Steven Black, from the Bancroft Library, recently found this photo in his own archives of Frank on U.C. Berkeley’s Sproul Plaza in October 1984. Photo by Steven Black.
Category: UCB/Bancroft Library/BAMPFA (page 2 of 2)
Mikee and I have been aware that we need to make some arrangements for Frank’s amazing oil paintings for after we are gone.
So, Mikee went online and got an email for UC Berkeley’s Art Museum, now known as BAMPFA (Berkeley Art Museum / Pacific Film Archive). We introduced ourselves and Frank, and included pictures of some of Frank’s paintings. Of course, we name dropped Bancroft Library!!
Much to our amazement they wrote back and said the director, Larry Rinder, would like to come to the house and see Frank’s paintings and talk! It was surreal. Our wonderful Keith Wilson was here to film it all. (It turns out that Keith and Larry know each other.)
Larry loved Frank’s paintings and picked two paintings (Patti Smith & Mariah) that he would love to add to their collection. He explained that because of storage issues, they can’t take the entire collection. It now goes to two committees for approval. The deal is the two paintings would go to BAMPFA when Mikee and I die, but until then they can borrow them if/when they would like to include them in shows. He recommended some other local museums that may also be interested in adding some of Frank’s paintings to their collections.
Amazing!
Frank must be totally cracking up!!!
We forgot to take some photos (!), but Keith sent us these great stills from the footage that he shot.
These are the two paintings:
See more of Frank’s paintings here: http://www.eroplay.com/Cave/paintings/index.html
Photo above: Linda, Steven, Mikee, Frank’s archive boxes, photo by Keith Wilson
Keith Wilson came over this morning and filmed Mikee and I loading the first of Frank’s archives into the car! The three of us drove to Bancroft Library, Keith filming the trip as we talked. It is amazing and a little unreal, but we made the delivery! Steven Black, our contact from the beginning, and the Head of Acquisitions, came out with a cart while Keith filmed the whole thing. We signed the DEED OF GIFT on the spot. One of our favorite lines is:
“The Materials will be physically stabilized and preserved by The Bancroft Library. The Materials will be placed and maintained in non-damaging containers and stored in facilities that provide appropriate temperature and humidity control and security …” Wow!
Frank and I (Linda Mac) used to hang out in The Bancroft Library in the 1980s. Steven said, Frank is back here now.
Linda & Mikee
