Series III: Photographic Material

Scope and Content

Series III: Photographic Material contains photographic prints, slides, contact sheets and negatives, divided into four subseries with respect to their original housing and arrangements.

Subseries A: Slide Cases

Scope and Content

Subseries A contains slides from numbered cases Rivers kept in his studio.

Arrangement

Slides were transferred, in their original order, from slide cases to archival binders. Photocopies of original labels are included in each binder. Slide groupings and annotations are included in subject notes; notes added by the archivist are enclosed in square brackets.

Separated Materials

For reference, see "Source Slide Lists", Series (source), Box, Folder.

Slide Case 1, 1979-81, undated, inclusive

binder: A1 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)

Subjects include:

Zihuatanejo, Sunsets.

Slide Case 2 (1 of 2), 1979-86, undated

binder: A1 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)

Subjects include:

Zihuatanejo.

Slide Case 2 (2 of 2), 1979-86, undated

binder: A2 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)

Slide Case 3, 1979-86, undated

binder: A2 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)

Subjects include:

Zihuatanejo, Coconuts Sign, Shots by Joe LoGiudice for At Z. Beach Painting - Not Used, Margo + Kids.

Slide Case 4, 1967-1968, inclusive

binder: A3 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)

Subjects include:

Africa: L.R.'s Trip w/Pierre Gaisseau & Gordon Parks Jr.

Slide Case 5, 1967-1968, inclusive

binder: A3 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)

Subjects include:

Africa '67-'68.

Slide Case 6, 1967-1968, inclusive

binder: A3 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)

Subjects include:

Africa '67 - '68, Contains 'Monuments & Leaders'.

Slide Case 7 (1 of 2), 1976-80

binder: A4 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)

Subjects include:

Germany 1980, Fells Point, Baltimore, Caracas, Aspen, Russia, Baltimore.

Slide Case 7 (2 of 2), 1976-80

binder: A5 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)

Slide Case 8, 1978-82, undated

binder: A5 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)

Subjects include:

London, Italy '82, France June `79, Rome, Catskill Yoga Retreat.

Slide Case 8, 1978-82, undated

binder: A6 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)

Subjects include:

London, Italy '82, France June `79, Rome, Catskill Yoga Retreat.

Slide Case 9 (1 of 2), 1974-84

binder: A6 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)

Subjects include:

Paris (w/ Face in Forest), Southampton Thanksgiving (w/ Sheila at Wildlife Refuge), Florida (Mostly R.R. Station), 1974 Hirshhorn Trip, Phoenix 1983, Thanksgiving 1984 at 14th St., Germany '79-'80.

Slide Case 9 (2 of 2), 1974-84

binder: A7 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)

Slide Case 10 (1 of 2), 1965-79, undated

binder: A7 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)

Subjects include:

City Junket, Black History...Other Artists' Works Within Rivers's Exhibition, Black History...Photos Used at Exhibition, Gloria de Duncan, Roy Lichtenstein, Claes Oldenburg, Jasper Johns, Jane Freilicher, Alex Katz, Robert Rauschenberg, Alan D'Arcangelo Shah-Nameh (Firdausi), Rainer Gross, Manfred Boecker, De Saint-Phalle &/or Jean Tinguely, Red Grooms, Balthus, Masson, Assorted Artists.

Slide Case 10 (1 of 2), 1965-79, undated

binder: A8 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)

Slide Case 11, 1982, 85-88

binder: A8 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)

Subjects include:

Daria and Sam.

Slide Case 12, 1972, inclusive

binder: A9 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)

Subjects include:

Kenneth Koch & Larry Rivers: The Artist as Performed at Whitney Museum.

Slide Case 13 (1 of 2), 1972, inclusive

binder: A9 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)

Subjects include:

The Artist.

Slide Case 13 (2 of 2), 1972, inclusive

binder: A10 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)

Slide Case 14, undated

binder: A10 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)

Subjects include:

Mahagonny.

