Scope and Content of Collection
Arrangement note
Biographical/Historical Note
Processing History
Acquisition Information
Preferred Citation
Access
Publication Rights
Digitized Material
Related Material
Bibliography
Contributing Institution:
Special Collections
Title: Arnold Eagle papers and films related to Hans Richter
Creator:
Richter, Hans, 1888-1976
Creator:
Duchamp, Marcel, 1887-1968
Creator:
Eagle, Arnold
Creator:
Malevich, Kazimir Severinovich, 1878-1935
Identifier/Call Number: 970021
Physical Description:
12 Linear Feet
(12 boxes)
Date (inclusive): 1927-1990, bulk 1946-1981
Date (bulk): 1946-1981
Abstract: This collection documents the film collaborations and friendship of German-born
Dadaist, Hans Richter, and New York photographer and cinematographer, Arnold Eagle. It includes color film footage, out-takes
and audiotracks for
several of Richter's post-World War II films, as well as letters, notes, scripts, sketches, photographs, printed material
and
storyboards.
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Language of Material:
English .
Scope and Content of Collection
The Arnold Eagle papers and films comprise documents recording the film collaborations and personal friendship between the
German-born Dadaist, Hans
Richter, and the New York photographer, Arnold Eagle. This collection includes color film footage, out-takes and audiotracks
for several of Hans
Richter's post-World War II film productions including,
Dreams that money can buy,
8x8, and Richter's incomplete
animation film based upon a Kasimir Malevich script of 1927. It contains documents related to Eagle's repeated attempts to
complete the Malevich
animation, most notably, correspondence, film scripts, storyboards, color film footage, and sound tracks. This documentation
explains the
difficulties confronted during the film's production and the reasons for its unfinished condition. Correspondence between
Richter and Eagle recount
their production techniques and provide insights into the management of the Richter estate. Additional materials include:
published brochures,
serials, 35mm slides, photographic negatives, 16mm color film, synchronized sound tracks, 1/4" magnetic audio tape, and 3/4"
Umatic video tape.
Arrangement note
The papers are arranged in 6 series: Series I. Correspondence and documents, 1929-1990, undated Series II. Documentation on
Marcel Duchamp,
1958-1974, undated Series III. Interviews with Hans Richter, 1966-1970, undated Series IV. Dreams that money can buy, 1945-1988,
undated Series V.
8x8, 1950-1957, undated Series VI. Malevich animation, 1927-1981, undated
Biographical/Historical Note
A Hungarian-born photographer and cinematographer, Arnold Eagle is known for his documentary images of Jewish emigrant and
urban life on the lower
East Side of Manhattan. Eagle immigrated to Brooklyn, New York in 1929 and accepted a position working for the WPA in 1935.
During the 1940s he
began working with the artist Roy Striker and was later sent as a still photographer and cameraman to Louisiana to work with
Robert J. Flaherty on
his film
Louisana story. Prior to leaving for Louisiana, Eagle met Hans Richter, the German-born Dadaist and filmmaker, and began
what would become a life-long friendship. They collaborated on a number of films including:
Dreams that money can buy, 1944-1947,
8x8, 1950-1957,
A Chess sonata
in eight episodes for color film
, 1954-1957,
Chesscetera (Passionate Pastime),
1956-1957,
Dadascope, 1956-1961, and the
creation of an animation film, 1970-1971, based on Kasimir Malevich's script of 1927. Eagle became an instructor of cinematography
at the New School
for Social Research in 1955.
Processing History
Scott Wolf processed the collection in 1997. Andra Darlington processed and described the film in August 2000. Malevich films
reformatted by Film
Technology, September 2001 and July 2002.
Acquisition Information
The collection was acquired in 1997.
Preferred Citation
Arnold Eagle papers and films related to Hans Richter, 1927-1990, undated, The Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles, Accession
no. 970021.
http://hdl.handle.net/10020/cifa970021
Access
Open for use by qualified researchers, except the original films and videos, which may not be viewed until reformatting is
complete. Reformatted use
copies are available for the Malevich film.
Publication Rights
Digitized Material
Selected audio and films from the collection were digitized and are available online: http://hdl.handle.net/10020/970021av
Related Material
Hans Richter papers, Getty Research Institute, Accession no. 880428.
Bibliography
Publications consulted by the cataloger.Malewitsch, Kasimir.
Suprematismus: die gegenstandslose Welt. Köln: M. DuMont
Schauberg, 1962.
Richter, Hans.
Begegnungen von Dada bis heute. Köln: M. DuMont Schauberg, 1973.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Art and motion pictures
Sketches
Sound recordings
Experimental films
Acetate film
Cinematography, Abstract
Dadaism in motion pictures
8 x 8 (Motion picture)
Photographic prints
Dreams that money can buy (Motion picture)
Photographs, Original
Letters (correspondence)
Motion pictures (information artifacts)
Richter, Hans, 1888-1976
Malevich, Kazimir Severinovich, 1878-1935
Eagle, Arnold
Duchamp, Marcel, 1887-1968