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Printed Material

Archives of American Art

Object Details

Collection Creator
Petlin, Irving, 1934-2018
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Irving Petlin papers
Extent
2.09 Linear feet (Box 1, 2, 3)
Date
1962-2014
Archival Repository
Archives of American Art
Identifier
AAA.peltirvi, Series 5
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
Printed material includes blank postcards collected by Petlin; published books that feature illustrations by Petlin, mention Petlin's works, or were given to and inscribed by Petlin's friends, including a signed copy of Peter Selz's, "Fantastic Images: Chicago Art since 1945;" clippings reviewing Petlin's work and exhibitions, and documenting the violence in Central America in the late 1970s and early 1980s; photocopied clippings saved by Hayden Gallery from 1970-1980 and saved by Kent Fine Art from 1960-1991; exhibition announcements between 1970 and 2014; group and solo exhibition catalogs that document Petlin's career from 1962-2014; two sets of 10 licenses in envelopes created by the Guerilla Action Group (GAAG); periodicals that include articles about Petlins work from 1970-1987; a press release from a 1979 Odyssia Gallery exhibition of pastels; 1976 exhibition and protest posters; and a 1988 United States Supreme Court brief in Support of Gregory Lee Johson by Petlin and other artists.
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.
Related link
Record ID
ebl-1630695619607-1630695619638-3
Metadata Usage
CC0
GUID
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9e0507571-63e4-4c59-aaf9-0a7a8d44472a

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