Herbert Matter papers, circa 1937-1984

Matter, Herbert, 1907-1984

Herbert Matter papers, circa 1937-1984

Abstract/Contents

Abstract: The collection represents the photography and graphic design career of Herbert Matter, his commercial and personal work. This includes original artwork (collages, sketches), photographs (predominately black and white prints, contact prints, working prints), manuscripts, process materials (paste-ups, proof sheets), memorabilia, negatives, transparencies, slides, 16mm motion picture film, printed material, and working equipment. There is considerable correspondence with particularly noteworthy letters from Gregory Ain, John Cage, John Entenza, Walter Gropius, Gyorgy Kepes, Isamu Noguchi, Irving Penn, and Brett Weston among others.; Ephemeral removed from Herbert Matter's copy of Geschichte der Schrift in Bildern by Jan Tschihold (Basel und Frankfurt am Main: Holbein-Verlag, [1951]) were added by accession 2012-185 and interfiled into Flat Box 191.

Description

Alternative title	Arts & architecture
Alternative title	Fortune Magazine
Alternative title	Harpers Bazaar
Alternative title	House & Garden
Alternative title	House Beautiful
Alternative title	Ladies Home Journal
Alternative title	Mademoiselle
Alternative title	PLUS
Alternative title	Vogue
Type of resource	mixed material
Extent	circa 350 linear feet (467 containers)
Place	California
Publication date	1937 - 1984
Issuance	monographic
Language	English

