Vladimir Isdebsky Papers
in The Museum of Modern Art Archives
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Finding aid prepared by the Museum Archives.
Machine-readable finding aid derived from Isdebsky.doc, 2006. Machine-readable finding aid created by Kathleene Konkle. Description is in English.
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Creator: |
Vladimir Isdebsky |
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Title: |
Vladimir Isdebsky Papers |
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Dates: |
1908-1968 |
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Quantity: |
One 5" document box
One 2.5" document box
One 3 × 15 × 19" oversize box
One roll of microfilm
One canister of negatives
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Vladimir Isdebsky, born in Kiev, Russia on May 22, 1882, received his art education in Munich and Paris before returning to
Russia in 1908 where he organized two Salons, held in Odessa between 1909-1910 and 1911. These Salons included the work of
Wassily Kandinsky and Alexei Jawlensky, among many other contemporary artists, and introduced the European avant-garde of
the early twentieth-century to the Russian public. In 1917 Isdebsky married poet Halina Huzarska with whom he had a son (Witold
Isdebsky 1918-1949) and a daughter (Aline Isdebsky Pritchard [referred to in the finding aid as AIP], b. 1926). Between 1920
and 1940 Isdebsky pursued commercial art in Paris. He emigrated to the United States in 1941 where he resumed activity as
an artist; his work was exhibited in Manhattan and Long Beach, New York. Isdebsky died on August 20, 1965, survived by his
second wife Bronislava Kaplan Isdebsky and his daughter. A chronology of his life was prepared by Aline Isdebsky Pritchard
in 1999 and is attached to this finding aid as Appendix A.
The processed Papers (one 5" document box, one 2.5" document box and one 3 × 15 × 19" oversize box; one roll of microfilm;
and one canister of negatives) include manuscript material, personal official documents, photographs, and published material,
and reflect Isdebsky's involvement in artistic life in Russia (between 1909 and 1911), Paris (1920s) and the United States
(after 1941). Catalogues for the 1909-10 and 1911 Odessa Salons organized by Isdebsky are available on microfilm. Photocopies
of the Salon catalogues in Series II are available through the Library. The negatives may be the source of the photographs
in the Papers.
Access Restrictions
The records are open for research and contain no restricted materials.
Ownership and Literary Rights
The Vladimir Isdebsky Papers are the physical property of The Museum of Modern Art. Literary rights, including copyright belong
to the authors or their legal heirs and assigns. Rights to work produced during the normal course of Museum business resides
with The Museum of Modern Art. For further information, and to obtain permission to publish or reproduce, contact the Museum
Archivist.
This record group reflects the continuing interest of this Museum in the Russian avant-garde.
Material relating to Russia and Russian artists can be found in the Alfred H. Barr, Jr. Papers. Series 8 Soviet Matters and
Series 13 Russian Material. Documentation on Museum organized exhibitions circulated to Russia may be found in the Records
of the International Program.
The Papers were a gift of Isdebsky's widow, Bronislava Kaplan Isdebsky, to the Museum in 1967; they were transferred from
the Library's Special Collections to the Museum Archives Twentieth-Century Manuscript Collection in October, 1997 and processed
according to archival standards. The chronology prepared by Aline Pritchard Isbedsky was a gift from the author and was added
to the Papers in 1999.
Vladimir Isdebsky Papers, [series.folder]. The Museum of Modern Art Archives, New York.
| Series I. Background Information and Personal Effects
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| I.1 |
Chronologies of Isdebsky's life 2 items
Includes posthumous entry; 1882-1965
Compiled by AIP in 1999
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1882-1966 |
| I.2 |
Genealogy Compiled by Hans H. von Weidner, 8/1947
1 item
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ca. 1947 |
| I.3.a |
Photographs: Isdebsky and family 5 items
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n.d. |
| I.3.b |
Photographs: Isdebsky sculptures 53 items
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n.d. |
| I.3.c |
Photographs: Film negatives Housed with microfilm
Unavailable for use
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n.d. |
| I.4.a |
Official Documents: Awards and Diplomas 3 items
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1900, 1903 |
| I.4.b |
Official Documents: Military Documents 2 items
Incl. note by AIP, 1977
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1903, 1915 |
| I.4.c |
Official Documents: Livret Individuel [belonging to Witold Isdebsky] Livret de famille, 1917
Incl. note by AIP, 1980
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1938 |
| I.4.d |
Official Documents : 1935-1947 5 items
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1935-1947 |
| I.4.e |
Official Documents: Certificat d'Identité w/ photograph 2 items
Affadavit d'Identité, 1944
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1940 |
| I.5 |
Sketches by Isdebsky Pencil and pen
3 items
2 signed, 1 dated 7/24/44
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n.d. |
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| Series II. Rare Printed Matter 1908-1960
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Note: Items indicated with an asterisk (*) are oversized; please include the asterisk when requesting those materials.