Slide Case 15, undated

binder: A10 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)

Subjects include:

"Forty Feet of Fashion".

Slide Case 16, 1977-87, undated

binder: A11 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)

Subjects include:

Summer in the Hamptons + Some Sam.

Slide Case 18 (1 of 2), 1963-88, undated

binder: A11 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)

Subjects include:

Larry Rivers, Picasso Sucks Shirt, Studio Scenes, L.R. at Work, Box 16: Exhibitions (Dwan '63, Horwitch '83, Simms '87).

Slide Case 18 (2 of 2), 1963-88, undated

binder: A12 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)

Slide Case 19, 1979, undated

binder: A12 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)

Subjects include:

Sheila Lanham, Confederate Flag.

Slide Case 20, 1979-81, undated, inclusive

binder: A13 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)

Subjects include:

Regina, Gerry, Shelly (Exercise), Christopher Jason, Pierre Levai's Place, Johnny Carson Show: L.R., George Segal, Lorraine Dillon, Elle Faison, Diana, Larry, Michel: For 'Video Features' Card, Dara & Bucko, Kevin & Don, Susan Et Niki, T.O., Florence, Dave Levy, Lauren Olitsky, L.R. Signing 'Madame Butterfly'.

Slide Case 21 (1 of 2), 1978-83, undated

binder: A13 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)

Subjects include:

Black Teenagers, Tina L'Hotsky, Emma & Emily, Tucker Johnson, Niki - California, Steven's Birthday - Halloween Party, Steve & Muney Wedding in Z., Steve & Muney - Party at Clarice's, Joe, Mira - Stephanie's Birthday Party '82, Daria - Mixed, John Ashbery '82, Daria's Show, Emma's Play, Phoebe in Mexico.

Slide Case 21 (2 of 2), 1978-83, undated

binder: A14 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)

Slide Case 22, 1969-85, undated

binder: A14 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)

Subjects include:

Miscellaneous, 2 - Many Old Friends + Places, Clarice w/Gwynne as Infant, Parsons Student Works.

Slide Case 23, 1982-84, 88, undated

binder: A15 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)

Subjects include:

E. 13th St. Jazz Band, Including performance at the"Mudd Club, shots of members, i.e. Dave Levy, Phoebe Legere.

Slide Case 24, 1983-1988, inclusive

binder: A16 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)

Subjects include:

Loria Family, '85, '87, '88.

Slide Case 25, 1987-89, undated, inclusive

binder: A16 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)

Subjects include:

[Rivers, his family and friends, and what appear to be source photographs for a portrait of the Worrel family].

Slide Case 26, undated

binder: A16 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)

Subjects include:

[Source photographs for a portrait commissioned by the Worrel family].

Subseries B: Photo Albums

Scope and Content

Subseries B comprises Larry Rivers and the Rivers Foundation's collection of photographs.

Arrangement

Photographs were transferred, in their original order, from their original binders into archival binders. Photocopies of original labels are included in each binder. Expository notes have been added by the archivist with names of the binders' subjects. These notes are not comprehensive as to the contents of each binder and subjects contained therein.

Album 1: Early Family / The Bronx / Additional Family, 1935-78, undated

binder: B1 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)

Subjects include:

Larry Rivers, his close and extended family.

Album 1: Early Family / The Bronx / Additional Family, 1935-78, undated

binder: B2 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)

Subjects include:

Larry Rivers, his close and extended family.

Album 2: Steven & Joseph, L.R. w/Both, all years / Augusta and Berdie / Steve & Joe with wives & children all years / Old Book #3 - Clarice / L.R. w/ Clarice, undated

binder: B2 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)

Subjects include:

Steven and Joseph Rivers.

Album 2 (cont'd): Steven & Joseph, L.R. w/Both, all years/ Augusta and Berdie/ Steve & Joe with wives & children all years/ Old Book #3 - Clarice/ L.R. w/Clarice, 1959-91, undated

binder: B3 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)

Subjects include:

Larry Rivers with Steven and Joseph, Augusta & Berdie / Steve & Joe / Wives & Children All Years.

