Castelli/Sonnabend Tapes and Films
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Leo Castelli Gallery
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content: Leo Castelli Gallery records
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 5.6 Linear Feet (Boxes 170-174, 214, OVs 279-281)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1969-1998
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.leocast, Series 8
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
arrangement: label: Arrangement note
content: The series is arranged as 8 subseries:

8.1: Correspondence, 1972-1996

8.2: Administrative Files, 1969-1997

8.3: Exhibition Files, 1971-1998

8.4: Artists' Files, 1969-1989

8.5: Printed Materials, circa 1974-1987

8.6: Rentals and Sales Records, 1973-1994

8.7: Photographs, 1969-1985

8.8: Financial Records, 1976-1990
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents note
content: Castelli/Sonnabend Tapes and Films was established in 1974 as a joint business venture between Leo Castelli Gallery and Sonnabend Gallery to promote and distribute art films and videos. They soon expanded to represent over 35 visual media artists and 400 videos and films, including artists Bruce Nauman, Robert Rauschenberg, Richard Serra, William Wegman and Lawrence Weiner. Many works distributed by Castelli/Sonnabend Tapes and Films were shown at the Leo Castelli Gallery, as well as throughout the United States and internationally. After Castelli/Sonnabend Tapes and Films closed in 1985 the Leo Castelli Gallery took over the administration of distributing and marketing existing films for their artists. Many of the actual recordings are found in Series 12, Sound and Video Recordings.

Records include correspondence, administrative files, exhibition files, artists' files, printed materials, sales and rental records, photographs, and financial records. Additional materials related to Castelli/Sonnabend Tapes and Films, especially records relating to individual artists and those created after 1985, are found throughout other series in the collection.