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Oversize - Series XI: Art Works

Subseries A: Finished / Original

Two texts: One written on custom declaration form: "Some of us bring in material to work with...."; One written on verso of fragment of poster distributed by Between C&D "Within all this my fears disappeared...", Undated, inclusive

Box: XI.24, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Photo collage and letter to Dennis Cooper with envelope, 1988 December 28

Box: XI.24, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Flat-File-Folder: 197 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Extent

1 item

Physical Facet

one collage

Subjects

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Description: Photo letter composed of 20 photographs taped together in linear configuration making a single object. Individual photos: vignetted aerial view of city; man standing in circle of light at night; skeleton with fake gun in mouth; train engine; hand holding burning globe; nude blindfolded man in abandoned building; tire tracks and footprints in dirt; Tom Rauffenbart at beach; child lying down on sidewalk, face covered; fake eyeball with ant; bandaged hands holding coins; machinery with dials; seated woman in stockings; boxers in ring; monkey being weighed; young men dancing; dog with false human teeth; negative image of couple having sex; nude with wolf mask; DW self-portrait reclining on couch smoking.

Maker: David Wojnarowicz

Where Made: n.p.

Materials: gelatin silver photographs, tape

Dimensions: 81 inches in length. Each individual photograph is between 4 and 7 inches.

Color Photocopies of Circular Images (2 Copies), Undated, inclusive

Box: XI.24, Folder: 13 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Sketch: [Garbage Pile], Undated, inclusive

Box: XI.24, Folder: 11 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Untitled watercolors - 5 landscapes; 1 still life, Undated, inclusive

Box: XI.24, Folder: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Two Drawings: "Slam Click", Undated, inclusive

Box: XI.24, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Photolithography (5): [Skeletons, Voodoo doll, globe, cells], Undated, inclusive

Box: XI.24, Folder: 14 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Stencil image with cut out: [Skull on fire], Undated, inclusive

Box: 105, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Sketch of head on printed score for "Sonatina", undated

Box: XII.46, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

"Don't Accept Murder, Speak Up!"

Box: I-XI.22, Folder: 24 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Mounted Poster: "A months ago...", 1985

Box: XII.46, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Scope and Contents

Distributed in Between C & D. 1 copy.

Untitled- collage on board, Undated, inclusive

Item: MSS.092.cuid5945 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Extent

1 item

Physical Facet

one collage

Subjects

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Access to this item is limited to the use of digital surrogates. Physical access to this item is restricted.

Plaintiff's Exhibit 14. Color photograph reproduction of David Wojanrowicz's Water, 1990

Item: 092.2.0104 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Extent

1 item

Physical Facet

one photograph

Subjects

Genres

Unfinished painting - Map collage, Undated, inclusive

Item: MSS.092.cuid5841 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Extent

1 item

Physical Facet

one collage

Subjects

Genres

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Access to this item is limited to the use of digital surrogates. Physical access to this item is restricted.

Unfinished painting - Sex Series, Undated, inclusive

Item: MSS.092.cuid5842 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Extent

1 item

Physical Facet

one painting

Subjects

Genres

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Access to this item is limited to the use of digital surrogates. Physical access to this item is restricted.

Black Warning Signs, Undated, inclusive

Item: MSS.092.cuid5843 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Extent

1 item

Physical Facet

one poster

Subjects

Genres

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Access to this item is limited to the use of digital surrogates. Physical access to this item is restricted.

Elephants, Undated, inclusive

Item: MSS.092.cuid5844 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Extent

1 item

Physical Facet

one painting

Subjects

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Access to this item is limited to the use of digital surrogates. Physical access to this item is restricted.

Stencil Tool: [Fish head], Undated, inclusive

Box: 105, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Stencil Tool: [Burning house (barely used)], Undated, inclusive

Box: 105, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Stencil tool: [Burning house], Undated, inclusive

Box: 105, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Stencil Tool: [Falling man], Undated, inclusive

Box: 105, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Stencil image: [Wolf or dog head], Undated, inclusive

Box: 105, Folder: 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

14 Stencil Tools: [Shape of USA], Undated, inclusive

Box: 105, Folder: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Stencil fragments and other materials previously attached to stencils, removed during conservation 2016, Undated, inclusive

Box: 105, Folder: 11 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Stencil Tool: [Skeleton with pope hat], Undated, inclusive

Box: 106, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Stencil Tool: [Lobster claw-head army man], Undated, inclusive

Box: 106, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Stencil Tool: [Wolf Head stencil tool], Undated, inclusive

Box: 106, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Collage: [Skull with sewn lips etc...], Undated, inclusive

Box: 106, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Stencil Tool: [Head], Undated, inclusive

Box: 106, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Stencil Tool: [Masturbation], Undated, inclusive

Box: 106, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Stencil Tool: [Small DW smoking], Undated, inclusive

Box: 106, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Stencil Tool: [Outline Hujar dreaming], Undated, inclusive

Box: 106, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Stencil tool: [square root symbol]2 GMe/Re, Undated, inclusive

Box: 106, Folder: 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Sketch: [Man with raised arm], Undated, inclusive

Box: 106, Folder: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Subseries B: Drawings

Two Drawings: Dog with patterned decorations; Devil with Halo, Undated, inclusive

Box: XI.24, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

2 Drawings: Torso dressed in Camouflage; Torso with arrows (St. Sebastian), Undated, inclusive

Box: XI.24, Folder: 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Sketch: [Man with machine gun], Undated, inclusive

