Arthur Siegel (1913-1978)
Arthur Siegel Collection
INV-2623
Arthur Siegel (1913-1978)1927-1985
Arthur Siegel Collection
Arthur Siegel (1913-1978) →archival material
Date
1927-1985
Medium
Printed papers, holograph papers, scrapbooks, black and whiteand color photographic prints, black and whiteand color slides, film, analog audiocassettes and a VHS videocassette.
Dimensions
45 boxes, 5 portfolios, 2 oversize portfolios and flatfile materials: W.: 609.6 cm (240 in.)
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Location
Chicago, IL
Credit
Gift of and purchase from Irene Siegel, 1982. Additional material, 2014.
Siegel (1913–1978), one of Laszlo Moholy-Nagy’s first students at the New Bauhaus in Chicago, became a professional photographer, photojournalist and teacher at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and the School of Design (later Institute of Design). He was one of the first photographers to establish color photography as a serious artistic medium. Siegel’s archive documents the development of modern photography in the United States and of photography in the college curriculum. This collection includes business and personal correspondence, articles and documents about Siegel’s colleagues, personal and professional photographs, publications illustrated by his photographs, announcements, exhibition catalogs, and academic papers, including teaching notes and syllabi, with slides organized by lecture title.
Collection access:
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