Diego Cortez No Wave Collection, 1972-1981
Collection Number: 8120
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University Library
DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY
Title:
Diego Cortez No Wave Collection, 1972-1981
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Collection Number:
8120
Abstract:
Approximately 135 pieces complied by Diego Cortez comprising of material related to
both his 1981 No Wave show at PS1 and many of the personalities involved in the artistic
and musical scenes of the period, including Jimmy DeSana, James Chance, Anya Phillips,
Fab 5 Freddy, Bob Gruen, Robert Gordon, Glenn O'Brien, Legs O'Neil, Ray Johnson, Debbie
Harry, and Jean-Michel Basquiat, among others. The collection also contains concert
flyers, photographs, and exhibition materials, including early proposals for a book
and exhibition on graffiti art.
Creator:
Cortez, Diego
Quanitities:
1.5 cubic feet.
Language:
Collection material in English
Born James Allen Curtis in Geneva, Illinois in 1946, Curtis moved to New York City
in 1973 and assumed the name Diego Cortez. He became well-known as an artist, club
manager, promoter, and independent curator, co-founding the influential NYC nightspot
The Mudd Club, which offered an eclectic mix of art, music and cultural events that
combined both modernist and punk aesthetics. In 1981, Cortez curated the groundbreaking
exhibition "New York, No Wave" at a defunct elementary school in Long Island City,
Queens called P.S. 1. The exhibition featured the work of David Byrne, Keith Haring,
Robert Mapplethorpe, Jean-Michel Basquiat, and Kenny Scharf, among many others.
Approximately 135 pieces complied by Diego Cortez comprising of material related to
both his 1981 No Wave show at PS1 and many of the personalities involved in the artistic
and musical scenes of the period, including Jimmy DeSana, James Chance, Anya Phillips,
Fab 5 Freddy, Bob Gruen, Robert Gordon, Glenn O'Brien, Legs O'Neil, Ray Johnson, Debbie
Harry, and Jean-Michel Basquiat, among others. The collection also contains concert
flyers, photographs, and exhibition materials, including early proposals for a book
and exhibition on graffiti art.
INFORMATION FOR USERS
Diego Cortez No Wave Collection, #8120. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections,
Cornell University Library.
Names:
De Sana, Jimmy.
Places:
New York (N.Y.).
Subjects:
Punk rock music.
Punk culture.
No wave (Music).
Nightlife.
Nightclubs.
Graffiti artists.
Graffiti.
Avant-garde (Music).
Avant-garde (Aesthetics) -- New York (State) -- New York -- Exhibitions.
Avant-garde (Aesthetics) -- New York (State) -- New York.
Avant garde.
CONTAINER LIST
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Container
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Description
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Date
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Correspondence
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| Box 1 | Folder 1 |
Letter by Marina Abramovic to Diego Cortez
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Creator: Abramovic , Marina
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Typed letter with signature and flower drawing in ink, written from Belgrade, Yugoslavia.
Marina invites Cortez to participate in 'April Meeting' performance festival in Belgrade.
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| Box 1 | Folder 1 |
Handwritten letter from Jimmy DeSana to Diego Cortez
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1975 |
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Red ink on paper, signed by DeSana with artist's stamp of camera/hands at top. With
envelope with 'CORTEZ' handwritten on it.
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| Box 1 | Folder 1 |
Postcard to Diego and Jim DeSana from "cf"
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| Box 1 | Folder 1 |
Letter by Liz Rhodes to Diego Cortez
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Two-sided handwritten letter with signature, written from London, with notations by
Cortez. At the behest of Peter Gidal, Rhodes invites Cortez to show films at the London
Film Cooperative.
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| Box 1 | Folder 1 |
Letter to DC from Udo Breger
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One page letter with attached photograph of Breger.
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Scope and Contents
DC met Breger through William S. Burroughs. Breger was the editor of the Swiss Journal
SOFT NEED.
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Bonn, Germany
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| Box 1 | Folder 1 |
Letter to DC c/o Betsy Sussler from Udo Breger
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Two small pages, one with attached photo of Breger. In postmarked envelope.
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Gotteborg, Germany
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| Box 1 | Folder 1 |
Letter by Peter Gidal to "Hernando Cortez"
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Signed.
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Scope and Contents
Experimental filmmaker Peter Gidal also head of London Filmmakers Cooperative. Aerogramme
letter by Gidal from London re: possible film screenings by DC in London.
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| Box 1 | Folder 1 |
Letter by Norman Rosenthal to Diego Cortez
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Two-sided handwritten letter by Rosenthal from London. Signature on verso.
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Scope and Contents
He sums up the state of affairs at the I.C.A. and other venues in London.
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| Box 1 | Folder 1 |
Letter from Pasquale Trisorio to Diego
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| Box 1 | Folder 1 |
Postcard from Marek Konieczny, Warsaw
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Signed by Makarewicz.
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Scope and Contents
Re: film screening at Galeria Wspolszesna
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| Box 1 | Folder 1 |
Letter by Zbigniew Makarewicz to Consulate General of Poland to the US
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Scope and Contents
Requesting artistic visa for Cortez re: a film screening in Warsaw.
