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INVENTORY OF THE BERNARD RUDOFSKY PAPERS, ca. 1910-1987
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Title: Bernard Rudofsky papers
Date (inclusive): ca. 1910-1987
Collection number: 920004
Creator:
Rudofsky, Bernard, 1905-
Extent:
8.5 linear ft.
(25 boxes, 23 flat file folders, 1 roll)
Repository:
Getty Research Institute
Research Library
Special Collections and Visual Resources
1200 Getty Center Drive, Suite 1100
Los Angeles, CA 90049-1688
Abstract: Architect, exhibition organizer, and architectural theorist. Rudofsky's working papers consist of 56 notebooks with writings
and drawings; magazine articles; magazine cover designs; ca. 150 drawings in watercolor, pencil, and crayon; plans, sketches,
and photographs of his building projects in Brazil, Italy, and the United States; illustrated lectures; photographs of exhibition
installations organized by Rudofsky; and examples of fashion designs. Also included are 33 travel notebooks (1948-1984) with
many drawings, and ca. 5,500 color slides and ca. 125 black and white photographs taken during his travels.
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Bernard Rudofsky papers, ca. 1910-1987, Getty Research Institute, Research Library, Accession no. 920004.
Acquired in 1992.
Approximately 30 books were transferred to the library in 1991. Lynda Bunting processed the collection in April 1998. J. Gibbs
re-processed sections of the collection and amended the finding aid in 2005.
| 1905 | Born April 13. |
| 1922-1928 | Attends Technische Hochschule, Vienna. |
| 1928 | Receives masters in architecture and English. |
| 1928-1929 | Works in office of Professor O.R. Salvisberg, Dean, School of Architecture, Berlin. |
| 1930-1931 | Associate of Professor S. Theiss, Dean, School of Architecture, Vienna. |
| 1931 | Receives doctorate. |
| 1932-1935 | Ghost architect for national competitions, Capri, Naples. |
| 1935-1936 | Study trip to the United States. |
| 1936 | Designs Casa Oro, Naples. |
| 1937-1938 | Partner of Giovanni Ponti, Milan, and editor of Domus. |
| 1938-1941 | Independent architect, São Paolo, Brazil. |
| 1941 | Second visit to the United States upon the invitation of the Museum of Modern Art, New York (MoMA) as the Brazilian winner of an inter-American design competition. Permanently resides in New York until his death. |
| 1942-1943 | Associate Editor and Art Director, New Pencil Points (now known as Progressive Architecture). |
| 1944-1945 | Director of Apparel Research, Museum of Modern Art (MoMA). Guest Director of Exhibitions, MoMA, for "Are Clothes Modern?" |
| 1945 | Receives New York State architectural license. |
| 1946-1949 | Editorial and Art Director, Interiors. |
| 1956 | Guest Director of Exhibitions, Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) for "Textiles U.S.A." |
| 1956-1957 | Bemis Visiting Lecturer, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). |
| 1957-1958 | Chief Architect and Originator of the United States Government Exhibitions at the United States Pavilion, Brussels Universal Exposition. |
| 1958-1960 | Research Professor, Waseda University, Tokyo. |
| 1961 | Visiting Critic, Graduate School of Architecture, Yale University. |
| 1961-1965 | Consultant, Department of Architecture, Museum of Modern Art (MoMA). |
| 1961-1963 | Member, Advisory Screening Committee on Art & Architecture, United States Government Awards. |
| 1964 | Guest Director of Exhibitions, Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) for "Architecture without architects." |
| 1965 | Guest Director of Exhibitions, Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) for "Japanese Manuscript Maps" with works from his own collection. |
| 1965-1966 | Visiting Professor of Art, Yale. |
| 1975 | Guest Professor of Architecture, Royal Academy of Fine Arts, Copenhagen. |
| 1979-1981 | Smithsonian Scholar in Residence, Cooper-Hewitt Museum, New York. |
| 1988 | Dies in New York. |
Scope and Content of the Collection
Bernard Rudofsky's papers document his architectural and other design ideas through 56 notebooks with dense writings and pencil
drawings, magazine cover designs, ca. 150 drawings of building studies and other designs, and plans, sketches and photographs
of his building projects in Brazil, Italy and the United States. Included are his illustrated lectures, magazine articles
by and about him, photographs of exhibition installations organized by Rudofsky, and examples of fashion designs. Also included
are 33 travel notebooks (1948-1984) with writings and many drawings, and ca. 5500 color slides and 128 black and white photographic
prints taken during his travels. Includes a copy of his dissertation.
Arrangement
The papers are arranged in 2 series:
Series I. Working papers, ca. 1910-1987
Series II. Travel notebooks and photographs, ca. 1910-1987
Rudofsky, Bernard, 1905-
Architecture—Brazil—São Paulo
Architecture—Italy—Capri
Architecture—United States
Architecture, Domestic
Clothing and dress
Fashion design
Architectural drawings
Notebooks
Photographic prints
Photographs, Original
Sketches
Slides (photographs)