INVENTORY OF THE DWAN GALLERY PUBLICATIONS AND EPHEMERA, 1959-1971
Finding aid prepared by Maggie Hughes
Descriptive Summary
Title: Dwan Gallery publications and ephemera
Date (inclusive): 1960-1971
Number: 2012.M.37
Creator/Collector:
Dwan Gallery (New York, N.Y.)
Physical Description:
6.0 linear feet
(2 boxes, 2 flatfile folders)
Repository:
The Getty Research Institute
Special Collections
1200 Getty Center Drive, Suite 1100
Los Angeles, California, 90049-1688
(310) 440-7390
Abstract: Collection of exhibition announcements, posters and exhibition catalogs documenting the exhibitions held at Virginia Dwan's
influentional galleries in Los Angeles and New York. In the early sixties, Dwan introduced artists such as Robert Rauschenberg,
Claes Oldenberg, and Yves Klein to Los Angeles, and then worked with Robert Smithson, Michael Heizer, and others upon her
move to New York in 1965.
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Language: Collection material is in
English
Biographical / Historical Note
Virignia Dwan owned and operated two influential galleries, in Los Angeles and New York. The galleries were known for showing
minimalist, earthwork, and conceptual art by primarily New York and French artists.
Dwan operated the Los Angeles gallery space from 1959 to 1967 and the New York gallery from 1965 to 1971. In the early sixties,
Dwan introduced artists such as Robert Rauschenberg, Claes Oldenberg, and Yves Klein to Los Angeles, and then worked with
Robert Smithson, Michael Heizer, and others upon her move to New York in 1965.
Administrative Information
Access
Open for use by qualified researchers.
Publication Rights
Preferred Citation
Dwan Gallery publications and ephemera, 1959-1971, The Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles, Accession no. 2012.M.37
Acquisition Information
Gift of Virginia Dwan. Acquired in 2012.
Processing History
The collection was rehoused by Vladimira Stefura upon receipt in 2011. It was arranged and described by Maggie Hughes in 2012
under the supervision of Andra Darlington.
Scope and Content of Collection
The collection is comprised of 55 items which includes ephemera and publications that document exhibitions held at the Dwan
galleries from 1960 to 1971, roughly split between the New York and Los Angeles locations. Materials include exhibition catalogs,
fliers, pamphlets, and posters.
Arrangement
Items are arranged chronologically by exhibition date. Files are labeled with the artist name, exhibition title, and the exhibition
date. If the title of the exhibition was the artists' name, it has been omitted.
Indexing Terms
Subjects - Names
Andre, Carl, 1935-
Arakawa, Shūsaku, 1936-2010
Flavin, Dan, 1933-1996
Kienholz, Edward, 1927-1994
LeWitt, Sol, 1928-2007
Reinhardt, Ad, 1913-1967
Smithson, Robert
Snelson, Kenneth, 1927-
Subjects - Topics
Art, Modern--20th century
Conceptual Art
Earthworks (Art)
Minimal art
Genres and Forms of Material
Ephemera
Exhibition catalogs
Fliers (printed matter)
Pamphlets
Posters
Contributors
Dwan Gallery (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Dwan, Virginia
Container List
Box 1, Folder 1
Reginald Pollack,
Recent Paintings,
1960
Box 1, Folder 1
Group show,
Six Sculptors,
1961
Box 1, Folder 2
Martial Raysse,
Mirrors and Portraits,
1962
Box 1, Folder 2
Matsumi Kanemitsu,
Recent Paintings,
1962
Box 1, Folder 2
Group show,
My Country 'Tis of Thee,
1962
Box 1, Folder 2
Ad Reinhardt,
Recent Square Paintings 1960-1963,
1963
Box 1, Folder 3
Robert Breer and Larry Rivers,
Breer film screening / Rivers exhibit,
1963
Box 1, Folder 3
Claes Oldenberg,
Autobodys,
1963
Box 2*, Folder 9
Larry Rivers,
Small Recent Work,
1963
Box 1, Folder 3
Edward Kienholz,
Three Tableaux,
1964
Box 1, Folder 4
Group show,
Gallery Artists,
1964
Scope and Content Note
Included artists: Arakawa, Frazier, Edward Kienholz, Martial Raysse, Jean Tinguely.
