Finding aid for the Enrico Donati letters received and manuscripts, 1943-1963.
Finding aid prepared by Hillary Brown.
Descriptive Summary
Title: Enrico Donati letters received and manuscripts
Date (inclusive): 1943-1963
Number: 940120
Creator/Collector:
Donati, Enrico, 1909-2008
Physical Description:
250.0 items
Repository:
The Getty Research Institute
Special Collections
1200 Getty Center Drive, Suite 1100
Los Angeles, California, 90049-1688
(310) 440-7390
Abstract: Italian-born painter and sculptor. Circa 200 letters received from galleries, museums, and artists, four manuscripts, and
circa 20 printed items primarily relate to the Surrealist retrospective "Le Surrealisme en 1947" curated by Andrei Breton
and Marcel Duchamp and held at the Galerie Maeght in Paris, July-August 1947.
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Language: Collection material is in French, English and Italian.
Biographical/Historical Note
The Italian-born painter and sculptor, Enrico Donati, became an American citizen in 1945. During the 1930s and 1940s he was
associated with Surrealists in Paris and New York, contributing to the Surrealist retrospective in Paris in 1947.
Administrative Information
Access
Open for use by qualified researchers.
Publication Rights
Preferred Citation
Enrico Donati letters received and manuscripts, 1943-1963, Research Library, The Getty Research Institute, Accession no. 940120.
http://hdl.handle.net/10020/cifa940120
Acquisition Information
Acquired in 1994.
Processing History
Processed by Hillary Brown, with later additions processed and added to the finding aid by Beth Guynn.
Scope and Content of Collection
A major focus of the letters, manuscripts and ephemera that comprise this collection is the Surrealist retrospective "Le Surrealisme
en 1947" curated by Andrei Breton and Marcel Duchamp and held at the Galerie Maeght in Paris, July-August 1947. The collection
comprises circa 210 published and unpublished letters, postcards, and notes received by Enrico Donati, many relating to the
organization and impact of the Surrealist exhibition. Other letters from galleries, museums, and Donati's fellow artists reflect
his professional life and that of his friends.
Also included are four manuscripts by Donati, clippings relating to his work or the 1947 surrealist exhibition, and articles
about Donati's work by American and European critics such as Dore Ashton, Hubert Crehan, Alain Jouffroy, and Jaroslav Serpan.
Arrangement note
Arranged in 2 series:
Series I. Letters received, 1943-1963;
Series II. Manuscripts and ephemera, 1943-1963
Indexing Terms
Subjects - Names
Donati, Enrico, 1909-2008
Subjects - Topics
Art--Exhibitions--20th century--France--Paris
Surrealism
Subjects - Titles
Solution surréaliste
Surreialisme en 1947
Genres and Forms of Material
Ephemera
Contributors
Ashton, Dore
Baj, Enrico, 1924-2003
Ballet International
Biennale di Venezia
Brauner, Victor, 1903-1966
Breton, André, 1896-1966
Breton, Elise
Brooks, James, 1906-1992
Cagli, Corrado, 1910-1976
Calas, Nicolas
Cardazzo, Carlo, 1908-1963
Clarac-Sérou, Max
Craven, John, 1912-1981
Crehan, Hubert
Delanglade, Freideiric
Dubuffet, Jean, 1901-1985
Duchamp, Marcel, 1887-1968
Faucheaux, Pierre
Fontana, Lucio, 1899-1968
Galerie Maeght (Paris, France).
Galleria nazionale d'arte moderna (Italy)
Geist, Sidney
Gottlieb, Adolph, 1903-1974
Gómez-Correa, Enrique, 1915-
Hare, David, 1917-1992
Heisler, Jindřich, 1914-1953
Hérold , Jacques, 1910-1987
Jean, Marcel, 1900-1993
Jouffroy, Alain, 1928-
Kober, Jacques
Lam, Wifredo
Lamba, Jacqueline, 1910-
Lebrun, Rico, 1900-1964
Luca, Géirasim
Martins, Maria, 1900-1973
Matta Echaurren, Roberto Sebastián, 1912-2002
Miller, Henry, 1891-1980
Museum of Modern Art (New York, N.Y.).
