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INVENTORY OF THE RICHARD HUELSENBECK PAPERS, 1910-1978
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Title: Richard Huelsenbeck papers
Date (inclusive): 1910-1978
Collection number: 910082
Creator:
Huelsenbeck, Richard, 1892-1974
Extent:
1.25 linear feet
(3 boxes)
Repository:
Getty Research Institute
Research Library
Special Collections and Visual Resources
1200 Getty Center Drive, Suite 1100
Los Angeles, CA 90049-1688
Abstract: Papers of German poet, Richard Huelsenbeck, who was involved with the Dada movement and edited several of its important journals.
The collection includes manuscripts, correspondence, some photographs, clippings and catalogues.
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Language: Collection material in German
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Richard Huelsenbeck papers, 1910-1978, Getty Research Institute, Research Library, Accession no. 910082.
Acquired in 1991.
Correspondence available in photocopies.
Richard Huelsenbeck was a German poet, closely involved with the Zürich Dada movement, who introduced Dada to Berlin and edited
several important Dada journals.
Scope and Content of Collection
TheRichard Huelsenbeck Papers contain manuscripts by Huelsenbeck and Raoul Hausmann, correspondence to and from Huelsenbeck
with some photographs, clippings and catalogues, and about 130 letters between other correspondents.
The archive contains a rich file of letters written to Huelsenbeck from Erich Buchholz (ca. 95 items), George Grosz (ca. 50
items), Raoul Hausmann (ca. 175 items), Hannah Höch (15 items), Marcel Janco (10 items), Hans Richter (ca. 65 items) and Michel
Seuphor (ca. 30 items) that date from 1912-1978 (bulk 1950s and 1960s) and contain discussions of current work and reputations,
as well as recountings of pre-war Dada activities. There are also ca. 160 letters from Huelsenbeck to various correspondents,
including about 15 letters to and from Hans Rudolf Hilty and ca. 20 letters between Huelsenbeck and Kurt Hiller. The letters
date from 1930-1974, bulk 1950-1967. Within the Huelsenbeck correspondence files are ca. 50 pages of his writings in manuscript.
The Hausmann file includes about 80 pages of his manuscripts, and the Richter file includes exhibition catalogues and Richter's
script for
Narcissus.
The correspondence between others includes a lengthy file of Hausmann letters. In addition to his letters to Huelsenbeck,
there are letters between Hausmann and Kurt Schwitters, 1946-64 (ca. 110 items), Hausmann and Elfriede Stegemeier, 1949-54
(ca. 30 items), Hausmann and Jan Tschichold, 1930 (20 items), and between Hausmann and Augustin Tschinkel, 1949-59 (20 items).
There are also 4 letters from 1964 between Tristan Tzara and Werner Schmalenbach.
Arrangement
The collection is arranged alphabetically.
Huelsenbeck, Richard, 1892-1974
Art, Modern—20th century
Assemblage (Art)
Avant-garde (Aesthetics)
Dadaism
Expatriate artists
Photographic prints
Photographs, Original
Buchholz, Erich, 1891-
Grosz, George, 1893-1959
Hausmann, Raoul, 1886-1971
Hiller, Kurt, 1885-1972
Hilty, Hans Rudolf
Höch, Hannah, 1889-
Janco, Marcel, 1895-
Marc, Franz, 1880-1916
Schmalenbach, Werner, 1920-
Seuphor, Michel, 1901-
Stegemeier, Elfriede
Tschinkel, Augustin
Tschichold, Jan, 1902-1974
Tzara, Tristan, 1896-1963
Schwitters, Kurt, 1887-1948
Richter, Hans, 1888-1976