G e tty Resea r ch I n st i t u t e RESEARCH LIBRARY ACQUISITIONS

The Resea rch Library at the Getty Resea rch Inst i tu te builds its special co l l e c t i o n s a cco rding to four broad thematic ca te g o r i es: Histo r i o g ra p hy of Art, Arc h i te c tu re, and A rchaeology; the Modern Period; History of Collecting and Display; and Visual So u rces.

Selected Special Collections Acquisitions Made between July 1, 2001, and June 30, 2002

Historiography of Art, Gaspard Monge (French, 1746–1818) Architecture, and Archaeology Géométrie descriptive, Paris, 1799 The first complete edition of the course lec- RARE BOOKS AND PERIODICALS tures on descriptive geometry of the French mathematician, professor, and administrator Chérubin d’Orléans (French, 1613–1697) who worked in the regime of Napoleon as La dioptrique ocu l a i re, ou la théorique, la head of the Institut d’Egypt in Cairo. p os i t i ve et la mechanique, de l’o cu l a i re 2564-354 d i o ptrique et to u t es ses es p è ces, Pa ri s , 1 6 7 1 An illustrated work on the science of perspec- ARCHIVES AND MANUSCRIPTS tive with diagrams of optical experiments and Italian manuscript dictionary of contemporary instruments.The author was a iconography, ca. 1575–1600 Capuchin priest (born Michèle Lasséré) who A manu s c ript dictionary of iconogr a p hy that became well known for his manufacture of was most likely produced in a literary and art i s - optical aids. tic circle before the codification of iconogr a p hy 2583-149 78 in Cesare Ripa’s I c o n o l o g i a ( R o m e, 1 5 9 3 ) . 2001.M.36 Halsted B. Vander Poel collection on the history of Pompeii, ca. 1750–1990 The Campanian collection of Halsted Vander Poel is a research library and archive devoted to the historiography of archaeological investi- gations conducted around the Bay of Naples, with particular reference to Pompeii and Herculaneum. Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Halsted B.Vander Poel 2002.M.16 Two Grand Tour travel diaries Two handwritten accounts by sophisticated travelers who wrote extensively about the monuments and fine art objects that they encountered on their travels to Italy, with spe- cial focus on Rome. Joseph Hippolyte Charles HUBERT VINCENT after Giovanni Antonio Crecolini. In Breve G. G. Ko m a rek (Czech, a c t . I t a l y, f l . 1 6 8 0 – 1 7 1 9 ) François de Alpheran,“Sejour a Rome,” descrizzione e disegni delle carrozze Breve descrizzione e disegni delle 1834–36, and John Mallet du Pan,“Notes sur dell’eccellentissimo signore Antonio carrozze dell’eccellentissimo signore mon voyage de Florence à Rome,” 1821–22. Floriano by Giovanni Giacomo Antonio Floriano, del S.R.I. prencipe di 2002.M.6, 2002.M.7 Komarek, Rome, 1694. Etching. (GRI) Liechtenstein, Rome, 1694 Edmund Lincoln (American, n.d.) A descriptive catalogue with 13 plates of the Miscellaneous papers relating to the decorated coaches owned by the prince of excavation of Mayan ruins, ca. 1892 Liechtenstein for his use in Rome. A small arc h ive of photogr a p h s , j o u r n a l s , l e t t e rs , 2560-333 and manu s c r ipts chronicles an arc h a e o l ogi c a l expedition to Honduras and Guatemala in 1892 undert a ken by Harva rd Unive r s i t y ’s Peabody Museum of A m e r ican A rc h a e o l og y and Ethnolog y. 2002.M.15 The Modern Period Jean François Raffaëlli (French, 1850–1924) Letters and manuscripts, 1890–1910 RARE BOOKS AND PERIODICALS Letters, manuscripts with a number of auto- graph documents, and three photographic Flacara, Bucharest, 1911–23 portraits made at various stages of life by A complete set (in 309 issues) of the weekly draftsman, painter, printmaker, sculptor, and Romanian periodical Flacara, a formative pub- author Raffaëlli. lication for the study of East European 860758 modernism and the avant-garde. 