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Artist's documents: Installation Specifications

Artist's documents: Installation Specifications

1943 - 1987

Christopher Wilmarth

American

[Formerly in large green three-ring binder; removed from binder for storage by Susan von Salis, 9-2005] Within the binder are 76 mylar sheets, each containing at least 1 if not a packet of related pages. The first 2 sheets/4 sides are a table of contents, and the rest are predominantly xeroxes of various handwritten instructions and sketches that Wilmarth produced for the installation (and sometimes the crating) of some particular materials and 65 specific sculptures. The table of contents runs as follows: 1) General: Installing large curved glass wall pieces which rest on the floor at the bottom edge 2) General: To unpack curved glass 3) General: To install metal section of wall sculpture (1978) 4) General: To uncrate steel or bronze for wall sculpture (1978) 5) Travel list: Installation tools 6) General: Glass (1978) WORK IN THE ESTATE 7) Out, 1967 8) Cirrus, 1968 9) Gyes Arcade, 1969 10) Thinner, 1969-70 11) Opening Slope, 1971-72 12) Nine Clearings for a Standing Man #8 13) Days on Blue, 1976 14) Is/Was (Deep), 1975-76 15) Stocking Stairs (Blue Closed), 1976 16) Gnomon's Parade (Standard), 1980 17) Sigh, 1979-80 18) "My Old Books Closed . . .," 1979-80 19) "When Winter on Forgotten Woods . . .," 1979-80 20) "When Winter on Forgotten Woods . . .," 1981 21) Maiden Lane, 1971 INSTALLATION SPECIFICATIONS FOR WORKS NOT IN THE ESTATE 21) [mis-numbered] C.C. Rider, 1971 22) Tarp, 1971 23) Fats, 1971 24) Trace, 1972 25) Shades of Memphis, 1972 26) Cross Cut Drawing, 1972 27) Given #1, 1972 28) Slip, 1972 29) My Divider, 1972 30) Six Clearings for Hank Williams, 1972 31) Clear Blue for Hank Williams, 1972 32) Square Stream, 1972 33) Stream, 1972 34) Deeps, L.A., 1972 35) Blue Release, 1972 36) Susan Walked In, 1972 37) Alba Sweeps, 1972-73 38) Standing Deeps L.A., 1973 39) Roebling, 1973 40) Arcore End, 1973 41) Nine Clearings for a Standing Man: Annotated catalogue showing hole locations in glass 42) Nine Clearings for a Standing Man, #s 1-9, 1973 43) Nine Clearings for a Standing Man, 1973 crate specifications 44) Nine Clearings #2, 1973 45) Nine Clearings #3, 1973 46) Nine Clearings #4, 1973 47) Beginning, 1974 48) Second Roebling II, 1974 49) Given #2, 1974 50) Calling (Maquette), 1974 51) Gnomon, 1974 52) Calling, 1974-76 53) Second Roebling #3, 1974-75 54) Celadon Walk, 1975-76 55) The Iron Line, 1975-76 56) Invitation #2, 1975-76 57) Leavers and Dreams, 1975-76 58) Street Leaf #2, 1977 59) Stray, 1977 60) Street Leaf #1, 1977 61) Street Leaf #3, 1977 62) Second Stray, 1977 63) City Willows #2, 1977 64) Street Leaf #4, 1978 65) Long Straight Stray, 1978 66) Breath, 1979-80: Nail angles and depth chart 67) Breath: Book, table and portfolio installation 68) "The Whole Soul Summed Up," 1979-80 69) "Insert Myself Within Your Story . . .," 1979-81 70) "Insert Myself Within Your Story . . .," 1979-80 71) "My Old Books Closed . . .," 1980-81 72) Toast, 1979-81 73) Saint, 1979-80 74) Saint (Doors Give Reasons), 1983

Xeroxed and typed sheets

Archival Material