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Identification and Creation

Object Number
CW2001.1746
People
Christopher Wilmarth, American (Sonoma, CA 1943 - 1987 New York, NY)
Title
Artist's documents: Studio for the First Amendment exhibition materials, January 10-February 4, 1978
Classification
Archival Material
Work Type
archival material
Date
1/10/1978-2/4/1978
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/96164

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, The Christopher Wilmarth Archive, Gift of Susan Wilmarth-Rabineau
Copyright
© Estate of Christopher Wilmarth
Accession Year
2001
Object Number
CW2001.1746
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
1) 18 blue-and-white Studio for the First Amendment postcards, with Studio logo on recto, blank on verso but for Wilmarth's address where a return address generally sits and a dividing line vertically down the center.
2) 21 color announcements with a photograph of Street Leaf #1 on recto (including title, materials, dimensions, and photo credit to Eric Pollitzer) and exhibition information on verso. This was Wilmarth's inaugural exhibition at/as the Studio for the First Amendment, January 10-February 4, 1978. 2 empty envelopes also in slipsheet with announcements.

3) Cut fragment of a manila file folder with Wilmarth's hand labeling it:
STUDIO 78 (1st SHOW)
Installation views
Inaugural exhibition
The Studio for the First Amendment
January 1978

4) 5 identical black-and-white photographs of an installation view with 2 floorpieces and 3 wallpieces. Labeled on verso in black ink (in Wilmarth's hand?) with Wilmarth's name, "Installation View / Inaugural Exhibition / The Studio for the First Amendment / January 1978." Also Photographer Eric Pollitzer's stamp and Wilmarth's copyright stamp hand-dated 1978.

5) 5 identical black-and-white photographs of an installation view with 2 floorpieces, 1 wallpiece, and 2 drawings. Labeled on verso as above.

6) 2 identical black-and-white photographs of an installation view with 2 floorpieces, 1 wallpiece, and 1 drawing. Labeled on verso as above.

7) 2 identical black-and-white photographs of an installation view with 1 floorpiece, 1 wallpiece, and 3 drawings. Also a woman sits with her back to us in a desk in the corner. Labeled on verso as above.

8) Black-and-white photograph of an installation view with 1 floorpiece and 1 wallpiece. Labeled on verso as above except Eric Pollitzer's photo credit stamp does not appear, and an additional stamp with Wilmarth's Canal St. Station address does.

9) 3 sheets with 34 color slides of various installation views. The first slide is labeled Studio for the First Amendment 1978 Exhibition in Wilmarth's hand in black ink. Slides were processed in February 1978.

Subjects and Contexts

  • Wilmarth

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