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| Box 1 | Folder 1 |
Letter by Makarewicz to Cortez
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Scope and Contents
Re: film screening at Galeria Wspolszensna, Warsaw
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| Box 1 | Folder 1 |
Typed letter by Diego Cortez to Candida Höffer
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Scope and Contents
Re: Cortez's upcoming 'SMEAR' exhibition at Konrad Fischer Gallery, Dusseldorf.
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| Box 1 | Folder 1 |
Letter by Diego Cortez to Robin Winters
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Two-sided typed letter with handwritten notations in ink, written from Germany.
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Scope and Contents
Cortez brings Winters up to date on several European projects.
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| Box 1 | Folder 1 |
Postcard from Ingrid Oppenheim to DC
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Creator: Oppenheim, Ingrid
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Scope and Contents
"Greetings from Ingrid Oppenheim [Koln gallerist]." DC met Oppenheim through Dennis
Oppenheim, for whom DC first worked for in NYC in 1973-74.
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Cologne, Germany
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| Box 1 | Folder 1 |
Letter from DeSana to DC
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Creator: DeSana, Jimmy
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Handwritten. In handwritten envelope "Por Diego Cortez."
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Scope and Contents
DeSana brings DC up to date on all recent affairs, including the fact that DC ex-roommate
Jane Kaplowitz will now move in with historian Robert Rosenblum. DeSana and DC always
referred to each other as 'Doctor' and here refers to Jane as 'Nurse.' Also gossip
about art critics David Bourdon and Gregory Battcock.
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| Box 1 | Folder 1 |
Postcard from UK to Diego Cortez
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Creator: Phillips, Anya
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New York, New York
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| Box 1 | Folder 1 |
Mailgram
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Scope and Contents
From Michael Zilkha and Michel Esteban to Cortez, Ze Records.
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| Box 1 | Folder 1 |
Fab Five Freddy
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Offset on card stock.
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Scope and Contents
Calling card.
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| Box 1 | Folder 1 |
Draft of a letter to Yossy Aoren
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Undated |
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Scope and Contents
Regarding possible show in Israel.
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Exhibitions
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Xerox and Blood
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MoMA security guard notes for 1975 'Xerox and Blood' exhibition
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Creator: Cortez, Diego
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Photograph contact sheet, notebook pages, handwritten in ink, typed letter from Head
of MoMA security on MoMA stationary, bank deposit slip, MoMA check stub, note card,
etc.
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Scope and Contents
Cortez was employed as a security guard at MoMA in 1974-75. He was invited to make
a show at the Whitney Museum Art Resources Center. The exhibition was titled 'Xerox
and Blood' and opened in Spring, 1975. Cortez's made several conceptual wall series
which dealt with the issues of security and art. One series reflects on the attack
on Picasso's Guernica by artist Tony Shafrazi.
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| Box 1 | Folder 3 |
Manila envelope
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Hand-titled by Cortez.
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| Box 1 | Folder 3 |
Images taken at MoMA security office
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One photo contact sheet, including arrest pictures of Tony Shafrazi.
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Gelatin silver prints.
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| Box 1 | Folder 3 |
MoMA security work ephemera
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30 assorted handwritten-in-ink notebook pages from MoMA security work for Whitney
Downtown Museum exhibition by Cortez (most written on both sides); one check stub,
one deposit slip, one letter on MoMA letterhead from Head of Security Dept.
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| Box 1 | Folder 4 |
Works from 1975 Whitney Downtown Museum show
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Creator: Cortez, Diego
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75 Xerox works.
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| Box 1 | Folder 5 |
Announcements for 1975 "Xerox and Blood" show at Whitney Downtown Museum
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Creator: Cortez, Diego
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110 Xerox announcements.
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New York, New York
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| Box 1 | Folder 3 |
Installation plan for 1975 Whitney Downtown Museum show
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Creator: Cortez, Diego
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Scope and Contents
Installation plan.
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Cataratta Riflesso Rosso
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| Box 1 | Folder 6 |
Notes for photo series 'Cataratta Riflesso Rosso' for 1976 Galleria Trisorio exhibition
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Blue ink on paper.
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Napoli, Italy
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| Box 1 | Folder 6 |
Sketches for wall paintings for 1976 'Cataratta Riflesso Rosso' exhibition, Galleria
Trisorio
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Creator: Cortez, Diego
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Red and blue inks on found letterhead. Nine pages.
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Napoli, Italy
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| Box 1 | Folder 6 |
Sketches, notes re: medical photo works in "Cataratta Riflesso Rosso"
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Scope and Contents
Exhibition at Studio Pasquale Trisorio
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Napoli, Italy
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| Box 1 | Folder 6 |
Prints documenting Cortez's gallery exhibition 'Cataratta Riflesso Rosso' at Galleria
Trisorio
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Creator: del Monaco, Bruno
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Contact prints. Both stamped by del Monaco on verso and numbered by pencil.
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Napoli, Italy
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Gelatin silver prints.
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Smear, The Batman Show, and Hospital Colors
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| Box 1 | Folder 2 |
Kodachrome slides
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Creator: Cortez, Diego
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Scope and Contents
3 original slides used in Cortez's lecture/performance 'Hospital Colors' performed
at 'April Meeting' in Belgrade (1975) and Artists Space, NYC (1976). The lecture analyzed
the chromatics of institutional interiors.
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| Box 1 | Folder 8 |
Study for announcement card for Diego Cortez "SMEAR" exhibition
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Creator: Cortez, Diego
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Color Xerox.
