Guide to the György Kepes Papers M1796
Collection processed by John R. Blakinger, finding aid by Franz Kunst
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Title: György Kepes papers
Creator:
Kepes, Gyorgy
Identifier/Call Number: M1796
Identifier/Call Number: 11643
Physical Description:
115 Linear Feet
(192 boxes, 2 oversize folders, 1 tube)
Date (inclusive): 1918-2010
Date (bulk): 1960-1990
Abstract: Collection contains the personal papers of artist, designer, and visual theorist György Kepes.
Physical Location: Special Collections and University Archives materials are stored offsite and must be paged 36 hours in advance.
Language of Material: While most of the collection is in English, there is also a significant amount of Hungarian text, as well as printed material
in German, Italian, Japanese, and other languages.
Conditions Governing Access
The materials are open for research use. Audio-visual materials are not available in original format, and must be reformatted
to a digital use copy. Selected video has been transferred and is available digitally.
Conditions Governing Use
While Special Collections is the owner of the physical and digital items, permission to examine collection materials is not
an authorization to publish. These materials are made available for use in research, teaching, and private study. Any transmission
or reproduction beyond that allowed by fair use requires permission from the owners of rights, heir(s) or assigns.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
This collection was purchased by Stanford University, Special Collections 2010-2012, accessions 2010-186, 2011-058, and 2012-063.
Biographical / Historical
Artist, designer, and visual theorist György Kepes was born in 1906 in Selyp, Hungary. Originally associated with Germany's
Bauhaus as a colleague of László Moholy-Nagy, he emigrated to the United States in 1937 to teach Light and Color at Moholy's
New Bauhaus (soon to be called the Institute of Design) in Chicago. In 1944, he produced
Language of Vision, a landmark book about design theory, followed by the publication of six Kepes-edited anthologies in a series called
Vision + Value as well as several other books. In addition to being a prolific painter and photographer, Kepes relentlessly explored the
various crossed paths between art and the sciences. In 1956,
The New Landscape in Art and Science, an exhibition (and later book) focused on these interests, gathering scientific imagery including x-ray, infra-red, microscope
and telescope photographs. Several original panels from this exhibition are present in the collection. Kepes began teaching
at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1947, first as an associate professor of visual design and becoming a full
professor in 1949. As the first artist-in-residence, he encouraged collaboration between artists, designers, architects, and
engineers by organizing seminars, workshops and exhibitions. In 1967 Kepes founded MIT's Center for Advanced Visual Studies
(CAVS) and was its director until 1972, retiring two years later. Kepes died in 2001 at the age of 95.
Scope and Contents
The Gyorgy Kepes collection contains manuscripts, typescripts, notes, research files, correspondence, photographs, slides
& exhibition panels, artwork, catalogues, publications, media, and other material.
Preferred Citation
[identification of item], Gyorgy Kepes papers (M1796). Dept. of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford Libraries,
Stanford, Calif.
Related Materials
The Archives of American Art holds the Gyorgy Kepes papers, 1825-1989:
http://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/gyorgy-kepes-papers-725.
The Art Institute of Chicago holds the papers of Kepes' publisher Paul Theobold: Theobald, Paul, and Company Records, 1935-1988.
http://digital-libraries.saic.edu/cdm/ref/collection/findingaids/id/14478
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Art, Modern -- 20th century.
Design.
Hungarian-Americans
Photography.
Series 1. Projects & designs 2342037
Language of Material: English.
Box 4, folder 10
Sylvania Electric and Light Mobile chronology 2341070
Scope and Contents
Chronology of Kepes's Light Mobile project, correspondence between G. Kepes and Sylvania, and two tearsheets on Sylvania products.
Box 4, folder 11
Eastman Kodak Company correspondence re: Pan Am Building project 2341072
Scope and Contents
Correspondence between G. Kepes and Eastman Kodak re: Kodak materials for Pan Am building commission.
Box 4, folder 14
Correspondence with Cyril Stanley Smith re: metals 2341078
Scope and Contents
Details use of metals with "damascus" texture.
Box 5, folder 3
Sylvania Panelescent Lighting brochure 2341089
Box 17, folder 8
Upper and Lower Falls Project 2341178
Scope and Contents
Some of the material deals with remarks Kepes made about optimum utilization of the Falls in Rochester, New York. Much of
the material is actually printed material that has appeared previously.
Box 25, folder 20
Times Square Project 2341220
1969-1973
Scope and Contents
Correspondence and printed material about Kepes' Times Square project.
Box 25, folder 21
Times Square Clippings
2341221
1973
Scope and Contents
New York Times clippings about Times Square Project, with letter to Kepes from Arnold H. Singal.
Box 25, folder 22
Tower of Light 2341222
1964
Scope and Contents
Time, Cost, Coordination Estimates from architectural firm for Tower of Light.
Box 26, folder 2
Mobile Light Mural
2341224
Scope and Contents
Typescript on the possiblity of a mobile light mural.
Box 26, folder 17
Paper scraps 2341238
Scope and Contents
Paper scraps cut in various shapes and sizes - presumably for artistic usage.
Box 27, folder 26
Red Line 2341265
Scope and Contents
Reproductions of several sheets of an abstract design.
Box 28, folder 4
Harvard Square Transit Project
2341276
1981
Scope and Contents
Plans and printed material about Kepes' installation in the Harvard Square MBTA station.
Box 28, folder 5
Invoices and Bills 2341277
1974, 1982
Scope and Contents
Bills related to exhibitions and sales.
Box 28, folder 8
Saint Mary's Cathedral, San Francisco
2341280
1971
Scope and Contents
Two copies of Architectural Record article on Saint Mary's in San Francisco from September 1971.
Box 28, folder 30
Baltimore Road Project 2341302
1974
Scope and Contents
Contains material about a proposed project for Baltimore.
Box 29, folder 4
Some Aspects of Image Generation and Manipulation for the Times Square Billboard Display System 2341313
Scope and Contents
Manuscript of a report - names on it are Michael Polatnick and Kepes. Polatnick wrote it for a class, possibly with Kepes.
Box 29, folder 6
Harvard Square 2341315
1985
Language of Material: English.
Scope and Contents
Clipping and plan about Kepes' Harvard Square stained glass wall project.
Box 30, folder 17
KLM Mural 2341349
1960
Language of Material: English.
Scope and Contents
Correspondence and other documents related to a "Mobile Light Mural" Kepes did for the KLM building.
Box 30, folder 21
Miscellaneous material 2341353
1970s-1980s
Scope and Contents
Some correspondence and a contract with the Willet Stained Glass Studio from the Harvard Square Project. One photo.
Box 38, folder 1
Proposals for the Russell Street Corridor 2341500
Scope and Contents
Document by Kepes for renewal proposals for the corridor between downtown Baltimore and Friendship (now Baltimore-Washington
International) Airport along Russell Street. Airport was renamed in 1973, so this document predates 1973.
Box 38, folder 2
San Francisco Cathedral Design Correspondence 2341501
1966-1973
Scope and Contents
Correspondence around Kepes' design of the glass in the main entrance of the St. Mary's Cathedral in San Francisco. Correspondents
include, Kepes, artchitect McSweeney, Ryan & Lee, and the Archbishop of San Francisco Joseph T. McGucken.
Box 38, folder 16
G. Sterling Chapel Window 2341513
1978
Scope and Contents
Correspondence regarding a window Kepes did for a chapel at the First and Second Church in Norfolk, Massachusetts.
Box 39, folder 1
Charles Center 2341522
1962-1969
Scope and Contents
Correspondence, drawings, photographs, all relating to the Charles Center project in Baltimore.
Box 39, folder 13
Correspondence, New York City Fountain Project 2341534
1969-1971
Box 39, folder 14
Correspondence,Times Square 2341535
1972-1973
Box 39, folder 16
Correspondence, Port Authority Panel 2341537
1972
Box 39, folder 17
Times Square Proposal 2341538
1972
Scope and Contents
Corespondence and proposal.
Box 39, folder 18
Times Square 2341539
1973-1974
Scope and Contents
Correspondence, clippings, printed material.
Box 58, folder 4
Mobile Light Mural
2341891
Scope and Contents
Photocopy of an article.
Box 58, folder 12
Mobile Light Mural 2341904
Language of Material: English.
Scope and Contents
Photocopy of a typescript.
Box 105, folder 17
Kepes published art and design 2393875
Box 105, folder 18
Advisory Board of Printing and Advertising Clinics brochure [damaged] 2393876
Language of Material: English.
Box 105, folder 19
"Illustration" pamphlet for Collins Miller & Hutchings, Inc. [damaged] 2393877
Box 105, folder 20
dust jacket galley for Roland H. Bainton's "Haunted Heretic" 2393878
Language of Material: English.
Box 190, folder 2
dust jacket galley proofs- Beacon Press etc.
Language of Material: English.
Series 2. Photographs
Language of Material: English.
2.1. Photographs by or of Kepes work 2342026
Language of Material: English.
Box 1, folder 10
Photographs by G. Kepes 2341014
Scope and Contents
3 photographs signed Gyorgy Kepes, 2 with labels. Includes 1960 "Direction-Suggestion Linear Display," 1938 "Wall Graffito"
of graffiti in Chicago, and 1940 "Motion Record."
Box 10, folder 3
Kepes negatives 2341141
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Mostly 3x4 negatives; slides, glass negative, and assorted uncut negatives in various formats.
Scope and Contents
48 negatives in envelopes with label "FROM BOX NEGATIVES PAINTING;" 7 additional negatives, 3 additional slides, 1 additional
glass negative. Negatives of works by Kepes, including documentation of paintings and stained glass, exhibition installation
shots, and negatives for light studies and photographs. 1 small b/w photograph reproducing a Kepes painting.
Box 27, folder 25
Checklist by Nathan Lerner and Lloyd C. Engelbrecht 2341264
Scope and Contents
Checklist of photographic prints by Kepes - notes that the prints were all made in 1972 and 1973, so those dates are probable.
Box 40
Glass Slides 2341714
Scope and Contents
Total of twenty-three glass lantern slides depicting Kepes' works. Originally together in a padded envelope. Individually
wrapped in protective wrappers, placed in slide box.
Box 41, folder 1-6
Dad's paintings 1989, Slides, 1997-1999, Dad's Paintings for Hungary Orig. and Dupes 2341715
1989-1999
Scope and Contents
Standard-size projection slides of Kepes' works. Originally in a plastic box with this label, all together in a padded envelope.
Box 41, folder 8
Gyorgy Kepes Paintings 2341717
Scope and Contents
Originally in a box with this label. Photographic negatives. One polaroid.
Box 41, folder 14
Gyorgy Kepes, Untitled, 6' x 6', Private Collection negative 2341723
Box 41, folder 15
Gyorgy Kepes, Untitled, 4' x 4', Private Collection negative 2341724
Box 41, folder 16
Gyorgy Kepes, Untitled, 5' x 5' Neuberger Collection of American Art, NYC negative 2341726
Box 41, folder 17
Gyorgy Kepes, Untitled, 4' x 4', National Collection of Fine Arts, Washington, D.C. negative 2341725
Box 62, folder 7
Gy. K. Paintings Prints 2341923
Scope and Contents
Originally in a box of this title. Contains not only prints, but also negatives and a few printed items.
Box 63, folder 2
Gy. K. Designs 2341925
Scope and Contents
Originally in a box of this title. Photographic prints.
Box 63, folder 5-8
Gy.K. Paintings Photographs 2341927
Scope and Contents
Originally in a box with this title. Also says "The New Landscape, 101-200," but the contents appear to be photos of paintings.
Box 67, folder 1-2
Gyorgy Kepes, Paintings, Negatives 2341939
Scope and Contents
Originally in a box with this label. Also labeled N13. Also contains slips of paper with nearly unintelligible writing that
seems to concern details of each shot. They were scattered throughout the box in no apparent order.
Box 86, folder 3
Photographs of G. Kepes Installations and Designs 2342017
Language of Material: English.
Box 86, folder 4
Paintings and photographs G. Kepes 2342018
Language of Material: English.
Box 86, folder 5
Photographs by G. Kepes 2342019
Language of Material: English.
Box 192, folder 1
Kepes photographs, two larger prints
Language of Material: English.
Scope and Contents
Two prints removed from Box 86, folders 5&6.
2.2. Slides & negatives
Language of Material: English.
Box 106, folder 1-2
Slides
c. 1970s
Language of Material: English.
Box 106, folder 3
Slides
c. 1960s-1980s
Language of Material: English.
Box 106, folder 4
Slides - Possibly Mexico
1979-04
Language of Material: English.
Box 106, folder 5
Slides - Navarro Baldeweg
1970s
Language of Material: English.
Box 106, folder 6
Slides - Misc.
Language of Material: English.
Box 106, folder 7
Slides
c. 1970s
Language of Material: English.
Box 106, folder 8
Slides - Paintings at Shows
Language of Material: English.
Box 106, folder 9
Slides
c. 1970s
Language of Material: English.
Box 106, folder 10
Slides
c. 1950s-1970s
Language of Material: English.
Box 107, folder 1-9
Slides- Misc.
Language of Material: English.
Box 108, folder 1-9
Slides- Misc.
Language of Material: English.
Box 109, folder 1-9
Slides- Misc.
Language of Material: English.
Box 110, folder 1-5
Slides- Misc.
Language of Material: English.
Box 110, folder 6-11
Negatives - Misc.
Language of Material: English.
Box 111, folder 1-4
Negatives - Misc.
Language of Material: English.
Box 111, folder 5
Negatives - Student Work
Language of Material: English.
Box 111, folder 6
Cataloged Photographs, Incomplete Sequence
Language of Material: English.
Box 111, folder 7
Negatives - BOS-BW-5
Language of Material: English.
Box 111, folder 8
Slides - Light Installation
Language of Material: English.
Box 111, folder 9
Slides
Language of Material: English.
Box 111, folder 10
Negatives, GK Paintings
Language of Material: English.
Box 111, folder 11-12
Transparencies & Negatives - Works By Kepes
Language of Material: English.
Box 112
Slides in Carousels
Language of Material: English.
Box 113
Slides in Carousels
Language of Material: English.
Box 114
Slides in Carousels
Language of Material: English.
Box 137
Glass Slides - Student Works
Language of Material: English.
Box 138
Glass Slides - Student Works, Etc.
Language of Material: English.
Box 139
Glass Slides - Misc.
Language of Material: English.
2.3. Exhibition panels 2394359
Language of Material: English.
Scope and Contents
Large mounted photographs used for exhibition. Many are on masonite boards. At some point they were numbered 1-103 (although
some numbered items that were not panels are filed elsewhere).
Box 141
Light as a Creative Medium? Kepes photograms [34 & 35]
c. 1940s
Language of Material: English.
Box 142
Light as a Creative Medium light study [30] ; Kepes photogram c. 1930s [31]
Language of Material: English.
Box 143
Light as a Creative Medium?: Kepes photo? [32] ; Kepes photogram c. 1940s [33]
Language of Material: English.
Box 144
Light as a Creative Medium?: Kepes photograph with magnetic filings [38] ; Kepes photo [39]
Language of Material: English.
Box 145
Cover of Light as Creative Medium catalog, Kepes photo [36] ; Kepes Radioshack mural [37]
Language of Material: English.
Box 146
Light as a Creative Medium or retrospective: Kepes photo with lenses [40] ; Kepes photo [41]
Language of Material: English.
Box 147
Light as a Creative Medium or retrospective: Kepes photo [44] ; Kepes photo [45]
Language of Material: English.
Box 148
Light as a Creative Medium or retrospective: Kepes photo [42] ; Kepes photo [43]
Language of Material: English.
Box 149
Language of Vision: Lichtenberg Figures / Von Hippel ; Cross-Section of Twig, 80x
Language of Material: English.
Box 150
Light as a Creative Medium?: lens distorted typography [25] ; Moholy plexi sculpture? [59]
Language of Material: English.
Box 151
Light as a Creative Medium? Kepes light photo? [61 & 62]
Language of Material: English.
Box 152
Light as a Creative Medium? Kepes light photo? [69 & 72]
Language of Material: English.
Box 153
Light as a Creative Medium? Kepes photo liquid forms? [60] ; ICA Boston retrospective? Kepes photo [68]
Language of Material: English.
Box 154
ICA Boston retrospective? Kepes photo [70 & 71]
Language of Material: English.
Box 155
Light as a Creative Medium? possible Kepes photos [58 & 63]
Language of Material: English.
Box 156
Marked ICA/K 34, Kepes photo with magnetic filings [74]
Language of Material: English.
Box 157
Light as a Creative Medium? Kepes photogram c. 1930s [29]
Language of Material: English.
Box 158
Marked ICA/K 32 Kepes photo [64]
Language of Material: English.
Box 159
Marked ICA/K 32 Kepes photo [66]
Language of Material: English.
Box 160
Kepes photo with water drops [48] ; Urban Form Architectural Light exhibition panel. Fred Stone Reprographics [49] ; repeat
of exhibition panel from Urban Form and Artificial Light. Fred Stone Reprographics [52] ; Kepes photo light reflections. Fred
Stone Reprographics [56]
Language of Material: English.
Box 161
ICA Boston retrospective, possibly GK design for Bauhaus exhibition [26] ; Kepes photo; water and screen. Fred Stone Reprographics
[54] ; Otto Piene posters/fliers. Fred Stone Reprographics [57] ; ICA Boston retrospective? installation shot of Kepes design
of UNESCO exhibition on housing c. 1948? [67]
Language of Material: English.
Box 162
Kepes photos, Fred Stone Reprographics [50, 51, 55] ; work by Harold Tovish [53]
Language of Material: English.
Box 163
ICA Boston retrospective?: Kepes clock for daughter [27] ; Kepes daughter jumping [28] ; CAVS work by Harold Tovish. Fred
Stone Reprographics [46] ; Kepes screen photo, from Light as Creative Medium exhibition cover. Fred Stone Reprographics [47]
Language of Material: English.
Box 164
Marked ICA/K 39, Kepes photo [65]
Language of Material: English.
Box 165
ICA Boston retrospective probably Kepes photos. Punched holes, marked ICA [89, 90, 99, 101]
Language of Material: English.
Box 166
Boston aerial view, Fred Stone Reprographics [96] ; Kepes photo? Fred Stone Reprographics [97] ; Kepes photo (many copies
of this image on various panels). Fred Stone Reprographics [98]
Language of Material: English.
Box 167
Kepes photo raindrops [75] ; Kepes photo light pattern [76] ; ICA Boston retrospective, Kepes photos, 4 punched holes, marked
ICA [80 & 84]
Language of Material: English.
Box 168
ICA Boston retrospective, Kepes high speed photo, Two punched holes, marked ICA [85] ; photo of splashing water. Two punched
holes, marked ICA [86] ; dauKepes high speed photo. Two punched holes, marked ICA [87]
Language of Material: English.
Box 169
ICA Boston retrospective?: Kepes photo daughters face? [73] ; Kepes high speed photo. Fred Stone Reprographics [77] ; Kepes
daughter in house. Punched holes, marked ICA [78] ; Kepes stroboscopic photo, Punched holes, marked ICA [79]
Language of Material: English.
Box 170
ICA Boston retrospective?: Kepes photo, 4 punched holes, marked ICA [81] ; Kepes photo, 2 punched holes [82] ; installation
shot of Painter and the City, MIT Hayden Gallery 1950, design by Kepes. Punched holes, marked ICA [83] ; CAVS, Harold Tovish
reproduction, Fred Stone Reprographics [88]
Language of Material: English.
Box 171
ICA Boston retrospective?: Kepes photo, four punched holes, marked ICA [91] ; installation shot of Art of United Nations,
at Art Institute Chicago, designed and curated by Kepes, c. 1944. Punched holes, marked ICA [100] ; installation shot of possibile
New Bauhaus exhibition at MOMA possibly designed by Kepes. Punched holes, marked ICA [103]
Language of Material: English.
Box 172
New Landscape in Art and Science [11]
1951
Language of Material: English.
Box 173
New Landscape in Art and Science [14]
1951
Language of Material: English.
Box 174
New Landscape in Art and Science, tongue of deer [15]
1951
Language of Material: English.
Box 175
Explorations: Wen-Ying Tsai, Cybernetic Sculpture [2] ; Ted Kraynik, Video Luminar [3]
1970
Language of Material: English.
Box 176
Explorations, Wen-Ying Tsai, Cybernetic Sculpture [6] ; CAVS Mauricio Bueno, Environmental Ecology Tower [7]
1970
Language of Material: English.
Box 177
New Landscape in Art and Science, Lichtenberg 1951 [19] ; CAVS Peine, Environmental Pageantry [20]
Language of Material: English.
Box 178
New Landscape in Art and Science, "eutectic" compounds [23 & 24]
1951
Language of Material: English.
Box 179
CAVS David Curt Morris, Light Cage [21] ; New Landscape in Art and Science, 1951 [22]
Language of Material: English.
Box 180
New Landscape in Art and Science, Lichtenberg figure [12]
1951
Language of Material: English.
Box 181
New Landscape in Art and Science [17 & 18]
1951
Language of Material: English.
Box 182
CAVS?: Hiroo Kurano, student work [4] ; Michio Ihara, Light Tower [5]
Language of Material: English.
Box 183
New Landscape in Art and Science [16]
1951
Language of Material: English.
Box 184
New Landscape in Art and Science [1]
1951
Language of Material: English.
Box 185
Explorations: installation shot [10] ; Stan Vanderbeek computer graphic [13]
1970
Language of Material: English.
Box 186
CAVS Kepes, Light walls for Boston Harbor [8 & 9]
Language of Material: English.
2.4. Miscellaneous photographs, slides, negatives 2342027
Language of Material: English.
Scope and Contents
Mostly scientific images and paintings. Some or all are produced by Kepes or used in projects.
Box 1, folder 3
Typography photographs 2341006
Scope and Contents
5 photographs of typography and writing systems.
Box 1, folder 4
Unlabeled negatives 2341007
Scope and Contents
Box of 130 negatives for reproduction in various Kepes publications but also other miscellaneous negatives. Note: images are
not necessarily from Kepes's "Language of Vision" despite typed label on original Kodak photo box. Includes for example a
negative of a New York Times Book Review article on Kepes's Vision + Value Series by Roger Jellinek. Some negatives include
handwritten captions or citations on note, envelope, or negative; most reproduce images from other publications and include
original text or caption copy in negative. Masking applied to some negatives in preparation for printing. Images include Balla
painting, Futurist topography, Georges Seurat painting, diagrams from art and design textbooks, movement diagrams, Soviet
posters, installation shot of design exhibition, and many others. Includes duplicates.
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Most 3x4 and 4x5; some smaller. Most contained in individual wax paper or manila envelopes.
Box 1, folder 5
Street signage photographs 2341009
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Approx. 9 x 10 and 9 x 9 black and white silver gelatin prints.
Scope and Contents
3 photographs of American street signage; 2 specifically credited to Standard Oil Company.
Box 1, folder 6
Photographs of works by Frank Stella and Kenneth Noland 2341010
Scope and Contents
4 photographs of artworks, one catalog or journal tearsheet with Frank Stella lithograph marked.
Box 1, folder 7
Scientific photographs 2341011
Scope and Contents
19 photographs of patterns found in science. Image probably relate to or were published in The New Landscape in Art and Science
or other Kepes publications. Includes radiograph, "fluid mapper pattern," Lissajous figures, Bell Telephone Laboratory diagram,
and similar images.
Box 1, folder 8
KINSYN Laserphoto 2341012
1973
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
4 x 5 black and white glossy silver gelatin prints.
Scope and Contents
July 1973 "MIT Reports on Research" newsletter with article on KINSYN computer system and Laserphoto images, and 10 photographs
of Laserphoto output.
