Credits
Like all projects, this website and its contents are the work of many hands. The organizers would like to extend their thanks to the following groups for their tireless efforts in making the history of pop art at the University of Michigan known:
Many professionals in the art world graciously helped us in completing this project. Caitlin Sweeney of The Wildenstein-Plattner institute provided photographs of pictures by Jasper Johns, “White Numbers” and “1-9;" as well as research advice throughout this project. Justin Brancato of the Roy Lichtenstein Foundation offered research assistance to this project, along with providing a digital image of the drawing Collars. Raven Munsell of the Richard Gray Gallery put us in touch with Dine’s archivist. The Robert Rauschenberg Foundation provided photographs of all of the Rauschenberg paintings included in this website. Mimi Thompson and Michael Harrigan of the James Rosenquist studio offered research and provided photographs of Untitled and Woman II. Carey Ascenzio and Lauren Smith of the Oldenburg Van Bruggen Studio also provided research help. Many thanks to all.
The authors would also like to acknowledge the help and assistance of the galleries that represent some of the artists discussed here. Alison Dillulio of Garth Greenan Gallery provided photographs of three works by Rosalyn Drexler: Big Moe, Lovers, This is My Wedding. Wendy Amer Hirsch and Rita Clavin of the Allan Stone Collection made available to this project digital copies of Stephen Durkee's NOW and Wayne Thiebaud's Rubber Dolls (has various titles). Eva Rivlen of the George Adams Gallery contributed an image of Peter Saul's Untitled color drawing. We would also like to thank KAWS for his permission to include a picture of their painting of Superman and Superdog in Jail from their personal collection and to Michelle Bonomo for her help in that process. Approximations of Oldenburg's works are courtesy the Oldenburg Van Bruggen Studio, Copyright Claes Oldenburg.
Miriam Levin, Michelle Oka Doner, Nancy House, Jeffrey K. Chase, Buster Simpson, and Richard Axsom volunteered to be interviewed about their time as students at Michigan for this project. Samuel Sachs II, Rosalyn Drexler, and Gerd Stern, while not alumni of the university, also spoke to researchers. Together, these conversations provided an invaluable resource that helped fill holes in the written record. We would have been unable to tell this story without them.
Howard Brick , Alex Potts, Paige Rozanski, Andrew Blauvelt, Anne Kovach, David McCarthy, Michael Lobel, Sally Bjork, Alexandra Fraser, and Zachary Kopin all lent their expertise and advice. Anthony Ross, Joshua Mound, Matthew Woodbury, Esther Ladkau, and Jonathan Farr provided valuable research assitance to this project.
Funding for this project was graciously provided by the U of M Bicentennial, as well as the University of Michigan's Department of the History of Art, Department of History, Program in American Culture, Institute for the Humanities, Eisenberg Institute for Historical Study, College of Literature, Science and the Arts, Office of Research, and Rackham Graduate School.
The majority of the content on this site, however, comes from the excellent coursework of undergraduates at the University of Michigan. It is to them this website is dedicated.