Entartete Kunst exhibition photographic postcards and advertisement
Overview
Ephemera from the late 1930s German Nazi exhibition of "degenerate art."
Dates
- Creation: 1937-1938
Condition Description
In good condition, careful handling required.
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open for research.
This collection is shelved offsite. Retrieval requires advance notice. Readers should check with Houghton Public Services staff to determine retrieval policies and times.
Extent
.04 linear feet (1 volume)Ephemera from Nazi exhibition of "degenerate art." Materials in German.
Biographical / Historical
Entartete Kunst, or Degenerate Art was a defamatory exhibition of modern art held in Munich in 1937. The exhibition was held with the intention of demonstrating various works of modern art, which the Nazi government believed to be symptoms of cultural decline.
Arrangement
Arranged as received.
Physical Location
Harvard Depository
Immediate Source of Acquisition
2023M-75. Purchased from Between the Covers Rare Books inc with the Eugene M. Weber Memorial Book Fund.
Processing Information
This collection was processed to a basic level with minimal rehousing, organization, and preservation. (Aurora Charlow, 2023)
Cultural context
Genre / Form
Topical
- Title
- Entartete Kunst exhibition photographic postcards and advertisement, 1937-1938 (MS Ger 339): Guide
- Status
- completed
- Author
- Houghton Library, Harvard University
- Date
- 2023 February 23
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard (DACS)
- Language of description
- eng
- EAD ID
- hou03533
Repository Details
Part of the Houghton Library Repository
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