Castelli Graphics
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Leo Castelli Gallery
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content: Leo Castelli Gallery records
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 16 Linear Feet (Boxes 154-169)
unitdate: label: Date
content: circa 1950-1999, bulk mid 1970s-early 1990s
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.leocast, Series 7
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
arrangement: label: Arrangement note
content: The series is arranged as 5 subseries:

7.1: Correspondence, 1969-1996

7.2: Administrative Files, 1969-1993

7.3: Exhibition Files, circa 1950-1996

7.4: Sales Records, 1969-1993

7.5: Financial Records, 1969-1999
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents note
content: The records of the subsidiary Castelli Graphics consist of correspondence, administrative and operations files, exhibition files, limited sales records, and financial records. The company was created in 1969 and operated by Leo Castelli's second wife Antoinette (Toiny) Castelli. Castelli Graphics published and co-published fine arts prints and exhibited fine arts photographers. Many of the artists were also in the Leo Castelli Gallery stable and included Jasper Johns, Roy Lichtenstein, Claes Oldenburg, and Robert Rauschenberg. This series provides a wealth of information about Castelli Graphics collaborations with Multiples Inc. in the 1970s.

The bulk of the series is comprised of correspondence and administrative files relating to daily operations, such as the sale and loan of prints. Also found are exhibition files, sales records, and scattered financial records. Some additional materials related to Castelli Graphics are also found throughout other series in the collection.