2573-983 Emil Nolde (German, 1867–1956) Letters, 1921–46 Vasilii Kamenskii (Russian, 1884–1961), Fifty-one letters by Emil Nolde and his wife, David Burliuk (Russian, 1882–1967), and Ada, to Alfred and Johanna Heuer in Elmshorn Vladimir Burliuk (Russian, 1886–1917) report on publications on and by Nolde, exhi- Tango s korovami, Moscow, 1914 bitions, details of his illness in 1936, and the WENZEL JAMNITZER. Perspectiva corporum A Russian futurist book titled Tango with Cows, 1937 exhibition Entartete Kunst in Munich and regularium, Nuremberg, 1568. Etching by p r inted on brightly colored floral wa l l p a p e r ; t h e Jost Amman. (GRI) subsequent auction in Lucerne of “degenerate” texts are examples of ferro - c o n c ret e poems. works from the German Museum in 1939. 2567-605 2001.M.35 PRINTS AND DRAWINGS Rare photo publications by Japanese Ernst Ludwig Kirchner (German, 1880–1938) avant-garde photographers Wenzel Jamnitzer (German, 1508–1585) Letters to Rodolph Gaberel Three photo-books by major avant-garde pho- Perspectiva corporum regularium, (Swiss, 1882–1963), ca. 1928–44 tographers of the 1960s and early 1970s: Nuremberg, 1568 E l even unpublished letters from German expre s- <11:02> Nagasaki (Tokyo, 1966) by Shomei A complete copy, with 49 etchings attributed sionist artist Kirchner to Gabere l , the Swiss Tomatsu; For a Language to Come (Tokyo, 1970) to Jost Amman, of the German goldsmith a rchitect working in Davos who arranged for by Nakahira Takuma; and a complete set of the Jamnitzer’s visual treatise on perspective. K i rc h n e r ’s commission to decorate the wo o d photo-magazine Provoke (Tokyo, 1968–70), 2002.PR.39 relief above the Wildboden schoolhouse doors . accompanied by First Abandon the World of 2001.M.34 Peter Iselberg (German, ca. 1568–ca. 1630) and Certainty (Tokyo, 1970), published by Provoke. Friedrich von Valckenborch 2604-887, 2604-891, 2604-874 René Magritte (Belgian, 1898–1967) (German, ca. 1570–1623) Letters sent to Noël Arnaud Mail art exhibition documentation, Vera atque perspicua ichnographia, (French, 1919–?), 1952–58 1970–2001 79 portae triumphalis, Nuremberg, 1612 A collection of 15 signed letters and six signed A comprehensive collection of approximately A large illustrated broadside celebrating the coro- p o s t c a rds from the surrealist artist Magritte in 1,263 exhibition catalogues, posters, and print- nation of the Holy Roman Emperor Matthias II B r ussels to the surrealist writer A r naud in Pa r i s . ed ephemera on mail art projects and artists and his entry into Nuremberg on July 9, 1 6 1 2 . I t S everal of the letters and postcards include ori g- assembled by John Held, Jr., a practitioner and p i c t u res the elaborate triple triumphal arch that inal color pencil and bl a c k - a n d - blue ballpoint aficionado of mail art. was built in front of Neudörfferischen Haus. d r awings by Magri t t e. 2001.M.28 2002.PR.15 2002.M.20 Coop Himmelb(l)au (founded 1968) ARCHIVES AND MANUSCRIPTS Emilio Adolfo Westphalen (Pe ru v i a n , 1 9 1 1 – 2 0 0 1 ) Architectural models and drawings, Arsène Alexandre (French, 1859–1937) Letters to André Coyné Vienna, ca. 1983–95 Letters received from artists, 1889–1930 (French, b. 1925), 1956–93 Twenty-seven models and 49 drawings made A group of 63 letters sent to the art critic and Twenty-eight handwritten letters from the for five architectural projects designed in the collector Alexandre from three painters, writer and editor Westphalen to critic and poet 1980s and early 1990s by the internationally Maurice Denis, symbolist and society painter Coyné.Written while Westphalen lived in renowned Vienna-based architectural firm Albert Besnard, and Postimpressionist Henri de Lima and Rome and Coyné lived in Paris, the Coop Himmelb(l)au. Groux.Also included is a pen-and-ink portrait correspondence offers insight into the personal 2002.M.2 of Alexandre made in 1904 by Besnard. and intellectual ties between them and into the RARE AND DOCUMENTARY 2001.M.38 critical relationship each had with the artist and poet Cesar Moro. PHOTOGRAPHS 2002.M.21 Georges Perrot (French, 1832–1914), Edmond Guillaume (French, 1826–1894), and Jules Delbet (French, 1836–1908) Exploration archéologique de la Galatie et de la Bithynie, Paris, 1862–72 Based on eight months of fieldwork undert a ke n in 1861, this seminal publication employs the p i o n e e r ing photolithographic process to re c o rd ancient sites in Asia Minor. It combines measure d d r aw i n g s , a rchitectural re c o n s t ru c t i o n s , a n d a rc h a e o l ogical data with photographic images. 2569-177