Nadeau, Marthe
Nadeau, Maurice
Péret, Benjamin, 1899-1959
Reggiani, Mauro, 1897-1980
Renne, René
Sage, Kay
Seligmann, Kurt, 1900-1962
Selz, Peter Howard, 1919-
Serbanne, Claude
Serpan, 1922-1976
Tanguy, Yves, 1900-1955
Tanning, Dorothea, 1910-
Tapié, Michel
Tyler, Parker
Wolff, Theodore F.
Series I.
Letters received,
1943-1963
Physical Description:
5.0 folder(s)
Scope and Content Note
The series contains circa 210 published and unpublished letters, postcards, and notes received by Enrico Donati, many relating
to the organization and impact of the 1947 Surrealist exhibition. Other letters from galleries, museums, and Donati's fellow
artists reflect his professional life and that of his friends.
Box 1, Folder 1
Enrico Baj,
1953
Scope and Content Note
2 letters.
Box 1, Folder 1
Ballet International Incorporated,
1944
Scope and Content Note
1 letter and one contract.
Box 1, Folder 1
Victor Brauner,
1946-1948
Scope and Content Note
9 letters.
Box 1, Folder 2
André Breton and Elise Breton,
1943-1953
Scope and Content Note
38 letters, 2 postcards and 5 telegrams, copy of
A l'etoile scellée, 1 envelope with notes, exhibit plans.
Box 1, Folder 3
James Brooks,
undated
Scope and Content Note
1 letter.
Box 1, Folder 3
Corrado Cagli,
1945
Scope and Content Note
1 letter.
Box 1, Folder 3
Nicolas Calas,
n.d.
Scope and Content Note
1 letter
Box 1, Folder 3
Aldo Capri,
1952
Scope and Content Note
1 letter.
Box 1, Folder 3
Carlo Cardazzo (Galleria d'Arte del Naviglio, Milan)
1954
Scope and Content Note
1 letter and 1 telegram.
Box 1, Folder 3
Bacioni da Ceponi (Edizione del Milione, Milan)
undated
Scope and Content Note
1 letter.
Box 1, Folder 3
Max Clarac-Sérou,
1953-1954
Scope and Content Note
3 letters.
Box 1, Folder 3
Committee of Artists (Stable Gallery, New York)
1953
Scope and Content Note
1 letter.
Box 1, Folder 3
John Craven,
1954
Scope and Content Note
3 letters.
Box 1, Folder 3
Hubert Crehan (
Art Digest),
1954
Scope and Content Note
1 letter.
Box 1, Folder 3
Frédéric Delanglade,
1947
Scope and Content Note
1 letter.
Box 1, Folder 3
Jean Dubuffet,
1952
Scope and Content Note
2 letters and 1 postcard.
Box 1, Folder 4
Marcel Duchamp,
1949-1961
Scope and Content Note
14 letters, 6 postcards, 4 notes, 1 telegram, rotorelief plans and directions.
Box 1, Folder 5
Pierre Faucheaux,
1953
Scope and Content Note
1 letter.
Box 1, Folder 5
Lucio Fontana,
1952
Scope and Content Note
1 letter.
Box 1, Folder 5
Galerie Maeght,
1947
Scope and Content Note
2 letters.
Box 1, Folder 5
Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Moderna, Rome (Palma Bucarelli, Soprintendenza)
1952
Scope and Content Note
1 letter.
Box 1, Folder 5
Enrique Gomez-Correa,
1947-1949
Scope and Content Note
4 letters.
Box 1, Folder 5
Adolph Gottlieb,
1948
Scope and Content Note
1 letter.
Box 1, Folder 5
Gypsy,
1948
Scope and Content Note
1 telegram.
Box 1, Folder 5
David Hare and Jacqueline Lamba,
1947-1951
Scope and Content Note
3 letters and 1 postcard.
Box 1, Folder 5
Jindrich Heisler,
1948
Scope and Content Note
2 letters.
Box 1, Folder 5
Jacques Hérold,
1946
Scope and Content Note
2 letters.
Box 1, Folder 5
Marcel Jean,
1949
Scope and Content Note
1 letter.
Box 1, Folder 5
Alain Jouffroy,
1953
Scope and Content Note
2 letters.
