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Peter Howard Selz papers, 1929-2014, bulk 1950-2005

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Series 1: Correspondence , 1942-2013
2.3 Linear feet
Box 1-3, Box 37

This series contains correspondence with friends, colleagues, artists, museums, and galleries. Additional correspondence is found in writings, professional files, project files, membership and association files, artists' research files, exhibition files, and personal business records.
The bulk of the correspondence is arranged alphabetically by name of artist, organization, museum, gallery, and an occasional subject. There are eight files of chronological correspondence representing Selz's original filing order.
This series is further arranged as 2 subseries.
  • 1.1: Alphabetical Correspondence, 1942-2013
  • 1.2: Chronological Correspondence, 1970-2012

1.1: Alphabetical Correspondence, 1942-2013

This subseries includes correspondence with artists, curators, art dealers, museums, universities, and galleries regarding a variety of topics, including upcoming exhibitions and publications. Notable correspondents include Pol Bury, Alexander Calder, Gordon Onslow Ford, Alberto Giacometti, Morris Graves, Dimitri Hadzi, Jacques Lipchitz, Georgia O'Keeffe, Ad Reinhardt, Mark Rothko, Jean Tinguely, and many others.
Description Container
Adamson, Glenn, 2007
1
1
Alphonse Berber Gallery, circa 2009
1
2
Andersen, Wayne, 2001-2010
1
3
Art Journal, 1984-1986
1
4
Association Internationale des Critiques d'Art (AICA), 1974-1975
1
5
A, Miscellaneous, 1959-2002
1
6
Baskin, Leonard, 1959-1964
1
7
Bauhaus Archive, 1976-1992
1
8-9
Baykam, Bedri, 1997-2006
1
10
Berolzheimer, Michael, 2000-2003
1
11
Bury, Pol, 1969-1983
1
12
B, Miscellaneous, 1953-2006
1
13
Calder, Alexander, 1967-1968
1
14
Campoli, Cosmo, 1959
1
15
Chase-Riboud, Barbara, 1973-2003
1
16
China Trip, 1985-1991
Folder includes correspondence related to a series of lectures at the Shaanxi Association of Artists and the Zhejiang Academy of Fine Arts in China.
1
17
Columbus Museum of Art, 1983-1991
1
18
Conner, Bruce, 1960-2004
1
19
C, Miscellaneous, 1961-2002
1
20
Demarco, Richard, 2002-2003
1
21
Dubuffet, Jean, 1959-1967
37
1
D, Miscellaneous, 1962-2002
1
22
Elsen, Albert, 1963-1981
1
23
Erskine, Peter, circa 1990
1
24
Feng, Gang, 1991-1995
1
25
Ford, Gordon Onslow, 1993-2002
1
26
Fresno Art Museum, 2002
1
27
Frye Art Museum, 2006
1
28
F, Miscellaneous, 1964-1987
1
29
Geiser, David, 1998-2002
1
30
Giacometti, Alberto, 1959-1965
1
31
Gilhooly, David, 1991-1992
1
32
Goeritz, Mathias, 1962-1982
1
33
Grande, John, 2007
1
34
Graves, Morris, 1968-1993
1
35
Guston, Philip, 1963-1990
1
36
G, Miscellaneous, 1954-2001
1
37
Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1987-2004
1
38
Heartfield, Gertrud, 1977
1
39
Henry Art Gallery, 1986
1
40
Henry Moore Foundation, 2000-2001
1
41
H, Miscellaneous, 1963-2005
1
42
International Sculpture Center, 1998-2008
1
43
Joram Harel Management, 1985-1998
1
44
Jouffroy, Alain, circa 1995
1
45
Jüdisches Museum Berlin, 2013
1
46
Kitaj, Ron, 1967-2001
1
47
K, Miscellaneous, 1955-2001
1
48
Landauer, Susan, 1994-1999
2
1
Len Lye Foundation, 1982-1984
2
2
Liu, Chi, 1987-1992
2
3
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 2000-2001
2
4
L, Miscellaneous, 1962-1992
2
5
Marlborough Gallery, 1992-1993
2
6
Moeller, Achim, 2004-2006
2
7
Morgan, Robert, 1994-2013
2
8
Musée d'Art Américain, Giverny, 2000-2001
2
9
Museum of Contemporary Religious Art, 1992-2010
2
10
Museum of Modern Art, 1975-2012
2
11-12
M, Miscellaneous, 1955-2006
2
13
National Galleries of Scotland, 2001-2002
2
14
N, Miscellaneous, 1942-2005
2
15
Oakes, Baile, 1992-1993
2
16
O'Keeffe, Georgia, 1971-1972
2
17
Oliviera, Nathan, 1989-2001
2
18
Paolozzi, Eduardo, 1959-1980
2
19
Paris, Harold, circa 1967
2
20
Partenheimer, Jürgen, 1984-1988
2
21
Prestel, 2009-2010
2
22
P, Miscellaneous, 1970-2011
2
23
Reinhardt, Ad, 1962-1966
2
24
Rickey, George, 1963-1996
2
25
Robert Gore Rifkind Collection, 1972-1990
2
26-27
Rosen, James, 2001-2007
2
28
R, Miscellaneous, 1959-2003
2
29
Sabarsky, Serge, 1984-1987
2
30
Sakata, Barry, 2005-2007
This file also includes an essay by Paul Karlstrom and the transcript of an interview with Peter Selz conducted by Susan Landauer in 2006.
37
2
San Francisco Art Institute Library, 2006-2007
37
3
Schneemann, Carolee, 1983-1987
2
31
Schneider Museum of Art, 1992
2
32
Schultze, Bernard, 1965-1969
2
33
S.I.G.N.A.L.E., 1988-1990
2
34
St. James Press, 1980-1988
2
35
Stadtarchiv Munchen, 1989
2
36
Stein, Laurie, 2007-2008
2
37
Stiles, Kristine, 1987-2008
2
38-39
S, Miscellaneous, 1970-2001
2
40
Takis, 1966-1983
2
41
Tinguely, Jean, 1962-1966
2
42
T, Miscellaneous, 1959-2004
2
43
U.S. Army, 1942-1946
2
44
U, Miscellaneous, circa 1980
2
45
Vedova, Emilio, 1975-2003
2
46
V, Miscellaneous, 2001
2
47
Weatherspoon Art Gallery, 1996
2
48
W, Miscellaneous, 1959-2007
2
49
Yunkers, Adja, 1961-1971
2
50
Unidentified Correspondents, 1969-2012
2
51
Photocopies of Artist Letters, 1954-1993
2
52

1.2: Chronological Correspondence, 1970-2012

Eight files of chronological correspondence with museum curators, art organizations, and publishers such as the University of California Press.
Description Container
Chronological Correspondence, 1970-2012
3
1-8

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