Stephen Poleskie papers and Chiron Press records
name: label: Creator
content: Poleskie, Steve, 1938-
label: Names
content: Chiron Press
topic: label: Occupation
content: Printmakers -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Occupation
content: Painters -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Occupation
content: Educators -- New York (State)
label: Topic
content: Pilots
label: Topic
content: Printing industry
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Donated in 2022 by Jeanne Mackin, Stephen Poleskie's widow.
creator: label: Creator
content: Poleskie, Steve, 1938-
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content: Stephen Poleskie papers and Chiron Press records
abstract: label: Summary
content: The Stephen Poleskie papers and Chiron Press records measure 1.0 linear feet and date from circa 1961-2020, with the bulk from 1963-1968. Stephen (Steve) Poleskie was a painter and printmaker in New York. From 1963 to 1968 he operated Chiron Press, New York City's first fine art screen printing studio. A bulk of this collection includes business correspondence and financial documents as well as writings, printed materials, photographic materials, and digital video recordings that document Poleskie's own career as an artist as well as the activities of Poleskie's Chiron Press.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Stephen (Steve) Poleskie (1938-2019) was a painter and printmaker in New York. From 1963 to 1968 he operated Chiron Press, New York City's first fine art screen printing studio. In 1968, Poleskie sold Chiron Press and became a professor of studio art at Cornell University from 1968 until his retirement in 2000. Poleskie was also a skilled pilot and would create art while flying and trailing smoke, the performance of which he coined, Aerial Theater.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Linear Feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1961-2020
label: Date
content: bulk 1963-1968
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.polestep
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Interviews
label: Type
content: Video recordings
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 Lewis Tio in 2022.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Interviews
label: Genre/Form
content: Video recordings
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The Stephen Poleskie papers and Chiron Press records measure 1.0 linear feet and date from circa 1961-2020, with the bulk from 1963-1968. The collection documents Poleskie's own career as an artist as well as the activities of Poleskie's Chiron Press, New York City's first fine art screen printing studio. The collection includes personal and business correspondence with artists, dealers, collectors, and curators; business and financial records; legal documents; notes and writings by Poleskie; clippings, news articles, catalogs, a copy of The Paris Review, preparatory materials for screen prints; photographic materials which includes a photograph of Elaine de Kooning; and digital video recordings related to works by Poleskie.