COOP HIMMELB(L)AU. The Rehak House, Malibu, Architectural Model #15, 1990–95. (GRI) PRINTS AND DRAWINGS Recueil de 283 estampes gravées à l’eau forte par les plus habiles peintres du tems, d’apres les desseins des grands maîtres, que possédoit autrefois M. Jabach et qui depuis on passé au cabinet du roy, Paris, 1754 The Recueil Jabach, a bound suite of 283 etchings, is the first reproductive publication of a collection of drawings. It was owned in the 17th century by the financier and art dealer Everhard Jabach. 2001.PR.32

RARE AND DOCUMENTARY PHOTOGRAPHS Exposition Universelle de Paris 1867, Paris, 1867 A large oblong album holds 25 photographs by Auguste Rosalie Bisson and five by Charles Louis Michelez that document the va rious national p avilions constructed for this exposition. 2002.R.11 E . Eugène Goupil (Fre n c h - M e x i c a n , 1 8 3 1 – 1 8 9 5) Antiquités Mexicaines: collection de KOLOMAN MOSER. “Silvanus” pattern for fabrics. In Flächenschmuck, Vienna, 1902. (GRI) E. Eug. Goupil, à Paris, Anciennes Collections E. Boban, ca. 1889, and Antiquités Americaines, ca. 1889 PRINTS AND DRAWINGS History of Collecting Two albums of the work of philanthropist and

80 Koloman Moser (Austrian, 1868–1918) and Display collector Eugène Goupil contain 87 plates of Flächenschmuck, Vienna, 1902 Aztec antiquities found at archaeological sites RARE BOOKS AND PERIODICALS A portfolio of 30 lithographed plates illustrating in Mexico. designs for interior decorations by Moser, o n e Nicodemus Tessin (Swedish, 1654–1728) 2002.R.10 of the founders of the Vienna Secession. Catalogue des livres, estampes & des- 2584-011 seins du cabinet...Baron Tessin, Stockholm, 1712 Sonia Delaunay (Russian, 1885–1979) One of the earliest known detailed catalogues Sonia Delaunay: Ses peintu res, ses of books, prints, and drawings, this is the o b j ets, ses tissus simulta n é s , ses modes, notable collection of Baron Tessin, who Pa r i s , 1 9 2 5 designed and built the Royal Palace in Ses peintures contains 20 signed plates illustrated Stockholm and supervised the ephemeral by Delaunay. A portfolio with text and poems architecture for court festivals in Sweden. by André Lhote, Blaise Cendrars, Joseph 2573-383 Delteil,Tristan Tzara, and Phillipe Soupault; the plates depict abstract designs, ladies’ fashions, Carl Gustaf Tessin (Swedish, 1695–1770) and costumes. Museum Tessinianum..., edited by Carl 2567-608 Linnaeus (Swe d i s h , 1 7 0 7 – 1 7 7 8 ) , S t o c k h o l m , 1 7 5 3 An illustrated catalogue in Latin and Swedish of Mark Rothko (American, 1903–1970) the minerals and fossils collected by diplomat and Manuscripts and sketchbook, ca.1935–43 collector Te s s i n , the friend and patron of the A clothbound book contains 79 pen-and-ink botanist and explorer Linnaeus, who edited this drawings—figure studies, still lifes, urban work and writes here on his beliefs concern i n g motifs, and domestic scenes—made in the late the value and arrangement of cabinet collections. 1930s by the abstract expressionist artist. 2573-382 Included with the sketchbook are the Scribble Book (ca.1935–40) and manuscript drafts of a ARCHIVES AND MANUSCRIPTS AGOSTINO BRUNIAS. Page from a portfolio of 1943 letter to critic Edward Alden Jewell. architectural designs based on Francesco 2002.M.8 Otto Wittmann (American, 1911–2001) Bartoli’s drawings from ancient ceilings, ca. Personal papers, 1943–90s 1760–70. Watercolor, gouache, ink. (GRI) This collection, from Wittmann’s private archive and donated to the Getty by his son, documents Wittmann’s work on the Art Looting Investigation unit for the U.S.War Department’s Office of Strategic Services. Gift of Otto Wittman 910130 Visual Sources Agostino Brunias (Italian, ca. 1730–1810) Ba rto l i ’s drawings from ancient ce i l i n g s, RARE BOOKS AND PERIODICALS etc . , ca. 1760–70 A portfolio of 19 neoclassical wa t e rcolor designs La Silhouette; journal des caricatures, for architectural interi o rs , made during the b ea u x-a rts, dess i n s, moeurs, théâtres. . . , a rt i s t ’s association with the workshop of Robert Paris, 1829–31 Adam and based on Francesco Bart o l i ’s draw i n g s This early 19th-century art periodical is considere d of ancient Roman frescoes and mosaics fro m to be the first attempt to publish caricatural Rome and Hadri a n ’s Villa in T ivo l i . i l l u s t r a t i o n s . 