Photographic Material
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Sarchiapone, Cosmos Andrew, 1931-2011
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content: Cosmos Andrew Sarchiapone papers
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 14.5 Linear Feet (Box 14-26, 46-47, OV 74-80)
unitdate: label: Date
content: circa 1860-2000s
label: Date
content: bulk 1970-2010
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.sarccosm, Series 6
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: The series is arranged as eight subseries

6.1: People, 1970s-2000s

6.2: Exhibitions and Performances, 1970s-2000s, bulk 1970-1980

6.3: New York City, 1970s-2000s

6.4: Personal, 1930s-2000s

6.5: Artwork, 1970s-2000s

6.6: Miscellaneous Subjects, 1960s-2000s

6.7: Collected Photographic Images, circa 1860-2000s

6.8: Unsorted and Unidentified Negatives, Slides, and Contact Sheets, 1960s-2000s
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Photographic material is extensive and illustrates the breadth of Cosmos's documentation of himself and New York City's avant-garde art and theater worlds, people, street scenes, happenings, performances, artwork, self-portraits, and numerous other subjects.  In addition there are collected vintage photographic materials. Not all of the negatives, slides, and contact sheets have been identified or sorted.  

Varied formats include 35mm and medium format negatives, contact sheets, prints, slides, and transparencies. Collected photographic images are carte de visites, tin types, stereographs, and other vintage and black and white processes.  Most folders contain a mix of formats. Many 4 x 6 prints were printed in the 2000s using negatives from the 1970s-2000s. Contact sheets are often fragmented, have images cut out from them, and have tape on the back and front. Negatives have been kept with the contact sheets when they were found together. In most cases, negatives had already been separated from contact sheets and prints. Labeling provided by Cosmos has been preserved when available. Minimal descriptions are written on the back of some photographs, contact sheets, and photocopies. 

The series also includes many photocopies of photographic materials and for some imagery, the photocopies are the only format located in the collection.