ARCO Center for Visual Art records
name: label: Creator
content: ARCO Center for Visual Art
label: Names
content: Atlantic Richfield Company
topic: label: Occupation
content: Artists -- California
label: Topic
content: Corporations -- Charitable contributions
label: Topic
content: Art -- California -- Los Angeles -- Exhibitions
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Donated 1996 by Sue Maberry, Director, Otis School of Art and Design Library, which had received the records upon the Center's closing.
creator: label: Creator
content: ARCO Center for Visual Art
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: The ARCO Center for Visual Art, established in 1976, was a not-for-profit gallery funded by the Atlantic Richfield Company focusing on contemporary art. The gallery was located at the Atlantic Richfield Plaza, 505 South Flower Street in Los Angeles, until its closing in 1984. Among the exhibitors were Walter Gabrielson, Joseph Raffael, Craig Kauffman, Hassel Smith, Michael Todd, Ed Ruscha, Joe Goode, Carlos Almaraz, Peter Alexander, Larry Bell, Frank Romero, Liga Pang, Don Potts, William Crutchfield, George Herms, and Herbert Bayer.
function: label: Function
content: Art centers -- California
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 4 Linear Feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1976-1984
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.arcocent
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Business correspondents and files on artists and exhibitions, containing photographs, announcements, catalogs, brochures, press releases, and résumés.