Object Details
- Collection Creator
- Gellert, Hugo, 1892-1985
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- Hugo Gellert papers
- Sponsor
- Funding for the processing and digitization of this collection was provided by the Terra Foundation for American Art
- Extent
- 0.4 Linear feet (Box 7, OV 10)
- Date
- 1927-1981
- Archival Repository
- Archives of American Art
- Identifier
- AAA.gellhugo, Series 7
- Type
- Archival materials
- Collection Citation
- Hugo Gellert papers, 1916-1986. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
- Collection Rights
- The Archives of American Art makes its archival collections available for non-commercial, educational and personal use unless restricted by copyright and/or donor restrictions, including but not limited to access and publication restrictions. AAA makes no representations concerning such rights and restrictions and it is the user's responsibility to determine whether rights or restrictions exist and to obtain any necessary permission to access, use, reproduce and publish the collections. Please refer to the Smithsonian's Terms of Use for additional information.
- Scope and Contents note
- Artwork includes silkscreen prints, lithographs, woodcuts, sketches, drawings, doodles, designs, sketchbooks, layouts for printed materials, and other print production elements. Artwork is by Hugo Gellert and others, including Philip Reisman, Gyula Derkovits, Anton Refregier. Artwork that is part of identifiable, titled projects is filed first, including sketches for Gellert's 1934 book Karl Marx's Capital in Lithographs, and a set of silkscreen prints that he issued as a portfolio entitled Century of the Common Man in 1943. General files for sketches, sketchbooks, layouts, and prints filed after them. Sketches, drawings, and designs include a wide variety of material, from loose sketches and doodles to finished drawings, as well as text design, technical drawings, and floor plans. Notes and writings are common among the sketches and sketchbooks, and the sketchbook dated 1950 also contains a handwritten, autobiographical essay. Layouts and prints production elements include sketches, prints, typography, brownprints, photostats, and prints in various states.
- Collection Restrictions
- The collection has been digitized and is available online via AAA's website.
- Record ID
- ebl-1503512812526-1503512812588-1
