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Bayer, Herbert, 1900-1985. In search of times past [art original].

Title: In search of times past [art original]. 1959.

In this photomontage, Bayer combines a landscape of Aspen trees with eyes on the trunks; his photography embraces the subjective ambiguity of surrealism.

ArchivalResource: 1 photograph : silver gelatin print ; 24 x 35 cm. (9 1/2 x 14 in.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/41884547 View

Oral history interview with Herbert Bayer

Title: Oral history interview with Herbert Bayer

An interview of Herbert Bayer conducted 1981 October 3, by Ruth Bowman, for the Archives of American Art.

OralHistoryResource: Sound recording: 1 sound cassette ;Transcript: 16 p.

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Bayer, Herbert : Biographical file.

Title: Bayer, Herbert : Biographical file. [1900-9999]

May contain: Resumes, newspaper articles, magazine articles, invitations to exhibition openings, gallery hand-outs, check-lists of exhibitions, advertisements, obituaries, 35 mm. slides of the artist's work.

ArchivalResource: 1 envelope : manila ; 13 x 10 in.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/41073876 View

Bayer, Herbert, 1900-1985 : [miscellaneous ephemeral material].

Title: Bayer, Herbert, 1900-1985 : [miscellaneous ephemeral material].

The folder may include clippings, announcements, small exhibition catalogs, and other ephemeral items.

ArchivalResource: 1 folder.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/199437671 View

Bayer, Herbert, 1900-1985. Two owls [original print].

Title: Two owls [original print]. 1948.

ArchivalResource: 1 print : silkscreen/paper ; 12 x 14.5 in. (framed 30.5 x 32 in.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/318935883 View

Charles Coiner Papers, 1933-1984

Title: Charles Coiner Papers 1933-1984

Correspondence (1930s-1970); design drawings for government commissions, including preliminary sketches and other material pertaining to the NRA blue eagle as well as civilian defense logos and war posters; documents relating to various Ayer clients, including the Container Corporation of America; ms. essays and speeches, and tear sheets for Coiner's 'Clipping Board' column; and memorabilia, including awards, clippings, exhibition catalogs, and photographs. Correspondence includes letters of Raymond A. Ballinger, Herbert Bayer, Harry Bouras, Alexey Brodovitch, Werner Drewes, Leo Lionni, George Samerjan, Lajos Szalay, and others.

ArchivalResource: 4.5 linear ft.

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Cohen, Arthur A. (Arthur Allen), 1928-1986. Papers relating to Herbert Bayer, ca. 1979-1984.

Title: Papers relating to Herbert Bayer, ca. 1979-1984.

Manuscripts and research materials used by Cohen in preparing his book "Herbert Bayer: The Complete Work" (Cambridge, 1984). Collection includes editorial correspondence as well as Cohen's correspondence with Bayer,the transcript of an interview, questionnaires, photographs of Bayer and his family and of his works, and groups of book jackets and stationery designed by Bayer.

ArchivalResource: 700 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/83781012 View

Oral history interview with Herbert Bayer

Title: Oral history interview with Herbert Bayer

An interview of Herbert Bayer conducted 1981 November 3-1982 March 10, by Arthur Cohen, for the Archives of American Art.

OralHistoryResource: Sound recording: 5 sound cassettes.Transcript: 105 p.

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw94151790f-47fb-4c33-bd6d-792097522b0d View

Busch-Reisinger Museum collection of Bauhaus materials, 1919-1955 (bulk).

Title: Busch-Reisinger Museum collection of Bauhaus materials, 1919-1955 (bulk).

Collection consists of Bauhaus study materials, which complement the Busch-Reisinger Museum's extensive collection of Bauhaus art and artifacts. Included are three student notebooks, 50 matted student exercises, 1200 textile samples, 500 wallpaper samples, 100 typography samples, 100 Bauhaus books and publications, and 3 linear feet of photographs of students, faculty, buildings, events, activities, projects and works of art associated with the Bauhaus. In addition, there are 150 matted student exercises from other art schools founded on the Bauhaus model.

ArchivalResource: ca. 2,400 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/234360206 View

Paepcke, Elizabeth H., 1902-1994. Papers, 1889-1994.

Title: Papers, 1889-1994.

