, 1969 June 18
1 Sound cassette
11
2
Marisol, 1969 June 3
1 Sound cassette
No transcript
26
7
Agnes Martin, 1976
1 Sound cassette
11
3
Umberto Mastroianni, 1977 July
11
4
Pierre Matisse, 1985 June
11
5
Robert Metzger (Mr. & Mrs. Albert Lippert), 1983 October
11
6
Dorothy Miller, 1976 August
1 Sound cassette
11
7
Barbara Moller, 1988 January
1 Sound cassette
11
8
Philippe de Montebello, 1978-1980
1 Sound cassette
11
9
Phillippe de Montebello, 1984 April 1
1 Sound tape reel
No transcript
15
13
1
Juan Montoya and Mr. & Mrs. S. Miller, 1983 August
1 Sound cassette
11
10
Beni Montresor, 1976 December
1 Sound cassette
11
11
Robert Motherwell, 1969 June 1
1 Sound cassette
11
12
Catherine Murphy, 1977 May
1 Sound cassette
11
13-14
Ana Nadler and Ruben de Saavedra, 1987 May
1 Sound cassette
11
15
Louise Nevelson, 1972 October 30
1 Sound tape reel
No transcript
15
14
2
Louise Nevelson, 1972 October 30
2 Sound tape reels
No transcript
15
15
Kenneth Noland, 1986 April
11
16
Isamu Noguchi, 1967 September
1 Sound cassette
No transcript
26
8
Richard Oldenburg, 1984 May 13
1 Sound tape reel
No transcript
15
14
1
Jules Olitski, 1985 February
2 Sound cassettes
11
17-18
Jules Olitski, 1990 September
1 Sound cassette
12
1
Dennis Oppenheim, 1981
2 Sound cassettes
12
2-3
Sylvia Owen, 1989 December
1 Sound cassette
12
4
Elaine de Kooning, 1969 November 21
2 Sound cassettes
12
5
Betty Parsons, 1969 May 20
1 Sound cassette
12
6
Philip Pavia, 1969 May 23
2 Sound cassettes
12
7
Michelangelo Pistoletto, 1980 March
1 Sound cassette
12
8-9
Lee Pollock, 1967 May
1 Sound cassette
12
10
Potters, 1984 December
12
11
Olga Raggio, 1989 March
1 Sound cassette
12
12
Robert Rauschenberg, 1976
1 Sound cassette
12
13
"Refrigerated Painting: The German Image, 1960-1988", 1989
12
14
George Rickey, 1979
2 Sound cassettes
12
15-16
George Rickey, 1987 December
1 Sound cassette
12
17-18
Bridget Riley, 1978 May
1 Sound cassette
13
1
Larry Rivers, 1967 May 28
1 Sound cassette
No transcript
26
9
Larry Rivers on Africa, 1968 February
1 Sound cassette
No transcript
26
10
Larry Rivers, 1969 June 25
1 Sound cassette
13
2
Larry Rivers, 1970 March 22
1 Sound cassette
No transcript
26
11
Larry Rivers, 1973 October 8
2 Sound tape reels
No transcript
15
12
Larry Rivers, 1978 August
1 Sound cassette
13
3
Dorothea Rockburne, 1986 June
1 Sound cassette
13
4
Dorothea Rockburne, 1985 July
1 Sound cassette
13
5
David and Leslee Rogath, 1991
13
6
Ned Rorem, 1969 May 10
1 Sound cassette
No transcript
26
12
Harold and May Rosenberg, 1969 March
1 Sound cassette
13
7
Bertram Ross, 1995
13
8
John Rosselli and F. Gatewood III, 1985 May
1 Sound cassette
13
9
G. H. Roth, 1981 May
2 Sound cassettes
13
10
Lucas Samaras, 1976 January
2 Sound cassettes
13
11-12
Michael de Santis, Donald & Jennifer Carter, 1987 June
1 Sound cassette
13
13
Herbert Schimmel, 1985 April
1 Sound cassette
13
14
Luise Scripps, 1981 July 1
1 Sound cassette
No transcript
26
13
George Segal, 1984 May 6
1 Sound tape reel
No transcript
15
13
2
Jay Spectre, 1983
1 Sound cassette
13
15
Jay Spectre on Mr. and Mrs. Eliot Wolk, 1986 May 28
1 Sound cassette
No transcript
26
14
Saul Steinberg, 1978 January
1 Sound cassette
13
16-17
Steuben, 1982 September
14
1
Roy Strong, 1976 September
1 Sound cassette
14
2
George Sugarman, 1985 December
1 Sound cassette
14
3-4
John Szarkowski, 1977 November
1 Sound cassette
14
5
Ned Rorem, 1969 May 10
14
6
Richard Tam, 1986 May
1 Sound cassette
14
7
Rufino Tamayo, 1978 September
1 Sound cassette
14
8-9
Dorothea Tanning, 1987-1988
1 Sound cassette
14
10
Teatro la Fenice, Venice, 1984 May
14
11
Virgil Thomson, 1969 April 22
1 Sound cassette
14
12
Margaret Tracey, 1995
14
13
Joseph Trapp, 1976
14
14
Ernest Trova, undated
1 Sound cassette
14
15-16
Venice Environs, 1982 August
14
17
Andrea Busiri Vici and Federico Zeri, 1984 June 21
1 Sound cassette
14
18
Diana Vreeland, 1978 September 6
14
19
John Gruen interviewed by Walker Vreeland, WBAZ Long Island, NY, August 2008, Digital Audio Recording, 2008
0.292 Gigabytes
2 computer files
ER10
Michael Ward, 1987 April
1 Sound cassette
15
2
Richard Somerset-Ward, 1985 December 2
1 Sound cassette
No transcript
15
11
1
Kenward Elmslie Visited, undated
1 Sound cassette
No transcript
"Adelle the Vaudeville Martinet" musical piece sung by Leigh Beery. Music composed by Gruen.
26
3
Robert Wilson, undated
15
3
Winkler/Rhee, 1989 July
15
4
Jackie Winsor, 1978 December
1 Sound cassette
15
5
Eliot Wolk, 1986 May
1 Sound cassette
15
6
Douglas and Linda Wood, 1986 June 13
1 Sound cassette
15
7
Karl York, 1973 September 24
1 Sound cassette
No transcript
15
11
2
Jack Youngerman, 1987
1 Sound cassette
15
8-9
20th Century Ceramics, 1985 October
15
10

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