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INVENTORY OF THE JAN AND EDITH TSCHICHOLD PAPERS, 1899-1979, bulk 1920-1938
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Title: Jan and Edith Tschichold papers
Date (inclusive): 1899-1979 (bulk 1920-1938)
Number: 930030
Creator/Collector:
Tschichold, Edith
Creator/Collector:
Tschichold, Jan, 1902-1974
Physical Description:
3.0 linear feet
(8 boxes)
Repository:
The Getty Research Institute
Special Collections
1200 Getty Center Drive, Suite 1100
Los Angeles, California, 90049-1688
(310) 440-7390
Abstract: German typographer and graphic designer. Correspondence between Jan Tschichold and his wife Edith and with a number of other
artists, including Josef Albers, Herbert Bayer, John Heartfield, El Lissitzky, László Moholy-Nagy, Kurt Schwitters, and Piet
Zwart. Collection includes printed ephemera and clippings. A significant number of letters and printed materials relate to
El Lissitzky. The bulk of the collection is dated 1920-1938.
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Language: Collection material is in
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Jan and Edith Tschichold papers, 1899-1979, bulk 1920-1938, The Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles, Accession no. 930030.
Acquired in 1993.
Scope and Content of Collection
Correspondence between Jan Tschichold and his wife, Edith, and a number of artists, many of them figures associated with the
Bauhaus, together with materials reflecting Jan Tschichold's career as a typographer and graphic designer. The collection
includes letters, postcards, decorated envelopes, published books, sample graphic and printed works, flyers, menus, and invitations.
Also included are newspaper and magazine clippings documenting the artists and their work.
A significant amount of material relates to El Lissitzky, including letters and postcards from El Lissitzky and his wife,
Sophie Lissitzky-Küppers; photographs and prints; typographic designs for books and advertisements; printed books and articles
by El Lissitzky as well as articles by Tschichold and others about El Lissitzky; and material relating to exhibitions of El
Lissitzky's work. Large portions of the collection are also devoted to Laszlo Moholy-Nagy and Kurt Schwitters, including correspondence,
works by these artists, publications by and about them, clippings, and other printed ephemera.
Other individuals for whom the collection has related material include: Herbert Bayer; Walter and Maria Cyliax (née Krauss)
and Gebr. Fretz, A.G.; Willibald Hahn and the Sächsische Lehrerverein; John Heartfield; Franz Hottenroth; Imre Reiner; Wladyslaw
Strzeminski; Friedrich Vordemberge-Gildewart; and Piet Zwart.
Arranged alphabetically by name of correspondent.
Lissitzky, El, 1890-1941
Tschichold, Jan, 1902-1974
Bauhaus
Graphic design
Typography
Ephemera
Letterheads
Bauhaus
Bayer, Herbert, 1900-1985
Cyliax, Maria
Cyliax, Walter
Gebr. Fretz (Firm)
Hahn, Willibald
Heartfield, John, 1891-1968
Hottenroth, Franz
Lissitzky, El, 1890-1941
Moholy-Nagy, László, 1895-1946
Reiner, Imre, 1900-1987
Schwitters, Kurt, 1887-1948
Strzemiński, Władysław, 1893-1952
Swart, Piet
Sächsische Lehrerverein
Vordemberge-Gildewart, Friedrich, 1899-1962