Box 1, folder 9
P. Xagozazis Hewlett-Packard plotter photographs 2341013
Scope and Contents
4 photographs showing patterns produced by P. Xagozazis on Hewlett-Packard 9810A and 11215A plotters. Includes 3 unidentified
small photographs found in sleeve with other images.
Box 1, folder 11
Ceramics and pottery photographs 2341015
Scope and Contents
2 photographs of pottery from Peabody Museum, Harvard University.
Box 1, folder 12
Miscellaneous photographs from 1960s and 1970s 2341016
Scope and Contents
5 photographs identified from 1960s, including student work from M.I.T. Visual Design Course and Light and Color Course, photograph
of exhibition poster for show at the Hayden Gallery in 1973 for MIT CAVS fellow Friedrich St. Florian, and still from Stan
Vanderbeek film.
Box 1, folder 13
Photographs of architectural diagrams, perspective diagrams, visual illusions, and human anatomy 2341024
Scope and Contents
27 photographs, mostly unlabeled, of architectural diagrams, visual and optical illusions, human anatomy diagrams, images
illustrating perspectival systems, and Gestalt psychology diagrams. Includes one additional tearsheet from catalog or journal
of 1922 L. Peri linoleum cut.
Box 1, folder 14
Exhibition installation shots 2341025
Scope and Contents
2 photographs showing The Family of Man at the Museum of Modern Art and a December 1946 Mondrian exhibition.
Box 1, folder 15
Design photographs 2341026
Scope and Contents
3 photographs including an Olivetti typewriter, a Paul Rand cover design for "Origins of Modern Sculpture" by W.R. Valentiner,
and a dapping die from the Museum of Modern Art.
Box 1, folder 16
Engineering photographs 2341027
Scope and Contents
2 photographs include an American Airlines aircraft and the interior of the National Linear Accelerator.
Box 1, folder 17
photographs of Cubist, futurist, and collage works
2341028
Scope and Contents
7 photographs of works by Pablo Picasso, Balla, Robert Delaunay, Juan Gris, and Schwitters.
Box 1, folder 18
photographs of Impressionist and post-Impressionist works
2341029
Scope and Contents
4 photographs of works by Claude Monet, Cezanne, Gauguin, and Matisse.
Box 1, folder 19
Julius Shulman photographs of Richard Neutra houses
2341030
Scope and Contents
2 photographs by Julius Shulman of homes designed by Richard Neutra.
Box 1, folder 20
photographs of Russian avant-garde works
2341031
Scope and Contents
5 photographs of works by El Lissitzky and others.
Box 1, folder 21
Signed Edmund Teske photograph 2341032
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
4 x 6 black and white silver gelatin print, signed in blue pencil on back.
Scope and Contents
Photograph of St. Louis Fish Market storefront
Box 1, folder 22
Saul Bass graphic design stills 2341033
Scope and Contents
3 photographs depicting Saul Bass graphic design for film, including the intro sequence to Psycho.
Box 1, folder 23
Unidentified and unlabeled photographs 2341034
Scope and Contents
21 photographs with no labels.
Box 1, folder 24
Miscellaneous photographs 2341035
Scope and Contents
31 photographs of works by Laszlo Moholy-Nagy, Louise Nevelson, Oskar Kokoschka, Ambrozio Lorenzetti, Whistler, Turner, Alberto
Giacometti, Joan Miro, Jean Dubuffet, Fritz Glarner, Richard Lohse, Toshihiro Katayama, Francis Haar, Eduardo Chillida, Marcel
Duchamp, Viking Eggeling, Herbert Bayer, and others. Includes two postcards from the British Museum.
Box 2, folder 1
Miscellaneous photographs 1 2341037
Scope and Contents
42 photographs of works by Jean Arp, Rodchenko, Marcel Duchamp, Poussin, Malevich, Giacometti, and others. Photographs of
an Underwood typewriter, neolithic cave drawings, MIT course photograph; also includes 6 Gestalt diagrams printed directly
on card stock. Note: images are not necessarily from a particular publication despite box labels.
Box 2, folder 2
Miscellaneous photographs 2 2341038
Scope and Contents
47 photographs of works by Mondrian, Sesshu, El Lissitizy, Braque, Picasso, Harold Edgerton, Vasarely, Maya Deren film still,
Douglas Davis videotape stIlls, etc. Includes unlabeled series of photographs depicting skyscrapers and lights by Fritz Hinkle,
copy of report titled "Pattern Recognition Techniques Suggested from Psychological Correlates of a Model of the Human Visual
System" by Arthur P. Ginsburg of the USAF, published in NAECON and dated 1973, along with 6 photographs of images included
in report. Also includes photographs of works from the MIT Visual Design Course, tearsheet of El Lissitizy reproductions,
3 postcards from the British Museum.
Box 2, folder 3
Miscellaneous photographs 3 2341039
Scope and Contents
30 photographs of works by Saul Bass, Franz Kline, a Mesopotamian clay tablet, Miro, Kirchner, Braque, Kepes, Mohly-Nagy,
and others. Includes 4 cutouts of reproduced typographic works.
Box 2, folder 4
Miscellaneous photographs 4 2341040
Scope and Contents
28 photographs of works by Marcel Breuer, Picasso, Michael A. Noll, Juan Gris, Giovanni Di Paolo, Jarusan Boghosian, Kandinsky,
Herbert Bayer, Stefan Lorant, Albers, Noguchi, Rembrandt, and others. Also photos of an integrated circuit and projectiles.
Includes a postcard invitation to an exhibition at the Institute of Contemporary Art Boston with a computer drawing on front
and 4 museum postcards, and 1 Gestalt drawing on paper.
Box 2, folder 5
Miscellaneous photographs 5 2341041
Scope and Contents
62 photographs of works by Piotr Kowalski, Mondrian, Saul Bass film stills, Burgoyne Diller, William Blake, Durer, Le Corbusier,
Jean Otth videotape stills, and others. Includes photographs of a Chinese ceremonial blade, typewriters, an aerial view of
Earth, a Native American bowl with insect design. Also includes unsigned photograph possibly by Kepes titled "Light Tapestry"
and dated 1939-1940 with attached handwritten note, and a second photograph signed by Kepes titled "Light Study of Rhytm [sic]"
and dated 1949, with similar untitled and unsigned photograph.
Box 2, folder 6
Miscellaneous photographs 6 2341042
Scope and Contents
38 photographs of works by Nam June Paik, Oskar Kokoschka, Raffael, Harold Walter, Jason Seley, Chardin, Jean Otth, Lissitzky,
Sophie Tauber-Arp, and others. Possible original photograph by Aaron Siskind. Photos from Standard Oil Company. Ansel Adams
photograph of IBM computer magnetic core storage elements, and 3 postcards of the Rosetta Stone from the British Museum.
Box 2, folder 7
Miscellaneous photographs 7 2341043
Scope and Contents
36 photographs of works by Lissitzky, Jean Otth video still, Allan D'Arcangelo, Giocometti, Harold Cohen, Skidmore, Owings
& Merrill, Heinz Gravenort, Jean Arp, Robert Mallary . Pamphlet on Harold Cohen exhibition and his computer drawings. Possible
original photographs by Nathan Lerner with related handwritten note on paper, by Fritz Heinkle (?), by G. Kepes (photogram
signed and dated 1946), by Hein Gravenhorst, and by Philip Thiel. Exhibition invitation to George Rickey at Staempfli Gallery
dated 1967. 2 Gestalt drawings on paper. Photographs from Standard Oil Company.
Box 3, folder 11
Description of x-ray photograph of the solar corona 2341054
1973
Scope and Contents
Description of first x-ray photograph of the solar corona taken from Skylab on May 28, 1973; photograph not included.
Box 7, folder 4-6
Environmental Forms 2341105
Scope and Contents
115 photographs of works by Hans Haacke, Isamu Noguchi, Nam June Paik, Lila Katzen, Geny Dignac, and others.
Box 9, folder 11
Miscellaneous photographs 1/2 2341137
Scope and Contents
54 photographs. Includes images of works by Stan Vanderbeek and Moholy-Nagy; photographs of Parque Guell in Barcelona; many
photographs by Nishan Bichajian for the Center for Advanced Visual Study, MIT; and others by Ugo Mulas and by August Fry.
1 scientific image of diamond minerals and two unidentified color photographs.
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Mostly 8x10 b/w glossy silver gelatin prints; some smaller formats; 2 8x10 color photographs.
Box 9, folder 12
Miscellaneous photographs 2/2 2341138
Scope and Contents
61 photographs. Includes images of Virgin and St. John sculpture by Van der Weyden, of a "prototype of prefab electric transformer"
dated 1969, of work by Simon Nicholson, of works by Erwin Hauer dated through 1960s to 1968, and of work by Stan Vanderbeek;
photographs of Parque Guell in Barcelona; many photographs by Nishan Bichajian for the Center for Advanced Visual Study, MIT;
one photograph stamped "Charles Eames."
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Mostly 8x10 b/w glossy silver gelatin prints; some smaller formats.
Box 10, folder 1
Diagrams 1/2 2341139
Scope and Contents
20 photographs and 2 paper collage constructions. Photographs by James Lee Byars, Carlotta M. Corpron, and Hua Li; of a painting
by Victor Vasarely, Most photographs of contrast and visual diagrams and related paper cutout constructions. Possible photograms
by G. Kepes.
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Mostly 8x10 b/w glossy silver gelatin prints; some smaller formats; works on paper.
Box 10, folder 2
Diagrams 2/2 2341140
Scope and Contents
26 photographs and 3 acetate collage of moire patterns and 1 line drawing on tracing paper. Photographs from General Electric,
by Gordon N Converse, James H. Brown, and Masayuki Nagare, and of works by Michael Gelick (signed by Kepes?) and by Fritz
Glarner. 1 electron microscope image and 1 photograph of student work by D. Jesson at MIT. Many photographs of contrast and
visual diagrams of paper cutout constructions.
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Mostly 8x10 b/w glossy silver gelatin prints; some smaller formats; acetate collages.
Box 10, folder 4
Negatives 2341142
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Mostly 3x4 negatives; slides and assorted uncut negatives in various formats.
Scope and Contents
25 negatives in envelopes; assorted additional negatives including: 11 in envelopes, 2 slides, 2 uncut 33mm strip, 13 additional
negatives, many uncut. Negatives of miscellaneous and various works; many unidentified. Also includes 1 small photograph.
Box 11, folder 1-3, Box 10, folder 5-7
Archeological photographs 2341143
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Mostly 8x10 b/w glossy silver gelatin prints but also various smaller sizes.
Scope and Contents
50 photographs of pottery and ceramics, archeological and architectural sites, stone carvings, masks, textiles, and other
material. Includes works from the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Peabody Museum at Harvard, Seattle Art Museum, Museum of Fine
Arts Boston, and many unlabeled photos. Also includes tearsheet from "Illustrated London News" dated 9/1/1923, postcard addressed
to "Mr. and Mrs. Gyorgy Kepes."
Box 12, folder 2
Photographic panels 2341145
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
8x10 b/w photos on panels; 1 smaller panel.
Scope and Contents
16 photographs on panels showing Boston at different times of day, as well as city lights and a student project from M.I.T.
visual design course.
Box 27, folder 32
Photographs 1972 and undated
2341271
Scope and Contents
Photography of Leif Brush's art work Meadow Piano for an exhibition at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 1972
and an undated, unidentified photographic print of an abstract art work. Photograph has been torn.
Box 30, folder 13
Photographs 1965, undated
2341345
Scope and Contents
Three photographs - one is unsigned, but is of a General Electric lamp. The other two are oceanographic photographs by Edwin
S. Boatman.
Box 41, folder 7
Photo Album 2341716
Scope and Contents
Originally in a photo album with the words "Photo Album" printed on front. Transferred to acid-free sleeves. Photos are standard-size
snapshots, primarily of artworks.
Box 41, folder 9
Kepes Slides & Negatives of painting, design, etc. 2341718
Scope and Contents
Appears to only be negatives.
Box 41, folder 10
Negatives and photos 2341719
Scope and Contents
Originally in an unlabeled folder.
Box 41, folder 11
Elank Budapest 2341720
Scope and Contents
One negative.
Box 41, folder 12
Gyorgy Kepes Negatives 2341721
Box 41, folder 13
Strips of negatives of photos of people 2341722
Box 41, folder 18
Negatives 2341727
Scope and Contents
Originally in an unlabeled box together. Most of the negatives in cardboard mats.
Box 41, folder 19-21
Slides, Negatives, Prints 2341728
1987, 1993
Scope and Contents
Originally in an unlabeled box together. Most of the negatives in cardboard mats. Slides in sleeves together were originally
grouped together.
Box 41, folder 22
Photographic prints and negatives 2341729
Scope and Contents
Originally in an envelope together.
Box 41, folder 23
Negatives and slides 2341730
Scope and Contents
Originally in an envelope together.
Box 48, folder 6
Photos 2341821
Scope and Contents
Photographs of people and artworks. Include varying sizes and formats. Small number of negatives. All originally in a smaller
box together.
Box 48, folder 7
Scidenberg [Seidenberg?] Exhibition 2341822
1983-10-08
Scope and Contents
Photographs of people and artworks. Originally in an envelope of this title.
Box 48, folder 8
Das Neue Russland photos 2341823
Scope and Contents
Photographs of the covers of a journal entitled Das Neue Russland from 1930-1931.
Box 48, folder 9
Photos, 1965-1966, undated
2341824
Scope and Contents
Bulk undated. Photos of artworks and installation of artworks. At least some of the photos are from a 1965-6 exhibition at
Harvard entitled "Light as a Creative Medium."
Box 48, folder 10
Photos 2341825
1939-1943
Scope and Contents
Photos of artworks. Originally in an envelope labeled "Kepes photo material negs prints etc" together. Only prints.
Box 48, folder 11
Photos 2341826
Scope and Contents
Includes thumbnail photos glued to sheets of paper as well as standalone prints.
Box 48, folder 14
Photos 2341829
Scope and Contents
Originally from an unlabeled photo album. Appears to be photos of a party celebrating a stained glass window of some sort.
People and artwork.
Box 48, folder 16
Negatives 2341835
1937-1960
Scope and Contents
Also contains prints.
Box 48, folder 17
Negatives 2341836
1968
Scope and Contents
The negatives appear to concern the Milan Triennale in 1968, Light Corridor, and Programmed Lights.
Box 48, folder 19
Negatives and prints 2341838
Box 48, folder 20
Nature details 2341839
Scope and Contents
Originally in an envelope of this title. Negatives. Envelope also reads: "Cracked Wall. Water (strobo), Stones, pebbles."
Box 49, folder 1
Photos 2341847
Scope and Contents
Photos are of art works as well as landmarks around the world. Half the photos are large-format, and have been placed in a
flat box.
Box 49, folder 2
Negative, oversize 2341848
Box 59, folder 1
PH2 2341910
Scope and Contents
Photographic prints. Originally in a box of this title. Larger format items.
Box 49, folder 2
Kepes portraits 2341911
1977-1988
Scope and Contents
Contains "Photos + Contacts of Dad by Bela Kalman" and other photos of Kepes, his house, studio and family. Dates are approximate.
Box 61, folder 4-8
Photographs 2341916
Scope and Contents
Photos originally in a box labeled I.1. Miscellaneous photographs.
Box 61, folder 9
Kowelski [?] Half Photos 2341917
Box 61, folder 10-11
Photographs 2341918
Scope and Contents
Originally in an unlabeled box. Photos appear to be of artworks ranging from the 1930s to the 1970s, but the prints themselves
are undated.
Box 62, folder 1-3
Photographs 2341919
Scope and Contents
Originally in a box labeled I.1. Miscellaneous photographs.
Box 62, folder 5
Photographs 2341921
Scope and Contents
Originally in a box entitled "Publicitly Documents." Photographic prints.
Box 62, folder 6
Photographs 2341922
Scope and Contents
Originally in a box labeled I.-5. Photographic prints.
Box 63, folder 1
Photographs 2341924
1973
Scope and Contents
Originally in a box labeled I-12. Photographic prints of artworks.
Box 64, folder 1-3
Photographs 2341928
Scope and Contents
Originally in a box labeled both I-11 and Negatives, Paintings, Design, etc. Contains photographs of works of art.
Box 64, folder 4-6
Unsorted Negatives 2341929
Scope and Contents
Originally in a box of this label. Also contains a few photographic prints.
Box 65, folder 1-3
Photos and Negatives 2341930
Scope and Contents
Originally in a box labeled N9. Contains negatives, prints, and contact sheets.
Box 65, folder 4
Negatives 2341931
Scope and Contents
Originally in a box labeled N8.
Box 65, folder 6
Kepes 1 Dev&c 3.50
2341933
Scope and Contents
Contains photographic prints and negatives.
Box 65, folder 7
Orig. Negs. - Valuable 2341934
Scope and Contents
Originally in a folder of this title. Negatives.
Box 65, folder 8
Negatives 2341935
Scope and Contents
Originally in a box labeled N4. Also contains slips of paper with nearly unintelligible writing that seems to concern details
of each shot. They were scattered throughout the box in no apparent order.
Box 65, folder 9
G.K. Flash Lights 2341936
Scope and Contents
Also labeled N3. Negatives, slides, photographic prints.
Box 66, folder 1-2
Slides 2341937
Scope and Contents
Originally in a box labeled N2. 8x11 clear plastic slides that seem to have been painted on (paint is flaking off) with black
paint. Possibly they were printed with ink, instead.
Box 66, folder 3
Negatives 2341938
Scope and Contents
Originally in a box with this label. Also labeled N1.
Box 67, folder 4-5
Negatives 2341941
Scope and Contents
Originally in an envelope labeled N15. Negatives, also contains three slides.
Box 86, folder 2
Photographs : Aerial Views and Interior Design 2342016
Language of Material: English.
Box 86, folder 6
Miscellaneous photos 2342020
Language of Material: English.
Box 87
Slides 2342021
Scope and Contents
Miscellaneous slides stacked in a box completely random with the occasional general description such as, but not limited to:
19th/ 20th century "Light", New Landscape, Color, Light Book, G. Kepes Paintings, etc.
Box 88
Slides 2342022
Scope and Contents
Miscellaneous slides stacked in a box completely random with the occasional general description such as, but not limited to:
19th/ 20th century "Light", New Landscape, Color, Light Book, G. Kepes Paintings, etc.
Box 89
Slides 2342023
Scope and Contents
Miscellaneous slides stacked in a box completely random with the occasional general description such as, but not limited to:
19th/ 20th century "Light", New Landscape, Color, Light Book, G. Kepes Paintings, etc.
Box 26, folder 9
Photographs 2341230
Scope and Contents
Photographs of skematic diagrams of works of art.
Box 115, folder 1
Photographs of Kepes
Language of Material: English.
Box 115, folder 2-3
Photographs, Kepes Paintings
Language of Material: English.
Box 115, folder 4
Photographs, other artists and art
Language of Material: English.
Box 115, folder 5
Kepes exhibitions
Language of Material: English.
Box 115, folder 6
Kepes installations
Language of Material: English.
Box 115, folder 7
Photograms, etc.
Language of Material: English.
Box 115, folder 8
Loose prints, science, etc.
Language of Material: English.
Box 115, folder 9-11
New Landscape 401-454 "Extra copies of illustrations"
Language of Material: English.
Box 115, folder 12-15
Misc. prints, were rolled
Language of Material: English.
Box 116, folder 1-10
Misc. prints, were rolled
Language of Material: English.
Box 116, folder 11-14
New Landscape - "Discarded photos"
Language of Material: English.
Box 116, folder 15
Misc. Photos
Language of Material: English.
Box 117, folder 1-2
Oversize prints
Language of Material: English.
Series 3: Books
Language of Material: English.
3.1. Book correspondence, etc. 2342031
Language of Material: English.
Box 3, folder 5
Various permissions invoices and cancelled checks 2341048
Box 3, folder 10
Miscellaneous permissions 2341053
Scope and Contents
Permissions letters from ALCOA, George Kostritsky, Charles L. Kuhn and others and regarding MIT Press edition of Language
of Vision, Japanese edition of The New Landscape, and miscellaneous publications.
Box 51, folder 1
Sales Reports Invoices
2341862
1962-1973
Scope and Contents
Reports from the publisher on sales of various of Kepes' books.
Box 51, folder 3
G. Berlin, Language of Vision, The New Landscape 2341864
1957-1967
Language of Material: English.
Scope and Contents
Correspondence relating to publication issues surrounding Language of Vision and The New Landscape.
Box 51, folder 4
Sales Reports 2341865
1947-1973
Scope and Contents
Mostly sales reports on The Language of Vision and The New Landscape. Also contains a small amount of correspondence about
possible legal action by Kepes against Paul Theobauld Co.
Box 51, folder 8
Correspondence related to Language of Vision & The New Landscape 2341869
Language of Material: English.
Scope and Contents
Letters among Kepes and lawyers about legal trouble with Paul Theobald & Company.
Box 51, folder 12
Paul Theobald 2341873
1946-1957
Scope and Contents
Contracts and correspondence.
Box 193, folder 1
Paul Theobald correspondence
1946-1982
Language of Material: English.
Scope and Contents
Sales reports, payments and correspondence relating to publication issues surrounding Language of Vision and The New Landscape.
The correspondence detail legal trouble with Paul Theobald & Company.
3.2. Light book 2342029
Language of Material: English.
Box 6, folder 1-6
Light notes 2341096
Physical Description: 6 folder(s)
Scope and Contents
Light notes. In pen on paper; with drawings. Includes outlines for Light Book, various ideas for or about teaching exercises,
notes on specific art works or buildings, and miscellaneous notes on light and the Light Book. Notes in original order but
folders divide arbitrarily.
Box 83, folder 1-5
Light Book Notes 2342012
Scope and Contents
Also completed chapters.
Box 4, folder 1
Light Book Notes, Symbolic Aspect
2341057
Scope and Contents
Includes undated and untitled typescript and many pages of notes in pencil and in original order; many pages labeled with
"intrinsic symbol." Themes include urbanism, cities, and the definition of symbol.
Box 4, folder 2
Light Book Notes 1/6 2341058
1964
Scope and Contents
Typescripts titled "Light and Color" and dated 11/5/64 and 11/17/64, handwritten notes on "modulation" and "light modulation,"
"figure - ground," "randomness," "visual fundamentals," "light," "education of vision," "light source," "light window," "lighting
design," "aesthetic factors," "The new landscape," "light duration," "light + space," "light information," and various other
topics related to light. Includes drawings.
Box 4, folder 3
Light Book Notes 2/6 2341059
1967
Scope and Contents
Typed page dated 3/29/67 on "color," handwritten notes on "light space," "light color," "light motion," "light modulation,"
"modelling," "Education of vision -- light environment," "sender, transmitter, receiver," "light modulation scale," "light
terminology," "light science," "light general," "color of light," and various other topics related to light. Includes drawings.
Includes typed Charles Bunn quotation on diamonds.
Box 4, folder 4
Light Book Notes 3/6 2341060
1964
Scope and Contents
Typescript titled "Light and Color" dated 12/15/64, handwritten notes on "city," "Eduction of vision standardization conventionalization
of forms," "most important epistemological problems," "light + shadow," "challenge for change," "mobile light sources," "scheme,"
"projected light," "light space," "what color can do," and various other notes relating to light. New York Times newspaper
clippings titled "Glare Is Eliminated by New Plastic Lens" and "Scientists Weigh Astronaut Mystery," and article titled "The
Leonid meteors" from The Listener. Typed page on student work, M.I.T Visual Design Course. Four untitled typescripts and two
miscellaneous typed pages.