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Scope and Contents
Galerie Konrad Fischer.
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Dusseldorf, Germany
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| Box 1 | Folder 6 |
Two-sided handwritten note by Diego Cortez
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Scope and Contents
Note is earliest formulation of the future 1981 'New York/New Wave' show at PS1. Ink
and typed text on paper card.
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| Box 1 | Folder 7 |
Notes for "The Batman Show"
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Creator: Cortez, Diego
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Scope and Contents
This was the first exhibition which Cortez curated as well as the first exhibition
sponsored by Collaborative Projects (COLAB). The exhibition took place at Robin Winters
loft in Soho. These are the only notes documenting the organization of that show.
Xerox. Signed.
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| Box 1 | Folder 7 |
Batman's Left Nipple
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Creator: Johnson, Ray
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Collage, mirror mounted on red construction paper.
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Scope and Contents
Johnson's submission to Cortez's 1977 exhibition 'The Batman Show', sponsored by Collaborative
Projects (Colab), held at Robin Winters' Soho loft in 1977. Hand printed title and
artist's stamp on face of work.
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New York/New Wave
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| Box 1 | Folder 9 |
Initial List of Artists, "New York/New Wave" exhibition (1981)
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Creator: Cortez, Diego
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Typed list of artists, 6 pages.
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| Box 1 | Folder 9 |
Rene Ricard
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Creator: Armstrong, David
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Signed and titled with notations on verso (handwritten specs as to larger print to
be made for 'New York/New Wave show, dated '1980').
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Scope and Contents
From the New York/New Wave exhibition
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New York, New York
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Gelatin silver prints.
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| Box 1 | Folder 28 |
Untitled (New York/New Wave)
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Creator: Maripol
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Scope and Contents
2 unique hand-colored Polaroids. These two photographs were exhibited in Cortez's
1981 'New York/New Wave' exhibition at P.S.1.
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diffusion transfer prints
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Graffiti
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| Box 1 | Folder 10 |
Remarks on Graffiti (Unpublished)
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Creator: Smith, Duncan
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Photocopy with hand-written edits and notations by Cortez. 13 pages.
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| Box 1 | Folder 10 |
Graffiti 1980, America's Underground Art Come of Age, Subterranean Calligraphy, 1981
| From Steel to Canvas, The Graffiti 1980 Experience, Zoo York Magazine, 1980
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Creator: Van Daal, Vincent
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Two typewritten manuscripts on Graffiti. 10 pages.
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| Box 1 | Folder 10 |
Graffiti Exhibition Proposal
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Creator: Cortez, Diego
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Blue envelope with hand-written title by Cortez.
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Berlin, Germany
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Rome, Italy
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| Box 1 | Folder 10 |
Original Proposal Notes for Unrealized Graffiti Exhibition Project, Spring
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Creator: Cortez, Diego
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Six typed pages.
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Berlin, Germany
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Rome, Italy
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Screenings
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| Box 1 | Folder 11 |
Notes for screenings in European cinematheque tour by Cortez
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Creator: Cortez, Diego
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7-paged handwritten notes.
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Scope and Contents
At the behest of Jonas Mekas and P. Adams Sitney, Cortez made a tour of European cinematheques
and showed a series of films made for the analytic projector which converts a film
screening into a 'film performance'. Red ink and black marker on found letterhead
with visual diagrams of stills from films
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| Box 1 | Folder 11 |
Notes for screenings in European cinematheque tour by Cortez
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Creator: Cortez, Diego
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Scope and Contents
At the behest of Jonas Mekas and P. Adams Sitney, Cortez made a tour of European cinematheques
and showed a series of films made for the analytic projector which converts a film
screening into a 'film performance'. Red ink and black marker on found letterhead
with visual diagrams of stills from films.
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| Box 1 | Folder 11 |
Notes on Musée du Cinéma
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Creator: Cortez, Diego
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One-page typed notes on Brussels letterhead
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Scope and Contents
re: DC 1975-76 European and US tour of exhibitions, performances and film screenings
(not all realized).
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| Box 1 | Folder 11 |
Bio and Notes on Screening for Candida Hoffer
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2-paged xerox.
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Scope and Contents
Re: Cortez's upcoming 'SMEAR' exhibition at Konrad Fischer Gallery, Dusseldorf.
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| Box 1 | Folder 11 |
Notes for "Poisoning"
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Creator: Cortez, Diego
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Scope and Contents
Including cues. Analytic projector film to be screened in US and Europe. Two pages,
Xerox with handwritten notes.
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| Box 1 | Folder 11 |
Notes re: possible programming of films by Diego Cortez
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Creator: Cortez, Diego
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5 pgs. typewritten
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Scope and Contents
Notes on analytic projector specifications and DC biography. Stadtmuseum.
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Munchen, Germany
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| Box 1 | Folder 11 |
Notes re: "New American Performance" proposal for Stadtische Kunsthalle
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Creator: Cortez, Diego
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Dusseldorf, Germany
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Manuscripts
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| Box 1 | Folder 12 |
APO-33 Bulletin, A Metabolic Regulator
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Creator: Burroughs, William S.
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Signed by DC on page 1.