Album 3: Clarice; L.R. w/ Clarice, undated

binder: B3 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)

Album 3: Clarice; L.R. w/ Clarice, undated

binder: B4 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)

Album 6: L.R. w/ Daria & Sam, All Years, 1986-93, undated

binder: B4 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)

Subjects include:

Daria Deshuk, Sam Deshuk Rivers, Larry Rivers, John Duyck.

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Some negative film included.

Album 6: L.R. w/ Daria & Sam, All Years, 1986-93, undated

binder: B5 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)

Subjects include:

Daria Deshuk, Sam Deshuk Rivers, Larry Rivers, John Duyck.

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Some negative film included.

Album 6 (cont'd): Friends Categorized Individually A - N, 1943-88, undated

binder: B5 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)

Subjects include:

John Ashbery, Francis Bacon, Joseph Beuys, Leonard Bernstein, Ted Berrigan, Nell Blaine, Rudy Burckhardt, Tibor de Nagy, Robert de Niro, Ahmet Ertegun, Lukas Foss, Jane Freilicher, Grace Hartigan, Clement Greenberg, Tom Hess, Abbie Hoffman.

Album 6 (cont'd): Friends Categorized Individually A - N, 1950-80, undated

binder: B6 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)

Subjects include:

Howard Kanovitz, Alex Katz, Franz Kline, Kenneth Koch, Joe LeSeuer, Al Leslie, Richard Lindner, Frank Lloyd, Norman Mailer, Marisol, Earl & Camilla McGrath, Joan Mitchell, Hans Namuth, David Hockney

Album 7: Friends Categorized Individually N - Z, 1950-77, undated

binder: B6 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)

Subjects include:

Niki de Saint-Phalle, Jean Tinguely, Frank O'Hara, Al Leslie, Ray Bremser, LeRoi Jones, Allen Ginsberg, Alex Lieberman, Robert Motherwell, Rene d'Harnoncourt, Nelson Rockefeller, George Plimpton, Robert Rauschenberg, Henry Geldzahler, Jimmy Schuyler

Album 7 (cont'd): Friends Categorized Individually N - Z, 1944-88, undated

binder: B7 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)

Subjects include:

Jimmy Schuyler, Walt Silver, Terry Southern, Debbie Harry, Virgil Thompson, Paul Taylor, Andy Warhol, Arnold Weinstein, Neil Welliver.

Album 7 (cont'd): Friends 1940s & 50s w/ Photos by Nell Blaine & Walt Silver, undated

binder: B7 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)

Subjects include:

Nell Blaine, John Ashbery, Cabell Brussel, Hyde Solomon, John Bernard Myers, Grace Hartigan, Jane Freilicher, Maxine Groffsky, Joe Hazan, Robert Rauschenberg, Tibor de Nagy, Sandra Lee, Robert Fizdale, Herbert Machiz, Gregory Corso, Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg, Brendan Behan.

Album 7 (cont'd): Friends 1940s & 50s w/ Photos by Nell Blaine & Walt Silver, 1950-59, undated

binder: B8 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)

Subjects include:

Hans Hoffmann, Howard Kanovitz, [Mary Hoos], Jimmy Schuyler, Joe LeSeuer, Tibor de Nagy, Allen Ginsberg, Frank O'Hara, Harold Rosenberg, Irving Sandler, Grace Hartigan, Jane Freilicher, John Ashbery, Kenneth Koch, Al Leslie, Joan Mitchell, Mike Goldberg, Jean-Paul Riopelle.

Album 8: Friends 1960s Group Shots, 1950-68, undated

binder: B8 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)

Subjects include:

Howard Kanovitz, Jean Tinguely, Niki de Saint-Phalle, Clarice Rivers, Nell Blaine, LeRoi Jones, Hettie Jones, Donald Wessberger, Yves Klein, Rotraut Klein-Moquay, Frank O'Hara, John Bernard Myers, Frank Bowling, Joe LeSeuer, Willem de Kooning, Emmett Gragghin, Carol Selle.

