CVM Collections and Archives:

Special Collections (non-film)

This page contains:

Examples of Artwork in CVM's Collections

Information on Collections:
William Moritz Archive
CVM General Collection
Oskar Fischinger Collection and Archive
Jordan Belson Collection
Mary Ellen Bute Collection

1. "Untitled," 1961, oil on canvas board, 24 x 26

2. "Abstraction Contemplation," c. 1954, oil on canvas, 30 x 42

3. "Untitled," 1960, oil on canvas board, 36 x 24

 

 

4 - 9. "Squares," 1934, gouache on paper, 11-5/8 x 12, series of six, on punched animation paper, from the film Squares. Registration punches at top. Each numbered..

 

10. "Sound Painting." Oil on Canvas. Gift of Dian C. Iversen, 2009.

 

1. Drawing from "Mandala," Color Xerography (Moritz collection)

2. "God's Eye," Color xerography from Mandala scrolls (Moritz collection)

3. "At the Shrine of Non-Objectivity," Color xerography (Moritz collection)

4. "Storyboard," Digital Print (gift of the artist)

5. "Light Structure" (2000) Color Xerography. Gift of the Artist, 2009.

 

"Spawn," 2004, Giclee Print (gift of the artist, 2004)

 

"Electronic Garden," 1999, Giclee Print, 7/10 (gift of the artist)

 

"Das Valkyries," 1961, oil on canvas (Gift of The Fischinger Archive)

James Whitney

Ceramics - raku pottery and glaze tests

 

PHOTOGRAPHY

CVM owns an extensive collection of original photography by Hy Hirsh, including vintage gelatin silver prints, color Ansco chromogenic prints, and numerous slides of Hirsh's fashion photography, travels, studies for his films, and life in Paris (collage above). Gift from Susan Herzig and Paul Hertzmann, San Francisco, CA, 2008.

Additional Hirsh photographs and paper materials are in the William Moritz collection at CVM.

Folders include: Berthold Bartosch, Jordan Belson, Mary Ellen Bute, Bruce Conner, Jules Engel, Hy Hirsh, Pat O'Neill, George Stadnik, James Whitney, many others including color organ artists and inventors.

The finding aid is in progress. Useful links:

Dozens of Moritz articles are on CVM's online library

Link to List of Moritz lectures

ARTWORK (includes animation cels and drawings, pottery by James Whitney)

POSTERS

FILM AND VIDEO Holdings are not included here. The Moritz video and audiotape holdings include hundreds of reference videotapes on visual music, experimental film and animation; and dozens of video and audio interviews with Moritz over many decades, including many donated to CVM by The Fischinger Trust.

Moritz's personal filmography with notes

MONOGRAPHS (Books, Exhibition Catalogs, Dissertations)

A temporary, small portion of our Monographs catalog is online here

PERIODICALS (Journals, Magazines, Film Distributor Catalogs)

Film Culture Collection, Journals, 1957 - 1979

PHOTOGRAPHIC (includes numerous digital stills)

ARTWORK, POSTERS (see Artwork section at top of page for examples)

ARTIFACTS

FILM, VIDEO and DIGITAL MEDIA Collections are not included here.

CVM: Color Organ Collection

Articles, papers, manuscripts, monographs, drawings relating to Color Organ experiments 1890s-1960s

Folders include: Charles Dockum, Thomas Wilfred, Mary Hallock Greenewalt, many others

FILM, VIDEO and DIGITAL MEDIA Collections are not included here.

CVM: Vanguard Theatre Collection

Flyers, Posters. Many are a gift of The Fischinger Trust.

CVM: Visual Music Alliance Collection

--This collection contains papers of, and materials from, both Oskar and Elfriede Fischinger; much of this collection is newly acquired and currently being processed

PAPER (Articles, Correspondence, Manuscripts, Clippings, Program Notes, Flyers, Pamphlets, personal papers)

MONOGRAPHS (Books, Exhibition Catalogs, Dissertations)

PERIODICALS (Journals, Magazines, Film Distributor Catalogs)

ARTWORK (Paintings, Drawings, Animation Paintings and Drawings, Sketches)

PHOTOGRAPHIC (Slides, prints, negatives, proofs, contact sheets and numerous digital stills)

PROCESS MATERIAL (Title cards, Storyboards, Designs, Animation sketches)

MUSIC SCORES: Including Oskar's notated scores for films including Muratti, An Optical Poem, American March and more; plus graphs and charts.

Example: Section of Oskar's notated score for American March

EXTENSIVE FILM, VIDEO and DIGITAL MEDIA Collections are not included here.

For Fischinger Research we recommend beginning with CVM's

Fischinger Research Pages and Painting Galleries

Jordan Belson Collection

PAPER (Articles, Clippings, Program Notes, Flyers). We recommend beginning your research at CVM's Belson Research pages

ARTWORK (Prints, Drawings)

PHOTOGRAPHIC (Slides, prints, contact sheets, digital stills)

FILM, VIDEO and DIGITAL MEDIA Collections are not included here.

Mary Ellen Bute Collection

We recommend beginning your research at CVM's Bute pages online

Charles Dockum Collection

Jules Engel Collection

Whitney Collection

Center for Visual Music

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Last modified Feb 2010.