Assorted Papers Relating to Bauhaus Designers, 1919-1984
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http://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/tf8v19n9md No online items Finding aid for the Assorted papers relating to Bauhaus designers, 1919-1984 Finding aid prepared by Rose Lachman. Finding aid for the Assorted 920020 1 papers relating to Bauhaus designers, 1919-1984 ... Descriptive Summary Title: Assorted papers relating to Bauhaus designers Date (inclusive): 1919-1984 Number: 920020 Creator/Collector: Getty Research Institute. Research Library Physical Description: 4.0 linear feet(5 boxes, 1 flat file folder) Repository: The Getty Research Institute Special Collections 1200 Getty Center Drive, Suite 1100 Los Angeles, California, 90049-1688 (310) 440-7390 Abstract: The collection consists of assembled material from the Bauhaus years of 1919-1933, as well as material influenced by Bauhaus designers up to 1984. Includes photographic prints, typescripts, offprints and publications, original graphics, clippings, sketches and drawings, weavings, curricula, and correspondence. 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 German and English. Access Open for use by qualified researchers. Publication Rights Contact Library Rights and Reproductions . Preferred Citation Assorted Papers relating to Bauhaus Designers, ca.1919-1984, Accession no. 920020, Research Library, The Getty Research Institute. http://hdl.handle.net/10020/cifa920020 Acquisition Information Acquired February 1992 from a dealer who assembled the collection. Processing History Rose Lachman processed the collection and wrote the finding aid. Separated Material One book transferred to the Getty Research Library's core collection. Sammlungen Bauhaus Dessau, Dessau: Bauhaus Dessau, 1988. Scope and Content of Collection This assembled collection contains printed materials, drawings, manuscripts,photographs and correspondence from the years 1919-1933, the span of 14 years when the Bauhaus existed. The collection also includes later items, from scattered years to 1984, that show the on-going influence of the Bauhaus. This influence may be traced in the letters from the more contemporary artist Peter Schwarze-Heisterkamp (Blinky Palermo). The compilation includes photographic prints, essays and offprints, graphics, clippings, sketches, weavings, curricula and correspondence. Items had been gathered into bundles (Konvolut) by topic, by the previous owner(s). Represented from the Bauhaus period are such artists, architects and historians as Sigfried Giedion, Gustav Hassenpflug, Walter Tralau, Arieh Sharon, Hans Eckstein, Helmut Krüger, Heinz Borchers, Karl H. Haupt, Erich Mrozek, Robert Michel, Ella Bergmann-Michel, Walter Dexel, Carl Schlemmer, Oskar Schlemmer, Lucia Moholy, Laszlo Moholy-Nagy, Franz Kalivoda, Margaret Leischner, Anni Albers, Josef Albers, Gunta Stadler-Stölzl, Grete Reichardt, Rosa Berger, M. Kurshuk, Léna Meyer-Bergner, Hannes Meyer, Otto Rittweger, Joost Schmidt, Martin Elsaesser, Arthur Schmidt, Hugo Häring, Mart Stam and Heinz Loew. One box is devoted to material from Heinz Loew (student of Joost Schmidt) and contains essays, drawings, photographs, clippings, papers from the Bauhaus-Archiv Museum für Gestaltung and correspondence. This broad assemblage of papers by and about Bauhaus designers contains numerous examples of their works and enhances the other Bauhaus collections in the Research Library of the Getty Research Institute. Arrangement note Finding aid for the Assorted 920020 2 papers relating to Bauhaus designers, 1919-1984 ... The collection is arranged in one series, organized by artist and topic. Subjects - Corporate Bodies Bauhaus-Archiv, Museum für Gestaltung Subjects - Topics Bauhaus--History Bauhaus--Influence--Exhibitions Curriculum planning--Germany--History--20th century Furniture design--Germany--20th century Graphic arts Textile fabrics--History--20th century Subjects - Titles Rayon & design Genres and Forms of Material Drawings (visual works) Photographic prints Photographs, Original Textiles Contributors Albers, Anni Albers, Josef Berger, Rosa Bergmann-Michel, Ella, 1896-1972 Borchers, Heinz Dexel, Walter, 1890-1973 Eckstein, Hans, 1898- Elsaesser, Martin Gideon, S. (Sigfried), 1888-1968 Hassenpflug, Gustav, 1907-1977 Haupt, Karl Hermann Häring, Hugo, 1882-1958 Kalivoda, Franz Krüger, Helmut Kurshuk, M. Leischner, Margaret Loew, Heinz Meyer, Hannes, 1889-1954 Meyer-Bergner, Lena Michel, Robert, 1876-1957 Moholy, Lucia Moholy-Nagy, László, 1895-1946 Mrozek, Erich Palermo, 1943-1977 Reichardt, Grete, 1907-1984 Rittweger, Otto Schlemmer, Carl Schlemmer, Oskar, 1888-1943 Schmidt, Arthur Schmidt, Joost, 1893-1948 Finding aid for the Assorted 920020 3 papers relating to Bauhaus