Box 4, folder 5
Light Book Notes 4/6 2341061
1967
Scope and Contents
Partial typescript on "light messages. Handwritten notes on "stage lighting," "light optical echo," "information figure-ground,"
"light motion change," "geometry-fluidity," "architectural use," "figure ground role of contrast," "light + form," "surface
modulation," "light information, communication," "light reflection (scale)," "figure-ground formation/information," "Rules
of the Game," and other notes on light. Pamphlet on color charts, two pages of typed grant proposal or application. 1 miscellaneous
typed sheet. Typed manuscript titled "LIGHT" dated 2/16/67.
Box 4, folder 6
Light Book Notes 5/6 2341062
Scope and Contents
Handwritten notes on "color," "history of color use," "education of vision - unity of opposites," "light illlumination direction,"
"light technology," "light technology stage," "New light technology," "light sources," and various other notes relating to
light. Typed agenda for "Vision, Brightness, and Design" seminar, 9/23-24/1953. Miscellaneous typed pages. Single page from
Kepes's "The Visual Arts and the Sciences" article printed in Daedalus.
Box 4, folder 7
Light Book Notes 6/6 2341063
Scope and Contents
Typescript on "Light and Color Tools (2)" dated 11/3/64, Handwritten notes on "light-mythology," "light modulation," "light
color," "light science," 'light + shadow." Includes miscellaneous typed sheets. Letter from Mrs. Karl T. Compton and Boston
Council for International Visitors, letter to Julie Kepes re: print exhibition at Wake Forest College, typed assignment for
"ADVANCED VISUAL DESIGN" by J.J. Schiffer, typescript on stained glass by Robert P. Breading.
Box 77, folder 4-5
Light Book Text 2342003
Scope and Contents
G. Kepes miscellaneous notes.
Box 61, folder 1-3
Light Book, Requests For Permission 2341915
Scope and Contents
Photographic prints.
Box 3, folder 6
Light Book permissions
2341049
Scope and Contents
Note: These permissions letters do not correspond to the original box label. Dated c. 1962 and c. 1967. Permissions reference
a book or project called "Light Book" or "Light as a Creative Medium."
Box 5, folder 7
Light Book permissions 1 2341093
Scope and Contents
Permissions for Light Book (identified also as Light as a Creative Medium). Includes correspondence with Ben F. Laposky, Gottfried
Jager, the New York Times, US Department of Commerce, Jasia Reichardt, National Geographic Magazine, U.S. Weather Bureau,
Andreas Feininger, Aero Service Corporation, Dan Flavin, Lucia Moholy, numerous museums and galleries, and others.
Box 5, folder 8
Light Book permissions 2 2341094
Scope and Contents
Permissions for Light Book (identified also as Light as a Creative Medium). Includes correspondence with United Press International,
USIA, Jasia Reichardt, Alvar Aalto, Dan Flavin, numerous museums and galleries, and others. Also includes attached transcript
of lecture given by James R. Johnson at Harvard University.
Box 5, folder 9
Light Book permissions 3 2341095
Scope and Contents
Permissions for Light Book (identified also as Light as a Creative Medium). Also includes 2 photographs of Ludwig Herschfeld-Mack,
CV for Pierre Cordier, and American Lighting Corporation brochure titled "The Lighting of a Great Museum" on lighting the
Guggenheim Museum.
Box 15, folder 8
Light Book photographs correspondence 2341152
Scope and Contents
2 letters regarding photographs acquired from the Envionmental Science Services Administration and from American Airlines.
Box 74, folder 1-3
Light Book photographs correspondence 2341987
Scope and Contents
Correspondence to Kepes from various professionals.
Box 15, folder 9
Light Book photographs checklist 2341153
3.3. Light Book photographs [as labeled] 2341943
Language of Material: English.
Box 70, folder 7
3D Geometric Art 2341964
Scope and Contents
18 photographs: 16 photos of exhibition at MOMA in Amsterdam, 2 photos of Bordeaux Pyramid.
Box 68, folder 6
Allan Stone Artwork 2341948
Scope and Contents
Photography of Allan Stone Artwork from the collection of Nelson Rockefeller: 3 pictures.
Box 75, folder 1
Ancient Pieces 2341991
Scope and Contents
15 photographs: Neolithic Flint Dagger, Giacometti, art on tree bark, Satin piece with pattern- Japanese 18th/19th century,
Amphora from Cypress, Large Pottery form Peru (Incan), 2 photos egyptian pottery, Babylonian Drawing on clay, 6 photos of
ancient art.
Box 68, folder 9
Architecture 2341951
Scope and Contents
10 Photographs of Different types Architectural design: House in Angkor Cambodia, House in Tokyo City, The Five Towers near
Mexico City, 2 photos of the Rockefeller Center, Random building with palm tree, Monastery of Longovarda at the Island of
Paros, cityscape of San Giminango- Italy, Rural Church near West Burke- Vermont, Church of the Virgin Alenkantra- Mykonos.
Box 69, folder 7
Architecture 2341959
Scope and Contents
8 pictures: " The Stone Garden" and "Arrow Wheel"(x3) and "Cross Beams"- by Masayuki Nagare, Mayan Achitecture- Yucatan Peninsula,
3 undescribed.
Box 70, folder 2-4
Architecture 2341961
Scope and Contents
15 photographs: postcard of Notre Dame Chapel, Island of Paros buildings (x2), Island of Hydros building (x3), Wooden structure
at University of Caracas, St. John's Baptistry door "Charitas" and "Aides", Rameswaram Temple (x2), Katzura Wantanabe #25,
#20 and #7, Tokonoma of Nijo-Jinya, abandoned mill - Fall River Mass. ; 15 Photographs: Kinetic light curtain - Boston Harbor,
Charles Eames- Shadow and Window photos, 2 photos of Interior, Midtown Manhattan (early evening), potential building design,
Crown-Zellerbach back office (S.F.), Yale Art Gallery, Nightscape of Boston, Photo by Otto Bayer- Day and Night shots of Gothic
Church, Heidelberg- Illuminated Castle, Lower Manhatten as seen from Hotel St. George, Breman City Hall (Germany) ; 25 photographs:
View from Americana Hotel, Cityscape - Berlin, Cityscape- Munich, View from Rhine River of Bayer Leverkusen, Berlin Cityscape,
Heidelberg View from River, "12 Cones of Bagnolet"-France, Stuggart Cityscape, Dowtown Hamburg, Building in Tokyo, Bridge
in Amsterdam, Times Square, 5 shots of Johnson Wax research Tower and buldings, 8 undescribed photos.
Box 71, folder 1
Architecture 2341967
Scope and Contents
11 photographs: Midtown Manhattan early evening, Baton Rouge Refinery late evening, building with numbered doors, a mosque
or temple , 2 photos of Amsterdam, Ramaswarma Mosque, "La Cisterne Portugaise", 3 photos of buildings on the Island of Hydras.
Box 71, folder 8
Architecture 2341972
Scope and Contents
22 photographs: University Church entrance (Frank Lloyd Wright design), St. John's Abbey Church, Katsura Palace- taken Yasohiro
Ishimoto, photo of "Habitat 67", S.C. Johnson wax factory inside (Frank Wright design), Entrance to building, Nigastu Temple,
church window in St. Remy de Baccarat, interior of Ronchamp Chapel, U.S Air Force Academy, buildings in Brussles, 11 undescribed
photos.
Box 72, folder 1-2
Architecture 2341974
Scope and Contents
22 photographs: 8 images of "Mobility Patterns", La Vaille Cybernetique booklet by Nicolas Schoffer, Tour Lumiere Cybernatique
(Paris), Stockholm at night, P.L. Nervi- Palazzo Esposizione Turin (x2), McGregor Memorial Community Conference Center (Michigan),
postcard of Palazzo di Teodorico dall'areo, photo of the National Center for Atmospheric Research, Eduard Durell Stone's design
of a Musical Water Tower, Water Tank on Neville Island, 2 images of Rameswarma Mosque, View of Rockefellar Plaza with the
R.C.A building in the center, a house in Arpajon France ; 21 photographs: 2 photos of Berlin at night, Esso Standard Oil Refinery
loading racks, Refinery in Baltimore Maryland, View toward Brooklyn from the Brooklyn Bridge, picture of Air Blast Serface
breaker by General Electric, French Embassy 1951- photo by Belin, 2 different renderings of Ville Cybernetique, Blue Mosque
- Istanbul, Towers of Automex, Blanpain Massonet- Brussels, Drug Store Window Display- South Boston, Interior of Church, 7
pictures of interiors and exteriors of building.
Box 73, folder 2
Architecture 2341980
Scope and Contents
22 photographs: Annunciation Priory- Bismark North Dakota, Washington Monument in the heavy fog, Chemical Product Division
in Baton Rouge, photo by Yoshio Wantanabe, interior of Caracas University(x2), Interior of Hagia Sophia, interior of Johnson
& Johnson Factory, 10 photos by Masayuki Nagare, 4 undescribed photos.
Box 74, folder 8
Architecture 2341990
Scope and Contents
17 photographs: 2 photos of windows reflecting light, 10 photos of the "Towers of Automex", Rautatalo Helsingissa, Ispahan-
interior of mosque, Katzura- photo by Ito, Granada Alhambra- Padiglione del Patio dei Leoni, wall division utilizing light
and shadow patterns.
Box 77, folder 2
Architecture 2342001
Scope and Contents
19 Photographs: Torino- Carignano (piazza), Amsterdam warehouse, Milano Palazzo, a tower at Satellite City, Ispahan Mosque,
Stainless Steel screen, Marcel Brewer- Sarah Lawrence Academy, 2 photos of Refineries in Texas and Louisiana, Cityscape of
New york, photos of inside the Guggenheim, St. Johnson Abbey Church, New York City Buildings, photo of front of building (no
description), 5 undescribed photos.
Box 76, folder 3
Architecture- Exterior and Interior 2341996
Scope and Contents
11 photographs: wall, doorway by Phota Ito, A church in Boston, Katzura photos by Watanabe and Ito, Annecy France- The Old
Quarter, photo by Mies Van Der Roche, Front entrance of Corning Glass Center, Johnson Wax company (by Frank Lloyd Wright),
"Iron House" Office Building, 2 undescribed photos.
Box 72, folder 7
Architecture/ Light Displays 2341978
Scope and Contents
25 photographs: Palazzo della sport- Luigi Nervi, 4 photos of NY buildings at night, Wrigley Building- Chicago, Roman Forum
at night, Van Nelle Factory at night, 2 photos of Gossau Plant, Moving Neon Lighting at Milan Fair (1958), Lucio Fontana-
Concetto Spaziale, Libbey Owens- Ford Glass Company, Light Sculpture Photos by Nishan Bichajian, 6 undescribed photos of light
displays, 5 undescribed photos of architecture.
Box 69, folder 3
Art on Canvas 2341956
Scope and Contents
16 Photographs: Korin- Two Fold Landscape Screen, Georges De La Tour- The Education of the Virgin, Lucio Fontano- Concetto,
Robert Motherwell- Granada, Georges Suerat- House and Place De La Concorde (Winter), Turner- North Coast of Whales, Lyonel
Feininger- Dunes With Ray of Light , 2 postcards St. Peters Basillica, Firenze Galleria Degli Uffizi "Notti", Giorgione- The
Tempest, The Prison (Etching), 4 undescribed.
Box 68, folder 10-12
Art using Mixed Mediums 2341952
Scope and Contents
7 photographs: Bartolomeo Schedoni- La Deposizione, Rembrandt- The Three Crosses "drypoint etching", The Slave Ship- by J.M.W.
Turner, Pieta- by Michelangelo, St. Peter in Chains- Michelangelo , Pottery Tray (Japanese), Disc with flange around center
hole (China), 2 undescribed photographs ; 30 photographs of sculptures: Mathias Goeritz- "The Overhanging House", The Towers
of Automex, Sam Markle- "still life" neon sculpture, Kopf einer Monumental statue at Athens, Jean Arp- Concrete a la coupe
verticale, Mace Head from Tel Agrab (mesopotamia), undescribed photo of stone tablets in the ground, Photo of a Bamboo sculpture,
5 photo booklet of "Continuous Tension Surfaces", "Epoxy over plaster core" by Norman Carlberg, 6 page booklet of concrete
sculptures and mortar deformed surfaces, Moon Marker s- by lila Kastzen, Untitled 1965 sculpture by david von Schlegell, Jaques
Lipchitz - Song of the Vowels, Sophie Taeuber-Arp- "Releif Rond en Trois Lanteurs", Jean Arp - Concrete Sculpture, Vera Simmons-
Aerial Sculpture booklet, 5 undescribed sculptures
; 34 photos of Artwork using Artificial Light: Lila Katzen- "Stuffed Lights" and "Moon-Marker", Photo of Dried Palm Leaf,
4 photos of "Fluid Mech", 4 photos of Roger Vilder's " Pulsation" and 2 photos of "Contraction", Colin Greenly - JVD, Gary
Rieveschl 4 photo's,Wen-Ying Tsai- " Cybernetic Environment", 11 undescribed .
Box 69, folder 8, Box 70, folder 1
Art using Mixed Mediums 2341960
Scope and Contents
31 photographs: sculptures "Essence" and "Noh play" by Masayuki Nagare, 3 photos "Rythmus im raum" by Max Bill (Zurich), Theodore
Brown- "Mobile light Statue", 2 photos Stan Vanderbeeks "Found Forms" film performance, Squares on Wall by Russell, Freeway
Reflector Wall, Wire Mobile (M.I.T Design Course), 2 photos of light sculptures, flashlight in dark by D. monell, sculpture
by Bronowski, optical texture created by shadows on a surface articulated by dowels, 15 undescribed photos ; 8 photographs:
Ceramics by A. Maurgiarottie, Discs illuminated by light, projected light on a surface, pliant plastic models, Shadowed dowels
illuminated by light, Advanced Visual Study by Kepes, Bending Metal by John P. Shaw, picture of fractal.
Box 71, folder 2
Art using Mixed Mediums 2341968
Scope and Contents
19 Photographs: North Bennet St. Playground- Boston, 2 undescribed photos of interior design, painting of an interior room-
Amsterdamn, Japanese interior art, undescribed photo of a collage of photos on a wall, Alain Jaquet- Cast iron with brail,
Classical era pottery, iron crosses imprinted on wall, 3 undesrcibed photos, indigenous pictoral writings, Rembrandt the philisophes,
Alfred Stieglitz-Paula, Portriat of Filippo Archinto- Titian, Jean Otth printed article, Poster for Jean Otth exhibit, M.I.T
Art Newspaper (4 pages).
Box 68, folder 8
Artificial Light 2341950
Scope and Contents
6 photos of light through tempered glass.
Box 71, folder 4-5
Artifical Light 2341970
Scope and Contents
15 Photographs: Otto Piene manuscript describing 7 slides given to G. Kepes, Rockne Krebs- Ra design drawing, Trickfotographie
un grafik with Description , Otto Pienne- Light Ballet, Chalermpol Intha- photographer was Nishan Bichajian, Tension picture
"1960/63", Man Ray- Rayograph 1922, Man Ray- Woman (Solarized Negative), Espaces Spheriques, Brise-Lumiere au Salon des Realities
Nouvelles (1964), Sculpturos Temperelle en action (1959), photo labled "Palatnik", Gabrielle Devecchi- Superfice in Vibrazione,
Martha Boto- Chromocinetique, Vardanega- Lucioles Electroniques, Cubed Light display in Moscow, Russia ; 25 Photographs: 2
photos of electronic abstractions, Michael Gelick- Glow bar (Sketch), Light Fixture designed by Masayuki Nagare, 5 photos
of Pulsa Installation at Yale Golf Course (1969), 2 pictures of "Innertube" by John Reilly-Rudi Stern, 2 photos by Filipo
Panseca- "Enviorment Fluids Traveling" and "luminous modular element through clear block, Light projection onto surface, 3
pictures "sand lacking"?, Julio Le Parc- "virtual images placement du spectacular" and "continual mobile", 2 photos by Len
Lye- Fountain, Rockne Krebs- Stern Line, Bruno Munari- Lampada Tubolare,Alberto Burri- Ferro, Instabilite- Julio Le Parc,
undescribed photo of light design.
Box 72, folder 3
Artificial Light Displays 2341975
Scope and Contents
19 photoraphs: Martial Raysse- High Tension painting, Willenbecher- Silver and White, Martial Raysse- Printemps, 4 photos
by julio Le Parc, high speed photos of Dynamite Caps (x2), Otto Pienne- Milky Way, 2 photos by Otto Pienne- Onion Flower,
projected light reflections - Scene from a Light Ballet, G. Kepes- Light Texture (1940), Electric Discharge Figure- A. von
Hippel, George Sugasawara- L.A Lightscape, Gyula Kosice- Traite Poetique, 2 undescribed photos.
Box 73, folder 4
Artificial Light Displays 2341982
Scope and Contents
34 Photographs: Tower of Light- Charles Center, Ugo Lapietra- Audio Visual Enviorments, Hein Gravenhorse- "Rotation", Magnetic
field about a ferromagnetic recording wire, Picture of prism, Herb Gessner- motorized plexiglass, Light Structure- Kepes student
work, 27 undescribed photos.
Box 72, folder 4
Computer/Light Display 2341976
Scope and Contents
13 photographs: 6 Computer graphics by John Whitney, Light Sculpture- Michio Ihara, E-motion picture- Nr. 2, Micrograph of
a platinum crystal magnified- Erwin Muller (x2 different Magnification), Prisme- Studio Yves Hervochoa, 1 photo by Julio Le
Parc, Mirrored Room by Lucas Samaras, Photo of Exhibition structure designed by Will Burtin (1960).
Box 15, folder 2-3
Environmental forms 2341149
Scope and Contents
Photographs by Ugo Mulas, Carlotta Carpron, Lotte Jacobi. Photographs of works by John Willenbecher, Gunther Uecker, Lucio
Fontana, Dan Flavin, Giacomo Balla, Moholy-Nagy, Seurat, and from Standard Oil Company and MIT student work, Lila Katzen,
Wen-Ying Tsai, Matt Glavin and Donald Campbell, many unlabeled.
Box 76, folder 1
Form Modeling 2341994
Scope and Contents
23 Photographs: 2 of "Installation" by Gerold Lang, Wooden Sculpture photo by Masayuki Nagare, Slide- Gerald Lang, Hazardous
Encounter- Hubert Faber, programmed walls- G. Kepes, 16 undescribed photos, Plain Carbon Steel Isothermally Transformed.
Box 76, folder 2
Form Modeling/Light Displays 2341995
Scope and Contents
7 photos of Olympic Rainbow in Munich, Light display in Times Square, Small Orrery by Benjamin Martin, photo by Niguchi, Fibrila
form, Beef Tendon, Plain Carbon Steel Isothermally Transformed, 3 undescribed photos.
Box 68, folder 3
Landscapes 2341945
Scope and Contents
9 photographs of natural enviorment: photo of 200 acres of strip cropping, "100-inch" Copernicus moon photo, 2 photos Amianta
Collosa Conrad, photo of fractal, Photo of Water, photo of Moon Craters, "Flights over Ancient Cities of Iran" site of Abu
Nasr near Shiraz, Wantanabe- Pictor (Katzura).
Box 70, folder 5
Landscapes 2341962
Scope and Contents
10 photographs: Michigan- contour and straight strips, Minnasota - Contour Strip Cropping (x2), Wisconsin- contoured strip
cropping, Pennsylvania strip cropping, Iowa Strip Cropping, Aerial view Arizona, 4 undescribed aerial views of towns by a
river.
Box 62, folder 4
Light Book 2341920
Scope and Contents
Originally in a box of this title. Photographic prints.
Box 84, Box 85, folder 1
Light Book Slides and Negatives 2342013
Scope and Contents
335 in all.
Box 86, folder 1
Light Book, 76 photographs by G. Kepes 2342015
Box 69, folder 1
Microbiology 2341954
Scope and Contents
10 photographs: Diffraction pattern, Tobacco mosaic virus (shadowed with nickel), Electric discharge pattern, correspondence
from A.S. El-Ani to professor Gyorgy Kepes, photograph of electron micrograph, photo of Bryozoan Membranipora on the Alga
Macrocystic, 2 photos of crystals of virus, photo of six foot model of the interior of a human cell, Vitamin A- micrograph,
electron micrograph of Myogoblin, 3 undescribed photos of a cell.
Box 71, folder 9
Miscellaneous 2341973
Scope and Contents
22 photographs: Sketch of a cityscape, Giorgio de Chirco- The Delights of the Poet, correspondance from G. Kepes to Adolf
Buchleiter/Roman Verostko, Pierre Cordier pamphlet, 3 images from the Atlas Rocket- Puerto Rico, Central Sahara, Lake Rudolf,
Houdon Sculpture- Voltaire/Moliere/Jean Jaques Rousseau/Diderot, "Model of 8 Surprises", image of New England, 2 images of
Morrocco, 7 undescribed photos.
Box 71, folder 6-7
Miscellaneous 2341971
Scope and Contents
18 photographs: 2 photos of Isamu Naguchi, 4 balls lined up horizontally illuminated- photo by Nishan Bichajian, Etienne Hajdu-
cock, Diamond shaped chairs- Harry Bertoia, 3 photos by Jack Burnham, Design System (DSM) 4 page pamphlet accompanied with
4 DSM photos, "flying turtle" and "the princess" sculpture by Constatin Branuschi, Felip Panesca- living heated sphere (x2),
1 undescribed photo ; 24 Photographs: 13 images of Circle patterns, Glass lamp of Kartin Al-Din (12 century Syria), undescribed
photo -"1955" on back, Beryl Sokoloff sculpture, Paytones- James Gentry, Elephant ear picture taken with sun behind it, patterns
made by crabs in the sand, picture of fountain, 2 photos of water reflecting light, Garden from Katzura palace - Watanabe,
Church Tower shortly after erecting without bells.
Box 73, folder 1
Miscellaneous 2341979
Scope and Contents
23 photographs: Tete de Christ- Strasbourg, Library at Caracas University, 19 photos of Continuous Membranes by Erwin Hauer,
3 undescribed photos.
Box 73, folder 6
Miscellaneous 2341984
Scope and Contents
19 photographs: photo of Jade axe head and knife, Chicken display case, Piano solo (written), 4 photos by Julio Le Parc, 12
pictures by Kurasawa from Macbeth/Rashomon/Seven Samurai.
Box 73, folder 8
Miscellaneous 2341986
Scope and Contents
26 photographs: Alabaster cylinder vase, 22 undescribed photos, cityscape of Sunnyvale, Boston at Night, le Coursier- Marseille
Building.
Box 74, folder 4-6
Miscellaneous 2341988
Scope and Contents
10 photos: correspondence to Kepes from Eric sutherland, Design Quarterly 53 from Walker Art Center, photo of a light display,
6 photos with the words "Nanda Vigo" written on the back, 1 undescribed photo ; 19 Photographs: 5 photos displaying use of
shadows, Otto Pienne- the proliferation of the sun(x2), Otto Pienne- 3 white light ghosts, wheel with heads in position, 2
photos of 2d box with windows, windflower- kraushaar gallery, Harold Tovish- the tenant, Mathia Goertz- Pliage, photo by Julio
Le Parc, Yves Klein- Fever Wand, Robert whitman- Pond, Jose De Rivera- Construction 72, Contour model study with two light
sources, Head of prince from Giza (limestone) ; 14 photographs: 7 "physics photos", Earl Reiback- Luminar, continual lumination
area by Le Parc, photo labeled "sprouting", 4 undescribed photos.
Box 75, folder 7
Miscellaneous 2341993
Scope and Contents
8 photographs: 5 photos of different aerial views, photo of front of house by Watanabe, design for Milan Triennale, parking
lot.