2002.M.22 2579-820 A n t o i n e - L a u rent Castellan (Fre n c h , 1 7 7 2 – 1 8 3 8 ) Oliver Byrne (British, n.d.) Dessins, ca. 1797–99 The First Six Books of the Elements of An album of 140 drawings of sites in France, Euclid in Which Coloured Diagrams and Italy,Turkey, and Spain. Symbols Are Used Instead of Letters 2001.M.32 for the Greater Ease of Learners, London, 1847 Paul Gavarni (French, 1804–1866) This work presents the mathematician Byrne’s Collection of 19th-ce ntu r y French prints visual system for learning Euclidean theorems This collection of 870 prints and bound suites and proofs. of lithographs documents the graphic work of 2562-611 Gavarni, one of the foremost French satirical caricaturists. Gift from the collection of PRINTS AND DRAWINGS Clinton and Sylvia Roemer. Reproductive prints after Peter Paul 2001.PR.35 Rubens, ca. 1600–1800 I. Ivanov (Russian, 19th century) after Vasilii A group of 16 large reproductive prints from HABID RAB. Portrait of Ouled Nails. In the Semenovich Sadovnikov (Russian, 1800–1879) album Views and peoples of Maghreb, ca. the 17th and 18th centuries formerly in the Panorama of Nevsky Prospekt, 1883. Albumen print. (GRI) collection of the House of Liechtenstein, St. Petersburg, 1830 and 1835 documents the afterlife of Rubens’ works in a Two lithographic scrolls depict panoramic C o u r ret Hermanos variety of schools and through a variety of views of St. Petersburg circa 1830. ( F rench firm , a c t . second half of the 19th century ) techniques, including etching, engraving, 2001.PR.16 aquatint, and mezzotint. Tahiti-Lima-Santiago album, 1863–73 81 2002.PR.17 Jacques-Emile Ruhlmann (French, 1879–1933) A l bum of 56 mounted photographs on albu m e n Collection of interior design drawings, paper by the firm Courret Hermanos show i n g Reproductive prints after Charles Le ca. 1924–33 Ta h i t i , adjacent islands, and Lima, Pe r u . Brun (French, 161 9 –1 690), Pierre Mignard A collection of 24 portfolios containing over 2002.R.25 ( French, 161 2–1 695 ) , c a . 1 6 0 0 – 1 8 0 0 400 drawings for 17 design projects by the Isidore van Kinsbergen (Dutch, 1821–1905) Two hundred and one reproductive prints, well-known designer Ruhlmann. Views of Borobudur, 1873–74 formerly in the collection of the House of 2002.M.18 Liechtenstein, are by French 17th- and T h i rt y - t wo large-format photographs of the 18th-century printmakers. Paul Colin (French, 1892–1985) n i n t h - c e n t u ry B uddhist temple at Boro budur in 2003.PR.16–2003.PR.53, 2003.PR.68 Le tumulte noir, Paris, 1927 Indonesia re c o rd the state of the temple in the A portfolio of 45 double-sided lithogr a p h s m i d - 1 8 7 0 s , b e f o re the ravages of eart h q u a ke s , c a l- Filippo Baldi (Italian, fl. late 17th–early 18th i n s p i red by the risqué performances of Jo s e p h i n e cium-laden wa t e r, stone ero s i o n , and va n d a l i s m . century) B a ker and “La Revue Nègre ” in Pa ri s . 2002.R.3 Notebook of designs in architecture 2562-085 and decorative arts, ca. 1697–1732 Habid Rab (scribe) (nationality unknown, n.d.) This notebook, a s s e m bled by the Italian arc h i t e c t Eileen Gray (Irish-French, 1878–1976) and Views and peoples of Maghreb, ca. 1883 and designer Baldi, consists of 178 draw i n g s Jean Badovici (Romanian-French, 1893–1956) Album of 107 albumen photographs represent- s h owing designs for door and window surro u n d s , Architectural drawings, 1931–46 ing 61 views of Algeria and Tunisia, and 45 a l t a rs , c a n d e l a b r a , ceiling decorations, set designs, Fifteen plans and elevations of architecture and studio portraits of women in rich costumes by and corbels. furniture by the designer Gray and her friend, anonymous photographers. 2002.M.12 the architect Badovici, with one drawing (a 2001.R.20 dye-line print) by Le Corbusier. Photographic archive of Marcel Elisha Kirkall (British, 1682?