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INVENTORY OF THE ENRICO DONATI LETTERS RECEIVED AND
MANUSCRIPTS, 1943-1963.
940120
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Title: Enrico Donati letters
received and manuscripts
Date (inclusive): 1943-1963
Collection number: 940120
Collector:
Donati,
Enrico, 1909-
Extent:
ca. 250
items
Repository:
Getty Research Institute
Research Library
Special Collections and Visual Resources
1200 Getty Center Drive, Suite 1100
Los Angeles, California 90049-1688
Abstract: Italian-born painter and sculptor. Circa 200 letters received from galleries, museums, and artists, four manuscripts, and
circa 20 printed items primarily relate to the Surrealist retrospective "Le Surrealisme en 1947"
curated by Andrei Breton and Marcel Duchamp and held at the Galerie Maeght in
Paris, July-August 1947.
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Language: Collection
material is in French,
English and
Italian.
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Library Rights and Reproductions
Enrico Donati letters received and manuscripts, 1943-1963, Research
Library, The Getty Research Institute, Accession no. 940120.
Acquired in 1994.
Processed by Hillary Brown, with later additions processed and added
to the finding aid by Beth Guynn.
The Italian-born painter and sculptor, Enrico Donati, became an
American citizen in 1945. During the 1930s and 1940s he was associated with
Surrealists in Paris and New York, contributing to the Surrealist retrospective
in Paris in 1947.
Scope and Content of Collection
A major focus of the letters, manuscripts and ephemera that comprise
this collection is the Surrealist retrospective "Le Surrealisme en 1947"
curated by Andrei Breton and Marcel Duchamp and held at the Galerie Maeght in
Paris, July-August 1947. The collection comprises circa 210 published and
unpublished letters, postcards, and notes received by Enrico Donati, many
relating to the organization and impact of the Surrealist exhibition. Other
letters from galleries, museums, and Donati's fellow artists reflect his
professional life and that of his friends.
Also included are four manuscripts by Donati, clippings relating to
his work or the 1947 surrealist exhibition, and articles about Donati's work by
American and European critics such as Dore Ashton, Hubert Crehan, Alain
Jouffroy, and Jaroslav Serpan.
Arrangement
Arranged in 2 series:
Series I. Letters received, 1943-1963
Series II. Manuscripts and ephemera, 1943-1963
Donati, Enrico,
1909-
Surrealism
Art—Exhibitions—20th
century—France—Paris
Ephemera
Ashton, Dore
Baj, Enrico,
1924—2003
Brauner, Victor,
1903—1966
Breton, André,
1896—1966.
Breton, Elise.
Brooks, James,
1906-
Cagli, Corrado,
1910-1976
Calas, Nicolas
Cardazzo, Carlo,
1908-1963
Clarac-Sérou,
Max
Craven, John,
1912-
Crehan, Hubert.
Delanglade,
Freideiric.
Dubuffet, Jean, † d
1901-1985.
Duchamp, Marcel, †
d 1887-1968.
Faucheaux,
Pierre.
Fontana, Lucio, † d
1899-1968.
Geist, Sidney.
Góimez—Correa, Enrique, † d
1915-
Gottlieb, Adolph,
1903-1974
Hare, David,
1917-
Heisler, Jindrich,
1914-1953
Hérold, Jacques,
1910-
Jean, Marcel,
1900-
Jouffroy, Alain,
1928-
Kober, Jacques
Lam, Wifredo
Lamba, Jacqueline,
1910-
Lebrun, Rico,
1900-1964
Luca,
Géirasim.
Martins, Maria,
1900-1973
Matta Echaurren, Roberto
Sebastián, 1912-2002
Miller, Henry,
1891-1980
Nadeau, Marthe
Nadeau, Maurice
Péret, Benjamin,
1899-1959
Reggiani, Mauro,
1897-1980
Renne,
René
Sage, Kay
Seligmann, Kurt,
1900-1962
Selz, Peter Howard,
1919-
Serbanne,
Claude
Serpan,
1922-1976
Tanning, Dorothea,
1910-
Tanguy, Yves, † d
1900-1955
Tapié,
Michel
Tyler, Parker
Wolff, Theodore
F.
Ballet
International.
Galerie Maeght (Paris,
France)
Galleria nazionale d'arte
moderna (Italy)
Museum of Modern Art (New
York, N.Y.)
Biennale di
Venezia
Solution surréaliste Surreialisme en 1947