Dick Higgins Collection, 1958-2002

Cage, John.

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American composer. From the description of Imaginary landscape no. 4 or March no. 2, 1951. (Getty Research Institute). WorldCat record id: 406987239 American composer, philosopher, and writer on music. From the description of [Renga]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270967275 In the summers of 1940 and 1941, John Cage was on the dance faculty of Mills College (Oakland, Calif.). He composed Dance music for Elfrid Ide when she was a student in 1940. ...

Stein, Gertrude, 1874-1946

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Gertrude Stein (b. February 3, 1874, Allegheny, PA-d. July 27, 1946, Neuilly-sur-Seine, France) was an American novelist, poet, playwright, and art collector. She moved to Paris and acquired a love for modern painting. Stein began building a personal collection of major artists, many of whom became her friends and formed the core of her regular salons. In 1907, as Stein was struggling to establish herself as a writer, she met Alice Babette Toklas, a fellow American who had come to P...

Ridder, Willem de, 1939-

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Born in 1939, Willem de Ridder is a Dutch artist and founder of the international artist group Fluxus. Fluxus was a group of artists, composers, designers, and poets who carried out experimental art perfomances, often emphasizing artistic process and concept over finished artwork. Fluxus members explored different artistic media and disciplines, including intermedia, radio, sound, and video works, and are sometimes seen to conceptual artists. Some of the work types created by Fluxus include Neo-...

Williams, Emmett (Singer)

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Hansen, Al, 1927-1995

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Al Hansen (1927-1995) was an artist from New York, N.Y. Founder of Fluxus art movement and one of the first Happenings artists. From the description of Oral history interview with Al Hansen, 1973 Nov. 6-13. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 495595184 Artist; New York, N.Y. Founder of Fluxus art movement and one of the first Happenings artists. From the description of Oral history interview with Al Hansen, 1973 Nov. 6...

Knížák, Milan.

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Czech artist born 1940. Knížák influenced Czech underground music, especially with his rock project Aktual, was a member of Fluxus in the 1960s and 1970s, and served as Director of the National Gallery in Czechslovakia, 1967-1971. From the description of Destroyed music, 1963-1979. (Getty Research Institute). WorldCat record id: 419263495 ...

Katz, Leon, 1919-

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Dick, William M.

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Pignatari, Décio.

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Toorn, Jan van, 1932-

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Giorno, John

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Williams, Jonathan, 1929-2008

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Jonathan Williams is a poet, publisher, and photographer. He was educated at St. Albans School, Princeton University, and Black Mountain College, and also studied art and design at the Institute of Design in Chicago. His published books of poetry include An Ear in Bartram's Tree (1969), Blues and Roots/Rue and Bluets (1971), The Loco Logodaedalus in Situ (1972), and Elite/Elate Poems (1979), and his published books of photography include Portrait Photographs (1979) and A Palpable Elysium: Photog...

Lieberman, Fredric

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Kippenberger, Martin, 1953-1997

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d. Mar. 7, 1997, Vienna, Austria. From the description of Artist file : miscellaneous uncataloged material. (Museum of Modern Art (MOMA)). WorldCat record id: 80785461 ...

Printed Matter, Inc.

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Non-profit artists' book publisher and distributor; New York, N.Y. From the description of Printed Matter, Inc. records, 1975-1991. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 78412744 ...

Watts, Robert, 1923-1988

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Robert Watts, trained in engineering and ancient art history, was a prescient artist of new and mixed media, best known as a founding member of Fluxus. From the description of Robert Watts papers, 1883-1989, bulk 1940-1988 (Getty Research Institute). WorldCat record id: 145882578 Biographical / Historical Note Robert Watts, born in 1923, spent his childhood and adolescence in Iowa and Louisville, Kentucky. The son of a me...

Polkinhorn, Harry.

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Johnson, Ray, 1927-1995

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Ray Johnson (1927-1995) was a painter from Locust Valley, N.Y. From the description of Oral history interview with Ray Johnson, 1968 Apr. 17 [sound recording]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 82223586 Born and raised in Detroit, Michigan, Ray Johnson is frequently referred to as the "father of mail art." He attended Black Mountain College in North Carolina from 1945 to 1948, then moved to New York. Although he worked as an abstract painter for several years, by 1953 Johnson h...

Vautier, Ben, 1935-....

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Friedman, Ken, 1949-....

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Conceptual artist, sculptor, educator, composer, and writer; San Diego, Calif.; b. 1949 in New London, Conn. Educated at San Francisco State College. Lived and worked in San Diego, Calif. Also active in Germany. From the description of Ken Friedman papers, 1969-1978. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 86122741 Writer, musician, conceptual artitst, and the founder of Fluxus West, Friedman is a principal participant in the Fluxus movement which flourished during the l...

