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Finding aid for the Enrico Donati letters received and manuscripts, 1943-1963.

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Finding aid for the Enrico Donati 940120 1 letters received and manuscripts, 1943-1963. ... Descriptive Summary Title: Enrico Donati letters received and manuscripts Date (inclusive): 1943-1963 Number: 940120 Creator/Collector: Donati, Enrico, 1909-2008 Physical Description: 250.0 items Repository: The Getty Research Institute Special Collections 1200 Getty Center Drive, Suite 1100 Los Angeles, California, 90049-1688 (310) 440-7390 Abstract: Italian-born painter and sculptor. Circa 200 letters received from galleries, museums, and artists, four manuscripts, and circa 20 printed items primarily relate to the Surrealist retrospective "Le Surrealisme en 1947" curated by Andrei Breton and Marcel Duchamp and held at the Galerie Maeght in Paris, July-August 1947. 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 in French, English and Italian. Biographical/Historical Note The Italian-born painter and sculptor, Enrico Donati, became an American citizen in 1945. During the 1930s and 1940s he was associated with Surrealists in Paris and New York, contributing to the Surrealist retrospective in Paris in 1947. Access Open for use by qualified researchers. Publication Rights Contact Library Rights and Reproductions . Preferred Citation Enrico Donati letters received and manuscripts, 1943-1963, Research Library, The Getty Research Institute, Accession no. 940120. http://hdl.handle.net/10020/cifa940120 Acquisition Information Acquired in 1994. Processing History Processed by Hillary Brown, with later additions processed and added to the finding aid by Beth Guynn. Scope and Content of Collection A major focus of the letters, manuscripts and ephemera that comprise this collection is the Surrealist retrospective "Le Surrealisme en 1947" curated by Andrei Breton and Marcel Duchamp and held at the Galerie Maeght in Paris, July-August 1947. The collection comprises circa 210 published and unpublished letters, postcards, and notes received by Enrico Donati, many relating to the organization and impact of the Surrealist exhibition. Other letters from galleries, museums, and Donati's fellow artists reflect his professional life and that of his friends. Also included are four manuscripts by Donati, clippings relating to his work or the 1947 surrealist exhibition, and articles about Donati's work by American and European critics such as Dore Ashton, Hubert Crehan, Alain Jouffroy, and Jaroslav Serpan. Arrangement note Arranged in 2 series: Series I. Letters received, 1943-1963; Series II. Manuscripts and ephemera, 1943-1963 Subjects - Names Donati, Enrico, 1909-2008 Subjects - Topics Art--Exhibitions--20th century--France--Paris Surrealism

Finding aid for the Enrico Donati 940120 2 letters received and manuscripts, 1943-1963. ... Subjects - Titles Solution surréaliste Surreialisme en 1947 Genres and Forms of Material Ephemera Contributors Ashton, Dore Baj, Enrico, 1924-2003 Ballet International Biennale di Venezia Brauner, Victor, 1903-1966 Breton, André, 1896-1966 Breton, Elise Brooks, James, 1906-1992 Cagli, Corrado, 1910-1976 Calas, Nicolas Cardazzo, Carlo, 1908-1963 Clarac-Sérou, Max Craven, John, 1912-1981 Crehan, Hubert Delanglade, Freideiric Dubuffet, Jean, 1901-1985 Duchamp, Marcel, 1887-1968 Faucheaux, Pierre Fontana, Lucio, 1899-1968 Galerie Maeght (Paris, France). Galleria nazionale d'arte moderna (Italy) Geist, Sidney Gottlieb, Adolph, 1903-1974 Gómez-Correa, Enrique, 1915- Hare, David, 1917-1992 Heisler, Jindřich, 1914-1953 Hérold , Jacques, 1910-1987 Jean, Marcel, 1900-1993 Jouffroy, Alain, 1928- Kober, Jacques Lam, Wifredo Lamba, Jacqueline, 1910- Lebrun, Rico, 1900-1964 Luca, Géirasim Martins, Maria, 1900-1973 Matta Echaurren, Roberto Sebastián, 1912-2002 Miller, Henry, 1891-1980 Museum of Modern Art (New York, N.Y.). Nadeau, Marthe Nadeau, Maurice Péret, Benjamin, 1899-1959 Reggiani, Mauro, 1897-1980 Renne, René

Finding aid for the Enrico Donati 940120 3 letters received and manuscripts, 1943-1963. ... Sage, Kay Seligmann, Kurt, 1900-1962 Selz, Peter Howard, 1919- Serbanne, Claude Serpan, 1922-1976 Tanguy, Yves, 1900-1955 Tanning, Dorothea, 1910- Tapié, Michel Tyler, Parker Wolff, Theodore F.

