Max Neuhaus Papers, 1977-2008

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Max Neuhaus Papers, 1977-2008

Research materials relating to the creation and installation of sound sculptures by Max Neuhaus.

29 linear ft. (15 doument boxes; 9 record cartons; 7 cassette boxes; 4 videopape boxes; 2 flat boxes; 1 mapacase drawer).

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Dia Center for the Arts (New York, N.Y.)

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Neuhaus, Max

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BIOGHIST REQUIRED Max Neuhaus was born in Beaumont, Texas in 1939. He studies music at the Manhattan School of Music and became a renowened percussionist and interpreter of contemporary music while still in the twenties. He developed into a pioneer of artistic activities with sound. He was the first to extend sound as an autonomous medium into the domain of contemporary art. Neuhaus died at age 69 in Maratea, a coastal town in southern Italy. From the guide to the Max Neuhaus Papers,...