Christopher and Ingrid Weimann marbled paper collection
Overview
Marbled paper by Christopher and Ingrid Weimann with papers, books, and work by others relating to marbling.
Dates
- Creation: 1946-2019
Creator
- Weimann, Christopher (Person)
Language of Materials
English, Turkish, and others in small quantities.
Conditions Governing Access
The bulk of the collection is open for research. A few items are restricted due to fragility.
The bulk of this collection is shelved offsite at the Harvard Depository. Retrieval requires advance notice. Readers should check with Houghton Public Services staff to determine what material is offsite and retrieval policies and times.
Extent
3.5 linear feet (12 boxes)Printed books, marbled papers including marbled flowers, posters, a type case with type, a dropper tool, correspondence and production files, and ephemera created and collected by Christopher and Ingrid Weimann. Includes material produced and collected by Ingrid Weimann after her husband's death, as well as marbling work by others given to either Christopher or Ingrid Weimann.
Biographical / Historical
Christopher Weimann (1946-1988) was an American self-taught marbler and author, and, to a lesser extent, bookbinder and antique and furniture restorer. In his lifetime he exhibited internationally. Within the practice of marbling, he had a particular interest in marbled flowers. Since the early 1970s, he produced specially-made papers for a number of limited-edition publications, and also published two letterpress-printed editions on marbling together with his wife Ingrid, through Dawson’s Book Shop in Los Angeles. Ingrid Weimann is also a marbler and author of the tribute to her husband after his death. (Text partly from blog about Christopher Weimann, http://cweimannmarbledworks.blogspot.com/)
Arrangement
Collection is minimally processed. Arranged mostly in original order as shown in the donor's inventory, in categories represented by numbered codes keyed to the inventory.
Locations shown for individual items are mostly correct; the process of checking in the collection revealed a few items that could not be identified and a few items that could not be found. Houghton staff welcome notes from readers who use the collection about these or other details.
Printing blocks, also called line engravings in this guide, are boxed together.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
2020MH-5. Partial gift of and partial purchase from Ingrid Weimann with funds provided by the Rosamond B. Loring and Microglyphics Funds, 2019 November.
Processing Information
Accessioned by Melanie Wisner, 2020 January.
This finding aid was based on the donor's inventory, in particular the item descriptions
Creator
- Weimann, Christopher (Person)
- Weimann, Ingrid (Person)
- Title
- Christopher and Ingrid Weimann marbled paper collection, 1946-2019 (MS Typ 1288): Guide
- Status
- completed
- Author
- Houghton Library, Harvard University
- Date
- 2020 January 9
- Description rules
- dacs
- Language of description
- und
- EAD ID
- hou03288
Repository Details
Part of the Houghton Library Repository
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