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Three groups of drawings, two in notebooks and the third torn from a notebook. 1). A 38 page spiral bound notebook containing 29 drawings, 9 pages of notes, and a concrete poem by Nancy Holt. Most of the drawings were done in preparation for his show at L'Attico Gallery in Rome, October 15 to November 7, 1969. The last two drawings refer to his travels in the Yucatan. 2). Three loose drawings torn from a larger spiral bound notebook. They are studies for L'Attico Gallery Exhibition. 3). A 12 page typewriter paper tablet containing 10 drawings (four are loose) and two pages of notes. The drawings were done from late 1969 through 1970 in Vancouver, the Anaconda Mines in British Columbia, and elsewhere.
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Gift of Nancy Holt, 1991.
Notebooks of drawings: Source of acquisition--Holt, Nancy. Method of acquisition--Gift; Date of acquisition--12/16/91. Accession number--M-91-12-16.
Columbia University Libraries, Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Notebooks of drawings Cataloged HR 06/16/92.
American sculptor and lecturer who was born in 1938 and died in 1973. His wife, Nancy Holt, is a sculptor and filmaker.
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