Copley Foundation and Collection records, 1954-1980.

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Copley Foundation and Collection records, 1954-1980.

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The William and Noma Copley Foundation and Collection Records document the couple's philanthropic and collecting activities. The archive dates from 1954-1980, the bulk being from 1954-1966 when the Copleys directed the Foundation. Correspondence after 1966 generally comes from Noma Copley's personal files. The collection contains correspondence with foundation advisors, composers and artists who were awarded grants, in effect demonstrating the Foundation's award process, and with artist friends about personal matters and the collection. Additionally, there is correspondence with Richard Hamilton gathered while he was editor of the Copley Foundation's monograph series, both of a business and personal nature. A separate series has personal correspondence mostly collected by Noma Copley with many drawings and handmade cards. There is much correspondence and material relating specifically to the collection, covering topics such as exhibition loans, appraisals, conservation of the collection, financial and insurance documents and photographs of the art works. Series I. Foundation Documents contains 1.25 lin. ft. (2.5 boxes) of material primarily pertaining to the Foundation's grant program, 1954-1966. Items include statutes and by-laws, award recommendations by Darius Milhaud and others for prominent composers and promising students, and by Roberto Matta and others for artists, and correspondence with awardees, including Peggy Glanville-Hicks, Shinkichi Tajiri, Bernard Pfriem, Jean Arp, Hans Bellmer, Dan Flavin, Wifredo Lam, Dorothea Tanning and Patrick Waldberg. Series II. Richard Hamilton Correspondence holds ca. 145 letters between the British Pop artist Richard Hamilton and the Copleys in his capacity as editor of the Copley Foundation monograph series, 1960-1966. Arranged in rough chonological order. The long, detailed letters primarily concern book production and distribution. Some also contain personal matters, and after 1962, there is more reference to art world gossip, Copley's and Hamilton's gallery and museum exhibitions, collecting, Hamilton's interest in the medium of artists' books and censorship. Series III. Personal Correspondence, contains .5 lin. ft. (1 box) of letters, drawings and cards from artists collected by Noma Copley, 1957-1980 (bulk 1966-1980), filed alphabetically. Letters are generally of a chatty, personal nature, but also include descriptions of working interests from artists Vija Celmins, Chryssa, Walter De Maria, Richard Hamilton, Man Ray, Roberto Matta, Irving Petlin and H.C. Westermann, among others. This series contains some handmade cards and drawings by artists. Series IV. Collection Documents, 1 lin. ft. (2 boxes), 1954-67 (bulk 1964-1966), comprises material relating to the exhibition and care of the collection. Includes are letters with museum and gallery directors and staff, loan forms, certificates of insurance, appraisals and insurance evaluations, condition and treatment reports, shipping documents and photograph requests. Other documents include financial and insurance papers. Series V. Collection Photographs, arranged by artist in alpha order, comprises over 350 b/w photos (1.25 lin. ft., 4 albums) of art works in the Copley Collection. Most photographs have labels with artist, title, dimensions and medium.

4.5 lin. ft. (10 boxes)

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Milhaud, Darius, 1892-1974

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Milhaud was born in Aix-en-Provence on September 4, 1892. As a child he improvised melodies at the piano and soon took up the violin. He entered the Paris Conservatoire in 1909, studying the violin with Berthelier, ensemble with Lefèvre, harmony with Leroux, counterpoint with André Gédalge, composition and fugue with Charles-Marie Widor, and conducting with Vincent d'Indy. He received first "accessit" in violin and counterpoint, and second in fugue, winning the Prix Lepaulle for composition. Mil...

Lam, Wifredo, 1902-1982

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Flavin, Dan, 1933-1996

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Dan Flavin (April 1, 1933 – November 29, 1996) was an American minimalist artist famous for creating sculptural objects and installations from commercially available fluorescent light fixtures. From Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Flavin) ...

Glanville-Hicks, Peggy

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Composer. Her works include "Choral suite" (1938), "Letters from Morocco" (1952), the operas "Nausiacaa" (1961) and "The transposed heads" (1958), as well as film and ballet scores. From the description of Papers [microform]. 1934-1981. (Libraries Australia). WorldCat record id: 222662403 From the description of Papers [manuscript]. 1934-1981. (Libraries Australia). WorldCat record id: 225809114 From the description of Sappho [manuscript] : an opera in three acts. 1...

Celmins, Vija, 1938-....

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Vija Celmins (1938- ) is a multimedia artist in New York, N.Y. Julia Brown (1951- ) is an independent scholar in San Antonio, Tex. From the description of Oral history interview with Vija Celmins, 2009 Feb. 11-Oct. 15 [sound recording]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 646402687 ...

Hamilton, Richard, 1922-2011

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Pfriem, Bernard, 1914-

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Kelkel, Manfred

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Tanning, Dorothea, 1910-2012

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Painter; New York, N.Y. From the description of Dorothea Tanning interview, 1990 July 11 - 1990 Nov. 5. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 220207872 Tanning, Dorothea, 1910, Painter of New York, N.Y. From the description of Oral history interview with Dorothea Tanning 1990 July 11-Nov. 5. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 646400302 ...

Westermann, H. C. 1922-

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Arp, Jean, 1887-1966

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French artist and poet. From the description of Letters, 1942-1947. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 86093273 ...

De Maria, Walter, 1935-2013

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Walter De Maria (1935) is a sculptor from New York, N.Y. Worked as an Abstract Expressionist painter early in his career before turning to sculpture. Influenced by San Francisco jazz scene of 1950s. From the description of Oral history interview with Walter De Maria, 1972 Oct. 4 [sound recording]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 83637039 ...

Matta, 1912-2002

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Chilean-born French Surrealist painter. From the description of Letter, ca. 1960, to Sidney Janis. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 82595097 ...

Petlin, Irving, 1934-

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Waldberg, Patrick

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Bellmer, Hans, 1902-1975

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Polish-French artist. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Paris, to John Rewald, 1966 Oct. 21. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270870289 German painter and printmaker. From the description of Letters, 1945-1950. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 82724940 From the description of Letters to Pierre Andrieu, 1946-1948 (bulk 1946) (Getty Research Institute). WorldCat record id: 79019427 B. Katowice, Germany in 1902. From the des...

Chryssa, 1933-2013

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Sculptor; New York, N.Y. Full name Vardea Chryssa. From the description of Chryssa interview, 1967 June 26. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 220185193 Sculptor; New York, N.Y. Full name Vardea Chryssa. From the description of [Vardea] Chryssa lecture, 1968 Jan. 10. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 86118690 Sculptor; New York, N.Y. Full name Vardea Chryssa. From the descrip...

Jones, Charles, 1910-1997

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Charles Jones was born in Tamworth, Ontario, Canada on June 21, 1910. At the age of ten he moved to Toronto where he studied the violin and theory. In 1928 he went to New York and studied violin at the Institute of Musical Art with Sascha Jacobson graduating in 1932. In 1935 Jones entered the Juilliard School on a fellowship where he studied with Bernard Wagenaar and graduated in composition in 1939. He was then sent by the Juilliard School to teach at Mills College, California, there he met fel...

Turner, Charles (Palaeoenvironmentalist)

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Tajiri, Shinkichi, 1923-2009

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Man Ray, 1890-1976

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Photographer. Halpert was director of the Downtown Gallery, New York, N.Y. and a friend of director of museum director, James W. Foster. From the description of Photograph of Edith Halpert, [ca. 1930]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 744432180 From the description of Photograph of Edith Halpert, [ca. 1930]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122455038 Biographical/Historical Note American-born photographer, painter, a...