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http://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/c8jd4v65 Online items available Guide to the Matt Kahn Papers SC1094 Daniel Hartwig & Jenny Johnson Department of Special Collections and University Archives January 2012 Green Library 557 Escondido Mall Stanford 94305-6064 [email protected] URL: http://library.stanford.edu/spc Guide to the Matt Kahn Papers SC1094 1 SC1094 Language of Material: English Contributing Institution: Department of Special Collections and University Archives Title: Matt Kahn papers creator: Kahn, Matt Identifier/Call Number: SC1094 Physical Description: 37.5 Linear Feet Date (inclusive): circa 1960s-1990s Language of Material: English Access to Collection The materials are partially restricted. Student grade books (box 5) and student/faculty recommendations & endoresements (box 6) are restricted 75 years from date of creation. Audio-visual materials are not available in original format, and must be reformatted to a digital use copy. Publication Rights All requests to reproduce, publish, quote from, or otherwise use collection materials must be submitted in writing to the Head of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, California 94304-6064. Consent is given on behalf of Special Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission from the copyright owner. Such permission must be obtained from the copyright owner, heir(s) or assigns. See: http://library.stanford.edu/depts/spc/pubserv/permissions.html. Restrictions also apply to digital representations of the original materials. Use of digital files is restricted to research and educational purposes. Preferred Citation [identification of item], Matt Kahn Papers (SC1094). Dept. of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif. Biographical/Historical note Matt Kahn was born on May 29, 1928, in New York City, the son of Jess and Julia Kahn. He studied at Cranbrook Academy of Art in Bloomfield Hills, Mich., where he met Lyda Weyl, his wife and partner in life and work When he was 21, Kahn joined Stanford's Department of Art (now the Department of Art and Art History). That was in 1949, and over the following 60 years he created pioneering coursework in design and also taught painting, drawing, sculpture and color theory. Kahn was appointed assistant professor in 1953 and professor in 1965. He was the director of the U.S. State Department Craft Development Program in Cambodia in 1957-58 and taught frequently at Stanford's overseas studies program in Florence, Italy. In 1993 he received the Dean's Award for Distinguished Teaching and was heralded for his "consistent vitality and enthusiasm" and for being "an opener of doors, a stimulus and guide to the realm of possibilities" who "creates a dazzling environment" for his students. Kahn's teaching career has focused on design, where he was an active and influential mentor to generations of aspiring designers and talented students. While at Stanford, Professor Kahn also worked as an artistic consultant to Eichler Homes, the developer of modernist homes in California in the 1950s and 1960s. In 1957 and 1958, he served as Director of the U.S. State Department's Craft and Development Program in Cambodia. Professor Kahn has garnered national prominence for his exploration of multiple art forms, from painting to sculpture, textiles, metalwork, furniture design and interiors. Over the years, he has participated in multiple exhibitions at major institutions including the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, Portland Art Museum in Oregon, and the Museum of Craft+Design in San Francisco. Kahn retired from teaching in 2009 but continued to guest lecture for his colleagues until 2011. He traveled extensively and was influenced by the richness he found in tribal cultures and art from around the world, much of which he collected and displayed in his iconic Eichler home on the Stanford campus. Matt and Lyda Kahn designed their home during the many years they collaborated with Joseph Eichler. It was featured in the New York Times Magazine in 2001. Kahn's paintings, a blend of precise design, inventive form and a sharp sense of humor, were inspired by nature, humanity and the classical music he loved. His work is included in several art books and has been shown in solo and group exhibitions in Italy and the United States, including shows at the Museum of Modern Art in New York, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, the de Young Museum in San Francisco and several exhibitions at the Thomas Welton Stanford Art Gallery commemorating milestones in his teaching career. Kahn died June 24, 2013. He is survived by his son, Ira (AB Art '72), and daughter, Claire (AB Art '77). Guide to