The study photographs of Ulrich Alexander Middeldorf, a German-American art historian, provide insight into how his work was conceived and organized. His principal publications concerned Tuscan sculptors of the quattrocento as well as bronzes, medals, and plaquettes. He was director of the Art Institute of Chicago, and, in Florence, served as director and librarian of the Kunsthistorisches Institute and director of the Longhi Institute.

Ulrich Alexander Middeldorf (1901-1983) was a German-American art historian who specialized in the study of sculpture, medals, and the minor and applied arts. He was director of the Art Institute of Chicago, the Fondazione Roberto Longhi, and then served as the director and librarian of the Kusthistorisches Institut until his death in 1983.

37 Linear Feet(ca. 30,000 photoprints, clippings, offprints, and notes in 74 boxes)

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