Finding aid for the H. Th. Wijdeveld graphic and architectural designs, 1919-1979
Finding aid prepared by J. Gibbs.
Descriptive Summary
Title: H. Th. Wijdeveld graphic and architectural designs
Date (inclusive): 1919-1979
Number: 970088
Creator/Collector:
Wijdeveld, H. Th., 1885-1987
Physical Description:
0.83 linear feet
(2 boxes)
Repository:
The Getty Research Institute
Special Collections
1200 Getty Center Drive, Suite 1100
Los Angeles, California, 90049-1688
(310) 440-7390
Abstract: Typographical and architectural designs by the Dutch architect Hendricus Theodorus Wijdeveld, in original drawings and printed
examples.
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Language: Collection material is in
English
Biographical/Historical Note
Dutch architect who is also known for
Wendingen, a magazine for the decorative arts and architecture founded by Wijdeveld in 1918.
Administrative Information
Access
Open for use by qualified researchers.
Publication Rights
Preferred Citation
H. Th. Wijdeveld, Graphic and architectural designs, 1919-1979, Research Library, The Getty Research Institute, Accession
no. 970088
http://hdl.handle.net/10020/cifa970088
Acquisition Information
Received in 1997
Processing History
Processed by J. Gibbs
Scope and Content of Collection
Collection contains typographical designs by the Dutch architect Hendricus Theodorus Wijdeveld, in original drawings and printed
examples (c. 70 items). Also included are drawings, original and reproduced, for his architectural designs (6 items). Several
items, including invitations and a newspaper article, are about Wijdeveld.
Examples of Wijdeveld's typographical designs include letterheads, invitations, advertisements, manifestos and prospectuses
(c. 45 items). His designs for magazines are represented by layouts and printed proofs for
Wendingen; a printed cover for
Bouwkundig Weekblad Architectura (1927); rough designs (1924) and 11 issues of
Architectura (1922). Book designs include proof sheets for a book by J.W. Schotman (1927), and 1 printed example each of 2 books (by Albert
Vogel, Albert A. Plasschaert) published by Van Loghum Staterus en Visser (1919).
Architectural designs, all by Wijdeveld, include reproduced and original drawings for the following projects: display rooms
for the 1925 Paris Exposition; a theater in Amsterdam, possibly the unbuilt theater at the Plantage Middenlaan, 1921; the
International Werkgemeenschap Cultuurcentrum, 2 drawings dated 1954, 1959; Groot Bentveld, a plan for a new ‘villa wijk' dated
1954; design for a house and studio, possibly for himself, dated 1958.
The collection contains a few items about Wijdeveld: 2 invitations to exhibitions of his work (1953, 1967); an invitation
to his 90th birthday reception and a short text set to music by his son-in-law for the occasion (1975); and an interview with
Wijdeveld by Hans Vogel, published in the daily newspaper,
Het Parool, 1979 February 9.
Arrangement note
Arranged in 2 series:
Graphic designs, 1919-1979;
Architectural designs, 1921-1924, 1954-1959
Indexing Terms
Subjects - Names
Wijdeveld, H. Th., 1885-1987
Subjects - Corporate Bodies
Exposition internationale des arts décoratifs et industriels modernes (1925 : Paris, France)
Subjects - Topics
Architecture, Modern--20th century--Designs and plans
Architecture, Modern--20th century--Periodicals
Architecture--Netherlands
Book design
Graphic arts
Graphic design (Typography)
Magazine design
Subjects - Titles
Architectura (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
Geesten gemoeting
Voordrachts kunst, theoretische en practische beschouwingen, door Albert Vogel
Wendingen (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
Zien van schilderijen
Genres and Forms of Material
Architectural drawings--Netherlands--20th century
Layouts
Letterheads
Contributors
Plasschaert, Albert August, 1866-1941
Schotman, Johann W. (Johann Wilhelm), 1892-
Vogel, Albert, 1874-1933
Series I.