Album 8 (cont'd): Friends 1960s Group Shots, undated

binder: B9 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)

Subjects include:

Joe LeSeuer, Elaine de Kooning, Clarice Rivers, Steven Rivers, Frank O'Hara, Joseph Rivers, Karl Flinker, Jane Wilson, Gerard Malanga.

Album 8 (cont'd): Friends 1970s Group Shots & those not in individual category, undated

binder: B9 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)

Subjects include:

Howard Kanovitz, Frank Bowling, Terry Southern, Diane Molinari, Don Schrader, Sylvia Miles, Charles Rydell, Gail Gerber, Taylor Mead, Robert Fraser, Ruth Kligman, Abbie Hoffman.

Album 8 (cont'd): Friends 1970s Group Shots & those not in individual category, 1970-87, undated

binder: B10 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)

Subjects include:

Diane Costello, Lori Stein, Evelyn Kuhn, Rainer Gross, Barbara Allen, Delphina Ratazi, Maurice Grosman, Michel Auder, Katie Casey, Bloum Condominas, Clarice Rivers, Diana Molinari, Steven Rivers, Jean Tinguely, Alexandra Auder, Lance Gumbs.

Album 8 (cont'd): Friends 1970s Group Shots & those not in individual category, 1979, undated

binder: B11 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)

Subjects include:

Nathan Joseph, Rainer Gross, Sheila Lanham, Mick Jagger, Eleanor Bingham, Rowland Miller.

Album 9: Friends 1980s and 90s, 1970-93, undated

binder: B11 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)

Subjects include:

Joe & Olga Hirshhorn, Jeff & Sivia Loria, Arnold Cooper, Charlotte Ambrose, Rainer Gross, Ernest Clay, Louie Crew, John Duyck, David Joel, Barbara Probst Solomon, Paula Abdul, Emilio Estevez.

Album 9 (cont'd): Climax Band, East 13th St., Band & Phoebe Legere, 1992, undated, inclusive

binder: B11 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)

Subjects include:

The East Thirteenth Street Band, The Climax Band, Sam Rivers, Arnold Weinstein.

Album 9 (cont'd): Climax Band, East 13th St., Band & Phoebe Legere, 1981-93, undated

binder: B12 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)

Subjects include:

The East Thirteenth Street Band, The Climax Band, Red Mitchell, Pete Calandra, Howard Brofsky, Phoebe Legere, Howard Kanovitz, David Levy.

Album 9 (cont'd): Climax Band, East 13th St., Band & Phoebe Legere, 1985-98, undated

binder: B13 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)

Subjects include:

Phoebe Legere, Gwynne Rivers, Howard Brofsky, Sam Deshuk Rivers, Howard Brofsky, the Climax Band, Pete Calandra.

Album 9 (cont'd): Early Bands & Various Shots of L.R. on Sax, 1942-63, undated

binder: B13 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)

Subjects include:

[Primarily shots of Rivers playing his saxophone in the 1940s, 50s and 60s. Other subjects include Sherad Smith and Howard Kanovitz].

Album 10: Exhibitions, Openings & Special Events, 1956-81, undated

binder: B14 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)

Subjects include:

Helen Frankenthaler, Thomas and Audrey Hess, Clarice Rivers, Niki de Saint-Phalle, Jean Tinguely, Howard Kanovitz, Sam Hunter, Joe Hirshhorn.

Album 10 (cont'd): Exhibitions, Openings & Special Events, 1963-92, undated

binder: B15 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)

Subjects include:

Joseph Rivers, Clarice Rivers, Joseph Hirshhorn, Arnold Weinstein, Howard Brofsky, Howard Kanovitz, Jenny Holzer, Irving Sandler, Philip Pearlstein, Eric Fischl.

