A Finding Aid to the Rudy Burckhardt Papers, , in the Archives of American Art

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1 A Finding Aid to the Rudy Burckhardt Papers, , in the Archives of American Art by Elissa L. Jerome 2016 March 17 Contact Information Reference Department Archives of American Art Smithsonian Institution Washington. D.C

2 Table of Contents Collection Overview... 1 Administrative Information...1 Biographical Note...2 Scope and Content Note... 2 Arrangement...2 Names and Subject Terms... 3 Series Descriptions/Container Listing... 4 Series 1: Personal Papers, Series 2: Photographic Materials, circa

3 Collection Overview Repository: Archives of American Art Creator: Burckhardt, Rudy, Title: Rudy Burckhardt papers Dates: Quantity: Abstract: Language: 5 linear feet The papers of photographer, filmmaker, and painter Rudy Burckhardt measure 5.0 linear feet and date from 1934 to A bulk of the collection consists of black and white negatives which document over 260 mid-to-late twentieth century modern artists, their work, studios, and/or exhibitions. Notable artists include Willem de Kooning, Dan Flavin, Joseph Cornell, Helen Frankenthaler, Donald Judd, Franz Kline, Roy Lichtenstein, Louise Nevelson, Isamu Noguchi, Frank Stella, and many others. Burckhardt was hired to photograph for a number of New York art galleries such as the Leo Castelli Gallery and Green Gallery; art collectors including Chaim Gross and David Rockefeller; and art magazines such as ARTnews. Personal papers include announcements and an exhibition catalog; clippings; photographs on postcards; and a book, entitled Conversations with Rudy Burckhardt About Everything, by Simon Pettet, Collection is in English. Administrative Information Acquisition Information The first accession of biographical material was donated to the Archives of American Art by Rudy Burckhardt in A second installment of photographic material was donated by Yvonne Jacquette Burckhardt, Burckhardt's widow, in Related Material Available in the Archives of American Art is an oral history interview with Rudy Burckhardt conducted by Martica Sawin on January 14, Processing Information The Rudy Burckhardt papers were arranged and described by intern, Elissa L. Jerome in Preferred Citation Rudy Burckhardt papers, Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution. Restrictions on Access Use of original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives Washington, D.C., Research Center. Contact Reference Services for more information. Page 1

4 Ownership & Literary Rights The Rudy Burckhardt papers are owned by the Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution. The donor, Yvonne Jacquette Burckhardt, has retained copyright applicable to negatives produced by Rudy Burckhardt. The artists and artworks that Burckhardt photographed may be represented by the Artists Rights Society (ARS). The donor requires that all reproduction requests go through ARS. Biographical Note Rudy Burckhardt ( ) was a Swiss-American photographer, filmmaker, and painter based in New York, N.Y. during the post-world War II era. Originally from Basel, Switzerland, Burckhardt relocated to New York in 1935 at the age of 21. Burckhardt shared a loft in Chelsea with American dance critic and poet, Edwin Denby, next-door to Willem and Elaine de Kooning. After completing his service in the U.S. Army Signal Corps in 1944, Burckhardt pursued an education in painting. He studied with French painter and writer, Amédéé Ozenfant in New York, circa ; Italian painter and professor Giuseppe (Beppe) Guzzi in Rome; and the Academy of Naples, circa Burckhardt married painter and collagist, Edith Schloss in 1947 and in 1949 their son Jacob, a filmmaker, was born. The two separated and in 1964, Burckhardt married American painter, Yvonne Jacquette and the same year the couple s son Thomas (Tom), a painter, was born. Throughout his career, Burckhardt collaborated with a number of notable post-war visual artists such as Joseph Cornell, Larry Rivers, Jane Freilicher, Alex Katz, Nell Blaine, Lois Dodd, and Red Grooms as well as writers and poets including Edwin Denby, John Ashbery, Phillip Lopate, and Kenneth Kock. Burckhardt was hired to photograph New York-based visual artists, their work, studios, and exhibitions. A bulk of the black and white negatives that make up the collection were produced circa 1950 to Burckhardt photographed for the Leo Castelli Gallery for approximately 20 years. He also frequently photographed for Thomas B. Hess, editor of ARTnews. Early exhibitions of Burckhardt s street photography include Photo League, 1948; Limelight Gallery, 1954; and Gotham Bookmart, 1972 and Painting exhibitions include the Tanager Gallery, 1959; Green Mountain Gallery, 1971, 1974, and 1978; and Blue Mountain Gallery, 1981; Brooke Alexander Gallery 1976 and A number of his films have been collected by and shown at the Museum of Modern Art, 1987 and circa Scope and Content Note The papers of photographer, filmmaker, and painter Rudy Burckhardt measure 5.0 linear feet and date from 1934 to A bulk of the collection consists of black and white negatives which document over 260 mid-to-late twentieth century modern artists, their work, studios, and/or exhibitions. Notable artists include Willem de Kooning, Dan Flavin, Joseph Cornell, Helen Frankenthaler, Donald Judd, Franz Kline, Roy Lichtenstein, Louise Nevelson, Isamu Noguchi, Frank Stella, and many others. Burckhardt was hired to photograph for a number of New York art galleries such as the Leo Castelli Gallery and Green Gallery; art collectors including Chaim Gross and David Rockefeller; and art magazines such as ARTnews. Personal papers include announcements and an exhibition catalog; clippings; photographs on postcards; and a book, entitled Conversations with Rudy Burckhardt About Everything, by Simon Pettet, Arrangement The collection is arranged as 2 series: Series 1: Personal Papers, (Box 1; 0.2 linear feet) Series 2: Photographic Materials, circa (Boxes 2-13; 4.8 linear feet) Page 2

