Collection

Edelson, Mary Beth Papers

Span Dates: 1950-2016
Bulk Dates: 1970-2010
Volume: 60.84 Linear Feet (in 114 manuscript boxes, 1 half manuscript box, 10 flat boxes, 11 oversized flat

Description

The Mary Beth Edelson Papers (1950-2016) consist of materials created and collected by Edelson and document her artistic process and output, as well as her role in the American feminist art movement. Materials in this collection include correspondence, grant applications, exhibition ephemera, art books, publications, photographs, slides of works and exhibitions, clippings of reviews and press releases, original notebooks, original sketchbooks, visual source materials, and subject files concerning themes pertinent to Edelson's work. This collection also includes materials documenting Edelson's personal life, her involvement with the feminist artist cooperative A.I.R. Gallery (Artists in Residence) and the women’s rights organization Women's Action Coalition (WAC). The collection also contains digital photographs of an Edelson collage featured as part of a Louise Bourgeois exhibition at the Tate Modern, as well as digital photographs and documents related to the creation of an A.I.R. Gallery book

Hist/Bio Note

Mary Beth Edelson (1933-2021) was an American artist whose work included printmaking, book art, sculpture, collage art, painting, photography, performance art, and writing. Her feminist and conceptual art often challenged patriarchal systems. She was a founding member of the Heresies Collective and contributed "Pilgrimage: A Woman's Journey to a Neolithic Goddess Cave:' to the 1977 issue of Heresies entitled "the Great Goddess"

Finding Aid

A finding aid is available online.
https://findingaids.library.nyu.edu/fales/mss_549/

Location

Materials are stored offsite and advance notice is required for use Fales Library and Special Collections, New York University
https://guides.nyu.edu/speccol

Tags

Feminism | Artist/musician/poet | Author/editor | Women's spirituality