Album 10 (cont'd): Exhibitions, Openings & Special Events, 1963-92, undated

binder: B16 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)

Subjects include:

Joseph Rivers, Clarice Rivers, Joseph Hirshhorn, Arnold Weinstein, Howard Brofsky, Howard Kanovitz, Jenny Holzer, Irving Sandler, Philip Pearlstein, Eric Fischl.

Album 11: Theater, Film Collaborations, 1959-77, undated

binder: B16 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)

Subjects include:

Martin Sheen, Howard Kanovitz, John Ashbery, Jane Freilicher, Anne Aikinan, Allen Ginsberg, Tony Towle, Tatyana Grosman, Clarice Rivers, Kenneth Koch.

Album 11 (cont'd): Theater, Film Collaborations, 1951-86, undated

binder: B17 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)

Subjects include:

Clarice Rivers, Kenneth Koch, Fairfield Porter, Frank O'Hara.

Album 11: Work by other artists all years, undated

binder: B17 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)

Subjects include:

Christo, Franz Kline, Julian Beck, Henry Moore, Steven Antonakos, Lyman Kipp, Mario Garcia.

Album 11 (cont'd): Work by other artists all years, 1955-92, undated

binder: B18 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)

Subjects include:

Emma Rivers, Nigel Waymouth, Michel Auder, Jane Freilicher, Daria Deshuk.

Album 12: Mexico: Margo & the Kids, Africa (including Morocco), Russia, and various travels, 1964-81, undated

binder: B18 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)

Subjects include:

Garland Jeffries, Sheila Lanham, Elena Sisto, John Duyck, Margo & Chelan Chipman, Jane Freilicher, Joe Hazan, John Ashbery, Clarice Rivers.

Album 12 (cont'd): Mexico: Margo & the Kids, Africa (including Morocco), Russia, and various travels, 1941-76, undated

binder: B19 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)

Subjects include:

Clarice Rivers, Jane Freilicher, John Ashbery.

Album 12: LR Early, with Photos by Hans Namuth, Army Photos, Photos of Paris

binder: B19 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)

Subjects include:

Larry Rivers.

Album 13: L.R. 1960's, 1960-69, undated, inclusive

binder: B20 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)

Photographers include:

Kathryn Abbe, Jay Good, Shunk Kender, Basil Langton, Look Magazine, Camilla McGrath, Peter Moore, John Reed, Tony Rodgers, Charles Rotmil, Walt Silver.

Subjects include:

Larry Rivers, Jill Johnson, Earl McGrath, Jean Tinguely, Clarice Rivers, Susan Lloyd.

Album 13: L.R. 1960's, 1960-69, undated, inclusive

binder: B21 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)

Photographers include:

Kathryn Abbe, Jay Good, Shunk Kender, Basil Langton, Look Magazine, Camilla McGrath, Peter Moore, John Reed, Tony Rodgers, Charles Rotmil, Walt Silver.

Subjects include:

Larry Rivers, Jill Johnson, Earl McGrath, Jean Tinguely, Clarice Rivers, Susan Lloyd.

Album 13: L.R. 1960's, 1960-69, undated, inclusive

binder: B22 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)

Photographers include:

Kathryn Abbe, Jay Good, Shunk Kender, Basil Langton, Look Magazine, Camilla McGrath, Peter Moore, John Reed, Tony Rodgers, Charles Rotmil, Walt Silver.

Subjects include:

Larry Rivers, Jill Johnson, Earl McGrath, Jean Tinguely, Clarice Rivers, Susan Lloyd.

Album 14: L.R. 1970s, 1971-91, undated

binder: B22 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)

Subjects include:

Larry Rivers.

Photographers include:

Dorothy Beskind, Nancy Compton, C. Brownie Harris, Sheila Lanham, Camilla McGrath, Diana Molinari.

Album 14 (cont'd): L.R. 1970s, 1970-79, undated

binder: B23 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)

Photographers include:

Dorothy Beskind, Nancy Compton, C. Brownie Harris, Sheila Lanham, Camilla McGrath, Diana Molinari.

