Box 36

Scope and Contents

This subseries includes drafts and progressive editions of Rosenthal’s artists’ book Clues to Myself, which includes photographs, poems, and diary entries. Series includes drafts with notes, paste ups, dummies, mockups, work pages, clippings, photographs, publishing announcement, book covers, uncut signatures, and display pages. Box 40 includes uncut signatures and display pages from Clues to Myself, Sensations and Homo Futurus from a visual studies workshop press that were intermingled.

Scope and Contents

This series consists of materials related to Barbara Rosenthal's artist books, many of which were printed and distributed through Printed Matter and other small presses over the years. This series contains published samples of all of her major publications, as well as extensive documentation and drafts for some titles. Production dates range from 1980 - 2019.

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...