Samuel Esses material relating to Graffiti Workshop
name: label: Creator
content: Esses, Samuel
topic: label: Topic
content: Street art
label: Topic
content: Graffiti art
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Donated 2003 by Sandra and Samuel Esses.
creator: label: Creator
content: Esses, Samuel
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Samuel Esses leased a space at 414 E 75th Street, New York City for the benefit of graffiti artists.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.4 Linear Feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1979-2001
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.essesamu
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Papers concerning the Graffiti Workshop including Esses's correspondence; notes and calendars regarding meetings and media contacts; a lease; financial records; loan agreements and contracts; photographic materials, including: 155 b&w and color reproductions made from digital copies of photographs of works of art and Workshop participants at work taken by Rafael Pasquera, commissioned by Esses; 34 color transparencies of works of art; and 56 color slides of participants; exhibition catalogs and announcements, clippings, and other printed material; draft writings about graffiti; a card file inventory of graffiti paintings produced by the Workshop; and miscellany.