Archive for the 'Wolfsonian library collection' Category
Skullduggery: Happy Howl-O-Ween from The Wolf
• October 16, 2023 • 1 CommentPosted in American war propaganda, Artists, book art, curators, displays, First World War (1914-1918), Francis Xavier Luca, graphic arts, Mitchell Wolfson Jr., museums, persuasive arts, posters, propaganda, propaganda arts, propaganda posters, rare books and special collections library, The Wolfsonian Library, Wolfsonian library collection, Wolfsonian staff, World War (1914-1918), World War I, WWI
Tags: Barron Gift Collier (1873-1939), book illustrators, caricaturists, Cartoonists, cartoons, dance macabre, dance with death, Death, demons, Devil, Edgar Allan Poe, Francis Xavier Luca, German expressionist films, gothic poetry and stories, Halloween, Harry Clarke, horror films, Kaiser Wilhelm II (Emperor of Germany), Louis Raemaekers (1869-1956), Militarism, propagandists, silent film classics, Skeletons, skulls, Tales of Mystery and Imagination / by Edgar Allan Poe, The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (film: 1920), Wolfsonian Museum, World War (1914-1918)
A New Deal for the American Indian
• June 26, 2023 • Leave a CommentPosted in 1920s, 1930s, 1940s, Artists, book art, Civilian Conservation Corps, dance, ethnohistory, FAP, Federal One, Federal Writers' Project, Florida Writers' Project, Folklorists, forestry, Francis Xavier Luca, graphic arts, Jews, law, Legal affairs, Mitchell Wolfson Jr., museums, New Deal, New Deal (1933-1939), New Deal era, Photograph albums, photography, programs, The Wolfsonian Library, Wolfsonian fellows, Wolfsonian library, Wolfsonian library collection, Wolfsonian museum library, Wolfsonian staff, youth movements
Tags: American Indian Defense Association, assimilation, calendar of events, CCC, Christian missionaries, Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC), dances, dancing, Dawes Severalty Act (1887), Democratic National Convention, Emergency Conservation Work Agency, FAP, FDR, Federal Arts Project (FAP), Federal Writers' Project (FWP), Felix Cohen, Francis Xavier Luca, Franklin Delano Roosevelt (1882-1945), FWP, Golden Gate International Exposition (1939-1940 : San Francisco), Great Depression, Harold L. Ickes, Index of American Design, Indian boarding schools, Indian culture, Indian Reorganization Act (1934), Indian reservations, Indian Territory, John Collier, Native American traditions, Navajo code talkers, New Dealers, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Roosevelt Administration, Roosevelt's "Tree Army", Taos Pueblos, The Christopher DeNoon Collection for the Study of New Deal Culture, Works Progress Administration (WPA), WPA, Wyoming
France’s Overseas Empire on Display
• November 27, 2019 • Leave a CommentPosted in 1920s, 1930s, architects, architecture, Art Deco, colonial propaganda, colonialism, displays, ethnohistory, exhibitions, FIU, FIU students, Florida International University, Florida International University students, Francis Xavier Luca, international expositions, library donors, Mitchell Wolfson Jr., museums, political art, postcards, posters, propaganda, racism, rare books and special collections library, The Wolfsonian Library, Wolfsonian library, Wolfsonian library collection, Wolfsonian staff, World's fairs
Tags: Africa, Albert Laprade, Alfred Janniot, Anja Decker, Arthur Dupagne, bas relief, Belgian Congo, Colonial expositions, colonialism, Colonies, Dahomey, Exhibition buildings, Exposition Coloniale de Marseille (1922), Exposition coloniale internationale de Paris (1931), Exposition internationale des arts décoratifs et industriels modernes (1925 :Paris), Exposition Universelle (1900 : Paris), FIU Professor Maria Antonieta Garcia, France's overseas empire, Francophiles, French colonies, gender, human zoos, indigenous peoples, interracial couples, Jaussely, Madagascar, modernism, Musée Permanent des Colonies, native peoples, North Africa, nudes, Palais de la Porte Doree, pavilions, Petit Journal, postcards, posters, primitivism, sculpture, Senegal, Strange Couple (painting : 1934)
Caricaturist Conrado W. Massaguer and His Contemporaries