–1742) 2002.M.25 The Seven Cartoons of Raphael Urbin, Roethlisberger (Swiss, b. 1929), London, ca. 1722 RARE AND DOCUMENTARY ca. 1950–2000 Reproductive prints after Raphael Sanzio’s PHOTOGRAPHS The photo archive of the art historian designs for tapestry, copied by Elisha Kirkall Roethlisberger contains roughly 9,000 photo- and produced through an experimental print- H a rtmann (first name unknow n ; F re n c h , f l . 1 8 6 0 s ) graphs documenting old master European ing process that involved mezzotint, etching, Views of Martinique, ca. 1860–69 paintings, including Claude Lorrain and his and chiaroscuro techniques. Eighteen albumen photographs of city views of school, as well as landscape painting in general. 2002.PR.4 Martinique. 2001.P.7 2002.R.1 F ri e d rich Bern h a rd We rner (Germ a n , 1 6 9 0 – 1 7 7 8 ) La famosa e meritevole città di Firenze..., Augsburg, 1735 A bound collection of 39 engravings showing views of the most important sites in early 18th-century Florence. 2560-360 Selected Special Collections Acquisitions Made between July 1, 2002, and June 30, 2003

Historiography of Art, Wilhelm Gottlieb Becker (Germ a n , 1 7 5 3 – 1 8 1 3 ) Architecture, and Archaeology Collection de nouveaux bâtimen[t]s pour la décoration des grands jardins et RARE BOOKS AND PERIODICALS des campagnes, Leipzig, 1802 Forty-four plates, engraved by François Johannes Trithemius (German, 1462–1516) Aubertin after designs mostly by architect Carl Polygraphie, et universelle éscriture Friedrich Schäffer, depict plans and architec- ca ba l i st i q u e , translated by Gabriel de Collange tural renderings of elaborate garden pavilions, (French, 16th century), Paris, 1561 gates, chapels, monuments, mausoleums, cot- The first French edition of Tri t h e m i u s ’ c r y p t o- tages, and gardens, most designed to suit graphic work, and the only edition to make contemporary neoclassical tastes, with several e x t e n s ive use of vo l velles in its visual elucidations. revealing distinctly Asian motifs. 2613-442 2605-104 M.Vitruvius Pollio (Roman, ca. 90–ca. 20 B.C.) Sulpiz Boisserée (German, 1783–1854) De architectura, dividido en diez Geschichte und Beschreibung des Doms libros..., Alcala de Henares, 1582 von Köln, 2 vols., Stuttgart, 1821–23 The first Spanish edition of Vitruvius’ Merchant, collector, art historian, and amateur Ten Books on Architecture. architect Boisserée was the main promoter 2583-356 behind the 19th-century plans to complete the Emperor Leopold I medieval cathedral of Cologne.These elephant (Austro-Hungarian, 1640–1705) folios document his successful efforts to con- Helicon Boemo-Hercynius, in quo vince both Johann Wolfgang von Goethe and novem applausibus coronatur neo-rex the German crown prince and later king, Boemiae Leopoldus..., Prague, 1656 Friedrich Wilhelm IV, that the completion of A very rare emblem book that was issued to the cathedral would strengthen a sense of 82 record a tableau that took place in Prague dur- German national identity. ing the festivities marking the coronation of 2597-187 Leopold as Holy Roman Emperor. 2613-081 The Modern Period Joseph Moxon (English, 1627–1691) Practical Perspective; or, Perspective RARE BOOKS AND PERIODICALS Made Easie, London, 1670 Die Fläche, edited by Felician Freiherr von The first edition of this work—which includes Myrbach-Rheinfeld (German, 1853–1940), foldouts and movable parts—by Moxon, Josef Hoffmann (Austri a n , 1 8 7 0 – 1 9 5 6 ) , Ko l o m a n ST E FANO LECC H I. Casino Savo re l l i. In the album mathematician and map printer for the king Moser (Austrian, 1868–1918), and Alfred Foto g ra fi di Roma 1849, Ro m e, 1849. Sa l te d of England. Roller (German, 1864–1935),Vienna, ca. 1902 paper print. (G R I ) 2613-438 A rare and beautiful publication with color Alexander Browne lithographic plates of designs for the decorative (nationality unknown, fl. 1660–1677) arts (posters, textiles, clothing, book designs) by Ars Pictoria; or, An Academy Treating the leading artists of the Vienna Secession, of Drawing, Limning, Painting, including Moser, Hoffmann, Roller, Gustav Etching..., London, 1675 Klimt, Max Bernischke, and