Lisa Fox and Curt Royston Papers
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Abstract
The Lisa Fox and Curt Royston Papers consists of materials created by Lisa and Curt's multimedia collaborations. This collection contains reviews, photographs, transparencies, posters, video recordings, and sound recordings. Materials date from 1980 to 1988.
Biographical Note
Lisa Fox was a leading dancer with the Merce Cunningham Dance Company from 1976-1980 and was a choreographer with the Lisa Fox Danse for over thirty years. Curt Royston is best known for his proficiency in a variety of media: painting, sculpture, photography, film, and video, and often in combination. His work has been shown extensively throughout the United States and Europe including a 1987 one-man exhibition at the Whitney Museum of American Art. Together Royston and Fox collaborated on a series of multimedia installations, as well as a number of 16mm dance-based films throughout the 1980s, the most popular of which is "In Artificial Light" (1983).
Arrangement
The collection is organized into five series based on format:
- Series I: Paper and Photographs
- Series II: Posters
- Series III: Film
- Series IV: Video recordings
- Series V: Sound recordings
Scope and Content
This collection contains reviews, photographs, transparencies, posters, film, video and sound recordings related to the multimedia collaborations of Lisa Fox and Curt Royston. Materials date from 1980 to 1988.
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Conditions Governing Access
Materials are open without restrictions.
Conditions Governing Use
Copyright (or related rights to publicity and privacy) for materials in this collection, created by Lisa Fox and Curt Royston was not transferred to New York University. Permission to use materials must be secured from the copyright holder.
Preferred Citation
Published citations should take the following form:
Identification of item, date (if known); Lisa Fox and Curt Royston Papers; MSS 249; box number; folder number; Fales Library and Special Collections, New York University.
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Immediate Source of Acquisition
Donated by Lisa Fox in 2009 and 2014. The accession numbers associated with these gifts are 2009.249 and 2014.249.
Audiovisual Access Policies and Procedures
Access to some audiovisual materials in this collection is available through digitized access copies. Researchers may view an item's original container, but the media themselves are not available for playback because of preservation concerns. Materials that have already been digitized are noted in the collection's finding aid and can be requested in our reading room.
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Processing Information
In 2018 materials from accretion 2014.249 were processed and intellectually incorporated into the collection. Materials were housed in archival folders and boxes.