• August 20, 2019 • Leave a CommentPosted in 1930s, 1940s, 1950s, acquisitions, Adolf Hitler caricatures, Anti-Nazi propaganda, CLara Helena Palacio Luca, collectors, curator, donations, exhibitions, Fascism, Folklorists, Francis Xavier Luca, gifts, graphic arts, library donors, Mitchell Wolfson Jr., museums, persuasive arts, photography, political art, promotional materials, propaganda, propaganda arts, rare books and special collections library, Second World War (1939-1945), The Wolfsonian Library, Vicki Gold Levi, war propaganda, Wolfsonian, Wolfsonian library collection, Wolfsonian library exhibits, Wolfsonian staff, World War II, WWII
Tags: Adolf Hitler caricatures, Alfredo de Zayas y Alfonso, American Weekly (magazine), Armando G. Menocal y G. Menocal, Axis, Babe Ruth, Benito Mussolini (1883-1945), Bohemia (magazine), Bohemia Libre (magazine), Calvin Coolidge, caricatures, caricaturists, celebrities, celebrity culture, Charles de Gualle, Charlie Chaplin, Chian Kai-shek, Conrado W. Massaguer, Cuba, Cuban caricaturists, Cuban exiles, Cuban presidents, Cubans, DiazCasas Collection, dictators, Diego Rivera, Don Alfonso XIII, Duke of WIndsor, Emperor Hirohito of Japan, Enrico Caruso, Fidel Castro, Florence Mills, Franklin Delano Roosevelt (1882-1945), Fulgencio Batista, games, General Francisco Carillo, Gerardo Machado, Ghandi, Harlem Renaissance, John D. Rockefeller, Jose Cecilio Hernandez Cardenas (Hercar), Joseph Stalin (1879-1953), Juan Eduardo David Posada (David), Karikato (magazine), King Victor Emmanuel III of Italy, Latin American illustrators, Martijn F. Le Coultre, mass media, Maurice Chavalier, Mexican caricaturists, Mexico, Miguel Covarrubias (1904-1957), movie stars, Nazis, New Yorker (magazine), Office of the Coordinator of Inter-American Affairs, Paul Whiteman, pictorial wit and humor, playing cards, politicians, portraits, Prince of Wales, public opinion, Queen Elizabeth II, Ramon Arroyo Cisneros (Arroyito), Ramon Grau San Martin, record album covers, Romulo Betancourt, Salon de Humoristas, Santa Claus, Satire, self-portraits, Sir Winston Churchill (1874-1965), Social (magazine), the Duke and Duchess of Windsor, Vanity Fair (magazine), world leaders, Xavier Cugat (1900-1990), Yucef Merhi
Italian Ethiopia at The Wolfsonian Library
• August 6, 2019 • 1 CommentPosted in 1930s, acquisitions, colonial propaganda, colonialism, donations, Ethiopia, Fascism, Francis Xavier Luca, Frederic A. Sharf, gender, gifts, Great Britain, Italy, library donors, Mitchell Wolfson Jr., ocean liners, passenger ships, Photograph albums, political art, portfolios, postcards, posters, propaganda, propaganda posters, rare books and special collections library, Second World War (1939-1945), The Wolfsonian Library, war propaganda, Wolfsonian fellows, Wolfsonian library, Wolfsonian library collection, Wolfsonian library exhibits, Wolfsonian museum library, Wolfsonian staff, Wolfsonian-FIU library, women, World War (1939-1945), World War II, WWII
Tags: Abissinia, Addis Abeba (Ethiopia), Akbaba (magazine), anthropology, anti-imperialism, Antonio Arias Bernal (1914-1960), Ascari troops, atrocities, Aurelio Bertiglia, Autarky, Battle of Adwa, Benito Mussolini, Black Venus, British Somaliland, calendars, caricatures, collecting cards, Compagnia Italiana Liebig (Milano), Daniel Morris, East Africa, Enrico Cerulli, Eritrea, fans, fasces, gallows, General Baratieri, Haile Selassie, Harry Gannes, Historical Design, History Revealed, Il Travaso delle Idee, Italo-Ethiopian War (1895-1896), Italo-Ethiopian War (1935-1936), James De Lorenzi, James W. Ford, Jean S. and Frederic A. Sharf Collection, King Victor Emmanuel III of Italy, League of Nations, Maps, March on Rome (1922), Marshal Graziani, Menelik II, military conquest, Ministero Africa Italiana, National Fascist Party (PNF), Nero, North African migrants, Orientalism, Orientalists, poison gas, postcards, Red Cross, road-building, school notebooks, sexual conquest, Sheet music covers, slavery, Tanks, Vulcania (steamship)
In Memoriam: Dr. Marjan Groot
