Dear colleagues
I am writing an article about the library of a Canadian
artist, Fritz Brandtner (1896-1969), which we have here in our special
collections. Brandtner annotated his books fairly extensively and decorated
some of them. I am looking to find some comparative writing, if I can, on the
libraries of other artists, and the insights into their life and work which can
be derived from studying their libraries.
I have a few leads so far, e.g.:
- lists of books included in the catalogue raisonnes for
Jackson Pollock and Barnett Newman
- Sol LeWitt’s autobiography with photos of his
library
- seminar on authors’ and artists’ libraries at
the RBMS pre-conference in Austin TX in 2006, for which I have not however seen
any published proceedings: http://www.rbms.info/conferences/preconferences/2006/schedule/program/pdf/RBMS_2006_Schedule.pdf
If you can add to this, please reply to me off-list, and thanks
in advance for any assistance you can provide.
Jonathan
Jonathan Franklin
Chief, Library, Archives and Research Fellowships Program
National Gallery of
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