Box 76, folder 6
Miscellaneous 2341999
Scope and Contents
23 Photos: Courtyard of a Building in Ruins- Canaletto, 20 undescribed photos, correspondence, photos of William Blake sketches.
Box 77, folder 1
Miscellaneous 2342000
Scope and Contents
24 photographs: 5 photos by Masayuke Nagare, Mylar Mirror at the Jewish Museum, Karl Gerstner- Lens #15, 2 undescribed sketches,2
photos of hanging round mirrors, opaque white perforated cube under different lights, Fontana, Concetto Espeziale, Pierre
Soulages painting, The Doves- Bologna, L'Annunzata Scuola- Venetzia, Photo of Caracas University, Descombin- Outside Sculpture
wiht Modular Units, "Marckab" by victor De Vasarely, photos of sculptures at Caracas University, 2 photos of 3rd Century B.C
handmade Bowls, 12 undescribed photos.
Box 68, folder 13
Movie Photography 2341953
Scope and Contents
8 photos of Charles Chaplin in "City Lights", poster of "Nanda Vigo", 2 photos of "The Long Voyage Home", 1 photo of "Grapes
of Wrath", 1 undescribed.
Box 70, folder 9
Outer Space 2341966
Scope and Contents
9 photos: Hurricane Beulah Sattelite shot, Solar System NGC-527Y, Solar Flares from Sacramento Observatory and Palomar, Solar
System NGC-284l, Solar System M31 Andromeda, Mount Wilson and Palomar Observatories- Sygnus, Mount Wilson Observatory -Comet
Cunningham, Mount Wilson and Palomar Observatories- Prominence "whole edge of sun taken with calcium" and Solar Corona photographed
at total eclipse.
Box 73, folder 5
Paintings on Canvas 2341983
Scope and Contents
14 photographs: Jan Vermeer- The Concert, Carravagio- La Madonna della Serpe, Johannes Vermeer- Lady with a Lute, Georges
Seurat- Three Women, Carvaggio- Voccazione di San Matteo, Georges de La Tour- Le Fumeur, Carvaggio- Madonna the Serpe, rembrante-
Verlorchening Van Petrius, 7 undescribed paintings.
Box 74, folder 7
Paintings/Drawings on Canvas 2341989
Scope and Contents
7 photographs: F. M collection from MOMA-NY, Giorgione- La Tempesta, Paolo Veronese- Cena di Gesu in Casa di Levi, El Greco-
The Adoration of the Shepards, Ben Nichalson- Green Hand, Adolphe Appia- Rhythmic Space, Rene Magritte- Empire of Light II.
Box 73, folder 7
Pamphlets and Booklets 2341985
Scope and Contents
10 photographs: Correspondence between G. Kepes and G. Soava, Arte Programmata, Kosice- New York exhibition, Medardo Rosso-
MOMA New York, Church at Las Condes: Architecture at Rice, Uecker- Howard Wise Gallery, Electronic Light Displays by Ben F.
Laposky, 10 undescribed photos of light displays, Virtual volume by revolving wire.
Box 69, folder 6
Photographs 2341958
Scope and Contents
16 photographs: Claire Legeume Art- 8 pictures, Carro- 1958, Caminos- Portfolio Structure, Hologram of a Wire, Electronic
Abstraction- Oscillation #12, "Onion Flower"- Lighting Foyer of The New City Opera House (Bonn), Bruno Mumari- Polariscop
(1965), General Line U.S.S.R 1929 (Sergei Eisenstein?), U.S rescue submarine.
Box 70, folder 6
Photographs 2341963
Scope and Contents
37 photographs: Cameroon Tribal Boys, Skiiers in Switzerland, desrciption of "projection of a cube", Arrowhead from the Shang
period, Mayan design on wall, 2 ladies in a window, 4 verticle shadowed balls, interior of chapel, blanket cave, 6 photos
from Toshiyo Yoshida, 2 photos of Walter Vivrett's Motion Study, 3 close-ups of dimpled glass, rotating light reflection,
electronic light display in NY, M. Descombin- releif Dynamystique (x2), Modulation sur le Carre- Descombin, Herbert Gasner-
plexiglass construction, Moholy-Nagy oil on canvas, "Eggscape", 11 undescribed photos.
Box 70, folder 8
Photographs 2341965
Scope and Contents
23 photographs: 20 M.I.T students sculptures photos, Video tape stills (x3),"Chalermpol Intha" 7 photos.
Box 71, folder 3
Photographs 2341969
Scope and Contents
6 Photographs: Italian Christmas display, electronic light display, Proton producing 26 charged particles, Vortex- generator
fountain, 2 undescribed pictures.
Box 69, folder 4-5
Places 2341957
Scope and Contents
20 Photographs: Hugo Garcia Perez- Streets of Jeruselum and Street Scene in Kashmir India, Spring in Boston- 1955, Oakland
Bay Bridge by Jeffery Heller 1966, 5 photos of Isfahan Mosque, Palomar Observatory- Comet Cunningham, 2 photos Casa Mila and
1 of Casa Batllo (Barcelona), Bernini Colonade, Niger- Air Agades, "The African Town" Photo, A House Deck by Wantanabe, A
Venice Reflection by Kepes ; 24 Photographs: Pittsburg "Gas Works" on Ohio River, New York Central Railroad Yards, stove #20
in cattlemans hut at Boston/Albany freight station, "Action Sugar Beet"and "Action Water Piece-Tree" -Germany (1969), Hagi
City Hall- Tokyo Japan, Hamburg Cityscape- Germany, Empire State Building (view from atop RCA), 5 Towers of Automex(Mexico),
Rome- St. Peters at night, Sudanese Mosque, Model of glass skysrcaper (MOMA, NY), L.A Cityscape from Palomar Observatory,
Port Allen-Southern Louisiana, Patio de l'Alberca- Granda, Aerial View of Vermont highway, 8 undescribed.
Box 15, folder 4-6
Projected Lights 2341150
Scope and Contents
50 photographs by Bernice Abbot (Educational Services), Pierre Cordier, Ezra Stoller, Standard Oil Company, and Michio Ihara,
and of works by Kosice, Otto Piene, Julio Le Parc, Max Bill (with possible signature), Pulsa, Carlos Ortuzar, Otto Piene,
Ted Kraynik, Nicolas Schoeffer, Gerald Oster, and from MIT VIsual Design course. Also includes journal tearsheet with image,
Norman Carlberg exhibition catalog from 1966 show at Pennsylvania State University and exhibition catalog pamphlet of Shoeffer
show at The Institute of Contemporary Arts, London, 1960.
Box 68, folder 5
Reliefs, Exterior 2341947
Scope and Contents
5 photographs of tapestry.
Box 68, folder 7
Reliefs, Interior 2341949
Scope and Contents
5 photographs of interior design.
Box 75, folder 2-6
Science 2341992
Scope and Contents
30 photographs: 13 pictures of sounds captured using light, 4 photos of oscillagraphs, C. Maxwell- Treatise on Electricity
and Magnetism, photo of a small explosion, x-ray oscillation, 10 undescribed photos of light oscillations ; 19 photos: Electronic
Instrumentation photo, a jet of air discharging at high pressure, x-ray of columbine flower, 16 undescribed and unlabeled
photos ; 14 photos: 7 photos from Harry Holtzman Collection, 5 photos of galaxies, Major Storms capture by a Weather Satellite,
1 undescribed photo of a painting ; 39 Photographs: Fluid Mapper by A. D. Moore, Electric Discharge Figure by A. Von Hippel,
3 Electron Micrscope photos of Robber Fly, Domain Pattern on Surface, Silicon Epitaxial Wafer photo by Jack Kath, electric
discharge, 3 electron Microscope photos of human hair, Mercury Dimes, tracks of particles from a speck of radium, x-ray of
tulips, Electron Microscope of Molybdenum oxide, Asymmetrical contours of single crystal by S. Tolansky, 2 photos of Tobacco
Virus by Tolansky, 21 undescribed photos using scientific instruments to capture them ; 20 photographs: Electron Micrograph
of Human Hair and Robber Fly, "strain Diagrams", Electron Micrgraph by J.A. Kessel, Skelton of a Sea Urchin, 2 photos of insect
wing, spiderweb with water drops, photo of Berylium, 2 photos of electric discharge, 20 undescribed photos.
Box 76, folder 5
Science 2341998
Scope and Contents
26 photographs: Oscilliscope pattern, Oscilligram, Luminouse Mobile by Robert Mallary (x4), reflections of water in movement,
Light patterns projected on photosensitive emulsion, Light Shower- student work, Visual Design Project- Koichi Yokota, 2 photos
of x-rays of life forms, 14 undescribed photos.
Box 77, folder 3
Science 2342002
Scope and Contents
26 photographs: Spiral Nebula , Gaseous Nebula, 2 aerial sattelite photos, typical hologram, close-up of a robber fly, Carbon
Replica of freshly Fractured surface, super strength steel close up, spiral growth on crystal silicone, aerolite, electric
discharge, "Hydro-Light"/Horizon of Water/traite of Poetry- Gyula Kosice, Plexiglass figure, 11 undescribed photos.
Box 76, folder 4
Scientific Art 2341997
Scope and Contents
44 photographs: 9th Annual Contemporary Art of Japan Exhibit, Bisthmus Telluride, Hollowed out Plexiglass sculpture, Triangulated
infinite periodic structural system by Peter Pearce, Wall sculpture at Caracas University, Model for Christian Pavillion 1970
Expo, 2 photos Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, 2 photos by Micho Ihara, Plexiglass construction, Nicholas Schoffer model, Light
Mould- MOMA NY, Tooled Transparent Material, Naum Gobo- Linear Construction, Moholy Nagy- Twisted Planes, Naum Gabo- Contstruction
in Space with Balance on Two Points, Colin Greenly Glass sculpture- 2 photos, Light emanating from within a transparent structure,
3 photos of Transparent Sculpture by Louise Nevelson, 3 photos of Charles Ross Sculptures, Cybernetic Sculpture by Tsai, mirrored
distortion by Daniel Babitch, 10 undescribed photos.
Box 68, folder 4
Sculptures 2341946
Scope and Contents
4 photographs of sculptures: Pre-historic Japanese pottery, outside sculpture by Constantino Nifphilor, sculpture on wall
at Yale, outside wall sculpture.
Box 69, folder 2
Sculptures 2341955
Scope and Contents
17 photos: 13 pictures of Erwin Hauer Light diffusion Sculptures, Rythem Plastique eu Amourante, Horseshoe stone " The Yoke",
2 undescribed photos.
Box 73, folder 3
Sculptures 2341981
Scope and Contents
30 Photographs: Mural project- complex light reflections, Barcelona table, Statue of Hermes, 9 photos by Masayuki Nagare,
Ceiling of Josenji Temple, photo of mechanical statue, interior of Caracas University, Escuela de Petroeo del Zulia, Lampe
II- le bio Ljubljana (1954), Max Bill Sculptures- Zurich, Lumina Stands- photo by John D. Schiff, Darwin Wedding Chapel III-
Martha Jackson Gallery, Louis Nevelson- Original Wall for Corridor, Otto Pienne- Onion Flower, Doremi- by Garson Kanin, "
The Firstborn"- Christopher Fry, "View from the Bridge"- Arthur Miller, "JB"- Archibald Mac Leish, 4 undescribed photos.
Box 68, folder 1-2
Surface Modeling 2341944
Scope and Contents
7 photographs of exterior relief architectual details: Limestone Inscription, Middle Kingdom; wall relief, Palace of Ashiur-Nasir-Pal
II; arachnoidis zelandiae; Sophie Tauber-Arp, Coqullies, 1938; 3 undescribed ; 12 photographs of wall and door exterior reliefs
details: 7 photographs of corrugated material, photo St. John's Baptistry "Humilitas", photo Masayuki Nagare outdoor mural,
photo manufacturing plant- West Façade, photo of bulding with staircase, Chapel at Ronchamp.
Box 72, folder 5-6
Window Aperatures 2341977
Scope and Contents
23 photographs: 6 photos of Hagia Sophia form Library of Congress, Torin Castello by S. Lorenzo, Gossau Plant, Interior of
Church and Dome inside the U.N by Ezra Stellar Associates, Giovanni Piransei- interior of Pantheon(x2), Granada- Alhambra-
Mirador de Darraxa(x2), 3 undescribed photos on cardboard, 2 photos of St. Remy de Baccarat, 5 undescribed photos of window
aperature ; 21 photographs: Hagi City Hall- Tokyo Japan, St. Sebastians Church, Hagia Sohpia East Corridor, Basilica di S.
Apollinare- B. Anderson, Palazzo Ducale- Finestra della Sala,St. Remy de Baccarat- F. Stahly, Multi lens glass door (1929),
St. Johns Abbey- Collegeville Minnosota, Assisi- Chiesa Abbaziale di S. Pietro, 3 photos from Toronto School of Architecture-
by Annan of Glascow, 2 photos of Ciudad University in Caracas, 7 undescribed photos of interior window aperatures.
3.4. Language of Vision 2342025
Language of Material: English.
Scope and Contents
This landmark text by Kepes was first published by Paul Theobald in 1944. Most of the material in the collection concerns
negotiations for various reprints of the book.
Box 51, folder 2
Language of Vision Contract 2341863
1945
Scope and Contents
Letter from Kepes' editor and contract. Photocopies.
Box 51, folder 7
Language of Vision Contracts 2341868
1961
Scope and Contents
Copy of publication contract for Language of Vision between Kepes and Paul Theobald & Company.
Box 1, folder 2
Language of Vision Negatives 2341005
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Most are 3x4 and 4x5; some smaller. Most contained in individual wax paper or manila envelopes.
Scope and Contents
Box of 64 negatives presumably for reproduction in "Language of Vision" and possibly later Kepes publications. Some include
handwritten captions or citations. Most reproduce images from prior publications and include original text or caption copy.
Masking was applied to some negatives in preparation for reproduction. Images include Vincent Van Gogh drawing, promotional
image of Charlie Chaplin in City Lights, illustration of a Japanese garden, Picasso drawing, Poussin's "Rape of the Sabine
Women," Chinese seals, images of animal structures, topography, and many others. Includes slides of Kepes's own drawings in
"Language of Vision."
Box 50, folder 1
Language of Vision Gouaches 2341849
Scope and Contents
Five undated gouaches illustrating The Language of Vision.
Box 3, folder 3
Language of Vision, permissions for Italian edition
2341046
circa 1967
Scope and Contents
Note: These permissions letters do not correspond to the original box label.
Box 3, folder 9
Paul Theobald correspondence 2341052
Scope and Contents
Correspondence with Paul Theobald Company re: French edition and paperback editions.
Box 29, folder 5
Greek translation correspondence 2341314
1981
Scope and Contents
Two letters between Kepes and Professor Dimitris Mytaras from a Greek school about matters relating to publishing.
Box 51, folder 5
Jean Koefoed Correspondence 2341866
1991
Scope and Contents
Correspondence from Jean Koefoed of International Publishing Corporation about the possiblity of re-publishing Language of
Vision.
Box 51, folder 6
Copyright Correspondence 2341867
1973-1974
Scope and Contents
Correspondence among Kepes and various lawyers about copyright and publication rights for Language of Vision.
Box 51, folder 9
Reprint correspondence 2341870
1992-1993
Scope and Contents
Correspondence and Publication Agreement for a reprint of Language of Vision.
Box 51, folder 13
Language of Vision correspondence 2341874
1945
Scope and Contents
Correspondence - mostly handwritten.
Box 51, folder 14
Language of Vision Correspondence 2341875
1960-1973
Box 43, folder 17
Language of Vision Hungarian Translation 2341757
Scope and Contents
Typescript in Hungarian.
3.5. New Landscape in Art and Science 2342028
Language of Material: English.
Scope and Contents
The New Landscape was first published by Paul Theobald in 1956.
Box 16, folder 8
New Landscape notes 2341162
Scope and Contents
Hand-written notes on The New Landscape.
Box 51, folder 10
Theobald, Fassett, New Landscape correspondence 2341871
1953-1973
Scope and Contents
Correspondence relating to publication of The New Landscape. Bulk is from 1953-54.
Box 51, folder 11
New Landscape correspondence 2341872
1953-1957
Scope and Contents
Bulk 1954. Folder was originally called "Contract The New Landscape," but contains no contract.
Box 3, folder 4
New Landscape, permissions for first edition
2341047
Scope and Contents
Note: These permissions letters do not correspond to the original box label. Circa early 1950s.
Box 3, folder 1
New Landscape, permissions for Hungarian edition 2341044
1973-1974
Scope and Contents
Note: These permissions letters do not correspond to the original box label. Letters dated c. 1973 and 1974 from Josef Albers,
Harold Edgerton, and from various museums. Document confirming verbal permission from Herb Comess. Some include related invoices.
Box 14, folder 4
Hans M. Wingler German edition correspondence 2341147
Scope and Contents
Two copies of letter explaining shipment of photographic material for the planned German edition of The New Landscape. Lists
456 black and white illustrations used in Hungarian volume and 7 additional illustrations not used in Hungarian volume, all
shipped to the Bauhaus-Archive.
Box 14, folder 1-3, Box 13, folder 1-5
New Landscape, photographs for German edition 2341146
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Mostly 8x10 b/w glossy silver gelatin prints.
Scope and Contents
40 photographs, some on panels, of works presumably reproduced in the German edition of The New Landscape. Note: some photographs
may also have been reproduced in the Vision + Value series, as identified on stamps on reverse.
Box 28, folder 27
The New Landscape [Keppler manuscript]
2341299
Scope and Contents
Manuscript of a text by Herbert Keppler. May not be related to book.
Box 3, folder 2
New Landscape image lists 2341045
Scope and Contents
Note: These lists do not correspond to the original box label. 3 checklists for image captions in "The New Landscape." One
list includes alterations to the order of images pasted with rubber cement over the original list.
Box 59, folder 2
New Landscape 11x14 2341912
Box 59, folder 4-5, Box 60, folder 1
New Landscape photographs Ph4 2341913
Scope and Contents
Also labeled Ph4. Photographic prints.
General
60/1 is "Physically located in same box as Series II, Box 19.2 because of large size" according to original processor. Box
19 is "Daily Reminders, 1988-9."
Box 63, folder 3-4
Photographs 2341926
Scope and Contents
Originally in a box with the title "New Landscape Discarded Photos," which has been crossed out. Photographic prints.
Box 8, folder 10-12
New Landscape, extra copies of illustrations [not related to book?] 2341115
Scope and Contents
Note: 53 photographs in original order. Although original box was labeled "The New Landscape," most images are dated from
1960s and are not related to the original edition of The New Landscape. Photographs of works by Constantin Brancusi, Max Bill,
Jack Burnham, Guenter Uecker, Mies van der Rohe, Georges Vantongerloo, David Smith, Heinz Mack, Marcel Breuer, and Julio Le
Parc. Photographs by Nishan Bichajian. Includes student work produced at MIT in the Light and Color course. Also includes
miscellaneous scientific imagery.
Box 3, folder 13
The New Landscape photographs 2341056
Scope and Contents
31 photographs for images reproduced in The New Landscape; mostly scientific imagery but includes a few art historical images.
Lissuous figures, micrographs, images of crystals and minerals and x-ray diffraction photographs. Some photographs include
stamped or handwritten notations suggesting they are from the Vision + Value series not The New Landscape.
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Mostly 8 x 10 black and white glossy photographs; some smaller formats. 1 matte board with pasted photographs.
Box 3, folder 12
New Landscape negatives 2341055
Scope and Contents
14 large format negatives for images reproduced in The New Landscape; mostly scientific imagery but includes 1 possible Kepes
photogram.
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Large format negatives.
Box 65, folder 5
New Landscape Negatives 2341932
Box 67, folder 3
New Landscape Negatives N16 2341940
Scope and Contents
Originally in a metal box with this label. Also labeled N16.
Box 67, folder 6
New Landscape negatives N17 2341942
Scope and Contents
Originally in a metal box with this label. Also labeled N17. Some negatives still in box.
3.6. Vision & Value series 2342030
Language of Material: English.
Scope and Contents
In 1965-1966, Kepes edited a set of six anthologies, published as the Vision + Value Series by George Braziller. Each volume
contained essays by artists, designers, architects and scientists, as well as many photographs and illustrations. The volumes
were as follows: The Education of Vision; Structure in Art and Science; The Nature and Art of Motion; Module, Symmetry, Proportion,
Rhythm; Sign, Image, Symbol; and The Man-Made Object.
Box 3, folder 7
Vision and Value series correspondence with George Braziler re: Italian edition 2341050
Box 6, folder 12-14
Vision and Value photographs, Environment 2341102
Scope and Contents
Note: 63 photographs in original order. Photographs of works by Maxime Descombin, Wen-Ying Tsai, Max Bill, Simon Nicholson,
Geny Dignac, Masayuki Nagare, Dan Flavin, and others. Roger J. Chen scientific photograpy of ice crystal formation. Photographs
of power plants, refineries, and heavy industry from the Tennessee Valley Authority and Standard Oil Company. Photographs
by William Garnet, Gyorgy Kepes, Martin S. Dworkin, Donald Olson, and others. Reproductions of photocollages by Friedrich
St. Florian.
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Mostly 8X10 b/w glossy silver gelatin prints; includes some smaller sizes.
Box 6, folder 15-17
Vision and Value photographs, Arts of Participation 2341103
Scope and Contents
Note: 115 photographs in original order. photographs of works by David Temiers, Stan Vanderbeek, and Jan Ossenbeck. Photographic
documentation of events by Theo Botschuijver and Jeffrey Shaw, from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, and
various images of dances, rituals, ceremonies, student protests, and parades. Includes images of the Wailing Wall, the Woodstock
festival, Les Halles market in Paris, and many others. Also contains photographs by G. Duby, Dan Brody for the Harvard Crimson,
Peter Moore, and others. Includes letter from Theo Botschuijver and Jeffrey Shaw re: photographs. Includes three pages of
notes from G. Kepes re: captions for various Vision and Value publications. Postcard from the British Museum.
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Mostly 8X10 b/w glossy silver gelatin prints; includes some smaller sizes.
Box 7, folder 1-3
Vision and Value photographs, Arts of Participation 2341104
Scope and Contents
Note: 114 photographs in original order. Continues previous set of folders but originally organized in separate Kodak box.
Photographs by Robert Capa and many miscellaneous images. Photographs of works by Piotr Kowalski, Geny Dignac, and photographs
form UPI, NASA, Standard Oil Company. Includes miscellaneous corresondence relating to photographs, checklist, and notes about
captions and descriptions.
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Mostly 8X10 b/w glossy silver gelatin prints; includes some smaller sizes.
3.7. Kepes books, published [mostly foreign press] 2393724
Language of Material: English.
Box 98, Item 1
A látás nyelve (Gondolat 1979) 2393725
Box 98, Item 2
La Estructura en el Arte y en la Cienca (Novaro 1970) 2393726
Box 98, Item 3
A világ új képe a művészetben és a tudományban (Corvina 1979) 2393727
Box 98, Item 4
Graphic forms; the arts as related to the book (Harvard University Press 1949) 2393755
Box 98, Item 5
El Lenguaje de la Vision (Ediciones Infinito 1969) 2393769
Box 98, Item 6
The New Landscape in Art and Science (Photographic Society of Japan) 2393787
Box 98, Item 7
A közösségi művészet felé (Magvető Könyvkiadó 1978) 2393793
Series 4. Artwork
Language of Material: English.
4.1. Sketchbooks 2342046
Language of Material: English.
Box 20
Sketchbooks 1976, 1977, 1985, undated
2341196
Scope and Contents
Six unfoldered sketchbooks containing some loose material, photographic negative, and a photographic print.
Box 21
Sketchbooks 1966-1967, 1975, 1979, undated
2341197
Scope and Contents
Four unfoldered sketchbooks.
