Le Secq's "Monuments" and the Chartres Cathedral Portfolio….1
Buerger places Le Secq’s architectural photographs in the context of his artistic approach creating his own “monument.” On the occasion of the Eastman House acquisition of a rare published portfolio comprised of twenty-five photomechanically produced pictures of Chartres using Thiel’s encre grasse process.
Another Note on Degas….6
An update to an article appearing in Image, June 1978. Buerger further comments on three glass plates in the Degas files of the Cabinet des Estampes at the Bibliothèque Nationale, qualifying them as collodion negatives probably dating before 1880. Of note are the atypical orange and green colors of these collodion plates.
Film Collecting at the Museum of Modern Art: An Overview….7
History of the Museum of Modern Art’s Film Library (renamed the Department of Film in 1966) on the occasion of a tribute by the George Eastman House. Discusses the challenges faced by Iris Barry, the Film Library’s first curator, and her successors.
Film Collecting at the Museum of Modern Art: 1935-1941….14
Barry writes about the challenges of organizing and running the Department of Film (originally Film Library) founded in 1935.
The Palm Trees Were Gently Swaying: German Refugees from Hitler in Hollywood….21
Horak discusses the Austro-German refugees who had a profound effect and influence on Hollywood in the 1930s and 1940s.
International Museum of Photography Traveling Exhibitions….33
