Minimal and Conceptual Art Documents, 1969-1989

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Minimal and Conceptual Art Documents, 1969-1989

1969-1989

http://hdl.handle.net/10020/cifa920025

An assembled collection of visual and written documentation, including correspondence and artists' statements, and photographs and drawings relating to gallery installations, sculptural pieces, conceptual pieces, land art, and performances. Includes artists' letters to German critic and editor Werner Lippert and Galleria Toselli in Milan, and materials pertaining to the exhibition Prospect 69 (Dusseldorf, 1969). Includes letters from artists and gallery owners to Konrad Fischer, and some Fluxus printed ephemera.

ca. 1.5 linear ft.; (3 boxes)

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