Box 22
Sketchbooks 1980, undated 2341198
Scope and Contents
Four unfoldered sketchbooks. Includes a photographic negative, a painting stencil, and other loose material.
Box 23
Sketchbooks 1976-7, 1979 2341199
Scope and Contents
Three unfoldered sketchbooks. Includes pasted-in printed, drawn and photographic material and pressed tree leaves.
Box 24
Sketchbook 2341200
circa 1994
Scope and Contents
Date derived from newspaper clipping inserted into back cover. Contains sketches directly on pages as well as pasted-in material.
4.2. Drawings and artwork 2342051
Language of Material: English.
Box 29, folder 14
Drawings 2341323
Scope and Contents
Various unlabeled and undated drawings. Some photocopies, some originals.
Box 54, folder 1
Printmaking plates [unfoldered] 2341881
Scope and Contents
Four metal plates for an unknown work in an unknown printmaking medium.
Box 55, folder 1
Drawings, 1998 and undated 2341882
Scope and Contents
Drawings by Rockne Krebs and presumably by Kepes.
Box 55, folder 3
Drawings and clippings
2341884
Scope and Contents
Assorted drawings and clippings of works, all by Kepes.
tube 57
Sketches 2341887
Scope and Contents
Four sketches in ink on modern parchment paper. They seem to be mock-ups of larger works. 4 total items.
Box 118, folder 1-5
Paintings
Language of Material: English.
map-folder 188
Paintings, architectural (2012-063)
Language of Material: English.
Box 191
Paintings [approximately 11 unfoldered panels, mostly gouache]
Language of Material: English.
Box 190, folder 3
Stained glass designs in watercolor
Language of Material: English.
Series 5. Exhibitions & events
Language of Material: English.
5.1. Event posters
Language of Material: English.
map-folder 187
posters, large
Language of Material: English.
Box 190, folder 1
posters, medium
Language of Material: English.
Box 191, folder 1
posters, medium
Language of Material: English.
5.2. Kepes exhibitions 2342042
Language of Material: English.
Box 9, folder 8
MIT exhibition photographs 2341125
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
8x10 b/w glossy gelatin silver prints.
Scope and Contents
5 photographs from "Light as a Creative Medium" exhibition, and from what appears to be a Kepes retrospective.
Box 9, folder 9
Kepes catalog photographs 2341135
Scope and Contents
11 photographs reproducing pages from exhibition catalog of Boston Harbor Centennial environmental art projects.
Box 12, folder 1
Carpenter Light Exhibition negatives 2341144
Scope and Contents
Negatives presumably used in the exhibition "Light as a Creative Medium" (Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts, Harvard) or
its catalog. 96 negatives in envelopes; some labeled, some with printing instructions. 30 loose negatives; 1 glass negative.
Includes some photographs with specific negatives and 3 loose photos.
Box 25, folder 2
Correspondence and Files
2341202
1983-1988
Scope and Contents
Correspondence and files mostly related to business, including Kepes loaning photographs to exhibitions, as well as an installation
piece for the Harvard Square T Station.
Box 26, folder 11
Exhibition Brochure
2341232
1967
Scope and Contents
Publicity material for an exhibition of Kepes' paintings at the Lamont Gallery at The Phillips Exeter Academy in Exeter, NH
on May 2-28, 1967.
Box 27, folder 15
Miscellaneous Publications 1981 and undated
2341254
Scope and Contents
Material concerning exhibitions, auctions, and Kepes' biography.
Box 27, folder 20
Wichita Exhibition Lecture
2341259
1979
Scope and Contents
Shipping invoice for 34 paintings sent to Wichita Art Museum for exhibition of Kepes' work. Includes list of the paintings.
Box 27, folder 21
Exhibition Materials
2341260
1974-1977
Scope and Contents
Includes a review of a Kepes show in Trieste in 1976, possible commitments for Kepes in August 1974, and materials relating
to a 1977 exhibition at Dartmouth College.
Box 28, folder 3
Exhibition Materials and miscellaneous
2341275
1960s-1980s
Scope and Contents
Publicity materials for exhibitions of Kepes and others, as well as a clipping of a Kepes publication in the Architectural
Record for May, 1965, an article about a Center for Advanced Study in the Visual Arts project, and a photograph of what appears
to be brain scan images.
Box 30, folder 2
Robinson Gallery 2341334
1977
Scope and Contents
Correspondence, consignment forms, and other material relating to business with Robinson Galleries.
Box 30, folder 3
Exhibition Materials 2341335
1973-1981
Scope and Contents
Publicity materials and clippings related to various exhibitions of Kepes' work.
Box 30, folder 6
Exhibition Publicity 1974-1985, undated
2341338
Scope and Contents
Various unrelated exhibition materials. One sheet was originally in a folder called "G.K. Biography."
Box 30, folder 12
Publications 1982, undated
2341344
Scope and Contents
Postcard, publicity material for Institutute for Independent Study at Radcliffe, and publicity material for a group exhibition
of which Kepes was a part.
Box 30, folder 24
ICP Exhibition 2341356
1977
Scope and Contents
Two letters about an exhibition.
Box 30, folder 28
Printed material and clippings
2341360
1960s-1970s
Scope and Contents
Includes a large number of press releases, many having to do with exhibitions.
Box 33, folder 23
Printed Material 1973-1978, undated 2341438
Scope and Contents
Mostly exhibition publicity material. Also a printed article by Kepes.
Box 38, folder 5-6
Galleries 2341504
1994-1998
Scope and Contents
Correspondence and publicity material. Involves both Georgy and Juliet Kepes.
Box 38, folder 8
Light Exhibition Quotes 2341506
Scope and Contents
Typed and carbon copy quotes of others' writings.
Box 38, folder 24-25
Correspondence, Saidenberg Gallery 2341521
1977-1986
Box 39, folder 3
Triennale - Blueprints, Photos, Information 2341524
1968
Scope and Contents
Correspondence and drawings related to the 1968 Milan Triennale.
Box 39, folder 4
Correspondence, Paris Museum of Modern Art Review and Exhibition
2341525
1980-1982
Box 50, folder 4
Fliers, cards, etc. Early: School of Design, Kuh, etc. 2341852
1939-1950
Scope and Contents
Some materials are undated, but bulk are from 1940s. Publicity materials for exhibitions.
Box 52, folder 1
Gallery Correspondence 2341876
1964-1975
Scope and Contents
Correspondence with people at various galleries about sales of paintings, etc.
Box 52, folder 2
Gallery Correspondence 2341877
1958-1982
Box 52, folder 3-4
Gallery Moos 2341878
1968-1976
Scope and Contents
Correspondence between Kepes, lawyers, and representatives of Gallery Moos.
Box 52, folder 5
Publicity Materials 2341879
1969
Scope and Contents
Publications relating to exhibitions from Alpha Gallery, empty envelopes from Gallery Moos.
Box 58, folder 16
Bertrand Russell Peace Foundation Exhibition 2341908
1972-12
Scope and Contents
Photocopies.
Box 105, folder 22
Kepes Collection at Hurst Gallery postcard 2393880
Box 105, folder 24
Saidenberg Gallery painting list 2393882
1983
Box 194, folder 1-3
Printed items, pulled for possible exhibit
Scope and Contents
The New Landscape in Art and Science (Japan)
The New Landcsape, Charles Hayden Memorial Library, MIT 1951
Evening Session, School of Design in Chicago, 1941
International Design Conference [mounted program] 1952
Language of Vision book jacket
-
Light As a Creative Medium, Harvard
Symposium on Science and Art, MIT 1968
The Visual Arts and the Sciences: A Proposal for Collaboration, Architectural Record reprint May 1965
Gyorgy Kepes Works in Review, Museum of Science, Boston 1973
Kinetic Light as a Creative Medium, MIT Technology Review reprint 1967
Technology and Culture in Perspective, Church Society for College Work
-
Lajos Kudlák - Gitar Es Konflislo
5.3. Kepes group show exhibitions [chronological] 2393714
Language of Material: English.
5.4. Kepes one man show exhibitions [chronological] 2393698
Language of Material: English.
Series 6. Notes and research files
Language of Material: English.
6.1. Notes and research: general 2342039
Language of Material: English.
Scope and Contents
Contains a variety of material written or assembled by Kepes for research purposes, including handwritten notes, manuscripts
typescripts, published items, and notes not by Kepes. See related "Assorted Material" series of unsorted folders (less of
Kepes' writing).
tube 57
Manuscripts 2341886
1968
Language of Material: English.
Scope and Contents
Very oversize diagram rolled around tube - found with other oversize items from folder 2 that are located in map case. The
diagram is of a "Plan of Ceiling Lights" for a "City at Night" Thomas McNulty, Architects. 1 item. "Manuscripts" was the original
title of the box. Continuation of above. Large-format but smaller. Other diagrams about the "City at Night" lights. 8 total
items.
Box 4, folder 13
Notes on light technology and light windows 2341077
Box 5, folder 2
Miscellaneous notes on light technology 2341088
Scope and Contents
Handwritten notes. References Photoelastic Walk, types of luminescence, and turbulence.
Box 5, folder 4
Miscellaneous typed pages 2341090
Scope and Contents
2 typed pages from larger manuscripts.
Box 6, folder 9
Modulation, master copy 2341099
1965-02-26
Scope and Contents
Includes one miscellaneous page that may not be part of this manuscript.
Box 6, folder 11
Miscellaneous notes, intrinsic symbols 2341101
Scope and Contents
One page of notes in blue pen with pencil drawings on back.
Box 8, folder 1
Light Modulation manuscripts 2341106
Scope and Contents
Typed manuscripts, many with handwritten notations and edits.
Box 9, folder 6
Light Modulation typescripts
2341123
1964-1965
Scope and Contents
Multiple copies of manuscripts titled "Light and Color - Modulation" or "Light Modulation" or similar, with many revision
and versions.
Box 9, folder 7
Vision fundamentals notes 2341124
Scope and Contents
Handwritten notes on "Environmental art," "Participation" dated 2/18/69, "sound," "homeostasis," "scale," "light," and many
other topics. Typed notes on light, typed outline, one page of typed notes dated 11/13/68, b/w glossy silver gelatin photograph
of a nuclear reactor control room, typed sheet titled "Summary of the Activities of the Center for Interdisciplinary (I-D)
Creativity" dated July 1, 1971-June 30, 1972, miscellaneous typed quotations, and much more. Notes appear out of order.
Box 16, folder 3
Light Modulation Notes and Typescripts 2341157
Scope and Contents
Hand-written notes and typed material - one document is in Italian.
Box 16, folder 5
New Orleans notes 2341159
Scope and Contents
Photocopy of a series of hand-written notes.
Box 16, folder 6
Notes and Typescripts on Environment 2341160
Box 16, folder 7
Artificial Light 1947, undated 2341161
Scope and Contents
Typescripts, notes, and publications dealing with artificial light.
Box 16, folder 10
Notes on Light 2341164
Scope and Contents
Hand-written notes and lists on various light-related subjects.
Box 16, folder 12
Light and Color Notes and Typewriters 1965, undated 2341166
Scope and Contents
Many of the typescripts have hand-written notes on them. Includes information about Times Square.
Box 16, folder 13
Copies 1964-5, 1972 2341167
Scope and Contents
Copies of various lectures and other works by Kepes - items in English as well as German and Hungarian - some hand-written
notes.
Box 16, folder 14
Light, Pollution, Communism - Miscellaneous Typescripts 1965-8, undated 2341168
Scope and Contents
Copies, with handwritten notes, of various texts on pollution, light, and communism. Authors include Thomas Young, Dziga Viertov,
and Mao Zedong.
Box 16, folder 16
Corrected Manuscript on the Modern World 2341170
Scope and Contents
Extensively corrected manuscript about achieving equilibrium in the modern world. Corrections are in Italian.
Box 16, folder 17
Notes - Perception, Emotion 2341171
Scope and Contents
Three pages of hand-written notes on various subjects surrounding perception and emotion.
Box 17, folder 1
Notes on Art and Scale 2341172
Scope and Contents
Handwritten notes and corrected typed material mostly relating to topics of scale in art.
Box 17, folder 2
Light and Color Modulation - Notes and Typescripts 2341173
Scope and Contents
Handwritten notes and corrected typed materials on light and color.
Box 17, folder 4
Art - Notes and Typed Material 2341175
Scope and Contents
Consists of quotations and other material from other artists and theorists.
Box 17, folder 7
Notes and Printed Material 2341177
Scope and Contents
Corrected material from Kepes's work on light, color, and the city. Much of the printed material is redundant with earlier
documents, but the written portions appear to be different.
Box 17, folder 10
Typescript about relation of art to life 2341180
Scope and Contents
19 page manuscript, unsigned, undated.
Box 17, folder 13
Notes and Drawings 2341182
Scope and Contents
Undated notes and drawings on light, color, perception, and sound.
Box 17, folder 14
Printed Material 1947, 1972, 1973, 1985, undated 2341183
Scope and Contents
Heavily corrected typescripts on various subjects, including urbanism, such as The Baltimore Project and projects in and around
Boston. Bulk undated.
Box 17, folder 17
Notes and Typescripts
2341186
Scope and Contents
Various notes and typescripts primarily about light and photography.
Box 25, folder 1
Notes and Printed Material 2341201
Scope and Contents
Handwritten notes by Kepes and printed material by Albert Camus, Edward T. Hall, and others.
Box 25, folder 6
Notes and Printed Material 1978, undated
2341206
Scope and Contents
Printed material interspersed with hand-written notes. Original folder was labeled "European Friends."
Box 25, folder 10
Notes and Printed Material 1965 and undated
2341210
Scope and Contents
Mostly undated. Hand-written notes and copies of printed material, including quotations from famous authors, including Charles
Dickens and Henry David Thoreau.
Box 26, folder 5
Vision
2341227
1978-1987
Scope and Contents
Correspondence and other material relating to exhibitions as well as light and perception. Some material in Hungarian.
Box 26, folder 10
Notes and printed material 1969, undated 2341231
Scope and Contents
Subjects include the Light Tower, movement, and science and art.
Box 27, folder 12
Photocopies 2341251
Scope and Contents
Photocopies of several unsigned publications. Topic include "The Inclined Galactic Light Pond Bamiyan, Afghanistan", "The
Utopic Vessel", and others. Presumably by Kepes. Poetry.
Box 28, folder 7
Printed Material 2341279
1954, 1965
Scope and Contents
Carbons of typescripts - "Light and Color" from 1965 and "Topics for Seminar Discussion" from 1954. Seminar is on the city
and urban life.
Box 28, folder 14
Printed material
2341286
Scope and Contents
Much of this material consists of sheets of paper taken out of context from larger works. Also includes writings by Kepes,
quotes from artists such as Van Gogh, and a short essay by Carl Nesjar called Fountains for All Seasons. Some material in
German.
Box 28, folder 24
Manuscript on Sight
2341296
Scope and Contents
Unsigned article on sight. On MIT stationery, presumably by Kepes.
Box 28, folder 28
Visual Forms - Structural Forms 2341300
1948
Scope and Contents
Manuscript of a text by Kepes.
Box 29, folder 9
Art and Ecological Consciousness
2341318
Box 29, folder 7
Notes and Printed Material 1982-1985, undated 2341316
Scope and Contents
Bulk undated. Much of it is random out-of-context pages. Some meeting agendas for various organizations, other materials.
Box 29, folder 12
Printed Material, mostly undated
2341321
Scope and Contents
Mostly out-of-context pages with a few short complete pieces by Kepes and others.
Box 29, folder 17
Essay on Interdependence 2341326
Scope and Contents
Typescript with hand-written contracts of an untitled essay by Kepes about modernity and human interdependence.
Box 29, folder 20
History of human thought
2341329
Scope and Contents
Photostat of a typed essay by Kepes about human history and the hope of transforming the world.
Box 30, folder 11
Printed Material and notes 1971, undated
2341343
Scope and Contents
Printed pages, biographies of Kepes, writings by Kepes, press release, business card - mostly seems unrelated, but all found
together originally.
Box 30, folder 18
Light Materials
2341350
1964
Box 32, folder 8
Typescript, untitled 2341391
1969
Scope and Contents
Typescript of a manuscript with hand-written corrections. Seems to be on "individual artistic imagination."
Box 33, folder 24
Printed Material 1965, 1978, undated 2341439
Scope and Contents
Bulk undated. Miscellaneous printed material by Kepes and others.
Box 34, folder 1
Typescript on Perception
2341445
Scope and Contents
Two copies of a manuscript of a text on perception. Presumably by Kepes.
Box 38, folder 9
Environment Essays, Re-edited and re-typed 2341507
1969-1970
Scope and Contents
Hand-corrected typescripts.
Box 39, folder 2
Bibliography 2341523
1959-1965
Scope and Contents
Lists of works and other bibliographic material.
Box 78, folder 1-2
Completed Manuscripts 2342004
Scope and Contents
G. Kepes manuscripts including but not limited to essays, book chapters, and speeches.
Box 80, folder 1-4, Box 79, folder 2-5
Manuscripts 2342007
Scope and Contents
G. Kepes manuscripts including but not limited to essays, book chapters, speeches, professional correspondence and other miscellaneous
notes.
Box 81, folder 4-5
Academic Notes 2342009
Scope and Contents
Miscellaneous notes and correspondence.
Box 82, folder 2-6
Manuscripts 2342011
Scope and Contents
G. Kepes manuscripts including but not limited to essays, book chapters, speeches, professional correspondence and other miscellaneous
notes.
Box 50, folder 2
Light Start
2341850
1937, 1939
Scope and Contents
Drawings and notes for Light Start. Ink on Paper. Also two letters from Moholy-Nagy and others about the intention to start
a school of design in Chicago.
Box 50, folder 9
Kepes 2341857
1936-2002
Scope and Contents
Correspondence, clippings, drawings. Originally in folder together.
Box 58, folder 1
Notes 2341888
Scope and Contents
Two pages of handwritten notes. List of photocopies to be made. Appears to be a list of what appears in the rest of the box.
Box 58, folder 6
Kepes 2341893
Scope and Contents
Photocopy of a typescript.
Box 58, folder 7
Aesthetics of Everyday Life 2341894
Scope and Contents
Photocopy of a typescript.
Box 58, folder 8
Contents of an Un-marked File 2341895
Scope and Contents
Photocopy of a typescript. Title comes from a sticky note affixed to the first page.
Box 58, folder 11
Shaping of the Exhibition, The 2341903
Scope and Contents
Photocopy of a typescript.
Box 58, folder 13
Contents of File, Light on a New Scale Final Copy 2341905
1974-02-25
Scope and Contents
Photocopies. Title comes from a sticky-note.
Box 105, folder 1, Box 104, folder 5
Misc. reports, papers and reprints 2393826
Scope and Contents
Contains reports, reprints, and science and philosophy magazines. Includes inscribed reprints from Rudolf Arnheim, Roman Jakobson,
and others, a booklet printing an S.I. Hayakawa lecture, and material from the American Academy of Arts & Sciences.
Box 105, folder 15
Handwritten notes 2393873
Box 105, folder 16
Miscellaneous typed notes 2393874
Box 105, folder 23
Scientists and Engineers for McCarthy ad reprint 2393881
1967
Box 105, folder 25
unidentified mock-up of geometric figures 2393883
Box 105, folder 26
unidentified diagram 2393884
Box 105, folder 27
unidentified diagram 2393885
Box 105, folder 28
misc. images, clipped and photocopied 2393886
6.2. Notes and research: urban studies, architecture, noise pollution, etc. 2342041
Language of Material: English.
Box 9, folder 2
Urban Form: Seminar typescripts 2341119
1954
Scope and Contents
Two typescripts for seminars on urban form; one titled "URBAN FORM: Seminar 12/10/54 Interview with John Cage, composer, James
T. Farrell, writer, and Anrdreas Feininger, photographer," second titled "URBAN FORM SEMINAR: 10/29/54," recording discussion
between Kepes, Rudolf Arnheim, Kevin Lynch, Jerome Bruner, Tagiuri, Adams, Kelly, Rodwin.
Box 8, folder 7
Paul Earls, Notes: Anechoic Acoustical Events 2341112
Scope and Contents
Typescript by Paul Earls with Mem-O-Gram addressed to Prof. Kepes.
Box 8, folder 6
Listening Incorporated 2341111
Scope and Contents
Promotional material from Listening Incorporated on auditory technology.
Box 8, folder 5
Noise and miscellaneous manuscripts 2341110
Scope and Contents
Typescript on noise with miscellaneous manuscript on "the basic task of the contemporary artist" and one page relating to
light.
Box 8, folder 3
Boston noise ordinance 2341108
Box 8, folder 2
Auditory notes 2341107
Scope and Contents
1 page handwritten notes on noise.
Box 8, folder 4
Clippings on noise 2341109
Scope and Contents
Copies and original press articles dealing with noise and noise pollution.
Box 9, folder 3
Form of the city notes 1 2341120
1954-1958
Scope and Contents
Correspondence from Kevin Lynch and G. Kepes to Charles B. Fahs, Director, Division of Humanities, The Rockefeller Foundation,
re: "The Perceptual Form of the City." Partial typescript titled "Dr. David H. Hubel." Typed notes tiled "THE FORM OF CITY
STUDY." Typescript titled "THE PERCEPTUAL FORM OF THE CITY GENERAL REPORT AND PLAN FOR FUTURE STUDIES -- May 17, 1955." Typescript
titled "A FRAMEWORK FOR THE FORM OF CITY STUDY AND SOME TOPICS FOR STUDY." Typescript titled "NOTES ON DISCUSSION BETWEEN
L.A. AND J.R.M AND G.K., K.L. AND J.R.MM. ON OR ABOUT MARCH 20, 1958." Typed proposal dated March 4, 1954 and titled "Proposed
Study: THE PERCEPTUAL FORM OF THE CITY." Memo from Dave Crane to G. Kepes and associated typed notes for Crane lecture given
at Harvard Graduate School of Design 1/6/56. Typed bibliography titled "Recomended References on the Form of the City."
Box 9, folder 4
Form of the city notes 2 2341121
Scope and Contents
Handwritten notes titled "intrinsic symbol," "space symbols," "city," and miscellaneous notes with drawings and sketches.
Box 9, folder 5
Urban environment notes 2341122
1968-1971
Scope and Contents
Handwritten notes on "homeostasis," "envrionmental art," and other topics; typescripts, mostly untitled, including 4 undated,
2 typescripts dated 2/3/69, 1 typescript dated 1/14/69, 1 typescript dated 11/19/68, 1 typescript dated both 1/20/69 and 4/15/71,
typescript with crossed-out title "The Crisis of the City: Symbolic Forms," typescript dated both 11/20/68 and 9/23/70, and
some miscellaneous manuscript pages. Typescripts heavily annotated.
Box 16, folder 11
Architecture and Urban Planning Sketches and Notes 1974, undated 2341165
Scope and Contents
Drawings, sketches, notes.
Box 17, folder 3
Architecture and Cities - Notes and Typed Material 2341174
1960s
Box 17, folder 9
Urban Form notes and printed material 1954, 1984, 1966, bulk undated 2341179
Scope and Contents
Notes and printed material, both generally about the urban condition and more specifically about Boston and its Back Bay neighborhood.
Box 26, folder 4
Urbanism Publications
2341226
1970, 1972
Scope and Contents
Published material on Highway Sculpture and Spielstrasse - some in German.
Box 27, folder 9
Urban Projects Correspondence, Photographs and Printed Material
2341248
1954-1978
Scope and Contents
Includes photographs of art works, proposals and other correspondence for Boston Harbor and Times Square projects, as well
as more general material about urban issues.
