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Guide to the The Patty Mucha Papers
1954 - 2011
MSS 342
Descriptive Summary
| Title: |
Patty Mucha Papers |
| Dates [inclusive]: |
1954-2011 |
| Dates [bulk]: |
Bulk, 1969-1979 |
| Abstract:
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Patty Mucha (Patricia Muschinski) was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on June 26, 1935.
She and Claes Oldenburg were married in 1960 and divorced in 1970. Mucha appeared
in Oldenburg films made by Rudy Wurlitzer and Robert Breer, as well as in films by
Jean Dupuy, Rudy Burckhardt, Andy Warhol and Red Grooms. She also participated in
the Happenings of Jim Dine, Robert Whitman, Dick Higgins, Alex Hay, Steve Paxton,
Simone Forti, and Sally Gross. The Patty Mucha Papers include artwork, correspondence,
ephemera, and manuscripts from artists, poets, dancers, and performers active in the
New York City art world during the Pop Art, Happenings, E.A.T., Yippies, and Punk
Movements in the 1960s and 1970s.
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| Quantity: |
5.22 linear feet |
| Call Phrase: |
MSS 342 |
