Tony DeLap papers
name: label: Creator
content: DeLap, Tony, 1927-2019
label: Names
content: Janus Gallery (Venice, Los Angeles, Calif.)
label: Names
content: University of California, Irvine -- Faculty
label: Names
content: Conner, Bruce, 1933-2008
label: Names
content: Darrow, Paul, 1921-
label: Names
content: Hafif, Marcia, 1929-
label: Names
content: Kauffman, Craig, 1932-2010
label: Names
content: Landau, Felix (1924-2003)
label: Names
content: McCracken, John, 1934-2011
label: Names
content: McLaughlin, John, 1898-
label: Names
content: Nauman, Bruce, 1941-
label: Names
content: Rhinelander, Clare H.
label: Names
content: Solomon, Alan R., 1920-1970
label: Names
content: Stinton,, Nell
label: Names
content: Thiebaud, Wayne
label: Names
content: Wortz, Melinda
topic: label: Topic
content: Art -- Study and teaching
label: Topic
content: Artists' studios -- Photographs
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: The papers were donated by Tony DeLap in 2016.
creator: label: Creator
content: DeLap, Tony, 1927-2019
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content: Tony DeLap papers
abstract: label: Summary
content: The papers of artist Tony DeLap measure 1.4 linear feet and date from circa 1950 to 2015. The collection includes correspondence, writings, materials related to professional and teaching activities, printed material, a scrapbook, and photographic material.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Tony DeLap is an artist and professor emeritus of art in Orange County, California. He is a pioneer of West Coast minimalism with a special interest in visual illusion including performed magic. 

DeLap was born in 1927 in Oakland, California and grew up in the Bay Area. He studied art, illustration, and graphic design at colleges in the Bay Area and taught at institutions including the California College of Arts and at the University of California, Davis. In 1965 he was offered a position at the newly founded University of California, Irvine, where he taught until 1991.

DeLap has exhibited widely and his work is held in collections at the Museum of Modern Art, the Whitney Museum of Art, the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, the Albright-Knox Gallery in Buffalo, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, the Tate Gallery in London, and le Musée Cantonal des Beaux-Arts in Lausanne, Switzerland.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1.4 Linear Feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: circa 1950-2015
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.delatony
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Greeting cards
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content: Photographs
label: Type
content: Postcards
label: Type
content: Scrapbooks
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: The collection is arranged in six series.

Series 1: Correspondence, circa 1967-2015 (Box 1; 2 folders)

Series 2: Writings, circa 1960-2013 (Box 1; 4 folders)

Series 3: Professional Activities, circa 1964-1983, circa 2015 (Box 1; 2 folders)

Series 4: Printed Material, 1955-2015 (Boxes 1 and 2, OV 3, 0.6 linear feet)

Series 5: Scrapbook, 1955-1967 (Box 2, 0.3 linear feet)

Series 6: Photographic Material, circa 1950-2012 (Box 1, 0.2 linear feet)
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: The collection was processed and a finding aid prepared by Rayna Andrews in 2018.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Greeting cards
label: Genre/Form
content: Photographs
label: Genre/Form
content: Postcards
label: Genre/Form
content: Scrapbooks
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The papers of artist Tony DeLap measure 1.4 linear feet and date from circa 1950 to 2015. The collection includes correspondence, writings, materials related to professional and teaching activities, printed material, a scrapbook, and photographic material.

Correspondence includes greeting and holiday cards, postcards, and letters with family, friends, other artists, and museums and other arts institutions. Notable correspondents include Alan Solomon, Melinda Wortz, Marcia Hafif, Bruce Conner, John McCracken, Paul Darrow, Bruce Nauman, Craig Kauffman, Nell Stinton, Felix Landau, Wayne Thiebaud, and John McLaughlin.

Writings include autobiographical notes, DeLap's notes on art and magic, and notes and writings on John McLaughlin. Also included is a paper on DeLap's 1983 exhibition at Janus Gallery by Clare H. Rhinelander.

The professional activities series contains DeLap's resume and bibliography, as well as materials related to his teaching appointments and promotion, including letters of recommendation, course lists, and a graduate trip itinerary.

Printed Material includes exhibition materials including announcements, calendars, and catalogs; newsletters, newspapers, journals, and newspaper clippings. This series makes up the bulk of the collection. 

One scrapbook in the collection contains clippings, exhibition announcements, posters, and catalogs, and award ribbons. 

Photographic material includes slides of DeLap's work, as well as photographs of DeLap, his studio, exhibitions and installations, snapshots of family, friends, and travel.