Josef Sika. The second edition of one of the earliest 2597-050 English treatises on art. The First Performances in the World 2613-078 of the Futurists’ Theater, December 2 and Athanasius Kircher (German, 1602–1680) 4 , 1 9 1 3 , at the Luna Park Theater in St. Pe t e rs bu r g Arca Noë, in tres libros digesta..., A program documenting the two Union of Amsterdam, 1675 Youth p e r f o rmances of Vladimir Maya k o v s ky : A A heavily illustrated volume that features Tra g e dy, with cast and production notes. Kircher’s vast erudition and indefatigable imag- 2612-875 inative powers.This publication provides a visual exegesis of biblical history, mapped out with Aristotelian precision. 2613-444 Erik Satie (French, 1866–1925) Le piège de Méduse, Paris, 1921 This publication of the lyric comedy in one act composed by Satie dates from June 1921 and contains three original woodcuts by the artist Georges Braque. It is Braque’s first ven- ture into book illustration and Satie’s most extended literary work. 2613-072 Five books on Japanese futurism and Dada, 1923–34 A core group of works produced by the leading exponents of futurism and Dada in Japan in the 1920s and 1930s.T h ree books by Kanbara Ta i : A t a rashiki jidai no seishin ni okuru ( For the Spiri t of the New Era, 1 9 2 3 ) , Geijutsu no ri k a i ( U n d e rst anding of A r t , 1 9 2 4 ) , and M i ra i h a k e n ky u (A Study of Futuri s m , 1 9 2 5 ) ; one book by Takahashi Shinkichi: D a d a ( 1 9 2 5 ) ; and one book by Onchi Ko s h i ro : Umi no dowa ( F a i r y Tales of the Sea, 1 9 3 4 ) . 2612-628, 2612-497, 2612-532, 2612-674, 2612-792 Der Arbeiter-Fotograf, Berlin, 1927–1932 A photographically illustrated journal that instructed and encouraged members of the working class to document their everyday exis- tence through photographs. 2588-432 LUCIEN HERVÉ. Le Corbusier’s Unité d’Habitation, Marseilles (detail), early 1950s. Print from original negative. (GRI) Joel-Peter Witkin (American, b. 1939) 83 Songs of Innocence, by William Blake, Brewster, Massachusetts, 2003 tages, and gardens, most designed to suit con- Klimt, Max Bernischke, and Josef Sika. B l a ke ’s poems are accompanied by 10 platinu m temporary neoclassical tastes, with several 2597-050 p rints by Witkin in this third volume of the 2 1 s t : revealing distinctly Asian motifs. The Journal of Contempora r y Photogra p hy s e r ies of The First Performances in the World 2605-104 p h o t ographically illustrated art i s t s ’ b o o k s . of the Futurists’ Theater, December 2 and 2597-197 Sulpiz Boisserée (German, 1783–1854) 4 , 1 9 1 3 , at the Luna Park Theater in St. Pe t e rs bu r g Geschichte und Beschreibung des Doms A program documenting the two Union of ARCHIVES AND MANUSCRIPTS von Köln, 2 vols., Stuttgart, 1821–23 Youth p e r f o rmances of Vladimir Maya k o v s ky : A James E. B. Breslin (American, 1935–1996) Merchant, collector, art historian, and amateur Tra g e dy, with cast and production notes. Research archive on Mark Rothko architect Boisserée was the main promoter 2612-875 (American, 1903–1970), 1940–93 behind the 19th-century plans to complete the (bulk 1982–89) medieval cathedral of Cologne.These elephant An arc h ive of the material Breslin collected to folios document his successful efforts to con- w r ite Mark Rothko:A Biogra p hy ( 1 9 9 3 ) . C o n t a i n s vince both Johann Wolfgang von Goethe and interviews with Rothko’s friends, family mem- the German crown prince and later king, bers, and acquaintances, including art dealers , Friedrich Wilhelm IV, that the completion of c u r a t o rs , a rt cri t i c s , and fellow art i s t s . the cathedral would strengthen a sense of 2003.M.23 German national identity. 