Harold Paris papers
name: label: Creator
content: Paris, Harold, 1925-1979
label: Names
content: Ippolito, Angelo
topic: label: Occupation
content: Assemblage artists -- California -- San Francisco Bay Area
label: Occupation
content: Printmakers -- California -- San Francisco Bay Area
label: Occupation
content: Sculptors -- California -- San Francisco Bay Area
label: Topic
content: Art, Modern -- 20th century -- California -- San Francisco Bay Area
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Donated by the Paris estate, 1982 and 1988, and by Paris' widow Deborah Little Paris, 1986.
creator: label: Creator
content: Paris, Harold, 1925-1979
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Harold Paris (1925-1979) was a sculptor, assemblage artist and printmaker in California.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 11.1 Linear Feet ((partially microfilmed on 9 reels))
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1946-1982
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.pariharo
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Scrapbooks
label: Type
content: Sketchbooks
label: Type
content: Sound recordings
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: 35mm microfilm reels 2759-2762 and 4010-4014 available at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibray loan.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Scrapbooks
label: Genre/Form
content: Sketchbooks
label: Genre/Form
content: Sound recordings
otherfindaid: label: Other Finding Aids
content: Microfilm reels 2759-2762: Box inventory available in all Archives of American Art offices.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Biographical material, correspondence, writings and notes, inventories, works of arts, business and financial records, printed material, and photographs.
label: Scope and Contents
content: REELS 2759-2762: Resumes; correspondence; photographs of works of art and installations; writings, including school papers and articles; drawings, mostly designs for sculptures; business and personal financial records, including transactions with galleries; printed material including announcements, catalogs and press releases; and miscellany.
label: Scope and Contents
content: REELS 4010-4014: Correspondence (14 items), including a carbon copy and several drafts of Paris' letter, ca. 1969, to Mr. Withofs of Gallerie Withofs in Brussels regarding the installation of the exhibition "Voices of Packaged Souls," a letter from Paris to Debbie Little and friends, ca. 1969, in which he comments on his stay in Milan and his exhibition at the Studio Marconi, and a draft of a letter to Hilton Kramer;
label: Scope and Contents
content: a manuscript "A Temporarily Harold Paris," in which Paris comments on his work and recounts numerous autobiographical incidents; 3 p. of hand illustrated and written notes "The Dissillussion of Hero Modern"; 4 address books; and photocopies of annotated art inventories, identified as: "Works of art 1940-1979," "Blue prints, black lines and blue lines," "Works of art personal collection," and "Inventory Smithsonian Institution."
label: Scope and Contents
content: Also included are fifteen sketchbooks, including one executed during Paris' service as an artist correspondent for the army newspaper STARS AND STRIPES, and ca. 50 loose sketches entitled "Book of Packaged Souls"; clippings, exhibition catalogs and announcements,; a scrapbook containing exhibition announcements and reviews of Paris' work, 1975-1976; photographs of family, friends, art works executed by Paris between ca. 1956-1978, and negatives and transparencies.
label: Scope and Contents
content: UNMICROFILMED: Biographical material including a resume, membership cards and travel papers; correspondence, 1946-1980, with friends including Angelo Ippolito and Paris' second wife Frieda, some illustrated, business correspondence regarding Paris' Guggenheim fellowship and exhibitions; illustrated writings by Paris including notes and essays regarding one of his works "26 Days of John Little" and notes and writings for his unpublished book "Temporarily Harold Paris," 1978; 8 sketchbooks, 7 prints and many loose sketches undated; business records including price lists and inventories of paintings, a ledger and a tax return;
label: Scope and Contents
content: printed material, 1946-1979, including exhibition announcements, catalogs, brochures, and a scrapbook of clippings; 4 cassette tapes of notes on "Temporarily Harold Paris, " and 1 cassette tape "Harold Paris Reading Article on Souls;" subject files on the Smith Anderson Gallery, 1973-1978, the Stephen Wirtz Gallery, 1977-1979, (including a card catalog with photographs of Paris' work) and the Bart Commission; and photographs, slides and negatives including snapshots of Paris, friends and family, portraits of Paris and works of art.