[Photographs of artists taken by Mimi Jacobs, photographer]
name: label: Photographer
content: Jacobs, Mimi
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content: Adams, Ansel, 1902-1984 -- Photographs
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content: Adams, Mark, 1925-2006 -- Photographs
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content: Allan, William George, 1936- -- Photographs
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content: Anderson, Jeremy, 1921-1982 -- Photographs
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content: Armer, Ruth, 1896-1977 -- Photographs
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content: Arneson, Robert, 1930-1992
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content: Arnoldi, Charles, 1946- -- Photographs
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content: Asawa, Ruth -- Photographs
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content: Beall, Dennis Ray, 1929- -- Photographs
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content: Beasley, Bruce, 1939- -- Photographs
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content: Bechtle, Robert, 1932-2020 -- Photographs
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content: Bengston, Billy Al -- Photographs
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content: Benton, Fletcher, 1931- -- Photographs
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content: Berlant, Anthony -- Photographs
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content: Bischoff, Elmer, 1916-1991 -- Photographs
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content: Blunk, J. B., 1926- -- Photographs
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content: Brice, William, 1921-2008 -- Photographs
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content: Brown, Joan, 1938-1990
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content: Celmins, Vija, 1938- -- Photographs
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content: Chicago, Judy, 1939- -- Photographs
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content: Conner, Bruce, 1933-2008 -- Photographs
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content: Cunningham, Imogen, 1883-1976 -- Photographs
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content: De Forest, Roy, 1930-2007 -- Photographs
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content: DeFeo, Jay, 1929-1989 -- Photographs
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content: DeLap, Tony, 1927-2019 -- Photographs
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content: Dickinson, Eleanor, 1931- -- Photographs
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content: Diebenkorn, Richard, 1922-1993 -- Photographs
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content: Dill, Guy, 1946- -- Photographs
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content: Falkenstein, Claire, 1908-1997 -- Photographs
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content: Francis, Sam, 1923- -- Photographs
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content: Gilhooly, David -- Photographs
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content: Goldyne, Joseph R.
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content: Gooch, Gerald -- Photographs
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content: Gordon, Russell Talbert, 1936- -- Photographs
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content: Graham, Robert, 1938- -- Photographs
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content: Hedrick, Wally, 1928-2003 -- Photographs
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content: Holland, Tom, 1936- -- Photographs
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content: Hopkins, Henry, 1928-2009
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content: Howard, Robert Boardman, 1896-1983 -- Photographs
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content: Hudson, Robert, 1938- -- Photographs
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content: Ihle, John Livingston, 1925- -- Photographs
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content: Irwin, Robert, 1928- -- Photographs
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content: Johnson, Robert E. (Robert Emory), 1932- -- Photographs
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content: Kauffman, Craig, 1932-2010
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content: Light, Alvin, 1931- -- Photographs
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content: Lobdell, Frank, 1921- -- Photographs
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content: Martin, Bill, 1943- -- Photographs
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content: McLean, Richard Thorpe, 1934- -- Photographs
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content: Mullican, Lee, 1919-1998 -- Photographs
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content: Nauman, Bruce, 1941- -- Photographs
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content: Neri, Manuel, 1930- -- Photographs
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content: Noguchi, Isamu, 1904-1988 -- Photographs
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content: Oliveira, Nathan, 1928-2010 -- Photographs
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content: Paris, Harold, 1925-1979 -- Photographs
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content: Raffael, Joseph, 1933- -- Photographs
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content: Ramos, Mel, 1935-2018 -- Photographs
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content: Reichman, Fred, 1925- -- Photographs
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content: Richardson, Sam, 1934- -- Photographs
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content: Ruscha, Edward -- Photographs
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content: Saar, Betye (1926) -- Photographs
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content: Saunders, Raymond, 1934-2025 -- Photographs
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content: Shaw, Richard, 1941 Sept. 12- -- Photographs
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content: Siegriest, Louis B., 1899- -- Photographs
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content: Sinton, Nell, 1910-1997 -- Photographs
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content: Thiebaud, Wayne -- Photographs
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content: Todd, Mike, 1935- -- Photographs
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content: Valledor, Leo, 1936-1989 -- Photographs
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content: Villa, Carlos, 1936-2013 -- Photographs
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content: Voulkos, Peter, 1924-2002 -- Photographs
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content: Wasserstein, Julius -- Photographs
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content: Wiley, William T., 1937-2021
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content: Woelffer, Emerson, 1914- -- Photographs
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content: Wonner, Paul, 1920-2008 -- Photographs
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content: Zammitt, Norman, 1931- -- Photographs
topic: label: Occupation
content: Photographers -- California
label: Topic
content: Artists -- California -- Portraits
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content: Artists -- California -- Photographs
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Donated 1976-1992 by Mimi Jacobs. Additional photos, many of them duplicates of previous donations, were donated in 1999 by Leslie Fleming, Jacobs' daughter, for the Estate.
