Finding Aid for the Collection of Prints by Pepi Weixlgärtner-Neutra, 1938-1960
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August 2011; machine-readable finding aid created by Caroline Cubé.
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Box 951575
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575
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Descriptive Summary
Title: Collection of Prints by Pepi Weixlgärtner-Neutra
Date (inclusive): 1938-1960
Collection number: 465
Creator:
Pepi Weixlgärtner-Neutra, 1886-1981.
Extent:
3 oversize folders
Abstract: This collection primarily consists of prints by Pepi Weixlgärtner-Neutra, an Austrian artist.
Language: Finding aid is written in
English.
Repository:
University of California, Los Angeles. Library Special Collections.
Los Angeles, California 90095-1575
Physical location: Stored off-site at SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact UCLA Library Special Collections
for paging information.
Administrative Information
Restrictions on Access
Open for research. STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact UCLA Library
Special Collections for paging information.
Restrictions on Use and Reproduction
Property rights to the physical object belong to the UC Regents. Literary rights, including copyright, are retained by the
creators and their heirs. It is the responsibility of the researcher to determine who holds the copyright and pursue the copyright
owner or his or her heir for permission to publish where The UC Regents do not hold the copyright.
Provenance/Source of Acquisition
Unknown, April 1997.
Processing Note
Processed by Yasmin Damshenas in the Center for Primary Research and Training (CFPRT), with assistance from Megan Hahn Fraser,
August 2011.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Collection of Prints by Pepi Weixlgärtner-Neutra (Collection 465). UCLA Library Special Collections,
Charles E. Young Research Library, UCLA.
UCLA Catalog Record ID
Biography
Pepi Weixlgärtner-Neutra (1886-1981) was an Austrian artist who concentrated on graphic design, sculpture and enamelwork.
She was born Josephine Neutra in Vienna, the eldest sister of Los Angeles-based modernist architect Richard Neutra. She married
Arpad Weixlgärtner, a curator at the Kunsthistoriches Museum in Vienna and prominent art historian. She studied sculpture
with Anton Hanak in Vienna. Using a style largely inspired by German Expressionism, Pepi became well-known for her graphic
prints, produced using such techniques as lithography, vernis mou and woodcuts. After the end of World War II, she lived in
Göteborg, Sweden. Starting in the 1960s, she became interested in color enamel techniques and worked on projects with her
daughter Elisabeth Söderberg-Weixlgärtner. Mother and daughter jointly exhibited their work in 1964 at the Museum für Kunsthandwerk
in Frankfurt (now known as the Museum für Angewandte Kunst). The artist is also known by alternate names including: Josephine
Therese Neutra, Josefine Neutra, Josephine Weixlgärtner, Pepi Weixlgärtner and Pepi Neutra.
Scope and Content
The collection primarily consists of Weixlgärtner's prints. The majority of the works in this collection are portraits and
nudes. Among her works represented here are:
The God and His Creature,
Mater Dolorosa,
Dreamvision,
Gabriel,
Theophilus, prints from the
Rhythmus series,
Sinfonia Furiosa,
Savonarola, and
Pietà. Included are portraits of her brother Richard Neutra (ca. 1950), her husband Arpad Weixlgärtner (c. 1946) and her son Johannes
Weixlgärtner. Also included in this collection is a color painting by Raymond Neutra dated 1949.
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Subjects
Weixlgärtner-Neutra, Pepi.
Artists --United States --Archival resources.
Genres and Forms of Material
Prints.
Related Material
Note
All works by Pepi Weixlgärtner-Neutra, unless otherwise indicated.
Folder 1
The God and His Creature
undated
Physical Description: Print, unidentified technique
Folder 1
Untitled
undated
Physical Description: Crayon drawing, abstract, signed Franziska
Folder 1
Mater Dolorosa
1938
Physical Description: Vernis mou (soft-ground etching)
Folder 1
Untitled
undated
Physical Description: Print, unidentified technique, portrait of older man
Folder 1
Untitled
undated
Physical Description: Silkscreen, abstract squares, signed Andre Bloy
Folder 1
Untitled
undated
Physical Description: Print, unidentified technique, female figure
Folder 1
Johannes
undated
Scope and Content Note
Print, unidentified technique, portrait of Pepi Weixlgärtner-Neutra's son at age sixteen, note inscribed on back indicates
"for Wolf" and that it is not for sale.
