Dadi Wirz photographs relating to New Guinea
odd: label: Local Call Number(s)
content: NAA Photo Lot 109
name: label: Creator
content: Wirz, Dadi
topic: label: Topic
content: Painting
label: Topic
content: Architecture
label: Topic
content: Sculpture
creator: label: Creator
content: Wirz, Dadi
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content: Dadi Wirz photographs relating to New Guinea
bioghist: label: Biographical/Historical note
content: Dadi Wirz, son of Swiss anthropologist Paul Wirz, was born in Switzerland in 1931.  He spent much of his youth traveling with his father to Africa, Asia, and Latin America.  Wirz was educated at the state school for applied and fine arts in Basel, Switzerland (1946-1950), apprenticed in photography with Schwitter S.A. photo engravers in Basel (1947-1950), and trained in Paris at Atelier 17 (1950-1952), and the Ecole du Louvre (1951).  After his studies in Paris, Wirz joined his father on a research trip to New Guinea, where he documented their findings through photography and film making. During this time, Wirz developed a particular interest in the art from the Sepik area, a subject on which he has since lectured at museums and universities in the United States and Europe. Wirz taught photography and print making at Atelier 17, Ohio State University, Pratt Graphic Art Center, Rhode Island School of Design, and elsewhere.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 133 Prints (silver gelatin and color)
unitdate: label: Date
content: circa 1952-1955
custodhist: label: Custodial History note
content: Donated by Dadi Wirz through S. Dillon Ripley and Eugene Knez, circa 1967.
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: National Anthropological Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NAA.PhotoLot.109
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
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content: Prints
label: Type
content: Photographs
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content: Photographs
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents note
content: Photographs relating to a trip that Dadi Wirz made with his father to New Guinea, 1952-1955.  The photographs depict artifacts, including sculptures, masks, and paintings, as well as people and architecture.  Additionally, there are some photographs of activities, including canoeing, construction, and painting.
relatedmaterial: label: Location of Other Archival Materials
content: The Museo delle Culture di Lugano also holds Dadi Wirz's negatives.