Elaine Sturtevant papers
name: label: Creator
content: Sturtevant, 1924-2014
topic: label: Occupation
content: Artists -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Occupation
content: Artists -- France -- Paris
label: Topic
content: Multimedia (Art)
label: Topic
content: Women artists
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Donated to the Archives of American Art in 2018 by Loren Sturtevant, Elaine Sturtevant's daughter.
creator: label: Creator
content: Sturtevant, 1924-2014
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content: Elaine Sturtevant papers
abstract: label: Summary
content: The papers of multi-media artist Elaine Sturtevant date from circa 1960-2014, with the bulk of material dating from the period of the artist's resurgence, 1990-2014. The collection measures 5.2 linear feet and 0.003 GB. The papers document Sturtevant's career and artistic process through correspondence with artists and curators, writings and illustrated notes, exhibition and catalog files, project files, and printed material. Sturtevant's voice and artistic mission emerge through the many items of correspondence, essays, and project notes in the collection. The collection also contains a few born-digital files of scans of exhibition photographs dating from the 1960s.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Elaine Sturtevant (1924-2004) was a multi-media artist in New York and Paris known for her carefully inexact repetitions of others artists' works. She is sometimes called the "mother of appropriation art" for being among the first to question concepts such as originality, individual authorship, and plagiarism. Sturtevant had her first exhibition at the Bianchini gallery in New York in 1965, showing works resembling those of George Segal, Frank Stella, and Andy Warhol. While Sturtevant mainly withdrew from the art world in the 1970s, she reemerged in the mid-1980s and began exhibiting internationally. In the last decades of her career, Sturtevant worked increasingly in video and installation.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 5.2 Linear Feet
label: Extent
content: 0.003 Gigabytes
unitdate: label: Date
content: circa 1960-2014
label: Date
content: bulk 1990-2014
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.sturelai
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Gigabytes
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: The collection is arranged as five series.

Series 1: Correspondence, circa 1960-2011 (Box 1; 0.8 linear feet)

Series 2: Writings, 1980-2010 (Boxes 1-2; 0.2 linear feet)

Series 3: Exhibition and Catalog Files, 1980-2012 (Boxes 2,7, 1.3 linear feet; ER01, 0.003 GB)

Series 4: Project Files, 2000-2010 (Box 3; 0.3 linear feet)

Series 5: Printed Material, 1960-2014 (Boxes 3-6, OV 8; 2.6 linear feet)
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: The collection was processed and a finding aid prepared by Hilary Price in 2018.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The papers of multi-media artist Elaine Sturtevant date from circa 1960-2014, with the bulk of material dating from the period of the artist's resurgence, 1990-2014. The collection measures 5.2 linear feet and 0.003 GB. The papers document Sturtevant's career and artistic process through correspondence with artists and curators, writings and illustrated notes, exhibition and catalog files, project files, and printed material. Sturtevant's voice and artistic mission emerge through the many items of correspondence, essays, and project notes in the collection. The collection also contains a few born-digital files of scans of exhibition photographs dating from the 1960s.
relatedmaterial: label: Related Materials
content: Also found in the Archives of American Art is an oral history interview with Elaine Sturtevant conducted by Bruce Hainley and Michael Lobel in 2007.