Box 1, Folder 4
Group show,
The Arena of Love,
1965
Flatfile 1**
Robert Rauschenberg,
1965
Box 1, Folder 5
Group show,
1965-1966
Scope and Content Note
With button attached. Included artists: Arakawa, Allan D'Arcangelo, Mark di Suvero, Robert Grosvenor, Anthony Magar, Neil
Williams.
Box 2*, Folder 1
Group show,
15 of NY,
1966
Box 1, Folder 4
Group show,
1966
Scope and Content Note
Included artists: John Chamberlain, Mark di Suvero, Edward Kienholz, Sven Lukin, Robert Rauschenberg, Ad Reinhardt, James
Rosenquist.
Box 1, Folder 6
Group show,
10,
1966
Scope and Content Note
Two copies of exhibition catalog.
Box 2*, Folder 7
Group show,
A Summer Show,
1966
Scope and Content Note
Included artists: John Caruthers, David Crum, Nancy Gowan, Jessie Jacobs, James Massey, Richard Matthews, DeWain Valentine.
Box 2*, Folder 6
Edward Kienholz,
The Beanery,
1966
Flatfile 1**
Tom Doyle,
Sculpture,
1966
Flatfile 1**
Anthony Magar and Forrest Myers,
1966
Flatfile 1**
Robert Smithson,
1966-1967
Box 1, Folder 7
Group show,
Language to be looked at and/or things to be read,
1967
Scope and Content Note
Included artists: Carl Andre, Arakawa, Walter de Maria, Marcel Duchamp, Dan Flavin, Dan Graham, Robert Indiana, Jasper Johns,
On Kawara, Edward Kienholz, Sol LeWitt, Roy Lichtenstein, René Magritte, Filippo Marinetti, Robert Morris, Claes Oldenberg,
Francis Picabia, Ad Reinhardt, Robert Smithson, Kenneth Snelson.
Box 2*, Folder 10
Group show,
10,
1967
Scope and Content Note
Exhbition poster. Included artists: Robert Morris, Ad Reinhardt, Robert Smithson, Michael Steiner, Carl Andre, Jo Baer, Dan
Flavin, Donald Judd, Sol LeWitt, Agnes Martin.
Box 2*, Folder 5
John Chamberlain,
New Works,
1967
Flatfile 1**
Carl Andre,
1967
Scope and Content Note
Poster with periodic table design
Flatfile 2**
Carl Andre,
1967
Scope and Content Note
Poster with grid design
Box 1, Folder 7
Dan Flavin,
Cool White, Etc.,
1968
Box 1, Folder 7
Group show,
Earthworks,
1968
Box 1, Folder 8
Erwin Heerich,
Cardboard Sculpture 1956-1968,
1968
Box 1, Folder 8
Group show,
Language II,
1968
Box 1, Folder 8
Robert Smithson,
Mono Lake Site,
1969
Box 1, Folder 8
Group show,
Language III,
1969
Flatfile 2**
Charles Ross,
Prisms,
1969
Box 1, Folder 9
Group show,
1970
Scope and Content Note
Included artists: Anastasi, Carl Andre, Arakawa, Walter de Maria, Dan Flavin, Michael Heizer, Sol LeWitt, Richard Long, Charles
Ross, Robert Ryman, Fred Sandback, Robert Smithson, Kenneth Snelson.
Flatfile 2**
Robert Smithson,
Great Salt Lake Utah and
Spiral Jetty,
1970
Box 1, Folder 9
Group show,
Language IV,
1970
Box 2*, Folder 1
Dan Flavin,
Cornered Installations 1963-1970,
1970
Box 2*, Folder 3
William Anastasi,
Sculpture,
1970
Flatfile 1**
William Anastasi,
Continuum,
1970
Box 1, Folder 9
Robert Ryman,
Paintings,
1971
