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Oral history interview with Josef Albers

Title: Oral history interview with Josef Albers

An interview of Josef Albers conducted 1968 June 22-July 5, by Sevim Fesci, for the Archives of American Art.

OralHistoryResource: Sound recordings: 1 sound tape ; 7 in.Transcript: 24 p.

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9df07b806-7f25-4144-b4d2-8d490d11428b View

Drucke 1905-1922 Erich Heckel ausgestellt bei J.B. Neumann (announcement), 1923.

Title: Drucke 1905-1922 Erich Heckel ausgestellt bei J.B. Neumann (announcement), 1923.

Announcement of an exhibition of prints by Erich Heckel containing three woodcut illustrations and a chronological listing (1906-1922) of the works exhibited.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (4 p.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/82724685 View

Heckel, Erich, 1883-1970 : [miscellaneous ephemeral material].

Title: Heckel, Erich, 1883-1970 : [miscellaneous ephemeral material].

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

ArchivalResource: 1 folder.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/199254725 View

Heckel, Erich, 1883-1970. Erich Heckel : artist file : study photographs and reproductions of works of art with accompanying documentation 1930?-1990 [graphic] [compiled by staff of The Museum of Modern Art, New York].

Title: Erich Heckel : artist file : study photographs and reproductions of works of art with accompanying documentation 1930?-1990 [graphic] [compiled by staff of The Museum of Modern Art, New York]. 1930?-1990

File of color and black and white photographs of work of art, assembled by the staff of The Museum of Modern Art in New York from the museum's establishment until 1990. Items may include full views, details, installations, etc.

ArchivalResource: 1 or more folders: ill. (some col.) ; 38 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/662615591 View

Heckel, Erich, 1883-1970. Letters, 1910-1957.

Title: Letters, 1910-1957.

The collection is arranged in chronological order and consists of: a letter, 1910 Feb. 14, from Heckel in his function as the acting manager of the Brücke to the Museum Essen, inquiring about the possibility of sending a Brücke exhibition from the Folkwang Museum, Hagen, to Essen. Letters to Martin Gosebruch, 1919-1949 include: a letter, 1919 July 8, mentioning a visit to Munich and to Franz Marc's widow and commenting on Gosebruch's purchase of Heckel's painting "Die Badende" and on the painters personal situation; a fragmentary letter, 1945 Nov. 4, detailing the fate of Heckel's friends and Heckels's paintings in various collections; three letters, 1946 April 14 and 1949, commenting on cultural tendencies and renewed exhibition activities and the public reception of these exhibitions as well as on various publication projects. Collection also includes a short statement of receipt, ca. 1956, to Fritz Schweighofer, and a letter to a Mr. Hoffmann, 1957 May 6, concerning Heckel's painting "Prerowstrom" (1911); in connection with the preparation of a catalogue raisonne the artist inquires if Hoffmann still owns the painting and if it is also painted on the verso.

ArchivalResource: 8 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/81295427 View

Wilhelm Arntz papers, 1898-1986

Title: Wilhelm Arntz papers 1898-1986

Comprehensive research collection on twentieth century art, especially German Expressionism, compiled by the art expert Wilhelm Friedrich Arntz. A vast portion of the collection consists of research files on individual artists. Of particular interest are files concerning the so-called degenerate art campaign by the Nazis and the recovery of confiscated artwork after the World war II. Extensive material documents Arntz's professional activities.

ArchivalResource: 159.0 linear feet; (295 boxes)

http://hdl.handle.net/10020/cifa840001 View

Purrmann, Hans, 1880-1966. Letters, 1953-1955.

Title: Letters, 1953-1955.

In a letter to Frau Rosin (1953 May 17), Purrmann discusses the fate of the Villa Romana in Florence and his attempts to negotiate the release of his paintings held by the Italian government. In a letter to Herr Rosin (1955 April 18), he explains why he has rejected a price awarded him by the senate of Berlin, and comments on tendencies in modern and contemporary art, mentioning Karl Schmidt-Rottluff, Erich Heckel, Max Pechstein, Otto Dix, Pablo Picasso, Werner Gilles, and Georg Meistermann.

ArchivalResource: 2 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/83459824 View

Heckel, Erich, 1883-1970. Letters sent to Wilhelm and Elisabeth Mayer, 1918-1968.

Title: Letters sent to Wilhelm and Elisabeth Mayer, 1918-1968.

31 letters, one envelope and 12 postcards from German expressionist, Erich Heckel, written between 1918 and 1958. The Mayers were art collectors and personal friends of the Heckels. Subjects include living conditions during World War I and after World War II; Heckel's attempt to acquire paintings from Charles Ensor for the Mayers and prints for himself; the Mayers' contact with Feininger; Heckel's exhibition at Franke gallery (8/29/27); Heckel's painting in France and the impact of color and light (11/11/29); Heckel's concern for his Jewish friends (in letters after 1933); his ability to work after his defamation in 1937 as a degenerate artist; Heckel's work in lithography (1/1/49); his teaching and commissions at the Karlsruhe Akademie(8/18/53).

ArchivalResource: 102 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/82773930 View

Heckel, Erich, 1883-1970. Artist file.

Title: Artist file.

ArchivalResource: 1 folder.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/243622845 View

Müller-Wulckow, Walter, 1886-1964. Walter Müller-Wulckow papers, 1918-1935.

Title: Walter Müller-Wulckow papers, 1918-1935.

Collection consists primarily of Müller-Wulkow's papers relating to the work of the sculptor, architect, engraver and painter Bernhard Hoetger. The correspondence with Hoetger and his wife Lee Hoetger documents the artist's life and work from 1919-1935. The collection also includes: Müller-Wulckow's professional correspondence concerning his efforts to promote Hoetger's work as well as two unrelated letters from Adolf Hölzel (1919), Wilhelm Wagenfeld (1929), and a postcard (post-World War II) from Erich Heckel; four letters from the Bauhaus, probably all from Walter Gropius, 1921-1924, asking for Müller-Wulckow's assistance in the school's fight against governmental attempts to cut financial aid and dissolve it as a public institution; manuscript writings about Bernhard Hoetger; a collection of printed articles and clippings on Hoetger; and 60 photographs of his architectural and sculptural projects, most notably of the "Böttcherstrasse" (1926) in Bremen.

ArchivalResource: ca. 200 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/80850168 View