Series I. Letters received, 1943-1963 Physical Description: 5.0 folder(s) Scope and Content Note The series contains circa 210 published and unpublished letters, postcards, and notes received by Enrico Donati, many relating to the organization and impact of the 1947 Surrealist exhibition. Other letters from galleries, museums, and Donati's fellow artists reflect his professional life and that of his friends.

Box 1, Folder 1 Enrico Baj, 1953 Scope and Content Note 2 letters.

Box 1, Folder 1 Ballet International Incorporated, 1944 Scope and Content Note 1 letter and one contract.

Box 1, Folder 1 Victor Brauner, 1946-1948 Scope and Content Note 9 letters.

Box 1, Folder 2 André Breton and Elise Breton, 1943-1953 Scope and Content Note 38 letters, 2 postcards and 5 telegrams, copy of A l'etoile scellée, 1 envelope with notes, exhibit plans.

Box 1, Folder 3 James Brooks, undated Scope and Content Note 1 letter.

Box 1, Folder 3 Corrado Cagli, 1945 Scope and Content Note 1 letter.

Box 1, Folder 3 Nicolas Calas, n.d. Scope and Content Note 1 letter

Finding aid for the Enrico Donati 940120 4 letters received and manuscripts, 1943-1963. ... Series I.Letters received, 1943-1963

Box 1, Folder 3 Aldo Capri, 1952 Scope and Content Note 1 letter.

Box 1, Folder 3 Carlo Cardazzo (Galleria d'Arte del Naviglio, Milan) 1954 Scope and Content Note 1 letter and 1 telegram.

Box 1, Folder 3 Bacioni da Ceponi (Edizione del Milione, Milan) undated Scope and Content Note 1 letter.

Box 1, Folder 3 Max Clarac-Sérou, 1953-1954 Scope and Content Note 3 letters.

Box 1, Folder 3 Committee of Artists (Stable Gallery, New York) 1953 Scope and Content Note 1 letter.

Box 1, Folder 3 John Craven, 1954 Scope and Content Note 3 letters.

Box 1, Folder 3 Hubert Crehan ( Art Digest), 1954 Scope and Content Note 1 letter.

Box 1, Folder 3 Frédéric Delanglade, 1947 Scope and Content Note 1 letter.

Box 1, Folder 3 Jean Dubuffet, 1952 Scope and Content Note 2 letters and 1 postcard.

Box 1, Folder 4 Marcel Duchamp, 1949-1961 Scope and Content Note 14 letters, 6 postcards, 4 notes, 1 telegram, rotorelief plans and directions.

Box 1, Folder 5 Pierre Faucheaux, 1953 Scope and Content Note 1 letter.

Box 1, Folder 5 Lucio Fontana, 1952 Scope and Content Note 1 letter.

Box 1, Folder 5 Galerie Maeght, 1947 Scope and Content Note 2 letters.

Finding aid for the Enrico Donati 940120 5 letters received and manuscripts, 1943-1963. ... Series I.Letters received, 1943-1963

Box 1, Folder 5 Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Moderna, Rome (Palma Bucarelli, Soprintendenza) 1952 Scope and Content Note 1 letter.

Box 1, Folder 5 Enrique Gomez-Correa, 1947-1949 Scope and Content Note 4 letters.

Box 1, Folder 5 Adolph Gottlieb, 1948 Scope and Content Note 1 letter.

Box 1, Folder 5 Gypsy, 1948 Scope and Content Note 1 telegram.

Box 1, Folder 5 David Hare and Jacqueline Lamba, 1947-1951 Scope and Content Note 3 letters and 1 postcard.

Box 1, Folder 5 Jindrich Heisler, 1948 Scope and Content Note 2 letters.

Box 1, Folder 5 Jacques Hérold, 1946 Scope and Content Note 2 letters.

Box 1, Folder 5 Marcel Jean, 1949 Scope and Content Note 1 letter.

Box 1, Folder 5 Alain Jouffroy, 1953 Scope and Content Note 2 letters.

Box 1, Folder 5 Jacques Kober, 1947 Scope and Content Note 2 letters.

Box 1, Folder 6 Wifredo Lam, 1952 Scope and Content Note 1 postcard.

Box 1, Folder 5 Rico Lebrun, undated Scope and Content Note 1 letter.

