Hugo Weber papers
name: label: Creator
content: Weber, Hugo, 1918-1971
label: Names
content: Clair Fox Gallery
label: Names
content: Howard Wise Gallery
label: Names
content: Arp, Jean, 1887-1966
label: Names
content: Cajori, Charles, 1921-2013
label: Names
content: Callahan, Eleanor
label: Photographer
content: Callahan, Harry M.
label: Names
content: Coleman, Ornette
label: Photographer
content: Crane, Barbara, 1928-
label: Names
content: Greenbaum, Jack
label: Names
content: Hall, Robert D.
label: Names
content: Held, Annet
label: Names
content: Hervochon, Yves
label: Names
content: Kerouac, Jack, 1922-1969
label: Names
content: Mies van der Rohe, Ludwig, 1886-1969
label: Names
content: Moholy-Nagy, László, 1895-1946
label: Photographer
content: Siegel, Arthur S.
label: Names
content: Siskind, Aaron
label: Names
content: Ward, Cora Kelley, 1920-1989
label: Names
content: Weber, Anne
label: Photographer
content: Woelffer, Dina, 1907-
topic: label: Occupation
content: Painters -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Occupation
content: Photographers -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Topic
content: Painting, American
label: Topic
content: Artists' studios -- Photographs
label: Topic
content: Women photographers
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Material on reel D388 and N70-9 (portion) lent for microfilming 1969 by Hugo Weber; and material on reel N70-9 (portion)-N70-10, 671 & 841-845 donated 1971 by Anne Weber, ex-wife of Hugo Weber.
creator: label: Creator
content: Weber, Hugo, 1918-1971
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Painter; New York, N.Y.; b. 1918 in Basel, Switzerland; d. August 15, 1971.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 5.2 Linear Feet ((partially microfilmed on 9 reels))
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1932-1971
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.webehugo
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: 35mm microfilm reels N70-9-N70-10, D388, 671 & 841-845 available for use at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
originalsloc: label: Existence and Location of Originals
content: Reels D388 & N70-9(portion): Originals returned to Hugo Weber after microfilming.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Correspondence; photographs and photograph albums; diaries; writings; sketches and sketchbooks; biographical data; catalogs; material relating to the Artists Tenants Association; clippings; and miscellany.
label: Scope and Contents
content: REEL D388: Correspondence, 1945-1966; photographs; sketches; and clippings.
label: Scope and Contents
content: REELS N70-9-N70-10: 75 photographs by Weber and photographer Harry Callahan of Mies van der Rohe, taken from 1961-1964, with occasional photos of Weber, his studio, Laszlo Moholy-Nagy and other friends, including one of Moholy-Nagy by Arthur Siegel, 1946. Also included are 30 letters from Clair Fox Gallery, Howard Wise Gallery, Harry Callahan, Jack Kerouac and other friends; and 2 sketchbooks, 1962.
label: Scope and Contents
content: REEL 671: 9 photograph albums and ca. 200 photographs of Weber, friends, family (including his artist wife, Anne Weber), studios, and his works of art. Among them are one of Weber by Barbara Crane, ca. 1960, a contact sheet of photographs of Laszlo Moholy-Nagy, and many photographs by Harry Callahan, Aaron Siskind, Cora Ward, Robert D. Hall, Annet Held and Yves Hervochon, including photos of Charles Cajori and Jack Greenbaum by Cora Ward, and Ornette Coleman by Callahan.
label: Scope and Contents
content: REELS 841-845: Correspondence, 1932-1971; 3 diaries (written in German), 1941-1944, April 1942, and April to August 1964; poetry by Weber; writings on art, 1951-1968; writings on other artists; sketchbooks and drawings, 1945-1971; biographical material; material on the Artists Tenants Association; catalogs; clippings; and miscellany.
label: Scope and Contents
content: UNMICROFILMED: Three photos by Harry Callahan, including one each of Eleanor Callahan, Weber, and "Drawing in Space with a Flashlight"; and one of Jean (Hans) Arp by Dina Woelffer, 1957. One photo of Ludwig Mies Van der Rohe taken by Aaron Siskind, ca. 1950.