Major Works
With a few minor exceptions, I have completed the cataloguing of Brown’s known and accounted for major paintings and works on paper. In order to be included in the catalogue there had to be either photographic evidence of the work or a record of its having been exhibited. There are some missing pieces of some important series (Autopsy Paintings # 3,#4, and#6, Ping B,C,D, and J; Portrait of Frankenstein and Lazarus #2 and 4 and Grimm #3,4,6,7,14,19,20,21,49,50,51,52,53,66,67,68,70,71,72,76,85,88,89, and 90) for which I have no photographs or any record of their having been exhibited. I will not list any of these works in the catalogue until I find evidence of their existence. In the case of the Grimm paintings especially I wonder if some of the missing were not painted over or otherwise re-worked and renamed. As businesses reopen I will be able to have his slide collection converted to digital prints. I am confident that at least some of the missing works will be found.
There are also source materials that I have not yet started to document. I will begin this work over the summer.
Catalogue of Existing and Accounted for Works:
Drawings and Works on Paper: 381 (144 drawings and sketches, 2 drawings (1986) for which photographs have not yet been found but which I know exist, 237 stills for the video project).
Paintings: Note: I count early panel paintings composed of multiple panels but intended as a single work as one painting. 483 (201 listenspiritlisten, 282 large scale works).
Ephemera and Juvenalia: 79 experiments, sketches, and studies and 24 items of juvenalia.
There are still a fair number of experiments and other ephemeral works to catalogue. There are also more pre-OCA works in his brother’s possession that need to be photographed and included. I will continue this part of the project but wanted to prioritize completing the catalogue of major works.