Box 1, Folder 5 Ghérasim Luca, 1947 Scope and Content Note 1 collage postcard.

Finding aid for the Enrico Donati 940120 6 letters received and manuscripts, 1943-1963. ... Series I.Letters received, 1943-1963

Box 1, Folder 5 Henning Man, 1949 Scope and Content Note 1 letter.

Box 1, Folder 5 Maria Martins, 1954, undated Scope and Content Note 2 letters.

Box 1, Folder 5 Matta, 1947, undated Scope and Content Note 1 letter, 5 notes and 2 telegrams.

Box 1, Folder 5 Henry Miller, 1948-1949 Scope and Content Note 1 letter and 1 postcard.

Box 1, Folder 5 Museum of Modern Art, New York (Jane Sabersky, Assistant Curator) 1953 Scope and Content Note 1 letter.

Box 1, Folder 5 Maurice and Marthe Nadeau, 1947 Scope and Content Note 4 letters.

Box 1, Folder 5 NRF, Paris, undated Scope and Content Note 1 letter.

Box 1, Folder 5 Robert Osborne, 1963 Scope and Content Note 1 letter.

Box 1, Folder 5 Benjamin Péret: 2 letters, 1949-1950 Scope and Content Note 2 letters.

Box 1, Folder 5 Mauro Reggiani, 1952-1953 Scope and Content Note 1 letter and 1 poscard.

Box 1, Folder 5 René Renne, 1947 Scope and Content Note 1 letter.

Box 1, Folder 5 Roberto, 1954, undated Scope and Content Note 2 letters.

Box 1, Folder 5 Kurt Seligmann, 1952 Scope and Content Note 1 letter.

Finding aid for the Enrico Donati 940120 7 letters received and manuscripts, 1943-1963. ... Series I.Letters received, 1943-1963

Box 1, Folder 7 Claude Serbanne, 1947 Scope and Content Note 1 letter.

Box 1, Folder 5 Jaroslav Serpan, 1953-1954 Scope and Content Note 12 letters, 1 postcard, 1 announcement and 1 etching.

Box 1, Folder 5 Solution Surréaliste (Jean-Louis Bédouin and Seigle) 1948 Scope and Content Note 1 letter.

Box 1, Folder 5 Yves Tanguy and Kay Sage, 1946-1957 Scope and Content Note 8 letters, 1 gallery invitation, 6 postcards and 1 card.

Box 1, Folder 5 Dorothea Tanning and Max Ernst, undated Scope and Content Note Series of 5 postcards.

Box 1, Folder 5 Michel Tapié, 1953, undated Scope and Content Note 3 letters.

Box 1, Folder 5 Toninelli, 1947 Scope and Content Note 1 letter.

Box 1, Folder 5 Venice Biennial, 1949-1950 Scope and Content Note 2 letters, 1 postcard.

Box 1, Folder 5 Venturi, 1950 Scope and Content Note 1 postcard.

Box 1, Folder 5 Miscellaneous correspondence, undated Scope and Content Note 2 letters.

Box 1, Folder 5 2 notes, undated Box 1, Folder 5 1 tracing, undated Box 1, Folder 5 1 etching, 1953 Box 1, Folder 5 1 article: "Superstitions," undated Series II. Manuscripts and ephemera, circa 1943-1963 Physical Description: 4.0 folder(s) Scope and Content Note Series contains four manuscripts by Donati, clippings relating to his work or the 1947 surrealist exhibition, and articles about Donati's work by American and European critics such as Dore Ashton, Hubert Crehan, Alain Jouffroy, and Jaroslav Serpan.

Finding aid for the Enrico Donati 940120 8 letters received and manuscripts, 1943-1963. ... Series II.Manuscripts and ephemera, circa 1943-1963

Box 1, Folder 8 4 manuscripts by Enrico Donati Scope and Content Note "Alchemy," "Is my fossil my myth?", "Foreword," and "Black & three whites."

Box 1, Folder 9 4 clippings and magazine, 1947-1949 Scope and Content Note Includes February 1947 issue of Arts Magazine.

Box 1, Folder 10 Articles about Enrico Donati's work Scope and Content Note By Dore Ashton, Nicolas Calas, Hubert Crehan, Sidney Geist, Alain Jouffroy, and Maurice Nadeau.

Box 1, Folder 11 Articles about Enrico Donati's work Scope and Content Note By Peter Selz, Parker Tyler, Jaroslav Serpan, Theodore F. Wolff, and various critics.

Finding aid for the Enrico Donati 940120 9 letters received and manuscripts, 1943-1963. ...