Stella Waitzkin papers and Lynn S. Mullins research material regarding Stella Waitzkin, circa 1920s-2023

Collection Information

Size: 30.7 Linear feet

Summary: The Stella Waitzkin papers and Lynn S. Mullins research material regarding Stella Waitzkin, circa 1920s-2023, measure 30.7 linear feet. The Stella Waitzkin papers document artist Stella Waitzkin's personal and professional career through biographical material, correspondence, exhibition files, writings and sketches, personal business records, films, interviews, and radio shows, printed material, and photographic material. The Lynn S. Mullins research material regarding Stella Waitzkin includes project documentation, writings about the collection and original guides, research files, chronology of Stella Waitzkin, material regarding the Waitzkin Memorial Library Trust, digital photographs, and draft catalogue raisonne.

Biographical/Historical Note

Stella Waitzkin (1920-2003) was a sculptor, painter, filmmaker, and performance artist active in New York City, and a resident of the Chelsea Hotel from 1969 until her death in 2003. A student of abstract expressionism, she studied with Hans Hofmann, Willem de Kooning, and art historian Meyer Shapiro, and attended Alfred University, New York University, and Columbia University. Waitzkin's most well-known works are with her cast polyester resin book sculptures and "libraries" or wall installations. She exhibited regularly beginning in the late 1960s, with the bulk of her solo exhibitions taking place in the 1970s. Read More

Provenance

The collection was donated in 2024 by Lynn S. Mullins.

Related Materials

Also found in the Archives of American Art is an oral history interview with Stella Waitzkin conducted by Doloris Holmes in 1971 for the Archives of American Art "Art World in Turmoil" oral history project.

Language Note

English .