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Collection Artist:
Ireland, David, 1930-2009  Search this
Extent:
11.6 Linear feet (Boxes 7-18, OV26, OV27)
7.84 Gigabytes (ER01-ER13)
Type:
Archival materials
Gigabytes
Date:
circa 1960s-circa 2009
Scope and Contents:
Installation projects and exhibition files document the numerous projects and solo and group exhibitions undertaken by the artist, including his ongoing Capp Street House Project, Pacific Enterprises Project, and Boott Mills Project; and work with the Gallery Paule Anglim, Leah Levy Gallery, Damon Brandt Gallery, Headlands Art Center, and Walker Art Center, among many others. Researchers should note that additional materials relating to Ireland's business affairs with Gallery Paule Anglim is found in the personal business records series. Additionally, it is unclear why files were kept on other artists, but Ireland may have had some part in the projects. Materials may include correspondence, notes and lists, installation and exhibition comment books, inventory details, printed materials, exhibition and installation announcements and catalogs, contractual documents and agreements, photographs, slides, and transparencies, blueprints, and sketches. Installation and exhibition documentation for David Ireland are on thirty sound cassettes, sixteen videocassettes (thirteen VHS, one BetacamSP, one Betamax, one U-matic), four video reels (1/2 in.), digital photographs and videos, and one sound disc (one vinyl). Installation and exhibition documentation for other artists are on one sound cassette and two videocassettes (VHS). Additional installation documentation is found on one floppy disc.
Arrangement:
Files are in rough chronological order, followed alphabetically by installation project, exhibition, or location.
Collection Restrictions:
Use of original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C. Research Center. Contact Reference Services for more information. Use of archival audiovisual recordings with no duplicate access copy requires advance notice.
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.
Collection Citation:
David Ireland papers, circa 1910s-circa 2009, bulk 1960-2005. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Identifier:
AAA.ireldavi, Series 4
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David Ireland Papers
Archival Repository:
Archives of American Art
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9fe141ee1-6aa4-4125-a661-58303540e808
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-aaa-ireldavi-ref12