Irwin (Robert) Papers Finding aid for the Robert Irwin papers, circa 1940-2011


Series I. Correspondence, 1975-2010 13 Linear Feet (31 boxes)
Correspondence with critics, curators, directors of museums, and other arts organizations, universities, students, and collectors concern the creation, acquisition, and installation of projects, exhibitions, lectures, and symposia. Some ephemera and clippings may also be found here.
Arrangement
Arranged chronologically with some (from collection additions) arranged alphabetically by correspondent and topic at the end.
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1		1975-1978
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2		1979-1980
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3		1981-1982
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4		Mar-Dec 1982
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5		1983
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6		1984
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7		1985
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8		1986
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9		1987
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10		1988
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11		1989
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12		1990
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13		1991
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14		1992-1994
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14a		1994-1996
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84	2	1992-1996
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107	1	1995-1998
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81		1996-1997
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99	1	1996-1998
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82		1998
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99	2	1998-1999
99	3-5	1999
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87	1	2000
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100	1-4	2000
100	5-8	2001
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102	1-7	2002
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107	2-6	2002-2003
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111	1	2003-2004
111	2-4	2004
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107	7	2005
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113		2005
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119		2006
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120		2007
box	folder
127	1	2007
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131	1	2006-2008
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127	2-5	2008
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131	2-3	2009
131	4	2010
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14b-14d, 109		Appointment calendars, 1976, 1978-1992, 1995-1999, 2002
		These calendars have many pieces of ephemera, notes, and receipts attached to the pages.
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14b			1976, 1978-1982
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14c			1983-1987
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14d			1988-1992
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109			1995-1999, 2002
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87	3	College and university lectures, 1989-1993
87	2	Panza, Giuseppe, 1975-2000
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121-124		Plutzer vs. The J. Paul Getty Trust, et al., 2005-2007
		Sealed pending review in 2032.
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127	6	Other Getty correspondence, 2004-2007
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80	1	Oversize, 1996-1998
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86	1	With color photographs, 1998


Series II. Personal writings and lectures, ca. 1940-2000, undated 1.5 Linear Feet (3.5 boxes)
Beginning around 1974, Irwin began to read philosophy (Hegel, Marx, Kierkegaard, Einstein, Wittgenstein and others) for ideas with which to defend his art against criticism. The small early notebooks contain excerpts from Irwin's readings with his notes. The larger notebooks contain commentaries on his readings, and the later notebooks are compilations of ancillary information for his own writings. This series also contains a separate notebook used in preparation for his 1977 Whitney Museum project. Published writings, lecture notes, and related materials are also included.
Arrangement
Arranged by format.
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83	1	The Green and the White (an original screenplay), 1940s
		Screenplay by Irwin and Joan Tewkesbury.
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15-17		Notebooks, 1976-1977, undated
		Includes the notebook for the Whitney Museum project, 1977.
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101	7	Notebook, 1989-1991
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87	4	Published writings, 1999-2000
87	5-8	Lecture notes and related material, 1998-2000, undated
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101	1	Lecture notes, 1999


Series III. Project files, 1970-2009, undated 9.2 Linear Feet (27 boxes, 1 flat file folder)
Material generated during the preparation and building of many installations, exhibitions, and site-specific works. Files include proposals and correspondence with project coordinators, engineers, and materials manufacturers. Other documentation includes color and black-and-white photographs and negatives taken by Irwin during site surveys and construction, drawings, notes, cost estimates, receipts, and some clippings. Also included are materials related to projects about Irwin in which he participated. See Series IV. Project drawings for oversize drawings.
Arrangement
Arranged chronologically.

