Reichardt (Jasia) Archive of Concrete and Sound Poetry, 1958-1975

Summary

Title:

Jasia Reichardt archive of concrete and sound poetry

Dates:

1958-1975

Creators:

Boshier, Derek, Furnival, John, 1933-, Gosewitz, Ludwig, 1936-, Hindmarch, Brian, Horovitz, Michael, 1935-, Cox, Kenelm, D S H (Dom Sylvester Houédard), 1924-1992, Filliou, Robert, Finlay, Ian Hamilton, Carmi, Eugenio, 1920-, Chopin, Henri, Cobbing, Bob, 1920-2002, Azeredo, Ronaldo, Bann, Stephen, Vostell, Wolf, 1932-1998, Vigo, Edgardo Antonio, 1928-1997, Sharkey, John, 1936-2014, Reichardt, Jasia, Solt, Mary Ellen, Simonetti, Gianni-Emilio, 1940-, Mon, Franz, Mayer, Hansjörg, 1943-, Phillips, Tom, 1927-2005, Niikuni, Seiichi, 1925-1977, Latham, John, 1921-2006, Kriwet, Ferdinand, Lucie-Smith, Edward, and Logue, Christopher, 1926-2011

Abstract:

British art critic, editor, and curator born in Poland. The collection consists of poetry in a variety of media: manuscripts and typescripts, screenprints and posters, collages and original graphics, sound recordings, photoprints, and objects. Artists include Ronaldo Azeredo, Stephen Bann, Derek Boshier, Eugenio Carmi, Henri Chopin, Bob Cobbing, Kenelm Cox, Robert Filliou, Ian Hamilton Finlay, John Furnival, Ludwig Gosewitz, Brian Hindmarch, Michael Horovitz, D.S. Houedard, Ferdinand Kriwet, John Latham, Christopher Logue, Edward Lucie-Smith, Hansjörg Mayer, Franz Mon, Seiichi Niikuni (and the Tokyo Assn. for the Study of Arts [ASA]), Tom Phillips, John Sharkey, Gianni-Emilio Simonetti, Mary Ellen Solt, Edgardo Antonio Vigo, and Wolf Vostell.

Extent:

36.45 Linear Feet (3 boxes, 11 flatfiles, 1 elephant folio)

Language:

English

Preferred citation:

Jasia Reichardt archive of concrete and sound poetry, 1958-1975, Getty Research Institute, Research Library, Accession no. 890143B.

http://hdl.handle.net/10020/cifa890143B

Background

Scope and content:

The Jasia Reichardt Archive of Concrete and Sound Poetry consists of poetry in a variety of media: manuscripts and typescripts, screenprints and posters, collages and original graphics, sound recordings, photoprints and objects (some ready-made) sent to and collected by Reichardt. Artists include Ronaldo Azeredo, Stephen Bann, Derek Boshier, Eugenio Carmi, Henri Chopin, Bob Cobbing, Kenelm Cox, Robert Filliou, Ian Hamilton Finlay, John Furnival, Ludwig Gosewitz, Brian Hindmarch, Michael Horovitz, D.S. Houedard, Ferdinand Kriwet, John Latham, Christopher Logue, Edward Lucie-Smith, Hansjörg Mayer, Franz Mon, Seiichi Niikuni (and the Tokyo Assn. for the Study of Arts [ASA]), Tom Phillips, John Sharkey, Gianni-Emilio Simonetti, Mary Ellen Solt, Edgardo Antonio Vigo and Wolf Vostell. Some works are accompanied by letters sent to Jasia Reichardt. Some materials have been digitally reformatted.

Biographical / historical:

Art crtic and curator with an interest in art and its intersection with other fields, especially technology. Jasia Reichardt was Assistant Director at the Institute of Contemporary Art, London (ICA) 1963-1971, where she organized the exhibit Cybernetic Serendipity and wrote the book of the same name. She served as Director of the Whitechapel Art Gallery 1974-1976.

Acquisition information:

Archive acquired in 1986.

Processing information:

Lynda Bunting processed the collection and wrote the inventory January 1998. Descriptions are based on the dealer's inventory.

Arrangement:

Arranged alphabetically by artist.

Physical location:

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Rules or conventions:

archives, personal papers, and manuscripts

Related resources

Separated material:

The Library received the Reichardt collection in 1986. It contained books, periodicals, recordings and archival materials. Most, but not all, of the archival papers were transferred to Special Collections in 1989. The Library cataloged ca. 10 publications in 1989 and set aside the remaining books, periodicals, recordings and archival materials. In July 1996 Special Collections transferred 2 sound recordings to the Library. In May 1997 approximately 0.6 linear feet of sound recordings, publications and archival materials were transferred to Special Collections from the Library. In 1998 the following were transferred to the Library, representing a portion of the May 1997 transfer.

Roth, Dieter. Little tentative recipe. England: Edition Hansjorg Mayer, 1969.Ou. (3 recordings)ASA. (1-3; vol. 4, no. 4; vol. 5, no. 5; vol. 6, no. 6)ASA. Spatialism/concrete poetry. (1969, 1971 and 1973)Niikuni, Seiichi. Zero-on (collected poems) 1960-1963. 1963Niikuni, Seiichi. Po'emes phone'tiques sur spatialisme. Columbia, ca. 1970.

Indexed terms

Subjects:

Sound poetry
Concrete poetry
Sound recordings
Collages
Posters
Prints (visual works)
Photographic prints
Photographs, Original

About this collection guide

Collection Guide Author:

Lynda Bunting.

Date Encoded:

This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2025-12-17 08:28:32 -0800 .

Restrictions:

Open for use by qualified researchers. Audio recordings are unavailable until reformatted. Contact the repository for information regarding access.

Terms of access:

Contact Library Rights and Reproductions.

Preferred citation:

Jasia Reichardt archive of concrete and sound poetry, 1958-1975, Getty Research Institute, Research Library, Accession no. 890143B.

http://hdl.handle.net/10020/cifa890143B

Location of this collection:

Getty Research Institute, Special Collections

1200 Getty Center Drive, Suite 1100

Los Angeles, CA 90049-1688, US

Contact:

(310) 440-7390

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