Photographic Materials
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Burckhardt, Rudy, 1914-1999
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content: Rudy Burckhardt papers
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 4.8 Linear Feet (Boxes 2-13)
unitdate: label: Date
content: circa 1950-1975
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.burcrudy, Series 2
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: The series is arranged alphabetically by surname of artist, collector, or gallery. Negatives are arranged numerically according to the photographer's intent. Notes are provided for installation views, portraits, and studio views (negative number included if available).
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Photographic material consists of approximately 14,752 black and white negatives and 16 contact prints. The photographs depict works of art, portraits, artists' studios, and installation views. The negatives represent over 260 visual artists who were working and exhibiting in New York, N.Y., circa 1950 to 1975. Notable artists include Joseph Cornell, Willem de Kooning, Dan Flavin, Helen Frankenthaler, Donald Judd, Franz Kline, Roy Lichtenstein, Louise Nevelson, Isamu Noguchi, Frank Stella, and many others. Burckhardt was hired to photograph for art galleries including the Leo Castelli Gallery and Green Gallery; art collectors including Chaim Gross and David Rockefeller; and art magazines such as ARTnews.