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Title
Julia P. Herzberg, Ph.D. collection
Date(s)
- 1979-2012 (Creation)
Extent
1 Box (0.5 linear feet)
Name of creator
Biographical history
Julia P. Herzberg, Ph.D., is an art historian, independent curator, and Fulbright grantee who has taught, lectured, and published extensively both in the United States and internationally. She earned her doctorate from the City University of New York in 1997, with her dissertation titled “Ana Mendieta in Iowa (1969-1978): A Critical Study.” Dr. Herzberg’s research addresses a wide range of cross-disciplinary issues, focusing on artistic processes and the thematic and conceptual concerns of contemporary art. Over her career, she has curated more than thirty-five exhibitions featuring renowned artists such as Carlos Alfonzo, Navjot Altaf, Mónica Bengoa, Máximo Corválan-Pincheira, Leandro Erlich, Paz Errazuriz, Magdalena Fernández, María Magdalena Campos-Pons, Kaarina Kaikkonen, Leandro Katz, Wifredo Lam, Iván Navarro, Nela Ochoa, Pepón Osorio, Catalina Parra, Liliana Porter, Raquel Rabinovich, Lotty Rosenfeld, Franco Mondini-Ruiz, Juan Sánchez, and Monika Weiss.
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Scope and content
The Julia P. Herzberg, Ph.D. collection contains artist portfolios, clippings, and visual arts files.
The collection also contains an interview between Julia P. Herzberg and Helena (Holzer) Benitez, former wife of artist Wifredo Lam from 1944 to 1950. The interview took place on February 7, 1990, at 1125 Park Avenue, New York, NY, then home of Julia P. Herzberg. The discussion centers on Helena's memories of Wifredo’s paintings, his practice, their cultural life in Havana, the artist’s family, his relationship with Lydia Cabrera, and his relationship to Afro-Cubanism.
Copyright to the interview is held by Julia P. Herzberg. The interview has been digitized and can be accessed here: https://miami.app.box.com/s/sbh6jn27iqx0ooovarbt7ofw68kqmv0r/folder/308218924469.
System of arrangement
The collection is organized into three series:
- Artists' Files
- Clippings
- Visual Arts Files
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Conditions governing access
This collection is open for research.
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Conditions governing reproduction
Requests to publish or display materials from this collection require the written permission of the rights owner. Please contact chc@miami.edu for more information.
Preferred citation: Julia P. Herzberg, Ph.D. collection, Cuban Heritage Collection, University of Miami Libraries, Coral Gables, Florida.
Languages of the material
- English
- Spanish
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Immediate source of acquisition
Gift of Julia P. Herzberg, Ph.D., April 2023. Additional gifts were received in 2024.
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Related archival materials
Julia P. Herzberg papers, 1977-2018, Smithsonian Archives of American Art - https://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/julia-p-herzberg-papers-17628
Julia Ann P. Herzberg papers, Bard College - https://www.bard.edu/ccs/findingaids/index.html/mss.014/japhp.html
Julia P. Herzberg research collection on Ana Mendieta, 1969-1989. Museum of Modern Art, https://library.moma.org/permalink/01NYA_INST/90vked/alma991009022589707141
Ana Mendieta, the Iowa Years: A Critical Study, 1969 through 1977 (dissertation) - https://academicworks.cuny.edu/gc_etds/1431/
Dr. Herzberg's website can be accessed at https://www.juliaherzberg.net/. It has been archived here: https://archive-it.org/collections/23399.
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Archivist's note
Minimal collection-level record created by Juan A. Villanueva, April 2024. Updated in July 2024. Edited by Amanda Moreno, August 2024.