Max Cole papers
name: label: Creator
content: Cole, Max, 1937-
label: Creator
content: Charlotte Jackson Fine Art (Gallery)
label: Names
content: Haines Gallery
label: Names
content: Schmidt Contemporary Art
topic: label: Occupation
content: Painters -- California
label: Topic
content: Women artists
label: Topic
content: Women painters
label: Topic
content: Native American
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: The papers were donated in 2022 by Max Cole.
creator: label: Creator
content: Cole, Max, 1937-
label: Creator
content: Charlotte Jackson Fine Art (Gallery)
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content: Max Cole papers
abstract: label: Summary
content: The papers of painter Max Cole (1937- ) measure 7.8 linear feet and date from 1949 to 2021. The collection comprises biographical materials containing curriculum vitae, writings by and about Cole, and recordings and transcripts of interviews; gallery files for Charlotte Jackson Fine Art, Haines Gallery, Schmidt Contemporary Art, and several galleries in Europe; professional files consisting of administrative records, sales and shipping reports, buyer and collector information, and chronological files containing mixed professional activity records; printed materials including clippings, exhibition announcements and catalogs, press binders, posters, and a few German publications; photographic materials contain photographs, slides, transparencies, negatives, and electronic discs containing portraits and self portraits of Cole, photos of her studios, photographs of locations by Cole, and works of art; and unidentified born digital materials.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Max Cole (1937- ) is a painter based in Las Vegas, New Mexico.

Cole was born in Kansas in 1937. She received a B.A. from Fort Hays State University in 1961 and a M.F.A. from the University of Arizona in 1964. After school, she began her art career in Los Angeles where she lived from 1964 to 1978. From 1978 until 2002, she lived in New York City. She was the recipient of the National Endowment for the Arts fellowship in 1983, was an artist in residence at the Roswell Museum and Art Center in 1995, and in 2009 she was a participant in the Artist's Meeting with the Pope in Vatican City. Her artwork is in the permanent collections of the Panza di Biumo Collection, Museum of Modern Art, Vatican Museum's Contemporary Art Collection, and other major museum collections. Cole is known for her neutral-toned, minimalist paintings. She cites Cherokee philosophy, imparted on her by her father who was half Cherokee, and time spent in the American  Southwest as major influences in her artwork.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 7.8 Linear Feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1949-2021
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.colemax
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Interviews
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: The collection is arranged as 6 series.

Series 1: Biographical Materials, 1967-2017 (0.8 linear feet; Box 1)

Series 2: Gallery Files, 1978-2021 (1.0 linear foot; Boxes 1-2)

Series 3: Professional Files, 1963-2021 (1.0 linear foot; Boxes 2-3)

Series 4: Printed Materials, 1963-2021 (3.0 linear feet; Boxes 3-5, OV 10)

Series 5: Photographic Materials, 1949-2018 (2.0 linear feet; Boxes 5-9)

Series 6: Unidentified Born Digital Materials, circa 2005-circa 2015 (22 electronic discs; Boxes 9)
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: The collection was processed, and a finding aid prepared by Sarah Mundy in 2023.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Interviews
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The papers of painter Max Cole (1937- ) measure 7.8 linear feet and date from 1949 to 2021. The collection comprises biographical materials containing curriculum vitae, writings by and about Cole, and recordings and transcripts of interviews; gallery files for Charlotte Jackson Fine Art, Haines Gallery, Schmidt Contemporary Art, and several galleries in Europe; professional files consisting of administrative records, sales and shipping reports, buyer and collector information, and chronological files containing mixed professional activity records; printed materials including clippings, exhibition announcements and catalogs, press binders, posters, and a few German publications; photographic materials contain photographs, slides, transparencies, negatives, and electronic discs containing portraits and self portraits of Cole, photos of her studios, photographs of locations by Cole, and works of art; and unidentified born digital materials.