Box 1, Folder 5
Jacques Kober,
1947
Scope and Content Note
2 letters.
Box 1, Folder 6
Wifredo Lam,
1952
Scope and Content Note
1 postcard.
Box 1, Folder 5
Rico Lebrun,
undated
Scope and Content Note
1 letter.
Box 1, Folder 5
Ghérasim Luca,
1947
Scope and Content Note
1 collage postcard.
Box 1, Folder 5
Henning Man,
1949
Scope and Content Note
1 letter.
Box 1, Folder 5
Maria Martins,
1954, undated
Scope and Content Note
2 letters.
Box 1, Folder 5
Matta,
1947, undated
Scope and Content Note
1 letter, 5 notes and 2 telegrams.
Box 1, Folder 5
Henry Miller,
1948-1949
Scope and Content Note
1 letter and 1 postcard.
Box 1, Folder 5
Museum of Modern Art, New York (Jane Sabersky, Assistant Curator)
1953
Scope and Content Note
1 letter.
Box 1, Folder 5
Maurice and Marthe Nadeau,
1947
Scope and Content Note
4 letters.
Box 1, Folder 5
NRF, Paris,
undated
Scope and Content Note
1 letter.
Box 1, Folder 5
Robert Osborne,
1963
Scope and Content Note
1 letter.
Box 1, Folder 5
Benjamin Péret: 2 letters,
1949-1950
Scope and Content Note
2 letters.
Box 1, Folder 5
Mauro Reggiani,
1952-1953
Scope and Content Note
1 letter and 1 poscard.
Box 1, Folder 5
René Renne,
1947
Scope and Content Note
1 letter.
Box 1, Folder 5
Roberto,
1954, undated
Scope and Content Note
2 letters.
Box 1, Folder 5
Kurt Seligmann,
1952
Scope and Content Note
1 letter.
Box 1, Folder 7
Claude Serbanne,
1947
Scope and Content Note
1 letter.
Box 1, Folder 5
Jaroslav Serpan,
1953-1954
Scope and Content Note
12 letters, 1 postcard, 1 announcement and 1 etching.
Box 1, Folder 5
Solution Surréaliste (Jean-Louis Bédouin and Seigle)
1948
Scope and Content Note
1 letter.
Box 1, Folder 5
Yves Tanguy and Kay Sage,
1946-1957
Scope and Content Note
8 letters, 1 gallery invitation, 6 postcards and 1 card.
Box 1, Folder 5
Dorothea Tanning and Max Ernst,
undated
Scope and Content Note
Series of 5 postcards.
Box 1, Folder 5
Michel Tapié,
1953, undated
Scope and Content Note
3 letters.
Box 1, Folder 5
Toninelli,
1947
Scope and Content Note
1 letter.
Box 1, Folder 5
Venice Biennial,
1949-1950
Scope and Content Note
2 letters, 1 postcard.
Box 1, Folder 5
Venturi,
1950
Scope and Content Note
1 postcard.
Box 1, Folder 5
Miscellaneous correspondence,
undated
Scope and Content Note
2 letters.
Box 1, Folder 5
1 article: "Superstitions,"
undated
Series II.
Manuscripts and ephemera,
circa 1943-1963
Physical Description:
4.0 folder(s)
Scope and Content Note
Series contains four manuscripts by Donati, clippings relating to his work or the 1947 surrealist exhibition, and articles
about Donati's work by American and European critics such as Dore Ashton, Hubert Crehan, Alain Jouffroy, and Jaroslav Serpan.
Box 1, Folder 8
4 manuscripts by Enrico Donati
Scope and Content Note
"Alchemy," "Is my fossil my myth?", "Foreword," and "Black & three whites."
Box 1, Folder 9
4 clippings and magazine,
1947-1949
Scope and Content Note
Includes February 1947 issue of
Arts Magazine.
Box 1, Folder 10
Articles about Enrico Donati's work
Scope and Content Note
By Dore Ashton, Nicolas Calas, Hubert Crehan, Sidney Geist, Alain Jouffroy, and Maurice Nadeau.
Box 1, Folder 11
Articles about Enrico Donati's work
Scope and Content Note
By Peter Selz, Parker Tyler, Jaroslav Serpan, Theodore F. Wolff, and various critics.