General

Includes a note from Lisl Steiner.

Album 14: L.R. 1980s & 90s, 1980-97, undated, inclusive

binder: B23 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)

Photographers include:

Martin Brett Axon, Lucien Clergue, Allen Ginsberg, Camilla McGrath, Lenore Sakora, Yoshihiko Veder, Robert Mates, Sanjiro Minamikawa, Sebastian Piras.

Album 14 (cont'd): L.R. 1980s & 90s, 1982-97, undated

binder: B24 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)

Photographers include:

Martin Brett Axon, Lucien Clergue, Allen Ginsberg, Camilla McGrath, Lenore Sakora, Yoshihiko Veder, Robert Mates, Sanjiro Minamikawa, Sebastian Piras.

Subjects include:

Arnold Weinstein, David Joel, Aldon James, John Duyck.

Subseries C: Inventory and Source Material Binders

Scope and Content

Subseries C contains the remaining photo binders in the collection, which comprise inventory and source material catalogs.

Arrangement

Items were transferred, in their original order, from their original binders into archival binders. Photocopies of original labels are included in each binder, where present. Expository notes have been added by the archivist with names of the binders' subjects. These notes are not comprehensive as to the contents of each binder and sbujects contained therein. Any notations or titles created by the archivist are enclosed in square brackets.

Inventory Binder, 1951-1990, inclusive

binder: C1 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)

Inventory Binder, 1994-1996, inclusive

binder: C2 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)

Inventory Binder (1 of 2), 1994-1997, inclusive

binder: C2 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)

Inventory Binder (2 of 2), 1994-1997, inclusive

binder: C3 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)

Inventory Binder (1 of 6), 1997-2000, undated, inclusive

binder: C3 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)

Inventory Binder (2 of 6), 1997-2000, undated, inclusive

binder: C4 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)

Inventory Binder (3 of 6), 1997-2000, undated, inclusive

binder: C5 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)

Inventory Binder (4 of 6), 1997-2000, undated, inclusive

binder: C6 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)

Inventory Binder (5 of 6), 1997-2000, undated, inclusive

binder: C7 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)

Inventory Binder (6 of 6), 1997-2000, undated, inclusive

binder: C8 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)

Inventory Binder, undated

binder: C8 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)

Price Info L. Rivers (1 of 2), undated

binder: C9 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)

Price Info L. Rivers (2 of 2), undated

binder: C10 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)

Print Retrospective, Gallery Version (1 of 2), undated

binder: C10 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)

binder: C11 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)

Print Retrospective, Gallery Version (2 of 2), undated

binder: C11 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)

Print Retrospective, Museum Version (1 of 2), undated

binder: C11 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)

binder: C12 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)

Print Retrospective, Museum Version (2 of 2), undated

binder: C12 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)

Print Show, 1991-1992, inclusive

binder: C12 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)

Some Portraits by Larry Rivers, & Some Photographs Used In the Creation Thereof, undated

binder: C12 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)

Source Material Vol I, 1978-85, undated

binder: C13 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)

Subjects include:

People - Friends of Larry Rivers, Also - Source Material Related to Portrait Commissions i.e. Michel de Gréce, Source Material for 'Roots' Painting.

Source Material Vol Ia, 1974-80, undated

binder: C14 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)

Subjects include:

Johnson family, David & Judy Maysles, Al Capp, Peter & Ursula, Totah, Milano, Sheila Lanham and Gwynne and Emma Rivers.

Source Material Vol Ib, 1973-89, undated

binder: C15 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)

Subjects include:

Joe & Olga Hirshhorn, Lincoln, Rivers's parents and ancestors, Carly Simon, Casey Lee, Dick Cavett, Roy and Dorothy Lichtenstein.

Source Material Vol Ic, 1979, 87, undated

binder: C16 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)

Subjects include:

Christophe de Menil, Diana Molinari, Jim Carroll, Tony Towle, Quina Fonseca, Frank and Susan Lloyd, Dorothy Beskind, and the Bob Miller family.

