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MS.043
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Contributing Institution:
University of California, Santa Cruz
Title: Sibyl Moholy-Nagy collection
source:
Moholy-Nagy, Hattula
Creator:
Moholy-Nagy, László, 1895-1946
Creator:
Moholy-Nagy, Sibyl, 1903-1971
Identifier/Call Number: MS.043
Physical Description:
22 Linear Feet
38 half cartons 6 flats
Date (inclusive): 1909-1970
Abstract: This collection includes
correspondence, clippings, articles, typescripts, and photographs documenting architectural
styles worldwide taken mostly in the 1960's by the architectural historian and critic Sibyl
Moholy-Nagy. The images and articles relate to the history of architecture and were used to
support Sibyl Moholy-Nagy's teaching. The material is arranged alphabetically by
Moholy-Nagy's original code and subject divisions. Also included is an important group of
periodicals and documents pertaining to the Futurist Movement in Italy. Along with the
negatives of architectural subjects are 3 small collections of slides of Laszlo
Moholy-Nagy's artwork, and a separate group of black and white photographs of his artwork
from an exhibition in 1969.
Language of Material:
English
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Sibyl Moholy-Nagy Collection. MS 043. Special Collections and Archives, University Library,
University of California, Santa Cruz.
Gift of Hattula Moholy-Nagy Hug.
| 1903 | Sibyl Moholy-Nagy born Dorothea Maria Pauline Alice Sybille Pietzsche in Dresden, Germany. Birthdate also cited as 1905. |
| 1920's | Marries, but soon separates from and then obtains a divorce from Carl Dreyfus. |
| 1929 | Meets Laszlo Moholy-Nagy while working in the scenario office of the Tobis [Moving] Picture Syndicate in Berlin. |
| 1932 | Marries Laszlo Moholy-Nagy. |
| 1934 | Emigrates to the United States. |
| 1944 | Her only published novel, Children's Children, appears. |
| 1946 | Laszlo Moholy-Nagy dies of leukemia. |
| 1947 | Assumes first full-time teaching position at the Institute of Design in Chicago. |
| 1948 | Teaches for a year at Bradley University in Peoria. |
| 1949 | Moves to California, where she teaches at the Rudolph Schaeffer School of Design in San Francisco and at the University of California at Berkeley. |
| 1951 | Returns back east to accept a position at Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, New York. |
| 1969 | Retires as full professor from the Pratt Institute. |
| 1971 | Dies in New York Hospital (NYC) on January 8th, at age 67. |
Scope and Content of Collection
Includes correspondence, articles, typescripts, and photographs taken by the architectural
historian and critic Sibyl Moholy-Nagy documenting architectural styles worldwide. The
images and articles relate to the history of architecture, with special emphasis on the 20th
century (for the most part secondary source material such as clippings and photographs) used
to support her teaching. The material is arranged alphabetically by Moholy-Nagy's original
code and subject divisions. Much of the material has been grouped in individual file folders
devoted to specific architects (le Corbusier, Philip Johnson, Louis Kahn, Mies van der Rohe,
Frank Lloyd Wright, and others), specific sites, historical periods and historical styles.
Also includes an important group of periodicals and documents pertaining to the Futurist
Movement in Italy, including early printings of the Futurist Manifestoes as well as issues
of Il Futurismo, Le Futurisme and Futurismus. Along with the negatives of architectural
subjects are 3 small collections of slides of Laszlo Moholy-Nagy's artwork, used by Sibyl
Moholy-Nagy in her art classes. Black and white photographs of Laszlo Moholy-Nagy's artwork
from an exhibition in 1969 are included as the last series.
Sibyl and Laszlo Moholy-Nagy Papers, 1918-1971, Smithsonian Archives of American Art
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Vernacular architecture
City planning -- History
Architectural criticism
Moholy-Nagy, Hattula