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Yanni Posnakoff Papers
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Held at: Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division [Contact Us]
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Collection consists of correspondence, more than (140) original sketches, primarily in pen, by Yanni Posnakoff, personal documents, photographs, exhibition catalogs, and printed material regarding the life and work of the artist in the United States.
Gift of the Program in Hellenic Studies with the support of the Stanley J. Seeger Hellenic Fund. (2023-089)
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This collection was processed by Kalliopi Balatsouka in March 2023. Finding aid written by Kalliopi Balatsouka in June 2023.
No materials were removed from the collection during 2023 processing beyond routine appraisal practices."
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- Manuscripts Division
- Finding Aid Author
- Kalliopi Balatsouka
- Finding Aid Date
- 2023
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The collection is open for research.
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Collection Inventory
Consists of correspondence with art gallery "Nees Morphes" in Athens (1), with Panagiotis Binioris (one outgoing letter), with the Galerie Internationale, New York (1), and the Intercommunity Council, Morningside Heights, Inc., NY (1). Included also is a handwritten letter from Posnakoff to Iōannēs Chatzopoulos with a text (14 pages) and a sketch in Greek kept in an envelope with another sketch on it (dated 6/3/1997).
Physical Description1 folder
3 folders
1 folder
Consists of an original Greek certificate of military status of Posnakoff and a certificate of the Office of Vital Statistics and Registry from the Greek Consulate in New York.
Physical Description1 folder
Consists of various documents, such as Posnakoff's passport, driving license, a Greek and English identification cards.
Physical Description1 folder
5 folders
Consists of black-and-white photograph portraits and photo negatives of Yanni Posnakoff.
Physical Description1 folder
Consists of black-and-white photographs of Yanni Posnakoff posing in front of his works at a restaurant.
Physical Description1 folder
Consists of black-and-white photographs of an art exhibition entitled "Posnakoff- γυναίκες" [Posnakoff-women], which took place at the Diogenes International Gallery in Athens, Greece, 1973-1974. Photographs are attached in loose mat boards. The folder where they are kept bears a drawing and Posnakoff's signature dated 1973.
Physical Description1 folder
Consists of black-and-white photographs showing Yanni Posnakoff painting in a store. A personal handwritten note by Posnakoff on the reverse provides information about this work.
Physical Description1 folder
Consists of a sheet of a contact print of an art exhibition with Posnakoff's works.
Physical Description1 folder
4 folders
Consists of various sketches in black and color ink. A few of them are signed and dated by the artist.
Physical Description2 folders
1 folder
Consists of a note pad (20.5 x 14 cm) containing sketches in black ink signed and dated by the artist.
Physical Description1 folder
Consists of a notebook containing sketches and notes in black ink. At the end of the book, there are three sketches in color pencil.
Physical Description1 folder
Consists of five large loose sheets (39.5 x 29.5 cm) of a sketch block with sketches of women portrtaits in black ink and color crayon. There are also two smaller sketches (18 x 12.5 cm). Sketches are kept in a large white envelope with the handwritten title "Miscellaneous Works" and three sketches on the cover.
Physical Description1 folder
3 folders
Consists of exhibitions catalogs and invitations of Posnakoff's solo and group exhibits in Greece and the United States.
Physical Description1 folder
Consists of a poster prepared by Yanni Posnakoff for an auction and sale of paintings and sketches by children of Morningside Heights at Columbia University in New York.
Physical Description1 folder
Consists of a restaurant menu and a collage pamphlet prepared by Yanni Posnakoff.
Physical Description1 folder
1 folder