Robert R. McElroy photographs of happenings and early performance art, 1959-2012

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Robert R. McElroy photographs of happenings and early performance art, 1959-2012

1959-2012

http://hdl.handle.net/10020/cifa2014m7

Robert R. McElroy's photographs document performance art and exhibitions by New York artists that took place during the late-1950s to the mid-1960s. Included are prints, contact sheets, negatives, and slides. The collection features photographs of works by Jim Dine, Allan Kaprow, Claes Oldenburg, and Robert Whitman.

34 Linear Feet (72 boxes, 1 flatfile folder)

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