		1970-1978
box	folder
18	1		Northridge, 1970
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89	6		Miscellaneous, 1975
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18	2		Whitney Exhibition, 1977
18	3		Berkeley, 1978
18	4		Ohio State University, 1978

		1980-1984
box	folder
18	5-6		Carpenter Park, Dallas, 1980
18	7		Wellesley College, 1980
box	folder
19	1		Lake Placid, 1980
19	2-4		New Orleans, 1980
19	5		San Francisco freeway, ca. 1980
19	6		Cincinnati Fountain Square, 1981
19	7		University of California, San Diego (UCSD), Two Running Violet V Forms, 1981
box	folder
20	1		Battery Park, New York, Competition, 1982
20	2		San Francisco airport, 1982
20	3		Chicago O'Hare airport, 1982
20	4-5		University of Minnesota, 1983
box	folder
21	1-3		Old Post Office, Washington D.C. (48 Shadow Planes), 1983
21	4		Seattle (9 Spaces, 9 Trees), 1983
21	5		MacArthur Foundation, 1984

		1985-1989
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21	6		Sackler Gallery, Harvard, 1985
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22	1		California Center, San Francisco, 1985
22	2		San Francisco Exhibition, 1985
22	3		Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles [MOCA] (Grand Avenue Meridian), 1986
22	4		Wave Hill, 1986
22	5-8		Tower 45, 1986
box
23			Miami International Airport (Two Architectural Towers), 1986
23	1-9			Correspondence, proposals, strategy, notes.
box	folder
25	1-7			Exhibition, exhibition space, expenses/receipts
box	folder
24	1-10			Research, theme parks, GTI background, contracts, meeting minutes, critique committee
box	folder
26	1-10			Photographs, tranparencies, and negatives of architectural drawings; articles, press releases, addresses, misc.
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27	1		Rice University Lecture Series, 1988
27	2		Falling Water, 1988
27	3-6		Cityfront Center, Chicago, 1989
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28	1-3		Pasadena, 1989

		1990-1994
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29	1		Carlsbad, 1990
29	2		San Diego Museum, 1990
29	3		Koll Plaza, San Diego, 1990
29	4		Des Moines, Iowa, 1990
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28	4-5		Rhône-Alpes Olympics, 1990
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29	5		Renos Xippas, Paris, 1991

			Pace Gallery exhibition, 1992
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30	1			Files
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33	8			Guest book, 1992
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30	2-7		Las Vegas, 1992-1994

			Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles [MOCA], 1992-1995
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30	8-10			1993
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108	1			1992-1995
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30	11		Kölnischer Kunstverein, 1994

			Musée d'art de la ville de Paris,
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30	12-13			Files, 1994
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101	7			Exhibition catalog for Robert Irwin, 1994
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30	14		Millikin Foundation, 1994
30	15		Veteran's Parkway, 1994

		1995-1999
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30	16		Los Angeles Cathedral, 1995
30	17-19		Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, 1995
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83	3		Seeing is forgetting the name of the thing one sees by Lawrence Weschler, 1996
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30	20-21		Wexner Center, 1996
30	22		Del Mar Bridge Project, 1996
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83	6		Documentary film by Leonard Feinstein, 1991-1997
			This film The Beauty of Questions was released in 1997. It was originally titled In Response.

			Getty central garden, Los Angeles, 1992-ca. 2008
			Files relating to books about the Getty central garden are also included. See Series V. Photographs for color photography of the Getty central garden project, as well as Series VII. Project drawings for additional material related to the project.
			For additional related material, see also the Getty Center Central Garden design plans in the Institutional Archives of the J. Paul Getty Trust (IA40020).
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76-80, 88				1992-1998
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88	3-9			1999-2001
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101	4-6			1998-2002
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102	8-10			ca. 2002-2003

				Getty central garden book, ca. 2001
				Weschler, Lawrence, Robert Irwin Getty garden. Los Angeles : The J. Paul Getty Museum, 2001.
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90					Layouts
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103	3				Page proofs
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115	1				Book in sections
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116				Getty central garden book, 2003
				Duggan, Jim, Plants in the Getty's central garden. Los Angeles : J. Paul Getty Museum, c2003.
flatfile
45**				Getty central garden book, ca. 2008
				Hackman, William, and Mark Greenberg, eds. Inside the Getty. Los Angeles, Calif. : J. Paul Getty Trust ; Hove : Roundhouse [distributor], 2008.
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83	2		Ohio State University, 1996

			Dia:Beacon, New York, 1996-2003
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83	4-5			1996-1998
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104	1-9			1998-2003
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128	1-3			1999
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83	7		Pace Wildenstein, New York (Retrospective), 1998
			Guest book.