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San Francisco, California
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Beach Books, Distributed by City Lights
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| Box 1 | Folder 12 |
Notes for "Cansearch Report"
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Creator: Cortez, Diego
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Scope and Contents
These notes were made for an unrealized artist book commissioned by Mario Diacono,
Bologna. 4 typewritten pages with handwritten notes in ink and pencil.
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| Box 4 |
Storyboads for William S. Burroughs film project, Blade Runner
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Creator: Cortez, Diego
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Scope and Contents
Extracts from Burroughs' text with notations and collage elements by Cortez, mounted
on drawing paper pad. In 1979, Cortez asked Burroughs and his assistant, James Grauerholz,
for the film rights for the book and was granted permission. The film was never realized.
Burroughs' book is a sci-fi novella which began as a story treatment for a proposed
film adaptation of Alan E. Nourse's novel 'The Bladerunner.' Burroughs' treatment
has been described as a closet screenplay. It is set in the early 21st century and
involves mutated viruses and a medical-care apocalypse. The term 'blade runner' refers
to a smuggler of medical supplies, e.g. scalpels. No film was ever made from Burroughs'
text. The title was later bought by Ridley Scott for use in his 1982 science fiction
film, 'Blade Runner.' Its plot was based on Philip K. Dick's 'Do Androids Dream of
Electric Sheep?' and not the Nourse/ Burroughs material, although the dialogue incorporates
the term 'blade runner' into dialogue.
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Periodicals and press materials
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| Box 1 | Folder 13 |
Art Rite, Issue No. Ten, Fall
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Scope and Contents
With participation of Diego Cortez ('Notes on Painter/Patient Performance') and other
artists. Joseph Beuys on cover.
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| Box 1 | Folder 13 |
Art Rite, Issue No. Ten, Fall
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Single page of Cortez's 'Notes on Painter/Patient Performance'
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| Box 1 | Folder 13 |
Art Rite, Issue No. 11-12, Winter/Spring
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Edward Ruscha on cover.
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Anderson, Laurie, Patti Smith, A.A. Bronson, and Lucy Lippard
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| Box 2 | Folder 1 |
File Magazine, "New York City" Edition, Spring
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Scope and Contents
Contributions by Cortez.
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Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Bronson, AA, Feliz Partz, and Jorge Zontal
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General Idea
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| Box 1 | Folder 14 |
Announcement re: publication of books by Hermann Nitsch
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Offset on cards.
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Scope and Contents
Studio Morra.
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Napoli, Italy
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| Box 2 | Folder 1 |
File Magazine, "Special People Issue" Edition, Spring
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Scope and Contents
Contributions by Cortez.
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Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Bronson, AA, Feliz Partz, and Jorge Zontal
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General Idea
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| Box 2 | Folder 1 |
File Magazine, "Punk 'Til You Puke" Edition, Fall
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Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Cortez, Diego, Anya Phillips, and Jimmy DeSana
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| Box 1 | Folder 14 |
Protokolle der Gerfangenen aus der RAF sun Uberfall in Stammheim
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Typed list of artists, 10 pages.
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Scope and Contents
In German
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| Box 1 | Folder 14 |
MOVED catalogue, Collaborative Projects (COLAB)
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Typed list of artists, 10 pages.
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| Box 1 | Folder 14 |
New York/New Wave exhibition catalogues, P.S. 1
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Offset fold-out, 4 pages.
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Long Island City, New York, New York
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Photographs
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| Box 1 | Folder 15 |
Photo booth auto-portrait
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Creator: Cortez, Diego
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Two variant images on one strip photograph.
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Scope and Contents
Made while Cortez was in MFA program at the School of the Art institute of Chicago.
Kodak photo paper. Stmaped and titled by DC on verso.
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| Box 1 | Folder 15 |
Nam June Paik
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Creator: DeSana, Jimmy
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Unsigned
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Scope and Contents
Gift of artist to Diego Cortez. This photo was taken at Charlotte Moorman's Avant
Garde Festival at Grand Central Station.
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New York, New York
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Gelatin silver prints.
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| Box 1 | Folder 15 |
Chuck Berry
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Creator: Gruen, Bob
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Artist's stamp and date on verso.
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Gelatin silver prints.
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| Box 1 | Folder 15 |
Byron Reed
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Creator: DeSana, Jimmy
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Scope and Contents
"101 Nudes" model.
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Atlanta, Georgia
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Gelatin silver prints.
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| Box 1 | Folder 15 |
Photograph of Bobby Daren with Marie Keller
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Scope and Contents
Marie Keller would later married Duchamp scholar, Francis M. Naumann. Keller, Naumann
and DC were close friends while studying at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago
(1971-73).
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C-prints
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| Box 1 | Folder 15 |
Untitled (Self-portrait as airman)
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Creator: DeSana, Jimmy
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| Box 1 | Folder 15 |
Edit DeAk, Diego Cortez
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Expression |
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Scope and Contents
Unknown photographer.
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Gelatin silver prints.
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| Box 1 | Folder 15 |
James Nares, Diego Cortez, East Village
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1976 |
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Creator: Tillett, Seth
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Gelatin silver prints.
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| Box 1 | Folder 15 |
Gioia Meller-Marcovicz, Diego Cortez, Stanton St.
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1976 |
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Creator: Tillett, Seth
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New York, New York
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Gelatin silver prints.
