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Frank Manners fonds:
Finding Aid
Collection Summary |
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| Title: | Frank Manners fonds. | |
| Dates: | – 1969-1971, 1990-1995. | |
| Quantity: | – 31.5 cm of textual records and graphic material. | |
Biographical Sketch
Richard Franklin Manners, a conceptual artist living in Toronto, was born in Owen Sound, Ontario in 1945 and graduated from the Ontario College of Art in May 1970. His practice has evolved from painting to mixed media work and conceptual art, such as artists' books and mail art. His work has been included as one of the Canadian representatives for international mail art exhibitions in Italy in the 1990s, organized by Bruno Pollacci (1954- ) of the International Mail Art Archive. Manners was a member of Workscene Gallery in Toronto and a contributor, with artist Reinhard Reitzenstein (1949- ), to Artword Artists Forum in a regular column called "A Dialogue between Frank Manners and Reinhard Reitzenstein." His books are published by Hert Books in Toronto.
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Scope and Contents of the Collection
The fonds consists of original manuscripts, drawings, photographs, letters and notes, artist books, and projects by Frank Manners, including Some Aspects of Sidereal Time (1990); Flash Cards Text, (1990, unpublished); INSTRUMENT 19901991 (1991); The Unavailable Mind (1992); the original manuscript for 21.5Hz ->25Mhz (1995); and A Star Survey (1969-71). The fonds also consists of original drawings, paintings, and photographs created by Manners in Toronto, Greece, and Israel.
Immediate source of acquisition: Donated to the National Gallery of Canada Library and Archives by Jay A. Smith, Toronto, 1999.
Terms governing use and reproduction: Permission to reproduce or publish material from the Frank Mannes fonds must be obtained from the National Gallery of
Canada Library and Archives.
Related groups of records: Frank Manners' books are in the collections of the Museum of Modern Art Library, New York; Printed Matter bookstore at DIA, New York; Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa; National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa; Artexte, Montreal; Art Metropole, Toronto; Metropolitan Toronto Reference Library, Toronto; Ontario Collection of Art, Toronto; Université du Québec, Montréal; Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto; York University, Toronto; and the Vancouver Art Gallery. Further information about Frank Manners can be found in his documentation file and in the Art Metropole Collection at the National Gallery of Canada Library and Archives.
Finding aids: Box list available.
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Index Terms |
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| Names: | ||
| Manners, Frank, 1945- | ||
| Organizations: | ||
| Art Metropole | ||
| Document Types: | ||
| Artist books. | ||
| Correspondence. | ||
| Drawings. | ||
| Manuscripts. | ||
| Paintings. | ||
| Photographs. | ||
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Administrative Information
Custodial History
The fonds was donated by the artist to Art Metropole. The Art Metropole Collection, including the Frank Manners fonds, was donated to the National Gallery of Canada Library and Archives by Jay A. Smith, Toronto, 1999.
Preferred Citation
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Contact Information
Reference Services
Library and Archives
National Gallery of Canada
380 Sussex Drive
Ottawa, Ontario
K1N 9N4
T 613-714-6000 ext. 6323
[email protected]
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Detailed Description of the Collection
Box List
| Box | Folder | ||||||||||||
| Box 1 | File 1 | INSTRUMENT 19901991, 1991 | |||||||||||
| File 2 | Drafts/notes from editor and publisher of Hert Books, Gerd Reitzenstein | ||||||||||||
| File 3 | Flash Cards Text, 1990 | ||||||||||||
| File 4 | Some Aspects of Sideral Time, 1990 | ||||||||||||
| File 5 | A Star Survey: Book #1 - Drawings: Toronto, 1969-1971; Book #2 - Drawings: los, Greece, 1970; Book #3 - Photos: los, Greece & Israel, 1970, 1971; Book # 4 - Concept/Letters: Toronto, 1971 | ||||||||||||
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| Box 2 | File 1 | The Unavailable Mind, 1992 | |||||||||||
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| Box 3 | File 1 | 21.5Hz -> 25 Mhz, 1995 | |||||||||||
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| Box 4 | File 1 | 21.5Hz -> 25 Mhz, 1995 | |||||||||||
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