Wilhelm Arntz Collection of Rare Exhibition Catalogs and Printed Ephemera, Approximately 1900-1985
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http://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/c82f7rnw Online items available Finding aid for the Wilhelm Arntz collection of rare exhibition catalogs and printed ephemera, approximately 1900-1985 Isabella Zuralski Finding aid for the Wilhelm Arntz 2002.M.13 1 collection of rare exhibition catalogs and printed ephem... Descriptive Summary Title: Wilhelm Arntz collection of rare exhibition catalogs and printed ephemera Date (inclusive): approximately 1900-1985 Number: 2002.M.13 Creator/Collector: Arntz, Wilhelm F. Physical Description: 121.67 Linear Feet(276 boxes, 4 oversize boxes) Repository: The Getty Research Institute Special Collections 1200 Getty Center Drive, Suite 1100 Los Angeles 90049-1688 [email protected] URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10020/askref (310) 440-7390 Abstract: Collected by the German art expert Wilhelm Arntz, the ephemera document exhibitions, sales and publishing of 20th century art mainly in Germany, Italy, and France, but also in other European countries, the United States, and South America. Represented are not only well-established artists but also a profusion of lesser known artists as well as numerous emerging artists who became well-known after the mid 1980s. Among the institutions are European and American art museums and exhibition venues, publishing- and auction houses, printing presses, art fairs, and a vast number of art galleries. Request Materials: Request access to the physical materials described in this inventory through the catalog record for this collection. Click here for the access policy . Language: Collection material is predominantly in German, English, French, and Italian, with most other European languages also present. Biographical / Historical Wilhelm Friedrich Arntz (1903-1985) was a German lawyer, art expert and independent researcher of 20th century art. He was also one of the early collectors of German Expressionism. Parallel to collecting artworks, he acquired publications on art and compiled a wealth of archival material, including newspaper clippings, correspondence of artists, art historians and dealers, and ephemeral items such as invitations to exhibition openings. Arntz began his professional career in the 1930s as the political editor for the newspaper Frankurter Generalanzeiger. He was then hired as a foreign correspondent for the HUCK-Verband, a major German newspaper trust in London in the 1930s. After the war Arntz worked as head of the department of cultural affairs (Kulturreferat) in Stuttgart. In 1947, together with Robert Norman Ketterer, he founded the auction house Stuttgarter Kunstkabinett where he worked until the mid 1950s as a consultant and expert on 20th century art. Subsequently, he worked until 1978 for the auction house Kunsthaus Lempertz in Cologne. At the same time, he served as an expert on forgery in various legal proceedings. As a lawyer he was also involved in cases concerning property law and restitution of artwork confiscated by the Nazis, as well as insurance, tax matters, copyright law, and protection of cultural patrimony. His collection of books, printed ephemera and archival material, known as the Kunstarchiv Arntz, kept in his private home in Haag, in Bavaria, served as the source of information for his various professional activities. With certain limitations, he made his collection available to the public and allowed students and colleagues to conduct research in his home. Access Open for use by qualified researchers. Publication Rights Contact Library Rights and Reproductions . Preferred Citation Wilhelm Arntz collection of rare exhibition catalogs and printed ephemera, circa 1900-1985. Research Library, The Getty Research Institute, Accession no. 2002.M.13 http://hdl.handle.net/10020/cifa2002m13 Immediate Source of Acquisition The collection was acquired in 1985. Processing Information Finding aid for the Wilhelm Arntz 2002.M.13 2 collection of rare exhibition catalogs and printed ephem... The project was initiated and developed by Isotta Poggi, and continued and finalized by Isabella Zuralski. Between 2005 and 2010 Giovanna Zamboni, Isotta Poggi, and Isabella Zuralski processed and rehoused the collection. Isabella Zuralski established the final series arrangement and continued processing and writing the finding aid from 2010 until completion in August 2014. Related Materials Archival material compiled by Arntz is available for research in the Getty Research Library's Special Collections (accn. no. 840001). Books and periodicals collected by Arntz are available for research in the Getty Research Library's Special and Core Collections. Scope and Content of Collection Collected by the German art expert, Wilhelm Arntz, the