Ockerse, Thomas

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Vostell, Wolf, 1932-1998

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Gardner, Ian

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Unpublished Editions (Firm)

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Gutman, Walter, 1903-1986

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Franklin Furnace archive

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ReFlux Editions

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Rillo.

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Mac Low, Jackson

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A performance artist and the author of more than two dozen books of experimental verse, Mac Low was born in Chicago in 1922 and educated at the University of Chicago (1939-1943) and Brooklyn College (1955-1958). He has worked as a music teacher, an English teacher, a translator, and an editor. From the description of Papers, 1923-1995. (University of California, San Diego). WorldCat record id: 32539702 BIOGRAPHY Born in ...

Hendricks, Geoffrey 1931-

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Geoffrey Hendricks (b. 1931) is a Fluxus artist. Hendricks taught at Rutgers University for 47 years. Hendricks lives and works in New York, N.Y. From the description of Oral history interview with Geoffrey Hendricks, 2009 May 15-19 [sound recording]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 430381156 ...

Antin, David

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David Antin is a performance artist, experimental poet, curator, and critic who developed a unique literary form, the "talk piece." He has been a key figure in the New York literary and art scene for forty years, and was a long-time professor at the University of California at San Diego. From the description of David Antin papers, 1954-2006. (Getty Research Institute). WorldCat record id: 668135856 Biographical/Historical Note ...

MacLennan, Toby

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Gomringer, Eugen, 1925-....

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Miller, Larry (Composer)

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Shiomi, Mieko, 1909-1948

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Starr, Frances

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Corner, Philip ca. 20. Jh.

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Finch, Peter, 1947-....

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Moore, Peter, 1962-

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Marciunas, George 1931-1978.

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Kaprow, Allan

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Allan Kaprow, Painter, educator of Pasadena, Calif. From the description of Oral history interview with Allan Kaprow, 1968 Sept. 10. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 657039358 From the description of Allan Kaprow interview, 1968 Sept. 10. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 220186948 Allan Kaprow (1927-2006) was a painter and educator from Pasadena, Calif. From the description of Oral history interview with Allan Kaprow, 1968 Sept. 10. (Unknown). WorldCat recor...

Higgins, Dick, 1938-1998

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American artist, poet, writer, publisher, composer, and educator. From the description of Dick Higgins papers, ca. 1960-1994 (bulk 1972-1993). (Getty Research Institute). WorldCat record id: 146003268 Artist, poet, publisher, and composer; New York and Barrytown, NY. Member of the artists' group, Fluxus. Died Oct. 25, 1998. From the description of Dick Higgins papers, 1958-1997. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79005545 D. October 25, 1998. Fro...

Huntly, Gordon

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Conrad T J McKenna, born 8th March 1923, was admitted as a student to Glasgow School of Art in December 1939 at the age of 16. WW2 interrupted his studies when he was called up to the RAF in 1942, serving from then until 1946. He returned to Art School in 1946 and was awarded a Diploma in Commercial Art in 1948. He won several prizes and scholarships during his time at GSA, including the Robert Hart Bursary in 1941, the W.G. Hutchison Prize for Drawing in 1948, the Main Scholarship ...

Jacoby, Ruth, 1903-

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Mallarmé, Stéphane, 1842-1898

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French poet and critic. From the description of Revue de l'industrie et de l'art français en 1872 : souvenir de l'Exposition de Londres (manuscript), 1872. (Getty Research Institute). WorldCat record id: 80906168 Mallarme ́was born in Paris but studied English in England. Returned to Paris in 1872 where he began writing poems and eventually became the center of the Parisian literary scene. From the description of Hommage, Sonnet, 1895. (Temple University Librari...

Eaton, Manford L.

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Kostelanetz, Richard

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Richard Kostelanetz was born on May 14, 1940, in New York, NY. He is the son of Boris Kostelanetz, a lawyer, and Ethel (Cory) Kostelanetz. He received his B.A. from Brown University in 1962 with honors. He pursued graduate study at King's College in London from 1964 to 1965 and received an M.A. from Columbia University in 1966. Richard Kostelanetz is a writer, visual artist, critic, poet, composer, filmmaker, video artist, lecturer and editor of the avant-garde. In 1971, employing a radically fo...

Porter, Bern, 1911-2004

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Bernard Harden Porter was born on Feb. 14, 1911 in Porter Settlement, ME; Sc. B, Colby College, 1932; Sc. M, Brown Univ., 1933; special courses at Da Vinci School (1937), Convair School (1957), Univ. of Maine (1960), and Federal School (1963); in 1929 founded Bern Porter (publishing company) in Belfast, ME; became physicist for Acheson Colloids Corp. (1935-40) and for the Manhattan District Engineers (1940-45); became consulting physicist in 1945; director of Contemporary Gallery, West Coast Des...

