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Finding aid for the Getty Research Institute Collection of Ladislav Sutnar Papers, 1897-1976
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Description
This finding aid describes five separate collections related to Ladislav Sutnar (1897-1976), a pioneer of modern design, acquired
by the Getty Research Institute (GRI) from 1991 to 2013. The archives document Sutnar's work in the areas of graphic design,
product design and exhibition design in his native Czechoslovakia and in the United States.
Background
Ladislav Sutnar had a prolific career as a designer in his native Czechoslovakia in the 1920s and 1930s and subsequently in
the United States. Noted for his graphic, industrial and exhibition design work, which drew on the current trends in modernist
aesthetics, Sutnar was also one of the earliest practitioners of what has become known as information design.
Extent
44.6 linear feet
(33 boxes, 1 flat file folder)
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Availability
Open for use by qualified researchers. The fragile materials in 2013.M.6.bx1* and the blocks in 2013.M.6 bx9*-bx10* require
special handling.