			Musée d'art contemporain de Lyon (Double Diamond), 1993-1999
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83	8			1998
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89	1			1993-1999
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101	3		Guggenheim Museum, 1998
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89	3		University of California, Irvine, 1999
89	2		Howard Rachofsky project, 1998-1999

		2000-2004
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101	2		San Diego State University, 1998-2001
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89	4		Lyon Parc Auto, 2000-2001
89	5		Pace Gallery, Chelsea, New York, 2000-2001
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105	1		Guggenheim, New York (Scrim installation), 2003-2004
105	2		Carmel Valley Community Park South, ca. 2003-2004
105	3		Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, CA, 2003
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108	2-3		ARCO Plaza, 2003-2004

		2005-2009
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111	5		Pasadena Arts Cultural Affairs, 2003-2005
111	6		Leona Drive, Los Angeles (Ortiz residence), 2005
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114	1-4		Desert Botanical Garden, Pheonix, AZ, 2002-2006
114	5-6		Norton Simon Museum, Pasadena, CA (Translucence), 2006
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124	9		Pace Wildenstein, New York (Who's Afraid of Red, Yellow and Blue), 2006
			Guest book.
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128	7		Pace Wildenstein, New York (Red Drawing, White Drawing, Black Painting), 2009
			Guest book.


Series IV. Clippings and ephemera, ca. 1960-2011, undated 5.2 Linear Feet (10 boxes, 8 flat file folders)
Reviews, invitations, posters, and announcements as well as personal items such as awards and honorary degrees. Some ephemera may also be included in Series I. Correspondence and Series III. Project files.
Arrangement
Arranged chronologically with awards and oversize material at the end.
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31		ca. 1960-1977
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32		1978-1985
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33		1986-1993
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34a		1993-1996, undated
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84		1997-1999, undated
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89	7	2000-2001
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101	8	2002
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105	4	2003
105	5, 8	2004
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111	7	2005-2006
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115	2-6	2006-2007
		Also includes one folder of clippings related to the Getty dated 2004-2009.
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129	1-5	2006-2007
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128	4-8	2008-2009
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131	5-6	2010-2011
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34b		Skowhegan medal and Otis honorary degree, 1980-1992
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105	7	Art Center honorary degree, 2003
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116		Certificate of Recognition from City of Los Angeles, 2006
flatfile
48**		San Francisco Art Institute honorary degree, 1978
flatfile
53**		Certificate of membership in American Academy of Arts and Letters, 2007
flatfile
54**		Building team of the year award, 2008
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80	2	Oversize, 1997-1998
flatfile
5-6, 26, 28, 44, 46		Posters, 1988-2002
		Includes posters for: Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego; Symposium at the Chinati Foundation; Musée d'art moderne de la ville de Paris; SciArc 25th birthday celebration; Presence symposium in Virginia; Ed Bereal show (Portland, OR); Translucence: Southern California art from the 1960s & 1970s; Who's Afraid of Red, Yellow and Blue; Invisible Might: Words from 1965 to 1971; New Music America Miami (1988).


Series V. Photographs, slides, and negatives, ca. 1969-2003, undated 20.8 Linear Feet (46 boxes, 5 flat file folders, 1 frame)
An extensive quantity of black-and-white and color photographs, slides, and negatives of many of Irwin's light and space installations and site-specific projects. There are many duplicate color images, enlarged and mounted for exhibitions, such as his 1993 traveling retrospective. Some photographs of Irwin as a youth and of his early abstract paintings can also be found here.
Arrangement
Arranged chronologically with undated material at the end.

