1. Search and Browse Collections
  2. Gyorgy Kepes papers, 1909-2003, bulk 1935-1985
  3. Series 10: Artwork and Moving Images, circa 1924-2003

Gyorgy Kepes papers, 1909-2003, bulk 1935-1985

Creator

Occupation

Make a Request

  • To request an appointment to view materials, make your selections using the checkboxes and click the "Reading Room" button. Please note, you will receive the full box.
  • To request reproductions, make your selections using the checkboxes and click the "Reproduction" button.
Select containers from the following list if you want to request them for reading room use or reproduction

Series 10: Artwork and Moving Images, circa 1924-2003
2.5 Linear feet
Boxes 12, 13, OVs 33-36, 38, FCs 50-62

Series is arranged as two subseries.
  • 10.1: Artwork by Kepes, circa 1930s-circa 1970s
  • 10.2: Artwork by Others, circa 1924-2003

10.1: Artwork by Kepes, circa 1930s-circa 1970s

Artwork by Kepes includes five caricatures for "The Emperor's New Clothes" (1934), and eleven folders of pencil, pen, and ink sketches with accompanying notes, in addition to circa sixteen large format paintings and painted sketches on paper and board. Sketches and paintings include designs for exhibitions and publications, stained glass designs, and studies for paintings. Posters includes a series of thirteen posters designed by Kepes for a 1977 exhibitions during his artist-in-residency at Dartmouth College.
Also found are four stencils of numerical and elliptical forms.
Description Container
Caricatures, Photographic Artwork, and Posters, 1934-1977
Oversized material housed in Box 28, Folder 9 and OVs 33-34
12
21
Sketches and Paintings, circa 1930s-circa 1970s
Oversized material housed in Box 28, Folder 5 and OVs 33, 35, 36 and 38
12
22-29
Sketches, 1935-1973
Oversized material housed in Box 28, Folder 5 and OVs 35, 36 and 38
12
30-32
Stencils, circa 1950s-circa 1970s
12
33
Oversized Photographic Artwork from Box 12, Folders 21
28
9
Oversized Sketches and Paintings from Box 12, Folders 22-32
28
5
Oversized Sketches and Paintings from Box 12, Folder 22-32
OV 33
Oversized Posters from Box 12, Folder 21
OV 34
Oversized Sketches and Paintings from Box 12. Folders 22-32
OV 35
Oversized Sketches and Paintings from Box 12, Folders 22-32
OV 36
Oversized Sketches and Paintings from Box 12, Folders 22-32
OV 38

