Mizuno Gallery records, 1955-2005, 1967-1981.

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Mizuno Gallery records, 1955-2005, 1967-1981.

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The Mizuno Gallery records contain correspondence, photographs, and printed ephemera, among other materials that document the operation of the gallery from its founding in 1967 until 1984. Of approximately 90 exhibitions that took place at the gallery, two-thirds are represented in some way in this collection. There are also materials for artists whose work was never shown at the gallery. The collection is rich in materials from Billy Al Bengston, Vija Celmins and Henry Miller. There is original artwork by Billy Al Bengston, Vija Celmins, Raymond Saunders, Russell Tamblyn and H.C. Westermann. The ephemera in Series I dates from 1967 to 1983 and includes invitations, postcards and posters from exhibitions held at Gallery 669 and Mizuno Gallery. The records in Series II date from 1967 to 2005 and include a sales log and guest book as well as installation photographs. The artist files in Series III date from 1955 to 1988 and include postcards and letters to Riko Mizuno from the artists, newspaper and journal clippings, invoices for works of art, ephemera for shows not at Mizuno Gallery, correspondence and slides, color and black-and-white photographs, transparencies and photograph negatives of openings, installations, and artists.

2.9 linear ft. (4 boxes)

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Bengston, Billy Al

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B. 1934. From the description of Billy Al Bengston artist file. (Whitney Museum of American Art). WorldCat record id: 228432871 Billy Al Bengston, 1934-, painter of Venice, Calif. From the description of Oral history interview with Billy Al Bengston, 2002 Aug. 7-Oct. 2 [sound recording]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 81804702 Billy Al Bengston, b. 1934, Painter of Venice, Calif. From the description of Oral history interview with Billy Al Be...

Mizuno Gallery

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The Mizuno Gallery was operated by Riko Mizuno from 1967-1984. The gallery occupies an important place in the history of art in postwar Los Angeles as a venue for contemporary artists such as Chris Burden, Mike Kelley and Billy Al Bengston. From the description of Mizuno Gallery records, 1955-2005, 1967-1981. (Getty Research Institute). WorldCat record id: 720384137 Biographical / Historical Note A partial chronology of e...

Miller, Henry, 1891-1980.

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Novelist. From the description of Papers, 1952-1957. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155457225 Henry Miller (1891-1980) was an American author. He was known for his experimental, surrealist novels, such as Tropic of Cancer, which mixed fiction and autobiography. His writing was controversial for its graphic depictions of sexuality, leading to a 1964 obscenity trial in the United States, Grove Press, Inc. v. Gerstein. From the guide to the Henry Miller Letter, unda...

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 ...

Gallery 669

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Mizuno, Riko, 1932-

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