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Title: Sibyl Moholy-Nagy Collection
Dates: 1909-1970
Collection number: MS 43
Creator:
Moholy-Nagy, Sibyl
Collection Size:
19 linear feet;
38 half cartons
2 flats
Repository:
University of California, Santa Cruz. University Library.
Special Collections and Archives
Santa Cruz, California 95064
Abstract: This collection includes correspondence, clippings, articles, typescripts, and photographs documenting architectural styles
worldwide taken mostly in the 1960's by the architectural historian and critic Sibyl Moholy-Nagy. The images and articles
relate to the history of architecture and were used to support Sibyl Moholy-Nagy's teaching. The material is arranged alphabetically
by Moholy-Nagy's original code and subject divisions. Also included is an important group of periodicals and documents pertaining
to the Futurist Movement in Italy. Along with the negatives of architectural subjects are 3 small collections of slides of
Laszlo Moholy-Nagy's artwork, and a separate group of black and white photographs of his artwork from an exhibition in 1969.
Physical location: Stored in Special Collections & Archives: Advance notice is required for access to the papers.
Languages:
Languages represented in the collection:
English
German
French
Italian
Spanish
English
German
French
Italian
Spanish
Collection is open for research.
Property rights reside with the University of California. Literary rights are retained by the creators of the records and
their heirs. For permission to publish or to reproduce the material, please contact the Head of Special Collections and Archives.
Sibyl Moholy-Nagy Collection. MS 43. Special Collections and Archives, University Library, University of California, Santa
Cruz.
Gift of Hattula Moholy-Nagy Hug.
| 1903 | Sibyl Moholy-Nagy born Dorothea Maria Pauline Alice Sybille Pietzsche in Dresden, Germany. Birthdate also cited as 1905. |
| 1920's | Marries, but soon separates from and then obtains a divorce from Carl Dreyfus. |
| 1929 | Meets Laszlo Moholy-Nagy while working in the scenario office of the Tobis [Moving] Picture Syndicate in Berlin. |
| 1932 | Marries Laszlo Moholy-Nagy. |
| 1934 | Emigrates to the United States. |
| 1944 | Her only published novel, Children's Children, appears. |
| 1946 | Laszlo Moholy-Nagy dies of leukemia. |
| 1947 | Assumes first full-time teaching position at the Institute of Design in Chicago. |
| 1948 | Teaches for a year at Bradley University in Peoria. |
| 1949 | Moves to California, where she teaches at the Rudolph Schaeffer School of Design in San Francisco and at the University of California at Berkeley. |
| 1951 | Returns back east to accept a position at Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, New York. |
| 1969 | Retires as full professor from the Pratt Institute. |
| 1971 | Dies in New York Hospital (NYC) on January 8th, at age 67. |
Scope and Content of Collection
Includes correspondence, articles, typescripts, and photographs taken by the architectural historian and critic Sibyl Moholy-Nagy
documenting architectural styles worldwide. The images and articles relate to the history of architecture, with special emphasis
on the 20th century (for the most part secondary source material such as clippings and photographs) used to support her teaching.
The material is arranged alphabetically by Moholy-Nagy's original code and subject divisions. Much of the material has been
grouped in individual file folders devoted to specific architects (le Corbusier, Philip Johnson, Louis Kahn, Mies van der
Rohe, Frank Lloyd Wright, and others), specific sites, historical periods and historical styles. Also includes an important
group of periodicals and documents pertaining to the Futurist Movement in Italy, including early printings of the Futurist
Manifestoes as well as issues of
Il Futurismo,
Le Futurisme and
Futurismus. Along with the negatives of architectural subjects are 3 small collections of slides of Laszlo Moholy-Nagy's artwork, used
by Sibyl Moholy-Nagy in her art classes. Black and white photographs of Laszlo Moholy-Nagy's artwork from an exhibition in
1969 are included as the last series.
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in
the library's online public access catalog.
Moholy-Nagy, Sibyl, 1905--Archives
Architecture--America
City planning--History
Vernacular architecture
Moholy-Nagy, Laszlo, 1895-1946
- Sibyl and Laszlo Moholy-Nagy Papers, 1918-1971 , Smithsonian Archives of American Art
For images related to Sibyl Moholy-Nagy's Pedagogical Collection at McHenry Library, please contact the head of the Visual
Resource Collection.