ephemera documents exhibitions, sales and publishing of 20th century art mainly in Germany, Italy, and France, and most other European countries, including Poland, Czechoslovakia and Hungary, and also in the United States, Mexico and South America. The predominant portion of the material dates from the 1950s to the early 1980s, but there is also a substantial amount of material dating from the 1920s and 1930s and from the time before World War I. Series I includes publications and materials concerning individual artist or architect as well as artists groups and art movements such as Dada or Futurism. Series II includes publications concerning more then one artist or art-related topics that can be filed under the name of the gallery, museum, publishing firm or other institution. Series III includes offprints on various topics, predominantly 20th century art and architecture. Items that could not be filed with any of the three series are filed unsorted at the end of Series III. Occasionallty present are original graphics and restrikes, of which some are signed by the artists. Arrangement Organized in three series: Series I. Artists, circa 1900-1985; Series II. Institutions, circa 1900-1985; Series III. Offprints, circa 1900-1985. Subjects - Topics Art publishing -- Europe Art, Modern -- 20th century Private presses -- Europe Artists -- South America -- Exhibitions Art, Modern -- 20th century -- Exhibitions Artists -- Europe -- Exhibitions Artists-United States -- Exhibitions Art museums -- Europe Art museums -- United States Art galleries, Commercial -- Europe Art galleries, Commercial -- United States Genres and Forms of Material Exhibition catalogs -- 20th century Printed ephemera -- 20th century Invitations -- 20th century Announcements -- 20th century Contributors Arntz, Wilhelm F. Finding aid for the Wilhelm Arntz 2002.M.13 3 collection of rare exhibition catalogs and printed ephem... Series I.Artists, circa 1900-1985 Series I. Artists, circa 1900-1985 Physical Description: 91.32 Linear Feet(219 boxes) Scope and Content Note The series consists of publications and materials on individual artists, architects, artists groups, and movemnets. Represented are not only well established artists and architects, but also countless lesser known artists as well as numerous emerging artists who became well known after the mid 1980s. Although most artists are from the 20th century, some 19th century artists are also present such as Paul Cézanne, James Ensor, Max Klinger, Alfred Kubin, or Claude Monet, and a few "old masters" such as Lucas Cranach the Elder. Most artists are European, including many from Eastern European countries such as Poland, Czechoslovakia and Hungary. Numerous artists are from the United States, México, South America, and Japan. A few art dealers, art collectors, museum curators, art historians, movie directors and intellectual figures are filed with this series, such as Johannes Cladders, Federico Fellini, Alfred Flechtheimm, Udo Kultermann or Karl Marx. The predominant items are exhibition catalogs of less then twelve pages, exhibition checklists, invitations to gallery openings, and advertisements for publications. Occasionally present are greetings and holiday cards, some are designed or signed by the artists; posters and offprints. Arrangement Arranged alphabetically by artist's name or movement. box 1, folder 1 Abakanowicz, Magdalena box 1, folder 2 Abbo, Jussuf box 1, folder 3 Abboud, Chafik box 1, folder 4 Abel, Edeltraud box 1, folder 5 Abele, Hans Scope and Content Note Also Karin Flörsheim. box 1, folder 6 Abkarovits, Janos box 1, folder 7 Abraham, Raimund box 1, folder 8 Abrahams, Ivor box 1, folder 9 Abram, Ronald box 1, folder 10 Abramowic, Ulay and Marina box 1, folder 11 Abrell, Hermann box 1, folder 12 Abt, Otto box 1, folder 13 Abdularach, Rodolfo box 1, folder 14 Accardi, Carla box 1, folder 15 Achmann, Josef box 1, folder 16 Acht, René box 1, folder 17 Ackerman, Paul box 1, folder 18 Ackermann, Helmut box 1, folder Ackermann, Max 19-21 box 2, folder 1-2 Ackermann, Peter box 2, folder 3 Ackermann, Richard box 2, folder 4 Ackermann, Rudolf-Werner box 2, folder 5 Ackroyd, Graham box 2, folder 6 Aczél, Maria Gebefügi von box 2, folder 7 Adam box 2, folder 8 Adam, Otto box 2, folder 9 Adametz, Heinrich Emil box 2, folder 10 Adami, Valerio box 2, folder 11 Adams, Mark box 2, folder 12 Adams, Marta box 2, folder 13 Adams, Phoebe Finding aid for the Wilhelm Arntz 2002.M.13 4 collection of rare exhibition catalogs and printed ephem... Series I.Artists, circa 1900-1985 box 2, folder 14 Adams, Robert box 2, folder 15 Adamski, Hans Peter box 2, folder 16 Adel, Rolf box 2, folder 17 Adler, Jankel box 2, folder 18 Adler, Richard box 2, folder 19 Adlerova, Charlotta box 2, folder 20 Adong-Daltas, Florence box 2, folder 21 Adriani, Felicitas box 2, folder 22 Adrion, Lucien box 2, folder 23 Adzak,