Box 28, folder 23
Arnold Berleant. Aesthetic Paradigms For an Urban Ecology 2341295
1974
Scope and Contents
Manuscript of a paper written by Arnold Berleant of Long Island University. Article was published in the journal Diogenes
in Fall 1978.
Box 27, folder 23
Eduardo Terrazas and Raimundo Cuervo. The Unbuilding Industry
2341262
1976
Scope and Contents
Pamphlet by Eduardo Terrazas and Raimundo Cuervo for HABITAT FORUM, a UN conference on May 31-June 11, 1976.
Box 30, folder 7
John G. Papaioannou. Sensory Aspects: A Tentative List of Topics and Problems Relating Man to His Settlements 2341339
1968
Scope and Contents
Manuscript of an article by John G. Papaioannou from the Athens Technological Organization's 1968 Athens Ekistics Month.
Box 38, folder 10
Architectural Lettering Yale Symposium 2341508
Scope and Contents
Hand-corrected typescript.
Box 28, folder 33
Public Art and Architecture 1974, undated
2341305
Scope and Contents
Various materials for architecture and public art projects, including for La Defense in Paris, the Charles River, and public
space.
Series 7: Notes, articles, correspondence, etc. 2342045
Language of Material: English.
Scope and Contents
Original processing for this collection retained original order, even when folders contained an assortment of apparently unrelated
clippings, notes, correspondence, and published items. This series contains most of these folders (mostly named Assorted Material,
Miscellaneous Material, or Printed Material), some of which contain items relevant to other series. See also Kepes research
files.
Box 17, folder 5-6, Box 17, folder 12
Miscellaneous printed material
2341176
Scope and Contents
Several sheets of printed material. Some of it is quotes from Leon Trotsky. Undated material appears to be excerpts from Kepes'
various writings on art, color, and urbanism. Dated item is a press release for the 1986 MIT SKY ART Conference.
Box 25, folder 15
Printed Material 1940 and undated
2341215
Scope and Contents
Contains three documents: a program for a dance concert, a list of participants in an unnamed conference, and a brief biography
of Kepes.
Box 25, folder 18
Miscellaneous Material 1973, undated
2341218
Scope and Contents
Business card for Lengyel Lajos, Poem by Virginia Baylor, and printed magazine-style images of various churches.
Box 26, folder 3
Printed Material 1972, undated
2341225
Scope and Contents
Miscellaneous printed material, some hand-corrected, on various subjects. Also includes letter from Ken Halpern to Kepes on
March 1, 1972.
Box 26, folder 14
Printed Material and photographs 1949, 1962, undated
2341235
Scope and Contents
Printed material, including exhibition publicity, and photographs of works by Masuyaki Nagare and an unknown artist.
Box 27, folder 3
Printed Material in German
2341242
Scope and Contents
Photocopies of pages 2 to 38 of an unidentified document written in German.
Box 27, folder 22
Arts Organizations
2341261
1976
Scope and Contents
Nomination materials and correspondence related to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the National Academy of Design,
the National Institute of Arts and Letters, and the American Society for Aesthetics.
Box 27, folder 33
Miscellaneous Material 2002, undated
2341272
Scope and Contents
Item from 2002 is a printed street map of a portion of London. Also contains two maps of Welfleet, MA, a postcard from the
Mexican National Anthropological Museum, and a card from the Bauhaus Archive in Berlin with Kepes' name written on it. Material
all found adjacent in original grouping. Also contains two out-of-context printed pages.
Box 28, folder 12
Miscellaneous
2341284
1984, 1994
Scope and Contents
American Academy of Arts and Sciences Election letter, and program for the 1984 memorial service for Kevin Lynch. Memorial
service program has handwritten notes by Kepes on the back.
Box 28, folder 15
Printed material and notes
2341287
Scope and Contents
Primarily out-of-context printed material. Also includes a few hand-written notes. All of this material was originally in
an untitled folder together.
Box 28, folder 17
Printed material and notes 1971, undated
2341289
Scope and Contents
Bulk of the material is out-of-context printed matter. One sheet of handwritten notes.
Box 28, folder 22
Printed material and clippings
2341294
Scope and Contents
Mostly out-of-context, difficult-to-decipher material. Some in German and Hungarian.
Box 28, folder 25
Miscellaneous Printed Material 2341297
Box 28, folder 29
Event Programs 2341301
1985
Scope and Contents
Programs for awards by the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters and the George Washington Awards.
Box 28, folder 36
Miscellaneous Printed Material
2341308
Scope and Contents
Includes short writings, probably by Kepes, as well as quotes from others. No apparent order.
Box 29, folder 2
Printed Material and notes 1985, undated
2341311
Scope and Contents
Bulk undated. Includes event programs, clippings, miscellaneous printed material, and other unrelated material.
Box 29, folder 10
Printed Material and Correspondence 1980s, undated 2341319
Scope and Contents
Mostly out-of-context partial printed documents. Includes a small amount of correspondence between Kepes and Faith Atlass.
Also includes miscellaneous other materials.
Box 29, folder 15
Printed material and notes, undated
2341324
Box 30, folder 5
Printed Material, Correspondence, and Clippings
2341337
1975-1985
Box 30, folder 15
Printed Material, 1960s-1970s, undated 2341347
Scope and Contents
Bulk undated. Mostly out-of-context material. Some material concerns the Center for Advanced Visual Studies. Press releases.
Box 30, folder 26
Printed material 2341358
1970s
Scope and Contents
Printed material, clippings, two photographs, and correspondence. All unrelated, much of it is random printed pages. One of
the photographs is of the Harvard Square stained glass piece.
Box 31, folder 2
Assorted material 2341364
Scope and Contents
A few items are dated. Unrelated material, including press releases, handwritten notes, random printed material, and publicity
material.
Box 31, folder 5
Assorted material 2341367
1970s
Scope and Contents
Much of it is undated. Much of the material is random out-of-context printed material. Also includes unlabeled photographs,
clippings, and miscellaneous correspondence.
Box 31, folder 6
Cambridge Art Association (CAA) - Kerlan Library Collection, Other Information 2341368
1980-1981
Box 31, folder 10
Assorted Material 1985, undated 2341372
Scope and Contents
Mostly printed material and correspondence. Bulk undated. Some material involves the Upper and Lower Falls Project.
Box 31, folder 11
Assorted Material 1973, undated
2341373
Scope and Contents
Includes stamps, a newspaper clipping, and two interviews. One has various avant garde figures including John Cage.
Box 31, folder 12
Printed Material and clippings 1980s, undated
2341374
Box 31, folder 13
Printed material and notes 2341375
Box 31, folder 14
Assorted Material 2341376
1980-1982
Scope and Contents
Correspondence, loan agreements, a contract with the MBTA and clippings.
Box 31, folder 15
Printed material 2341377
Scope and Contents
Contains a manuscript of an article by "Jackson" entitled "The City and the Garden."
Box 31, folder 17
Assorted Material 2341379
1972-1982
Scope and Contents
Mostly assorted printed material. Some correspondence and clippings. One photo.
Box 31, folder 18
Assorted material 1972, undated 2341380
Scope and Contents
Correspondence, printed material, one photo of the moon.
Box 31, folder 21
Printed Material and clippings 1973, undated
2341383
Box 32, folder 6
Assorted Material 2341389
Box 32, folder 9
Printed Material 2341392
1966-1969
Box 33, folder 25
Assorted Material 1965-1978, undated
2341444
Scope and Contents
Bulk undated. Out-of-context printed material, clippings, publicity materials, and a small amount of correspondence.
Box 34, folder 2-3
Assorted Materials 1973-1987, undated 2341446
Scope and Contents
Bulk undated. Out-of-context printed material, clippings, publicity materials, and a small amount of correspondence.
Box 34, folder 5
Assorted Materials, 1977-1989, undated
2341448
Scope and Contents
Bulk undated. Mostly clippings and exhibition publicity materials. Small amount of correspondence and out-of-context printed
material.
Box 34, folder 9
Press Materials 2341452
1973-1994
Scope and Contents
Press releases and publicity materials. Contains a photographic print of various representations of the letter E.
Box 34, folder 11
Assorted Material 2341454
1970-1996
Scope and Contents
Bulk printed material. Large amount of corresondence, and a few clippings. Items were interspersed in such a way as to preclude
further breakdown into categories.
Box 34, folder 13
Assorted Material 1987, undated 2341456
Scope and Contents
One letter and one page of out-of-context printed material. The letter is from James Melchert at the American Academy in Rome.
Box 34, folder 14
Assorted Material 1977-1987, undated 2341457
Scope and Contents
Bulk undated. Much out-of-context printed material. Correspondence, clippings, a few drawings, one photograph.
Box 34, folder 17
Assorted Material 2341460
1966-1982
Scope and Contents
Correspondence, clippings, and printed material.
Box 35, folder 11
Printed Material 1982-1994, undated 2341477
Scope and Contents
Bulk undated. Clippings, publicity materials, legal materials.
Box 35, folder 14
Printed Material 1977, undated 2341480
Scope and Contents
Two news clippings and a legal document.
Box 35, folder 16
Assorted Material 1994, undated
2341482
Scope and Contents
Bulk undated. Includes correspondence, drawing, and out-of-context printed material.
Box 36, folder 2
Assorted Material 1986, 1987, undated 2341489
Scope and Contents
Bulk undated. Bulk drawings. Some correspondence and printed material.
Box 36, folder 9
Assorted Material 2341496
1978-1979
Scope and Contents
Contains photographs and correspondence.
Box 38, folder 4
Publications 2341503
1947-1965
Box 38, folder 13
Printed Material 2341511
Scope and Contents
Carbons of random printed material.
Box 39, folder 8
Sao Paulo Biennale 2341529
1969
Scope and Contents
Printed material about the United States contribution to the 1969 Sao Paulo Biennale.
Box 48, folder 2
Interdependence 2341817
1959, 1968
Scope and Contents
Publications and a press release.
Box 48, folder 3
GK: Math 2341818
1964-1969
Scope and Contents
Clippings and publications.
Box 48, folder 4
Assorted Material 2341819
1947-1978
Scope and Contents
Mostly clippings, as well as a press release and some publicity materials. Originally in unlabeled folder together.
Box 58, folder 17-18
Miscellaneous Loose Items 2341909
1964-1972
Scope and Contents
Photocopies.
Series 8. Articles & clippings 2342038
Language of Material: English.
Box 4, folder 15
Articles and clippings on light technology 2341079
Scope and Contents
Articles and clippings from Science, IEEE Spectrum, National Geographic, Internaiontal Science and Technology, New York Times,
and elsewhere; includes promotional material from Ferrofluidics Corporation.
Box 4, folder 16
Articles and clippings on art and light technology 2341080
Scope and Contents
From Arts Magazine, Art News, Studio International, Art International, and elsewhere.
Box 5, folder 1
Articles and clippings on light technology 2341087
Scope and Contents
Mostly technical and scientific but includes some articles on art.
Box 8, folder 9
Clippings on Kepes paintings 2341114
Scope and Contents
Undated clippings from Italian art publication with reproductions of Kepes's paintings.
Box 27, folder 19
Clippings 1976-1977, 1982, undated
2341258
Scope and Contents
Four clippings - one is in Hungarian. One in English is from the New York Times Book Review, and is undated. It is a review
of several of Kepes' books by Roger Jellinek. Two are exhibition reviews.
Box 28, folder 1
Clippings 1983, 1992, undated 2341273
Scope and Contents
In Hungarian and English.
Box 28, folder 10
Clippings
2341282
1971-1974
Scope and Contents
Newspaper clippings from the Boston Globe and Christian Science Monitor about Kepes.
Box 28, folder 18
Clippings 1964 and undated
2341290
Scope and Contents
Two clippings - one on Kepes' Harvard Square stained glass wall and one on his Times Square project.
Box 28, folder 26
Clippings 2341298
Scope and Contents
One clipping is on Yves Klein by Larry Rivers.
Box 28, folder 31
Clippings
2341303
1970, 1984, 1999
Scope and Contents
Clippings about art matters, including Rockne Krebs, Bill Parker, and Peter Scott.
Box 28, folder 34
Clippings
2341306
1971-1976
Scope and Contents
Various clippings from the 1970s from newspapers and magazines.
Box 28, folder 37
Clippings 1984 and undated 2341309
Box 29, folder 8
Clippings
2341317
1947-1985
Scope and Contents
Bulk 1980s. Clippings on various art-related subjects.
Box 30, folder 4
Clippings and Printed Materials 2341336
1974
Scope and Contents
Clippings in German and English, plus Abt Associates annual report and an unknown photo.
Box 30, folder 8
Graphical Clippings
2341340
Scope and Contents
Clippings of printed reproductions of art works.
Box 30, folder 14
Clippings 1960-1962, undated
2341346
Scope and Contents
Some in German.
Box 30, folder 19
Clippings
2341351
1947-1974
Box 31, folder 20
Clippings and printed material 1974, undated 2341382
Box 42, folder 1
Clippings 2341731
1943-1971
Box 42, folder 2
Clippings 2341732
1952-1973
Box 42, folder 3
Clippings 2341733
1954-1985
Box 42, folder 4
Clipping From article entitled "Pictures that Reveal Nature --Or Do They? By Gene Throton." 2341734
Scope and Contents
Possibly from New York Times.
Box 42, folder 5
Clippings 2341735
1965-1972
Box 42, folder 6
Clippings 2341736
1961-1973
Box 42, folder 7
Clippings 2341737
1966-1971
Box 42, folder 8
Clippings 2341738
1966-1989
Box 42, folder 9
Clippings 2341739
1965-1990
Box 42, folder 10
Clippings 2341740
1965-1985
Box 42, folder 11
Clipping from Chicago Magazine 2341741
1972-11-12
Box 48, folder 5
Clippings, 1962-1977, undated
2341820
Box 81, folder 1-3
Newspaper Clippings and Articles 2342008
Scope and Contents
Articles and clippings from Science Journal, IEEE Spectrum, National Geographic, International Science and Technology, New
York Times, and others. Some correspondence and notes.
Box 82, folder 1
Newspaper Clippings and Articles 2342010
Scope and Contents
Newspaper articles and art pamphlets.
Box 55, folder 2
Clippings 2341883
Scope and Contents
Assorted clippings referencing work by Kepes.
Series 9. Kepes in magazines [chronological] 2394238
Language of Material: English.
Scope and Contents
Published references to Kepes and his work, especially reviews of his books and exhibitions, but also brief mentions. Many
also reproduce his photographs and artwork. Includes clippings and full issues from magazines and journals as well as auction
catalogs and other printed material. More can be found throughout the collection. See also "Kepes writing, published" for
articles with text by Kepes.
Box 190, folder 4
articles mounted on cardboard
Language of Material: English.
Series 10. Published writing [chronological] 2394231
Language of Material: English.
Scope and Contents
Articles, essays, and other writing by Kepes, as printed in magazines such as Arts & Architecture, Art in America, Daedalus,
and Leonardo. Other examples may be found throughout the collection.
Series 11. New Bauhaus/Institute of Design 2394217
Language of Material: English.
Box 105, folder 5
Maholy-Nagy, School of Design proposal (photocopy) 2393858
1939-01-17
Box 105, folder 6
page from magazine with Kepes image and Maholy-Nagy text re: Kepes 2393863
1940
Box 105, folder 7
Institute of Design press release for Kepes exhibition 2393865
1943
Box 189, folder 7
New Bauhaus promotional booklet
Language of Material: English.
Series 12. MIT/Center for Advanced Visual Studies
Language of Material: English.
12.1. MIT/CAVS publications etc.
Language of Material: English.
12.2. MIT/ CAVS files 2342048
Language of Material: English.
Scope and Contents
Correspondence, memoranda, reports, journals, course catalogs, exhibition material, brochures, and other material related
to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the Center for Advanced Visual Studies.
Box 39, folder 6
Center Material 2341527
1963-1981
Scope and Contents
Correspondence between Kepes and others, including Otto Piene and other artists.
Box 17, folder 15
Memorandum to Fellows from Kepes 2341184
1971-08-10
Scope and Contents
Memo to Fellows of the Center for Advanced Visual Studies about various financial and historical issues.
Box 17, folder 16
Center For Advanced Visual Studies 2341185
1979
Scope and Contents
Paper by Kepes on the purpose and goals of the Center for Advanced Visual Studies.
Box 17, folder 19
1972-73 Report to the President 2341188
1973-07-20
Scope and Contents
Kepes report to the President of MIT on the Center for Advanced Visual Studies.
Box 25, folder 17
MIT Environmental Design Study 2341217
Box 26, folder 6
Correspondence 2341228
1978-1984
Scope and Contents
Correspondence mostly related to MIT business. Includes a letter of recommendation. Some material in Hungarian.
Box 27, folder 7
Correspondence 2341246
1976
Scope and Contents
Correspondence, mostly concerning the Center for Advanced Visual Studies, as well as correspondence between Kepes and Otto
Piene of the Center for Advanced Research Studies.
Box 27, folder 31
Center for Advanced Visual Studies 2341270
1967-1974
Scope and Contents
Correspondence and printed material relating to the Center for Advanced Visual Studies and its activities in Boston.
Box 28, folder 9
Center for Advanced Studies Research Fellows
2341281
Scope and Contents
Printed descriptions of installation works done by artists Maryanne Amacher, Luis Frangella, Lowry Burgess, Joe Moss, and
Paul Earls.
Box 28, folder 35
Graduate Study in Architecture at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
2341307
Scope and Contents
Publicity material for a Master's of Architecture at MIT.
Box 29, folder 18
Council for the Arts at MIT - Annual Reports 2341327
1983-1984
Box 29, folder 19
Don Snyder 2341328
1976
Scope and Contents
Two syllabi and a resume for MIT instructor Don Snyder.
Box 29, folder 16
Lightgraphics and Photographics 2341325
Scope and Contents
Syllabus for a course taught by Don Snyder.
Box 31, folder 4
CAS Correspondence 2341366
1992
Scope and Contents
Correspondence from various people to Charles M. Vest, President of MIT, appealing to keep the Center for Advanced Studies
autonomous.
Box 105, folder 8
CAVS Centerbeam report 2393866
Box 105, folder 9
MIT press release on CAVS funding 2393867
1971-12-13
Box 105, folder 10
MIT Compton Gallery guestbook 2393868
1986
Box 105, folder 11
MIT Program in Art, Culture and Technology materials 2393869
2010
Box 105, folder 11
MIT miscellaneous 2393870
Series 13. Transcripts
Language of Material: English.
13.1. Lectures, interview transcripts & notes 2342044
Language of Material: English.
Box 16, folder 1
Light Lecture Notes 2341155
Scope and Contents
Hand-written notes and typed material.
Box 16, folder 2
Lectures by Kepes and Others 1969, undated 2341156
Scope and Contents
Contains typescripts of various lectures, some with Kepes's hand-written notes. Other names include: John Ruskin, Galileo
Galilei, Vincent Van Gogh, and James Rosser Johnson.
Box 16, folder 4
Notes and Lecture on Modern Art 2341158
Scope and Contents
Original folder labeled "Charles Center" - undated lecture does not appear to be related.
Box 16, folder 15
Notes for a Lecture in Los Angeles 2341169
Scope and Contents
Material appears to be rough notes for a lecture - topics include politics, academia, and light.
Box 25, folder 11
Lecture Celebrations 2341211
Scope and Contents
Hand-corrected typescripts on art, including Hungarian folk art, in English and Hungarian.
Box 25, folder 16
Berlin Lecture 2341216
1973
Scope and Contents
Folder is labeled that these files relate to a lecture Kepes gave in Berlin in October 1973. Contains fragments of various
printed materials, but no complete lecture.
Box 26, folder 13
Interview transcript 2341234
1987
Scope and Contents
Interview between Kepes and Rudolph deHarak in Boston, March 31, 1987.
Box 29, folder 1
Images of Cities and The Environment in the Visual Arts 2341310
1984
Scope and Contents
Syllabus to a course Kepes co-taught with Lloyd Rodwin in Spring 1984.
Box 30, folder 22
Interview 2341354
1969-1970
Scope and Contents
Pages from a transcript of an interview between "K" (Kepes?) and "T." (Takis?) Various pages, some with hand-written notes.
Box 30, folder 30
Color/Light/Architecture 2341362
Scope and Contents
Poster for a lecture series of which Kepes was a part.
Box 31, folder 9
Interview 2341371
1969
Scope and Contents
Several partial copies of an interview between "K" (Kepes?) and "T" (Takis?).
Box 38, folder 7
Private and Civic Art 2341505
Scope and Contents
Typescript of a paper given at Brighton College. Presumably by Kepes.
Box 38, folder 12
Lecture, Photography 2341510
1978
Scope and Contents
Handwritten notes.
Box 39, folder 7
Dewey Society Lecture 2341528
1969
Scope and Contents
Typescript of a lecture.
Box 58, folder 3
Speech 2341890
Scope and Contents
Photocopy, with handwritten notes, of a speech Kepes gave.
Box 58, folder 5
pre-1 2341892
Scope and Contents
Photocopy of a heavily hand-corrected typsecript, apparently of a lecture.
Box 58, folder 15
Berlin Lecture, Art in Civic Scale
2341907
Scope and Contents
Photocopies.
Box 58, folder 14
Lecture notes 2341906
Scope and Contents
Outline-format lecture notes.
Box 105, folder 13
printed material: lectures, speeches, appearances 2393871
13.2. Kepes/Takis transcripts 2341780
Language of Material: English.
Box 44, folder 1
Re-edited and Re-typed 2341760
1970-06
Scope and Contents
Corrected typescript of an interview between Kepes and Takis. Typescript is actually dated 2/27/1969. Original folder title.
Box 44, folder 2
Edited June 70, typed 6/70 2341761
1970
Scope and Contents
Typescripts of Kepes/Takis interview.
Box 44, folder 3
Early Dialogue Tapes Copy to Be Edited 2341762
Scope and Contents
Two copies of a typescript.
Box 44, folder 4
Dialogues 2341763
Scope and Contents
Typescripts.
Box 44, folder 5
Edited Dialogues 2341764
1969-10
Scope and Contents
Typescripts.
Box 44, folder 6
Carbon of Tape Text, Oct. 29-Nov. 4 2341765
Scope and Contents
Typescripts.
Box 44, folder 7
Original Dialogue 2341766
1969-10
Scope and Contents
Typescripts.
Box 44, folder 8
Index Strips 2341767
Physical Description: 0 dictation belt(s)
Scope and Contents
Gray Magnetic Belt inserts. Originally in an envelope labeled "Takis/Kepes Dialogues. Completed Tapes (typed)."
Box 44, folder 9
Original Dialogues 2341768
1969-1970
Scope and Contents
Typescripts.
Box 44, folder 10
Dialogue Transcribed 2341769
1970-09-01
Scope and Contents
Two copies of a typescript.
Box 44, folder 11
Dialogue 2341770
1969-03
Scope and Contents
Typescript.
Box 44, folder 12
Original of Tape Text, Oct. 29 - Nov. 4
2341771
Scope and Contents
Hand-corrected typescript.
Box 44, folder 13
Edited Dialogue 2341772
1969-03
Scope and Contents
Typescript.
Box 44, folder 14
Dialogue 2341773
1969-02
Scope and Contents
Typescript.
Box 44, folder 15
Dialogue 2341774
Scope and Contents
Typescript.
Box 44, folder 16
Oct. 29-Nov. 4 Edited (not final) 2341775
Scope and Contents
Hand-corrected typescripts.
Box 44, folder 17
Typescripts 2341776
Scope and Contents
Hand-corrected typescripts.
Box 44, folder 18
Dialogue, Edited 2341777
1969-02
Scope and Contents
Typescripts.
Series 14. Correspondence 2342040
Language of Material: English.
Scope and Contents
Includes correspondence concerning galleries, loans, permissions, personal matters, etc. Some printed material is also present.