		Personal and early work, 1969-1970, undated
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35			Personal photographs and portraits, undated
35			Early Work, undated
35			Museum of Modern Art, New York [MOMA], 1970
35			Northridge, 1970
35			Irwin's Venice Studio (Skylights-Column), 1970
box	folder
108	4		1930 Ford Coup, undated

		1971-1974
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37			Walker Art Center (Slant Light Volume), 1971
37			Ace Gallery (Room Angle Light Volume), 1972
37			Riko Mizuno Gallery, Los Angeles, 1972
37			Sonnabend, Paris (Split Room Slant Scrim), 1972
37			Pace Gallery (Eye Level Wall Division), 1973
37			Riko Mizuno Gallery, Los Angeles, 1973
37			Panza, Varese, Italy, 1973
37			Riko Mizuno Gallery, Los Angeles (Wall Division), 1974
37			New South Wales/Sidney, Australia (Scrim/Light Volume), 1974

		1975-1979
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37			Boehm Gallery, Palomar College, 1975
37			California State University, Long Beach, 1975
37			Fort Worth, 1975
37			Museum of Contemporary Art [MOCA], Chicago (Black Line Volume), 1975
37			Venice Biennale, 1976
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37, 57*			Walker Art Center (Four Corners Room; Window Indication, Repeat Slant Light Volume), 1976
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37			University of Massachussets, Amherst (Stairwell Slant Volume), 1976
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38			Whitney Museum (Scrim Veil-Black Rectangle-Natural Light), 1977
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38, 58*			Berkeley (Three-Light Triangulation), 1978
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38, 52			Ohio State University, Columbus (Tilted Planes), 1978
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38			San Diego State University (Scrim Room Division), 1979
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38, 52			Lincoln, Nebraska Model, 1979

		1980-1989
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39, 51-52, 54-55, 57*			Carpenter Park, Dallas, 1980
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39, 48			San Francisco freeway, ca. 1980
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39			Lake Placid, 1980

			Wellesley College, 1980
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39, 55, 65*				Boxes
flatfile
1**				Flatfile
box
39			Artforum, 1981
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52			Cincinnati, ca. 1981
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58, 62			University of California, San Diego [UCSD], ca. 1981
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51-52, 57*			Chicago O'Hare airport, ca. 1982
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52			San Francisco airport, ca. 1982

			University of Minnesota, 1983
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39				Box
flatfile
2**				Flatfile
frame
3**				Framed print
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64**			Old Post Office, Washington, D.C. (48 Shadow Planes), ca. 1983

			Seattle (9 Spaces, 9 Trees), ca. 1983
box
53*				Box
flatfile
2**				Flatfile
box
39, 55*			San Francisco (A Single Plane: 324 Parts), 1985
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40-44			Miami, 1986
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64**			Wave Hill, ca. 1986
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52, 54*			Pasadena, ca. 1989

		1992-1998
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86, 91-98			Getty central garden, 1992-1998

			Musée d'art contemporain de Lyon (Double Diamond), 1993-1999
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89	8-9			Black-and-white photographs,
box	folder
91	3			Color photographs,

			Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles [MOCA] (Retrospective), 1993
box	folder
91	6			Photographs
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60, 63				Mounted photographs,
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86			Dia Center for the Arts, New York, 1998

		2000-2001
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91	4		Lyon Parc Auto, 2000-2001
91	5		Pace Gallery, Chelsea, 2000-2001
box	folder
105	6		Robert Irwin and Ellsworth Kelly, 2003
			Photograph taken by Sydney B. Felsen.

		American Academy of Arts and Letters
flatfile
55**			2007
flatfile
56**			2008
flatfile
47**			undated

		Various, undated
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91	1-2		Trees and bushes

			Venice, Calif.
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46-48				Mounted photographs
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71				Rolls of negatives
				Photographs taken every 30 seconds.
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59*				Mounted photos used in Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles [MOCA] retrospective
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56*			NASA satellite photographs
box
61**			Chicago Tower
flatfile
1**			Las Vegas
box
57*			Louisiana Museum, Denmark
box
66**			Berkeley, Washington, D.C., and other projects
			Six mounted photographs.
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45, 91, 94-96			Miscellaneous slides
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49-50			Miscellaneous mounted photos