Creators/Contributors

Associated with	Matter, Herbert, 1907-1984

Subjects

Subject	Aalto, Aino, 1894-1949
Subject	Aalto, Alvar, 1898-1976
Subject	Abramovitz, Max
Subject	Albers, Josef
Subject	Albini, Franco
Subject	Albinson, Don
Subject	Archipenko, Alexander, 1887-1964
Subject	Armstrong, Louis, 1901-1971
Subject	Arp, Jean, 1887-1966
Subject	Austin, Warren
Subject	Bacon, Francis, 1909-1992
Subject	Ballard, Shreve
Subject	Barnes, Edward Larrabee
Subject	Barnes, Mary, 1923-
Subject	Baziotes, William, 1912-1963
Subject	Beckstrand, Mildred
Subject	Bennett, Glen
Subject	Berry, James
Subject	Bertoia, Harry
Subject	Boeri, Cini
Subject	Bontecou, Lee, 1931-
Subject	Bossard, Klaus
Subject	Botticelli, Sandro, 1444 or 1445-1510
Subject	Brancusi, Constantin, 1876-1957
Subject	Braque, Georges, 1882-1963
Subject	Burri, Alberto, 1915-1995
Subject	Butler, Lewis
Subject	Cafiero, Vincent
Subject	Cajori, Charles, 1921-2013
Subject	Calder, Alexander, 1898-1976
Subject	Calder, Alexander Stirling, 1870-1945
Subject	Calder, Louisa
Subject	Callery, Mary, 1903-1977
Subject	Carles, Arthur B, 1882-1952
Subject	Cassandre, A. M, 1901-1968
Subject	Cézanne, Paul, 1839-1906
Subject	Chagall, Marc, 1887-1985
Subject	Chillida, Eduardo, 1924-2002
Subject	Clayton, Buck, 1911-1991
Subject	Cohen, I. David (Isidore David), 1884-1953
Subject	Cohen, John
Subject	Cohen, Penny
Subject	Cordoba, Mathilde de
Subject	Crawford, Joan, 1908-1977
Subject	Dale, Chester, 1883-1962
Subject	De Chirico, Giorgio, 1888-1978
Subject	de Cordoba, Mathilde
Subject	De Kooning, Elaine
Subject	De Kooning, Willem, 1904-1997
Subject	de Souza-Gomez, H
Subject	Defucio, Robert
Subject	Dehn, Mura
Subject	Dorn, Marion V
Subject	Dragonette, Jessica, 1900-1980
Subject	Duchamp-Villon, Raymond, 1876-1918
Subject	Dudley, George A
Subject	Dufay, Guillaume, -1474
Subject	Eames, Charles
Subject	Eames, Lucia
Subject	Eames, Ray
Subject	Eldon, Jim
Subject	Feldman, Irving, 1928-
Subject	Feldman, Morton, 1926-1987
Subject	Ferrari-Hardoy, Jorge
Subject	Finkelstein, Louis
Subject	Forge, Andrew
Subject	Frank, Joseph, 1918-
Subject	Frankenthaler, Helen, 1928-2011
Subject	Fuller, R. Buckminster (Richard Buckminster), 1895-1983
Subject	Gabo, Naum, 1890-1977
Subject	Geldzahler, Henry
Subject	Giacometti, Alberto, 1901-1966
Subject	Giacometti, Annette
Subject	Giacometti, Diego
Subject	Gleizes, Albert, 1881-1953
Subject	Goddard, Paulette, 1911-1990
Subject	Goldstone, Harmon H. (Harmon Hendricks), 1911-
Subject	Grosman, Tatyana, 1904-1982
Subject	Guston, Philip, 1913-1980
Subject	Hannah, Bruce
Subject	Harrison, Wallace K. (Wallace Kirkman), 1895-1981
Subject	Heifetz, Jascha, 1901-1987
Subject	Hess, Trudi
Subject	Hirschorn, Joseph H
Subject	Hoffman, Armin
Subject	Hofmann, Hans, 1880-1966
Subject	Jeanneret, Pierre, 1896-1967
Subject	Le Corbusier, 1887-1965
Subject	Johns, Jasper, 1930-
Subject	Kaiser, Ray
Subject	Kelly, Richard
Subject	Kiesler, Frederick
Subject	Klein, Franz
Subject	Knoll, Florence, 1917-
Subject	Knoll, Hans, 1890-
Subject	Knoll, Peter
Subject	Knorr, Donald
Subject	Knox, Doris
Subject	Krasner, Lee, 1908-1984
Subject	Lebeau, Roland
Subject	Léger, Fernand, 1881-1955
Subject	Lehmbruck, Wilhelm, 1881-1919
Subject	Lescaze, William, 1896-1969
Subject	Lichtenstein, Roy, 1923-1997
Subject	Little, John
Subject	Loewy, Raymond, 1893-1986
Subject	Logan, Joshua
Subject	Lollo, Dizzy
Subject	Macció, Rómulo, 1931-
Subject	Maclanchlen, Betty
Subject	Magritte, René, 1898-1967
Subject	Mangiarotti, Angelo
Subject	Mathsson, Bruno
Subject	Matisse, Pierre, 1900-1989
Subject	Matta, 1912-2002
Subject	Matter, Alex
Subject	Matter, Herbert, 1907-1984
Subject	Matter, Jordan
Subject	Matter, Mercedes, 1913-2001
Subject	McGray, Peter
Subject	McGray, Porter
Subject	Meredith, Burgess, 1907-1997
Subject	Miró, Joan, 1893-1983
Subject	Mies van der Rohe, Ludwig, 1886-1969
Subject	Mondrian, Piet, 1872-1944
Subject	Moore, Henry, 1898-1986
Subject	Morgan, Willard D. (Willard Detering), 1900-1967
Subject	Morris, George L.K
Subject	Morrison, Andrew
Subject	Motherwell, Robert
Subject	Muller, Henry, 1902-1980
Subject	Muller, Jan
Subject	Nagy, Laszlo Moholy
Subject	Nakashima, George, 1905-1990
Subject	Nast, Condé, 1873-1942
Subject	Nehru, Jawaharlal, 1889-1964
Subject	Nelson, Paul
Subject	Newman, Barnett, 1905-1970
Subject	Niemeyer, Oscar, 1907-
Subject	Nitschke, Oscar
Subject	O'Hara, Frank
Subject	Olson, Odelberg
Subject	Ormandy, Eugene, 1899-1985
Subject	Oswald, Marion
Subject	Pearson, L. Max, 1886-
Subject	Pearstein, Philip
Subject	Petit, Don
Subject	Pevsner, Antoine, 1886-1962
Subject	Picasso, Pablo, 1881-1973
Subject	Picchetti, Carlo
Subject	Platner, Warren, 1919-2006
Subject	Pollock, Charles, 1902-1988
Subject	Pollock, Jackson, 1912-1956
Subject	Rae, Christine
Subject	Rand, Paul, 1914-1996
