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Call Number: SC1094
Creator:
Kahn, Matt
Title: Matt Kahn papers
Dates: circa 1960s-1990s
Physical Description:
4.5 Linear feet
Language(s): The materials are in English.
Repository:
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
Stanford University Libraries
557 Escondido Mall
Stanford, CA 94305-6064
Email: speccollref@stanford.edu
Phone: (650) 725-1022
URL: http://www-sul.stanford.edu/depts/spc/spc.html
The materials are partially restricted. Student grade books (box 5) and student/faculty recommendations & endoresements (box
6) are restricted 75 years from date of creation. Audio-visual materials are not available in original format, and must be
reformatted to a digital use copy.
All requests to reproduce, publish, quote from, or otherwise use collection materials must be submitted in writing to the
Head of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, California 94304-6064. Consent
is given on behalf of Special Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission
from the copyright owner. Such permission must be obtained from the copyright owner, heir(s) or assigns. See: http://library.stanford.edu/depts/spc/pubserv/permissions.html.
Restrictions also apply to digital representations of the original materials. Use of digital files is restricted to research
and educational purposes.
[identification of item], Matt Kahn Papers (SC1094). Dept. of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University
Libraries, Stanford, Calif.
Matt Kahn graduated from Cranbook Academy of Art in Michigan, and began teaching at Stanford University in 1949, where he
has taught painting, drawing, sculpture and design. In 1992-93, he received the Dean's Award for Distinguished Teaching. His
teaching career has focused on design, where he was an active and influential mentor to generations of aspiring designers
and talented students. While at Stanford, Professor Kahn also worked as an artistic consultant to Eichler Homes, the developer
of modernist homes in California in the 1950s and 1960s. In 1957 and 1958, he served as Director of the U.S. State Department's
Craft and Development Program in Cambodia. Professor Kahn has garnered national prominence for his exploration of multiple
art forms, from painting to sculpture, textiles, metalwork, furniture design and interiors. Over the years, he has participated
in multiple exhibitions at major institutions including the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, Portland Art Museum in
Oregon, and the Museum of Craft+Design in San Francisco.
Materials include professional files, teaching files (including videos of lectures), and photographs.
Art --Study and teaching.