Series VI. Audiovisual and digital material, 1971-2010, undated 2.5 Linear Feet (60 items)
Audiovisual and digital materials document Irwin's art, and Irwin lecturing and attending symposia. Only those items that have been reformatted may be used. Reformats are described below but housed separately. Online access to selected digitized video recordings is available to on-site readers and Getty staff.
Arrangement
Arranged chronologically within each format with undated and unidentified material at the end of each format.
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69	F1	Drugs and Beyond, 1971
		Drugs and Beyond: 1971
		Film sent to Irwin by Ed Wortz. Film was part of a series funded by both the National Institute for Mental Health and UCLA in 1971 as part of the "Social Seminar" series.
		1 film reel : 16 mm. Original.
		1 videocassette (Betacam SP). Archival master.

		Audiotapes, 1975-1998, undated
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67	C1		Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, 1975 Nov. 8
			1 sound cassette.
67	C2		10th International Sculpture Conference 1978 May 31-June 3
			1 sound cassette.
67	C3-C4		Irwin Seminar, 1979 Nov. 21
			2 sound cassettes. Both marked "dupe".
67	C5-C6		Irwin, 1980 Apr. 30
			2 sound cassettes. Both marked "dupe".
67	C7		The Territory of Art with Pia Lindstrom, Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, KCRW, 1982
			1 sound cassette.
67	C8-C12		Irwin lectures, 1988 Mar 7, 14, 21
			5 sound cassettes.
box	item
68	C13-C14		Broadcast, 1993 Sept. 15
			2 sound cassettes.
68	C15		The Thoroughbred Connection: Irwin/Andy Beyer, 1993 Dec.
			1 sound cassette.
68	C22		These Days with Dick Sutro, 1998 August 10
			1 sound cassette.
68	C23		Roger Shattuck, for the Garden of Our Perceptions, 1998
			This sound cassette accompanies material in preparation for a symposium at the Huntington Library that Irwin spoke at in 1998.
68	C16		Astrology no. 1, undated
			Astrology no. 1: undated
			1 sound cassette.
68	C17		Astrology no. 2, undated
			Astrology no. 2: undated
			1 sound cassette.
68	C18		Yassan (?) lecture, Metropolitan Museum of Art, undated
			1 sound cassette.
68	C19-C21		Sally Yard, undated
			3 sound cassettes.

		Videotapes, 1973-2001, undated
box	item
69	V1-V5		Lecture, 1973 Feb. 28
			Lecture,
			Originals - 5 videoreels : 1/2 in.
			V1 is blank. Not reformatted. V3 is a duplicate of V2 and was therefore not digitized. V2 is 63 minutes long. V5 is a duplicate of V4 and was therefore not digitized. V4 is 31 minutes long.
69	R1-R2		Wright State lectures, ca. 1973
			Wright State lectures: 1973
			2 videotape reels.
69	V6		Lecture, 1976 Aug.
			1 videocassette (U-Matic : 50 min.).

			Miami Project, 1987-1988
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70	V8			"PAC, Irwin airport master plan", 21 September 1987
				"PAC, Irwin airport master plan" (digital version available on-site only): 21 September 1987
				1 videocassette of 4 (VHS) (123 min.) : sound, color ; 1/2 in. Title transcribed from label.