5 Names and Subject Terms This collection is indexed in the online catalog of the Archives of American Art under the following terms: Subjects: Artists' studios--photographs Filmmakers Painters Photographers Types of Materials: Names: Negatives Photographs Cornell, Joseph -- Photographs De Kooning, Willem, Photographs Flavin, Dan, Photographs Frankenthaler, Helen, Photographs Gross, Chaim, Photographs Judd, Donald, Photographs Kline, Franz, Photographs Leo Castelli Gallery Lichtenstein, Roy, Photographs Nevelson, Louise, Photographs Noguchi, Isamu, Photographs Pettet, Simon Richard Green Gallery. (New York, N.Y.) Rockefeller, David, Stella, Frank -- Photographs Page 3

6 Series Descriptions/Container Listing Series 1: Personal Papers, linear feet; Box 1 This series includes biographical information about Rudy Burckhardt s life, work, and exhibitions. Personal papers consist of a hand-written biographical statement; book; announcements; exhibition catalog; photographs on postcards; and clippings. 1 1 Biographical Materials, circa 1980s 1 2 Book, Conversations with Rudy Burckhardt About Everything by Simon Pettet, Photographs on Postcards, Exhibition Announcements, Exhibition Catalog, circa Clippings, Series 2: Photographic Materials, circa linear feet; Boxes 2-13 Photographic material consists of approximately 14,752 black and white negatives and 16 contact prints. The photographs depict works of art, portraits, artists studios, and installation views. The negatives represent over 260 visual artists who were working and exhibiting in New York, N.Y., circa 1950 to Notable artists include Joseph Cornell, Willem de Kooning, Dan Flavin, Helen Frankenthaler, Donald Judd, Franz Kline, Roy Lichtenstein, Louise Nevelson, Isamu Noguchi, Frank Stella, and many others. Burckhardt was hired to photograph for art galleries including the Leo Castelli Gallery and Green Gallery; art collectors including Chaim Gross and David Rockefeller; and art magazines such as ARTnews. The series is arranged alphabetically by surname of artist, collector, or gallery. Negatives are arranged numerically according to the photographer's intent. Notes are provided for installation views, portraits, and studio views (negative number included if available). 2 1 Adams, Alice, circa Aikman, Cicely, circa Andreyevitch, circa Antonakos, Stephen, circa Appel, Karel, circa Installation view (No. 22) 2 6 Arnold, Anne, circa Arp, Jean, circa Artschwager, Richard, circa Art Students League (New York, N.Y.), circa Street view (5th Ave/W 16th St., New York, N.Y.) Page 4

7 2 10 Avedisian, Edward, circa Aylon, Helene, circa Portrait in studio (No. 2) 2 12 Aztec, circa Baber, Alice, circa Bacon, Francis, circa Balog, Michael, circa Balthus (Klossowski, Balthasar), circa Bart, Robert, circa Beauchamp, Robert, circa Bell, Lee, circa Benton, Thomas, circa Biala, Janice, circa Studio view 2 22 Bladen, Ronald, circa Blaine, Nell, circa Bluhm, Norman, circa Bontecou, Lee, circa Installation view (No ) 3 1 Bontecou, Lee, circa Studio view (No. 53); Installation view (No ) 3 2 Brach, Paul, circa Brancusi, Constantin, circa Briggs, Ernest, circa Brodie, Gandy, circa Brooks, James, circa Portraits (No. 6-13) 3 7 Brustlein, Daniel, circa Bultman, Fritz, circa Burlin, Paul, circa Button, John, circa Cajori, Charles, circa Calcagno, Lawrence, circa Calder, Alexander, circa Campbell, Gretna, circa Campbell, Lawrence, circa Campbell, Margot, circa Capogrossi, Giuseppe, circa Page 5