Source Material Vol Id (1 of 2), 1975-82, undated

binder: C16 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)

Subjects include:

More friends of L.R.; other people; portraits with related source; 'human' source.

Source Material Vol Id (2 of 2), 1975-82, undated

binder: C17 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)

Source Material Vol Ie, 1982-83, undated, inclusive

binder: C17 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)

Subjects include:

Ahmet Ertegun, Delphina, Carinthia, Julia Robinson, David Diamond, Abe List, and Allie Kaiser, as well as some stills from the shooting of At Z. Beach.

Source Material Vol If (1 of 2), 1970-85, undated

binder: C18 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)

Subjects include:

Henry Geldzahler, Tatyana Grosman, Jean Tinguely, Niki de Saint-Phalle, Larry Rivers, Sheila Lanham, T.T. Hudson, Irving Luntz, Carol Selle, Walter Feildshenfeldt, Gloria Luria, Zack Zucker, Barbara Allen, Joe LoGiudice, Patsy Cummings and Evelyn Kuhn.

Source Material Vol If (2 of 2), 1970-85, undated

binder: C19 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)

Source Material Vol Ig (1 of 2), 1980-88, undated

binder: C19 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)

Subjects include:

Joy Haft, Herr Dobler, Herr Becker, Tonninelli, Marc (Michele R's friend), Pierre and Paula Levai, Don Schrader, and Daria Deshuk.

Source Material Vol Ig (2 of 2), 1980-88, undated

binder: C20 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)

Source Material Vol Ih (1 of 2), 1980-85, undated

binder: C20 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)

Subjects include:

Jerome Stone, Dr. Guy, Walter Loria, Le Mont, Wallner, Happy End, At Z. Beach, Fitness, Public & Private, Blond Kids (Pierson), Lisette Ackerberg, Phoebe Legere, the Climax Band, Amy and Jenny Lumet, and Rainer Gross.

Source Material Vol Ih (2 of 2), 1980-85, undated

binder: C21 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)

Source Material Vol Ii (1 of 2), 1963-65, 85-87, undated

binder: C21 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)

Subjects include:

Tsuguharu Foujita paintings, Leo Singer, Chicago Couple, Christian Moueix, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Rosenfeld Family, Jacob Ball Teshuda, Black Model/Sax, Yoshua, Daria Deshuk, Red Grooms, Pierson, Sonny Simmons, Sam Deshuk Rivers, Deshuk Family, and Paula Gordon.

Source Material Vol Ii (2 of 2), 1963-65, 85-87, undated

binder: C22 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)

Source Material Vol II, 1963-88, undated

binder: C23 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)

Subjects include:

Tamara de Lempicka works, Cedar Bar Menu, Daniel Webster series, French Money series, Stamps, Boston Massacre, Camels, Library, Japanese Coloring Book series, In the Artist Studio, Max Ernst works, Pleasant-Past, L.R.'s Leger Picnic, Matisse photos and works, and Tokyo Photos.

Source Material Vol III (1 of 2), 1968-87, undated

binder: C24 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)

Subjects include:

Typewriter, Taxi, French Vocabulary Lessons series, French Money series, Miscellaneous Source, Kentucky Derby, Bronx Zoo, Parks, Africa, The Bed, JC Penney, Philadelphia, Betsy Ross House, Chinatown, May '68 Source, Depression, Fred Astaire.

Source Material Vol III (2 of 2), 1968-87, undated

binder: C25 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)

Source Slides IV (1 of 2), 1986-89, undated, inclusive

binder: C26 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)

Subjects include:

Margaret Livingston, David Robinson, Leonard Bernstein, "A Vanished World", Niki de Saint-Phalle, Duck Farm, Primo Levi, "Modern Dance", "Continental Divide Flyer", Duchamp's "Nude Descending a Staircase", "Millers", "Cicciolina", "Auschwitz Album", Europe, Sam Rivers and Daria Deshuk, "Picnic", Modernist Times, "Blowing in Mexico", Arnold Palmer, Gwynne Rivers, Cards, Blue Collar Holiday, Wendy Tobias.