				PAC, Irwin master plan,
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70	V9			"PAC, Irwin master plan", 21 September 1987
				"PAC, Irwin master plan" (digital version available on-site only): 21 September 1987
				2 videocassette of 4 (VHS) (124 min.) : sound, color ; 1/2 in. Title transcribed from label.
70	V10			"Irwin presentation - Trust", 23 September 1987
				"Irwin presentation - Trust" (digital version available on-site only): 23 September 1987
				3 videocassette of 4 (VHS) (75 min.) : sound, color ; 1/2 in. Title transcribed from label.
70	V11			"PAC, Irwin master plan", 22 September 1987
				"PAC, Irwin master plan" (digital version available on-site only): 22 September 1987
				4 videocassette of 4 (VHS) (5 min.) : sound, color ; 1/2 in. Title transcribed from label.
70	V12			"Coy Howard; Denes presentation; Vertical access proposal", 23 February 1988
				"Coy Howard; Denes presentation; Vertical access proposal" (digital version available on-site only): 23 February 1988
				1 videocassette of 2 (VHS) (114 min.) : sound, color ; 1/2 in. Title transcribed from label. The first half of this video documents Beverly Buchanan installing Blue Station Stones in Miami, Florida, as part of Miami-Dade County Art In Public Places.
70	V13			"Coy Howard - Vertical access; R. Irwin - MIA garden proposal", 23 February 1988
				"Coy Howard - Vertical access; R. Irwin - MIA garden proposal" (digital version available on-site only): 23 February 1988
				2 videocassette of 2 (VHS) (64 min.) : sound, color ; 1/2 in. Title transcribed from label.
70	V14		The Doors of Perception, Smithsonian World, 1991 June 5
			The Doors of Perception, Smithsonian World: 1991 June 5
			1 videocassette (VHS ; 58 min.).
70	V15		Robert Irwin in Response, Pace, 1992
			Robert Irwin in Response, Pace: 1992
			1 videocassette (VHS ; 8 min.).
70	V16		Documenta '92: West Coast Artists, 1992
			Documenta '92: West Coast Artists: 1992
			1 videocassette (VHS).
70	V17		Robert Irwin: From Point Zero, 1993
			Robert Irwin: From Point Zero: 1993
			1 videocassette (VHS).
70	V18		Irwin - Paris, 1994 Oct.
			Irwin - Paris: 1994 Oct.
			1 videocassette (VHS).
70	V23		MOCA & Tribute Celebration, 1997 June 6
			MOCA & Tribute Celebration: 1997 June 6
			1 videocassette (VHS)
70	V24		Rice President's lecture series, 2000 March 3
			1 videocassette (VHS)
70	V25		Eye on L.A.: The Getty, 2001 May 19
			1 videocassette (VHS ; 30 min.)
70	V19		The Artist's Voice, undated
			The Artist's Voice: undated
			1 videocassette (VHS ; 30 min.).
box	item
69	V20		Interview, undated
			Interview: undated
			1 videocassette (U-Matic ; 30 min.). The end title card says "One of a series on living artists by Andy Eason & Gerry Rosen, c.1975"
69	V21		Unedited interview, tape 1, undated
			Unedited interview, tape 1,: undated
			1 videocassette (U-Matic ; 62 min.).
69	V22		Unedited interview, tape 2, undated
			Unedited interview, tape 2: undated
			1 videocassette (U-Matic ; 28 min. ).
box	item
70	V26		Advanced Placement: The Stuart Collection at UCSD undated
			Advanced Placement: The Stuart Collection at UCSD: undated
			1 videocassette (VHS)
70	V27		Unidentified, undated
			1 videocassette (VHS).

		Digital material, 1998-2010, undated
		Digital material is unavailable until reformatted.
box	item
85	D2		Masterworks for learning: A College collection catalogue. Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin College, 1998
			1 CD-ROM. Music performed by students and faculty.
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110	D4		Art Gallery of Western Australia, ca. 2003
			1 CD-ROM containing PDF and JPEG files.
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117	D5		Art Gallery of Western Australia, 2005
			1 CD-ROM containing JPEG files.
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118	D6		Brazil (Allan), ca. 2005
			1 CD-ROM containing JPEG files. Sleeve was marked "Brazil - Allan" and was housed with print-outs of color photographs. See Correspondence from 2005 (b. 113, f. 10).
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125	D1		Interview of Robert Irwin by Mike Bianco, 2007
			2 audio CDs (85 min).
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126	D7		An Afternoon with Robert Irwin a film by Hunter Moskowitz (Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego), ca. 2008
			1 DVD (8 min) : sd., col. A documentary on Who's Afraid of Red, Yellow and Blue.
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130	D8		California's Gold #10006: Getty Garden, 2008
			1 DVD.
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132	D9		Primary Atmospheres: Works from California 1960-1970, 2010
			1 CD-ROM containing JPEG and TIF files.
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106	D3		Cognitive Tool Company (John Baez), undated
			1 zip disk. Originally filed with Dia:Beacon miscellaneous project files.