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| II.1 |
1908-09 Salon, St. Petersburg Organized by Sergey Makovsky
Catalogue, with annotations [by Isdebsky?]
Photocopy classified in Library: 1 xS239s 1908
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ca. 1908-1909 |
| II.2 |
1909-10 Salon, Odessa Organized by Isdebsky
Catalogue, frontispiece by M. Solomonoff
Foreword by Isdebsky
Photocopy classified in Library: 1 xO335s 1909
Please request Isdebsky microfilm
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ca. 1909-1910 |
| II.3 |
1909-10 Salon Catalogue of variant showing, inscribed 1910
Photocopy classified in Library: 1 xS25 1910s
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ca. 1909-1910 |
| II.4 |
1909-10 Salon, review of In Apollon, #3, pp. 18-20
Inscribed [by
Isdebsky?]
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ca. 1909-1910 |
| II.5* |
Salon, Odessa Organized by Isdebsky
Catalogue
Catalogue incl. articles by various artists and poets
Cover is a reproduction after a woodcut by Wassily Kandinsky
Incl., ticket to Salon
Photocopy classified in Library: 1 xo335s 1910
Oversized document: stored in
Box 3
Please request Isdebsky microfilm
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ca. 1910 |
| II.6 |
Lists of artists included in the Odessa Salons Russian artists on one list
French and other European artists on another
In Russian and French
3 items, 2 copies
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| II.7* |
Grand Bal des Artistes TRA-vesti/-nsmental [organisé par l'Union des Artistes Russes] Catalogue/program, Paris February 23, 1923
Inscribed by Halina Isdebsky
Incl. work by Feder, Derain, Picasso, Gontcharova
and Halina Isdebsky
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ca. 1923 |
| II.8* |
Gazette des Sept Arts "Numéro consacré aux Artistes du Grand Bal Tra-vesti/-nsmental organizé par l'Union des Artistes Russes." #4-5, February 23,
1923
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ca. 1923 |
| II.9 |
Grand Bal des Artistes TRA-vesti/-nsmental Program-souvenir with inscription by Isdebsky
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1923 |
| II.10 |
Bal Banal: Organisé au profit de la Caisse de Secours Mutuel de l'Union des Artistes Russes à Paris Poster with frontispiece by Natalia Gontcharova
1 item, 2 copies
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March 14, 1924 |
| II.11 |
Fête de Yarilo: Carnaval des Artistes Russes Poster program with frontispiece by F. Maliavine
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March 25, 1925 |
| II.12 |
Umenislovanu [L'Art Slave], Prague Includes article by Isdebsky and a photo of his sculpture
In Czech and French
Very brittle covers
Inscribed
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1925 |
| II.13* |
Gileia by Benedikt Livshits. New York: 1931 Published by Mariia Burliuk
16 pp. with hand-done blue covers
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ca. 1931 |
| II.14 |
Polutoraglazyi strelets by Benedikt Livshits. Leningrad: 1933 Paper wrapper inscribed by Isdebsky: "... very rare," in Russian
Translated by John E. Bowlt as The One and a Half-eyed Archer and published with Bowlt's introduction and annotations by Oriental Research Partners, Newtonville, Massachusetts, 1977
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ca. 1933 |
| II.15 |
Novii Mir #9, Moscow: 1960 |
ca. 1960 |
| II.16 |
Quarante-sept artistes exposant au Café du Parnasse, Paris Catalogue
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n.d. |
| II.17 |
Portion of clipping with commentary on Malevich No source
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n.d. |
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| Series III. Catalogues and Ephemera: exhibitions in the U.S. featuring Isdebsky
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| III.1 |
Bound notebook Incl. clippings, brochures, catalogues, etc.
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1945 -196[?] |
| III.2 |
11 Painters, 1 Sculptor, The Riverside Museum, New York April 3-24, 1955 |
ca. 1955 |
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Art Exhibition, The Institute Conference in New York, New York, April 28-29, 1956 |
ca. 1956 |
| III.4 |
Vladimir Isdebsky, Sculpture and Paintings, Long Beach Public Library, New York, Dec. 2-5, 1961 |
ca. 1961 |
| III.5 |
30 Contemporary Sculptors Inaugural exhibition, Sculpture House Gallery, New York, March 21- April 16, 1966
Vladimir Isdebsky Collection, Sculpture House Gallery, New York, February 17- March 6, 1968
The Selection from the Final Years, Harrington Galleries, New York, February 17, 1968
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I-II |
I.1-I.5, II.1-II.4 |
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II-III |
II.5-II.17, III.1-III.5 |
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II |
II.5, II.7, II.8, II.13 |
