Cincinnati Art Museum, 1946
Scope and Contents
Academic and creative materials of the New Bauhaus also known as the American School of Design, School of Design, and the Institute of Design, ca. 1937 to ca. 1955. Includes academic catalogues, class and school activities announcements, biographical materials on faculty and students. Also examples of artistic works, exhibit catalogues and announcements of student and alumni professional activities. Also essays, speeches, periodical articles, newsclippings by and about the school and its members. Some materials concern specific courses, e.g. Camouflage Course, Rehabilitation and Occupational Therapy, Summer Art Camp and Junior Workshop. Exhibit materials include catalogues from Maremont Collection, Fernand Leger, and Moholy-Nagy exhibits. Minor amounts of individual student's and students' group projects class work. Photograph series (ca. 1500 - 2000 photographs total) include 15 volumes of 4½x6" black and white images depicting completed class projects (arranged by class or medium), classroom and studio settings, and exhibitions. Another series of 8x10" photographs depict student designs and inventions, product designs; school buildings and faculty and additional exhibit installations, such as the Gebonden Kunsten federatie (GKf) graphic arts exhibit of 1954, social documentary and industrial design exhibits, and others.
Dates
- Creation: 1946
Creator
- From the Collection: Illinois Institute of Technology. Institute of Design (Organization)
Conditions Governing Access
Available for research.
Full Extent
From the Collection: 12 series (34 boxes)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Catalogue (2 copies) from exhibit hosted at Cincinnati Art Museum, ca. 1946. Per Moholy-Nagy scholar Lloyd Engelbrecht, this was the only retrospective exhibit of Moholy's work in the U. S. It was held at the Cincinnati Art Museum, but there is no mention of this in the catalogue. A small part of the exhibit traveled to the University of Kentucky (Lexington). The exhibit was sponsored by the Modern Art Society (Contemporary Art Center) which used space in the Cincinnati Art Museum for the exhibit. Time magazine (Feb. 18, 1946; p. 63) did a review of the exhibit.
Part of the Paul V. Galvin Library. University Archives and Special Collections Repository