Series VII. Project drawings, ca. 1970-2007, undated 228 Linear Feet (44 rolls, 37 flat file folders, and 2 frames)
Many original drawings in pencil and colored pencil, and some printed mechanical drawings, for many of Irwin's projects.
Arrangement
Arranged chronologically with undated and unidentified material at the end.

		1973-1979
roll
17**			Pace Gallery, 1973-1992
			Three sections and elevations with colored pencil for 1992 installation; one photostat of 1973 and 1974 installations; and one installation photo.
roll
T25**			Ohio State University, 1978
roll
2**			Carpenter Park, Dallas, 1978
			Sixteen blueprints and one pencil drawing.

			Berkeley, ca. 1978
flatfile
4**				Flatfile
roll
13**				Roll

		1980-1989

			Chicago, ca.1981-ca.1982
flatfile
3**				Flatfile
				Twenty-six original and mechanical drawings.
roll
11, 19				Rolls
flatfile
4**			Rock Garden Sitting Room, Rhode Island, 1982
			Three drawings.
roll
13**			Minnesota, ca. 1983

			Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles [MOCA] (Grand Avenue Meridian), 1983-1986
roll
20**				1983
				Thirteen foot long negative and positive, two smaller positives and one smaller print. Also called Grand Avenue Viaduct.
frame
1-2				1983?
				Framed print, positive. Made from negatives on Roll 20? Also called Grand Avenue Viaduct.
roll
4**				1986
				Seven blueprints.
roll
5**				1986
				Five sheets of elevations and diagrams (see also Roll 20).
roll
13**			Sackler Gallery, Harvard, 1985
roll
3**			Tower 45, 1986
			Sixteen blueprints.
roll
18**			Wave Hill, 1986
roll
6-7			Miami, 1986
			Seven drawings, some colored. Nineteen original drawings.
roll
T26**			Miami International Airport (Two Architectural Towers), ca.1986
roll
8**			Falling Water, 1988
			Three colored drawings for Site Lines.
roll
9**			Pasadena, 1989
			Two colored drawings of plan and elevation.

		1990-1999
roll
18, T42			Des Moines, Iowa, ca.1990
roll
14,18			Renos Xippas, Paris, 1991

			Getty central garden, Los Angeles, ca.1992-ca.1998
box	folder
80	3-9			Oversize
flatfile
7, 14, 23, 45				Flatfiles
roll
T21-T24, T36**				Rolls
roll
15, 28			Las Vegas, 1992-1994

			Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles [MOCA] (Retrospective), ca. 1993
flatfile
4**				Flatfile
roll
16, T32				Rolls
roll
10**			Köln, 1994
			Fifteen original drawings.
roll
T27**			Centro de Art Reina Sofia, Madrid, Spain, 1995

			Lyon Parc Auto, 1995, 2000
flatfile
25**				Flatfiles, 1995, 2000
roll
T34a**				Roll, 2000
roll
T44**			Musée d'Art Contemporain de Lyon (Double Diamond), ca.1998-ca.1999

			Pace Gallery, Chelsea, New York, 1998-1999
flatfile
24**				Flatfile
roll
T33-T34				Rolls
roll
T33**			Howard Rachovsky project, ca. 1998-1999

			Dia:Beacon, New York, ca.1999-ca.2001
box	folder
103	4			Oversize, 1999-2001

				Flatfiles, ca. 2000-ca. 2004
flatfile
8**					Planting plan, two drawings, ca. 2004
flatfile
9**					Administration building, three drawings, 2001 Mar
					North facade, west-east elevation, window and doors.
flatfile
10**					Two drawings, ca. 2002
					Irwin label (not on drawing), "Bosch."
flatfile
11**					Windows, three drawings, ca. 2000
flatfile
12**					Entrance building backup, seven drawings, ca. 2000
flatfile
13**					Excurses[?] Homage to the Square, four drawings, undated
					Potentially or Irwin installation at Dia:Beacon.
flatfile
16**					Scrim passage, ca. 2001
flatfile
15**					Administration building, ten drawings, ca. 2001
flatfile
17**					Entry building construction drawings, three drawings, ca. 2000
flatfile
18**					Miscellanous and stairs, three drawings, undated
flatfile
20**					Gate front, two drawings, 2001
flatfile
29**					Drawings, ca. 1999

