Introduction - Sidney B. Felsen and Gemini G.E.L. Research Guide - Research Guides and Bibliographies at Getty Research Institute / Research Library
Sidney B. Felsen and Gemini G.E.L. Research Guide: Introduction
Introduction
Notable Related GRI Collections
Gemini Editions in the GRI Collections
Materials Relating to Artists Who Collaborated at Gemini G.E.L.
Archives of LA Galleries
Interviews with Gemini Artists and Printers
Glossary of Printmaking Terms
This research guide was created in 2024 by Tanya K. Wilson and is managed by Getty Library Staff.
Author: Meryn Chimes
This guide is a work in progress. Additional links and information will be added over time.
Please send any additions, corrections, or other suggestions for this research guide to
reference@getty.edu
Introduction
Roy Lichtenstein wearing a mask cut out from a proof for the
Paintings Series
, 1983, Sidney B Felsen. © J. Paul Getty Trust. Gift of Jack Shear
This library research guide accompanies the Getty Research Institute exhibition
First Came a Friendship: Sidney B. Felsen and the Artists at Gemini G.E.L.
(February 20, 2024–July 7, 2024) which chronicles the history of Gemini G.E.L., the Los Angeles artists’ workshop and publisher of limited-edition prints and sculpture, founded in 1966. This guide contains select resources related to the
Sidney B. Felsen photographs of Gemini G.E.L. artists and the Los Angeles art scene
archive.
For over five decades, Sidney B. Felsen photographed artists and printers working at Gemini G.E.L. His photographs also record friendships with artists and other cultural figures in and around Los Angeles. Comprising photographic prints, slides, negatives, lenticulars, Polaroids, and ephemera. The collection documents the vibrant art scene of Los Angeles in the last decades of the 20th century and early 21st century.
Included in this guide are:
Archives, oral histories, photographs, video, works of art, books, and exhibition catalogs, focusing on the artists and impact of Gemini G.E.L. as well as the evolution of the art scene in Los Angeles. These archives reflect the GRI’s commitment to documenting the history of art and artists in Los Angeles since the 1960s.
Interviews with Gemini co-founders, Gemini printers.
A short glossary of printmaking terms.
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