Allan Kaprow Papers

Allan Kaprow Papers

The Allan Kaprow Papers offer comprehensive documentation of an artistic career, including the complete extant documentation of Kaprow's Environments, Happenings, and Activities. Hundreds of reproductions from the Kaprow archive were published in Allan Kaprow—Art as Life (2008).
Alphonse Wyatt Thibaudeau, Ledger

Alphonse Wyatt Thibaudeau, Ledger, 1875–77

Approximately 186 sheets pertaining to a firm of art dealers (including Fred. A. White) whose clients included Edward Burne-Jones, Alphonse Legros, and James Tissot. Contains information on purchased paintings, cash advances, sales of frames, photographs, an index, and later, loose pieces from 1884–1914.
The Art of David Tudor

The Art of David Tudor

Selections from the David Tudor Papers document the composer and pianist's participation in post–World War II experimental and avant-garde music. Collaborators include John Cage, Earle Brown, Morton Feldman, Christian Wolff, Sylvano Bussotti, and Karlheinz Stockhausen.
Designs by El Lissitzky

Designs by El Lissitzky

Exploring Lissitzky's career as a typographer, book designer, and architect, this website takes its inspiration from and shows materials featured in the Getty Research Institute exhibition Monuments of the Future: Designs by El Lissitzky (November 21, 1998–February 21, 1999).
Goupil & Cie and Boussod, Valadon & Cie Stock Books, 1846–1919

Goupil & Cie and Boussod, Valadon & Cie Stock Books, 1846–1919

Fifteen stock books from the influential Parisian dealers contain the dates of acquisition, dealer's costs, names of purchasers, dates of sales, and selling prices for about 43,700 works of art bought and sold by the gallery.
J. Paul Getty Trust press release, 1998

J. Paul Getty Trust Press Releases, 1953–2000

A complete collection of press releases issued by the J. Paul Getty Trust and its various programs from the founding of the J. Paul Getty Museum in 1953 until 2000.
Robert Motherwell, Writings on Art, 1941–71

Robert Motherwell, Writings on Art, 1941–71

Panel discussions, interviews, letters to curators, and other informal writings (including drafts and corrections), as well as audio recordings and transcripts of a 1969 interview with Arthur Cohen.
Views of the Villa del Salviatino

Views of the Villa del Salviatino

Nearly 70 photographs feature the home of art critic and historian Ugo Ojetti, focusing on the library and including portraits of Lionello Venturi, Ojetti's family, and other friends. Exterior views document gardens and statuary and include views of Florence and the surrounding countryside.