Gary Falk papers
name: label: Creator
content: Falk, Gary M., 1954-1986
topic: label: Topic
content: Painters -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Topic
content: Art -- Study and teaching
label: Topic
content: Assemblage artists -- New York (State) -- New York
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Donated 2005, 2007, 2014, and 2016 by Lillian Falk, Gary Falk's mother.
creator: label: Creator
content: Falk, Gary M., 1954-1986
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content: Gary Falk papers
abstract: label: Summary
content: The papers of painter and assemblage artist Gary Falk measure 2.5 linear feet and 0.005 GB and date from circa 1955-2013. The papers document his career as an artist in New York through biographical material, including project proposals, student records, and items from his memorial service; a small amount of personal correspondence; four notebooks; exhibition files; printed material; photographs of Falk, Falk with friends, artwork, and travel; digital photographs of artwork; and original artwork, including drawings, collages, and two sketchbooks.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Gary Falk (1954-1986) was a painter and assemblage artist from New York, N.Y. Falk developed a personal sign system in his works of art, and often worked in enamel and acrylic on Plexiglas or aluminum. 

Falk and his family moved to Bethesda, Maryland, in 1966.  He attended the Corcoran School of Art and later graduated from Yale University with a degree in Fine Arts in 1975. After college he moved to New York City and worked as an artist. He had a one-man-show at the New Museum of Contemporary Art in 1983.  During the 1980s, he participated in many other group exhibitions, most notably Narrative Forms (1984) at the Museo Rufino Tamayo and SIGNS (1985) at the New Museum. Falk died at the age of 32.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 2.5 Linear Feet
label: Extent
content: 0.005 Gigabytes
unitdate: label: Date
content: circa 1955-2013
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.falkgary
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Gigabytes
label: Type
content: Photographs
label: Type
content: Drawings
label: Type
content: Sketchbooks
label: Type
content: Collages
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: This collection is arranged as 7 series.

Series 1: Biographical Material, circa 1966-2013 (0.5 Linear feet; Box 1, 0.005 GB; ER01)

Series 2: Correspondence, 1973-1996 (4 Folders; Box 1)

Series 3: Notebooks, 1979-circa 2004 (4 Folders; Box 1)

Series 4: Exhibition Files, 1977-1988 (0.3 Linear feet; Box 1-2)

Series 5: Printed Material, 1962-1990 (0.2 Linear feet; Box 2, OV 5)

Series 6: Photographs, circa 1955-1990s (0.7 Linear feet; Boxes 2-4)

Series 7: Artwork, 1958-1980s (0.5 Linear feet; Box 3, OVs 5-7)
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: The papers were processed and a finding aid prepared by Erin Kinhart in 2015. Additional papers were added to the collection in 2016. Born-digital materials were processed by Kirsi Ritosalmi-Kisner in 2019 with funding provided by Smithsonian Collection Care and Preservation Fund.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Photographs
label: Genre/Form
content: Drawings
label: Genre/Form
content: Sketchbooks
label: Genre/Form
content: Collages
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The papers of painter and assemblage artist Gary Falk measure 2.5 linear feet and 0.005 GB and date from circa 1955-2013. The papers document his career as an artist in New York through biographical material, including project proposals, student records, and items from his memorial service; a small amount of personal correspondence; four notebooks; exhibition files; printed material; photographs of Falk, Falk with friends, artwork, and travel; digital photographs of artwork; and original artwork, including drawings, collages, and two sketchbooks.
relatedmaterial: label: Related Materials
content: Also at the Archives of American Art is one sound recording of Ned Rifkin in conversation with Gary Falk, December 5, 1984.