Periodicals and Ephemera Files

For articles on a particular artist, Art Index and a number of other specialized art bibliographies are available in electronic form at many workstations in the Library, including the Prints and Photographs Study Room; see the listing of Electronic Resources, or consult the full listing of Online Databases and Indexes. The full run of Art Index in its print version is located in the Art and Architecture Division, MAC Art Index; and see CATNYP for other locations. References to articles published through 1971 on printmakers and illustrators can also be found in the Dictionary Catalog of the Prints Division.

Major print-related periodicals are housed in the Prints and Photographs Study Room and can be located on CATNYP.

For artists who have never been the subject of a catalogue or an article, the Print Collection ephemera files (a.k.a. artists’ or clipping files) on printmakers may be helpful. They have been compiled since the opening of the Print Collection in 1900 and contain exhibition notices and brochures, reviews, obituaries and other related materials. Indexed in the Dictionary Catalog of the Prints Division through 1971, they are kept current and indexed in unique files in the Prints and Photographs Study Room.