Collection of six letters from Asger Jorn to Edouard Jaguer and nine black-and-white photographs. Letters discuss the avant-garde art movements COBRA and the Internationale des Artistes Expérimentaux, artists affiliated with these groups, including Pierre Alechinsky, Corneille, and Christian Dotremont, and other topics. Two letters accompanied by manuscripts on the "Programme de l'organisation IAE" and "Au sujet des qualités artiste...". Six photographs record a 1953 visit by Jaguer to Jorn's studio in Silkeborg, Denmark. In addition, there is a photograph by Lars Bay of a ceramic plate made by Jorn and Jaguer, "La sirène du nord," in the Silkeborg kunstmuseum.
Description:
Asger Jorn (1914-1973), Danish artist. and Purchased from Jan Ceuleers on the Edwin J. Beinecke Book Fund, 2010.
Subject (Name):
Alechinsky, Pierre, 1927-, Bay, Lars, Cobra (Association), Corneille, 1922-2010, Dotremont, Christian, 1922-1979, Internationale des artistes expérimentaux, Jaguer, Edouard, 1924-2006, Jorn, Asger, 1914-1973, and Silkeborg kunstmuseum
Subject (Topic):
Artists, Arts, Modern--20th century, and Avant-garde (Aesthetics)--Europe
1) 19 page typescript of essay "A.R. and the Nineteenth Century," heavily edited and rewritten by Geldzahler in ink; 2) 28 page typescript with heavy edits and rewrites by Geldzahler in margin, some cutting and pasting; 3) 18 page onionskin carbon; 4) 9 8 x 10 b/w glossy photos of photographs by A.P.R.; 5) approximately 10 pages of typeset galleys of the essay, some corrections in pen.
Contains photographs of Baldwin by Jill Krementz (published in 1985) for Playboy. Other manuscript materials are a printed leaflet for the "National Day of Mourning for the Children of Birmingham" (1963) in which Baldwin participated as well as a transcription and clipping of an abridged version (published in Isis) of Baldwin's speech at Oxford University for the joint meeting of JACARI (a student-run university charity) and the student union in 1965.
Description:
James Baldwin (1924-1987) was an American author and activist in the American civil rights movement. and Purchased from the William Reese Company on the Edwin J. Beinecke Book Fund, 2010.
Subject (Name):
Baldwin, James, 1924-1987
Subject (Topic):
African American authors--20th century--Archives, Authors, American--20th century--Archives, and Playboy (Chicago, Ill.)
to MW & GW and Folders 995, 996, and 999 completely digitized.
Subject (Topic):
American fiction--20th century, American literature--20th century, Americans--France--History--20th century, and Authors, American--20th century--Archives
2 folders completely digitized. and Includes correspondence, writings, and materials related to the "Eileen Myles for President '92" campaign.
Subject (Topic):
Poets, American--20th century--Archives, Poets, American--21st century--Archives, Poets--United States--20th Century, and Poets--United States--21st Century
Cover title., Forms completed in ms., with presentation inscription from Walter H. Bosan, signed by Lt. W.K. Wood [commanding officer], with 18 autographs, and 59 mounted photographs on [8] p. at end, not noted in pagination, and p. [3] of wrappers. Spiralbound., and Includes section on each individual camp.
Publisher:
[Army-Navy Publishers, Inc.]
Subject (Name):
Bosan, Walter H.--Ownership, Civilian Conservation Corps (U.S.). Fort Missoula District, Civilian Conservation Corps (U.S.)--Fort Missoula District, and Wood, W. K.--Autograph