2597-187 Stephen White Gallery records, 1943–2000 (bulk 1975–90) The arc h ive chronicles the photogr a p hy marke t The Modern Period f rom 1975 to 1991.T h rough re c o rded contacts RARE BOOKS AND PERIODICALS with other dealers , c o l l e c t o rs , and institutions, and the gallery ’s own exhibitions, the arc h ive Die Fläche, edited by Felician Freiherr von reflects the rise of photogr a p hy from a low - e n d Myrbach-Rheinfeld (German, 1853–1940), c o l l e c t i ble to a re c ognized art form and prov i d e s Josef Hoffmann (Austri a n , 1 8 7 0 – 1 9 5 6 ) , Ko l o m a n a rich source of information on the deve l o p m e n t Moser (Austrian, 1868–1918), and Alfred of the photogr a p hy marke t , especially in Roller (German, 1864–1935),Vienna, ca. 1902 Los A n g e l e s . A rare and beautiful publication with color Gift of Stephen and Marianne W h i t e lithographic plates of designs for the decorative 2002.M.43 arts (posters, textiles, clothing, book designs) by the leading artists of the Vienna Secession, including Moser, Hoffmann, Roller, Gustav Erik Satie (French, 1866–1925) Stephen White Gallery records, Maria Nordman (American, b. Görlitz, Le piège de Méduse, Paris, 1921 1943–2000 (bulk 1975–90) Germany, 1943) This publication of the lyric comedy in one The arc h ive chronicles the photogr a p hy marke t Seve ral Minutes of a Travel: Los Angeles act composed by Satie dates from June 1921 f rom 1975 to 1991.T h rough re c o rded contacts to Chiba City, November 13, 1994, and contains three original woodcuts by the with other dealers , c o l l e c t o rs , and institutions, handwritten notebook, 1994 artist Georges Braque. It is Braque’s first ven- and the gallery ’s own exhibitions, the arc h ive M a r ia Nord m a n ’s “ reading and perform a n c e ture into book illustration and Satie’s most reflects the rise of photogr a p hy from a low - e n d b o o k ” is a unique art i s t ’s book with texts on her extended literary work. c o l l e c t i ble to a re c ognized art form and prov i d e s t r avels from Los Angeles to Chiba City, Ja p a n . 2613-072 a rich source of information on the deve l o p m e n t This work was performed at the Chiba Museum of A r t , on November 13, 1 9 9 4 , and consisted of Five books on Japanese futurism of the photogr a p hy marke t , especially in s i multaneous readings in English and Ja p a n e s e. and Dada, 1923–34 Los A n g e l e s . Gift of Stephen and Marianne W h i t e 2003.M.22 A core group of works produced by the leading 2002.M.43 exponents of futurism and Dada in Japan in the PRINTS AND DRAWINGS 1920s and 1930s.T h ree books by Kanbara Ta i : A t a rashiki jidai no seishin ni okuru ( For the Spiri t Daido Moriyama (Japanese, b. 1938) of the New Era, 1 9 2 3 ) , Geijutsu no ri k a i Cherry Blossoms, Tokyo, 1974 ( U n d e rst anding of A r t , 1 9 2 4 ) , and M i ra i h a A photographic silkscreen print in three part s . A k e n ky u (A Study of Futuri s m , 1 9 2 5 ) ; one book m o d e r n medium is used to depict the traditional by Takahashi Shinkichi: D a d a ( 1 9 2 5 ) ; and one Japanese subject of cherry blossoms in full bl o o m . book by Onchi Ko s h i ro : Umi no dowa ( F a i r y 2002.PR.89 Tales of the Sea, 1 9 3 4 ) . RARE AND DOCUMENTARY 2612-628, 2612-497, 2612-532, 2612-674, PHOTOGRAPHS 2612-792 Piet Zwart (Dutch, 1885–1977) Der Arbeiter-Fotograf, Berlin, 1927–1932 Vi ews of manufa c turing and arc h i te c t u re, A photographically illustrated journal that 1928–ca. 1935 instructed and encouraged members of the T h i r t y - s even photographs and one page layo u t working class to document their everyday exis- by arc h i t e c t , d e s i g n e r, p h o t ogr a p h e r, and typog- tence through photographs. rapher Zwa r t we re intended to be used for his 2588-432 graphic design work for Dutch companies such

84 Joel-Peter Witkin (American, b. 1939) as Bruynzeel and Nederlandse Kabel Fabri e k . Songs of Innocence, by William Blake, 2002.R.47 Brewster, Massachusetts, 2003 Lucien Hervé (French-Hungarian, b. 1910) B l a ke ’s poems are accompanied by 10 platinu m P h o to g raphs of arc h i t e c tu r e and artwo r ks p rints by Witkin in this third volume of the 2 1 s t : by Le Corbusier, ca. 1950–65 The Journal of Contempora r y Photogra p hy s e r ies of Over 18,000 black-and-white negatives and p h o t ographically illustrated art i s t s ’ b o o k s . over 3,000 color transparencies originating 2597-197

