Cinema posters from the Merrill C. Berman Collection, circa 1962-2000

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Summary

Title:
Cinema posters from the Merrill C. Berman Collection
Dates:
circa 1962-2000
Extent:
3 Linear Feet (3 flat file folders)
Language:
Posters are in English, French, and Russian.
Preferred citation:

Cinema posters from the Merrill C. Berman Collection, circa 1962-2000, The Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles, Accession no. 2023.M.61.

http://hdl.handle.net/10020/archives2023m61

Background

Scope and content:

The cinema posters were originally gathered by Jonas Mekas, a Lithuanian-born filmmaker and journalist. The posters focus on queer cinema and experimental cinema, and feature film screenings at institutions that were founded by Jonas Mekas, such as the Film-Makers' Cinematheque and Anthology Film Archives.

Included in the collection are posters relating to pioneers of queer male cinema such as Kenneth Anger, Gregory Markopoulos, Jack Smith, and Andy Warhol. Other posters relate more broadly to experimental cinema and feature screenings of films by Robert Frank, Peter Kubelka, and Paul Sharits.

Films represented in this collection were banned or subjected to censorship because of legal descrimination against homosexuals.

Provenance Note: Formerly in the collection of Jonas Mekas. Acquired by Rheinhold Brown Gallery from a private collector. Acquired in 2014 from the Rheinhold Brown Gallery by Merrill C. Berman.

Biographical / historical:

The Merrill C. Berman Collection of twentieth-century graphic design extends from avant-garde movements such as Dada, Bauhaus, Futurism, New Objectivity, Constructivism, and the de Stijl movement to Japanese post-war graphic design and American modernism. It includes posters, ephemera, photocollages, maquettes, and drawings, and has been featured in exhibitions at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, the Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Tate Modern in London, and the Centre Pompidou in Paris.

Processing information:

Karen Meyer-Roux processed the collection in 2023.

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About this collection guide

Date Encoded:
This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2024-10-02 08:08:25 -0700 .

Access and use

Preferred citation:

Cinema posters from the Merrill C. Berman Collection, circa 1962-2000, The Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles, Accession no. 2023.M.61.

http://hdl.handle.net/10020/archives2023m61

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