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| Box 1 | Folder 15 |
Auto-portrait with dog
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1976 |
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Creator: Konieczny, Marek
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Scope and Contents
Konieczny was a Polish artist who invited DC to Warsaw to show his experimental films
in 1976. Vintage silver print, stamped by artist on verso.
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Warsaw, Poland
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| Box 1 | Folder 28 |
Joseph Beuys
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1976 |
| Box 1 | Folder 16 |
Untitled (Self-portrait w/ flash)
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1977 |
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Creator: DeSana, Jimmy
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Gelatin silver prints.
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| Box 1 | Folder 16 |
Diego Cortez
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1977 |
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Creator: DeSana, Jimmy
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Stamped by artist's stamp on verso.
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Gelatin silver prints.
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| Box 1 | Folder 16 |
Judy Nylon
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1977 |
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Creator: Phillips, Anya
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Scope and Contents
Unique Polaroid photograph
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diffusion transfer prints
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| Box 1 | Folder 16 |
James Chance
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1977 |
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Creator: Phillips, Anya
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Scope and Contents
Unique Polaroid photograph
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diffusion transfer prints
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| Box 1 | Folder 16 |
Hal Ludiger
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1977 |
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Creator: Phillips, Anya
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Scope and Contents
Unique Polaroid photograph
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diffusion transfer prints
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| Box 1 | Folder 16 |
James Chance, Anya Phillips
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1977 |
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Creator: Phillips, Anya
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Scope and Contents
Unique Polaroid photograph
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diffusion transfer prints
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| Box 1 | Folder 16 |
Debbie Harry, Anya Phillips, San Francisco boarding house
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1977-04-12 |
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Creator: Phillips, Anya
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Scope and Contents
Unique Polaroid photograph
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diffusion transfer prints
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| Box 1 | Folder 16 |
Diego Cortez
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1977 |
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Creator: Vogl, Harald
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Scope and Contents
Unique Polaroid photograph
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Gelatin silver prints.
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| Box 1 | Folder 16 |
Anya Phillips
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1977 |
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Creator: Cortez, Diego
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Gelatin silver prints.
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| Box 1 | Folder 16 |
New Cinema Group
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1977 |
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Creator: Godlis, David
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Offset newspaper print.
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| Box 1 | Folder 16 |
Jimmy DeSana, Mercer St. Loft, Soho
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1977 |
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Creator: Cortez, Diego
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Hand notated by Cortez on verso.
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Gelatin silver prints.
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| Box 1 | Folder 16 |
Katharina Sieverding, Diego Cortez
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1977 |
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Creator: DeSana, Jimmy
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Artist's stamp on verso.
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Scope and Contents
For Image Bank Postcard Show, Vancouver.
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Gelatin silver prints.
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| Box 1 | Folder 16 |
Robert Stefanotty, Jimmy DeSana, Gregory Battcock aboard the Queen Elizabeth 2
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1977 |
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In Cunard Lines matte.
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Scope and Contents
Cunard Lines photograph.
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C-print
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| Box 2 | Folder 2 |
James Chance
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1977 |
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Creator: DeSana, Jimmy
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Scope and Contents
Unique Polaroid photograph
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Gelatin silver prints.
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| Box 2 | Folder 2 |
Diego Cortez as Elvis Presley in 'Grutzi Elvis' film
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1977 |
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Creator: Meller-Marcovic, Digne
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Artist's stamp on verso.
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Darmstadt, Germany
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Gelatin silver prints.
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| Box 1 | Folder 17 |
Untitled (Self-portrait w/ graduation cap)
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1978 |
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Creator: DeSana, Jimmy
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Scope and Contents
Unique Polaroid photograph
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diffusion transfer prints
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| Box 1 | Folder 17 |
Untitled (Self-portrait w/ Spanish hat)
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1978 |
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Creator: DeSana, Jimmy
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Scope and Contents
Unique Polaroid photograph
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diffusion transfer prints
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| Box 1 | Folder 17 |
Bob Gruen
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1978 |
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Creator: DeSana, Jimmy
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Artist's stamp on verso.
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Gelatin silver prints.
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| Box 1 | Folder 17 |
Diego Cortez, Odeon, NYC
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1978 |
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Creator: Grossman, Bobby
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New York, New York
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Gelatin silver prints.
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| Box 1 | Folder 17 |
Anya Phillips, James Chance
|
1978 |
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Creator: DeSana, Jimmy
|
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Artist's stamp on verso.
|
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New York, New York
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Gelatin silver prints.
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| Box 1 | Folder 17 |
Billy Idol
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1978 |
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Creator: DeSana, Jimmy
|
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Artist's stamp on verso.
|
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Gelatin silver prints.
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| Box 1 | Folder 17 |
Robert Gordon
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1978 |
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Scope and Contents
Unknown photographer (possibly David Godlis).
|
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Gelatin silver prints.
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| Box 1 | Folder 17 |
Diego Cortez (Esoterrorists)
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1978 |
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Creator: Phillips, Anya
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Scope and Contents
Gift of artist to Diego Cortez. The 'Esoterrorists' were an imaginary NYC punk band
consisting of Anya Phillips, Duncan Smith and Diego Cortez). They only existed as
documented by various photos and published in art and music magazines and zines in
1978-79.
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Gelatin silver prints.
|
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| Box 1 | Folder 17 |
Esoterrorists
|
1978 |
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Creator: Vogl, Harald
|
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Unsigned.
