Professor Dr. Friedrich Winkler correspondence collection, 1845, 1929-1999

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Summary

Creators:
Winkler, Friedrich, 1888-1965 and Dencker, Claudia
Extent:
4.05 Linear Feet (7 manuscript boxes and 1 half box)
Language:
English .
Preferred citation:

[identification of item], Professor Dr. Friedrich Winkler correspondence collection (M2894). Dept. of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford Libraries, Stanford, California.

Background

Scope and content:

Friedrich Horst Winkler (1888-1965) was an art historian, renowned expert on Albrecht Dürer, and the head of the Berlin Museum of Prints and Drawings (Kupferstichkabinett) from 1933 until his retirement in 1957. The Museum of Prints and Drawings is still the largest museum of its kind in Germany and focusses on European drawings, prints, illuminated manuscripts, artist sketchbooks, and all kinds of graphic art. As head of this museum during a turbulent and historically important period, Winkler had an unparalleled perspective on the German cultural scene, and his correspondence includes discussions about offering restitution to colleagues who were chased out of Germany; the re-establishment of the art collections and reopening of the German museums after WWII; requests for authentication, attribution as well as claiming lost collections; owners seeking purchase of their art work by the museum due to personal financial hardships and other topics that continue to be of interest to researchers. The materials are in German and English.

Acquisition information:
Purchase, 2023. Accession 2023-116.
Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Access and use

Restrictions:

Open for research. Note that material must be requested at least 36 hours in advance of intended use.

Terms of access:

While Special Collections is the owner of the physical and digital items, permission to examine collection materials is not an authorization to publish. These materials are made available for use in research, teaching, and private study. Any transmission or reproduction beyond that allowed by fair use requires permission from the owners of rights, heir(s) or assigns. See: http://library.stanford.edu/spc/using-collections/permission-publish.

Preferred citation:

[identification of item], Professor Dr. Friedrich Winkler correspondence collection (M2894). Dept. of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford Libraries, Stanford, California.

Location of this collection:
Department of Special Collections, Green Library
557 Escondido Mall
Stanford, CA 94305-6004, US
Contact:
(650) 725-1022
specialcollections@stanford.edu
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