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New Acquisitions
Photography: CVM received a generous gift of an extensive collection of original photography by Hy Hirsh (1911-1961), including vintage gelatin silver prints, color Ansco chromogenic prints, color negatives, and hundreds of slides of Hirsh's fashion photography, travels, studies for his films, and his life in Paris in the late 1950s. Acquired through a gift from Susan Herzig and Paul Hertzmann, San Francisco, CA, 2008. Artwork: "Sound Painting," 1951, painting by Oskar Fischinger, oil on canvas. Gift of Dian C. Iversen. Image here "Square Spirals," 1955, painting by Oskar Fischinger, oil on canvas. "Abstraction No. 390," 1956, painting by Oskar Fischinger, oil on Masonite. Color xerography by Jordan Belson. Research Materials: Personal and business papers of Oskar Fischinger Selected papers of Elfriede Fischinger Recordings of lectures and presentations by William Moritz and Elfriede Fischinger. Gifts from Fischinger Trust, and from Arthur and Corinne Cantrill. Archives of the Visual Music Alliance Articles, papers, drawings relating to Color Organ experiments, 1890s-1930s Programs and Flyers from Theatre Vanguard, Pasadena FilmForum, Oasis and other Southern California experimental cinema venues, 1970s-80s New Scientific Tools for the Arts, monograph by Ralph Potter (Fischinger's copy) "Report on a Series of Performances of Dutch Experimental Films in the USA and Canada, Jan/May 75" by Lynne M. Tillman and Niko Paape. Extensive documentation of their tour of experimental film venues in the US and Canada. Gift of Fischinger Trust. Pike, Robert Marvin. "A Critical Study of the West Coast Experimental Film Movement." MA Thesis submitted to UCLA, July 1960. 35mm Film Prints: Norman McLaren, Loops and Dots 16mm Film Prints: Jordan Belson, Chakra Mary Ellen Bute, Pastorale, 1950 and Mood Contrasts, 1953 Emile Cohl, Fantasmagoria, 1908 and Hasher's Delirium, 1911 Bruce Conner, Cosmic Ray, 1961 Oskar Fischinger, Spirals Norman McLaren, Begone Dull Care, 1949 Baerbel Neubauer, Feuerhaus (Firehouse), 1998 Walther Ruttmann, Lichtspiel Opus I Guido Seeber, Ki-Pho Digital Work: Energie! by Thorsten Fleisch
NOTE: While the above pages are under construction, we refer you to our online Library for reference material, and our online store offering research copies of films on video and DVD.
Please direct questions and inquiries to Center for Visual Music email: CVM
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