East German art collection, 1946-1992

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Summary

Title:
East German art collection,
Dates:
1946-1992
Extent:
21 linear ft. (ca. 1300 items)
Language:
English.
Preferred citation:

East German art collection. M0772. Dept. of Special Collections, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.

Background

Scope and content:

Books, catalogs, posters, and ephemera documenting the history of East German art. The largest segments of the collection are KUNSTLERKATALOGE (411 titles), catalogs of exhibits held in East Berlin (174 titles), and catalogs of exhibits held elsewhere in the GDR (285 titles). The remainder of the collection is divided into thematic areas: Kunstgewerbe, Buchwesen und Gebrauchsgrafik, Plakatliterature, Foto un Film, Kunsttheorie und Kunst politik, Architektur, Plastik und Bildhauer, and Allgemeines, each with between 27 and 98 titles.

Biographical / historical:

The collection was put together by Jurgen Holstein, a Berlin bookseller. He included different internal views of East German art including the central establishment and allied artists, socialist aesthetics, collections devoted to approved artists, unusual topics (postcards, science fiction), material culture, and artists active during the 1980s.

Custodial history:

Purchased, 1995.

About this collection guide

Collection Guide Author:
Processed by Special Collections staff; machine-readable finding aid created by Steven Mandeville-Gamble.
Date Prepared:
© 2002
Date Encoded:
Machine-readable finding aid derived from FileMaker Pro database. Date of source: Unknown.

Access and use

Restrictions:

None.

Terms of access:

Property rights reside with the repository. Literary rights reside with the creators of the documents or their heirs. To obtain permission to publish or reproduce, please contact the Public Services Librarian of the Dept. of Special Collections.

Preferred citation:

East German art collection. M0772. Dept. of Special Collections, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.

Location of this collection:
Department of Special Collections, Green Library
557 Escondido Mall
Stanford, CA 94305-6004, US
Contact:
(650) 725-1022
specialcollections@stanford.edu
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