About the Leslie-Lohman Museum of Gay and Lesbian Art
The Leslie-Lohman Museum of Gay and Lesbian Art is the first and only dedicated LGBTQ art museum in the world with a mission to exhibit and preserve LGBTQ art, and foster the artists who create it. Accredited by the New York State Board of Regents, the Museum has a permanent collection of over 20,000 objects, spanning more than three centuries of queer art. We host 6-8 major exhibitions annually, artist talks, film screenings, panel discussions, readings and other events. In addition, we publish THE ARCHIVE - a quarterly art publication and maintain a substantial research library. The Museum is the premier resource for anyone interested in the rich legacy of the LGBTQ community and its influence on and confrontation with the mainstream art world. There is no other organization in the world like it. The Leslie-Lohman Museum is operated by the Leslie/Lohman Gay Art Foundation, a non-profit organization founded in 1987 by Charles W. Leslie and Fritz Lohman who have supported LGBTQ artists for over 30 years. The Leslie-Lohman Museum embraces the rich creative history of the LGBTQ art community by informing, inspiring, entertaining and challenging all who enter its doors.
Founders
Charles W. Leslie J. Frederic Lohman (1922‒2009)
Board of Directors
Jonathan David Katz, President Steven J. Goldstein, Vice-President Daniel R. Hanratty, Treasurer John Caldwell Kymara Lonergan Robert W. Richards James M. Saslow Peter Weiermair Jerry Kajpust, Secretary Ex-Officio
CONTENTS THE ARCHIVE NUMBER 47 AUTUMN 2013 SASCHA SCHNEIDER S CHOICE: TWO AVAILABLE MODELS OF HOMOSEXUALITY IN GERMANY AT THE DAWN OF THE 20TH CENTURY
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JONATHAN DAVID KATZ, CURATOR
SYMBOLISING HOMOSEXUALITY: SOME PARALLELS BETWEEN SASCHA SCHNEIDER AND ENGLISH AND CONTINENTAL ART
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ROBERT ORME
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GALLERIES OF INTEREST
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INTERNING AT A YOUNG MUSEUM
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HOW COME YOU DON T CALL ME ANYMORE?
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NOTES ON THE LESLIE-LOHMAN COLLECTIONS
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NEWS FROM PRINCE STREET
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WHAT DOES DESTINY J., AGE 20, HAVE IN COMMON WITH ANDY WARHOL?
HUNTER O HANIAN, MUSEUM DIRECTOR
CORRINE FITZPATRICK, INSPIRED BY THE WORK OF AZSA WEST
WAYNE SNELLEN, DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF COLLECTIONS
ROB HUGH ROSEN, DEPUTY DIRECTOR FOR PROGRAMMATIC OPERATIONS
DIANA SCHOLL
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Co-Founder & Director Emeritus
CRAFTING IDENTITY AND COMMUNITY
Charles W. Leslie
JOHN CHAICH, CURATOR
Staff
Hunter O Hanian, Museum Director Wayne Snellen, Deputy Director for Collections Rob Hugh Rosen, Deputy Director for Programmatic Operations Jerry Kajpust, Deputy Director for External Relations Branden Wallace, Collections Manager Todd Fruth, Office Manager Victor Trivero, Exhibition Lighting Stephanie Chambers, Bookkeeper Daniel Sander, Receptionist
Volunteer Staff
Cryder Bankes, Library Steven Goldstein, Collections, Administration Daniel Kitchen, Museum Advocate Oliver Klaassen, All Departments & Research Johnathan M. Lewis, Collections Stephan Likosky, Collections
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EVENT PROGRAMMING AT LESLIE-LOHMAN MUSEUM JERRY KAJPUST, DEPUTY DIRECTOR FOR EXTERNAL RELATIONS
Back Cover: UPCOMING EXHIBITIONS AT LESLIE-LOHMAN MUSEUM
Tai Lin, Collections Paul Nissenbaum, Collections Chuck Nitzberg, Events Tiffany Nova, Marketing & Communications Maddie Phinney, Research Frank Sheehan, Drawing Studio James Thacker, Graphic Design
The Archive
The Journal of the Leslie-Lohman Museum of Gay and Lesbian Art, Number 47 Tom Saettel, Editor Joseph Cavalieri, Production and Design
©2013 The Leslie-Lohman Museum of Gay and Lesbian Art. No part of this journal may be reproduced in
any form without the written permission of The Leslie-Lohman Museum of Gay and Lesbian Art. Copyrights for all art reproduced in this publication belong to the artists unless otherwise noted. All rights reserved.
The Archive is available for free in the museum, and is mailed free of charge to LL Museum members.
Museum
26 Wooster Street, New York, NY 10013-2227 (212) 431-2609 info@leslielohman.org, leslielohman.org Gallery Hours: Tues. ‒ Sun. 12 ‒ 6pm, Closed Mon., all major holidays and between exhibitions FRONT COVER: Sascha Schneider, Der Anarchist (The Anarchist, Detail), 1894, Lithograph (published by Breitkopf & Hartel, Leipzig), 19.7 x 15.7 in., Courtesy of the Röder Collection
John Burton Harter, Estrangement, 1995, Oil on board, 40 x 24 in., The John Burton Harter Charitable Trust
This issue of The Archive is made possible by a generous donation from the
John Burton Harter Charitable Trust.
The Archive: The Journal of the Leslie-Lohman Museum of Gay and Lesbian Art ● NO 47 ● AUTUMN 2013
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