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Scope and Contents
Gift of artist to Diego Cortez. This incarnation of the 'Esoterrorists' was as an
imaginary Munich punk band consisting of Anya Phillips, Charlie Heil, Harald Vogl
and Diego Cortez. These photos by Vogl remain unpublished.
|
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Munich, Germany
|
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Gelatin silver prints.
|
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| Box 1 | Folder 17 |
Andy Warhol, Diego Cortez and others
|
1978 |
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Creator: Grossman, Bobby
|
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Gelatin silver prints.
|
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| Box 1 | Folder 17 |
Andy Warhol, Diego Cortez
|
1978 |
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Creator: Grossman, Bobby
|
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Gelatin silver prints.
|
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| Box 1 | Folder 17 |
Anya Phillips, Tim Guest, Diego Cortez
|
1978 |
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Creator: Grossman, Bobby
|
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Gelatin silver prints.
|
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| Box 1 | Folder 17 |
Brian Eno
|
1978 |
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Creator: DeSana, Jimmy
|
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Gelatin silver prints.
|
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| Box 2 | Folder 2 |
Diego Cortez
|
1978 |
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Creator: DeSana, Jimmy
|
|||
|
New York, New York
|
|||
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Gelatin silver prints.
|
|||
| Box 1 | Folder 18 |
Boris Policeband, Diego Cortez
|
1979 |
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Creator: Starr, Michael
|
|||
|
Signed and titled on verso.
|
|||
|
Scope and Contents
Washington Square Park
|
|||
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New York, New York
|
|||
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Gelatin silver prints.
|
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| Box 1 | Folder 18 |
Untitled (Self-portrait)
|
1979 |
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Creator: DeSana, Jimmy
|
|||
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C-print
|
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| Box 1 | Folder 18 |
Untitled
|
1980 |
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Creator: Gruen, Bob
|
|||
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Stamped with artist's stamp and hand-notated as to series.
|
|||
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Scope and Contents
Gift of artist to Diego Cortez. Taken by Gruen at the Club Fez, in the East Village
at a poetry reading in which all the subjects pictured read.
|
|||
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Gelatin silver prints.
|
|||
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Bockris, Victor
|
|||
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Ross, David
|
|||
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Lindsay, Arto
|
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| Box 2 | Folder 3 |
Untitled (Modena, Italy)
|
1981 |
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Creator: Basquiat, Jean-Michel
|
|||
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Unsigned and mounted in window matte.
|
|||
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Scope and Contents
Six vintage Polaroids. Gift of artist to Diego Cortez. Cortez organized Basquiat's
first solo gallery exhibition at Galleria Emilio Mazzoli, which opened May, 1981.
Cortez accompanied Basquiat to Modena and installed the show. These were part of about
20 Polaroids Basquiat took in Modena's Piazza Grande during the installation period.
|
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Modena, Italy
|
|||
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diffusion transfer prints
|
|||
| Box 1 | Folder 18 |
Photo booth portrait
|
Undated |
| Box 1 | Folder 18 |
Untitled
|
Undated |
|
Scope and Contents
Man standing in front of a storefront
|
|||
| Box 1 | Folder 18 |
Untitled
|
Undated |
|
Scope and Contents
Woman and child
|
|||
| Box 1 | Folder 18 |
Diego Cortez
|
Undated |
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Handwritten note on verso
|
|||
|
Scope and Contents
2 photos
|
|||
|
FILE Magazine
|
|||
| Box 1 | Folder 19 |
A.A. Bronson, Boris Policeband
|
1976 |
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Creator: DeSana, Jimmy
|
|||
|
Handwritten notes by DC on verso.
|
|||
|
Scope and Contents
For FILE Magazine's NYC issue.
|
|||
|
Gelatin silver prints.
|
|||
| Box 1 | Folder 19 |
Holly Woodlawn
|
1976 |
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Creator: DeSana, Jimmy
|
|||
|
Handwritten notes by DC on verso.
|
|||
|
Scope and Contents
For FILE Magazine's NYC issue.
|
|||
|
Gelatin silver prints.
|
|||
| Box 1 | Folder 19 |
A.A. Bronson, Holly Woodlawn
|
1976 |
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Creator: DeSana, Jimmy
|
|||
|
Handwritten notes by DC on verso.
|
|||
|
Scope and Contents
For FILE Magazine's NYC issue.
|
|||
|
Gelatin silver prints.
|
|||
| Box 1 | Folder 19 |
Andy Warhol at Factory
|
1976 |
|
Creator: DeSana, Jimmy
|
|||
|
Handwritten notes by DC on verso.
|
|||
|
Scope and Contents
For FILE Magazine's NYC issue.
|
|||
|
Gelatin silver prints.
|
|||
|
Documentation of Performance Piece
|
|||
| Box 3 |
Autonomia-Post Political Politics, Semiotext(e)
|
1977 | |
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Creator: Cortez, Diego
|
|||
|
31 photographs with printers' notations (used in "Autonomia" issue co-edited and designed
by Cortez), various sizes.
|
|||
|
Scope and Contents
Photographers include: Digne Meller Marcovicz, Cortez and others. Original envelope
with hand notation by Cortez.
