Roy Lichtenstein
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Roy Lichtenstein Foundation
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content: Roy Lichtenstein Foundation records and Roy Lichtenstein papers
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content: Roy Lichtenstein Foundation records and Roy Lichtenstein papers / Series 13: Photographic Material
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 16.2 Linear Feet (Boxes 74-118, OV 119; ER00338-ER00448)
unitdate: label: Date
content: circa 1872-2019
label: Date
content: bulk 1923-1997
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.lichfoun, Subseries 13.1
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: Photographic material in this subseries is arranged chronologically. Separated correspondence is filed at the end.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: This subseries consists of photographic material featuring Roy Lichtenstein throughout both his professional and personal life. Lichtenstein is captured in professional portraits; in his studios; working at print and fabrication shops; and attending exhibition openings, events, ceremonies, dedications, unveilings, and ground breakings both at home and abroad. Personal photographs capture Lichtenstein from early childhood throughout his adult life and include the artist with family and friends, traveling, and at homes in New York City; Ohio; Southampton, New York; and Captiva, Florida. Photographs are populated with the people in Lichtenstein's orbit including his wife Dorothy Lichtenstein; sons David and Mitchell Lichtenstein; primary studio assistants Carlene Meeker, Robert McKeever, James dePasquale, and Cassandra Lozano; dealers Leo Castelli and Irving Blum; artists Andy Warhol, Ellsworth Kelly, Robert Rauschenberg, James Rosenquist, Claes Oldenburg, Jasper Johns, and Allan Kaprow; printmakers Sid Felsen and Ken Tyler; curators Diane Waldman, Jack Cowart, and Ruth Fine; as well as many other family, friends, artists, colleagues, and associates. Formats in this series include photographic prints, Polaroids, transparencies, 35mm slides, negatives in a variety of sizes, contact sheets, printed material, photocopies, digital images, as well as many copy prints and copy transparencies. Some photocopies are annotated with descriptions and identifications. Please note that dates refer to the event date, not the date of the physical format. Each image is assigned a five-digit photo number and each item is assigned a two-digit object number. Photo numbers correspond to discrete images; object numbers itemize the various formats available for each image. A digital spreadsheet (ER00338) provides an additional level of detail and research for each item number, including identification of persons, photographer, location, pictured artworks, format, and more. Additional exhibition images can be found in the next subseries, 13.2.

Processing Note: 
This series originated from a photograph collection that was maintained by Lichtenstein's studio and later Estate, before being donated to the Foundation in 2002. The original collection contained over 900 photographs of Roy Lichtenstein, members of his family, friends, and associates dating from the 1950s-1997. The collection was comprised of photographs saved and sent to the artist over the course of his life. 

In 2002, former program manager for the Foundation Clare Bell, was contracted to produce a book of images of Lichtenstein. The project included finding and gathering photographs, corresponding with photographers and institutions, and obtaining photographs for research purposes. Bell compiled binders containing both original photographs, as well as tear sheets and photocopies when the original photograph was not available. Bell's project also involved assigning attribution and photo credits to the appropriate copyright holders. Correspondence and other paperwork associated with this project have been separated from the photographs and filed at the end of the subseries. 
Both the Foundation and Estate maintained use of these photographs for internal research, press releases, exhibition catalogues, and other publications. Additional photographs of Roy that had not previously been discovered or collected were added, described, and integrated into the series until 2020.

Processing of this series began in November 2016. Photographs were compiled from Clare Bell's photo binders, photographs gifted from the Estate, and the Foundation's photograph archive. Information was gathered for each photograph (attribution, subjects, location, year, date, description, size, format, condition, credit line, and exhibition and works of art information, if applicable), which is now available as a digital inventory spreadsheet (ER00338). 

Any given photograph's attributed photographer or copyright holder has been assigned based on the following hierarchy: 1) information found on the photographs themselves, where applicable, 2) the photograph's original folder, assembled by Clare Bell or other Foundation/Estate staff, 3) the photograph inventory, created and maintained by Clare Bell, and later by Justin Brancato. It should be noted that attributions are not always accurate and should not be taken as fact. 
Undated photographs have been approximately dated by the processing archivist. Individuals have been identified where possible.