Photographic Materials
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Karp, Ivan C., 1926-2012
label: Collection Creator
content: O.K. Harris Gallery (New York, N.Y.)
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content: Ivan C. Karp papers and OK Harris Works of Art gallery records
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 32 Linear Feet (Boxes 44-76)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1960s-2014
label: Date
content: bulk 1969-1999
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.okharr, Series 7
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: The original order of the material has been maintained.  Artists' slides are labeled as "Group A" and "Group B." According to gallery staff, the groupings relate to the time artists needed to  produce enough new work for an exhibition. Many, but not all volumes are numbered, and damaged binders have been dismantled. Additional photographic materials are included among the artists' files (Series 4) and with Ivan C. Karp's personal papers (Series 8 ). 

This series is arranged as 7 subseries:

7.1: Artist Photo Books, Current, circa 1969-circa 2014 

7.2: Artist Photo Books, Past, circa 1969-2014

7.3: Artist Slides, Current, Group A, 1960s-2000s

7.4: Artist Slides, Current, Group B, 1969-2000s

7.5: Installation Views, Photo Books, 1969-2014

7.6: Installation Views, Negatives and Slides, 1969-2014

7.7: Photographs - Miscellaneous Subjects, 1970s-2002
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Photographic materials consist of photographs, slides, negatives, and digital images of artwork by artists associated with OK Harris Works of Art  and views of the gallery's exhibition installations from 1960s-2014. The majority of photographs and slides carry identifying information, e.g., titles, dates, media, and photographic credits.

Artists' photo books consist of copy prints of artwork by 59 artists actively represented by OK Harris Works of Art and by artists formerly associated with the gallery.  Artists' slides are of artwork that was exhibited at OK Harris and other galleries from the 1960s-2000s.  

Installation views preserved in 61 binders document solo exhibitions and other shows presented at OK Harris during its 45 year history. Negatives of OK Harris installations photographed by Eric Pollitzer and Dan Lenore include numbered references, but no key is included.  Other installation views include exhibitions by gallery artists at other venues, e.g., the Brevard Museum, New England College and the Studio Art Centers International. 

Photographs of miscellaneous subjects include a photo book of the gallery's artists exhibiting at art expositions, art fairs, and museums, among them Tokyo Art Expo (1991), the Nevada Institute for Contemporary Art (1994), and the Chicago Art Fair (1999, 2002).  Of particular interest are photographs of exhibition openings at 19 Galerie Des 4 Mouvements in Paris and at Galerie de Gestlo in Dusseldorf held during the 1970s.  Also found are loose miscellaneous photographs, and an album of photographs of the OK Harris Works of Art galleries, office, and staff including Ivan Karp.