Rudy Pozzatti papers
name: label: Creator
content: Pozzatti, Rudy, 1925-
label: Names
content: Eichenberg, Fritz, 1901-1990
label: Names
content: Ernst, Jimmy, 1920-1984
label: Names
content: Harak, Rudolph de
place: label: Place
content: Soviet Union -- description and travel
topic: label: Occupation
content: Painters -- Indiana
label: Occupation
content: Printmakers -- Indiana
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Material on reel 1618 lent for microfilming 1979; unmicrofilmed material donated 1980 and 1986 all by Rudy Pozzatti.
creator: label: Creator
content: Pozzatti, Rudy, 1925-
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Printmaker, painter, art instructor; Bloomington, Ind. Born in Telluride, Colo., Pozzatti received degrees from the University of Colorado in 1948 and 1950, and studied under Emilio Amero, Max Beckmann, and Ben Shahn. He taught printmaking at Indiana University from 1956-1972.
function: label: Function
content: Art festivals
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1.3 Linear Feet ((partially filmed on 1 microfilm reel))
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1951-1982
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.pozzrudy
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Interviews
label: Type
content: Sketchbooks
label: Type
content: Sound recordings
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: 35mm microfilm reel 1618 available for use only at Archives of American Art offices.
label: Reproduction Note
content: Calendar and 19 letters are photocopies.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Interviews
label: Genre/Form
content: Sketchbooks
label: Genre/Form
content: Sound recordings
originalsloc: label: Existence and Location of Originals
content: Calendar and 19 letters: Originals in the possession of the donor, Rudy Pozzatti.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Letters, a calendar and essay, sketchbooks (1957-1964), photographs (1963), printed material (1951-1982), 3 audio tapes, and a reel of motion picture film document the life and career of Rudy Pozzatti.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Reel 1618: Six annotated sketchbooks contain designs for the Lincoln, Neb., mural competition (1957), sketches and diary accounts of a trip to Russia (1961), sketches from a trip to Genoa and Rome, Italy, including work on a Japanese folding book (1963-1964), and annotated sketches from a Tamarind workshop (1963).
label: Scope and Contents
content: Unfilmed: Biographical material consists of 2 biographical sketches and a resume. Twenty letters (1952-1980) primarily concern Pozzatti's nomination as distinguished professor at Indiana University (1972). Notes and writings consist of a makeshift calendar designed by Pozzatti and Jimmy Ernst in Russia in 1961 and a 3-page essay "Homage to Rudy Pozzatti" by Elmer Schooley. One photograph shows Pozzatti as a member of the Pennell Selection Committee at the Library of Congress with Fritz Eichenberg. Another photograph shows the Arts Festival Committee examining Pozzatti's woodcut "Enchanted Flute" for the permanent collection of the University of Maine.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Unfilmed: Printed material includes clippings (1952-1986), exhibition announcements and catalogs (1951-1986), and lecture and workshop brochures (1963-1978). Three reel-to-reel audio tapes contain interviews with Pozzatti, including one with Rudolph de Harak conducted by Roger Gafke (1974), and one of a visiting artists discussion conducted by the University of Missouri (1974). A reel of 16 mm motion picture film records an interview with Pozzatti at the Fort Wayne Art Institute (1974).