|
|||
| Box 1 | Folder 18 |
P.S.1 Performance
|
1979 |
|
Creator: DeSana, Jimmy
|
|||
|
Credit to DeSana handwritten by DC on verso
|
|||
|
Gelatin silver prints.
|
|||
|
Cortez, Diego
|
|||
|
McClard, Michael
|
|||
|
Winters, Robin
|
|||
| Box 1 | Folder 20 |
Diego Cortez, PS1
|
1979 |
|
Creator: Kahane, Lisa
|
|||
|
Artist's stamp on verso.
|
|||
|
Scope and Contents
Documentation of performance piece.
|
|||
|
Long Island City, New York, New York
|
|||
|
Gelatin silver prints.
|
|||
| Box 1 | Folder 20 |
Diego Cortez, PS1
|
1979 |
|
Creator: Kahane, Lisa
|
|||
|
Artist's stamp on verso.
|
|||
|
Scope and Contents
Documentation of performance piece.
|
|||
|
Long Island City, New York, New York
|
|||
|
Gelatin silver prints.
|
|||
| Box 1 | Folder 20 |
Diego Cortez, PS1
|
1979 |
|
Creator: DeSana, Jimmy
|
|||
|
Artist's stamp on verso.
|
|||
|
Scope and Contents
Documentation of performance piece.
|
|||
|
Long Island City, New York, New York
|
|||
|
Gelatin silver prints.
|
|||
| Box 1 | Folder 20 |
Diego Cortez, PS1
|
1979 |
|
Creator: DeSana, Jimmy
|
|||
|
Artist's stamp on verso.
|
|||
|
Scope and Contents
Documentation of performance piece.
|
|||
|
Long Island City, New York, New York
|
|||
|
Gelatin silver prints.
|
|||
| Box 1 | Folder 20 |
Diego Cortez, PS1
|
1979 |
|
Creator: Kahane, Lisa
|
|||
|
Artist's stamp on verso.
|
|||
|
Scope and Contents
Documentation of performance piece.
|
|||
|
Long Island City, New York, New York
|
|||
|
Gelatin silver prints.
|
|||
| Box 1 | Folder 20 |
Diego Cortez, PS1
|
1980 |
|
Creator: DeSana, Jimmy
|
|||
|
Artist's stamp on verso.
|
|||
|
Scope and Contents
Documentation of performance piece.
|
|||
|
Long Island City, New York, New York
|
|||
|
Gelatin silver prints.
|
|||
|
Posters and flyers
|
|||
| Box 1 | Folder 21 |
First Buddha University Meeting for Mary Josephson
|
1973-06-09 |
|
Creator: Johnson, Ray
|
|||
|
Xerox handout for performance at Paula Cooper Gallery.
|
|||
|
New York, New York
|
|||
| Box 1 | Folder 21 |
FILMS poster
|
1975 |
|
Scope and Contents
Films by DC and others. ICC International Kulturel Centrum.
|
|||
|
Antwerp, Germany
|
|||
| Box 1 | Folder 21 |
La Conversation Surprise
|
1976 |
|
Creator: Boltanski, Christian
|
|||
|
B/W offset foldout for performance at AQ Nr. 12 Theater, Frankfurt.
|
|||
| Box 1 | Folder 22 |
Talking Heads, Village Gate
|
1977 |
|
Flier. Offset print on paper.
|
|||
|
New York, New York
|
|||
| Box 1 | Folder 22 |
Tues. Night
|
1977-09-27 |
|
Creator: Asher, Dan
|
|||
|
Punk zine poster. Xerox.
|
|||
|
New York, New York
|
|||
| Box 1 | Folder 22 |
CBGB
|
1977 |
|
Punk concert poster. Xerox.
|
|||
|
New York, New York
|
|||
| Box 1 | Folder 22 |
Stumblebunny, Max's Kansas City
|
1977-08-31 |
|
Punk poster. Xerox.
|
|||
|
New York, New York
|
|||
| Box 1 | Folder 22 |
China, CBGB
|
1977 |
|
Punk concert poster. Xerox.
|
|||
|
Scope and Contents
Former members of Mars.
|
|||
|
New York, New York
|
|||
| Box 1 | Folder 22 |
Dead Boys Fan Club
|
1977 |
|
Punk poster. Xerox.
|
|||
|
New York, New York
|
|||
| Box 1 | Folder 23 |
Mumps, CBGB
|
1977 |
|
Punk concert poster. Xerox.
|
|||
|
New York, New York
|
|||
| Box 1 | Folder 23 |
The Diodes, CBGB
|
1977 |
|
Punk poster. Xerox.
|
|||
|
New York, New York
|
|||
| Box 1 | Folder 23 |
Student Teachers (w/ Bill Arning), CBGB
|
1977 |
|
Punk poster. Xerox.
|
|||
|
New York, New York
|
|||
| Box 1 | Folder 23 |
24 Hours of Terror, CBGB
|
1977 |
|
Punk concert poster. Xerox.
|
|||
|
New York, New York
|
|||
| Box 1 | Folder 23 |
Mumps, CBGB
|
1977 |
|
Punk concert poster. Xerox.
|
|||
|
New York, New York
|
|||
| Box 1 | Folder 23 |
The Looters
|
1977 |
|
Punk concert poster. Xerox.
