Finding aid for the Dwan Gallery publications and ephemera, No online items.

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1 No online items Maggie Hughes 2012.M.37 1

2 Descriptive Summary Title: Dwan Gallery publications and ephemera Date (inclusive): Number: 2012.M.37 Creator/Collector: Dwan Gallery (New York, N.Y.) Physical Description: 6 Linear Feet(2 boxes, 2 flatfile folders) Repository: The Getty Research Institute Special Collections 1200 Getty Center Drive, Suite 1100 Los Angeles reference@getty.edu URL: (310) Abstract: Collection of exhibition announcements, posters and exhibition catalogs documenting the exhibitions held at Virginia Dwan's influentional galleries in Los Angeles and New York. In the early sixties, Dwan introduced artists such as Robert Rauschenberg, Claes Oldenberg, and Yves Klein to Los Angeles, and then worked with Robert Smithson, Michael Heizer, and others upon her move to New York in Request Materials: Request access to the physical materials described in this inventory through the catalog record for this collection. Click here for the access policy. Language: Collection material is in English Biographical / Historical Note Virignia Dwan owned and operated two influential galleries, in Los Angeles and New York. The galleries were known for showing minimalist, earthwork, and conceptual art by primarily New York and French artists. Dwan operated the Los Angeles gallery space from 1959 to 1967 and the New York gallery from 1965 to In the early sixties, Dwan introduced artists such as Robert Rauschenberg, Claes Oldenberg, and Yves Klein to Los Angeles, and then worked with Robert Smithson, Michael Heizer, and others upon her move to New York in Access Open for use by qualified researchers. Publication Rights Contact Library Reproductions and Permissions. Preferred Citation Dwan Gallery, The Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles, Accession no M.37 Acquisition Information Gift of Virginia Dwan. Acquired in Processing History The collection was rehoused by Vladimira Stefura upon receipt in It was arranged and described by Maggie Hughes in 2012 under the supervision of Andra Darlington. Scope and Content of Collection The collection is comprised of 55 items which includes ephemera and publications that document exhibitions held at the Dwan galleries from 1960 to 1971, roughly split between the New York and Los Angeles locations. Materials include exhibition catalogs, fliers, pamphlets, and posters. Arrangement Items are arranged chronologically by exhibition date. Files are labeled with the artist name, exhibition title, and the exhibition date. If the title of the exhibition was the artists' name, it has been omitted. Subjects - Names Snelson, Kenneth Andre, Carl 2012.M.37 2

3 Arakawa, Shūsaku Flavin, Dan Kienholz, Edward, LeWitt, Sol Reinhardt, Ad Smithson, Robert Subjects - Topics Conceptual Art Earthworks (Art) Minimal art Art, Modern -- 20th century Genres and Forms of Material Ephemera Fliers (printed matter) Exhibition catalogs Posters Pamphlets Contributors Dwan, Virginia Dwan Gallery (Los Angeles, Calif.) Dwan Gallery (New York, N.Y.) Dwan Gallery publications and ephemera box 1, folder 1 Robert Goodnough, 1960 box 2*, folder 2 Paul Brach, 1960 box 1, folder 1 Reginald Pollack, Recent Paintings, 1960 box 1, folder 1 Group show, Six Sculptors, 1961 box 1, folder 1 Arman, 1962 box 1, folder 2 Raymond Parker, 1962 box 1, folder 2 Martial Raysse, Mirrors and Portraits, 1962 box 1, folder 2 Matsumi Kanemitsu, Recent Paintings, 1962 box 1, folder 2 Group show, My Country 'Tis of Thee, 1962 box 1, folder 2 Ad Reinhardt, Recent Square Paintings , 1963 box 1, folder 3 Robert Breer and Larry Rivers, Breer film screening / Rivers exhibit, 1963 box 1, folder 3 Larry Rivers, 1963 box 1, folder 3 Claes Oldenberg, Autobodys, 1963 box 2*, folder 9 Larry Rivers, Small Recent Work, 1963 box 1, folder 3 Lucas Samaras, 1964 box 1, folder 3 Edward Kienholz, Three Tableaux, 1964 box 1, folder 4 James Rosenquist, 1964 box 1, folder 4 Group show, Gallery Artists, 1964 Included artists: Arakawa, Frazier, Edward Kienholz, Martial Raysse, Jean Tinguely. box 2*, folder 4 Niki de St. Phalle, 1964 box 1, folder 4 Group show, The Arena of Love, 1965 flatfile 1** Robert Rauschenberg, M.37 3