Box 8, folder 8
Miscellaneous correspondence 2341113
Scope and Contents
Correspondence from G. Kepes re: crediting MIT students in publicity, from Ted Kraynick re: Light Tower proposal, and cover
sheet titled "Proposal for an Acoustic Oasis" by James R. Taggart.
Box 17, folder 11
Letter from Nathan Lerner to "Charlie" 2341181
1981-09-24
Scope and Contents
One-page letter from photographer Lerner to "Charlie" (?) about Kepes and his importance to modern and and design, as well
as art education.
Box 17, folder 18
Correspondence from Ockenga 2341187
1982
Scope and Contents
Two letters to Kepes from Starr Ockenga, about Kepes's contribution to a journal called POSITIVE.
Box 25, folder 3
Correspondence and Files 1987, undated
2341203
Scope and Contents
Correspondence consists of letters of recommendation by Kepes. Other files are copies of published materials, and do not seem
to relate to the correspondence.
Box 25, folder 4
Correspondence
2341204
1976-1989
Scope and Contents
Correspondence pertaining to business, especially exhibitions, image permissions, and professional courtesies - some material
in Hungarian.
Box 25, folder 5
Correspondence
2341205
1965-1987
Scope and Contents
Correspondence, mostly about exhibitions and lectures. Some personal correspondence. One item in Hungarian, one in German.
Box 25, folder 7
Correspondence
2341207
1958-1988
Scope and Contents
Correspondence, primarily business in nature. Also interspersed are a newspaper clipping and other printed material. Includes
items in Hungarian.
Box 25, folder 8
Correspondence, Printed Material, Notes 1986-1987, undated 2341208
Scope and Contents
Correspondence is mostly with galleries. Notes and printed material are similar to previous instances. Significant amount
of material is in Hungarian.
Box 25, folder 9
Correspondence
2341209
1958-1989
Scope and Contents
Bulk 1980s. Mostly correspondence with galleries and curators about sales and exhibitions.
Box 25, folder 13
Correspondence and Printed Material 1965, 1972, 1986-1987, undated
2341213
Scope and Contents
Correspondence, mostly about exhibitions and other professional activities, interspersed with printed material that is similar
to much of the other printed material spread throughout this series.
Box 26, folder 7
Correspondence
2341229
1985-1987
Scope and Contents
Includes a letter of recommendation. Some material in Hungarian.
Box 27, folder 2
Printed Material and Correspondence
2341241
1970-1997
Scope and Contents
Much of the correspondence has to do with the Poetry mailer. Other topics include computers, art and Kepes' travel.
Box 27, folder 6
Arts Organizations
2341245
1976
Scope and Contents
Correspondence and other materials related to various arts organizations, including International Directory of Arts, The Club
of Rome, World Institute of Arts and Letters, and the National Institute of Arts and Letters.
Box 27, folder 13
Correspondence and Miscellaneous Files 1973-1974, undated
2341252
Scope and Contents
Includes correspondence pertaining to the publication "Contemporary Artists."
Box 27, folder 18
Correspondence, incoming
2341257
1975
Scope and Contents
Incoming letters to Kepes - subjects include a printing company invoice, exhibitions, The National Institute of Arts and Letters,
a conference called Art Transition, and the dissertation work of several students as the Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design
in Jerusalem, as well as a handwritten note from Jonathan Burks about subletting a studio space.
Box 27, folder 27
Correspondence, photographs, etc. 1987, undated
2341266
Scope and Contents
Photographic prints, correspondence with Massachusetts College of Art and Clarence Kennedy Gallery, and other material.
Box 27, folder 30
Correspondence and Art 1979, 1982, 2005
2341269
Scope and Contents
Contains envelope and cancelled stamps, correspondence from artist Michio Ihara as well as a local television producer. Also
contains a small (3x5) watercolor signed by "Haj" on November 11, 1979. "Haj" may refer to MIT linguist John Robert Ross (Haj
was apparently his nickname). Materials do not seem to be all that related, but appeared near one another.
Box 28, folder 19
Thank-you card 2341291
1980
Scope and Contents
Hand-drawn card to Kepes from the University of Cincinnati's 1980 Graphic Design class.
Box 28, folder 21
Television Studies Proposal 2341293
Scope and Contents
Proposal by Colin McCurdie, a graduate student in Harvard's Department of Education, to teach an undergraduate course in television
studies.
Box 28, folder 32
Correspondence 2341304
1975, 1999
Scope and Contents
Two postcards and a long letter about goats, author unknown.
Box 29, folder 23
Correspondence 2341332
1983-1987
Scope and Contents
Includes an exhibition brochure for Otto Piene.
Box 30, folder 1
Correspondence
2341333
1974-1975
Scope and Contents
Correspondence and clipping regarding the McDermott award and possible collaboration between Kepes and Dr. Jaroslav Cervenka,
a dentistry professor at the University of Minnesota.
Box 30, folder 16
Correspondence, 1968, 1972, undated
2341348
Box 30, folder 20
Correspondence and printed material 2341352
1971-1986
Box 30, folder 23
Correspondence and Printed Material
2341355
1980s
Box 31, folder 3
Correspondence 2341365
1960-1989
Scope and Contents
Assorted correspondence, related to MIT affairs as well as various professional organizations.
Box 32, folder 1
Correspondence 2341384
1966-1979
Box 32, folder 2
Correspondence, Evá Körner
2341385
1978
Scope and Contents
Correspondence between Kepes and Korner. Some in Hungarian.
Box 32, folder 3
Correspondence
2341386
1954-1979
Scope and Contents
Bulk 1970s.
Box 32, folder 4
Correspondence
2341387
1971-1975
Scope and Contents
Bulk 1970s.
Box 32, folder 12
Correspondence 2341395
1972-1983
Scope and Contents
Some material in Italian and Hungarian.
Box 32, folder 13
Correspondence, Leonard Currie 2341396
1995-1996
Scope and Contents
Correspondence between Kepes and Currie.
Box 32, folder 14
Correspondence 2341397
1974-1986
Box 32, folder 15
Correspondence 2341398
1986
Scope and Contents
Three letters.
Box 32, folder 16
Correspondence 2341399
1952-1996
Scope and Contents
Bulk 1970s and 1980s. Large amount of correspondence, some of which is in Hungarian, German, and Chinese.
Box 32, folder 17
Correspondence 2341400
1975-1998
Box 32, folder 18
Correspondence (Letters to Answer) 2341401
1989
Box 32, folder 19
Correspondence 2341406
1976-1990
Box 32, folder 20
Correspondence 2341407
1986
Box 32, folder 21
Correspondence 2341408
1965-1986
Scope and Contents
Bulk 1970s and 1980s. Some material is in German, Italian, Hungarian.
Box 33, folder 1
Correspondence 2341409
1986
Scope and Contents
One letter is in French.
Box 33, folder 2
Correspondence 2341410
1964-1979
Scope and Contents
Bulk 1970s. Significant amount of material in Hungarian.
Box 33, folder 3
Correspondence 2341411
1985-1988
Box 33, folder 4
Correspondence 2341412
1962-1982
Scope and Contents
Bulk 1970s.
Box 33, folder 5
Correspondence 2341413
1983, 1989
Box 33, folder 6
Correspondence 2341414
1974-1979
Box 33, folder 7
Correspondence 2341415
1970-1975
Scope and Contents
A few items in French, Hungarian, and German.
Box 33, folder 8
Correspondence: Possible Commitments
2341416
1973-1974
Box 33, folder 9
Correspondence
2341417
1964-1988
Box 33, folder 10
Correspondence
2341418
1963-1978
Scope and Contents
Bulk 1970s.
Box 33, folder 11
Correspondence
2341419
1958-1978
Scope and Contents
Originally in a foldered labeled "Bury." Bulk 1970s, large amount 1977.
Box 33, folder 12
Correspondence, Bill FitzGibbons 2341420
1981
Scope and Contents
Letter and two photographs from artist Bill FitzGibbons.
Box 33, folder 13
Correspondence 2341421
1976-1979
Box 33, folder 14
Tungsram 2341422
1978-1979
Box 33, folder 15
Correspondence 2341423
1976-1979
Box 33, folder 16
Correspondence 2341424
1974-1979
Box 33, folder 17
Correspondence 2341425
1976
Box 33, folder 18
School of Fine Arts 2341426
1978
Box 33, folder 19
Correspondence 2341427
1978-1980
Box 33, folder 20
Correspondence, European Friends 2341428
1979-1981
Box 33, folder 21
Correspondence and Printed Material 2341429
1948-1976
Scope and Contents
Mostly correspondence. Bulk 1950s and 1960s.
Box 33, folder 22
Correspondence 2341437
1952-1977
Scope and Contents
Bulk 1950s
Box 34, folder 6
Correspondence and printed material 2341449
1985-1989
Box 34, folder 7
Correspondence and Clippings 2341450
1977
Scope and Contents
Some material in German.
Box 34, folder 10
Correspondence 2341453
1983-1993
Box 34, folder 12
Correspondence and printed material 1974, 1985, undated 2341455
Box 34, folder 15
Wail 2341458
1993
Scope and Contents
One letter, originally in a folder of this title, to Kepes from someone named Muntadas (probably Antoni Muntadas).
Box 34, folder 16
Correspondence and printed material 2341459
1977-1981
Box 34, folder 18
Correspondence 2341461
1982-1986
Box 34, folder 19
Correspondence and printed material 2341462
1954-1994
Scope and Contents
Bulk 1970s and 1980s. Vast bulk correspondence. A small amount of printed material and clippings.
Box 34, folder 20
Correspondence and clippings 2341463
1982-1986
Scope and Contents
All in an unlabeled folder originally. Bulk correspondence, also includes clippings.
Box 34, folder 21
Correspondence 2341464
1982-1983
Box 35, folder 1
Correspondence and printed material 2341465
1979-1981
Scope and Contents
Bulk correspondence. Publicity materials for artist Athena Tacha.
Box 35, folder 2
Correspondence 2341467
1941-1995
Box 35, folder 3
Polaroids 2341468
1990
Scope and Contents
Letter and set of 10 Polaroid prints pasted to sheets of paper. Originally in manila envelope with this title. Polaroids are
of various unlabeled artworks. They appear to have been included in an exhibition.
Box 35, folder 3
Correspondence 2341469
1955-1992
Scope and Contents
Bulk 1970s. Also includes a few clippings.
Box 35, folder 4
Correspondence 2341470
1974-1986
Box 35, folder 5
Correspondence and Printed Material
2341471
1967-1987
Scope and Contents
Includes press release, annual reports.
Box 35, folder 6
Correspondence and printed material 2341472
1951-1995
Scope and Contents
Bulk 1970s and 1980s. Bulk correspondence. Also contains printed material, clippings, and a small number of photographs
Box 35, folder 7
Correspondence 2341473
1976
Scope and Contents
One letter from Francois de Vallombreuse to Kepes.
Box 35, folder 8
Correspondence 2341474
1974-1977
Box 35, folder 9
Correspondence 2341475
1994-1997
Box 35, folder 10
Correspondence 2341476
1975-1988
Box 35, folder 12
Correspondence 2341478
1991-1994
Box 35, folder 13
Correspondence 2341479
1975-1984
Box 35, folder 15
Correspondence 2341481
1974-1993
Box 35, folder 17
Correspondence 2341483
1992-1993
Scope and Contents
Bulk undated. Includes correspondence, drawing, and out-of-context printed material.
Box 35, folder 18
Correspondence 2341484
1979-1982
Scope and Contents
Some material in Hungarian.
Box 35, folder 19
Correspondence and printed material 2341485
1978-1982
Scope and Contents
Bulk correspondence. Small amount of out-of-context printed material and one clipping. Some material in Hungarian.
Box 36, folder 1
Correspondence and printed material 2341488
1971-1980
Scope and Contents
Bulk correspondence. Small amounts of clippings, publicity material, and printed material.
Box 36, folder 3
Correspondence and assorted material 2341490
1971-1987
Scope and Contents
Bulk 1986-1987. Bulk correspondence.
Box 36, folder 4
Correspondence 2341491
1986-1987
Scope and Contents
Some material in German.
Box 36, folder 5
Correspondence 2341492
1983-1989
Box 36, folder 6
Correspondence 2341493
1988-1989
Scope and Contents
Some material in Hungarian.
Box 36, folder 7
Correspondence 2341494
1976-1981
Box 36, folder 8
Correspondence 2341495
1969-1980
Scope and Contents
All but one item dated 1979-1980. Also contains a packet of photocopied drawings.
Box 36, folder 10
Correspondence and printed material 2341497
1950-1995
Scope and Contents
Bulk 1970s and 1980s correspondence. Also contains a small amount of printed material, slides, and clippings.
Box 37, folder 1
Correspondence and printed material 2341498
Scope and Contents
Bulk 1970s and 1980s correspondence. Also contains a small amount of printed material, slides, and clippings.
Box 37, folder 2
Correspondence 2341499
1969-1977
Scope and Contents
Bulk 1976-1977. One letter from 1969 and one from 1975.
Box 38, folder 11
Prestini 2341509
1983
Scope and Contents
Two letters from James Prestini about the Creators Equity Foundation.
Box 38, folder 14-15
Budapest 2341512
1978
Scope and Contents
Some material in Hungarian. Correspondence and clippings.
Box 38, folder 17
Correspondence re: Palermo B. Russo, Projected Publications
2341514
1975-1976
Box 38, folder 18
Dartmouth College 2341515
1977
Scope and Contents
Correspondence and printed material (a speech?).
Box 38, folder 19
Correspondence, National Academy of Design 2341516
1976
Box 38, folder 20
Takis - Paris 2341517
1979-1981
Scope and Contents
Correspondence and printed material between Kepes and Takis Vassilakis.
Box 38, folder 22
Correspondence, Academy of Independent Scholars 2341519
1979
Box 38, folder 23
Correspondence, American Academy of Arts and Sciences 2341520
1977-1979
Box 39, folder 5
Recommendations 2341526
1978-1981
Box 39, folder 9
Kunstlerhaus Mays 2341530
1975-1976
Scope and Contents
Correspondence, some in German.
Box 39, folder 10
ICUS 2341531
1975-1976
Scope and Contents
Correspondence and clippings related to the International Conference on the Unity of Sciences.
Box 39, folder 11
Correspondence 2341532
1973-1981
Box 39, folder 12
Correspondence, Bauhaus-Archiv 2341533
1973-1975
Box 39, folder 15
Rochester Institute of Technology 2341536
1971-1972
Scope and Contents
Correspondence and photos.
Box 78, folder 3-4
Paintings in Collection 2342005
Scope and Contents
Receipts and correspondence about G. Kepes Art Collection.
Box 78, folder 5
Art Objects 2342006
Scope and Contents
Receipts and correspondence about G. Kepes Art Collection.
Box 50, folder 6
Correspondence 2341854
1943-1963
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include "Don," William LeBrun, and Connie Breuer.
Box 50, folder 7
Otto Piene, Misc. Correspondence 2341855
1967-1994
Box 50, folder 8
Robert Smithson Correspondence 2341856
1969
Box 50, folder 10
Selected Correspondence 1 2341858
1957-1980
Scope and Contents
Alphabetical by correspondent. Albers through Johnson on list of correspondents.
Box 50, folder 11
Selected Correspondence 2 2341859
1943-1981
Scope and Contents
Alphabetical by correspondent. Kokoschka through Pei on list of correspondents.
Box 50, folder 12
Selected Correspondence 3 2341860
1951-1988
Scope and Contents
Alphabetical by correspondent. Rebay to Wilson. Otto Piene in separate file (Folder 7).
Box 50, folder 13
Telegrams to Kepes from Daniel Catton Rich and Garrett Eckbo 2341861
1944, 1947
Box 58, folder 10
Correspondence 2341902
1969-1970
Scope and Contents
Photocopies of correspondence, mostly from Maurice Kilbridge, the Dean of the Graduate School of Design.
Box 105, folder 2
Notable correspondence 2393844
1945-2003
Scope and Contents
These letters may have been removed from other files and assembled here; however, not all of the correspondence may be considered
especially noteworthy. Included here are letters from the following: Josef Albers 4/15/58 ; Buckminster Fuller 1/21/81 (photocopy)
; Walter Gropius 3/16/61 ; Philip Johnson 11/1/47 ; Lazlo Maholy-Nagy 9/20/45 (encouraging Kepes to contribute photos to his
forthcoming "Vision in Motion" book) ; I.A. Richards 5/6/70 ; Erik Erikson, undated ; Josep Luis Sert 7/10/69 ; Aaron Siskind
5/3/55 ; Edwards Steichen 4/6/61 ; Kenzo Tange 12/10/64 ; Robert Jay Wolff 8/7/74 (missing a page). There are also letters
from San Francisco gallery owner Stephen Wirtz, Robert Brown of the Archives of American Art, and researcher Reinhold Martin
to Kepes' daughter in 2003. Two outgoing drafts by Kepes are also present.
Box 105, folder 4
R. Buckminster Fuller open letter (unsigned) 2393849
1963-06-7
Series 15. Hungarian correspondence, publications, etc. 2341779
Language of Material: Hungarian.
Box 43, folder 1
Hungarian Material
2341742
1973-1987
Scope and Contents
Correspondence and printed material. Bulk Correspondence.
Box 43, folder 2
Hungarian Correspondence, Corume Budapest N.L.
2341743
1973-1974
Scope and Contents
Correspondence, clippings and printed material. Bulk Correspondence.
Box 43, folder 4
Bauhaus 2341744
1977-1979
Scope and Contents
Correspondence, clippings and printed material. Bulk Correspondence.
Box 43, folder 5
Hungarian Material 2341745
1979-1997
Scope and Contents
Correspondence, printed material, and clippings. Bulk Correspondence.
Box 43, folder 6
Other Hungarian 2341746
1937-1996
Scope and Contents
Originally in a folder of this title. All in Hungarian. Correspondence and clippings. Bulk correspondence. Bulk 1976-1989.
Box 43, folder 7
Hungarian Consulate Letter 2341747
2001
Scope and Contents
Letter from the Hungarian Consulate in New York to Kepes. In Hungarian.
Box 43, folder 8
Hungary 2341748
1969-1975
Scope and Contents
All in Hungarian. Correspondence, clippings, and drawings. Bulk correspondence.
Box 43, folder 9
Bodri Ferenc, 1975-1977, undated 2341749
Scope and Contents
Correspondence. Bulk undated.
Box 43, folder 10
Hungarian work requests 2341750
Scope and Contents
Correspondence. English and Hungarian.
Box 43, folder 11
Hungarian Museums 2341751
1976-1978
Scope and Contents
Correspondence in Hungarian.
Box 43, folder 12
Hungarian Friends and Relatives 2341752
1970-1979
Scope and Contents
Correspondence in Hungarian.
Box 43, folder 13
Hungarian Friends 2341753
1978-1979
Scope and Contents
Correspondence in Hungarian.
Box 43, folder 14
Assorted material 2341754
1987-1989
Scope and Contents
Correspondence, drawings, and clippings. Majority in Hungarian, some in English.
Box 43, folder 15
Corvina 2341755
1977-1979
Scope and Contents
Originally in a folder of this title. Correspondence, relating to Corvina Kiado, which seems to be a Budapest gallery. Mostly
in Hungarian, some in English.
Box 43, folder 16
Hungarian Letters 2341756
1977-1987
Scope and Contents
Correspondence in Hungarian.
Box 43, folder 18
G.K. Hungarian Text 2341758
Scope and Contents
Typed material
Box 43, folder 19
Correspondence 2341759
1961-1980
Scope and Contents
Bulk 1975-1980. In Hungarian. Contains two strips of photographic negatives.
Box 27, folder 1
Printed Material 2341240
Scope and Contents
Printed material in Hungarian. Much of it has been hand-corrected.
Box 27, folder 14
Racz Pista 2341253
Scope and Contents
Material in Hungarian.
Box 104, folder 3-4
Miscellaneous publications 2393825
Scope and Contents
Most are about the arts. Includes two copies of the influential constructivist magazine Ma, one of which is original, and
one reprint.
Box 105, folder 29
Hungarian newspaper clippings etc. 2393887
Box 105, folder 30
Hungaroton EP-23745 [7" record] 2393888
Physical Description: 1 audio disc(s)
Series 16. Publications: other artists, writers, designers, etc.
Language of Material: English.
16.1. Other artists A-Z & misc. 2342036
Language of Material: English.
Scope and Contents
Contains exhibition catalogs, articles, essays, pamphlets, and transcripts, as well as some photographs and correspondence.
Includes material from MIT CAVS Fellows Michio Ihara, Piotr Kowalski, Rockne Krebs, Antonio Muntadas, Alejandro Otero, Otto
Piene, Athena Tacha, Vassilakis Takis, and Wen-Ying Tsai. Other significant items include exhibition notices from the Lazlo
Maholy-Nagy memorial exhibition at the Art Institute of Chicago in 1947, Piet Mondrian at Sidney Janis in 1951, and Jackson
Pollock at Betty Parsons also in 1951. Some items are inscribed to Kepes.
Box 15, folder 7
Richard Adler Xerox images 2341151
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
8.5 x 11 Xerox paper.
Box 99, folder 3-4
Bauhaus 2393804
Scope and Contents
Mostly retrospective catalogs, but also contains Kepes' copies of Bauhausbücher series 9, 11, and 13.
Box 6, folder 8
Bob Beck. Light Shows 2341098
Scope and Contents
Copy of promotional material on light shows written by Bob Beck for Color Control Co.
Box 4, folder 19
Jose Bermudez and NITINOL sculpture 2341083
Scope and Contents
Correspondence between G. Kepes and Jose Bermudez re: NITINOL alloy. Includes 3 photographs of Bermudez's sculpture, 2 drawings,
and 1 NITINOL wire in form of Kepes's name.
Box 99, folder 5
Max Bill 2393805
Scope and Contents
Includes one catalog inscribed to Kepes.
Box 27, folder 10
Lowry Burgess. Memory and Utopia 2341249
Scope and Contents
Photocopied manuscript for "Memory and Utopia" by Lowry Burgess.
Box 4, folder 9
Michael Cain. Projected Exhibition of Light and Color 2341065
Scope and Contents
Typescript proposal for an exhibition complete with drawings and collage diagrams.
Box 5, folder 6
Cunningham Dance Company Residency Proposal 2341092
Box 29, folder 22
Walter Dackiw. Images of Cities and the Environment
2341331
1984
Scope and Contents
Paper entitled Art, the Image and Constructed Knowledge by Walter Dackiw in May 1984 written for Kepes and Professor Lloyd
Rodwin.
Box 27, folder 24
Dorothy Hood exhibition brochure 2341263
1976
Scope and Contents
Exhibition brochure at the Marianne Friedman Gallery, Toronto. Opened October 9, 1976.
Box 25, folder 12
Michio Ihara 1980-1997 and undated
2341212
Scope and Contents
Published material and photographs relating to sculptor Michio Ihara, including the terminal for the Colorado Springs Airport.
Box 28, folder 2
Michio Ihara. Cyclelight.
2341274
1992
Scope and Contents
Descriptive material and photographs about an interactive sculpture by Japanese artist Michio Ihara that was installed in
Boston's City Hall Plaza, New Years, 1992.
Box 27, folder 8
Kandinsky Yellow-Sound Project
2341247
1980
Scope and Contents
Materials concerning a proposed Kandinsky exhibit.
Box 29, folder 21
Lajos Kassak. Rediscovery of Lajos Kassak 2341330
1984
Scope and Contents
Copy of an ARTNews article by Donna Stein about Kassak.
Box 26, folder 1
R.W. Keyes Patent Information
2341223
1969
Scope and Contents
Patent information for a Memory Controlled Shift Register Display Device. Registered to R.W. Keyes.
