India: A Jewelry Spectrum (Bard Graduate Center) exhibition records
Scope and Contents
Records pertaining to the development, planning, objects, and presentation of the exhibition. See individual series for summary of contents.
Series I: Objects -
Materials related to the selection, research, and handling of loan objects. Includes correspondence, preliminary object descriptions and references.
Series II: Correspondence -
Curatorial correspondence, including exhibition planning and object selection. See series I for more information on object selection.
Series III: Interpretation -
Interpretative material created for the exhibition. Includes drafts of the exhibition catalog, exhibition programs, wall text and labels.
Dates
- c. 1998-1999
Access Restrictions
Some materials may be restricted, please contact archives staff for details.
Use Restrictions
Collection use is subject to all copyright laws.
Exhibition History
India: A Jewelry Spectrum (October 8, 1998–January 31, 1999), curated by scholar Oppi Untracht, was the first comprehensive exhibition in New York devoted exclusively to the jewelry of India. The objects selected reflected a diverse range of traditional Indian jewelry.
Extent
1.251 Linear Feet
.000337 Gigabytes
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Records of the 1998 Bard Graduate Center exhibition India: A Jewelry Spectrum curated by Oppi Untracht. The files document the development, coordination, research prior to the exhibition, loan objects, and interpretive content of the exhibition.
Arrangement
The collection has been arranged into three series. Within each series, original order of files has been maintained, except instances where they were consolidated and interfiled from multiple locations.
Series I: Objects
Series II: Correspondence
Series III: Interpretation
Provenance
Materials were consolidated from Bard Graduate Center’s Exhibitions department.
- Title
- India: A Jewelry Spectrum (Bard Graduate Center) exhibition records
- Author
- Stefany Merkelbach
- Date
- 2024
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Bard Graduate Center, New York, NY Repository