Folder 1
Untitled
undated
Physical Description: Print, unidentified technique, portrait
Folder 1
Untitled
October 1949
Note
Painting by Raymond Neutra
Folder 1
Dreamvision
undated
Physical Description: Print, unidentified technique
Folder 1
Untitled
undated
Physical Description: Print, unidentified technique, portrait
Folder 1
Sybille
undated
Physical Description: Print, unidentified technique
Folder 1
Untitled
undated
Physical Description: Print, portrait of two figures
Folder 1
Untitled
undated
Physical Description: Print, unidentified technique, portrait of two figures
Folder 1
Hofrat Dr., A. Weixlgärtner, My Husband
1946
Scope and Content Note
Lithograph, portrait of the artist's husband, Arpad Weixlgärtner
Folder 1
Untitled
undated
Physical Description: Print, unidentified technique, two figures
Folder 1
Gabriel
undated
Physical Description: Print, unidentified technique, portrait
Folder 2
Dr. Weixlgärtner, No. II
1946
Scope and Content Note
Lithograph, dedication on back indicates Chicago Art Institute print room (collection for graphic arts)
Folder 2
Savonarola, No. IV
undated
Scope and Content Note
Print, unidentified technique, dedication on back indicates Chicago Art Institute print room (collection for graphic arts)
Folder 2
Ich lasse dich nicht-Du segnest mich denn, No. III
1946
Scope and Content Note
Lithograph, dedication on back indicates Chicago Art Institute print room (collection for graphic arts)
Folder 2
Pietà, No. V
1954
Scope and Content Note
Lithograph, dedication on back indicates Chicago Art Institute print room (collection for graphic arts)
Folder 2
Architect Richard J. Neutra, Los Angeles, No. I
1950
Scope and Content Note
Woodcut, dedication on back indicates Chicago Art Institute print room (collection for graphic arts)
Folder 3
Theophilus
undated
Physical Description: Print, unidentified technique
Folder 3
Untitled
undated
Physical Description: Print, unidentified technique, masks
Folder 3
Untitled
undated
Physical Description: Print, unidentified technique, portrait
Folder 3
Untitled
undated
Physical Description: Print, unidentified technique, portrait
Folder 3
Untitled
undated
Physical Description: Print, unidentified technique, portrait
Folder 3
Untitled
undated
Physical Description: Print, unidentified technique, female nude
Folder 3
Fragment
undated
Physical Description: Print, unidentified technique, two figures
Folder 3
Untitled
undated
Physical Description: Print, unidentified technique, female nude
Folder 3
Untitled
undated
Physical Description: Print, unidentified technique, harlequin
Folder 3
Untitled
undated
Physical Description: Print, unidentified technique, cloud
Folder 3
Capricco
undated
Scope and Content Note
Lithograph, from the Rhythmus series
Folder 3
Scherzo II
1934
Scope and Content Note
Lithograph, from the Rhythmus series
Folder 3
Donne Gravide II
undated
Scope and Content Note
Lithograph, from the Rhythmus series
Folder 3
Sinfonia Furiosa
undated
Scope and Content Note
Print, unidentified technique, two figures, "unicum" inscribed under Pepi's signature
Folder 3
Untitled
undated
Physical Description: Print, unidentified technique, portrait
Folder 3
Untitled
undated
Physical Description: Print, unidentified technique, portrait
Folder 3
Untitled
undated
Physical Description: Print, unidentified technique, portrait
Folder 3
Untitled
undated
Physical Description: Print, unidentified technique, portrait
Folder 3
Untitled
undated
Physical Description: Print, unidentified technique, portrait