Writings
Object Details
- Collection Creator
- Petlin, Irving, 1934-2018
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- Irving Petlin papers
- Extent
- 0.18 Linear feet (Box 1)
- Date
- 1952-1984
- Archival Repository
- Archives of American Art
- Identifier
- AAA.peltirvi, Series 2
- Type
- Archival materials
- Collection Citation
- Irving Petlin papers, 1952-2014. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
- Collection Rights
- The Archives of American Art makes its archival collections available for non-commercial, educational and personal use unless restricted by copyright and/or donor restrictions, including but not limited to access and publication restrictions. AAA makes no representations concerning such rights and restrictions and it is the user's responsibility to determine whether rights or restrictions exist and to obtain any necessary permission to access, use, reproduce and publish the collections. Please refer to the Smithsonian's Terms of Use for additional information.
- Scope and Contents
- Writings include drafts of letters regarding Petlin's use of the pastel and to the 1975 New York Times editor, Hilton Kramer; a Eulogy for Petlin's friend, Sam; a draft and final copy of Petlin's juror response to the Art Institute of Chicago's 76th Exhibition by Artists of Chicago and Vicinity; lists of names and address for petitions and statements, and lists of Petlin's paintings and professional activities from 1952-1971; a 1981 manuscript for Michael Palmer's "Notes for Echo Lake" that included an illustration by Petlin; notes and notebooks detailing Petlin's artistic process; a 1975 notebook entitled, "Drawings for the August Tide;" a 1984 notebook entitled, "Notes for the Double Life;" a petition calling for Picasso to remove his work, "Guernica" from MoMA in 1970; petitions and statements regarding Art Forum and the Whitney Museum; and an undated statement on Israel and Palestine.
- Collection Restrictions
- This collection is open for research. Access to original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C. Research Center.
- Record ID
- ebl-1630695619607-1630695619631-2
- Metadata Usage
- CC0