Graphic designs,
1919-1979
Physical Description:
circa 76 items
Scope and Content Note
Typography and other graphic designs by Wijdeveld for letterhead, ephemera, and publications.
Box 1, Folder 1
Typography and graphic design examples,
undated
Physical Description:
ca. 40 items
Scope and Content Note
Some annotated. Includes letterhead, invitations, advertisements, prospectuses, etc.
Box 1, Folder 2
Architectura,
1922
Scope and Content Note
11 issues of this journal, designed by Wijdeveld. Scattered issues: 9 (Febr), 20 (Mei), 21 (Mei), 24 (Juni), 25 ((Juni), 26
(Juni), 28 (Juli), 29 (Juli), 30 (Juli), 31 (Juli), 43 (Oct).
See also Box 2, folder 5 for original designs.
Box 1, Folder 3
2 books designed by Wijdeveld,
1919
Scope and Content Note
Albert Plasschaert.
Het zien van schilderijen. Arnhem: Van Loghum Staterus en Visser, 1919; Albert Vogel.
Voordrachtskunst: Theoretische en practische beschouwingen. Arnhem: Van Loghum Slaterus en Visser, 1919.
Box 2*, Folder 1
Bouwkundig Weekblad Architectura,
ca. 1927
Physical Description:
1.0 sheet
Scope and Content Note
Proof of cover for magazine which started publication in 1927.
Box 2*, Folder 2
Book design for J. W. Schotman,
1927
Physical Description:
8.0 sheets
Scope and Content Note
Der geesten gemoeting, published Amsterdam, 1927.
Box 2*, Folder 3
Wendingen,
1927
Physical Description:
4.0 sheets
Scope and Content Note
Original design for 4 double spreads, pencil and gold - brown wash. Lettering in pencil: "JRG. 10 No. 1, 1927."
Box 2*, Folder 4
Wendingen,
1919-1920, 1930
Scope and Content Note
One "spare variant (proof) cover no. 2, 1930." Wendingen: Sept. 1920 - Proof or leaflet. Wendingen. Serie II, no. 7/8, Juli/August
1919. unbound proof with 59 woodcuts, and extra large, uncut cover.
Box 2*, Folder 5
4 designs for journal
Architectura, and interview,
1924, 1925, 1979
Scope and Content Note
Pencil and ink on heavy paper; Printed announcement regarding the Dutch participation in the Paris Expo, 1925. With newspaper
interview by Hans Vogel about Wijdeveld, from
Het Parool, Friday 9 Feb. 1979.
Box 2*, Folder 6
Graphic designs for De Volksuniversiteit van Amsterdam, prospectus for lectures,
1935
Scope and Content Note
Original layout on 2 sheets of tracing paper, and paste-up of proof on 1 piece of heavy paper, plus 1 sheet of paper with
pencil annotations.
Series II.
Architectural designs,
1921-1924, 1954-1959
Physical Description:
9.0 items
Scope and Content Note
Drawings, originals and copies, for six architectural designs by Wijdeveld.
Box 2*, Folder 7
Exposition Internationale, Paris,
1925
Scope and Content Note
1 blueprint showing display rooms (section and plan).
Box 2*, Folder 7
Project Theater, Amsterdam,
1921?
Scope and Content Note
For theater at the Plantage Middenlaan, 1921? 4 photographs (bromides?) of drawings mounted on a board, sections and elevations.
Box 2*, Folder 8
Internationale Werkgemeenschap Cultuurcentrum ‘Elckerlyc,'
January 1954
Scope and Content Note
Site plan, original drawing in ink and pencil, dated.
Box 2*, Folder 8
Cultuurcentrum,
1959
Scope and Content Note
Print of drawing showing plans and elevation, signed and dated.
Box 2*, Folder 8
Design of house and studio [for Wijdeveld?],
1958
Scope and Content Note
Plan of bungalow with elevation, ink over pencil on tracing paper, signed and dated.
Box 2*, Folder 8
Groot Bentveld,
1954
Scope and Content Note
Blueprint with colored pencil of plan for a new "villa wijk", signed and dated 30.12.1954.