Box 5, folder 5
Piotr Kowalski exhibition catalog 2341091
1970
Scope and Contents
Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, 11 April - 24 May 1970.
Box 27, folder 28
Rockne Krebs 2341267
1969-1973
Scope and Contents
Materials were originally paper clipped together and marked "Krebs." - referring to Rockne Krebs - printed material and six
photos. Two photos are of works by Krebs, others are from an exhibition Kepes worked on - works by Otto Piene and Wen-Ying
Tsai.
Box 4, folder 8
Rockne Krebs 2341064
Scope and Contents
Materials pertaining to light artist Rockne Krebs including correspondence, C.V., press coverage, typescript essay titled
"Rockne Krebs' Three Works" by Nina Felshin, and one exhibition catalog.
Box 16, folder 9
Nathan Lerner - Talk for Institute of Design Reunion 2341163
1947-05-11
Scope and Contents
Typescript with hand-written notes/corrections.
Box 27, folder 5
Miroslav Malik 2341244
1976
Box 31, folder 8
Colin McCurdie. Connections: A Proposed Television Programme for Children 2341370
1979
Box 31, folder 16
F.S.C. Northrop. Relation Between Naturalistic Scientific Knowledge and Humanistic Intrinsic Values in Western Culture
2341378
1970
Scope and Contents
Photocopies of a book chapter
Box 4, folder 17
Otto Piene. Tomorrow and the Rainbow: About Light, Art and Light Art. 2341081
1966
Scope and Contents
Typescript of extended version of lecture given at Harvard University's Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts January 20, 1966.
Box 6, folder 7
Otto Piene. Proliferation of the Sun, Arts Magazine 2341097
1967
Scope and Contents
Copy of "The Proliferation of the Sun" by Otto Peine, Arts Magazine, Summer 1967. Includes 3 pages from different art press
article.
Box 4, folder 18
PULSA 2341082
1968
Scope and Contents
Includes typed PULSA Boston Demonstration Report dated October 8-27, 1968, copy of art press article, copy of PULSA Boston
Public Garden project catalog, and list of PULSA's research, exhibition, and teaching.
Box 32, folder 7
Bruce Rich. "Electric" Interior Space 2341390
Scope and Contents
Typescript of a piece written by Bruce Rich.
Box 28, folder 11
John Robert Ross. Poems as Holograms
2341283
Scope and Contents
Mimeograph of a typescript of an article entitled Poems as Holograms by John Robert Ross.
Box 4, folder 20
Nicolas Schoffer and Cybernetic Light Tower 2341084
Scope and Contents
Typed description of Schoffer's Cybernetic Light Tower for the Rond-Point de la Defense.
Box 27, folder 17
Sesson 2341256
Scope and Contents
Copies of handwritten and printed material related to Japanese Zen monk and painter Sesson Shukei.
Box 29, folder 3
Simmons, Gloria/Draft
2341312
Scope and Contents
Draft of a research report, with hand-written corrections.
Box 50, folder 5
Smithson Drawing 2341853
1969
Scope and Contents
Photocopy of a letter from Smithson to Kepes as well as a drawing on vellum of a "Mirror Ladder with Sticks + Vines."
Box 29, folder 13
Paolo Soleri. Minds for History
2341322
1986
Scope and Contents
Manuscript of a publication by Paolo Soleri.
Box 48, folder 12
Hugo de Soto and Geny Dignac. Homage to G. Kepes 2341827
1975
Scope and Contents
Printed material related to an art performance by artists Hugo de Soto and Geny Dignac.
Box 101, folder 5
Vassilakis Takis [see also film, transcripts] 2393818
Box 58, folder 9
Prodigal Genius, The Life of Nikola Tesla 2341901
1944
Scope and Contents
Photocopy of an article by John J. O'Neil.
Box 28, folder 6
Wen-ying Tsai. Cybernetic Light Tower, Boston 2341278
Scope and Contents
Description and Drawing of a Cybernetic Light Sculpture for Boston by Wen-ying Tsai.
Box 6, folder 10
Victor Vasarely translated texts 2341100
Scope and Contents
Typescripts with word counts; one has handwritten notation "translation" on top. Two duplicates titled "From-Color Integrated
in the City by the Technology of Mural Surfaces," one titled "En Hommage a Alexandre Davillier" with title crossed out.
Box 34, folder 8
Victor F. Weisskopf. Science, Technology, and Society 2341451
1982
Scope and Contents
Typed manuscript of a piece of writing by Victor F. Weisskopf.
Box 27, folder 29
Christopher Willard. Periodicity and Paradigm Formation
2341268
1994
Scope and Contents
Letter and attached manuscript of an article sent from Christopher Willard to Kepes. Willard wanted the paper published in
the journal Leonardo.
Box 28, folder 16
Jekabs Zvilna. Rotation and Form
2341288
1976
Scope and Contents
Published essay entitled "Rotation and Form" by Jekabs Zvilna, a professor at the University of Waterloo in Ontario.
Box 4, folder 12
Exhibition catalogs relating to light technology 2341073
Scope and Contents
Kinesethetics at Howard Wise Gallery 6 December 1969-10 January 1970; Frank Gilette: Video: Process and Meta-Process at Everson
Museum of Art, Syracuse, 1973; Vision & Television at Rose Art Museum 21 January-22 February 1970.
Box 4, folder 21
Typescript describing apparatus for multiple film projections 2341085
1966-06-01
Box 4, folder 22
Typed notes for The Electric Environment at Ontario College of Art 2341086
1973-04
Scope and Contents
Typed packet of notes, images, and diagrams for Exploration of Multi-Media Concepts workshop, part of The Electric Environment
held at Ontario College of Art.
Box 15, folder 10
Light/Sound Workshop poster 2341154
Scope and Contents
Poster for 'Light/Sound Workshop" at the Museum of Modern Art Oxford.
Box 27, folder 11
Government and the Future Welfare of the World
2341250
1973
Scope and Contents
Photocopy of a speech given by an unnamed Secretary General of an unnamed organization at the Royal Palace, Amsterdam, April
28, 1973.
Box 28, folder 13
Other artists 1972, undated
2341285
Scope and Contents
Photographs and writings that are by other artists. Most are unnamed, but some materials are by Leif Brush and Keiko Smith.
Box 29, folder 11
Creative Collaborations Artist Architects 2341320
1988
Scope and Contents
Information about an exhibition co-sponsored by various Boston-based visual arts organizations.
Box 30, folder 10
Lists of artworks by various artists 2341342
Box 48, folder 13
Schreckhorn 2341828
1969
Scope and Contents
Drawing entitled "Schreckhorn" Possibly by an artist named Jungfan.
Box 102, folder 2-4, Box 101, folder 7
Misc. art magazines, group show publicity, etc. 2393820
Box 102, folder 4
Photography magazines, catalogs, etc. 2393821
Box 103, folder 1-4, Box 102, folder 5
Architecture/urban studies magazines, catalogs, etc. 2393822
Scope and Contents
Contains magazines, reports, and scientific reprints. Includes Beiträge zum Bauen (possibly reprints), Ekistics, International
Lighting Review, and others.
Box 103, folder 5-6
Design/advertising magazines, catalogs, etc. 2393823
Box 104, folder 1-2, Box 103, folder 7
Art/science/technology magazines, catalogs, etc. 2393824
16.2. Books, other artists 2394805
Language of Material: English.
Scope and Contents
Selected books from the Kepes collection. some can also be found in the library catalog. Many mention Kepes in the text, ando
ne book jacket was probably designed by him.
Box 119
Synthesis, other artist books 2394807
Language of Material: English.
Box 119
selected formative texts: Wyl / Symmetry 1952 ; Thompson / Growth & Form 1942 ; Marey / Movement (1895) 2394806
Language of Material: English.
Box 140
See All The People
Language of Material: English.
Scope and Contents
10 signed lithographs by Richard Sturm, 12 poems by Daniel Zimmerman. Printed in 1976 in edition of 30 with elaborate molded
PVC housing. Kepes is mentioned in acknowledgements.
Box 120
Books inscribed by author A-C
Language of Material: English.
Scope and Contents
Contains editions inscribed by James Ackerman, Merle Armitage, Pieter Brattinga, Marcel Bruer (as Lajko), etc.
Box 121
Books inscribed by author C-J
Language of Material: English.
Scope and Contents
Contains editions inscribed by Charles & Ray Eames, Maya Deren (with enclosed note), Buckminster Fuller, Roman Jakobson, etc.
Box 122
Books inscribed by author K-M
Language of Material: English.
Scope and Contents
Contains editions inscribed by Kevin Lynch, Sibyl Maholoy-Nagy, Lewis Mumford, etc.
Box 123
Books inscribed by author P-T
Language of Material: English.
Scope and Contents
Contains editions inscribed by Octavio Paz, Otto Piene (see oversize for one additional), Athena Tacha, etc.
16.3. Other artists: oversize
Language of Material: English.
Box 189, folder 1
Otto Piene book (inscribed to GK)
Language of Material: English.
Box 189, folder 2
MIT Art Collection
Language of Material: English.
Box 189, folder 3
Artts & Architecure magazine cover with Asawa wire sculpture
1952-06
Language of Material: English.
Box 189, folder 4
Concepts of Educational Mobility
Language of Material: English.
Box 189, folder 5
Herman + Leews Assoc. - Design & Communications
Language of Material: English.
Box 189, folder 6
Art & Technology, Brooklyn Museum
1968-1969
Language of Material: English.
Box 190, folder 5
typescript proofs- exhibition catalog
Language of Material: English.
16.4. Juliet Kepes 2393676
Language of Material: English.
Scope and Contents
Gyorgy Kepes' wife was Juliet Kepes, an artist and illustrator.
Box 31, folder 7
A Celebration 2341369
Scope and Contents
Two copies of a press release about an exhibition at Radcliffe in which Juliet Kepes participated.
Box 31, folder 19
Juliet Kepes book correspondence and clippings 1980s, undated 2341381
Scope and Contents
Includes letter and clippings re: children's book written by Juliet Kepes, and a few other items.
Box 30, folder 9
Juliet Kepes Exhibition Material, 1978, 1981, undated 2341341
Scope and Contents
Publicity materials and list of works for exhibitions involving Juliet Kepes and Marianne Fisker Pierce.
Box 25, folder 19
Children's Books 1977-1979, undated
2341219
Scope and Contents
Consists of correspondence and printed material related to Juliet Kepes' work as an illustrator.
Box 96, folder 5-6
exhibition promotion, articles, etc. 2393723
Series 17. Biographies/CV/Press/Awards 2342043
Language of Material: English.
Box 9, folder 10
Kepes press coverage photographs 2341136
Scope and Contents
25 photographs reproducing press on Kepes from Life magazine and Boston Globe, possibly other sources.
Box 25, folder 14
Who is Who Biographical 1975, 1977-1978, undated
2341214
Scope and Contents
Correspondence and other files related to Kepes's inclusion in various Who's Who lists.
Box 26, folder 12
Publicity material
2341233
1972
Scope and Contents
For gallery shows and other events.
Box 27, folder 16
Kepes Biography 2341255
Scope and Contents
Photostat of a six-page typed biography of Kepes with hand-written corrections. Biography reads as if it might have been intended
for an exhibition catalog or similar publication.
Box 28, folder 20
Gyorgy Kepes: Paintings Informed by Earth-Light 2341292
1981-1982
Scope and Contents
Manuscript and correspondence referring to manuscript of an Afterimage article by Robert Morgan on Kepes.
Box 30, folder 25
Biographical 2341357
Scope and Contents
Material from Who's Who in the World and other biographical material about Kepes.
Box 30, folder 27
Awards 2341359
1972, 1974
Scope and Contents
Clippings and press releases about Kepes winning awards. In a folder labeled "Wellfleet" originally.
Box 31, folder 1
Who's Who 2341363
1984
Scope and Contents
Letter from Public Affairs Manager of Who's Who in America and photocopy of a picture of a dining room.
Box 32, folder 5
Press Materials
2341388
1966-1972
Scope and Contents
Clippings and press releases/publicity materials, mostly related to the Center for Advanced Visual Studies.
Box 32, folder 10
Press Materials 2341393
1972-1995
Scope and Contents
Clippings, press releases, and promotional materials relating to Kepes.
Box 32, folder 11
City of Cambridge Resolution 2341394
2002
Scope and Contents
City Council of Cambridge resolution acknowledging Kepes' many contributions to the City after his death.
Box 38, folder 3
G.K. Biographical Notes 2341502
Scope and Contents
Kepes Biographical/Curriculum Vitae Information.
Box 38, folder 21
Gy. K. Introduction 2341518
1970-1979
Scope and Contents
Printed material.
Box 48, folder 1
Kepes List pubs and exhibitions. Other vitae, undated and 1975 2341816
Scope and Contents
Various typed material related to Kepes' CV. Original folder title. Bulk undated.
Box 58, folder 2
For Gyorgy Kepes I 2341889
Scope and Contents
Photocopy of a typescript about Kepes.
Box 190, folder 6
Certificates & awards
Language of Material: English.
Series 18. Miscellaneous
Language of Material: English.
18.1. Address book/planners [unfoldered] 2342047
Language of Material: English.
Box 18
Daily Reminders 1978, 1979, 1982, 1984, 1987 2341194
Language of Material: English.
Box 19
Daily Reminders 2341195
1988, 1989
Language of Material: English.
18.2. Personal material 2342050
Language of Material: English.
Box 3, folder 8
Invoice for home roof repair 1958 2341051
Box 26, folder 18
Stamps 2341239
Scope and Contents
Small collection of various stamps from foreign countries.
Box 27, folder 4
Medical Notes 1988-1989, undated
2341243
Scope and Contents
Some material relating to Kepes' medical care, but much of it is generic published material.
Box 50, folder 3
Wellfleet Guestbook 2341851
1950-1995
Scope and Contents
Guestbook from the Kepes' house in Wellfleet, MA.
Box 105, folder 21
passport and SS card 2393879
Box 97
Guestbook for Gyorgy Kepes memorial service 1500449
2002
Physical Description: 1 volume(s)
18.3. Crate labels 2342024
Language of Material: English.
Scope and Contents
These labels were affixed to the original crates packed by Kepes.
Box 1, folder 1
Crate labels 2341004
Scope and Contents
File folder with labels for crate A in pen, possibly in Kepes' handwriting. "LANGUAGE OF VISION (ILLUSTRATION) LIGHT BOOK
- (NOTES) VISION+VALUE -PHOTOS ETC NEW LANDSCAPE (COPIES OLD PHOTOS) ENVIRONMENT LIGHT MODULATION" in green pen. "LOT: NOTES/MANUSCRIPTS
- BOX 4" in black pen.
Box 9, folder 1
Crate labels 2341116
Scope and Contents
File folder with labels for crate B in pen, possibly in Kepes's handwriting. "MISC. PHOTOS NEW LANDSCAPE PHOTOS + NOTES LIGHT
MODULATION CARPENTER LIGHT EXHIBIT PHOTOS OF PAINTINGS-COLOR PHOTOS FORM OF THE CITY NOTES ARCHEOLOGICAL PHOTOS" in green
pen. "LOT - SLIDES/PHOTOS BOX 1" in black pen.
Box 15, folder 1
Crate labels 2341148
Scope and Contents
File folder with labels for crate C, possibly in Kepes's handwriting. "LIGHT BOOK PHOTOGRAPHS" in green pen; "LOT SLIDES/PHOTOS
BOX 11" in black pen.
Series 19. Media
Language of Material: English.
19.1. Video 2341781
Language of Material: English.
Scope and Contents
Some likely duplicates. Others may not include or refer to Kepes.
Box 45, folder 1
Stone 2341782
Physical Description: 1 videotape(s) (vhs)
Box 45, folder 3
Exegesis 2341784
Physical Description: 1 videotape(s) (vhs)
Box 45, folder 6
Pacific Ocean Deep Space Site Transmission 2341787
Physical Description: 1 videotape(s) (vhs)
Box 45, folder 8
Gyorgy Kepes 2341789
Physical Description: 1 videotape(s) (vhs)
Scope and Contents
Contains a NYC Studio Interview, an Interview with Howard Wise, and "unknown clips". Runtime: 59:42
Box 46, folder 1
Gyorgy Kepes 2341792
1977-05-03
Physical Description: 1 videotape(s) (vhs)
Scope and Contents
Part of the John Walley Commemoration. Runtime 50:38.
Box 46, folder 2
Fragments of "Explorations" for Gyorgy from Charles Forberg 2341793
Physical Description: 1 videotape(s) (vhs)
Box 46, folder 4
1st Day. G. K. Working on Window. Michio Ihara 2341795
Physical Description: 1 videotape(s) (vhs)
Box 45, folder 9
Gyorgy Kepes 2341790
Physical Description: 1 videotape(s) (vhs)
Scope and Contents
Studio Interview NYC. Runtime 58:30
Box 45, folder 7
Staempfli Gallery 2341788
1982
Physical Description: 1 videotape(s) (vhs)
Scope and Contents
28 minutes.
Box 45, folder 10
Gyorgy Kepes Interview 2341791
1982-04-07
Physical Description: 1 videotape(s) (vhs)
Scope and Contents
Runtime 58:27.
Box 46, folder 3
Is Walter Gropius Alive and Well in the Late 20th Century? 2341794
1989-10-05
Physical Description: 1 videotape(s) (vhs)
Scope and Contents
Appears to be from a San Diego NEA Symposium. Runtime is 1:48:00.
Box 46, folder 5
Art Meets Architecture 2341796
1989
Physical Description: 1 videotape(s) (vhs)
Scope and Contents
"An Interview with Michio Ihara, Sculptor and Catherine Hunter, curator." September 22-November 12, 1989.
Box 45, folder 4
Chrysler LHS 2341785
1994
Physical Description: 1 videotape(s) (vhs)
Scope and Contents
Appears to be a VHS cassette. "Experience and Eloquent Expression of Form Following Function."
Box 45, folder 5
Inside the Visible 2341786
1996
Physical Description: 1 videotape(s) (vhs)
Scope and Contents
Published by Boston Institute of Contemporary Art. 30 min.
Box 45, folder 2
Drawing: The Thinking Hand 2341783
1996
Physical Description: 1 videotape(s) (vhs)
Scope and Contents
Written & Directed by Judith Wechsler. Louvre Museum / Les Films d'Ici. 53 Minutes.
Box 90, Item 1
Gyorgy Kepes - Studio Interview, New York City. One Hour Interview 2393512
Physical Description: 1 videotape(s) (u-matic)
Box 90, Item 2
An Interview With Gyorgy Kepes 4/7/82 "copy" 2393513
1982-04-07
Physical Description: 1 videotape(s) (u-matic)
Box 90, Item 3
Gyorgy Kepes - Studio Interview, New York City. 1/2 Hour Interview 2393514
Physical Description: 1 videotape(s) (u-matic)
Box 90, Item 4
Staempfli Gallery. Sculptures Sonores Baschet 3/1/82. Devlin Productions, Inc. 2393515
1982-03-01
Physical Description: 1 videotape(s) (u-matic)
Box 90, Item 5
Gyorgy Kepes May 3, 1977. Duplicate!!! 1. Part of the John E. Walley Communication 2393516
1977-05-03
Physical Description: 1 videotape(s) (u-matic)
Box 90, Item 6
Gyorgy Kepes. Interview With Howard Wise, August 1976. Color/30 Minutes 2393517
1976-08
Physical Description: 1 videotape(s) (u-matic)
Box 91, Item 1
Kepes Center 11/91 Eger Hungary 2393518
1991-11
Physical Description: 1 videotape(s) (vhs)
Box 91, Item 2
Eger Museum 12/91 2393519
1991-12
Physical Description: 1 videotape(s) (vhs)
Box 91, Item 3
Naimark 2393520
1986
Physical Description: 1 videotape(s) (vhs)
Box 91, Item 4
Gyorgy Kepes Memorial Service at MIT. Kresge Auditorium. 1 Hour, 15 min. © Kepes Family & MIT
2393521
2002-06-09
Physical Description: 1 videotape(s) (vhs)
Box 91, Item 5
Profile on Gyorgy Kepes 2393522
Physical Description: 1 videotape(s) (vhs)
Box 91, Item 6
Mate Gyula. Alkotasaibol [more information on label] 2393523
Physical Description: 1 videotape(s) (vhs)
19.2. Film 2393639
Language of Material: English.
Box 92, Item 1
1a-c. Kepes - Takis MIT Sessions CBS News 21st Century (Art) (Can #4) (AB-0, AB-4) 2393650
Physical Description: 3 film reel(s) (16mm)
Box 92, Item 2
2. Takis Interview. CBS News 21st Century (Art) (Can #5) (AC-0, AC-4) 2393652
Physical Description: 1 film reel(s) (16mm)
Scope and Contents
NOTE: Mold on film. Reel is isolated in plastic case and bag.
Box 93, Item 1
3. Kepes Flame Orchard (Hoffman) 4/72 - sound. Optical Soundtrack for Optical prints (no picture) "Archive -> MIT" 2393677
m1796_s19_ss2_b93_02
Physical Description: 1 film reel(s) (16mm)
Box 93, Item 2
4a-b. Kepes Flame Orchard (Hoffman, 4/72). A: Picture with Mag Stripe soundtrack B: Mag Sound Track. Original Film [bag says
7/17/07 "H06274"]
2393678
m1796_s19_ss2_b93_02
Physical Description: 2 film reel(s) (35mm)
Box 93, Item 3
5. [damaged, oxidized or other chemical reaction, no visible image?] 2393679
Physical Description: 1 film reel(s) (8mm)
Box 93, Item 4
6. [blue leader, Back Bay Film Labs, Boston. Box stamped "work print" with "work" crossed out] 2393680
Physical Description: 1 film reel(s) (8mm)
19.3. Audio 2341798
Language of Material: English.
Scope and Contents
Some may not include or refer to Kepes.
Box 46, folder 7
Kepes 2341801
Physical Description: 1 audiotape reel(s)
Box 46, folder 9
Kepes 2341803
Physical Description: 1 audiotape reel(s)
Box 46, folder 11
I.M. Pei Selected Works 2341805
Physical Description: 1 audiocassette(s)
Scope and Contents
MIT Museum Compton Gallery.
Box 46, folder 12-20
unlabeled cassettes 2341806
Physical Description: 9 audiocassette(s)
Box 46, folder 10
Magnetophone, Letter to Mr. Kepes 2341804
Physical Description: 1 audiocassette(s)
Language of Material: English.
Box 46, folder 21
Kepes at Museum. High Speed 2341807
Physical Description: 1 audiocassette(s)
Box 46, folder 6
Kepes Interview for Pamphlet 2341800
1967-12-20
Physical Description: 1 audiotape reel(s)
Box 46, folder 8
Compton Lecture 2341802
1975-12-11
Physical Description: 1 audiotape reel(s)
Box 46, folder 22
Seattle with Bill Ritchie 2341808
1978-05-24
Physical Description: 1 audiocassette(s)
Box 46, folder 23
Petaluma California 2341809
1985-11-10
Physical Description: 1 audiocassette(s)
Box 46, folder 24
MIT Morning Edition, "The Arts Remain a Large Part of the Curriculum at MIT" 2341810
1996-01-16
Physical Description: 1 audiocassette(s)
Box 47, folder 1
Michael Graves: The Sense of Boundary in Architecture 2341813
Scope and Contents
Commercially issued lecture on audiocassette with slides.
Box 47, folder 2
Richard Meier: Interplay of Space and Place 2341814
Scope and Contents
Commercially issued lecture on audiocassette with slides.
Box 47, folder 3
Peter Eisenman: An Act of Dissimulation 2341815
Scope and Contents
Commercially issued lecture on audiocassette with slides.