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inventory of the allan kaprow papers, 1940-1997 - Calisphere

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Photographs, Original<br />

Posters<br />

Scores<br />

Scrapbooks<br />

Videotapes<br />

Contributors<br />

Baecker, Inge<br />

Conz, Francesco, 1935<br />

Donguy, Jacques<br />

Fluxus (Group <strong>of</strong> Artists)<br />

Hansa Gallery (New York, N.Y.).<br />

Higgins, Dick, 1938-1998<br />

H<strong>of</strong>mann, Hans, 1880-1966<br />

Kantor, Tadeusz, 1915-1990<br />

Knízák, Milan<br />

McElroy, Robert R.<br />

Mondrian, Piet, 1872-1944<br />

Moore, Peter, 1932-1993<br />

Oldenburg, Claes, 1929-<br />

Pollock, Jackson, 1912-1956<br />

Samaras, , Lucas, 1936-<br />

Schapiro, Meyer, 1904-<br />

Schimmel, Paul<br />

Vostell, Wolf, 1932-1998<br />

INVENTORY OF THE ALLAN<br />

KAPROW PAPERS, <strong>1940</strong>-<strong>1997</strong><br />

Series I. Education, <strong>1940</strong>-1996<br />

Physical Description: 3 lin. ft.<br />

Scope and Content Note<br />

Education files include Oversize, and <strong>of</strong>fer evidence <strong>of</strong> an early inclination toward art, such<br />

as an elementary school award for handicrafts and a Christmas card Kaprow designed for his<br />

high school. O<strong>the</strong>rwise, <strong>the</strong> series documents <strong>the</strong> intellectual aspect <strong>of</strong> Kaprow's<br />

development as an artist. It consists <strong>of</strong> notebooks for undergraduate and graduate courses<br />

in Art History and Philosophy, along with Kaprow's student essays, including a paper on<br />

Jackson Pollock that Kaprow wrote for a course with Meyer Schapiro, whose comments are<br />

on <strong>the</strong> paper. Also included are musical scores Kaprow created for courses with John Cage at<br />

<strong>the</strong> New School for Social Research.<br />

Box 1 Education, <strong>1940</strong>-1952<br />

Box 1, Folder 1 Brandes School, Arizona, <strong>1940</strong>-1941<br />

Scope and Content Note<br />

Brochure <strong>of</strong> Kaprow's elementary school and award he won for handicrafts.<br />

Box 1, Folder 2 High School <strong>of</strong> Music & Art, New York, 1941-1945<br />

Scope and Content Note<br />

Christmas card designed by Kaprow for <strong>the</strong> school, Principal's letter <strong>of</strong> congratulations<br />

about <strong>the</strong> card, graduation invitations and program, diploma, and diploma from Junior<br />

High in Tucson.<br />

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