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Frederieke S. Taylor Papers

Call Number

MSS.570

Dates

1966-2019, inclusive
; 1990s-2010s, bulk

Creator

Taylor, Frederieke S.
Halvorson-Taylor, Martien A. (Role: Donor)
Taylor, D. Severn (Role: Donor)

Extent

13.65 Linear Feet in 22 manuscript boxes, 2 media boxes, and 2 small card boxes.
79.16 Gigabytes in 26,119 computer files.
8 videocassettes (vhs)
2 videocassettes (dvcam)
1 websites in one archived website.

Language of Materials

Materials are in English.

Abstract

Frederieke Taylor (1940-2018) was an art collector, curator, and New York City gallery owner. The Frederieke S. Taylor Papers primarily document the management of the Frederieke Taylor Gallery through paper and electronic files on artists, exhibitions, and administrative files. A significant portion of the paper collection is the gallery's artist information files dating from 1990 to 2010. This collection also includes chronological gallery exhibition material; administrative files; business contact cards; and appointment calendars from the 1970s to the mid-2010s. A small amount of material related to Taylor's early exhibition curating in the 1970s and images from her own personal art collection can also be found in this collection.

Biographical Note

Frederieke Taylor (1940-2018) was an art collector, curator, and administrator who exhibited contemporary art at the gallery she co-founded in SoHo in 1993. In the 1960s, she immigrated from the Netherlands. Taylor worked as director for the MacDowell Colony in New Hampshire and directed the Skowhegan School for Painting and Sculpture. Taylor also curated and organized exhibitions, and coordinated "Deconstructivist Architecture" at the Museum of Modern Art in 1988. In 1993, Taylor opened TZ'Art, a gallery in SoHo, with a partner, Tom Zollner. After five years, Taylor took over sole ownership and renamed it the Frederieke Taylor Gallery. The artists, sculptors, and architects exhibited at the gallery include Lisa Sigal, Thomas Zummer, Mel Chin, Raimund Abraham, Long-Bin Chen and Meredith Monk.

Arrangement

Artists' files are arranged alphabetically by last name. File entries are listed by ranges of artists' last name within each box. The remaining files in the collection are arranged in the order in which they were received from the donor.

Scope and Contents

This collection contains paper and digital files, an archived website, and audiovisual recordings related to the Frederieke Taylor Gallery. The gallery represented artists, sculptors, and architects, including Lisa Sigal, Thomas Zummer, Mel Chin, Raimund Abraham, Long-Bin Chen, and Meredith Monk. A significant portion of the paper files in this collection contain artist material assembled by the gallery for those artists they represented. These binders date from the 1980s to mid-2010s and typically contain an artist's resume and statement; press clippings; and paper and digital images of their artwork. Similar artist material can also be found within the gallery's digital administrative files which contain gallery emails; client lists; art fair files; advertising; and content for the gallery's online blog. The small number of audiovisual materials within this collection were either provided by the artist to promote their work, or were used as part of a gallery exhibition. The gallery also assembled binders containing material from their exhibitions, dating from 1993 to 2010 which includes lists of artworks, promotional material, catalogs, and press clippings. Gallery administrative material includes paper and digital files containing promotional material; exhibition catalogs; notebooks containing daily tasks and artist studio visit notes; images of the gallery space; exhibition guest books; business contact cards; and appointment calendars dating from 1974 to 2015. Files on Taylor's curatorial work in the late 1970s while working with the Institute of Architecture and Urban Studies are in this collection. This collection also contains digital images and supporting documentation for Taylor's personal art collection.

Conditions Governing Access

Materials are open without restrictions.

Conditions Governing Use

This collection is protected by copyright and/or related rights. You are free to use materials in the collection in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use. For other uses you need to obtain permission from the rights-holder(s).

Preferred Citation

Identification of item, date; Frederieke S. Taylor Papers; MSS 570; box number; folder number or item identifier; Fales Library and Special Collections, New York University.
To cite the archived website in this collection: Identification of item, date; Frederieke S. Taylor Papers; MSS 570; Wayback URL; Fales Library and Special Collections, New York University.

Location of Materials

Most of the materials are stored offsite and advance notice is required for use. Please request materials at least two business days prior to your research visit to coordinate access.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Donated by Martien Halvorson-Taylor and D. Severn Taylor, October 2018. The accession number associated with this gift is 2019.013.

https://frederieketaylor.com/ was added to the web archive in April 2019. Archive-It uses web crawling technology to capture websites at a scheduled time and displays only an archived copy, from the resulting WARC file, of the website. THe accession number associated with this website is 2019.064.

Audiovisual Access Policies and Procedures

Audiovisual materials have not been preserved and may not be available to researchers. Materials not yet digitized will need to have access copies made before they can be used. To request an access copy, or if you are unsure if an item has been digitized, please contact Fales Library and Special Collections with the collection name, collection number, and a description of the item(s) requested. A staff member will respond to you with further information.

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Advance notice is required for the use of computer records. Original physical digital media is restricted. An access terminal for born-digital materials in the collection is available by appointment for reading room viewing and listening only. Researchers may view an item's original container and/or carrier, but the physical carriers themselves are not available for use because of preservation concerns.

Appraisal

13 discs were removed from the collection either because they were damaged or, after forensic imaging and analysis, determined to contained duplicate data. These discs were returned to the donor, 10/23/2019.

Take Down Policy

Archived websites are made accessible for purposes of education and research. NYU Libraries have given attribution to rights holders when possible; however, due to the nature of archival collections, we are not always able to identify this information.

If you hold the rights to materials in our archived websites that are unattributed, please let us know so that we may maintain accurate information about these materials.

If you are a rights holder and are concerned that you have found material on this website for which you have not granted permission (or is not covered by a copyright exception under US copyright laws), you may request the removal of the material from our site by submitting a notice, with the elements described below, to the special.collections@nyu.edu.

Please include the following in your notice: Identification of the material that you believe to be infringing and information sufficient to permit us to locate the material; your contact information, such as an address, telephone number, and email address; a statement that you are the owner, or authorized to act on behalf of the owner, of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed and that you have a good-faith belief that use of the material in the manner complained of is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law; a statement that the information in the notification is accurate and made under penalty of perjury; and your physical or electronic signature. Upon receiving a notice that includes the details listed above, we will remove the allegedly infringing material from public view while we assess the issues identified in your notice.

Collection processed by

Stacey Flatt and Kate Fisher.

About this Guide

This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2023-08-20 17:03:16 -0400.
Using Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language: Finding aid written in English

Processing Information

Loose items were grouped and foldered together when necessary, while keeping original order. All material was reboxed into acid-free containers.

Audiovisual material was removed from existing boxes and housed separately. Born-digital material was also separated from their original boxes, information was added into medialog, each item was assigned a number, and labeled.
Binders containing artist and exhibition material within plastic sleeves were deassembled, while keeping the original order and foldered.

Born-digital material was inventoried, labeled, and imaged. Discs were processed using Forensic Toolkit, and video and audio were imaged and uploaded to permanent storage. A portion of the discs were deaccessioned due to duplication, or too damaged to open. New York University Libraries follow professional standards and best practices when imaging, ingesting, and processing born-digital material in order to maintain the integrity and authenticity of the content.

Archived website was added to the finding aid in 2019.

Revisions to this Guide

November 2019: Edited by Nicole Greenhouse to reflect additional administrative information and added archived websites

Repository

Fales Library and Special Collections
Fales Library and Special Collections
Elmer Holmes Bobst Library
70 Washington Square South
2nd Floor
New York, NY 10012