Pratt Institute

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Education

B.A., State University of New York New Paltz; Art History/Fine Arts
M.L.S., Pratt Institute

Biography

Librarian, International Center of Photography

May 2000 to August 2001 – Art Librarian, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum (New York)

July 1995 to 30 April 2000 – Librarian, The Costume Institute Irene Lewisohn Costume Reference Library, The Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York)

September 1991 – 30 June 1995 – Administrator to Administrative Coordinator, The Costume Institute, The Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York)

1990 – Present – Independent Researcher / Research Consultant Clients have included Giorgio Armani USA, Christian Dior Couture, Biennale di Firenze, Chanel Couture USA, Phillips dePury & Luxembourg, and State Hermitage Museum, LVMH.

PUBLICATIONS

(Reviewer) Art Documentation, The Journal of ARLIS/NA, 2000-Present.

Essayist) ScribnerÂ’s Encyclopedia of Europe, 1789-1914, 1st edition. New York: ScribnerÂ’s, 2006.

(Essayist) 19th Century Photography. New York: Routledge, 2007.

(Essayist) Fashions, Fads and Style. 1st edition. 5 volumes. Detroit MI: U*X*L, c2004.

(Essayist) Contemporary Artists, 5th edition. St. James Press, 2002.

“Viewpoint: E-Bay as BHA? New Paradigms in Researching the Ephemeral.” Art Libraries Journal (ARLIS UK & Ireland), Vol. 26, no. 2 (Fall 2001).

Sophia Style. New York: Friedman-Fairfax (Barnes & Noble), c2001, 2004.

(Co-author) “Guggenheim Exhibitions: from Research and Development to Reference.” International Federation of Library Associations (IFLA) Journal, Fall 2001. (Co-author) “Integrated Art Documentation: The Guggenheim Perspective.” Art Documentation: Bulletin of the Art Libraries Society of North America, Vol. 20, no. 1, Spring 2001.

“Untitled [Richard Martin, Fashion Librarian]”. 2wice Magazine, Spring 2000.

(Author of bibliography) La Belle Assemblée. Richard Martin, Editor. New York: The Costume Institute/New York University, 1996.

(Editor) La Dernière Mode. Richard Martin, Bibliographer. New York: The Costume Institute/New York University, 1996.