|
|||
|
New York, New York
|
|||
|
Mitchell, Eric
|
|||
|
Crutchfield, Robin
|
|||
|
Kramer, Steven
|
|||
| Box 1 | Folder 23 |
Flyer with a note from Herman Badillo
|
1977-09 |
|
Scope and Contents
Pasted on to a poster from Max's
|
|||
| Box 1 | Folder 23 |
Optica, un centre au service de l'art contemporain
|
Undated |
|
Scope and Contents
For a screening of videos by Diego Cortez
|
|||
|
Montreal, Canada
|
|||
| Mapcase Folder 1 |
Art D'aujourd'hui - Kunst Van Heden
|
1975-05-23-1975-07-13 | |
|
Brussels, Belgium
|
|||
| Mapcase Folder 1 |
Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's the Sex Pistols
|
1977-10 | |
|
Scope and Contents
Sex Pistols poster (color, large format)
|
|||
| Mapcase Folder 1 |
Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's the Sex Pistols
|
1977-10 | |
|
Scope and Contents
Sex Pistols poster (B/W, small format)
|
|||
| Mapcase Folder 1 |
In Person!
|
1979 | |
|
Creator: Sex, John
|
|||
|
Hand-made artists' poster. Silkscreen on paper.
|
|||
| Mapcase Folder 1 |
Annual Group Erotic and Pornographic Art Exhibition (Club 57)
|
1979 | |
|
Creator: Sex, John
|
|||
|
Hand-made artists' poster. Silkscreen on paper, pink spray paint.
|
|||
|
New York, New York
|
|||
|
Announcement Cards
|
|||
| Box 1 | Folder 24 |
MoMA exhibition "Eight Contemporary Artists"
|
1975 |
|
Scope and Contents
DC worked for Acconci and set up his installation; this is when DC met Boetti and
was invited to stay at his Rome home the following summer,1975, where Boetti introduced
DC to his protege, Francesco Clemente
|
|||
|
Marden, Brice
|
|||
|
Acconci, Vito
|
|||
|
Boetti, Alighieri
|
|||
|
Rockburne, Dorothea
|
|||
|
Buren, Daniel
|
|||
| Box 1 | Folder 24 |
DC performance/film screening at Anthology Film Archives
|
1975-04 |
|
Creator: Cortez, Diego
|
|||
|
Offset on card stock.
|
|||
|
New York, New York
|
|||
| Box 1 | Folder 24 |
Performance/video event at Kvindeudstillingen, Charlottenborg
|
1975-12 |
|
Creator: Abramovic, Marina
|
|||
|
Printers ink on card stock.
|
|||
|
Scope and Contents
Photo of MA by Ulla Poye. Card hand cut by DC and handwritten notes by DC are on verso.
|
|||
|
Copenhagen, Denmark
|
|||
| Box 1 | Folder 24 |
DC solo exhibition at Arte Fiera Bologna, Galleria Trisorio
|
1976 |
|
Printers ink on card stock.
|
|||
|
Napoli, Italy
|
|||
| Box 1 | Folder 24 |
Robert Gordon album announcement card (w/ Link Wray)
|
1977 |
|
Offset photo card.
|
|||
| Box 1 | Folder 25 |
DC performance/film screening at Artists Space
|
1976-04 |
|
Creator: Cortez, Diego
|
|||
|
Scope and Contents
Evening included performance/lecture 'Hospital Colors' (1975) and screening of two
films 'Like A Job' (1974) and 'Vienna, City of Song' (1976). Offset on card stock.
|
|||
| Box 1 | Folder 25 |
S/RS Network show featuring Liza Bear and Keith Sonnier at the Kitchen
|
Undated |
|
Recordings and artwork
|
|||
|
Recording
|
|||
| Box 1 | Folder 26 |
POLICEBAND - Stereo/Mono
|
1979 |
|
Creator: Policeband, Boris
|
|||
|
Scope and Contents
45 RPM EP record.
|
|||
|
New York, New York
|
|||
|
Blair, Dike
|
|||
|
Vacuum Records
|
|||
|
Artwork by Cortez
|
|||
| Box 2 | Folder 4 |
MoMA Guard
|
1975-01-27 |
|
Creator: Cortez, Diego
|
|||
|
Two panel work: MoMA letterhead, large type, red ball point pen; Black/white xerox
of above.
|
|||
|
Scope and Contents
Exhibited: "Xerox and Blood", Whitney Museum Art Resources Center, Spring 1975; "40-The
Anniversary Exhibition", Hal Bromm Gallery, NYC, 2015-16.
|
|||
|
New York, New York
|
|||
| Box 2 | Folder 4 |
Seven collage works
|
1976 |
|
Creator: Cortez, Diego
|
|||
|
Mixed media mounted on butcher paper.
|
|||
|
Scope and Contents
Includes "Sway Back" and "Palming".
|
|||
|
Artwork by others
|
|||
| Box 1 | Folder 27 |
El grupo de los trece en arte de sistemas
|
1972-1973 |
|
Creator: Beuys, Joseph
|
|||
|
CAYC Arte Argentino
|
|||
| Box 2 | Folder 5 |
Untitled (Prinzendorf 24-hour Aktion)
|
1975 |
|
Creator: Nitsch, Hermann
|
|||
|
Animal blood on linen.
|
|||
|
Scope and Contents
DC was a principal actor in Nitsch's first 24-hour Aktion. Gift from Nitsch to DC
following 1975 Aktion.
|
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