10.2: Artwork by Others, circa 1924-2003

Artwork by others includes a portrait sketch of Kepes by Joe Fener, Budapest, 1924; an ink on mylar sketch by Konstancija Brazdys; a folder of ink on mylar sketches by D. Judelson; and a sketch by Harold Tovish.
The remainder of the series consists of motion picture films and sound recordings by various artists, including several who were colleagues of Kepes and fellows at M.I.T. and CAVS, including Otto Piene, Vassilakis Takis, Harold Tovish, and Wen-Ying Tsai. Some of these recordings may be related to the CBS television series "21st Century Art" recordings found in Series 8.
Description Container
Sketches and Prints, circa 1924-1985
Oversized material housed in Box 28, Folder 6
12
33-35
Amateur Motion Picture Film of Boston City Scenes, circa 1955
12
36
Amateur Motion Picture Film of Boston City Scenes, 1955
1 Film reel
16mm
FC 50
Amateur Motion Picture Film of Building Construction, circa 1952-circa 1953
12
37
Film reel from Box 12, Folder 37
FC 51
Various Artists motion picture film files, 1950s-1960s
For access copies, see VHS and digital betacam in Box 12, Folder 39 and Box 13, Folder 1.
12
38
Unidentified Film
1 Film reel
16mm
FC 52
Films by Various Artists: Untitled by P.C. Sugar, circa 1953; Untitled by Melvin Smith, 1954; "Experiments in Synoptic Recording of Spatial Experience" Philip Thiel, December, 1959
1 Film reel
Films seem to be spliced together
16mm
FC 53
Films by Various Artists: E. D. Cizek Spring, 1965; "Coney Island" January 1966 ("Night Light" by R. Dattner); Untitled Michael Southworth, May 1967
1 Film reel
16mm
FC 54
Films by Various Artists: CBS-"Art"-M.I.T. Tovish Exhibit & Takis Pix only; "Twentieth Century" Harold Tovish
1 Film reel
16mm
FC 55
Films by Various Artists: "Light Line Experiment" Otto Piene, workprint, original, cut negative
1 Film reel
FC 56
Motion Picture Films by Various Artists, Compilation video, 2003
1 Videocassettes (Digital Betacam)
duplicate
Films on Compilation: 1. Unidentified 2. CBS -"Art" - M. I. T. Tivish Exhibit and Takis Pix only. 3. "Twentieth Century" Harold Tovish. 4. "Twentieth Century" Harold Tovish. 5. Untitled by P. C. Sugar, ca 1953. 6. Untitled by P. C. Sugar, ca 1953. 5. Untitled by Melvin Smith, 1954. 8. "Experiments of Spatial Experience" P Theil, Dec. 1959. 9. "Copley Square" 1961. 10. E. D. Cizek Spring 1965 11. E. D. Cizek Spring 1965 12. "Coney Island" January 1966 ("Night Light" by R Dattner) 13. Untitled Michael Southworth, May 1967 14. "Light Tower" David Morris, June 1968. 15. "Light Line Experiment" Otto Plene (workprint) 16. "Light Line Experiment" Otto Plene (orginal) 17. Otto Plene
12
39
Motion Picture Films by Various Artists, Compilation video, 2003
1 Videocassettes (VHS)
duplicate
Films on Compilation: 1. Unidentified 2. CBS -"Art" - M. I. T. Tivish Exhibit and Takis Pix only. 3. "Twentieth Century" Harold Tovish. 4. "Twentieth Century" Harold Tovish. 5. Untitled by P. C. Sugar, ca 1953. 6. Untitled by P. C. Sugar, ca 1953. 5. Untitled by Melvin Smith, 1954. 8. "Experiments of Spatial Experience" P Theil, Dec. 1959. 9. "Copley Square" 1961. 10. E. D. Cizek Spring 1965 11. E. D. Cizek Spring 1965 12. "Coney Island" January 1966 ("Night Light" by R Dattner) 13. Untitled Michael Southworth, May 1967 14. "Light Tower" David Morris, June 1968. 15. "Light Line Experiment" Otto Plene (workprint) 16. "Light Line Experiment" Otto Plene (orginal) 17. Otto Plene
13
1
Motion Picture Films, Unidentified, circa 1950s-circa 1960s
3 Film reels
16mm
1 Film reel
8mm
Subjects of films include reflections off a grid of disks; squares of different sizes forming patterns; an unidentified skyline; and a street scene. Film reels housed in film cans numbered FC 57-60.
13
2
Unidentified Film: Reflections of a Grid of Discs
1 Film reel
8mm
FC 57
Unidentified Film: Squares Forming Patterns 1
1 Film reel
16mm
FC 58
Unidentified Film: Squares Forming Patterns 2
1 Film reel
16mm
FC 59
Unidentified Film: Skyline at Head and Street Scene
1 Film reel
16mm
FC 60
Tsai Wen-Ying
1 Film reel
16mm
FC 61
Untitled film by Woolf & Lau, 1964
1 Film reel
8mm
FC 62
Motion Picture Film, Untitled, by Wen-Ying Tsai, circa 1960s
1 Film reel
16mm
Film reel housed in film can numbered FC 61.
13
3
Motion Picture Film, Untitled, of Colored Light Patterns by Woolf and Lau, circa 1964
1 Film reel
8mm
Film reel housed in film box numbered FC 62.
13
4
Sound Recordings, Unidentified
4 Sound tape reels
Sound recordings include the following content: an unidentified man's reminiscences of Cambridge, Massachusetts; an unidentified man's reminiscences of Warsaw, Poland; unidentified literary readings and spoken word with musical accompaniment; and an unidentified musical recording with label "The slip."
13
5-6
Oversized Sketches and Prints from Box 12, Folder 33-35
28
6

Make a Request

  • To request an appointment to view materials, make your selections using the checkboxes and click the "Reading Room" button. Please note, you will receive the full box.
  • To request reproductions, make your selections using the checkboxes and click the "Reproduction" button.