Josine Ianco-Starrels papers, 1930-2017

Archives of American Art

Object Details

Creator
Ianco-Starrels, Josine, 1926-2019
Subject
Kline, Herbert
Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery
Place of publication, production, or execution
United States
Physical Description
12.2 Linear feet
Access Note / Rights
This collection is open for research. Access to original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C. Research Center.
Researchers interested in accessing audiovisual recordings in this collection must use access copies. Contact References Services for more information.
Summary
The papers of curator and gallery director, Josine Ianco-Starrels, measure 12.2 linear feet and date from 1930-2017. Included are biographical material; files relating to Ianco-Starrels' work at various museum and galleries; correspondence; writings about exhibitions and autobiographical writings; invoices; photographs, negatives and slides of Ianco- Starrels, others and works of art; audio visual material including video and sound recordings of conversations, events and a documentary on Marcel Janco; files on artists and scattered artwork by others including a poster made by George Herms and drawings by Raymond Saunders; and a visitor log. Also included are the papers of Ianco-Starrels' husband, Herbert Kline, who was a filmmaker. Included in his papers are some of the items from his making of the film, Posing as an American Nazi, which was filmed in Spain.
Citation
Josine Ianco-Starrels papers, 1930-2017. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Use Note
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Related Materials
The Archives of American Art also holds a 1989 June 15 oral history interview with Josine Ianco-Starrels conducted by Ruth Gurin Bowman.
Biography Note
Josine Ianco-Starrels (1926-2019) was a curator and gallery administrator in Los Angeles, California. Born 1926 in Bucharest, Romania. Josine Ianco-Starrels was curator of the Lytton Center of the Visual Arts (1961-1969), Associate Professor, Art Gallery Division at California State University, Los Angeles (1969-1975), Director of the Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery at Barnsdall Park (1975-1984), and Senior Curator at the Long Beach Art Museum (1987-1990). Ianco-Starrels died at the age of 92 at her home in Rogue City, Oregon.
Language Note
English .
Provenance
Donated in 2000 by Josine Ianco-Starrels and in 2019 and 2024 by Elissa Kline, Ianco-Starrels' daughter.
Location Note
Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, 750 9th St. NW, Washington, D.C. 20001
Record number
(DSI-AAA_CollID)6309
(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)223509
AAA_collcode_iancjosi
Theme
Women
Research and writing about art
Archives of American Art
Theme
Women
Research and writing about art
Record ID
AAADCD_coll_223509
Metadata Usage (text)
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