Arrangement

Slides in this binder were labeled individually by Rivers/the Rivers Foundation with sleeve numbers, some sleeves containing as little as one slide. In such cases, slides from separate sleeves have been collocated on the same sleeve to conserve storage space and supplies.

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Contains two strips of blank negative film.

Source Slides IV (2 of 2), 1986-89, undated, inclusive

binder: C27 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)

Source Slides V (1 of 3), 1979-99, undated

binder: C28 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)

Subjects include:

"House of Cards", "Blue Collar Holiday", Wendy Tobias, Clarice Rivers, Larry Rivers, Lushing family, Miller kids, "Inside the Artist's Studio", Plywood Tree and Figure, Arizona, Claude Lanzmann, Arshile Gorky works, Rembrandt's "Syndics of the Draper's Guild", Matisse works, Black Teenagers, Double Studio Portrait, Edward Wadsworth woodcut, Niki M., "Art & the Artist" series, Princess Chigi, "Don't Fall", Sasha Leviant, Levai family, Peruvian Folk Art, Caroline Lloyd, Joseph family, Olga, Tony Hughes, Daria Deshuk.

Source Slides V (2 of 3), 1979-99, undated

binder: C29 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)

Source Slides V (3 of 3), 1979-99, undated

binder: C30 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)

Source Slides VI (1 of 2), 1993-98, undated, inclusive

binder: C30 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)

Subjects include:

Sam Deshuk Rivers, Larry Rivers, Daria Deshuk, Clamman, J.D./Vanessa, Lea, Gwynne Rivers, Delacroix works, "Art & the Artist" series, Laura Goodman, "Vanished World: Garbo Series", Roxanne, Jennifer, S.H. Goddesses, Clamman's Son, Robert's Son, Albioli, Heidi, Vienna, Arnold Weinstein.

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Contains 2 4x5 color negatives.

Source Slides VI (2 of 2), 1993-98, undated, inclusive

binder: C31 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)

Source Material - Not Used, 1989, inclusive

binder: C31 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)

Scope and Content

Contains unlabeled 35mm color slides of family, friends and various people.

Source Material - Not Used, 1995, inclusive

binder: C31 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)

Source Material - "To Be Refiled", undated

binder: C31 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)

Subjects include:

Sheila Lanham, Public & Private, Miscellaneous source.

[Unlabeled Binders / Loose Inventory Pages], undated

binder: C32 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)

[Unlabeled Binders / Loose Inventory Pages], undated

binder: C33 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)

[Unlabeled Binders / Loose Inventory Pages], undated

binder: C34 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)

Works for Sale and Possible Commission (1 of 3), undated

binder: C34 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)

Works for Sale and Possible Commission (2 of 3), undated

binder: C35 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)

Works for Sale and Possible Commission (3 of 3), undated

binder: C36 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)

"Works in Progress", undated

binder: C36 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)

Subseries D: Photographic Material by Subject

Scope and Content

Subseries D comprises any caches of photographic material found housed in folders or envelopes in the collection.

Arrangement

Items were transferred, in their original order, from their original housing into archival binders. Titles inferred by the archivist are enclosed in square brackets.

[Art Documentation], 1982-98, undated

binder: D1 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)

[Art Documentation], 1954-97, undated

binder: D2 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)

Ashbery, John, 1977-79, undated

binder: D3 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)

Bad Witch & Forty Feet of Fashion; Happy Birhday, 1956-94, undated

binder: D3 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)

Scope and Content

Also includes photos of various Rivers works.

Boxed Slides, 1972-89, undated

binder: D3 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)

Subjects include:

Miscellaneous photographs of people, and of Rivers's work.

Brandeis, undated

binder: D3 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)

Bulls in Seville, undated

Box: 112 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Unprocessed roll of Fujicolor 800 film.