Box 12

Scope and Contents

Contains materials accumulated by Barbara Rosenthal from her home in Manhattan, New York. These include objects ranging from envelopes to receipts to household items.

Scope and Contents The Ephemera series contains personal effects from Barbara Rosenthal’s global travels and life in New York City. In her artistic practice, Rosenthal regularly engages in a process of self-exploitation, rendering the composite elements of her life into materials for her various projects. As such, Rosenthal developed a habit of holding onto even the more ephemeral objects she came into contact with, such as envelopes or wrappers. For Rosenthal, this is distinctly not a process of collection,...

Abstract Barbara Rosenthal is an avant-garde interdisciplinary artist, writer, and performer. She explores existential themes through her multimedia artworks, which often take the form of photography, video, text, collage, and performance. This collection documents Barbara Rosenthal’s personal and professional life, spanning from the early 1940s through 2025. It is comprised of materials related to her career as an artist, and professional activities related to her studio practice and business...