Wim Beeren archive, Foto's-Kunstenaars (photos-artists)

Two original archive boxes containing documentation from the Wim Beeren archive, mostly from the 70s -80s. Beeren (1928 -2000) was director of the Boijmans van Beuningen from 1978 to 1985 and headed the Stedelijk Museum from 1985 to 2000. Box I: 9 files, including colour polaroids of works and an original photo collage by JCJ van der Heyden, 1976 + B/w pictures from the famous exhibition Sonsbeek Buiten de Perken, 1971. + Several interesting visual documents regarding Joseph Beuy's project for Sonsbeek Buiten de Perken, located on a farm in the south of The Netherlands. Included are several b/w pictures by Ad Petersen of a bike trip to the farm (see cat. Sonsbeek 71).

+ Correspondence, mostly thank you notes (one from Walter de Maria) and congratulations for Beeren's new directorship of the Stedelijk. Includes a Marilyn Monroe poster with personal message from Klaas Gubbels (Goddamn Wim, too bad for Rotterdam). Also contains the draft for Beeren's Boijmans farewell speech in 1985. Box II: Artwork/card made by Carel Visser and Wessel Couzijn as an invitation for a communal party, signed by both artists + Large number of (500 +) photos with exhibition installation shots, and openings of exhibitions. Featured are Jeanne-Pierre Raynaud, Carel Appel, Frans Haks, Willem Sandberg, Tjebbe van Tijen (Continue Tekening 1967) and many more. Fun pictures of a dinner party with Keith Haring featuring some young Dutch gallerists in the 80s.