				Rolls, undated
roll
T31, T37					Staircases
roll
T38-T39					Miscellaneous
roll
T40**					Parking lot
					Drawings on vellum and trace of plantings and parking plan.
roll
T41**					Building drawings
					Irwin's label (not on drawings): "BASE [or "BASC?"] bldg drawings." Plans of various levels.
roll
T32**					Installation,

		2000-2010

			Seattle (9 Spaces, 9 Trees), ca. 2000
flatfile
41**				Flatfile
roll
19**				Roll
				2 negatives, 2 photostats and 1 drawing.

			Desert Botanical Garden, Pheonix, AZ, ca. 2001-2006
box
116				Oversize, 2006
flatfile
39, 42-43**				Flatfiles, ca. 2001
flatfile
30**			Art Gallery of Western Australia, 2003

			ARCO Plaza, 1970, ca. 2003-2004
box
112				Oversize, ca. 2003-ca. 2004
flatfile
35**				Flatfile, 1970, 2004
flatfile
31, 37			University of California, San Diego, ca. 2003-ca. 2004
box	folder
103	1		Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, CA, ca. 2003
flatfile
22**			Carmel Valley Community Park South, ca. 2003-2004

			Guggenheim, New York (Scrim installation), 2003-2004
box	folder
103	2			Oversize
flatfile
21**				Flatfile
roll
T29**				Roll
flatfile
30**			Massachusetts Institute of Technology (PDSI Project), 2004

			St. Alban's School, Washington, 2004-2005
box
112				Oversize, 2005
flatfile
33-34				Flatfiles, 2004
flatfile
36**			Leona Drive, Los Angeles (Ortiz residence), ca. 2005

			Sidney Frank Hall, Brown University, 2005
box
112				Box
flatfile
38**				Flatfile
roll
27**			LACMA, Los Angeles (Soft Wall), 2007

		Undated, undated
roll
1**			Early Installation Projects
			Thirty-one drawings, many with colored pen, of scrims and wall pieces at the Walker, Museum of Modern Art, NY [MOMA], Whitney Museum, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Castelli Gallery, and other places.
roll
12, 19			PS 1, New York City
12, 19			Louisiana Museum, Denmark
roll
T30**			Public Safety Building, Seattle

			Marfa, Texas
flatfile
19, 40				Flatfiles
roll
T35**				Roll
				3rd level, backup. Drawings on vellum.

			Unknown
flatfile
27, 32				Flatfiles
roll
T43**				Roll
				1 unidentified drawing on vellum.


Series VIII. Project models, ca. 1979-ca. 1993 65.4 Linear Feet (6 models)
Models of Irwin's Las Vegas, Lincoln (Nebraska), Cincinnati, Minnesota, San Francisco Freeway, and San Francisco Airport projects.
Arrangement
Arranged chronologically.
box
72**		Lincoln, Nebraska, ca. 1979
box
74**		San Francisco Freeway, ca. 1980
box
75**		Cincinnati, ca. 1981
box
133**		San Francisco Airport, ca. 1982
box
73**		Minnesota, ca. 1983
box
71**		Las Vegas, ca. 1993


Series IX. Miscellaneous, 1993-2009, undated 0.4 Linear Feet (1 box)
This series was created because some material in the additions could not be linked with any particular file.
Arrangement
Arranged chronologically.

		1999 addition, undated
box	folder
84	1		Files
box
84a			LEE Filters samples
box	folder
124	10-11	2007 addition, 2006-2008
		Thesis on the Getty central garden by student from California Polytechnic State University (2007), and small publications from four arts institutions (2007-2008).
box	folder
129	6	2010 addition, 1993-2009
		A photograph of Irwin with two other unidentified people, an unidentified exhibition checklist, and receipt.

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