8 Installation view (No. 1-3) 3 18 Carles, Arthur, B., circa Carone, Nicholas, circa Carton, Norman, circa Castelli Gallery (Group Exhibition), circa Leo Castelli Gallery 3 22 Cavallon, Georgio, circa Chamberlain, John, circa Installation view (No ; 86-88) 3 24 Coggeshall, Calvert, circa Cornell, Joseph, circa Dali, Salvador, circa Daphnis, Nassos, circa Installation view (No. 3-4; 18-22; 32-34) 4 2 D'Arcangelo, Christopher, circa Davies, Arthur B. (Arthur Bowen), circa Installation view (No. 10) 4 4 Davis, Ronald, circa Degas, Edgar, circa De Kooning, Elaine, circa Installation view (No ) 4 7 De Kooning, Willem, circa Delaunay, Robert, circa DeMott, Helen, circa De Niro, Robert, Sr., circa Diao, David, circa Dickinson, Edwin Walter, circa Diebenkorn, Richard, circa Installation view (No ) 4 14 Di Suvero, Mark, circa Installation view (No. 1) 4 15 Drexler, Rosalyn, circa Drexler, Sherman, circa DuBack, Charles S., circa Dubuffet, Jean, circa Dugmore, Edward, circa Dunn, Anne, circa Page 6

9 5 5 Ernst, Max, circa Feeley, Paul, circa Ferber, Herbert, circa Studio view (No. 38); Installation view (No. 59; 62) 5 8 Fiore, Joseph, circa Flavin, Dan, circa Installation view (No. 2; 27) 5 10 Fontana, Lucio, circa Forst, Miles, circa Francis, Sam, circa Frank, Mary, circa Frankenthaler, Helen, circa Studio view (No. 1); Installation view (No ; 79-83) 5 15 Freilicher, Jane, circa Fromboluti, Sideo, circa Gabo, Naum, circa Geist, Sidney, circa Installation view (No ) 5 19 Giacometti, Alberto, circa Glarner, Fritz, circa Goldberg, Elias, circa Goldberg, Michael, circa Goodnough, Robert, circa Portraits (No ); Portraits in studio (No ) 6 3 Gorky, Arshile, circa Gottlieb, Adolph, circa Green Gallery (New York, N.Y.), circa Portrait (No. 16) 6 6 Gris, Juan, circa Grooms, Mimi Gross, circa Grooms, Red, circa Gross, Chaim, circa Gross, Chaim (Collection), circa Ashanti sculptures 6 11 Grosvenor, Robert, circa Installation view 6 12 Guston, Philip, circa Hare, David, circa Hart, George W. (George William), circa Page 7

10 6 15 Harvey, Guy, circa Hasen, Burt, circa Hayter, Stanley William, circa Held, Al, circa Hesse, Eva, circa Higgins, circa Installation view (No ; 71-76) 6 21 Holty, Carl, circa Holzman, Eric, circa Hopkins, Budd, circa Hultberg, John, circa Ippolito, Angelo, circa Jacobsen, Robert, circa Jensen, Alfred, circa Johnson, Philip (Collection), circa Jonson, Ben, circa Judd, Donald, circa Installation view (No. 11; 13) 7 3 Kadish, Reuben, circa Installation view (No ) 7 4 Kaldis, Aristodimos, circa Kelly, Ellsworth, circa Kiesler, Frederick, circa Installation view (No. 1) 7 7 Kline, Franz, circa Studio view (No. 1-6) 7 8 Kohn, Gabriel, circa Installation view (No. 6-8; 32) 7 9 Kosuth, Joseph, circa Installation view 7 10 Krasner, Lee, circa Portrait with installation view (No ) 7 11 Kriesberg, Irving, circa Krueger, circa Krushenick, Nicholas, circa Lachaise, Gaston, circa Langlais, Bernard, circa Installation view (No ) 7 16 Lansner, Fay, circa Page 8

11 7 17 Lassaw, Ibram, circa Installation view (No. 27) 7 18 Leger, Fernand, circa Lehmbruck, Wilhelm, circa Lekakis, Michael, circa Lichtenstein, Roy, circa Lichtenstein, Roy, circa Lipchitz, Jacques, circa Portraits with work (No. 1-6) 8 3 Lipton, Seymour, circa Lobdell, Frank, circa Loew, Michael, circa Portraits with work in studio 8 6 Long, Lois, circa Louis, Morris, circa Magritte, Rene, circa Maillol, Aristide, circa Mangold, Robert, circa Installation view (No. 23) 8 11 Mangold, Sylvia Plimack, circa Marcks, Gerhard, circa Marcus, Marcia, circa Marden, Brice, circa Marisol, circa Installation view (No. 6-7); Portraits with work (No ); Studio view with work (No ); Portraits (No ) 8 16 Marsicano, Nicholas, circa Martin, Andrew, circa Martin, Knox, circa Matthiasdottir, Louisa, circa Matisse, Henri, circa Mazur, Michael, circa McNeil, George, circa Miller, Richard, circa Mitchell, Joan, circa Studio view of work in progress (No ) 8 25 Moore, Henry, circa Moore, John, circa Morris, Robert, circa Page 9