• June 17, 2019 • 1 CommentPosted in bindings, book art, cataloging, curators, decorative arts, Dutch Art Nouveau, exhibitions, Francis Xavier Luca, gender, graphic arts, graphic designers, museums, Nieuwe Kunst, rare books and special collections library, The Wolfsonian Library, Wolfsonian, Wolfsonian fellows, Wolfsonian library collection, Wolfsonian museum library, Wolfsonian staff, Wolfsonian-FIU library, women
Tags: Anna Sipkema, Art historians, Christie van der Haak, Cornelia van der Hart, cultural anthropologists, Dutch artists, Dutch decorative arts, Dutch Nieuwe Kunst, Elisabeth Brandt, fellows, Lynton Gardiner, maker's marks, Marjan Groot (1959-2019), Mitchell Wolfson Jr., Modern Dutch Design (Wolfsonian exhibition 2016-2017), scholars, The Netherlands, Willemina Drupsteen, Willemina Polenaar, Women designers
A Flurry of Wolfsonian Library Installations and Displays
• May 2, 2019 • 2 CommentsPosted in 1930s, 1940s, 1950s, acquisitions, Adolf Hitler caricatures, American war propaganda, Anti-Nazi propaganda, archives, Art Deco, Artists, Bernarr Macfadden, book art, collectors, displays, donations, erotic art, exhibit cases, Fascism, Federal One, FIU, FIU students, Florida International University, Florida International University students, Francis Xavier Luca, gender, gifts, graphic arts, Green Library, History Department, hotels, Italian design, Italy, library donors, memorabilia, Mitchell Wolfson Jr., museums, New Deal era, persuasive arts, Philippines, photography, Physical culture, Physical Culture movement, pochoirs, political art, portfolios, postcards, posters, propaganda, propaganda posters, rare books and special collections library, student curators, The Wolfsonian Library, Vicki Gold Levi, War Photography, war propaganda, Wolfsonian, Wolfsonian library collection, Wolfsonian staff, World War (1939-1945), World War II, WWII
Tags: Adolf Hitler caricatures, aids, AIGA Miami, Alert (magazine), Althea (Vicki) Silvera, Aristotle [Chakiris] Ares USS Yorktown Collection, Art Deco hotels, Art Deco motifs, Arthur Zaidenberg, barracks, Battle of Midway, Benito Mussolini caricatures, Bologna (Italy), butterflies, Chief librarian, Clara Helena Palacio Luca, condoms, correspondence, deviant sexual behavior, Dick Lesseraux, digital collections curator, Dolores S. Lesseraux, Dolores Trenner, Erin Heffron, erotica, Federal Arts Project, Florida Department of Health in Miami-Dade County, Fortunato Depero, Francis Xavier Luca, Gender roles, gonorrhea, Green Library, Historical Design, hiv, HIV/Aids awareness posters, Homosexuality, humor, Insects, installations, Japanese destroyers, Judith Berson-Levinson, lesbianism, madonna, Manila (Philippines), Mel Victor WWII Pacific Theater Collection, menus, Miami (Florida), Miami Air Depot, Miami Beach (Florida), Naval battles, Pacific Theater, Pamphlets, Physical Culture (magazine), pochoirs, portfolio plates, postcards, Posterfest, Posterfest: Design for Good 2019, proofs, prostitution, public health, pulp paperbacks, rationing, Rosie the Riveter, Sand in their Boots archive, Seguy, sex, sex advice, sexual behavior, syphilis, Terrence G. Peterson, Tojo caricatures, U.S. Army Air Forces, Uncle Sam, Uniforms, USS Lexington (aircraft carrier), USS Yorktown (aircraft carrier), venereal disease, Victory, Victory Gold Levi Collection, warships, Women war workers, Women's Army Auxiliary Corps, Yucef Merhi
The Harlem Renaissance Comes to The Wolfsonian
• February 22, 2019 • Leave a CommentPosted in 1920s, 1930s, acquisitions, African American History, Artists, bindings, Civil Rights Movement, collectors, colonial propaganda, colonialism, dance, decorative arts, displays, donations, erotic art, ethnohistory, FIU students, Florida International University, Florida International University students, Francis Xavier Luca, gender, gifts, graphic arts, Great Britain, Great Depression, library donors, Mitchell Wolfson Jr., museums, New Deal era, pochoirs, portfolios, The Wolfsonian-FIU library, Wolfsonian, Wolfsonian library, Wolfsonian library collection, Wolfsonian museum library, Wolfsonian staff, Wolfsonian-FIU library