Includes biographical, personal and financial material, correspondence, subject files, photographs, audio-visual materials, awards, honorary degrees, ephemera, typescript drafts, publications, and newspaper and magazine clippings. The collection documents Elizabeth Paepcke's many interests in cultural, social and philanthropic activities. Includes material related to the Aspen Institute for the Humanities and the Goethe Bicentennial Foundation. Her interests in the arts, environment, education and politics are also reflected by the records of her art collection, interest in works of numerous artists and involvment in the Art Institute of Chicago and Museum of Contemporary Art. The collection also includes personal and family material in the form of calendars and guest books, correspondence, and photographs. Her extensive correspondence concerns both her cultural and social activities and personal and family relationships. The collection focuses primarily on the years between circa 1950 and 1993, although the earliest material dates to 1889.

ArchivalResource: 140.5 linear ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/57156448 View

Bayer, Herbert, 1900-1985. Interstellar exchange [art original].

Title: Interstellar exchange [art original]. 1941.

Bayer embraced the subjective ambiguity of surrealism and the design asthetics of Bauhaus in this oil painting about cosmic forces and inner anxiety.

ArchivalResource: 1 painting ; 168 x 94 cm. (66 x 37 in.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/41884545 View

Miller, Christian William. Christian William Miller papers, 1943-1995 (bulk 1943-1969).

Title: Christian William Miller papers, 1943-1995 (bulk 1943-1969).

Papers include correspondence, appointment books, and other materials documenting the personal life of Christian William (aka Bill) Miller. The collection dates from 1943 to 1995, with the bulk dating from the early 1940s through the 1960s, during which time Miller lived in New York City. There are letters from Herbert Bayer, Paul Cadmus, Noel Coward, Katherine Dreier, Alfred C. Kinsey and the Alfred C. Kinsey Institute for Sex Research, the Museum of Modern Art, Cesare Pavani, a stage director for filmmaker Michelangelo Antonioni, Hershel Carey Walker, Glenway Wescott, Monroe Wheeler, and others. Correspondence with Walker, the largest file with over 200 items, dates from 1948 to 1971 and includes incoming and outgoing correspondence. Letters from Cadmus span over fifty years, from 1943 to 1995, and include original drawings. Correspondence with Alfred C. Kinsey and other members of the Institute for Sex Research, which includes carbons of outgoing letters, discuss Kinsey's research project on human sexuality, Miller's participation in the project, his sexuality and sexual behavior, recommendations of others who might be interested in the project, and gifts to the institute. Appointment books document activities between 1944 to 1969 and mention Paul Cadmus, Hershel Carey Walker, Glenway Wescott, and Monroe Wheeler, as well as W. H. Auden, Cecil Beaton, Christopher Isherwood, Stephen Spender, Gore Vidal, and others. The books serve as diaries, and include entries on sexual activities using the Kinsey institute codes. Other materials include drafts of writings, financial records, photographs, and clippings and printed ephemera. There are three holograph manuscripts by Jean Genet, entitled "Boule de Neige", "L'Enfant Soleil", and "Solennel Enfant Soleil." Photographs include Miller, Glenway Wescott, Monroe Wheeler, Hershel Carey Walker, and others.

ArchivalResource: 1.46 linear feet (4 boxes)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/702188884 View

Paepcke, Walter Paul, 1896-1960. Papers, 1912-1961 (inclusive).

Title: Papers, 1912-1961 (inclusive).

Consists of biographical material, correspondence, subject files, financial documents, publications, scrapbooks, ledgers, newspaper clippings, a movie, and photographs. Includes information pertaining to the Container Corporation of America, a business founded by Walter Paepcke in 1926. In addition to materials that refer to Paepcke's paperboard container business, the papers also document some of his philanthropic, cultural, and educational interests. Included among them is the Goethe Bicentennial Foundation, which organized a festival in 1949 to celebrate the 200th anniversary of the birth of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. Included among Paepcke's other cultural and educational activities are materials relating to the Aspen Institute for Humanistic Studies. The AIHS, founded in 1950, became an intellectual and cultural center of continuing education that provided seminars, lectures, and forums conducted by leaders in commerce, industry, science, education, religion, and government.

ArchivalResource: 66.5 linear ft. (133 boxes)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/222036781 View

Bayer, Herbert, 1900-1985. Lecture notebook from the Chicago School of Design (now Illinois Institute of Technology) 194-.

Title: Lecture notebook from the Chicago School of Design (now Illinois Institute of Technology) 194-.

