Scope and Content of Collection
Arrangement note
Acquisition Information
Preferred Citation
Access
Publication Rights
Contributing Institution:
Special Collections
Title: Jan and Edith Tschichold papers
Creator:
Rossmann, Zdeněk
Creator:
Bayer, Herbert, 1900-1985
Creator:
Vydra, Josef, 1884-1959
Creator:
Fuchs, Bohuslav, 1895-1972
Creator:
Hahn, Willibald
Creator:
Gebr. Fretz (Firm)
Creator:
Cyliax, Walter, 1899-1945
Creator:
Cyliax, Maria
Creator:
Bauhaus
Creator:
Moholy-Nagy, László, 1895-1946
Creator:
Hottenroth, Franz
Creator:
Heartfield, John, 1891-1968
Creator:
Strzemiński, Władysław, 1893-1952
Creator:
Swart, Piet
Creator:
Lissitzky, El, 1890-1941
Creator:
Reiner, Imre, 1900-1987
Creator:
Schwitters, Kurt, 1887-1948
Creator:
Tschichold, Jan, 1902-1974
Creator:
Sächsische Lehrerverein
Creator:
Tschichold, Edith
Creator:
Vordemberge-Gildewart, Friedrich, 1899-1962
Identifier/Call Number: 930030
Physical Description:
3 Linear Feet
(8 boxes)
Date (inclusive): 1899-1979 (bulk 1920-1938)
Date (bulk): 1920-1938
Abstract: German typographer and graphic designer. Correspondence between Jan Tschichold and his wife Edith and with a number of other
artists, including Josef Albers, Herbert Bayer, John Heartfield, El Lissitzky, László Moholy-Nagy, Kurt Schwitters, and Piet
Zwart. Collection includes printed ephemera and clippings. A significant number of letters and printed materials relate to
El Lissitzky. The bulk of the collection is dated 1920-1938.
Physical Location: Request access to the physical materials described in this inventory through the
catalog record for this collection. Click here for the
access policy .
Language of Material:
German
.
Scope and Content of Collection
Correspondence between Jan Tschichold and his wife, Edith, and a number of artists, many of them figures associated with the
Bauhaus, together with materials reflecting Jan Tschichold's career as a typographer and graphic designer. The collection
includes letters, postcards, decorated envelopes, published books, sample graphic and printed works, flyers, menus, and invitations.
Also included are newspaper and magazine clippings documenting the artists and their work.
A significant amount of material relates to El Lissitzky, including letters and postcards from El Lissitzky and his wife,
Sophie Lissitzky-Küppers; photographs and prints; typographic designs for books and advertisements; printed books and articles
by El Lissitzky as well as articles by Tschichold and others about El Lissitzky; and material relating to exhibitions of El
Lissitzky's work. Large portions of the collection are also devoted to Laszlo Moholy-Nagy and Kurt Schwitters, including correspondence,
works by these artists, publications by and about them, clippings, and other printed ephemera.
Other individuals for whom the collection has related material include: Herbert Bayer; Walter and Maria Cyliax (née Krauss)
and Gebr. Fretz, A.G.; Willibald Hahn and the Sächsische Lehrerverein; John Heartfield; Franz Hottenroth; Imre Reiner; Wladyslaw
Strzeminski; Friedrich Vordemberge-Gildewart; and Piet Zwart.
Arrangement note
Arranged alphabetically by name of correspondent.
Acquisition Information
Acquired in 1993.
Preferred Citation
Jan and Edith Tschichold papers, 1899-1979, bulk 1920-1938, The Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles, Accession no. 930030.
http://hdl.handle.net/10020/cifa930030
Access
Open for use by qualified researchers.
Publication Rights
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Ephemera
Letterheads
Graphic design
Typography
Bauhaus
Lissitzky, El, 1890-1941
Tschichold, Jan, 1902-1974