Judith Braun Papers
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Abstract
The Judith Braun Papers consist of records of artist Judith Braun's creative feminist work from 1987 to 2014. Artwork, research, correspondence, and articles pertaining to her exhibitions from 1978 to 1997 create the bulk of this collection. After graduating from Empire State College in Albany, New York in 1979 with a Bachelor's Degree in Fine Arts, Braun pursued realistic figure painting until 1982 when she transitioned to combining her visual artwork with text and innuendo through photocopying. The artwork within this collection reflects Braun's changing artistic output and her creation of the persona Weinperson. Applications for grants, residencies, and show proposals from 1987 to 2011 are included as a part of this collection as well as a small amount of interviews from 2012 to 2014. The posters available in this collection are remnants of Braun's large scale photocopying process.
Biographical Note
Judith Braun (1947 - ), also known as Judith Weinperson and Weinperson, is a New York City-based artist. After graduating from Empire State College in Albany, New York, in 1979 with a Bachelor's Degree in Fine Arts, she pursued realistic figure painting until 1982 when she transitioned to combining her visual artwork with text and innuendo through photocopying. During this artistic transition Braun was pursuing her Masters in Arts and Masters in Fine Arts at State University of New York at Albany, New York, graduating in 1983. In 1989 she created the persona Weinperson, an alteration of her married name Weinman. The Weinperson persona represented Braun in her experiments with racial and sexual innuendos in her photocopied creations. Braun exhibited as Weinperson or Judith Weinperson from 1988 to 1995 before retreating from her creative practice until 2003.
Arrangement
This collection has not been arranged by an archivist. The materials are arranged in the order in which they were received from the donor Judith Braun. The donor arrangement has ten series without subseries. These series were labeled by the artist to aid her artistic process. The series arrangement is:
Series I. Proposals - Correspondence - Shows
Series II. Articles - Reading
Series III. Applications
Series IV. Artwork
Series V. Early Brochures
Series VI. Notebooks
Series VII. Newspaper Clippings
Series VIII. Weinperson
Series IX. Tarot
Series X. Posters
Scope and Contents
The Judith Braun Papers consist of records of artist Judith Braun's creative work from 1987 to 2014. Artwork, research, correspondence, and articles pertaining to exhibitions of her work from 1978 to 1997 create the bulk of this collection. The collection also contains applications for grants, residencies, and show proposals from 1987 to 2011, as well as interviews with Braun from 2012 to 2014. Of particular significance to the trajectory of Braun's artistic career are the collection of tarot card readings from 1998 to 2001, which inspired her to re-enter the art world in 2001. The collection documents Braun's large scale photocopying process with initial images, enlarged photocopied grid pieces, photographs and slides of large scale wall hangings, and large scale posters.
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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 Judith Braun was not transferred to New York University. Permission to use materials must be secured from the copyright holder.
Preferred Citation
Identification of item, date; Judith Braun Papers; MSS 530; box number; folder number; Fales Library and Special Collections, New York University.
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Immediate Source of Acquisition
Donated by Judith Braun, 2017. The accession number associated with this gift is 2018.029.
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Processing Information
At the time of accessioning, the collection was arranged into series based on the original order and topical arrangement of the records created and maintained by Judith Braun, and original folder titles were retained.