12 Installation view (No ; 85); Installation in progress (No ; 86-90) 9 1 Moskowitz, Robert, circa Installation view (No ) 9 2 Motherwell, Robert, circa Müller, Jan, circa Murch, Walter Tandy, circa Nakian, Reuben, circa Natkin, Robert, circa Nauman, Bruce, circa Installation view (No ) 9 8 Nebel, M., circa Negret, Edgar, circa Installation view (No. 14); Portraits in studio 9 10 Nevelson, Louise, circa Installation view (No ; 83; 93; ); Studio view (No. 77; ) 9 11 Nick, George, circa Noguchi, Isamu, circa Installation view (No ) 9 13 Noland, Kenneth, circa Ohlson, Doug, circa Okada, Kenzo, circa Oldenburg, Claes, circa Installation view (No. 8) 9 17 Ortman, George, circa Owen, Frank, circa Installation view (No. 1-2) 9 19 Pace, Stephen S., circa Paolozzi, Eduardo, circa Park, Charlotte, circa Pasilis, Felix, circa Portraits 10 1 Pearlstein, Philip, circa Picabia, Francis, circa Picasso, Pablo, circa Installation view (No. 8-10) 10 4 Pollet, Joseph C., circa Pollock, Jackson, circa Studio view Page 10

13 10 6 Poor, Anne, circa Porter, Fairfield, circa Pousette-Dart, Joanna, circa Installation view (No ) 10 9 Prendergast, circa Ramirez, circa Portrait with work Ramos, Mel, circa Rauschenberg, Robert, circa Rauschenberg, Robert, circa Redon, Odilon, circa Repke, circa Resnick, Milton, circa Studio view 11 5 Reva, circa Rivers, Larry, circa Rockefeller, David (Collection), circa Artists represented include: Bonnard (No. 1-2; 12); Klee (No. 3); Homer (No. 4); Feininger (No. 5-6); Vlaminck (No. 7); Nolde (No. 8-9); Kandinsky (No. 10); Rivera (No. 11) Rodin, Auguste, circa Rose, Leatrice, circa Rosati, James, circa Contact prints of negatives (No ) Rosenquist, James, circa Studio view (No A); Installation view (No. 32; 57); Contact prints (No ; 36-37; 40-45) Rosso, Medardo, circa Rothko, Mark, circa Ruscha, Edward, circa Installation view (No ) Ryman, Robert, circa Samaras, Lucas, circa Installation view (No. 10; 20-21) Sander, Lutz, circa Scarpitta, Salvatore, circa Portrait with installation (No. 42) Schapiro, Miriam, circa Schloss, Edith, circa Portrait with installation Page 11

14 12 1 Schneeman, George, circa Schueler, Jon, circa Scull, Robert, C. (Collection), circa Segal, George, circa Serra, Richard, circa Shiffrin, Herb, circa Simonds, Charles, circa Smith, David, circa Smith, Tony, circa Solomon, Hyde, circa Installation view (No ) Sonnier, Keith, circa Spaventa, George, circa Portraits in studio Speyer, Nora, circa Stamos, Theodoros, circa Stella, Frank, circa Stella, Frank, circa Sterne, Hedda, circa Stone, Sylvia, circa Stout, Myron, circa Sugarman, George, circa Twombly, Cy, circa Installation view (No. 8-10; 28-29; 55-57) 13 7 Tworkov, Jack, circa Unidentified, circa Vasilieff, Nicholas, circa Vicente, Esteban, circa Installation view (No ) Von Wiegand, Charmion, circa Vuillard, Edouard, circa Wald, Sylvia, circa Warhol, Andy, circa Watts, Robert, circa Weinrib, David, circa Studio view (No. 1); Installation view (No ) Page 12

15 13 17 Welliver, Neil Gavin, circa Wesley, John,, circa Westermann, H. C. (Horace Clifford), circa Wilson, Jane, circa Winkfield, Trevor, circa Wotruba, Fritz, circa Yektai, Manoucher, circa Yoshimura, Fumio, circa Studio view with sewing machine Youngerman, Jack, circa Portrait in studio; Installation view (No. 20; 29-30) Yunkers, Adja, circa Zogbaum, Wilfrid, circa Zox, Larry, circa Installation view (No. 4) Page 13