Tags: Aaron Douglas, African American art, African American artists, African American performers, African American poets, Alain LeRoy Locke, America & Movies: The Black Image in Hollywood and History, Body and Soul (film: 1925), Charles Cullen, colonialism, Countee Cullen, Daniel Morris, Elanor Colburn, Folies Bergere, Harlem Renaissance, Harmon Foundation, Historical Design, James Weldon Johnson, Jazz Age, Josephine Baker, Langston Hughes, Le Tumulte Noir, Mabel Dwight, madonna, Miguel Covarrubias, modernism, mothers and children, NAACP, naturalism, Negro Uplift, Oscar Micheaux, Paul Colin, Paul Robeson, poetry, primitivism, the Charleston (dance), The Crisis, The Emperor Jones (film: 1933), The New Negro: An Interpretation, Winold Reiss, Zora Neale Hurston
Winter Visits and Gift Acknowledgements
• January 29, 2019 • Leave a CommentPosted in 1920s, acquisitions, African American History, American war propaganda, Art Basel, Art Deco, Artists, book art, cataloging, collectors, Cuba, dance, displays, donations, El Lissitzky, exhibitions, fashion for women, First World War (1914-1918), FIU, FIU community, Florida International University, Florida International University students, France, Francis Xavier Luca, Frederic A. Sharf, fur, gifts, graphic designers, History Department, Jean S. and Frederic A. Sharf, Jean S. and Frederic A. Sharf Collection, Latin American and Caribbean Center, library donors, Lissitzky, memorabilia, Mitchell Wolfson Jr., museums, persuasive arts, photography, pochoirs, political art, portfolios, postcards, posters, preservation, prohibition, promotional materials, propaganda, propaganda arts, propaganda posters, rare books and special collections library, school visits to The Wolfsonian, The Wolfsonian-FIU library, veterans, Vintage postcards, VIP vistors, war propaganda, Wolfsonian, Wolfsonian library, Wolfsonian library collection, Wolfsonian museum library, Wolfsonian staff, Wolfsonian-FIU exhibitions, Wolfsonian-FIU library, World War (1914-1918), World War I, WWI
Tags: "Mr. Babalú", 1920s, African American performers, Alain Locke, Alexander Archipenko, American Seduction, Art Deco design, Art Deco Weekend (2019), Barron Collier, bowling, Brooklyn Museum, Charles Gilpin, Clara Helena Palacio Luca, cocktail shakers, cocktail stirrers, Conrado Walter Massaguer, Cuba, dance in art, Daniel Morris, devils, dry laws, Eduardo García Benito, fashion, fur, fur garments, Harlem Renaissance, Historical Design, Into the Stacks, Jazz, Jean S. Sharf, Josephine Baker, Leonard Finger, Lisa Green, Louis Miano, Miami Dade public schools, Miguelito Valdés, Modern art, MoMA (Museum of Modern Art), Nathaniel Sandler, National Endowment for the Humanities Dialogue on the Experience of War, New Negro, Paris (France), Paul Colins, Paul Poiret, Paul Robeson, pillowcases, pochoir prints, Preservation boxes, Prohibition (1919-1933), Promising Paradise: Cuban Allure--American Seduction (Wolfsonian exhibition), race, recruiting posters, Satan, shotglasses, stencilwork, The Emperor Jones, Tropicana (Nightclub), U.S.-Cuba tourism, veterans, Vicki Gold Levi, vintage postcards, War and Healing program, Wit as Weapon: Satire and the Great War (Wolfsonian library installation), Zines
Holiday Gifts
• December 14, 2018 • Leave a CommentPosted in 1920s, 1930s, book art, children's books, colonial propaganda, colonialism, dance, displays, donations, Egypt, FIU, FIU students, Florida International University, Florida International University students, Francis Xavier Luca, Frederic A. Sharf, gifts, Jean S. and Frederic A. Sharf, Jean S. and Frederic A. Sharf Collection, library donors, Midways, Mitchell Wolfson Jr., museums, pochoirs, portfolios, Wolfsonian, Wolfsonian library, Wolfsonian library collection, Wolfsonian museum library, Wolfsonian staff, Wolfsonian-FIU library
Tags: African expeditions, Art Basel, automobiles, Bedouins, Berbers, Catholic missionaries, Charles de Roucauld (1858-1916), Colonial expositions, Daniel Morris, Eiffel Tower, France's overseas empire, French (language), French colonies, German-occupied France, human zoos, Huts, indigenous peoples, International exhibitions, Jean Sharf, Jim nd Martha Sweeny, Lake Chad, Le Tumulte Noir, Leonard Finger, Lisa Green, Louis Miano, martyrs, Midways, missionaries, Paris, Paul Colin, primitivism, Professor Antonieta Garcia, Sahara desert, Streets of Cairo, Tripoli, Tuareg peoples
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