Patty Mucha

ABSTRACT

Patty Mucha (Patricia Muschinski) was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on June 26, 1935. She and Claes Oldenburg were married in 1960 and divorced in 1970. Mucha appeared in Oldenburg films made by Rudy Wurlitzer and Robert Breer, as well as in films by Jean Dupuy, Rudy Burckhardt, Andy Warhol and Red Grooms. She also participated in the Happenings of Jim Dine, Robert Whitman, Dick Higgins, Alex Hay, Steve Paxton, Simone Forti, and Sally Gross. The Patty Mucha Papers include artwork, correspondence, ephemera, and manuscripts from artists, poets, dancers, and performers active in the New York City art world during the Pop Art, Happenings, E.A.T., Yippies, and Punk Movements in the 1960s and 1970s.

References

1. Six Feet of the 1960s and ’70s: Patty Mucha—Once Mrs. Oldenburg—on Her Archives and New Memoir. By Andrew Russeth • 01/16/12 6:37pm. < observer.com >
2. NYU Special Collections Search Portal - Guide to the The Patty Mucha Papers MSS.342 https://findingaids.library.nyu.edu/fales/mss_342/
3. Claes Oldenburg and Pat Muschinski At the Judson Memorial Church in Greenwich Village, New York City, performing in his first theatrical creation, Snapshots from the City, 1960. https://www.flickr.com/photos/judsonmemorialchurch/8102711420
4. https://x.com/mlobelart/status/1549752723511336961
5. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claes_Oldenburg
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