The contents of a loose-leaf notebook, compiled by a former student of Bayer's, consist of typescript outlines and transcribed notes for lectures given by Herbert Bayer in Chicago in the 1940's. There are three parts.

ArchivalResource: 69 leaves.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/78738428 View

Bayer, Herbert, 1900-1985. Anthology graph III [art original].

Title: Anthology graph III [art original]. 1981.

This large acrylic painting recalls the chart and graph elements Bayer used in a variety of media throughout his life.

ArchivalResource: 1 painting ; 203 x 203 cm. (80 x 80 in.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/41884552 View

Zwart, Piet, 1885-1977. Letters received, 1928-1946.

Title: Letters received, 1928-1946.

Collection consists of an alphabetical file of letters received, notably from Kurt Schwitters and Jan Tschichold, relating to his work, exhibition projects and contributions to periodicals and organizations. With a miscellaneous file of letters and professional papers and a sequence of photographs of Schwitters by Zwart.

ArchivalResource: 81 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/84845741 View

Meyer, Hannes, 1889-1954. Letters received, 1930-1951.

Title: Letters received, 1930-1951.

Letters received, 1930-1951, most notably from El Lissitzky, Paul Klee, Hans Schmidt, Herbert Bayer, Karel Teige, Hermann Duncker and others, discussing old Bauhaus colleagues, personal matters, and the problems of post-war Europe (files 1-2). With a program, in French, Dutch and German, for dramatic works performed at the Exposition internationale de la cooperation et des oeuvres sociales, Ghent, 1924 June 15-Sept. 15 (in oversize box 860186*).

ArchivalResource: 10 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/80500187 View

Pearlman, Judith. Interviews with Bauhaus masters and students, 1980-1985.

Title: Interviews with Bauhaus masters and students, 1980-1985.

50 enhanced audio cassette tapes, primarily interviews by Judith Pearlman, accompanied by some transcriptions, translations, notes and printed matter. Also included are 2 videotapes of Bauhaus films (box 10), the original 29 unenhanced cassette tapes and 90 reel-to-reel master copies. Ten enhanced audiocassette tapes (correspond to Master reels 71-90) record ca. 10 hours from the Bauhaus Fifty Years conference (1969) at the Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT). These tapes may be listened to by researchers but may not be reproduced for copyright reasons. Twenty files hold transcriptions, notes and research material about Anni Albers, Walter Allner, Gertrude Arndt, Max Bill, Roman Clemens, Howard Dearstyne, T. Lux Feininger, Ise Gropius, Werner Graeff, Peter Keler, Felix Klee, Jean Leppien, Hannes Meyer, Georg Muche, Winfried Nerdinger, Walter Puff, Konrad Püschel, Tut and Jaina Schlemmer, Gunta Stölzl, and Andor and Eva Weininger.

ArchivalResource: 9.5 linear ft. (12 boxes)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/82456084 View

Catherine Viviano Gallery records

Title: Catherine Viviano Gallery records

The records of the Catherine Viviano Gallery measure 11.6 linear feet and date from 1930-1990, with the bulk of the materials dating from 1949-1978. Established in New York City in 1949, the gallery specialized in contemporary painting and sculpture primarily by American and European artists. The collection consists of artists' files; correspondence with artists, collectors, dealers, museum directors, curators, and publishers; business records; printed material; and photographs of artwork and artists. Also included are records relating to Catherine Viviano's activities as a private dealer and consultant after she closed the gallery in 1970.

ArchivalResource: 11.6 Linear feet

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Bayer, Herbert, 1900-1985. Colorado mural [art original].

Title: Colorado mural [art original]. 1948.

In this large oil painting, Bayer paints the inner forces moving beneath the looming natural forms of mountains in Aspen, Colorado.

ArchivalResource: 1 painting ; 244 x 305 cm. (96 x 120 in.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/41884546 View

Bayer, Herbert, 1900-1985. Herbert Bayer : Artist File.

Title: Herbert Bayer : Artist File.

ArchivalResource: 1 Folder.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/528766094 View

Samuel Benton Cantey papers

Title: Samuel Benton Cantey papers

Biographical information; correspondence and original Christmas cards; correspondence and catalogs relating to the Fort Worth Art Center; files on Herbert Bayer, Yasuo Kuniyoshi, and Isamu Noguchi, and Texas artists, most of which contain correspondence, catalogs, clippings and photographs; an index card file of Cantey's art collection; catalogs, clippings and photographs.

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