Hans Theo Richter papers
name: label: Creator
content: Richter, Hans, 1888-1976
label: Names
content: Calder, Alexander, 1898-1976
label: Names
content: Duchamp, Marcel, 1887-1968
label: Names
content: Ernst, Max, 1891-1976
label: Names
content: Ray, Man, 1890-1976
topic: label: Topic
content: Experimental films
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Lent for microfilming 1984 by Ursula Lawder, Richter's step-daughter.
creator: label: Creator
content: Richter, Hans, 1888-1976
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Filmmaker; New York, N.Y. First one-man show in 1916, the same year he joined the Dadaists. His interest in the movement of forms led him first to scroll painting and then to film. He produced his first movie in 1921 and then went on to create Dreams That Money Can Buy, with Duchamp, Ernst, Calder and Man Ray, and 8 X 8, among others.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Reel (ca. 400 items (on 1 microfilm reel))
unitdate: label: Date
content: [ca. 1914-1981]
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.richhans
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Reels
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: 35mm microfilm reel 3467 available at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
originalsloc: label: Existence and Location of Originals
content: Originals returned to the lender after microfilming.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Correspondence, ca. 1914-1981, including comments about Richter's films from Alexander Calder, Max Ernst, Man Ray, and others; exhibition catalogs, ca. 1946-1974; index to his films compiled by H.G. Weinberg, 1946 and revision; catalogs for films Dreams Money Can Buy, and 8 X 8; articles by and about Richter and his films; exhibition catalogs of other artists; writings; and newspaper clippings.