the Matt Kahn Papers SC1094 2 SC1094 Scope and Contents Materials include professional files, teaching files (including videos of lectures), and photographs. Subjects and Indexing Terms Art -- Study and teaching. Universities and colleges -- Faculty. Stanford University -- Faculty. Kahn, Matt Kahn, Matt Professional/Administrative Artwork box 20 Graphic Design (Exhibits, Printed Matter, Politics) box 23 Model for Furniture Design Audiovisual recordings box 10 B.H. Millennium Forum: Matt Kahn 10_05 1997-09-15 Physical Description: 1 videotape(s) (vhs) Films Unidentified Physical Description: 1 film reel(s) (16mm) Unidentified Physical Description: 1 film reel(s) (8mm) Unidentified Physical Description: 1 film reel(s) (8mm) Unidentified Physical Description: 1 film reel(s) (8mm) box 10 First letter to Italy 10_06 1970-04-05 Physical Description: 1 audiocassette(s) box 10 Letter from Jed 10_07 1970-05-01 Physical Description: 1 audiocassette(s) box 10 John Edmark--Selected Works 10_01 2002-06 Physical Description: 1 videotape(s) (vhs) Matt Kahn: A Legacy of Excellence 2010-05-28 Physical Description: 1 computer file(s) (mov) box 10 Matt Kahn 10_02 Physical Description: 1 videotape(s) (vhs) Guide to the Matt Kahn Papers SC1094 3 SC1094 Professional/Administrative Audiovisual recordings box 10 Matt Kahn Conference 10_03 1999-06-23 Physical Description: 1 videotape(s) (vhs) box 10 Matt Kahn--Interview at Home 10_04 2003-04-01 Physical Description: 1 videotape(s) (vhs) box 10 Unidentified 10_08 Undated box 10 Unidentified 10_09 Undated box 10 Unidentified 10_10 Undated box 10 Unidentified 10_11 Undated box 10 Unidentified 10_12 Undated box 10 Unidentified 10_13 Undated box 10 Unidentified 10_14 Undated Awards box 28, folder 6 Dean's Award for Distinguished Teaching Professional Files box 1, folder 1 Letters from students and alumni box 1, folder 2 Curriculum Vitae box 1, folder 3 Masi box 1, folder 4 Exhibit at Stanford 1970 box 1, folder 5 Publicity box 1, folder 6 Publicity-University of Wisconsin box 1, folder 7 Publicity-Others box 1, folder 8 Tapestry statement; Graphic paintings statement box 1, folder 9 Vietnam moratorium box 1, folder 10 Extra activities-personal (lectures, juries, etc.) box 1, folder 11 Emanu-El exhibit box 1, folder 12 CRIA box 1, folder 13 Painting box 1, folder 14 Correspondence box 1, folder 15 Correspondence-Jiri Bauer box 1, folder 16 Kahn, Ira box 1, folder 17 Graphics box 1, folder 20 President's Report (Faculty Annual Report) box 1, folder 21 Design/Body Soul Manuscript and slides box 25, folder 1 Body + Soul 1979 box 25, folder 2 Publication Info/ Design box 25, folder 3 Overview 1998 box 25, folder 4 Slides box 25, folder 5 Lectures box 25, folder 6 Lecture Notes box 25, folder 7 Prologue box 25, folder 8 Context box 25, folder 9 Context box 25, folder 10 Context box 25, folder 11 Context; Synopsis box 25, folder 12 Utility 1999-02 box 25, folder 13 Utility 1999 box 25, folder 14 Utility 1999 box 25, folder 15 Propaganda 1999 box 25, folder 16 Propaganda 1999 box 25, folder 17 Pleasure 1999 Guide to the Matt Kahn Papers SC1094 4 SC1094 Professional/Administrative Professional Files box 25, folder 18 Pleasure box 25, folder 19 Pleasure box 29, folder 1 Propaganda 35827 box 29, folder 2 Pleasure 1992-2005 box 29, folder 3 Vanity 1999 box 29, folder 4 Vanity 1999 box 29, folder 5 Vanity (slides) box 29, folder 6 Context box 29, folder 7 Ceremony box 29, folder 8 Ceremony box 29, folder 9 Ceremony (slides) box 29, folder 10 Computer Media (floppy disks) box 16, folder 2 Business Card Photographs box 16, folder 1 Artwork [transparencies] box 19, folder 2 Artwork/Design box 19, folder 3 Book Forum--IDEO box 16, folder 7 Exhibit 1989 box 4 Fontana art contest circa 1962 box 19, folder 1, Kahn, Matt box 28, folder 3 Recommendations/Endorsements Access to Collection Recommendations and Endorsements of students and fellow faculty members. Restricted 75 years from date of creation. box 6, folder 1 Julia Rowe box 6, folder 2 Corinne Okada box 6, folder 3 James Garland box 6, folder 4 Bo H. Strandgaard box 6, folder 5 Michael Gaillard box 6, folder 6 Casey Corum (IDM) box 6, folder 7 Design Appointment box 6, folder 8 Peter MacDonald box 6, folder 9 Kelley Appointment box 6, folder 10 Interdepartmental Majors Project box 6, folder 11 Leslee M. Lewis - Aesthetics in Prod. Des. (Interdepartmental) box 6, folder 12 David Hardesty box 6, folder 13 Kevin Owens - Individually Designed Major box 6, folder 14 Catherine Morris box 6, folder 15 John Spears (Guggenheim) box 6, folder 16 Suzanne Austin box 6, folder 17 Peter Guckenheimer box 6, folder 18 ART/CS Joint Appt. Stanford box 16, folder 5 New Guinea Garden Carvers Stanford Overseas box 1, folder 22 Italy XIII box 1, folder 23 Miscellaneous