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Title: Hans J. Kleinschmidt research files
Date (inclusive): 1902-1975
Number: 950005
Creator/Collector:
Kleinschmidt, Hans J.
Physical Description:
1.0 box(es)
Repository:
The Getty Research Institute
Special Collections
1200 Getty Center Drive, Suite 1100
Los Angeles, California, 90049-1688
(310) 440-7390
Abstract: German-born psychiatrist with a deep interest in German expressionism and Dada. Kleinschmidt was concerned with trends in
art and literature from the turn of the century to the end of the Weimar Republic. This collection consists of unpublished
letters, published and unpublished essays, and phonetic poems by Raoul Hausmann and Richard Huelsenbeck.
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Language: Collection material in German, French, and English.
Biographical / Historical Note
Hans J. Kleinschmidt was a German-born psychiatrist with a deep interest in German expressionism. He was particularly concerned
with trends in art and literature from the turn of the century to the end of the Weimar Republic. Richard Huelsenbeck asked
Kleinschmidt to edit
Memoirs of a Dada drummer, a book of Huelsenbeck's writings which first appeared in 1969. For research purposes, Kleinschmidt also gathered a large
collection of correspondence about the German publication,
Der Sturm and its founder Herwarth Walden.
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Hans J. Kleinschmidt research files, 1902-1975, Getty Research Institute, Research Library, Accession no. 950005.
http://hdl.handle.net/10020/cifa950005
The collection was acquired February 1995.
Rose Lachman processed the collection and wrote the finding aid.
Scope and Content of Collection
This collection of assembled material covers the years 1902-1975 but concentrates on the Dada art movement from its inception
in 1916 by Richard Huelsenbeck, Hugo Ball and Tristan Tzara, through to the 1940s. The collection begins with Raoul Hausmann
manuscripts and letters followed by Richard Huelsenbeck manuscripts and correspondence. Then appear copies of letters to Herwarth
Walden arranged alphabetically by correspondent and preceded by a file (folder 6) giving the history of the magazine
Der Sturm.
The manuscripts and correspondence of Raoul Hausmann and Richard Huelsenbeck present a clear picture of the history of the
Dada movement. Examples of phonetic poetry and essays on the topic of Dada are an integral part of this file. Hans J. Kleinschmidt
also collected photocopied correspondence from
Der Sturm Archive in order to write a history of the magazine
Der Sturm and its founder, Herwarth Walden. These letters from artists and writers of the period give insight into the art developments
of the early 20th century. Artists and writers include Guillaume Apollinaire, Sonia Delaunay, Otto Freundlich, Albert Gleizes,
Wassily Kandinsky, Paul Klee, Fernand Leger, Adolf Loos, August Macke, Thomas Mann, Franz Marc, Walter Mehring and Max Pechstein.
The papers are arranged in four series:
Series I. Raoul Hausmann manuscripts and letters, 1926-1970;
Series II. Richard Huelsenbeck manuscripts and correspondence, 1956-1975;
Series III.
Der Sturm, 1902-1967;
Series IV. Photographs, clippings and offprints, 1917-1971