Photographs
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Solomon, Alan R., 1920-1970
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content: Alan R. Solomon papers
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1.7 Linear Feet (Boxes 9-11, OV 13)
unitdate: label: Date
content: circa 1951-circa 1970
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.soloalan, Series 11
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: Photographs are arranged by subject. Dates assigned to photos of artwork are for the years in which the pictured artwork was produced, where known.
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: Series is scanned in entirety, with the exception of duplicates, blank versos of photographs, and negatives for which copy prints exist.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Photographs are of Solomon, artists and others, exhibitions and events, and artwork, by photographers including Robert R. McElroy, Ugo Mulas, and Hans Namuth.

Photos of Solomon include snapshots, photo booth snapshots, portraits, photos taken at various events and with others, and a series of photos taken at a party by Ugo Mulas. Also found is one photograph taken by Robert Rauschenberg of Mulas, Solomon, and designer and illustrator, Michele Provinciali.

There are photographs of circa eighteen artists, including many studio shots, some of which were probably taken by Ugo Mulas for the book New York: The New Art Scene, but are not specifically identified as such. 

Photos of Jim Dine include a series taken of a Happenings performance entitled "Car Crash" at Reuben gallery, circa 1960. Also found is a series of mounted photographs of Dine's artwork, some of which are signed by the artist.

Photos of Laura Grisi picture the artist with others, including Barnett Newman, Larry Poons, and Frank Stella.

Photographs of Robert Rauschenberg include many taken at the Venice Biennale by Ugo Mulas, and picture Rauschenberg at the ceremony, seated next to Alan Solomon, during which he received the Grand Prize. Also found are photographs of Rauschenberg beside his artwork, and at Biennale parties. Some photos show Rauschenberg's artwork arriving by canal in Venice and being transported to the Biennale exhibition space. 

Two photos of Andy Warhol were taken by Nat Finkelstein at The Factory, circa 1964. 

Photographs of others include Leo Castelli, and Robert and Ethel Scull in their home, surrounded by their art collection.

Also found here are photographs of the exhibition Toward a New Abstraction (1963) held at the Jewish Museum during Solomon's tenure as director; photographs of an unidentified performance; photos by Hans Namuth at an unidentified exhibition; and a series of black and white snapshots of building interiors in Venice, with other Venice buildings and canal scenes.

A group of negatives, originally housed in a cigar box with no identifying information, can be found at the end of the series. Subjects appear to be a combination of family and friends, travel, buildings, artwork, and exhibitions.