Series 1: Production Manuscripts, 1963-2019
Scope & Contents
The backbone of the archives are the production files – paper records containing everything that can be obtained with respect to each production or exhibition, arranged in alphabetical order by production. These include preliminary sketches, notebooks, scripts (where applicable), scores, staging and lighting plots, running books, project files/project books, any and all correspondence and business/artistic records related to the mounting of said work, programs, handbills, and all press (clippings, complete periodicals and related texts).
Highlights of the production files – which are important for both scholarly researchers and internal needs – include Wilson’s early sketchbooks and planning notes for such works as KA MOUNTAIN and Einstein on the Beach; rehearsal attendance sheets; early Byrd programs and fliers; copious staging and lighting information for the 1984 revival of Einstein on the Beach; and simple gestational sketches for The Old Woman. Earlier records tend to service scholarship on Wilson’s work and that of the 1960s-70s performance art climate in New York, while more recent records tend to support (albeit not exclusively) the needs of Wilson and his collaborators.
Dates
- 1963-2019
Language of Materials
Primary languages of materials include English, German, French, Spanish, Italian, Russian, Czech, Romanian, Swedish, Dutch, Japanese, and Chinese. Please confer with archivist before requesting materials.
Extent
152 Linear Feet
Separated Materials
Additional materials for the following exhibitions can be found within the Exhibition Records:
Erinnerung an eine Revolution (Stuttgart 1987; Basel 1989)
Robert Wilson's Vision (San Francisco, Houston, Boston 1991)
Monuments (Hanover, Munich 1991)
Robert Wilson: Mr. Bojangles' Memory: og son of fire (Paris 1991)
Portrait Still Life Landscape (Rotterdam 1993)
Three Rooms (NYC 1994)
Dragons and Silk from the Forbidden City (Paris 1995)
Galeries Lafayette (Paris 1996, as "Le Festival de la Mode par Robert Wilson")
Water Jug Boy (Cologne 1996)
Villa Stuck (Munich 1994, as “Robert Wilson / Steel Velvet”)
Bob Wilson: Relative Light (Modena 1998)
Paul Landowski: le temple de l'homme (Paris 1999)
Sign of Light: Pittsburgh Cultural Trust (Pittsburgh 1999)
Le Tombeau de Suger (Saint-Denis 2000)
Robert Wilson: Time and Space (Tokyo 2000)
Giorgio Armani (Bilbao 2001)
Isamu Noguchi: Sculptural Design (London, Weil am Rhein, Madrid 2001)
Never Doubt I Love (Paris 2002)
Theater of Drawing (San Antonio 2002)
Louis Vuitton Windows (Various Locations 2002)
Chair, Chairs (Milan 2003)
Giorgio Armani: A Retrospective (London 2003)
Isamu Noguchi (Rotterdam 2003)
Ace Gallery Exhibition (Beverly Hills 2004, as “Robert Wilson: Selected Works”)
Chairs and Drawings (Brussels 2004)
Wall Street Rising (NYC 2004)
My Coney Island Baby (NYC 2004)
VOOM Portraits (2005)
Louis Vuitton Museum (Paris 2006, as “Icons”)
Walking (Terschelling 2008)
Repository Details
Part of the Robert Wilson Archives Repository
39 Water Mill Towd Road
Water Mill NY 11976 United States
clifford.allen@watermillcenter.org