Josine Ianco-Starrels papers
name: label: Creator
content: Ianco-Starrels, Josine
label: Names
content: Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery
label: Names
content: Kline, Herbert
topic: label: Occupation
content: Arts administrators -- California -- Los Angeles
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Donated in 2000 by Josine Ianco-Starrels and in 2019 and 2024 by Elissa Kline, Ianco-Starrels' daughter.
creator: label: Creator
content: Ianco-Starrels, Josine
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Josine Ianco-Starrels (1926-2019) was a curator and gallery administrator in Los Angeles, California. Born 1926 in Bucharest, Romania. Josine Ianco-Starrels was curator of the Lytton Center of the Visual Arts (1961-1969), Associate Professor, Art Gallery Division at California State University, Los Angeles (1969-1975), Director of the Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery at Barnsdall Park (1975-1984), and Senior Curator at the Long Beach Art Museum (1987-1990). Ianco-Starrels died at the age of 92 at her home in Rogue City, Oregon.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 12.2 Linear Feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1930-2017
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.iancjosi
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The papers of curator and gallery director, Josine Ianco-Starrels, measure 12.2 linear feet and date from 1930-2017. Included are biographical material; files relating to Ianco-Starrels' work at various museum and galleries; correspondence; writings about exhibitions and autobiographical writings; invoices; photographs, negatives and slides of Ianco- Starrels, others and works of art; audio visual material including video and sound recordings of conversations, events and a documentary on Marcel Janco; files on artists and scattered artwork by others including a poster made by George Herms and drawings by Raymond Saunders; and a visitor log. Also included are the papers of Ianco-Starrels' husband, Herbert Kline, who was a filmmaker. Included in his papers are some of the items from his making of the film, Posing as an American Nazi, which was filmed in Spain.
relatedmaterial: label: Related Materials
content: The Archives of American Art also holds a 1989 June 15 oral history interview with Josine Ianco-Starrels conducted by Ruth Gurin Bowman.