Took more than two years to make it happen, chiefly due to difficulties posed by the pandemic. So congratulations to the late artist’s widow, Norma Mustill, for donating the artworks to the university and to the library curators for seeing the project through. When conditions are back to normal, perhaps they will be able to exhibit them.
Biographical note: Norman Ogue Mustill (1931-2013) was an American artist, who primarily used collage as his medium. He was born in Montreal, Canada and was educated at the Montreal Museum of Art and Ecole Des Beaux Artes. During the 1950s, Mustill lived in New York (New York), Los Angeles (California), and Mexico City (Mexico). He moved to San Francisco (California) in 1960, which led to collaboration with filmmakers, painters, and poets of the beat generation. Mustill was not interested in being a public figure and avoided the art world. He adopted the middle name “Ogue,” which he took from the fashion magazine Vogue to protest the fashionable.“ — Meaghan O’Riordan
Collage by Norman O. Mustill, untitled (1967-‘68).
Jan – So great to see these listed – good time for a large library. Was told by one curator that staff enjoying larger pieces on a daily basis.
Title: Norman Ogue Mustill papers
Author: Norman Ogue Mustill
Subjects: Artists — United States; Authors, American — 20th century; Beats (Persons); Poets, American — 20th century; Collages (visual works); Fanzines,
Creation Date: 1950-2017
Format: 0.5 linear feet (1 box), 1 oversized papers box and 2 oversized papers folders (OP), and 5 framed items (FR).
Notes: All requests subject to limitations noted in departmental policies on reproduction.
Language: English
Summary: The collection consists of the papers of American artist Norman Ogue Mustill from 1950-2017 and includes art, printed material, and photographs. Most of the art has no title nor date. The printed material primarily contains zines created or co-created by Mustill. There is one photograph of cars on a highway, and the rest are of Mustill.
Language Note: Materials primarily in English.
Type: archives
Arrangement Note: Arranged first by record type and then alphabetically.Arranged and described at the item level by Meaghan O’Riordan, September 2021.
Biographical/Historical context: Norman Ogue Mustill (1931-2013) was an American artist, who primarily used collage as his medium. He was born in Montreal, Canada and was educated at the Montreal Museum of Art and Ecole Des Beaux Artes. During the 1950s, Mustill lived in New York (New York), Los Angeles (California), and Mexico City (Mexico). He moved to San Francisco (California) in 1960, which led to collaboration with filmmakers, painters, and poets of the beat generation. Mustill was not interested in being a public figure and avoided the art world. He adopted the middle name “Ogue,” which he took from the fashion magazine Vogue to protest the fashionable.
Source: 01EMORY ALMA
Source Record ID: 21466341700002486
MMS ID: 9937370772902486
Title: Norman Ogue Mustill papers
Author: Norman Ogue Mustill
Subjects: Artists — United States; Authors, American — 20th century; Beats (Persons); Poets, American — 20th century; Collages (visual works); Fanzines,
Creation Date: 1950-2017
Format: 0.5 linear feet (1 box), 1 oversized papers box and 2 oversized papers folders (OP), and 5 framed items (FR).
Notes: All requests subject to limitations noted in departmental policies on reproduction.
Language: English
Summary: The collection consists of the papers of American artist Norman Ogue Mustill from 1950-2017 and includes art, printed material, and photographs. Most of the art has no title nor date. The printed material primarily contains zines created or co-created by Mustill. There is one photograph of cars on a highway, and the rest are of Mustill.
Language Note: Materials primarily in English.
Type: archives
Arrangement Note: Arranged first by record type and then alphabetically.Arranged and described at the item level by Meaghan O’Riordan, September 2021.
Biographical/Historical context: Norman Ogue Mustill (1931-2013) was an American artist, who primarily used collage as his medium. He was born in Montreal, Canada and was educated at the Montreal Museum of Art and Ecole Des Beaux Artes. During the 1950s, Mustill lived in New York (New York), Los Angeles (California), and Mexico City (Mexico). He moved to San Francisco (California) in 1960, which led to collaboration with filmmakers, painters, and poets of the beat generation. Mustill was not interested in being a public figure and avoided the art world. He adopted the middle name “Ogue,” which he took from the fashion magazine Vogue to protest the fashionable.
Source: 01EMORY ALMA
Source Record ID: 21466341700002486
MMS ID: 9937370772902486
Thnx for letting me know about this (“Was told by one curator that staff enjoying larger pieces on a daily basis”).
Those large pieces used to hang on the walls of his home in California. Norman stored them away later when he moved to his desert hideout in Arizona. This is one of them, now in the archive. I assume that’s one of those the staff is enjoying:
https://www.artsjournal.com/herman/2011/04/self-portrait_mustill_in_his_d.html
Two large piece in that group were not included in the donation to the archive and remain with Norma, his widow.. I’m hoping that one day she will donate them to the archive as well. Here they are:
https://www.artsjournal.com/herman/2013/12/a-great-one-died-today.html
and
https://www.artsjournal.com/herman/2015/10/more-from-mustills-arizona-desert-lair.html