Bernice Rose papers
name: label: Creator
content: Rose, Bernice
topic: label: Occupation
content: Art historians -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Occupation
content: Curators -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Topic
content: Women art historians
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Donated in 2024 by the Bernice Rose Trust via Samuel Kuckley, Trustee.
creator: label: Creator
content: Rose, Bernice
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Bernice Rose (1935-2023) was a curator in New York, N.Y. Rose held curatorial positions at the Museum of Modern Art, Pace Wildenstein Gallery, and the Menil Collection in Houston, Texas.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 6.5 Linear feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: circa 1950-2023
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.roseberni
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The papers of curator Bernice Rose measure 6.5 linear feet and date from circa 1950- 2023. The papers document Rose's long curatorial career through biographical material, personal and professional correspondence, writings, exhibition files, artist files, printed material, photographic material, and born digital material. Biographical material includes marriage certificate, educational documents, passports, resumes, calendars, and diaries. Correspondence reflects relationships with other curators, collectors, dealers, and artists. Notable correspondents include Rose's Museum of Modern Art colleagues William Rubin, William Lieberman, Kirk Varnedoe, and Robert Storr; artists Sol LeWitt, Roy Lichtenstein, Claes Oldenburg, and Richard Serra; dealers Arne and Marc Glimcher; and collector and patron Louisa Stude Sarofim, among many others. Writing includes drafts of essays, as well as lectures and other unpublished texts. Exhibition files document Rose's many exhibitions and curatorial projects, including her landmark 1976 MoMA exhibition "Drawing Now: 1955-1975," widely credited with elevating drawing's status and profile in the museum and the contemporary art world more broadly. Exhibition and artist files also contain extensive notes and drafts of texts, as well as transcripts of interviews that Rose conducted with artists such as Pat Steir, Robert Ryman, Robert Morris, Bruce Nauman, Mike Kelley, Josef Beuys, others. Printed material includes ephemera from exhibitions curated or visited, including trips to several editions of the Venice Biennial, Documenta, and others. Photographs are of primarily of artworks, exhibitions, friends and family, and personal and professional travels.