Pearlman (Judith) interviews with Bauhaus masters and students, 1956-1993 (bulk 1980-1985), bulk 1980-1985

View only results with digital items
Printable guide [HTML]

Summary

Title:
Judith Pearlman interviews with Bauhaus masters and students
Dates:
1956-1993 (bulk 1980-1985), bulk 1980-1985
Creators:
Pearlman, Judith and Bauhaus
Abstract:
The collection comprises audio interviews by Judith Pearlman, accompanied by some transcripts, translations, notes and printed matter. Also included are two videotapes of Bauhaus films; and the original unenhanced cassette tapes and reel-to-reel master copies.
Extent:
9.5 Linear Feet (15 boxes)
Language:
English and English
Preferred citation:

Judith Pearlman interviews with Bauhaus masters and students, 1956-1993 (bulk 1980-1985), The Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles, Accession no. 920069.

http://hdl.handle.net/10020/cifa920069

Background

Scope and content:

The collection comprises 90 audio reels, primarily interviews by Judith Pearlman, accompanied by some transcriptions, translations, notes and printed matter. Also included are two videotapes of Bauhaus films and enhanced audiocassette tapes of the interviews.

The audio reels record interviews with masters, students, and others associated with of the Bauhaus in Germany. Interviewees include Anni Albers, Gertrud Arndt, Herbert Bayer, Max Bill, Roman Clemens, T. Lux Feininger, Max Gebhard, Ise Gropius, Larry Haase, Felix and Livia Klee, Georg Muche, Winfried Nerdinger, Tut and Jaina Schlemmer, Gunta Stölzl, and Andor and Eva Weininger. These interviews were assembled by Pearlman and her production company, Cliofilm, as both research and content for her documentary Bauhaus in America, as well as for an article written for the New York Times Magazine in 1983.

Ten reels record roughly 10 hours from the 50 Years Bauhaus conference and exhibition (1969) at the Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT).

Twenty files hold interview transcriptions and English translations, notes and research material about Anni Albers, Walter Allner, Gertrud Arndt, Max Bill, Roman Clemens, Howard Dearstyne, T. Lux Feininger, Ise Gropius, Werner Graeff, Peter Keler, Felix Klee, Jean Leppien, Hannes Meyer, Georg Muche, Winfried Nerdinger, Walter Puff, Konrad Püschel, Tut and Jaina Schlemmer, Gunta Stölzl, and Andor and Eva Weininger.

Biographical / historical:

Judith Pearlman is the writer, producer and director of the 1995 documentary Bauhaus in America.

Acquisition information:
Collection was acquired from Judith Pearlman in 1992.
Processing information:

Papers and notes were rehoused by the Registrar upon receipt. Original media and reformatted copies were assigned numbers by Getty Research Institute staff to facilitate circulation and reformatting. Kit Messick wrote the finding aid in 2017.

Arrangement:

Organized in two series: Series I. Interviews, 1956-1993 (bulk 1980-1985); Series II. Transcripts and notes, approximately 1969-1985, undated.

Physical location:
Request access to the physical materials described in this finding aid through the catalog record for this collection. Click here for the access policy.
Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

About this collection guide

Collection Guide Author:
Kit Messick
Date Encoded:
This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2025-02-26 12:43:03 -0800 .

Access and use

Restrictions:

Open for use by qualified researchers. Audiovisual materials only available to on-site readers and Getty staff.

Terms of access:

Contact Library Reproductions and Permissions.

Preferred citation:

Judith Pearlman interviews with Bauhaus masters and students, 1956-1993 (bulk 1980-1985), The Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles, Accession no. 920069.

http://hdl.handle.net/10020/cifa920069

Location of this collection:
1200 Getty Center Drive, Suite 1100
Los Angeles, CA 90049-1688, US
Contact:
(310) 440-7390
Website