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Title: Alexander Liberman miscellaneous papers,
Date (inclusive): 1953-1997, undated
Number: 2003.M.30
Creator/Collector:
Liberman, Alexander
Physical Description:
35 Linear Feet
(35 boxes. Computer media: 2.74 GB [568 files]) and 2 unprocessed Jaz drives
Repository:
The Getty Research Institute
Special Collections
1200 Getty Center Drive, Suite 1100
Los Angeles 90049-1688
reference@getty.edu
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10020/askref
(310) 440-7390
Abstract: Alexander Liberman was an artist, photographer, and an influential art director of Vogue magazine
from 1943 to 1962, then editorial director of Condé Nast publications until 1994. The collection contains Liberman's drafts,
transcripts, mock-ups,
sound recordings relating to "Vogue project," The Artist in his Studio and other
publications. Also included are nine albums of photographs and clippings from Vogue and various newspaper
reviews.
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Language: Collection material is in English.
Alexander Liberman was born in Kiev, Russia (now Ukraine) on September 14, 1912, and was educated in London and Paris before
moving to the United
States in 1941. Liberman, who is mostly known for his tenure as artistic director at Condé Nast and
Vogue for over 50
years, had a multifaceted career as sculptor, painter, photographer, writer and graphic designer.
In the summer of 1948, Liberman embarked on a project to photograph artists in their homes and studios. Many of the photographs
were published in
Vogue with accompanying text by Liberman. The project culminated in Liberman's book,
The Artist
in His Studio
, first published in 1960. According to the book's forward, Liberman's purpose was "to record and interpret with a camera
the
personalities and
ambiance of some of the leading European painters and sculptors."
Open for use by qualified researchers except unreformatted audiovisual material and computer files, which are unavailable
until reformatted.
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"Alexander Liberman papers, 1953-1997, The Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles, Accession no. 2003.M.30.
http://hdl.handle.net/10020/cifa2003m30
Gift of the Estate of Alexander Liberman. Acquired in 2003.
Lora Chin Derrien received the collection and did preliminary processing in 2003. Emmabeth Nanol then reprocessed the collection
under Andra
Darlington's supervision in 2012.
Digital materials comprising 30 Syquest disks were processed by Laura Schroffel in 2017. Further processing is required on
remaining digital content.
Selected material has been processed and is available online: http://hdl.handle.net/10020/2003m30bd
Alexander Liberman photography archive, 1911-1998, undated (Accession no. 2000.R.19). Connect to finding aid:
http://hdl.handle.net/10020/cifa2000r19.
Scope and Content of Collection
The collection is comprised of handwritten and typewritten drafts, corrected typescripts, layouts and mock-ups for photo-essays
in
Vogue,
The artist in his Studio, and other publications. Also includes correspondence, several
audio recordings, computer disks, and other media. Among the most heavily represented artists in the collection are George
Braques, Marc Chagall, and
Jacques Villon.
Arranged in five series:
Series I. Artist essays, 1954-circa 1990, undated;
Series II. Vogue project, 1956-1980;
Series III. The artist in his studio, 1954-1982,
undated;
Series IV. Other writings, 1956-1997, undated;
Series V. Miscellaneous, 1953-1997, undated
Braque, Georges
Chagall, Marc
Matisse, Henri
Villon, Jacques, 1875-1963
Picasso, Pablo
Art, Modern -- 20th century
Artists' studios -- France -- Paris
Art, French -- 20th century
Artists -- France -- Paris -- Interviews
The artist in his studio
Correspondence
Hard disks
Sound recordings -- 20th century
Video recordings -- 20th century
Drafts (documents)
Audiocassettes
Dummies (printed matter)
Liberman, Alexander