Mimi Gross papers
name: label: Creator
content: Grooms, Mimi Gross
label: Names
content: Grooms, Red
label: Names
content: Gross, Chaim, 1904-1991
label: Names
content: Gross, Renée
topic: label: Occupation
content: Painters -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Occupation
content: Multimedia artists -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Topic
content: Women artists
label: Topic
content: Women painters
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Mimi Gross donated her papers to the Archives of American Art in 1981.
creator: label: Creator
content: Grooms, Mimi Gross
setName: label: See more items in
content: Mimi Gross papers
abstract: label: Summary
content: The papers of painter Mimi Gross measure 0.9 linear feet and date from 1960 to 1981. The bulk of the papers focus on the relationships between Mimi Gross and Red Grooms and their artist friends and family members. Found are sketches, biographical material, correspondence, printed material, and an unsigned writing.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Mimi Gross (1940- ) is a multimedia artist and painter in New York City, New York. Gross began exhibiting at a young age in Provincetown, Massachusetts and her work is included in numerous public collections in the United States and internationally. Gross is a member of the faculty at the Maryland Institute College of Art, and is the daughter of Chaim and Renee Gross. She was married to Red Grooms from 1963-1976, and collaborated with him on many large mulitidimensional installations from 1960-1976.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.9 Linear Feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1960-1981
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.grosmimi
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: Due to the small size of this collection the papers are arranged as one series.
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: The collection was processed, and a finding aid prepared by Jayna Josefson in 2023 with support from the Smithsonian American Women's History Initiative.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The papers of painter Mimi Gross measure 0.9 linear feet and date from 1960 to 1981. The bulk of the papers focus on the relationships between Mimi Gross and Red Grooms and their artist friends and family members. Found are sketches, biographical material, correspondence, printed material, and an unsigned writing.