Phillips, Michael Joseph

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Mahlow, Dietrich

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Oldenburg, Claes, 1929-

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B. 1929, STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN Claes Oldenburg was born in 1929, in Stockholm. His father was a diplomat, and the family lived in the United States and Norway before settling in Chicago in 1936. Oldenburg studied literature and art history at Yale University, New Haven, from 1946 to 1950. He subsequently studied art under Paul Wieghardt at the Art Institute of Chicago from 1950 to 1954. During the first two years of art school, he also worked as an apprentice reporter at the City News Bureau of Chi...

Truck, Fred

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Knowles, Alison, 1933-....

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Alison Knowles (1933- ) is an artist and a founding member of Fluxus in New York, N.Y. Judith Olch Richards (1947- ) is a former director of iCI in New York, N.Y. From the description of Oral history interview with Alison Knowles, 2010 June 1-2. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 744436674 ...

Robson, Ernest M.

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Ernest M. Robson, born 1902, died 1988, Chester Pennsylvania. Poet and founder of Primary Press with his wife, Marion Robson. From the description of Ernest M. Robson Literary manuscripts, circa 1959-1985. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122593614 Manuscripts, etc. for six volumes of poetry written or compiled by Ernest M. Robson, several in collaboration with others, including his wife Marion, who either designed or did the calligraphy for all the b...

Something Else press

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Hutchins, Alice, 1916-

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Young, La Monte

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Young was born on Oct. 14, 1935 in Bern, ID; grew up in Los Angeles and Utah; attended LA City College (1953-55), LA State College (1956-57), Univ. of CA, LA (1957-58), and Univ. of CA, Berkeley (1958-60); studied with William Green and Leonard Stein in LA, Karlheinz Stockhausen in Darmstadt, and with Richard Maxfield at the New School for Social Research in New York (1960-61); since 1960 Young has been a freelance composer, performer, lecturer, and teacher; became music editor of the bimonthly ...

Cohen, Joel S.

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Rothenberg, Jerome, 1931-....

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American poet, editor, translator, and teacher. Born in New York City, graduated from the City College of New York and the Univ. of Michigan. Began publishing poetry extensively in the 1960s. Deeply interested in ethnopoetics; has translated American Indian poetry and studied Jewish poetry and oral tradition. Has taught widely, most recently at the University of California, San Diego (1988- ). From the description of Jerome Rothenberg papers, 1944-1985. (University of California, San...

Gris, Juan, 1887-1927

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Spanish painter and lithographer. From the description of Autograph letter signed : [n.p.], to an unidentified recipient, [n.d.]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270870925 Spanish painter. From the description of Letters sent by Juan Gris, 1918-1924. (Getty Research Institute). WorldCat record id: 79630325 ...

Reichert, Josua, 1937-

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Spoerri, Daniel, 1930-....

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Roth, Dieter, 1930-1998

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d. June 6, 1998. From the description of Artist file : miscellaneous uncataloged material. (Museum of Modern Art (MOMA)). WorldCat record id: 82652344 ...

Krauss, Ruth.

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Ruth Krauss was born in 1901 in Baltimore, Maryland. She attended several universities and institutes. She received her bachelor's degree from the Parsons School of Fine and Applied Arts. In 1940, she married David Leisk (known as Crockett Johnson). From 1944 until 1979, Krauss published many children's works, some of which she illustrated herself. Other children's books were collaborations with her husband, usually employing Krauss's text and Johnson's illustrations. Krauss's career as a writer...

Sharits, Paul

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Riddle, James, 1784 or 1785-1859

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Fine, Albert M.

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Printed Editions (Firm)

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McLuhan, Marshall, 1911-1980

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Topor, Roland, 1938-1997

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French artist, author, and set designer; d. 1997. From the description of Roland Topor collection, 1963-1964. (Boston University). WorldCat record id: 70969782 ...

Brecht, George, 1925-

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Paik, Nam June

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Filliou, Robert

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Oehlen, Albert, 1954-

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Albert Oehlen (born 1954 in Krefeld, West Germany) is a contemporary German artist. Oehlen lives and works in Bühler and Segovia....

Finlay, Ian Hamilton

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Ian Hamilton Finlay (1925-2006) was a Scottish poet, writer, artist and gardener. Much of his work on paper was issued through his own Wild Hawthorne Press, which he founded in 1964. From the description of Collection of printed material from Wild Hawthorn Press, 1977-1990. (University of Illinois-Chicago Library). WorldCat record id: 301555191 Scottish concrete poet and garden designer, born 1925. From the description of Thonier : watercolor print, nd. (Unknown)...

LUCATO, GIAMPAOLO

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