Box: 107, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Sketch - seated tattooed man, undated

Box: XI.23, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Stencil tool: [Flying fish], Undated, inclusive

Box: 107, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Stencil tool: [Man and bull II], Undated, inclusive

Box: 107, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Stencil tool: [Man and bull I], Undated, inclusive

Box: 107, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Stencil tool: [DW self-portrait], Undated, inclusive

Box: 107, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Stencil tool: [Unused burning house], Undated, inclusive

Box: 107, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Stencil tool: [Fish], Undated, inclusive

Box: 107, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Stencil image [Hujar Dreaming], Undated, inclusive

Box: 107, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Stencil image [King Kong in Flames], Undated, inclusive

Box: 107, Folder: 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Drawing: "The Eye Opens Sideways", Undated, inclusive

Box: 107, Folder: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Painting on board: [Sailor], Undated, inclusive

Box: 107, Folder: 11 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Subseries C: Sketches

Sketchpad with 4 Ink Washes, undated

Box: XI.23, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Subseries D: Source/Background Material

Commercially Printed: 100-yard sighting-in target, Undated, inclusive

Box: XI.24, Folder: 19 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Notice for sale of agricultural equipment (in Spanish), undated

Box: XI.23, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Tissue paper w/ print images, undated

Box: XI.23, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Central Railroad Co. of New Jersey, Log of Ferry Boat, 1965

Box: XI.23, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Text on Acetate, undated

Box: XI.23, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Supermarket Coupons, undated

Box: XI.23, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Various source images, undated

Box: XI.23, Folder: 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Envelope w/ DW's handwriting, undated

Box: XI.23, Folder: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Various newspaper pages, undated

Box: XI.23, Folder: 11 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Image of 3 ghouls, by "James", undated

Box: XI.23, Folder: 12 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Text on acetate, undated

Box: XI.23, Folder: 13 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Giant black dog w/ frightened children, house, undated

Box: XI.23, Folder: 14 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

"Die Maschine" (print material), undated

Box: XI.23, Folder: 15 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Encyclopedia page - "Surinam to Surveying", undated

Box: XI.23, Folder: 16 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Photocopy: "Sedition Committee Brings Art From Behind Bars", undated

Box: XI.23, Folder: 17 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Photo: "Storm in the Grand Canyon, Arizona", undated

Box: XI.23, Folder: 18 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Map book, undated

Box: XI.23, Folder: 19 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Posters: "The Late Show Film Series Presents...;" "Llego Noviembre;" "Los Enanitos Toreros", undated

Box: XII.46, Folder: 12 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

New York Post cover, Aug 10 1988 - "Some Cops Hid Badges. .", 1988

Box: XI.23, Folder: 21 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Print material - "Militant Eroticism Art" calendar, 1990, 1990

Box: XI.23, Folder: 22 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

"Loteria Nacional" tables, undated

Folder: 12 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Commercially Printed: "The Sermon on the Mount", Undated, inclusive

Box: XI.24, Folder: 20 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Patterned paper (handmade?), undated

Box: XII.46, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Comic strip - "Buck missing on Mercury!", undated

Box: XII.46, Folder: 13 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Pumpkin cutout, undated

Box: XII.46, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Paper bag with logo: "I (heart) America;" Poster with logo and spray paint: "British Airways/London Bridge", undated

Box: XII.46, Folder: 11 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Indian style painting, possibly Thangka center painted panel, undated

Box: XII.46, Folder: 14 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

16 supermarket advertisements and one map of the USA, Undated, inclusive

object: 092.2.0105 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Extent

17 items

Physical Facet

16 posters and one map

Subjects

Genres

Subseries E: Plans

Notes, sketches, and plans for artworks, Undated, inclusive

Box: XI.24, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Notes and Sketches: "Lists & Ideas for Work", Undated, inclusive

Box: XI.24, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Subseries F: Xerox Art

Photostat: [Romulus and Remus myth: two infants with wolf], Undated, inclusive

Box: 105, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Photocopies of drawings: face with sewn lips (1); Face with sewn lips with brick wall background (3); brick wall (1), Undated, inclusive

Box: XI.24, Folder: 16 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Color Photocopy composition (skeleton, baby, snowflake, fabric), Undated, inclusive

Box: XI.24, Folder: 15 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Subseries G: Other People's Art

Poster, silkscreened: "Did you ever want to kill your boss", undated

Box: XII.46, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Barbara Kruger, "Aqui!" Issue 1, Set 1, 1984, 1984

Box: XI.24, Folder: 12 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Poster/Flyer/Zine: "Evolution of a Masterpiece", Undated, inclusive

Box: XI.24, Folder: 18 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Photo of Michael Roman Poster, "The Jimmies" (NYC summer 1984), 1984

Box: XII.46, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Screenprint-"Don't Labor Under a Misconception" (Creator Unknown, (Not DW)), Undated, inclusive

Box: XI.24, Folder: 17 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Jenny Holzer, "Inflammatory Essays"

Box: 98 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Kiki Smith, Handmade Photobook, "Dear David...", 1991

Box: 105, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Luis Frangella, Screenprint, "To David", 1983

Box: 105, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Unidentified artworks and page of newspaper comics (none D.W.), Undated, inclusive

Box: XI.24, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
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