Dotty Attie papers
name: label: Creator
content: Attie, Dotty, 1938-
topic: label: Occupation
content: Painters -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Occupation
content: Printmakers -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Topic
content: Women artists
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content: Women painters
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content: Women printmakers
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Donated in 2015 by Dotty Attie.
creator: label: Creator
content: Attie, Dotty, 1938-
setName: label: See more items in
content: Dotty Attie papers
abstract: label: Summary
content: The papers of New York City painter and printmaker Dotty Attie measure 2.5 linear feet and date from circa 1950s to 2014. Her papers include scattered biographical material, professional files, notes, personal business records, photographs, artwork, and 12 sketchbooks.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Dotty Attie, née Laibow (1938- ), is an American painter and printmaker based in New York City who has been exhibiting in museums and galleries since the 1960s. As a co-founder of Artists in Residence (A.I.R.) Gallery, one of the first all-female cooperative galleries in the United States, Attie has had a considerable impact on the art world prejudices against women artists.

Born in Pennsauken, New Jersey, Attie pursued her interest in art at the Philadelphia College of Art, and received her BFA in 1959. In 1962, she married the photographer David Attie and they had two children. Throughout the 1960s, Attie continued her education through fellowships at the Brooklyn Museum of Art School and the Art Students League.

In 1972, Attie and five other women founded A.I.R. Gallery, setting the example of the women's cooperative gallery that would be followed across the country. Attie was a member of A.I.R. Gallery until 1988 and during that time exhibited her own work, curated and co-curated several exhibitions of women artists, organized panels on subjects of interest to women artists, and worked to make the art world more inclusive to women. 

Attie gained national and international recognition through her involvement with A.I.R. Gallery and has received numerous fellowships, grants, residencies, as well as exhibitions in galleries and museums nationally and internationally. Attie has also served as faculty at the Cooper Union and Rhode Island School of Design.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 2.5 Linear Feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: circa 1950s-2014
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.attidott
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Sketchbooks
label: Type
content: Photographs
label: Type
content: Interviews
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: The collection is arranged as 6 series

Series 1: Biographical Material, circa 1974-circa 2006 (0.1 linear foot; Box 1)

Series 2: Professional Files, circa 1970s-2014 (.9 linear feet; Box 1)

Series 3: Notes, circa 1970s-1990s (.2 linear feet; Box 2)

Series 4: Personal Business Records, 1982-2013 (.1 linear foot; Box 2)

Series 5: Photographs, circa 1960s-1990s (.3 linear feet; Box 2-3)

Series 6: Artwork and Sketchbooks, circa 1950s-1970s (.7 linear feet; Box 2-3)
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: The collection was processed and a finding aid prepared by Hilary Price in 2015.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Sketchbooks
label: Genre/Form
content: Photographs
label: Genre/Form
content: Interviews
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The papers of New York City painter and printmaker Dotty Attie measure 2.5 linear feet and date from circa 1950s to 2014. Her papers include scattered biographical material, professional files, notes, personal business records, photographs, artwork, and 12 sketchbooks. 

Scattered biographical materials include identification cards, an address book, artist statements and biographies, a few personal letters, and interviews.  

Professional files document exhibitions, residencies, and fellowships. Contents of files vary and may include letters and invitations, letters from colleagues and admirers of her work, inventory lists, interviews, loan agreements, travel itineraries, printed materials, photographs, and miscellany.  Notes include pages from a notebook that includes both technical instruction and personal notes.  There is written text that Attie wrote to be incorporated into her artwork.  One file of personal business records contains loan agreements, shipping receipts, and membership fees. 

Photographs are of Attie, artwork, and friends and family.  Photographs of artwork include exhibition views, single works, and collages. Photographs of Attie include contact sheets and prints of the artist throughout her life, including some copy prints of Attie as a child. Some images of Attie are self-portraits. Photographs of family and friends include her husband, children, A.I.R. Gallery members, and copy prints of relatives.

Artwork and sketchbooks include artists' books, sketches on tracing paper, and 12 sketchbooks.
relatedmaterial: label: Related Materials
content: Also found in the Archives of American Art are the Artist in Residence (A.I.R.) Gallery records.