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Creator:
Weber, Hugo, 1918-1971  Search this
Subject:
Arp, Jean  Search this
Cajori, Charles  Search this
Callahan, Eleanor  Search this
Coleman, Ornette  Search this
Greenbaum, Jack  Search this
Mies van der Rohe, Ludwig  Search this
Moholy-Nagy, László  Search this
Weber, Anne  Search this
Hall, Robert D.  Search this
Held, Annet  Search this
Hervochon, Yves  Search this
Kerouac, Jack  Search this
Siskind, Aaron  Search this
Ward, Cora Kelley  Search this
Callahan, Harry M.  Search this
Crane, Barbara  Search this
Siegel, Arthur S.  Search this
Woelffer, Dina  Search this
Howard Wise Gallery  Search this
Clair Fox Gallery  Search this
Place of publication, production, or execution:
Other
Physical Description:
6.2 Linear feet, (partially microfilmed on 9 reels)
Access Note / Rights:
Use of original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C., Research Center. Microfilmed materials must be consulted on microfilm. Contact Reference Services for more information.
Summary:
Correspondence; photographs and photograph albums; diaries; writings; sketches and sketchbooks; biographical data; catalogs; material relating to the Artists Tenants Association; clippings; and miscellany.
REEL D388: Correspondence, 1945-1966; photographs; sketches; and clippings.
REELS N70-9-N70-10: 75 photographs by Weber and photographer Harry Callahan of Mies van der Rohe, taken from 1961-1964, with occasional photos of Weber, his studio, Laszlo Moholy-Nagy and other friends, including one of Moholy-Nagy by Arthur Siegel, 1946. Also included are 30 letters from Clair Fox Gallery, Howard Wise Gallery, Harry Callahan, Jack Kerouac and other friends; and 2 sketchbooks, 1962.
REEL 671: 9 photograph albums and ca. 200 photographs of Weber, friends, family (including his artist wife, Anne Weber), studios, and his works of art. Among them are one of Weber by Barbara Crane, ca. 1960, a contact sheet of photographs of Laszlo Moholy-Nagy, and many photographs by Harry Callahan, Aaron Siskind, Cora Ward, Robert D. Hall, Annet Held and Yves Hervochon, including photos of Charles Cajori and Jack Greenbaum by Cora Ward, and Ornette Coleman by Callahan.
REELS 841-845: Correspondence, 1932-1971; 3 diaries (written in German), 1941-1944, April 1942, and April to August 1964; poetry by Weber; writings on art, 1951-1968; writings on other artists; sketchbooks and drawings, 1945-1971; biographical material; material on the Artists Tenants Association; catalogs; clippings; and miscellany.
UNMICROFILMED: Three photos by Harry Callahan, including one each of Eleanor Callahan, Weber, and "Drawing in Space with a Flashlight"; and one of Jean (Hans) Arp by Dina Woelffer, 1957. One photo of Ludwig Mies Van der Rohe taken by Aaron Siskind, ca. 1950.
Citation:
Hugo Weber papers, 1932-1971. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Additional Forms:
35mm microfilm reels N70-9-N70-10, D388, 671 & 841-845 available for use at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
Location of Originals:
Reels D388 & N70-9(portion): Originals returned to Hugo Weber after microfilming.
Biography Note:
Painter; New York, N.Y.; b. 1918 in Basel, Switzerland; d. August 15, 1971.
Language Note:
English .
Provenance:
Material on reel D388 and N70-9 (portion) lent for microfilming 1969 by Hugo Weber; and material on reel N70-9 (portion)-N70-10, 671 & 841-845 donated 1971 by Anne Weber, ex-wife of Hugo Weber.
Location Note:
Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, 750 9th St. NW, Washington, D.C. 20001
Topic:
Painting, American  Search this
Artists' studios -- Photographs  Search this
Women photographers  Search this
Theme:
Photography  Search this
Lives of artists  Search this
Record number:
(DSI-AAA_CollID)9330
(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)211526
AAA_collcode_webehugo
Theme:
Photography
Lives of artists
Data Source:
Archives of American Art
EDAN-URL:
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