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Creator:
Wilke, Ulfert, 1907-1987  Search this
Names:
Beckmann, Max, 1884-1950  Search this
Berman, Eugene, 1899-1972  Search this
Bissier, Julius, 1893-1965  Search this
Bonnefoy, Maurice  Search this
Evergood, Philip, 1901-1973  Search this
Feininger, Lyonel, 1871-1956  Search this
Grosz, George, 1893-1959  Search this
Holty, Carl, 1900-1973  Search this
Jensen, Alfred, 1903-1981  Search this
Motherwell, Robert  Search this
Reinhardt, Ad, 1913-1967  Search this
Tobey, Mark  Search this
Wilke, Rudolf, 1873-1908  Search this
Extent:
10 Microfilm reels
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Microfilm reels
Sketchbooks
Date:
1934-1977
Scope and Contents:
Diaries, correspondence, sketchbooks, drawings, photographs, printed material, and scrapbooks.
REELS N68-52 - N68-56: Diary entries and sketchbooks, 1934-1968; biographical material; photographs of Wilke, his family, studio, exhibitions, and paintings and bronzes; drawings; exhibition catalogs, 1953-1968; clippings, 1942-1963; a scrapbook, 1942-1959; correspondence with family, galleries, museums, universities, and artists, including Max Beckmann (1954), Eugene Berman (1961-1967), Julius Bissier (1962-1968), Maurice Bonnefoy (1955-1958), Phillip Evergood 1944-1958), Lyonel and Julia Feininger (1940-1962), George Grosz (1938-1956), Carl Holty (1957-1964), Alfred Jensen (1953), Robert Motherwell (1957-1961), Ad Reinhardt, and Mark Tobey (ca. 1960); and scattered business records.
REELS 1359-1363: Correspondence; photographs of Wilke, his studio, art work, and family; 6 diaries, 1968-1976; lists of his drawings; exhibition catalogs, announcements, press releases, and clippings; scrapbooks; 2 Christmas card designs; files on Wilke's art collection, exhibitions, and on his father, Rudolf Wilke.
Biographical / Historical:
Painter, art administrator, art collector; Solon, Iowa. Born Bad Tolz, Germany. Director, Department of Art, Kalamazoo College And Institute of Arts, 1940-1942; Director, University of Iowa Museum of Art.
Provenance:
Lent for microfilming by Ulfert Wilke, 1968 and 1977.
Restrictions:
The Archives of American art does not own the original papers. Use is limited to the microfilm copy.
Occupation:
Arts administrators -- Iowa -- Solon  Search this
Painters -- Iowa -- Solon  Search this
Topic:
Art -- Collectors and collecting -- United States  Search this
Artists' studios -- Photographs  Search this
Painting, Modern -- 20th century -- United States  Search this
Genre/Form:
Sketchbooks
Identifier:
AAA.wilkulfe
Archival Repository:
Archives of American Art
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9e56aaddf-dae5-417d-8dff-b33c5722bce5
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-aaa-wilkulfe