LIS 661 | Art Documentation | Fall 2017
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The Pat Meyer FoundationA Digital Archives Database Prototype
LIS-661: Art Documentation, Final Project: Artist Foundation
Alex DiFiglia, Drew Facklam, Cormac Fitzgerald, Richard Goldstein, Rachel Richardson, and Paige Williams
Salvador Dali's Lobster Telephone, 1938
Who is Pat Meyer?
● Childhood and life in NYC● Influences and the
Neo-Dadaist Movement● Legacy
DeFeo, 1960, The Whitney Museum of American Art
Louise Nevelson, Sky Cathedral, 1982. Painted wood. From the collection of the Smithsonian American Art Museum.
Camera
Grandma’s Chair
Suitcase Pieces
Metal Car Parts
Wood included: Pine, Mahogany, Maple and Oak
Current Status and Future Needs
Periodical Wall in the reading room at Letterform Archive
Database Project Requirements
● Levels of Description● Standardized Vocabularies● Digital Images● Archival and Preservation
Best Practices● Exportable Metadata
Image from Lynda.com slideshow
Descriptive metadata
Document
Identify
Describe
● 100 sculptures● 203 drawings● 167 linear feet of documents● 17 sketchbooks
● Object profile● Photo documentation● Searchable by tombstone data as well as linked
elements/objects● Build/implement unique object ID
● Cataloging Cultural Objects (CCO)● Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names (TGN)● Getty Union List of Artist Names (ULAN)● Getty Art & Architecture Thesaurus (AAT)
Collection size
Digital inventory at item level for a robust database
Project Overview
Inventory● Integrate Meyer’s legacy
inventories● Unique object ID format
○ Year.ItemType.Series○ I.e. 1961.dwg.001
● Institution identifiers○ First four letters○ I.e. Guggenheim: Gugg
Conservation● Housed in Brooklyn loft studio● Original artist housing● Supplementary housing for
conservation to be done alongside inventory
Photo Documentation
● Photography of all works● Ingested into database● Object profile as image surrogate● Document condition and/or any
damage
Methodology of Work
Concept Map
Database design and implementation
Identification
Description
Relations
Example Record—Crosswalk
Materials NameTechniqueEvent
Dimension DisplayTypeUnitValue
Projected Staff
Image from fotolio.com
Archivist
IT manager
Art Handlers
Registrar
Interns
Photographer
Projected Operational Supplies
Desktop Computers Laptop Computers
Cloud Storage Server & Rackspace storage
Digital Camera
Crating, protective packing, powertoolsImages from freevector.com
Timeline for Completion
Any questions?
Joe Pogan’s Fish on Bait, 2009