creator: label: Photographer
content: Jacobs, Mimi
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Photographer; Kentfield, Calif.; b. 1911; d. April 1, 1999. Known in the San Francisco Bay Area for her portraits of prominent local figures, many of whom were artists. She eventually expanded her scope beyond Northern California to included artists in the Los Angeles region as well. These images were widely reproduced in books and in exhibitions and in many cases became the portraits by which the individuals were best known. Among her subjects were Ed Ruscha, Robert Graham, Peter Voulkos, Joan Brown, Isamu Noguchi, Jay DeFeo, Wayne Thiebaud, Imogen Cunningham, and Richard Diebenkorn. Several exhibitions were devoted to the photographs as independent works of art, an acknowledgement of their pictorial qualities as well as their value as documents.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 140 Items (photographic prints, b&w)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1971-1981
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.jacomimi
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: 35mm microfilm reels 1195 & 2759 available at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
otherfindaid: label: Other Finding Aids
content: Inventory of photographs available at Archives of American Art offices.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Photographs of artists, many from the San Francisco Bay Area, taken by Mimi Jacobs.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Artists photographed: Ansel Adams, Robert Arneson, Ruth Asawa, Billy Al Bengston, Fletcher Benton, Robert Bechtle, J. B. Blunk, William Brice, Joan Brown, Imogen Cunningham, Jay De Feo, Eleanor Dickinson, Richard Diebenkorn, Laddie John Dill, Archeliat Esherick, Sam Francis, David Gilhooly, Joseph Goldyne, Robert Graham, Henry Hopkins, Robert B. Howard, John Ihle, Robert Irwin, Allen Jones, Alvin Light, Lee Mullican, Isamu Noguchi, Howard Paris, Joseph Raffael, Fred Reichman, Ed Ruscha, Betye Saar, Raymond Saunders, Richard Shaw, Louis Siegriest, Nell Sinton, Wayne Thiebaud, DeWain Valentine, Leo Valledor, Carlos Villa, Peter Voulkos, William T. Wiley, Emerson Woelffer.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Photographs of Mark Adams, William Allan, Jeremy Anderson, Ruth Armer, Charles Arnoldi, Dennis Beall, Bruce Beasley, Tony Berlant, Elmer Bischoff, Vija Celmins, Judy Chicago, Bruce Conner, Roy de Forest, Tony DeLap, Guy Dill, Claire Falkenstein, Gerald Gooch, Russell Gordon, Wally Hedrick, Tom Holland, Robert Hudson, Robert Emory Johnson, Frank Lobdell, Robert Craig Kaufman, Richard McLean, Bill Martin, Manuel Neri, Bruce Nauman, Nathan Oliveira, Mel Ramos, Sam Richardson, Michael Todd, Julius Wasserstein, Paul Wonner and Norman Zammitt.
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content: In 1999, additional photographs were donated including many duplicates of the previous donations. These include 50 mounted photographs of West Coast artists, twenty-four of which were exhibited in 1980 at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, and published in 50 West Coast Artists: A Critical Selection of Painters and Sculptors (1981, Chronicle Books). Photographs are of Ansel Adams, Robert Arneson, Billy Al Bengston, Robert Bechtle, Fletcher Benton, J. B. Blunk, William Brice, Joan Brown, Imogen Cunningham, Jay De Feo, Eleanor Dickinson, Richard Diebenkorn, Laddie John Dill, Archeliat Esherick, Sam Francis, David Gilhooly, Joseph Goldyne, Robert Graham, Henry Hopkins, Robert Howard, John Ihle, Robert Irwin, Allen Jones, Alvin Light, Lee Mullican, Isamu Noguchi, Howard Paris, Joseph Raffael, Fred Reichman, Ed Ruscha, Betye Saar, Richard Shaw, Louis Siegrist, Nell Sinton, Wayne Thiebaud, De Wain Valentine, Leo Valledor, Carlos Villa, Peter Voulkos, William Wiley, and Emerson Woeffer.