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Overview of the Collection |
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| Creator: | Seitz, William Chapin | |
| Title: | William C. Seitz Papers | |
| Inclusive Dates: | 1874-1970 | |
| Quantity: | 2.5 Linear Feet | |
Arrangement |
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| The Papers are organized into three Series: | ||
| Series I. Claude Monet | ||
| Series II. Assemblage and Collage | ||
| Series III. William C. Seitz Interview with Marcel Duchamp | ||
The records are open for research and contain no restricted materials.
The William C. Seitz Papers are the physical property of The Museum of Modern Art. Literary rights, including copyright belong to the authors or their legal heirs and assigns. Rights to work produced during the normal course of Museum business resides with The Museum of Modern Art. For further information, and to obtain permission to publish or reproduce, contact the Museum Archivist.
Index Terms |
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| This collection is indexed under the following headings in DADABASE, the library catalog of The Museum of Modern Art. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons, or places should search the catalog using these headings. | ||
| Persons and Organizations: | ||
| Assemblage (Art) | ||
| Seitz, William Chapin | ||
| Seitz, William Chapin | ||
| Subjects: | ||
| Assemblage (Art) | ||
| Document Types: | ||
| Collages. | ||
See also The Museum of Modern Art Exhibition Records and Department of Public Information Records. For Series III. William C. Seitz Interview with Marcel Duchamp, see also, the Sound Recordings collection, Duchamp Lecture Series, and Studies in Modern Art 2.
William C. Seitz Papers, [series.folder]. The Museum of Modern Art Archives, New York.
Explanation of Abbreviations
ALS is an Autographed Letter Signed.
TLS is a Typed Letter Signed.
TL stands for Typed Letter.
MoMA is The Museum of Modern Art.
n.d. stands for no date.
re: stands for regarding.
Series I. Claude Monet 1874-1970 |
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1 [5"] document box, 1 [4x5x12"] file card box, 1 [16x20x3"] oversized photograph print box, 1 [8x10x4"] photograph print box.
Photographs of paintings and sights, clippings, correspondence, announcements and notes collected and used by William C. Seitz in connection with the Museum's exhibition and catalog, Monet: Seasons and Moments (exh. # 660, 9 March - May 15, 1960; Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 14 June - Aug. 7, 1960). |
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| Folder | Title | Date |
| I.1.a | Monet, Claude: Photos 40 items |
1893-1895 |
| I.1.b | Monet, Claude: Photos 50 items |
1896-1904 |
| I.1.c | Monet, Claude: Photos 41 items |
1905-1917 |
| I.1.d | Monet, Claude: Photos 26 items |
1918-1925 |
| I.2.a | Photographs: photos of paintings | ca. 1874-1925, 1959 |
| I.2.b | Photographs: photos of paintings | ca. 1874-1925, 1959 |
| I.2.c | Photographs: photos of paintings | ca. 1874-1925, 1959 |
| I.2.d | Photographs: "Portraits" | ca. 1874-1925, 1959 |
| I.2.e | Photographs: "Drawings" | ca. 1874-1925, 1959 |
| I.3 | News clippings and articles | 1960 |
| I.4 | Correspondence Incl. notes from visitors |
1960 |
| I.5 | Exhibition invitations and announcements | 1960 |
| I.6 | Photographs of Monet 29 items |
ca. 1877 - 1926 |
| I.7 | Helen M. Franc: Claude Monet Waterlilies. NY: MoMA Incl. brochure, photos of paintings and sites, some of the latter by Wm. Seitz |
ca. 1970 |
| I.[8] | Postcards and other reproductions of Monet 3x5x12" paintings |
n.d. |
| I.[9] | Photographs of sites painted by the artist 201 items |
n.d. |
| I.[10] | Oversized photographs 47 items |
n.d. |
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Series II. Assemblage and Collage 1874-1970 |
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The Art of Assemblage, MoMA exh. # 695, Oct. 2 - Nov. 12, 1961, organized and directed by Wm. Seitz. For related material, please see records from the Department of Public Information. (8/91)
2 document boxes [5"; 2.5"] |
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| Folder | Title | Date |
| II.1.i | A - D Incl. photographs, gallery announcements, ephemera, some corresp; arranged
alphabetically by artist |
ca. 1958 - 1961, n.d. |
| II.1.ii | H - L Hamilton |
ca. 1958 - 1961, n.d. |
| II.1.iii | M - S Mallary |
ca. 1958 - 1961, n.d. |
| II.1.iv | T - W Tajiri |
ca. 1958 - 1961, n.d. |
| II.2 | Watts Tower | ca. 1951, 1959, n.d. |
| II.3 | "Collage Articles" etc. | ca. 1959 - 1960, n.d. |
| II.4 | "Assemblage" | ca. 1959 - 1960, n.d. |
| II.5 | "Surrealism" | ca. 1938, 1948, 1951, 1953, 1956, 1960 - 61 |
| II.6 | Tinguely | ca. 1960 |
| II.7 | Bibliographical Material 5 envelopes of lists by either Wm. Seitz and/or Lucy Lippard |
n.d. |
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Series III. William C. Seitz Interview with Marcel Duchamp 1962 |
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This collection contains two transcriptions of an interview conducted by William C. Seitz with Marcel Duchamp on December 6, 1962. One is annotated by the interviewee. The interview, in an edited and reduced version, was published in the May 1963 issue of Vogue.
Material in III.I was a gift to the Library on August 12, 1963 by William C. Seitz. According to a note by Library staff, four additional pages labeled with counter numbers 0000-050, were added in September 1967.
Material in III.II was a gift to the Library on September 1, 1967 by William S. Rubin.
The interviews and letter were transferred from the Library to the Museum Archives on May 3, 1999 and re-housed according to archival principles. |
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| Folder | Title | Date |
| III.I | Typescript of interview 69 pages |
1962 |
| III.II.A | Carbon copy of interview with annotations by Marcel Duchamp 69 pages |
1962 |
| III.II.B | ALS Marcel Duchamp-William C. Seitz Copy; with corrections and edits [5 pages] |
1/5/63 |
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| Box | Series | Folder |
| 1 | I | I.1.a-I.7 |
| 2 | I | I.[8] |
| 3 | I | I.[9] |
| 4 | I | I.[10] |
| 1 | II | II.1.i-II.2 |
| 2 | II | II.3-II.7 |
| 1 | III | III.I-III.II.B |