H. Th. Wijdeveld graphic and architectural designs, 1919-1979.

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Wijdeveld, H. Th., 1885-1987. H. Th. Wijdeveld graphic and architectural designs, 1919-1979.

H. Th. Wijdeveld graphic and architectural designs, 1919-1979.

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Collection contains typographical designs by the Dutch architect Hendricus Theodorus Wijdeveld, in original drawings and printed examples (circa 70 items). Also included are drawings, original and reproduced, for his architectural designs (6 items). Several items, including invitations and a newspaper article, are about Wijdeveld. Examples of Wijdeveld's typographical designs include letterheads, invitations, advertisements, manifestos and prospectuses (circa 45 items). His designs for magazines are represented by layouts and printed proofs for Wendingen; a printed cover for Bouwkundig Weekblad Architectura (1927); rough designs (1924) for and 11 issues of Architectura (1922). Book designs include proof sheets for a book by J. W. Schotman (1927), and 1 printed example each of 2 books (by Albert Vogel, Albert A. Plasschaert) published by Van Loghum Staterus en Visser (1919). Architectural designs, all by Wijdeveld, include reproduced or original drawings for the following projects: display rooms for the 1925 Paris Exposition; a theater in Amsterdam, possibly the unbuilt theater at the Plantage Middenlaan, 1921; the International Werkgemeenschap Cultuurcentrum, 2 drawings dated 1954, 1959; Groot Bentveld, a plan for a new 'villa wijk' dated 1954; and a design for a house and studio, possibly for himself, dated 1958. The collection contains a few items about Wijdeveld: 2 invitations to exhibitions of his work (1953, 1967); an invitation to his 90th birthday reception and a short text set to music by his son-in-law for the occasion (1975); and an interview with Wijdeveld by Hans Vogel, published in the daily newspaper, Het Parool, 1979 February 9.

ca. .83 linear ft. (2 boxes)

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