4 Dwan Gallery publications and ephemera box 1, folder 5 Group show, With button attached. Included artists: Arakawa, Allan D'Arcangelo, Mark di Suvero, Robert Grosvenor, Anthony Magar, Neil Williams. box 2*, folder 1 Group show, 15 of NY, 1966 box 1, folder 4 Group show, 1966 Included artists: John Chamberlain, Mark di Suvero, Edward Kienholz, Sven Lukin, Robert Rauschenberg, Ad Reinhardt, James Rosenquist. box 1, folder 6 Group show, 10, 1966 Two copies of exhibition catalog. box 2*, folder 7 Group show, A Summer Show, 1966 Included artists: John Caruthers, David Crum, Nancy Gowan, Jessie Jacobs, James Massey, Richard Matthews, DeWain Valentine. box 2*, folder 6 Edward Kienholz, The Beanery, 1966 flatfile 1** Tom Doyle, Sculpture, 1966 flatfile 1** Anthony Magar and Forrest Myers, 1966 flatfile 1** Robert Smithson, box 1, folder 7 Group show, Language to be looked at and/or things to be read, 1967 Included artists: Carl Andre, Arakawa, Walter de Maria, Marcel Duchamp, Dan Flavin, Dan Graham, Robert Indiana, Jasper Johns, On Kawara, Edward Kienholz, Sol LeWitt, Roy Lichtenstein, René Magritte, Filippo Marinetti, Robert Morris, Claes Oldenberg, Francis Picabia, Ad Reinhardt, Robert Smithson, Kenneth Snelson. box 2*, folder 10 Group show, 10, 1967 Exhbition poster. Included artists: Robert Morris, Ad Reinhardt, Robert Smithson, Michael Steiner, Carl Andre, Jo Baer, Dan Flavin, Donald Judd, Sol LeWitt, Agnes Martin. box 2*, folder 5 John Chamberlain, New Works, 1967 flatfile 1** Carl Andre, 1967 Poster with periodic table design flatfile 1** Sol LeWitt, 1967 flatfile 2** Carl Andre, 1967 Poster with grid design box 1, folder 7 Dan Flavin, Cool White, Etc., 1968 box 1, folder 7 Group show, Earthworks, 1968 box 1, folder 8 Erwin Heerich, Cardboard Sculpture , 1968 box 1, folder 8 Group show, Language II, 1968 box 2*, folder 8 Robert Smithson, 1968 flatfile 2** Kenneth Snelson, 1968 box 1, folder 8 Robert Smithson, Mono Lake Site, 1969 box 1, folder 8 Group show, Language III, 1969 flatfile 2** Charles Ross, Prisms, M.37 4

5 Dwan Gallery publications and ephemera box 1, folder 9 Group show, 1970 Included artists: Anastasi, Carl Andre, Arakawa, Walter de Maria, Dan Flavin, Michael Heizer, Sol LeWitt, Richard Long, Charles Ross, Robert Ryman, Fred Sandback, Robert Smithson, Kenneth Snelson. flatfile 2** Robert Smithson, Great Salt Lake Utah and Spiral Jetty, 1970 box 1, folder 9 Michael Heizer, 1970 box 1, folder 9 Group show, Language IV, 1970 box 2*, folder 1 Dan Flavin, Cornered Installations , 1970 box 2*, folder 3 William Anastasi, Sculpture, 1970 flatfile 2** Kenneth Snelson, 1970 flatfile 1** William Anastasi, Continuum, 1970 box 1, folder 9 Robert Ryman, Paintings, M.37 5