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ExhibitionResidency
  • Hermann Nitsch

Documents from the Theatre of the Actual

Mar 26 – Apr 20, 1978

This was the artist’s first solo exhibition in North America.

Due to the high volume of material in the Western Front Archive, further information on this project is currently unavailable.

People: Nitsch, Hermann | Subject Keywords: Early Photo Archive | multimedia works | photography
  • Hermann Nitsch, "Documents from the Theatre of the Actual", 1978
    Hermann Nitsch, “Documents from the Theatre of the Actual”, 1978
  • Unidentified, Peter Fraser, Unidentified, Hermann Nitsch, "Documents from the Theatre of the Actual", 1978
    Unidentified, Peter Fraser, Unidentified, Hermann Nitsch, “Documents from the Theatre of the Actual”, 1978
  • Hermann Nitsch, "Documents from the Theatre of the Actual", 1978
    Hermann Nitsch, “Documents from the Theatre of the Actual”, 1978
  • Hermann Nitsch, unidentified, "Documents from the Theatre of the Actual", 1978
    Hermann Nitsch, unidentified, “Documents from the Theatre of the Actual”, 1978
  • Hermann Nitsch, Vincent Trasov, "Documents from the Theatre of the Actual", 1978
    Hermann Nitsch, Vincent Trasov, “Documents from the Theatre of the Actual”, 1978
  • Hermann Nitsch, 1978
    Hermann Nitsch, “Documents from the Theatre of the Actual”, 1978
  • Monica Holden-Lawrence, Vincent Trasov, unidentified, "Documents from the Theatre of the Actual", 1978
    Monica Holden-Lawrence, Vincent Trasov, unidentified, “Documents from the Theatre of the Actual”, 1978
  • Henry Greenhow, Hermann Nitsch, "Documents from the Theatre of the Actual", 1978
    Henry Greenhow, Hermann Nitsch, “Documents from the Theatre of the Actual”, 1978
  • Hermann Nitsch, Henry Greenhow, "Documents from the Theatre of the Actual", 1978
    Hermann Nitsch, Henry Greenhow, “Documents from the Theatre of the Actual”, 1978
  • Unidentified, "Documents from the Theatre of the Actual", 1978
    Unidentified, “Documents from the Theatre of the Actual”, 1978
  • Hermann Nitsch and Jane Ellison, "Documents from the Theatre of the Actual", 1978
    Hermann Nitsch and Jane Ellison, “Documents from the Theatre of the Actual”, 1978
  • Hermann Nitsch, "Documents from the Theatre of the Actual", 1978
    Hermann Nitsch, “Documents from the Theatre of the Actual”, 1978
  • Cornelia Wyngaarden, Hermann Nistch, Vincent Trasov at "Documents from the Theatre of the Actual", 1978
    Cornelia Wyngaarden, Hermann Nistch, Vincent Trasov at “Documents from the Theatre of the Actual”, 1978
  • Henry Greenhow, Monica Holden-Lawrence at "Documents from the Theatre of the Actual", 1978
    Henry Greenhow, Monica Holden-Lawrence at “Documents from the Theatre of the Actual”, 1978
  • Vincent Trasov, Cornelia Wyngaarden, Hermann Nitsch at "Documents from the Theatre of the Actual", 1978
    Vincent Trasov, Cornelia Wyngaarden, Hermann Nitsch at “Documents from the Theatre of the Actual”, 1978
  • Michael Morris, Peter Fraser, unidentified at "Documents from the Theatre of the Actual", 1978
    Michael Morris, Peter Fraser, unidentified at “Documents from the Theatre of the Actual”, 1978
  • Cornelia Wyngaarden, Jane Ellison at "Documents from the Theatre of the Actual", 1978
    Cornelia Wyngaarden, Jane Ellison at “Documents from the Theatre of the Actual”, 1978
  • Hank Bull, Glenn Lewis at "Documents from the Theatre of the Actual", 1978
    Hank Bull, Glenn Lewis at “Documents from the Theatre of the Actual”, 1978

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