Christopher Wilmarth papers
name: label: Creator
content: Wilmarth, Christopher
label: Names
content: André Emmerich Gallery
label: Names
content: Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art. Art School
label: Names
content: Studio for the First Amendment
topic: label: Occupation
content: Art dealers -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Occupation
content: Educators -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Occupation
content: Printmakers -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Topic
content: Artists' contracts
label: Topic
content: Minimal sculpture
label: Topic
content: Sculpture -- Exhibitions
label: Topic
content: Sculptors -- New York (State) -- New York -- Interviews
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Donated 1989. Material is from the artist's studio, and was donated by his widow, Susan Wilmarth.
creator: label: Creator
content: Wilmarth, Christopher
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Sculptor, printmaker, and educator; New York, N.Y. d. 1987 B.F.A., Cooper Union, 1965.
function: label: Function
content: Art commissions
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 6.4 Linear feet ((on 6 microfilm reels))
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1956-1987
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.wilmchri
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: I. Works in the Wilmarth estate. II. Works owned by others. III. Awards and grants. IV. Commissions and proposals. V. Packing, shipping, and installation notes. VI. "Emmerich War." VII. Studio for the First Amendment. VIII. Studios. IX. Exhibitions. X. Writings. XI. Reviews. XII. Correspondence. XIII. Teaching. XIV. Miscellaneous. Exhibitions filed alphabetically by the name of the museum or gallery, and correspondence arranged alphabetically within the subcategories of publications, individuals, museums and galleries; all other material is arranged chronologically.
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: 35mm microfilm reels 4293-4298 available for use at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Photographs, business correspondence, printed matter, writings, and miscellaneous files documenting Wilmarth's career as a sculptor and printmaker, 1956-1987, and his teaching activities at Cooper Union, 1970-1980.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Photographs, color transparencies, and color slides of pieces of Wilmarth's studio at the time of his death (with estate inventory), of works owned by collectors and museums, and of some destroyed pieces. Business correspondence concerns gallery representation, exhibitions, sales, proposals and commissions, and grants and awards; also documented is Wilmarth's "Studio for the First Amendment," and a dispute with Andre Emmerich Gallery in 1978. Miscellaneous files include information on artists' rights with sample contracts; notes on shipping, crating, framing, and related services, with invoices; detailed installation instructions, both general and for specific pieces; insurance and damage claims.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Printed matter consists mainly of reviews and criticism, exhibition catalogs, and invitations. Records concerning Wilmarth's teaching career include photographs of works by individual students, installation views of student exhibitions, class rosters and grade sheets, course descriptions, class assignments/problems, correspondence with college administrators, and ephemera (possibly souvenirs collected by students on a class trip).