Richard Kuhlenschmidt Gallery records
name: label: Creator
content: Richard Kuhlenschmidt Gallery
label: Names
content: Bloom, Barbara, 1951-
label: Names
content: Kuhlenschmidt, Richard
label: Names
content: Lawler, Louise
label: Names
content: McCollum, Allan, 1944-
label: Names
content: Mullican, Matt, 1951-
topic: label: Topic
content: Conceptual art
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: The Richard Kuhlenschmidt Gallery records were donated in 2001 and 2014 by Richard Kuhlenschmidt.
creator: label: Creator
content: Richard Kuhlenschmidt Gallery
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content: Richard Kuhlenschmidt Gallery records
abstract: label: Summary
content: The records of Los Angeles art gallery Richard Kuhlenschmidt Gallery measure 7.6 linear feet and date from 1972 to 2018 with the bulk of the material dating from 1980 to 1992. The collection comprises administrative records, correspondence with colleagues, artists, galleries, and museums, artist files, exhibition files, and printed materials for the Kuhlenschmidt Gallery and other galleries.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: The Richard Kuhlenschmidt Gallery (est. 1980-1993) was a commercial gallery in Los Angeles, California, that focused on conceptual and post-conceptual art. 

Richard Kuhlenschmidt (1951- ) studied art and film before becoming an exhibition designer at the Bowers Museum in Santa Ana where he worked with Tom Jancar. The two friends opened and operated the Jancar Kuhlenschmidt Gallery from 1980 until 1982. Kuhlenschmidt continued to operate as the Richard Kuhlenschmidt Gallery from 1982 to 1985, the Kuhlenschmidt Simon Gallery from 1986 to 1988, and again as the Richard Kuhlenschmidt Gallery from 1989 to 1993.

Artists such as Cindy Bernard, Nayland Blake, Barbara Bloom, John Knight, Louise Lawler, William Leavitt, Allan McCollum, Matt Mullican, Jack Pierson, Mitchell Syrop, James Welling, and others were represented by Kuhlenschmidt. The gallery held the exhibition Joe Bishop / AIDS Benefit (1985) and the exhibition Six Projects for Four Cities (1990) highlighting the work of architecture firm Coop Himmelb(l)au.
function: label: Function
content: Art galleries, Commercial -- California
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 7.6 Linear Feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1972-2018
label: Date
content: bulk 1980-1992
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.richrich
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Sound recordings
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: The collection is arranged as five series.

Series 1: Administrative Records, 1979-2014 (0.5 linear feet; Box 1)

Series 2: Correspondence, circa 1984-1992 (1.0 linear feet; Boxes 1-2)

Series 3: Artist's Files, 1972-1996 (4.5 linear feet; Boxes 2-6)

Series 4: Exhibition Files, 1981-1992 (0.6 linear feet; Boxes 6-7)

Series 5: Printed Materials, 1977-2018 (1.0 linear feet; Boxes 7-9)
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: The collection was processed, and a finding aid prepared by Sarah Mundy in 2021.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Sound recordings
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The records of Los Angeles art gallery Richard Kuhlenschmidt Gallery measure 7.6 linear feet and date from 1972 to 2018 with the bulk of the material dating from 1980 to 1992. The collection comprises administrative records, correspondence with colleagues, artists, galleries, and museums, artist files, exhibition files, and printed materials for the Kuhlenschmidt Gallery and other galleries. 


Administrative records consist of address and appointment books, guest books, gallery history records, and business records. Artist files are for Cindy Bernard, Nayland Blake, Barbara Bloom, John Knight, Louise Lawler, William Leavitt, Allan McCollum, Matt Mullican, Jack Pierson, Mitchell Syrop, James Welling, and others.

Exhibition files include records of the final exhibition held at the Jancar Kuhlenschmidt Gallery in 1982, the Coop Himmelb(l)au exhibition Six Projects for Four Cities (1990), the symposium "Welcome to the Millenium: Architecture Strikes Back," and a few other exhibitions. Printed materials are for the Kuhlenschmidt Gallery and other galleries.
relatedmaterial: label: Related Materials
content: Also found at the Archives of American Art is an interview with Richard Kuhlenschmidt conducted on June 27, 2014 by Hunter Drohojowska-Philp, for the Archives of American Art, at the Jonathan Club in Santa Monica, C.A. and the Jancar Gallery records, circa 1972-2015, bulk 2006-2015.