3EP Ltd. records
name: label: Creator
content: 3EP Ltd. (Palo Alto, Calif.)
label: Names
content: Anderson, Mary Margaret
label: Names
content: Arnoldi, Charles, 1946-
label: Names
content: Bengston, Billy Al
label: Names
content: Cook, Gordon
label: Names
content: Falkenstein, Claire, 1908-1997
label: Names
content: Fay, Joe, 1950-
label: Names
content: Francis, Sam, 1923-1994
label: Names
content: Gilhooly, David
label: Names
content: Goldyne, Joseph R.
label: Names
content: Jefferson, Jack, 1921-2000
label: Names
content: Kirkeby, Paula, 1934-2016
label: Names
content: Lobdell, Frank, 1921-
label: Names
content: Moses, Ed, 1926-
label: Names
content: Olivera, Nathan
label: Names
content: Phillips, Jay, 1954-1987
label: Names
content: Phillips, Matt
label: Names
content: Sugarman, George, 1912-1999
label: Names
content: Zirker, Joseph
topic: label: Topic
content: Art publishing -- California -- Palo Alto
label: Topic
content: Intaglio printing
label: Topic
content: Graphic arts
label: Topic
content: Prints -- 20th century
label: Topic
content: Printmakers -- California
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: The 3EP Ltd. records were donated in 1984 by Moo (Mary Margaret) Anderson and Paula Kirkeby.  Plates received with the donation were returned to the donors.
creator: label: Creator
content: 3EP Ltd. (Palo Alto, Calif.)
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content: 3EP Ltd. records
abstract: label: Summary
content: The records of California fine arts print publisher 3EP Ltd. founded by Moo (Mary Margaret) Anderson, Joseph Goldyne, and Paula Kirkeby measure 4.3 linear feet and date from 1970 to 1984.   The records include scattered administrative files; artists' files that include correspondence, lists, price lists, and miscellany; printed materials, photographs, including two dismantled photo albums and negatives; and numerous fine arts prints by various contemporary artists, including Gordon Cook, Claire Falkenstein, Joe Fay, Sam Francis, David Gilhooly, Joseph Goldyne, Jack Jefferson, Frank Lobdell, Fred Martin, Ed Moses, Nathan Oliveira, Jay Phillips, Matt Phillips, and Joseph Zirker.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: 3EP Ltd. was founded by Moo (Mary Margaret) Anderson, Joseph Goldyne, and Paula Kirkeby in 1978 in Palo Alto, California.  The print publisher worked with over 20 artists to produce fine art prints and monotypes and operated until 1984.  

Harry W. and Mary Margaret Anderson, respectively known as Hunk and Moo, are avid art collectors with one of the largest private art collections of 20th Century American Art.  Moo has a special interest in works of art on paper and prints.  Moo and Paula Kirkeby, director of Smith Anderson Gallery in Palo Alto, along with San Francisco artist Joseph Goldyne formed 3EP Ltd.  In addition to sales, the mission of 3EP Ltd. was to encourage experimentation with the monoprint.  Anderson and Kirkeby commissioned a custom-built Takach-Garfield press for their facilities and invited artists to work with the monotype technique and printmaking, techniques that were initially unfamiliar to many of the artists who worked with 3EP Ltd.  Artists invited to work at 3EP include Gordon Cook, Claire Falkenstein, Joe Fay, Sam Francis, David Gilhooly, Frank Lobdell, Ed Moses, Nathan Oliviera, Jay and Matt Phillips, and many others.  3EP Ltd. closed in 1984.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 4.3 Linear Feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1970-1984
label: Date
content: bulk 1979-1984
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.3epltd
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Prints
label: Type
content: Photograph albums
label: Type
content: Photographs
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: This collection is arranged as 5 series.

Series 1: Administrative Records, 1978-1984 (0.2 linear feet; Box 1)

Series 2: Artists Files, 1970-1984 (1.8 linear feet; Box 1-2)

Series 3: Printed Material, 1981-1984 (0.1 linear feet; Box 3)

Series 4: Artwork, 1979-1984 (1.9 linear feet; OV 4-22)

Series 5: Photographic Material, 1981-1983 (0.3 linear feet; Box 3)
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: The collection was partially microfilmed shortly after receipt on reels 3534-3536.  The collection was additionally  re-processed and a finding aid prepared by Rihoko Ueno in 2014.  At that time, the fine art prints were housed more appropriately.
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: Portions of the collection are also available on 35 mm microfilm reels 3534-3536 at Archives of American Art offices, and through interlibrary loan. Researchers should note that the arrangement of material described in the container inventory does not reflect the arrangement of the collection on microfilm.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Prints
label: Genre/Form
content: Photograph albums
label: Genre/Form
content: Photographs
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The records of California fine arts print publisher 3EP Ltd. founded by Moo (Mary Margaret) Anderson, Joseph Goldyne, and Paula Kirkeby measure 4.3 linear feet and date from 1970 to 1984.   The records include scattered administrative files; artists' files that include correspondence, lists, price lists, and miscellany; printed materials, photographs, including two dismantled photo albums and negatives; and numerous fine arts prints by various contemporary artists, including Gordon Cook, Claire Falkenstein, Joe Fay, Sam Francis, David Gilhooly, Joseph Goldyne, Jack Jefferson, Frank Lobdell, Fred Martin, Ed Moses, Nathan Oliveira, Jay Phillips, Matt Phillips, and Joseph Zirker. 

Administrative records consist of chronological correspondence, subscriber lists and forms, price lists, exhibition lists, and other miscellaneous records. Business/administrative correspondence is mostly between the 3EP Ltd. founders and various museums, galleries, and collectors, with a few letters to artists. Artists' files include resumes, correspondence, catalogs, clippings, photographs and slides.  Artists include Chuck Arnoldi, Billy Al Bengston, Gordon Cook, Claire Falkenstein, Joe Fay, Sam Francis, Jack Jefferson, Frank Lobdell, Ed Moses, George Sugarman, and Joseph Zirker, among many others.
relatedmaterial: label: Related Materials
content: The de Young Museum has a collection of 3EP Ltd. prints which are part of the Anderson Graphic Arts Collection.