Subject	Rassmussen, Jorgen
Subject	Rauschenberg, Robert, 1925-2008
Subject	Rebetez, Robert
Subject	Risom, Jens
Subject	Ritchard, Cyril, 1897-1977
Subject	Rivers, Larry, 1925-2002
Subject	Rosenquist, James, 1933-
Subject	Rothko, Mark, 1903-1970
Subject	Rudolph, Paul, 1898-1976
Subject	Saarinen, Eero, 1910-1961
Subject	Sandals, Bernardo
Subject	Scarpa, Tobia
Subject	Schlossberg, Edwin
Subject	Schultz, Richard
Subject	Seitlin, Percy
Subject	Senft, Peter
Subject	Sert, José Luis, 1902-1983
Subject	Sillman, Ives
Subject	Sorenson, Abel
Subject	Southern, Terry
Subject	Stephens, Bill
Subject	Stevenson, Adlai E. (Adlai Ewing), 1900-1965
Subject	Stone, Edward Durell
Subject	Sweeney, Ciannait
Subject	Sweeney, James Johnson, 1900-1986
Subject	Switzerland, Christian
Subject	Sylvester, David
Subject	Takahama, Kazuhide
Subject	Tamayo, Ruffino
Subject	Tàpies, Antoni, 1923-2012
Subject	Tapiovaara, Ilmari
Subject	Temple, Shirley, 1928-
Subject	Thackray, Joanna
Subject	Thompson, David C
Subject	Twombly, Cy, 1928-2011
Subject	Vicente, Esteban, 1903-2001
Subject	Vincente, Harriet
Subject	Waddell, Theodore
Subject	Wagner, Hans, 1929-
Subject	Wegner, Hans
Subject	Wolff, Robert (Robert J.)
Subject	Wormley, Edward
Subject	Wright, Frank Lloyd, 1867-1959
Subject	Wyler, Eva
Subject	Zapf, Otto
Subject	Zogbaum, Wilfrid, 1915-1965
Subject	Zumstag, Abraham
Subject	Ain, Gregory, 1908-1988
Subject	Baldwin, Benjamin
Subject	Beebe, Tina
Subject	Bill, Max, 1908-1994
Subject	Breuer, Connie
Subject	Breuer, Marcel, 1902-1981
Subject	Bunshaft, Gordon, 1909-1990
Subject	Cage, John
Subject	Chermayeff, Serge, 1900-1996
Subject	Dearstyne, Howard
Subject	Entenza, John, 1903-1984
Subject	Girard, Alexander
Subject	Gropius, Walter, 1883-1969
Subject	Johnson, Philip, 1906-2005
Subject	Kendrick, Marvin
Subject	Kepes, Gyorgy, 1906-2001
Subject	Larsen, Jack Lenor
Subject	Liberman, Alexander, 1912-1999
Subject	Lord, James
Subject	Noguchi, Isamu, 1904-1988
Subject	Penn, Irving
Subject	Prestini, James
Subject	Salzman, Arthur George
Subject	Vignelli, Massimo
Subject	Weese, Harry, 1915-1998
Subject	Weston, Brett
Subject	Yanaihara, Isaku, 1918-1989
Subject	Arts et métiers graphiques.
Subject	American Institute of Graphic Arts.
Subject	Black Star (Picture agency)
Subject	Bonwit Teller & Co.
Subject	Boston and Maine Railroad.
Subject	Coca-Cola Company.
Subject	Condé Nast Publications, inc.
Subject	Consolidated Edison Company of New York, inc.
Subject	Container Corporation of America.
Subject	Corning Glass Works.
Subject	Cummins Engine Company.
Subject	Deberny et Peignot.
Subject	First Savings. (Houston, Tex.)
Subject	Ives - Sillman Workshop.
Subject	Kimbe Optic.
Subject	Knoll Associates, inc.
Subject	Kunsthaus Zürich.
Subject	Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.)
Subject	Mount Washington Ski Resort (Plymouth, New Hampshire)
Subject	Museum of Fine Arts, Houston.
Subject	Museum of Modern Art (New York, N.Y.)
Subject	Museum of Primitive Art (New York, N.Y.)
Subject	New Bauhaus (Chicago, Ill.)
Subject	New York, New Haven, and Hartford Railroad Company.
Subject	New York Studio School of Drawing, Painting and Sculpture.
Subject	Oxford Paper Company.
Subject	Pepsi-Cola Company.
Subject	Schweizerische Zentrale für Verkehrsförderung.
Subject	Seagram Company.
Subject	Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum.
Subject	Seven-Up Company.
Subject	Tishman Construction Corporation.
Subject	Union Carbide Corporation.
Subject	Universal Limited Art Editions.
Subject	Westinghouse Electric Corporation.
Subject	Wyandotte Chemicals.
Subject	Yale University.
Subject	Grosse Pointe (Mich.)., Library.
Subject	New York World's Fair (1939-1940)
Subject	African American dance
Subject	Art, Swiss
Subject	Art, Modern > 20th century
Subject	Civil defense
Subject	Dance
Subject	Design
Subject	Furniture > United States > History
Subject	Graphic arts
Subject	Photography, Artistic
Subject	Sculpture, Modern > 20th century
Subject	Colonial Williamsburg (Williamsburg, Va.)
Subject	Coney Island (New York, N.Y.)
Subject	Ouro Preto (Minas Gerais, Brazil)

Bibliographic information

Acquisition	Purchased, 2004: accession 2004-283. Gift of the Matter family, 2005: accession 2005-114 (Series nine, 300 photographic prints.)
Acquisition	Purchase, 2012. Accession 2012-185.
Location	Location Finding aid available online
Contains	Title Arts & architecture Title Fortune Magazine Title Harpers Bazaar Title House & Garden Title House Beautiful Title Ladies Home Journal Title Mademoiselle Title PLUS Title Vogue
Location	electronic resource
Location	Finding aid available online
Location	Department of Special Collections, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, CA 94305

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