ARCHIVES AND MANUSCRIPTS James E. B. Breslin (American, 1935–1996) Research archive on Mark Rothko ATTRIBUTED TO CHARLES LOUIS MICHELEZ. Salon de 1865. From a collection of photographs of Salon (American, 1903–1970), 1940–93 sculpture exhibits, 1865–66. Albumen print. (GRI) (bulk 1982–89) An arc h ive of the material Breslin collected to w r ite Mark Rothko:A Biogra p hy ( 1 9 9 3 ) . C o n t a i n s interviews with Rothko’s friends, family mem- bers, and acquaintances, including art dealers , c u r a t o rs , a rt cri t i c s , and fellow art i s t s . 2003.M.23 DAIDO MORIYAMA. Cherry Blossoms, 1974. Silkscreen print. © Daido Moriyama. (GRI) Félix Bracquemond (French, 1833–1914) Attributed to Charles Louis Michelez Portrait of Edmond de Goncourt, 1881 (French, 1817–ca. 1883) In this etching and engr av i n g , a virtuoso example Photographs of Salon sculpture from the archive of architectural photographer of 19th-century pri n t m a k i n g , the author, c ri t i c, exhibits, 1865–66 Hervé document the work of Le Corbusier, and collector Edmond de Goncourt is surro u n d e d Four photographs attri buted to Michelez re c o rd one of the most significant architects of the by works of decorative and fine art s , i n c l u d i n g the installations and statues of the sculpture exhi- 20th century. Le Corbusier felt that there was the prominently placed portfolio of prints by his bitions at the French Salons of 1865 and 1866. no photographer who better understood his deceased bro t h e r, Jules de Goncourt . 2003.R.5 architecture than Hervé, and he commissioned 2003.PR.59 him to document buildings he designed and Views of the railroad from Saigon to built in the 1950s and 1960s, as well as older RARE AND DOCUMENTARY My Tho, ca. 1881–86 ones completed before World War II and his PHOTOGRAPHS Ta ken by an anonymous photogr a p h e r, these 60 85 architectural designs and other works of art. p h o t ogr aphs document the construction of the 2002.R.41 Two anamorphic sets, 18th century f i r st railroad built by the French in Indochina. These two sets of anamorphic images, The 77-kilometer-long railway, c o n s t r u c t e d “Zoomorphosis”—consisting of seven etchings b e t ween 1881 and 1886 to link Saigon with My History of Collecting on paper mounted on six oak boards with a Tho along the river delta, p rovided the leading and Display viewing cylinder contained in a mahogany case t r a n s p o r tation system for sending raw materi a l s (England, ca. 1750)—and “Pyramid to Saigon and ultimately to We s t e rn Euro p e. RARE BOOKS AND PERIODICALS Anamorphosis” by Johann Michael 2003.R.1 Burucker—consisting of six etchings mounted Johann Lorenz (Laurentius) Natter Vi ews of Cambodian monuments, c a . 1 8 9 4 (German, 1705–1763) on thin millboard contained in a paper-cov- ered wood box, designed to be viewed with a This albu m , compiled at the end of the 19th A Treatise on the Ancient Method of c e n t u r y from 33 albumen photographs pri n t e d mirrored pyramid (Nuremberg, ca.1800)—rep- Engraving on Precious Stones, about 1885, o f f e rs rare images of the temples of Compared with the Modern, London, 1754 resent the high point of the genre. 2002.R.27, 2002.R.28 A n g kor Wa t , A n g kor T h o m , and Bayon that seem A scarce English-language edition of an impor- to have been produced on a French scientific or tant 18th-century treatise that provides an Vues d’optique mounted as a scroll, cultural expedition. explanation of the tools, accessories, materials, ca. 1750–90 2002.R.29 and methods employed in the carving of This rare 18th-century scroll comprising 40 engraved gems. vues d’optique is a unique example with the 2613-079 prints attached one to the other to form a rolling panorama of sites across western Europe PRINTS AND DRAWINGS from England to Constantinople. Matthias Oesterreich (German, 1716–1778) 2002.PR.49 Stefano Lecchi (Italian, b. 1805) Fotografi di Roma 1849, Rome, 1849 The album contains 41 salt prints by Lecchi depicting ancient Roman monu m e n t s , the siege of Rome, and its defense by Giuseppe Gari b a l d i . Documenting key battles in the movement for national unification known as the Risorgi m e n t o, the subjects and sequencing of the photogr a p h s suggest that the album was assembled to champi- on a Republican point of view. 2002.R.45