designers, 1919-1984 ... Sharon, Aryeh, 1900-1984 Stam, Mart, 1899-1986 Stölzl , Gunta, 1897-1983 Tralau, Walter Box 1, Folder 1 Letters from Peter Schwarze-Heisterkamp (Blinky Palermo), 1963 Scope and Content Note Twelve letters to Ingrid Denneborg, whom he married in 1965, and 1 letter to her daughter, Iris. Letters are undated but from the postmarks appear to be from 1963. Most are love letters and include pen or pencil drawings. Box 1, Folder 2 Bauhaus Konvolut, 78 photographic prints Scope and Content Note Most of the photographs are unidentified and include portraits, objects, posters and art works. Four are in postcard format. Box 1, Folder 3 Bauhaus Konvolut, design for a kitchen table Scope and Content Note Three pencil drawings, two with color indicating materials for construction of the table. Box 1, Folder 4 Bauhaus Konvolut, offprint by Sigfried Giedion Scope and Content Note Offprint "The Need for a New Monumentality," reprinted from New Architecture and City Planning, published by Philosophical Library, New York. Box 1, Folder 5 Bauhaus Konvolut, printed article in tribute to Eduardo Westerdahl, 1984 Scope and Content Note Article written by Franz Roh in Munich for the inauguration of courses at La Universidad Internacional Menéndez Pelayo in Santa Cruz de Tenerife, May 1984. The article was published by Wedekind & Co., Stuttgart and appeared in the Gaceta de Arte which Westerdahl edited. Box 1, Folder 6 Bauhaus Konvolut, four sheets of pencil sketches Scope and Content Note In black and red pencil, sketches appear to be designs for paper construction projects. Box 1, Folder 7 Bauhaus Konvolut, designs by Gustav Hassenpflug, Walter Tralau and Arieh Sharon Scope and Content Note Two clippings from a publication of five cut-out designs for paper constructions. Box 1, Folder 8 Bauhaus Konvolut, typescript course of study and a reading list Scope and Content Note Five pages from a curriculum with the objectives that will be met in each course; four page reading list for Bauhaus material written in Czech. Box 1, Folder 9 Bauhaus Konvolut, inventory of Bauhaus items Scope and Content Note Four typescript pages, in duplicate, including books, journals, letters, newspaper clippings, photographs and other printed material. Finding aid for the Assorted 920020 4 papers relating to Bauhaus designers, 1919-1984 ... Container List Box 1, Folder 10 Bauhaus Konvolut, design for a coffee service, 1938 Scope and Content Note Photograph of a project for an examination. Box 1, Folder 11 Bauhaus Konvolut, five typescripts by Hans Eckstein, 1950's-1960's Bauhaus Weimar-Dessau-Berlin, 1919-1933 Scope and Content Note Thirteen typescript pages with annotations relates history of the Bauhaus movement. Die Maler am Bauhaus Scope and Content Note Seven typescript pages (includes duplicates of first six pages) with annotations relating history of the Bauhaus disciplines in conjunction with an exhibition at the Kunsthalle, Munich. Sinn und Bedeutung der Werkstatt-Erziehung des Bauhauses, 1968 Scope and Content Note Seven typescript pages with annotations for the catalog of a Bauhaus exhibition, (Stuttgart?). Bauhaus, ms., 1968 Scope and Content Note Eight typescript pages with annotations that are reflections on the Bauhaus, for the Stuttgart Kunstgebäude exhibition, 1968. Das Bauhaus Scope and Content Note Fourteen typescript pages with annotations relates to history of the Bauhaus and addresses the appropriateness of building a museum for Bauhaus art. Box 1, Folder 12 Bauhaus Konvolut, typescript by Hellmuth Krüger Scope and Content Note Nine typescript pages "Aufbau und Ziele der Meisterschule in Leipzig" about its establishment and curriculum. Box 1, Folder 13 Bauhaus Konvolut, correspondence Letter from Ernst Neufert to Dr. Mayer, 1926 Scope and Content Note Neufert asks if Dr. Mayer would accept a teaching position at the new Bauhochschule in Weimar. Postcard to Vreni and Theo [Ballmer?], 1933 Scope and Content Note Postcard sent from Moscow also has greeting from Walter [Gropius?]. Telegram from R. Seldt to Theo Ballmer, 1936 Scope and Content Note From the Gesellschaft für kulturelle Verbindung der Sowjetunion mit dem Auslande about a French transcription. Finding aid for the Assorted 920020 5 papers relating to Bauhaus designers, 1919-1984 ... Container List Box 1, Folder 14 Bauhaus Konvolut, graphics and poster designs by Heinz Borchers (1), Karl H. Haupt (1), Erich Mrozek (9), Robert Michel (1) and Walter Dexel (1) and 1 unidentified, , 1931 n.d. Scope and Content Note Images include poster for a Künstlerfest 1931; advertisements for products and businesses; letterhead; design for a machine; decorative designs. Box 1, Folder 15 Bauhaus Konvolut, miscellany (10 items) Scope and Content Note Five handwritten