Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives

Gloria Katz and Willard M. Huyck Jr. Collection

Summary

Collection ID:
FSA.A2015.05
Creators:
Katz, Gloria
Huyck, Willard
Dates:
circa 1870s-circa 1900
Languages:
English
.
Physical Description:
2.38 Cubic feet
Repository:

Scope and Contents

Scope and Contents
Contains photographic prints, in formats including albumen prints (many hand-colored), collotypes, gelatin silver prints. All images but one are of Japanese origin and depict Japanese people and scenes. The other image depicts a group of yogis in India.

Biographical / Historical

Biographical / Historical
Noted screenwriters Gloria Katz (October 25, 1942-November 25, 2018) and Willard M. Huyck Jr. (September 8, 1945-) met as film students in the 1960s and married in 1969. They worked closely with George Lucas, writing for films such as
American Graffiti
,
Star Wars
(uncredited), and
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
. They also wrote, with Huyck directing and Katz producing,
Howard the Duck
.
In addition to their careers in the film industry, Katz and Huyck collected art, with particular interest in Japanese photography from the 19th century to the present era. Images from their collection were published in
Views of Japan
(Steidl, 2017). The Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery acquired their collection of Japanese photographs in 2018; the 19th century photographs came to the Freer and Sackler Archives. Katz and Huyck's interests extended beyond Japan, as evidenced by Colin Murray's "Group of Yogis," donated to the Archives in 2015.

Administration

Author
Ryan Murray
Custodial History
Partial gift and purchase from Gloria Katz and Willard M. Huyck Jr., 2015 and 2018.
Processing Information
Titles, dates, and attributions are those provided by the donors.

Using the Collection

Conditions Governing Use
Permission to publish, quote, or reproduce must be secured from the repository.
Conditions Governing Access
The collection is open for research use.
Citation
Gloria Katz and Willard M. Huyck Jr. Collection. FSA.A2015.05. National Museum of Asian Art Archives. Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.

Related Materials
For 20th and 21st century Japanese photographs acquired from Gloria Katz and Willard M. Huyck Jr., see the Gloria Katz and Willard M. Huyck Jr. Collection of the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, S2018.2.1--S2018.2.349 and S2018.13--S2018.16.

More Information

Local Numbers

Local Numbers
FSA A2015.05

Bibliography

Bibliography
Huyck, Willard and Gloria Katz.
Views of Japan
. Göttingen: Steidl, 2017.


Keywords

Keywords table of terms and types.
Keyword Terms Keyword Types
Photographs -- Photoprints -- Silver gelatin Genre Form Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Albumen prints -- 19th century Genre Form Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Photography -- Japan Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Photography-India Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Photography -- 19th century Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid

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