Judith Linhares papers
name: label: Creator
content: Linhares, Judith, 1940-
topic: label: Occupation
content: Painters -- New York (State) -- New York
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content: Women artists
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content: Women painters
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Donated to the Archives of American Art by Judith Linhares in 2015.
creator: label: Creator
content: Linhares, Judith, 1940-
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content: Judith Linhares papers
abstract: label: Summary
content: The papers of artist Judith Linhares measure 3.02 linear feet and date from circa 1955-2014. The collection documents her life, career, and inspirations through biographical material, correspondence, writings, illustrated notebooks, exhibition files, and printed material. Eight scrapbooks which Linhares identifies as her "archive" include additional printed material, professional correspondence, consignment agreements, artist statements, photographs, and interview transcripts.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Judith Linhares (1940- ) is a painter living and working in New York City. Linhares was born in Pasadena and raised in Southern California. She moved to Oakland in 1958 and attended the California College of Arts and Crafts, receiving her BFA in 1964 and her MFA in 1970.

Linhares was included in the 1978 exhibition at the New Museum, "Bad" Painting, curated by Marcia Tucker, and shortly thereafter relocated to New York. She is best known for her figurative paintings that explore psychology, feminism, gender, mythology, and narrative.

Linhares is the recipient of numerous grants and awards including three National Endowment for the Arts Grants and a Guggenheim Foundation Fellowship. She has exhibited extensively in the United States.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 3.02 Linear Feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: circa 1955-2014
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.linhjudi
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
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content: Archival materials
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content: Transcriptions
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content: Scrapbooks
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content: Photographs
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content: Interviews
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content: Notebooks
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: The collection is arranged as six series

Series 1: Biographical Material, 1958-2012 (0.4 linear feet; Box 1)

Series 2: Correspondence, 1973-2014 (0.7 linear feet; Box 1-2)

Series 3: Writings and Illustrated Notebooks, circa 1955- 2000s (0.3 linear feet; Box 2)

Series 4: Exhibition Files, 1984-2005 (0.2 linear feet; Box 2)

Series 5: Printed Material, 1971-2010 (0.3 linear feet; Box 2)

Series 6: Scrapbooks, 1957-2013 (1.1 linear feet; Box 2-3)
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: The collection was processed to a minimal level and a finding aid prepared by Hilary Price in 2016.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Transcriptions
label: Genre/Form
content: Scrapbooks
label: Genre/Form
content: Photographs
label: Genre/Form
content: Interviews
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content: Notebooks
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The papers of artist Judith Linhares measure 3.02 linear feet and date from circa 1955-2014. The collection documents her life, career, and inspirations through biographical material, correspondence, writings, illustrated notebooks, exhibition files, and printed material. Eight scrapbooks which Linhares identifies as her "archive" include additional printed material, professional correspondence, consignment agreements, artist statements, photographs, and interview transcripts.