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Push Pin Studios Chopped Liver Festival

 Collection
Identifier: KA-0187-01

Scope and Contents

The collection consists of a file compiled by Phyllis Rich Flood, a representative for Push Pin Studios, a graphic design and illustration group founded by Milton Glaser, Seymour Chwast, and Edward Sorel. The file documents the "First Annual Chopped Liver Sculpture Festival," dubbed "Man and Liver," a promotional event for the studio conceived by Flood. The file includes press releases, invitations, mailing lists, and an article about the exhibt, which was held at the Greengrass Media Art Gallery in New York City on October 13, 1976. The exhibit featured works carved out of three hundred pounds of chopped liver that had been donated by the Second Avenue Kosher Delicatessen and Restaurant. The file includes slides of seventeen of the sculptures featured in the exhibit.

Dates

  • 1976

Creator

Extent

1 Folders

Language of Materials

English

Conditions Governing Access

Collection is open for research use. Please contact archivist@newschool.edu for appointment.

Conditions Governing Use

To publish images of material from this collection, permission must be obtained in writing from the New School Archives and Special Collections. Please contact: archivist@newschool.edu.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Donated by Phyllis Feder in 2026.

Title
Guide to the Push Pin Studios Chopped Liver Festival
Status
In Process
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin