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{"value"=>"1941-2010", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1941/2010"}
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{"value"=>"Series I: Artistic and Creative Work"}
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{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"30 boxes, 3 tubes, 14 oversize folders", "unit"=>"containers"}, {"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"9.5 linear feet", "unit"=>"linear_feet"}]}
{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"16 computer files", "unit"=>"computer_files"}, {"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"37.0 megabytes", "unit"=>"megabytes"}]}
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{"value"=>"<p>Series I contains Israel's artistic photography, paintings and drawings, exhibition materials, design work, press coverage, and writing. Original artworks are arranged according to a local identifier number [eg. EMI.01.0001] assigned by Israel's estate. EMI stands for the Estate of Marvin Israel. The rest of the series is arranged chronologically.</p> <p>Israel's original photography includes prints, contact sheets, and negatives. These have all been labeled and dated by Israel's estate. Prints and contact sheets are boxed separately from negatives. The collection contains Israel's 1950s New York City street photography, as well as street scenes from when he traveled to Europe, Japan, India, and the Mediterranean in 1958.</p> <p>The collection also includes photographs of musicians and film sets taken when Israel worked as the art director at <span class=\"title\">Seventeen</span> Magazine from 1955 to 1958. In 1956, Israel photographed Elvis Presley touring the United States, and the set of the film <span class=\"title\">Giant</span> with Elizabeth Taylor and James Dean. A selection of prints of Elvis Presley were professionally matted in 1998, in conjunction with the publication of <span class=\"title\">Elvis Presley 1956: Photographs by Marvin Israel</span>.</p> <p>Paintings and drawings by Israel are primarily original works on paper. The majority of this work is untitled and undated, and have been filed by the local identifier number. Two major subjects in his later career are animals and barren landscapes. In addition to the original artwork, there are many color and black and white transparencies of paintings and drawings used for reproduction. All transparencies are filed separately and are also largely undated and unidentified.</p> <p>The exhibition files contain documentation and materials created to publicize shows of Israel's artwork throughout his career. Materials include posters, promotional materials, and documentation of exhibitions in Paris in the 1950s, some group and solo shows held during his lifetime, as well as posthumous exhibitions of his work.</p> <p>Israel's design files hold planning documents related to design work that he executed for other photographers' exhibitions and books. The design files related to other artists' exhibitions include information about the particular show, gallery layouts, and proofs. He also designed promotional materials including posters and invitations. Israel's book designs include mockups and notes about each book's layout.</p> <p>The press in this series is clippings from newspapers, magazine articles, and gallery press releases related to Israel's artwork and his design work with other artists. Several articles contain extensive biographical material about Israel, as well as some information about titles and approximate dates of his artwork.</p> <p>Israel's writing includes his dissertation from Syracuse University in 1950, and various descriptions of his artistic activities, likely prepared for grant applications or exhibition proposals.</p>"}
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1941
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1941
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2010
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1941
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2010