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Archives of American Art
Ulfert Wilke papers
Summary
- Collection ID:
- AAA.wilkulfe
- Creators:
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Wilke, Ulfert, 1907-1987
- Dates:
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1934-1977
- Languages:
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English.
- Physical Description:
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10 Microfilm reels
- Repository:
Scope and Contents
Scope and Contents
Diaries, correspondence, sketchbooks, drawings, photographs, printed material, and scrapbooks.
Scope and Contents
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.
Scope and Contents
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
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.
Administration
Existence and Location of Copies
35mm microfilm reels N68-52 - N68-56 and 1359-1363 available for use at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
Existence and Location of Originals
Originals returned to the lender, Ulfert Wilke, after microfilming.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Lent for microfilming by Ulfert Wilke, 1968 and 1977.
Using the Collection
Conditions Governing Access
The Archives of American art does not own the original papers. Use is limited to the microfilm copy.
Keywords
Archives of American Art
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